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Season	Concert Title	Works	Detailed program (pdf)	Video
2019
Fall	With Harp, Flute & Chorus	Benjamin Britten — Ceremony of Carols Ralph Vaughan Williams — Wassail Song Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on Greensleeves for Flute and Harp Ben Allaway, arr. — Three 16th Century Spanish Carols Stephen Chatman — Lullay, My Liking Kirke Mechem — Seven Joys of Christmas	program	video
Summer	Brahms - Requiem	Johannes Brahms — Ein Deutsches Requiem	program	video
Spring	Duruflé - Howells	Herbert Howells — A Hymn for St. Cecilia Herbert Howells — Like As The Hart Maurice Duruflé — Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé — Notre Pere Herbert Howells — Te Deum Collegium Regale Maurice Duruflé — Requiem	program	video
2018
Fall	Magnificat!	Herbert Howells — Magnificat Collegium Regale Robert Lucas Pearsall — In Dulci Jubilo Arvo Part — Magnificat Will Todd — Christus Est Stella Will Todd — The Christ Child George Dyson — Magnificat in D Bryan Kelly — Magnificat in C Philip Stopford — Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Philip Stopford — Lully, Lulla, Lullay Phlip Stopford — Ave Maria Chrysogonus Waddell — Rosa Mystica Randol Alan Bass — Gloria	program	video
Summer	Song of the Universal	John Corigliano — Fern Hill Ola Gjeilo — Luminous Night of the Soul Eric Whitacre —Five Hebrew Love Songs Eric Whitacre —This Marriage Ola Gjeilo —Song of the Universal	program	video
Spring	Between Earth and Sky: Songs of Nature and Humanity	Benjamin Britten — Rejoice in the Lamb Benjamin Britten —Spring Carol Ola Gjielo —Tundra Ola Gjeilo —Across the Vast, Eternal Sky Eriks Esenvald —The Cloud Eriks Esenvald —My Song Eric Whitacre —The Seal Lullaby Ralph Vaughan Williams —Linden Lea Charles Villiers Stanford —Chillingham Charles Villiers Stanford —The Blue Bird Z. Randall Stroope —In Time of Silver Rain Z. Randall Stroope —The Pasture Norman Dello Joio —A Jubilant Song	program	video
2017
Fall	What Cheer? - Mostly modern takes on the holiday season	Francis Poulenc — Gloria William Walton — What Cheer? Stephen Jackson, arr. - Noël Nouvelet Franz Biebl - Ave Maria Sergei Rachmaninoff - Bogoroditse Devo Ralph Vaughan Williams - Wassail Song Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols	program	video
Summer	Summer of Light: Peace, Love & Harmony	Ola Gjeilo — Northern Lights Ola Gjeilo — The Ground Eric Whitacre - Lux Nova Eric Whitacre - Sainte-Chapelle Eric Whitacre - Glow Eriks Esenvalds - Stars Giuseppe Verdi - Four Sacred Pieces [Ave Maria, Stabat Mater, Laudi alla Vergine Maria, Te Deum]	program
Spring	Celebrate! Choral Masterpieces from Central Europe	Antonín Dvorák, arr. by Leos Janacék — Six Moravian Songs Antonín Dvorák — Te Deum Zoltán Kodály - Missa Brevis	program
2016
Fall	Brush Up Your Shakespeare!	Robert Jones — Farewell, Dear Love Philip Rosseter/J. David Moore, arr. — Fear No More The Heat of the Sun Henry Purcell — Hail! Great Parent/They Shall Be Happy (from The Fairy Queen) Felix Mendelssohn — Song & Chorus from A Midsummer Night's Dream Emma Lou Diemer — Three Madrigals Jaakko Mäntyjärvi — Four Shakespeare Songs George Shearing — Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare Mel Tormé/Kirby Shaw, arr. — Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire Craig Courtney — A Musicological Journey Through The Twelve Days of Christmas	program
Summer	...the sounds of war...the pleas for peace	Joseph Haydn — Mass in Time of War Ralph Vaughan Williams — Dona Nobis Pacem	program
Spring	Let All the World Sing!	Gabriel Fauré — Requiem Benjamin Britten — Festival Te Deum Gabriel Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs	program	video
2015
Fall	Looking Back: Holiday Highlights from our 1st 20 years	1.Kirke Mechem — Gloria from Three Motets 2.David Willcocks, arr — Angelus Ad Virginem Hector Berlioz - The Shepherd's Farewell from L'Enfance du Christ Marjorie Hess - The Oxen 3.Igor Stravinsky - Ave Maria Javier Busto - Ave Maria Javier Busto - Salve Regina 4. William Bolcom & Joan Morris - Carol Frank Ahrold - The Bells 5. Hal Hopson, arr. - O Shepherds, Aren't You Happy William James - The Three Drovers Bob Chilcott - The Shepherd's Carol 6.John Rutter. - What Sweeter Music Steven Heitzeg - little tree Eric Whitacre - little tree	program	video, Part 1 video, Part 2 video, Part 3 video, Part 4 video, Part 5 video, Part 6
Summer	Return to the Promised Land: Classical Choral Music of the PPIE	1. Amy Beach — Panama Hymn Georg Frideric Handel — And the Glory of the Lord, Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah 2. Joseph Haydn - Awake the Harp, The Heavens Are Telling from The Creation 3. Felix Mendelssohn - Lift Thine Eyes, He, Watching Over Israel from Elijah 4. Johannes Brahms -- Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen Richard Wagner - Pilgrim's chorus from Tannhauser 5.-6. Camille Saint-Saëns --- The Promised Land (major selections)	program	video, Part 1 video, Part 2 video, Part 3 video, Part 4 video, Part 5 video, Part 6
Spring	Looking Back: American Music Highlights from our 1st 20 years	Aaron Copland — The Boatmen's Dance & The Golden Willow Tree Alice Parker — Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal & Wondrous Love Walter Kittredge - Tenting On the Old Camp Ground J. David Moore - How Can I Keep From Singing Ralph Hunter, arr. - Two Temperance Songs Irving Fine - The Lobster Quadrille & Father William Kirke Mechem - Blow Ye The Trumpet David Conte- The Waking James Erb, arr. - Shenandoah Eric Whitacre - Water Night & Animal Crackers Stephen Paulus - Afternoon on a Hill	program	video
2014
Fall	Holiday Light & Love	Marc-Antoine Charpentier — Messe de Minuit pour Noël Thomas Tallis — O Nata Lux Morten Lauridsen - O Nata Lux Maurice Duruflé - Ubi Caritas Ola Gjeilo - Ubi Caritas Norman Dello Joio - The Holy Infant's Lullaby Conrad Susa - Three Mystical Carols: I. The shepherds sing II. This endrys night III. Let us gather hand in hand	program
Summer	Jongen-Duruflé	Joseph Jongen —Mass Maurice Duruflé — Requiem	program
Spring	I Hear America Singing!	William Billings — Chester William Billings — Euroclydon William Billings —I Am The Rose of Sharon Alice Parker, arr. — Harmonious Herbst Joseph Webster—Lorena Walter Kittredge — Tenting On The Old Camp Ground John Stafford Smith — Anacreontic Song John Stafford Smith—Adams and Liberty Ralph Hunter, arr.— Four Temperance Songs Stephen Paulus — Afternoon on a Hill Stephen Paulus — The Day Is Done Daniel Gawthrop — Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars Eric Whitacre — The Seal Lullaby Eric Whitacre — This Marriage Eric Whitacre — little tree	program
2013
Fall	From British Shores...Christmas Across the Pond	Benjamin Britten — Jubilate Deo in C Benjamin Britten — A Boy Was Born (theme) Benjamin Britten —Jubilate Deo in Eb Herbert Howells — Hymn for St. Cecilia Robert Parsons— Ave Maria Robert Lucas Pearsall — Caput Apri Defero Robert Lucas Pearsall — In Dulci Jubilo Bryan Kelly—Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C Philip Stopford—Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Philip Stopford — Lully, Lulla, Lullay Philip Stopford — Wexford Carol Will Todd — Christus Est Stella Will Todd — The Christ Child Will Todd— None Other Lamb Peter Warlock — Benedicamus Domino Peter Warlock — Adam Lay Ybounden Peter Warlock—Three Carols: Tyrley Tyrlow, Balulalow, The Sycamore Tree William Walton — All This Time William Walton — What Cheer?	program
Summer	Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem	Johannes Brahms — Ein Deutsches Requiem	program
Spring	Music of Eastern and Central Europe	Franz Schubert — Mass No. 2 in G Antonín Dvorák, arr. by Leos Janácek — Sechs Klänge aus Mähren/Six Moravian Choruses Sergei Rachmaninoff —Bogoroditse Devo Dmitri Bortnyansky — Cherubic Hymn, No. 7 Nicolai Kedrov— Otche Nash Modest Mussorgsky (attributed) — Angel Vopiyashe Sid Robinovitch — Prayer Before Sleep from The Talmud Suite Alexander Gretchaninoff—Nunc Dimittis Alexander Gretchaninoff—Our Father	program	video
2012
Fall	The Joy of Christmas A Celebration for Chorus and Harp	Boris Ord — Adam Lay Ybounden Benjamin Britten — Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten — A Ceremony of Carols Kirke Mechem — Seven Joys of Christmas Marjorie Hess— The Oxen Bob Chilcott — The Shepherd's Carol Bob Chilcott — God So Loved the World Robert H. Young—There Is No Rose of Such Virtue Peter Wishart —Alleluya, A New Work Is Come on Hand Kirke Mechem —Gloria from Three Motets	program
Summer	Berlioz Requiem Performance Collaboration with Redwood Symphony & other choruses	Richard Strauss — Thus Spake Zarathustra Felix Mendelssohn — Hebrides Overture Hector Berlioz — Shepherd's Farewell Arrigo Boito — Final Chorus from Mefistofele Hector Berlioz — Requiem	program
Spring	Modern American Voices Poetry settings by Aaron Copland, John Corigliano, and Eric Whitacre	Aaron Copland — The Boatmen's Dance, The Little Horses, Long Time Ago, and The Golden Willow Tree, from "Old American Songs" John Corigliano — Fern Hill Eric Whitacre — Animal Crackers Eric Whitacre — Five Hebrew Love Songs Eric Whitacre — Water Night Aaron Copland — The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"	program
2011
Fall	A Choral Christmas with harp, strings and organ	Camille Saint-Saëns — Christmas Oratorio Ola Gjeilo — Prelude Ola Gjeilo — A Spotless Rose Ola Gjeilo — The Ground Stephen Paulus — Jesu Carols (2 & 4) (The Ship Carol; The Neighbors of Bethlehem) William Levi Dawson — Mary Had a Baby Robert De Cormier, arr. — The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy André Thomas —African Noel Robert Train Adams —Christmas Fantasy	program
Summer	An American Summer: The Old Testament in the New World	Aaron Copland — In The Beginning Undine Moore — Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord Stacey V. Gibbs — Way Over in Beulah Land Moses Hogan — The Battle of Jericho Randall Thompson — The Peaceable Kingdom André Thomas — Swing Down, Chariot Jester Hairston — Elijah Rock William Dawson — Ezekiel Saw de Wheel	program
Spring	Voices of Immigration	Ernst Toch — Geographical Fugue William Byrd — All As A Sea Salamone Rossi — Al Naharot Bavel Heinrich Isaac — Innsbruck, Ich Muss Dich Lassen Antonín Dvorák — Songs of Nature Janika Vandervelde — Cançao de Embalar Dale Warland, arr. — Boyo Balu Robert De Cormier, arr. — Dortn, Dortn Stephen Hatfield, arr. — Mayn Rue Platz Stephen Hatfield — Take A Step Gabriel Fauré — Madrigal Donald Patriquin, arr. — Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser Donald Patriquin, arr. — J’Entends le Moulin J. David Moore, arr. — How Can I Keep From Singing	program
2010
Fall	Christmas music for chorus, brass and organ	Guillaume Dufay — Gloria ad modum tubae Heinrich Schütz — Hodie Christus natus est (SWV315) Giovanni Gabrieli — Canzona per Sonare, #4 Giovanni Gabrieli — Hodie Christus natus est Heinrich Schütz — Jauchzet dem Herren Giovanni Gabrieli — In Ecclesiis Juan Vásquez — En la fuente del rosel Joaquin Nin-Culmell — La Virgen lava pañales Gerónimo Gonzalez — Serenissima una noche Tomás Luis de Victoria — O Magnum Mysterium Tomás Luis de Victoria — O Magnum Mysterium Mass Daniel Pinkham — Christmas Cantata Robert Train Adams — Christmas Fantasy	program
Summer	Duruflé – Mendelssohn	Maurice Duruflé — Requiem Felix Mendelssohn — Te Deum in D	program
Spring	Music Expresses	Robert Train Adams — Music Expresses Gerald Finzi — My Spirit Sang All Day Gerald Finzi — I Praise the Tender Flower Gerald Finzi — Haste On, My Joys! Ralph Vaughan Williams — Springtime of the Year Gustav Holst — I Love My Love Ralph Vaughan Williams — Dark Eyed Sailor J. David Moore — Searching For Lambs Halsey Stevens — Like as the Culver Robert Lucas Pearsall — Lay a Garland Jonathan Quick — Loch Lomond George Shearing — Music to Hear: 1. Music to Hear 2. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day 3. Is It for Fear to Wet a Widow’s Eye 4. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind 5. Sigh No More, Ladies Matthew Harris — Shakespeare Songs, Book I 1. Hark, Hark, the Lark 2. Full Fathom Five 3. Who is Silvia Ralph Vaughan Williams — Serenade to Music	program
2009
Fall	What Sweeter Music	Anonymous, ca. 1450 — Ther Is No Rose Harold Darke — In The Bleak Midwinter John Joubert — There Is No Rose Michael Praetorius — Est Ist Ein Ros Enstsprungen Boris Ord — Adam Lay Ybounden Robert Pearsall — In Dulci Jubilo Tomás Luis de Victoria — O Magnum Mysterium Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — Hodie Christus Natus Est John Gardner — Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day John Tavener — The Lamb Benjamin Britten — This Little Babe from Ceremony of Carols John Rutter, arr. — Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant Francis Poulenc — Quatre Motets Pour le Temps de Noël: O Magnum Mysterium Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite Videntes Stellam Hodie Christus Natus Est John Rutter — What Sweeter Music Robert Train Adams — Christmas Fantasy	program
Summer	Mozart — Schubert — Mendelssohn	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 Franz Schubert — Mass in G Felix Mendelssohn — Beati Mortui Felix Mendelssohn — Say Where Is He Born (from Christus) Felix Mendelssohn — There Shall A Star From Jacob (from Christus) Felix Mendelssohn — Kyrie in D Minor Felix Mendelssohn — Lift Thine Eyes (from Elijahl Felix Mendelssohn — He, Watching Over Israel (from Elijah)	program
Spring	Classical Music of Brazil & Canada	José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Requiem Stephen Chatman — Gloria Healey Willan — O Sing Unto the Lord A New Song Imant Raminsh — Ave Verum Corpus Stephen Chatman — Two Rosetti Songs: Song and Music; Remember Healey Willan — Rise Up, My Love Ruth Watson Henderson — Sing All Ye Joyful Srul Irving Glick — What I Have Learned Is This Srul Irving Glick — The Hour Has Come	program
2008
Fall	Celebration!	Louis Vierne — Solemn Mass Heinrich Schütz — Hodie Christus Natus Est Michael Praetorius — In Dulci Jubilo Michael Praetorius — Psallite Robert Lucas de Pearsall — In Dulci Jubilo Javier Busto — Ave Maria & Ave Maria Gratia Plena Virgil Thomson — O My Deir Hert Ned Rorem — While All Things Were In Quiet Silence William Bolcom & Joan Morris — Carol John Rutter — Shepherd’s Pipe Carol Randol Bass — Gloria	program
Summer	Te Deum!	Plainchant — Te Deum Laudamus (Latin rite, solemn tone) George Frideric Handel — Te Deum in A Major Joseph Haydn — Te Deum in C (Hob. XXIIIc, No. 2) Benjamin Britten — Festival Te Deum Antonín Dvorák — Te Deum	program
Spring	An American Sampler: Choral Music by American Composers	Randall Thompson — The Last Words of David Lucas Foss — Cool Prayers from ‘The Prairie’ Virgil Thomson — Four Southern Hymns Robert Adams — It Will Be Summer – Eventually (West Coast Premiere) Wordless Shaker Song — Mother Ann’s Song Jeremiah Ingalls — Northfield Alfred Marcus Cagle — Soar Away Emma Lou Diemer — Three Madrigals Samuel Barber — The Monk And His Cat Irving Fine — Lobster Quadrille; Father William from "Alice in Wonderland" Daniel Gawthrop — Close Now Thine Eyes Eric Whitacre — Sleep Steven Sametz — I Have Had Singing Sheldon Curry, arr. — Down To The River To Pray J. David Moore & Dare To Breathe, arr. — How Can I Keep From Singing	program
2007
Fall	Magnificat!	Francesco Durante — Magnificat Franz Schubert — Magnificat Herbert Howells — Hymn for St. Cecilia Herbert Howells — Magnificat Collegium Regale Arvo Pärt — Magnificat Francis Poulenc — Gloria	program
Summer	Amy Beach Grand Mass in E Flat Major	John Blow — Begin the Song; Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day, 1684 (selections) Henry Purcell — Come Ye Sons of Art (selections) Amy Beach — Grand Mass in E Flat Major Concert Review	program	video1-Blow,Purcell video2-Beach
Spring
	Kaleidoscope: Different Cultures/Different Voices	Juan Pérez Bocanegro — Hanacpachap Cuisicuinnin Gaspar Fernandes — Xicochi, Xicochi Gaspar Fernandes — Tleicantimo Choquiliya J. David Moore — Annua Gaudia Chen Yi — Arirang Chen Yi — Sakura Zhou Long — Words of the Sun Se Enkhbayar — Neiman Sharag (Eight Chestnut Horses) Lee R. Kesselman — This Grand Show Is Eternal James Mulholland — Highland Mary James Mulholland — A Red, Red Rose Joseph Spivak, arr. Donald Bannett — Ma Navu (World Premier) Lee R. Kesselman — Shona Mass – Tenzi (Kyrie) – Mbiri Kuna Mwari (Gloria) – Akakomborwerwa (Benedictus) – Hwayana Yamwari (Agnus Dei) Stephen Hatfield — Nukapianguaq	program
2006
Fall	Mozart Celebration & Great English Anthems	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Kyrie in D, K. 341 — Ave Verum Corpus — Missa Solemnis, K. 337 William Byrd — Sing Joyfully — Ave Verum Corpus George Frideric Handel — The King Shall Rejoice Charles Villiers Stanford — Beati Quorum Via Charles Wood — Hail Gladdening Light Gerald Finzi — God is Gone Up David Willcocks, arr. — Angelus Ad Virginem	program
Summer	Haydn/Vaughan Williams	Michael Haydn — Requiem Ralph Vaughan Williams — Dona Nobis Pacem	program
Spring	American Spiritual Landscapes	Ernest Bloch — Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service) Charles Ives — Psalm 67 Kirke Mechem — Give Thanks Unto the Lord Lee Kesselman — This Grand Show is Eternal Ludwig Altman — Choral Meditation	program
2005
Fall	An English Christmas	Thomas Tallis — If ye love me — Missa puer natus est nobis William Mathias — Sir Christèmas Gustav Holst — Personent Hodie Benjamin Britten — Hymn to the Virgin Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Blessed Son of God — No sad thought his soul affright — Fantasia on Christmas carols	program
Summer	Brahms Requiem	Johannes Brahms — Ein Deutsches Requiem	program
Spring	Austrian Masters	Joseph Haydn — Harmoniemesse Anton Bruckner — Mass No. 1 in D minor	program
2004
Fall	Choral Music of France	Guillaume Dufay — Gloria ad modum tubae Josquin des Pres — Ave Maria Marc Antoine Charpentier — In nativitatem Domini canticum, H314 Gabriel Fauré — Messe Basse Cesar Franck — Psaume 150 Francis Poulenc — Hodie Camille Saint-Saëns — Calme des nuits — Les fleurs et les arbres — Des pas dans l’allée Hector Berlioz — L’adieu des bergers from L’enfance du Christ Arthur Honegger — Selections from Une cantate de Noël	program
Summer	Calm & Passion	Charles-Marie Widor — Mass (French, 1878) Pytor Tchaikovsky — Selections from the All Night Vigil Sergei Rachmaninoff — Bogoroditse Devo — Cherubim Hynm No. 8 Joseph Jongen — Mass (Belgian, 1945)	program
Spring	Laudes Organi — Works for Choir and Organ	Kodaly — Laudes Organi Dvorák — Mass in D Mendelssohn — Hear my Prayer Dvorak — Going Home, God is my Sheperd	program
2003
Fall	A Holiday Festival for Chorus and Harp	Benjamin Britten — Ceremony of Carols Medieval Carol — Nova, Nova William Walton — All This Time Marjorie Hess — The Oxen Steven Heitzeg — Little Tree William Hawley — The Snow That Never Drifts Arnold Bax — I Sing of a Maiden That is Makeless William James — The Three Drovers P.D.Q. Bach — A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols	program
Summer	Kirke Mechem’s Operas	Kirke Mechem — Arias & Choruses from John Brown Kirke Mechem — Arias & Choruses from The Newport Rivals	program
Spring	Messe des Morts: Requiems from France	Maurice Duruflé — Requiem André Campra — Requiem	program
2002
Fall	Music of Harvest and Thanksgiving	Kirke Mechem — Give Thanks Unto the Lord (ps. 136) J.S. Bach — Nun danket alle Gott (Cantata No. 192) Alice Parker — God is Seen — Wondrous Love — Invocation: Peace (Omaha Indian Prayer) Srul Irving Glick — The Hour has Come Aaron Copland — Promise of Living Leonard Bernstein — Choral suite from Candide	program
Summer	Choral Gems of the Romantic Era	Franz Schubert — Deutche Messe Felix Mendelssohn — Ave Maria Anton Bruckner — Ave Maria Johannes Brahms — Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (second movement from the German Requiem) Sergei Rachmaninoff — Ave Maria (from the Vespers) — Cherubic Hymn No. 8 Dmitry Bortniansky — Cherubic Hymn No. 7 Giuseppe Verdi — Laudi alla Vergine & Te Deum (from Four Sacred Pieces) — Sanctus (from the Requiem)	program
Spring	Dona Nobis Pacem: Grant Us Peace	Joseph Haydn — Mass in Time of War Ralph Vaughn Williams — Dona Nobis Pacem	program
2001
Fall	The French Choral Tradition	Marc-Antoine Charpentier — Messe de minuit pour Noël Jean Langlais — Messe Solennelle Francis Poulenc — Hodie Maurice Duruflé — Ubi Caritas Olivier Messiaen — O Sacrum Convivium	program
Summer	Classical Masterpieces: 5th Anniversary Season finale	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Great Mass in C Minor Johann Sebastian Bach — Magnificat	program
Spring	The New Choral Sound	Arvo Pärt — Cantate Domino Arvo Pärt — The Beatitudes William Albright — Chichester Mass Javier Busto — Salve Regina John Tavener — A Hymn to the Mother of God David Conte — The Waking Morten Lauridsen — Dirait-on (from Les Chansons des Roses) Morten Lauridsen — O Nata Lux (from Lux Aeterna) Kirke Mechem — Island in Space Charles Stanford — Blue Bird Kenneth Leighton — Lully, Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child Humphrey Clucas — The Lord Is My Shepherd Humphrey Clucas — O Salutaris Hostias	program
2000
Fall	Masterpieces of the Renaissance	Tomás Luis de Victoria — Requiem Tomás Luis de Victoria — Ave Maria Claudio Monteverdi — Missa a 4 Voci	program
Summer	An All-American Concert	Alice Parker and Robert Shaw, arr. — American Folk Hymns: – Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal – Wondrous Love – Saints Bound for Heaven – Come Away to the Skies Leonard Bernstein — Missa Brevis Leonard Bernstein — Chichester Psalms Charles Ives — Psalm 67 Kirke Mechem — Blow Ye the Trumpet Aaron Copland — The Promise of Living Aaron Copland — Simple Gifts	program
Spring	English Masterpieces	John Ireland — Greater Love Hath No Man Benjamin Britten — Hymn To St. Cecilia Benjamin Britten — Festival Te Deum Herbert Howells — Requiem Herbert Howells — Magnificat Collegium Regale Herbert Howells — Te Deum Collegium Regale	program
1999
Fall	Messe Solennelle	Morten Lauridsen — Lux Aeterna Maurice Duruflé — Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens Louis Vierne — Messe Solennelle	program
Concert at St. John’s	Concert at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ross (November)	Hildegard von Bingen — Columba Aspexit Gabriel Fauré — Messe Basse Ralph Vaughan Williams — Antiphon (from Five Mystical Songs) American traditional — Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen Maurice Duruflé — Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens Morten Lauridsen — O Nata Lux (from Lux Aeterna) Louis Vierne — Kyrie (from Messe Solennelle)	program
Summer	Opera Sacra — Sacred Works	Hildegard von Bingen — Columba Aspexit; O Ignis Spiritus Francis Poulenc — Quatres Petits Prieres de Saint François d’Assise Gabriel Fauré — Mess Basse Ralph Vaughan Williams — Five Mystical Songs Giuseppi Verdi — Four Sacred Pieces	program
Legion of Honor	Organ/Choral Concert, with Robert Gurney, organist (May)	Kenneth Alford — Colonel Bogey March Kirke Mechem — Blow Ye the Trumpet Amy Beach — Panama Hymn — The Year’s at the Spring (Barbara Greeno, solo) — Prelude On An Old Folk Tune, "The Fair Hills of Eire, O" Randall Thompson — Alleluia Edward Elgar — Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Gus Kahn and Kaper-Jurman — San Francisco	program
Spring	Musical Poetry: 20th Century British and American Choral Settings of Poetry	Kirke Mechem — Blow Ye the Trumpet (from the opera John Brown) — To Music — Blessed Are They Randall Thompson — Alleluia — The Best of Rooms Benjamin Britten — Rejoice in the Lamb William Harris — Faire is the Heaven	program
1998
Fall	The English Sound: Choral Gems Celebrating Cathedral Sonorities	Thomas Tallis — Missa Puer Natus Est Nobis Orlando Gibbons — Hosanna to the Son of David Robert Parsons — Ave Maria Gregorio Allegri — Miserere Paul Manz — E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Blessed Son of God — Fantasia on Christmas Carols	program
