1999-00

The 28th Concert Season of the Providence Singers

 


Aspiring Sound: Five Centuries of Sacred Music

Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612): Jubilate Deo
Felice Anerio (c.1560-1614): Christus Factus Est
Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594): Sicut Cervus
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Psalm 100
Heinrich Schütz: Selig Sind Die Toten

J. S. Bach (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in B minor (BWB 544)
    (Patrick Aiken, organ)

Antonio Lotti (c.1667-1740): Crucifuxus
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1894): Dostoino Yest
Anton Arensky (1861-1906): Otche Nash
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Bogoroditsye Dyevo

Improvisation on submitted themes: Julian Wachner, organ

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Cantique de Jean Racine
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Salve Regina
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Ave Maria
Pablo Cassals (1876-1973): O Vos Omnes
Will Ayton (1948-): Oh Come Let Us Sing
Julian Wachner (1969-): Arise My LoveStuff

Julian Wachner, conductor
The Providence Singers
Patrick Aiken, organ

8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, 1999, Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence
4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, at St. Mary’s Church in Bristol


The Family Christmas Concert

Traditional English (David Willcocks, arr.): O Come, All Ye Faithful
Traditional English (Willcocks, arr.): Sussex Carol
Peter Wishart (1921-1984): Alleluya, A New Work Is Come on Hand
Traditional English (Walford Davies, arr.): The Holly and the Ivy
Traditional English (Willcocks, arr.): The First Noel
Traditional English (Willcocks, arr.): I Saw Three Ships
Traditional Appalachian (John Rutter, arr.):O Come, All Ye Faithful
Traditional (R. Vaughan Williams, arr.): O Little Town of Bethlehem
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847; Rutter, arr.): Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Traditional English (Rutter, arr.): The Twelve Days of Christmas
William Walton: What Cheer?
Hector Berlioz: The Shepherds Farewell
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1894): The Crown of Roses
Traditional (Willcocks, arr.): Once in Royal David’s City
Franz Gruber (Willcocks, arr.): Silent Night
Traditional English (Willcocks, arr.): Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
George Frideric Handel (Rutter, arr.): Joy to the World
Traditional English (Arthur Warrell, arr.): We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Julian Wachner, conductor
The Providence Singers
Jennifer Lester, organ and piano

6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999, at Central Baptist Church in Providence
4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, 1999, at St. Mary’s Church Bristol


Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion

Julian Wachner, conductor

The Providence Singers
Craig Hanson, tenor
Frederick Jodry, countertenor
Joanne Mouradjian, soprano
Thomas Gregg, tenor (evangelist)
Jacob Cooper, baritone
Rene de la Garza, baritone

A pre-concert discussion of Jewish and Christian perspectives on the passion was led by Shaye Cohen (Brown University) and Michael Marissen (Swarthmore College).

4 p.m. Sunday, April 2, 2000, at Central Congregational Church in Providence


Le Sacre Français

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Cantique de Jean Racine
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986): Quatre Motets sur des Thmes Grègorien
Maurice Duruflé: Prelude et Fugue sur Le Nom D’Alain
    (Julian Wachner, organ)
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem

Julian Wachner, conductor

The Providence Singers
Jean Danton, soprano
Rene de La Garza, baritone

8 p.m. Saturday, May 20, 2000, Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence