The 2017-18 Concert Season

November 11, 2017, at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul
November 12, 2017, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Bristol

Baroque Brilliance   More about the concert

The Providence Singers
Christine Noel, Artistic Director

George Frideric Handel

Zadok the Priest (1727)

Jan Dismas Zelenka

Magnificat (1725)

Henry Purcell

Come Ye Sons of Art (1694)

Handel

Dettingen Te Deum

December 16, 2017, at The Vets

Messiah   More about the concert

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
The Providence Singers
Christine Noel, Artistic Director, conducting

George Frideric Handel

Messiah

March 10, 2018, at Immaculate Conception Church, Cranston
March 11, 2018, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Bristol

Of Sea and Sky   More about the concert

The Providence Singers
Christine Noel, Artistic Director

Johannes Brahms

Vier Quartette (1889)
    O schöne Nacht
    Spätherbst
    Abendlied
    Warum?

William Hawley (arr.)

Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River, 1995)

Stephen Paulus

Afternoon on a Hill (2006)

Ēriks Ešenvalds

Heaven’s Flock (2014)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Dark-Eyed Sailor (1913)

Charles Villiers Stanford

The Little Admiral (1910)

Eric Whitacre

Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (2001)

Jake Runestad

Come to the Woods (2015)

Mack Wilberg (arr.)

Eternal Father, Strong to Save (2008)
Down to the River to Pray (2010)

May 19, 2018, at The Biltmore Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 17th Floor

A Night at the Opera   More about the concert

The Providence Singers
Christine Noel, Artistic Director
 
Carley DeFranco, Soprano
Heather Gallagher, Mezzo soprano
Stefan Barner, Tenor
John Black, Pianist

Gaetano Donizetti

“Chorus of the Wedding Guests”
    from Lucia di Lammermoor  (1835)

Ruggero Leoncavallo

“Bell Chorus” from Pagliacci  (1892)

George Frideric Handel

“Tornami a Vagheggiar” from Alcina  (1735)

Giacomo Puccini

“Musetta’s Waltz” from La Bohème  (1896)

Georges Bizet

“Habañera” from Carmen  (1875)

Léo Delibes

“Sous le Dôme Épais” from Lakmé  (1883)

Bizet

“Seguidilla” from Carmen  (1875)

Giuseppe Verdi

“Brindisi” from La Traviata  (1853)
“Triumphal Scene” from Aida  (1871)

Puccini

“Humming Chorus” from Madama Butterfly  (1904)

Pietro Mascagni

“Easter Hymn” from Cavalleria Rusticana  (1890)

Verdi

“Anvil Chorus” from Il Trovatore  (1853)

Puccini

“O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi  (1918)

Verdi

“La Donna è Mobile” from Rigoletto  (1851)
“Va Pensiero” from Nabucco  (1841)

Bizet

“March of the Toreadors” from Carmen  (1875)

Scott Joplin

“Aunt Dinah Has Blowed de Horn”
    from Treemonisha  (1911/1972)