The Providence Singers: Turning 40

“The many musicians involved deserve to be lauded ... for the vigor and effectiveness of their performance.”




The Choral New Yorker \| Stravinsky Mass The Providence Singers \| Betsy Burleigh Artistic Director The Junior Providence Singers \| T.J. Harper Music Director Saturday, October 29, 2011, in Providence \| Sunday, October 30, 2011, in Cranston

Guillaume Dufay (1397?–1474)		Gloria

Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7–1612)		Jubilate Deo

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)		Mass (1948) Notes on the composition

Giovanni Gabrieli		Plaudite
I N T E R M I S S I O N

Chen Yi (arr.) John Rutter (arr.)		Fengyang Song Black Sheep The Junior Providence Singers

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)		little man in a hurry (2010) Commissioned through Chorus America; The Rhode Island Première Notes on the text and composition

Peter Schickele (b. 1935)		Three Choruses from e.e. cummings (1960) dominic has dim / l(a maggie and milly and molly and may

Irving Fine (1914–1962)		The Choral New Yorker Prologue: Hen Party (Mixed chorus and piano) Scherzando: Caroline Million (Women’s chorus and piano) Concertante: Pianola d’Amore (Men’s chorus and piano) Epilogue: Design for October (Mixed chorus and piano) Notes and texts

Alice Parker/Robert Shaw (arr.)		Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal