“But the work really popped with the entrance of the Singers in the ‘Ode to Joy’ finale. At that point there were about 200 musicians making a glorious noise on the Vets stage” Channing Gray Providence Journal 8 May 2016 (Beethoven’s Ninth) 
Concert Archives
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The 2012-13 Concert Season |
Saturday, November 3, 2012, at St. Mary’s Church, Bristol,
Sunday, November 4, 2012, at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence,
Songs of Love Ancient and Modern
More about the concert
The Providence Singers
Betsy Burleigh, Artistic Director
with the Aurea Ensemble
Patrick Aiken, Organ
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Maurice Duruflé |
Requiem
I. Introit
II. Kyrie
III. Domine Jesu Christe
IV. Sanctus
V. Pie Jesu
VI. Agnus Dei
VII. Lux Aeterna
VIII. Libera Me
IX. In Paradisum |
Daniel Pinkham |
Wedding Cantata
I. Rise Up, My Love
II. Many Waters Cannot Quench Love
III. Awake, O North Wind
IV. Set Me as a Seal Upon Thine Heart |
Eric Whitacre |
Five Hebrew Love Songs
I. Temuná (A Picture)
II. Kalá Kallá (Light Bride)
II. Lárov (Mostly)
IV. Éyze Shéleg! (What Snow!)
V. Rakút (Tenderness) |
December 8, 2012, at The Vets, Providence
Messiah
The Providence Singers
Betsy Burleigh, Artistic Director
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
Larry Rachleff, Music Director
Betsy Burleigh, conducting |
George Frederic Handel |
Messiah |
Sunday, February 10, 2013, at Temple Emanu-El in Providence
Monday, February 11, 2011, at The Zeiterion Theatre, New Bedford
Creation
The Providence Singers
Betsy Burleigh, Artistic Director
The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
David MacKenzie, Music Director
Betsy Burleigh, conducting |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
The Creation |
The New Bedford concert, originally scheduled for Saturday, was postponed to Monday evening because of a blizzard. Brown University made a parking lot available allowing Sunday’s concert to proceed despite a parking ban in Providence. David MacKenzie conducted in New Bedford. |
April 6, 2013, in Sayles Hall, Brown University
April 7, 2013, at St. Mary’s Church, Bristol
Fit for a Queen
More about the concert
The Providence Singers
Betsy Burleigh, Artistic Director
The Brown University Chorus
Bradley Naylor, Visiting Conductor
Patrick Aiken, Organ
Betsy Burleigh, conducting
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Hubert Parry |
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me |
Herbert Howells |
Behold, O God |
William H. Harris |
Let My Prayer Come Up Into Thy Presence |
George Frederic Handel |
Zadok the Priest |
George Dyson |
Confortare Be Strong |
John Redford |
Rejoice in the Lord Alway |
William Byrd |
I will Not Leave You Comfortless
Homage anthems performed by the Brown University Chorus |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
All People that on Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundredth)
Sanctus
O Taste and See |
Charles Villiers Stanford |
Gloria in Excelsis |
Orlando Gibbons |
Threefold Amen
The Brown University Chorus |
William Walton |
Te Deum Laudamus
The combined choirs |
Traditional (Gordon Jacobs, arr.) |
Finale: God Save the Queen |
May 4, 2013 at The Vets, Providence
Resurrection
The Providence Singers
Betsy Burleigh, Artistic Director
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
Larry Rachleff, Music Director, conducting |
Gustav Mahler |
Symphony No. 2 (“The Resurrection”) |
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