Our Repertoire

The following is a list of pieces that we are currently rehearsing and that we have performed in the past. Our repertoire usually changes after our summer and winter breaks, building up to performances in the Christmas season and in late spring/early summer.

 First Half 2012

Dacred and Spiritual Songs:

  • Ain'-A That Good News! - Spiritual (arr. William L. Dawson)
  • Ave Verum Corpus - W.A.Mozart (Arr.: R.Robinson)
  • Locus iste - Anton Bruckner
  • Ubi Caritas - M. Duruflé
  • Soon Ah Will Be Done - Spiritual (arr. William L. Dawson)

Secular Songs, Madrigals, Folk, and Pop/Musical:

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon, Arr. Kirby Shaw
  • Ching-A-Ring Chaw - Aaron Copland, Arr.: Irving Fine
  • Dein Herzlein mild - Johannes Brahms
  • Fair Phillis I Saw - John Farmer
  • The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre
  • Se ben vedio vita mia - Giovanni Gastoldi, Arr.: Patrick M. Liebergen
  • In These Delightful Pleasant Groves - Henry Purcell
  • Ich fahr' dahin - Johannes Brahms
  • Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz - Volker Wangenheim
  • Dirait-on - Morten Lauridsen
  • Erev Shel Shoshanim - Josef Hadar/Moshe Dor

 Second Half 2011

  • Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier - Johann Sebastian Bach
  • O Jesulein süß - Johann Sebastian Bach
  • While Shepherds Watched - John Foster, arr. Randall Engle
  • Veni, Veni Emmanuel - arr. Zoltán Kodály
  • Josef, lieber Josef mein - arr. Cary Ratcliff
  • Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing - Felix Mendelssohn
  • The Holly And The Ivy - arr. John Rutter
  • The Hills are Bare at Bethlehem – arr. Ralph Johnson
  • Go Tell it on the Mountain – arr. Ron Jeffers
  • Kommet, ihr Hirten - arr. Suann S. Strickland
  • African Noel - arr. André J. Thomas
  • O Magnum Mysterium - César Allejandro Carillo
  • Ya Viene La Vieja - andalusian carol
  • Shepherd's Carol - arr. by Dan Forrest
  • Deutsches Weihnachtslieder Medley #2

First Half 2011

Sacred and spiritual songs:

  • Missa Brevis, KV 258 (Spaur-Messe) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Adoramus Te, Christe - Eric William Barnum
  • Esto Les Digo - Kinley Lange
  • Laudate - Knut Nystedt
  • Alleluia - Paul Basler
  • Ride On, King Jesus - trad. spiritual
  • Soon Ah Will Be Done - William L. Dawson
  • There Is A Balm In Gilead - William L. Dawson

Madrigals, Folk Song and Pop/Musical:

  • Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger
  • Frühlingsfeier - Felix Mendelssohn
  • Verleih' uns Frieden - Felix Mendelssohn
  • Blackbird - Lennon/McCartney (arr. Runswick)
  • Birth Of The Blues - De Sylva/Brown/Henderson (arr. Strommen)
  • Bring Him Home - H.Kretzmer/C.-M.Schönberg
  • You are the Sunshine of my Life - Stevie Wonder

Second Half 2010

Sacred and spiritual songs:

  • Sanctus (Missa Brevis) - W.A. Mozart
  • Locus iste - Anton Bruckner
  • Prayer of Shantideva - Lauren Bernofsky
  • Ave Maria - Javier Busto
  • Alleluia - Paul Basler

Songs for the Christmas Season:

  • Lieb' Nachtigall, wach' auf
  • O Jesulein süß - J.S. Bach
  • A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson/Russel Robinson
  • Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - M. Praetorius
  • Good Christian Men, Rejoice! - arr. Darmon Meader
  • Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant - trad. french carol
  • I'll Be Home For Christmas - K.Gannon/W.Kent
  • O du fröhliche
  • Pat-A-Pan/Fum, Fum - arr. Philip Kern
  • Shepherd's Carol - trad. Austrian song, arr. by Dan Forrest

First Half 2010

Our repertoire for Spring 2010 ranges from sacred and spirituals to madrigals, (german) folk and contemporary songs. It spans across time (from 15th to 20th century), culture/language (German, English, Latin, French and Hebrew), and expression (melancholic, poetic love, dance, frolic).

Sacred and Spiritual:

  • Ain'-A That Good News! - Spiritual (arr. William L. Dawson)
  • Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - Spiritual
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Spiritual
  • Salmo 150 - Ernani Aguiar
  • Set Me As a Seal - Rene Clausen
  • Tantum ergo - Maurice Duruflé
  • Ubi Caritas - Maurice Duruflé

Madrigals and Folk Song:

  • Dein Herzlein mild - Johannes Brahms
  • Der Mond ist aufgegangen - Max Reger
  • Fair Phillis I Saw - John Farmer
  • In stiller Nacht - Johannes Brahms
  • Innsbruck, ich muss Dich lassen - Heinrich Isaac
  • Tanzlied - Thomas Morley
  • Erev Shel Shoshanim - Josef Hadar/Moshe Dor
  • Two Brothers (Civil War Song) - Irving Gordon (arr. Patrick Casey)
  • When I Sing My Love Before You - Giovanni Gastoldi
  • Loch Lomond - scottish folk song

Second Half 2009

For the winter performances:

  • Es ist für uns eine Zeit angekommen
  • Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - M. Praetorius
  • Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern - J.S. Bach
  • Sanctus (Missa Brevis) - W.A. Mozart
  • Jesu bleibet meine Freude - J.S. Bach
  • Ya Viene La Vieja - andalusian carol
  • Penyou, Ting! - trad. chinese melody
  • Bring a Torch - old french carol
  • Still, Still, Still (arr. Ron Jeffers)
  • Rise Up, Shepherd
  • Coventry Carol - trad. english melody
  • Lieb' Nachtigall, wach' auf
  • My Dancing Day - trad. english carol

For the fall performances:

  • When I Sing My Love Before You (Giovanni Gastoldi)
  • Be Gone, Dull Care (17th-century english air)
  • Sakura (trad. japanese song)
  • Plovi, Plovi (trad. dalmatian song)
  • Loch Lomond (trad. scottish song)
  • Die Lorelei (text: Heinrich Heine, music: Friedrich Silcher)
  • Route 66 (Bobby Troup – arr. Frank Leitnaker) - small ensemble
  • Siyahamba (trad. african song)
  • Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (african-american spiritual)

First Half 2009

  • Laudate (Knut Nystedt)
  • Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Ubi Caritas (Maurice Duruflè)
  • Die Nachtigall (Mendelssohn)
  • Prayer of Shantideva (Lauren Bernofsky)
  • Die Lorelei (text: Heinrich Heine, music: Friedrich Silcher)
  • My Lord, What A Morning (trad. american spiritual)
  • I Dreamed A Dream – from the musical “Les Miserables”
  • Route 66 (Bobby Troup – arr. Frank Leitnaker)
    performed by small ensemble
  • Chanson d’Amour (Wayne Shanklin)
  • A Concert Celebration – musical medley (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
  • Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
  • My Heart Is Offered Still To You (Orlando Lassus)
  • When I Sing My Love Before You (Giovanni Gastoldi)
  • On Eagle’s Wings (Michael Joncas)

Second Half 2008

  • In dulci jubilo (text and music from the 14th century)
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella (trad. french christmas carol)
  • Et in terra pax (Antonio Vivaldi)
  • Leise rieselt der Schnee (Eduard Ebel)
  • Deutsche Weihnachtslieder - Medley No.2
  • The First Noel (trad. english christmas carol)
  • Coventry Carol (trad. english christmas carol)
  • Süsser die Glocken nie klingen (text: Wilhelm Kritzinger, music: from Thüringen)
  • In the bleak mid-winter (text: Christina Rosetti, music: Gustav Holst)
  • A Jubilant Christmas (trad. english christmas carols)