Summer	Brahms Requiem	Johannes Brahms — Eine Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)	program
Spring	Music of Our Time: Multicultural Music from Around the World	Leonard Bernstein — Chichester Psalms Stephen Hatfield — Nukapianguaq — Missa Brevis Lee R. Kesselman — Shona Mass Andre Thomas, arr. — Keep Your Lamps! traditional — Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen Charles Albert Tindley — The Storm is Passing Over James Erb, arr. — Shenandoah	program
1997
Fall	Winter Concert	Benjamin Britten — Ceremony of Carols Kirke Mechem — Christmas the Morn — Seven Joys of Christmas — Gloria (from Three Motets) Marcel Samuel-Fosseau — Variations Pastorales sur un Vieux Noël (harp solo)	program
Summer	Summer Concert	Franz Schubert — Mass in G Major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ave Verum Corpus — Requiem	program
Spring	The Music of Amy Marcy Beach (Mrs. H.H.A.)	Amy Beach — On an Old Folk Tune ‘The Fair Hills of Eire, O’ (organ solo) — Wind o’ the Westland (vocal solo) — The Year’s at the Spring (vocal solo) — The Lotos Isles (vocal solo) — Let This Mind Be in You (choral anthem) — The Panama Hymn (choral) — The Grand Mass in Eb Major(choral)	program
1996
Fall	Winter Concert	Josquin des Pres — Ave Maria Tomás Luis de Victoria — Ave Maria Igor Stravinsky — Ave Maria Arvo Pärt — Magnificat Robert Witt — Four Motets to the Blessed Mary Francis Poulenc — Gloria	program
Summer	Sacred Music of the 20th Century	Maurice Duruflé — Requiem Herbert Howells — Te Deum Collegium Regale Herbert Howells — Magnificat Collegium Regale Charles Villiers Stanford — Beati Quorum Via Henryk Mikolaj Górecki — Totus Tuus	program
	Choral Evensong	Joint Concert with Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Choir, San José Brad Osness — Magnificat — Nunc Dimittis Franz Schubert — Deutsche Messe	program
Spring	Songs of Love and Spring	Johannes Brahms — Liebeslieder Waltzes P.D.Q. Bach — Liebeslieder Polkas Wordless Shaker Song — Mother Ann's Song Three Settings of the Song of Solomon: Healey Willan — Rise Up, My Love Patrick Hadley — My Beloved Spake William Billings — The Rose of Sharon Aaron Copland — The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land) Leonard Bernstein — Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide) Maurice Duruflé — Ubi Caritas	program
	Trinity Episcopal Easter Service	Joint Concert with Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Choir, San José Brad Osness — Magnificat — Nunc Dimittis Franz Schubert — Deutsche Messe	program
1995
Winter	A Festival of Carols (Joint concert with SF Choral Society and SF Brass)	Franz Biebl — Ave Maria Giovanni Gabrieli — O Magnum Mysterium Michael Praetorius — In Dulci Jubilo — Psallite Craig Courtney — Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas John Rutter — What Sweeter Music Elizabeth Poston — Jesus Christ the Apple Tree William James — The Three Drovers Hal Hopson, arr — O Shepherds Aren't You Happy Frank Ahrold — The Bells	program
Fall	Debut Concert	Louis Vierne — Messe Solennelle Gabriel Fauré — Requiem — Cantique de Jean Racine	program
Summer	Hiroshima Commemorative Service	The Chorus joined with Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Choir of San Jose in the premiere of Brad Osness’ Lamentations, performed at an ecumenical commemorative service on the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima
Spring	Founding Meeting	March 20, 1995 Helene Whitson, Susan Quinlan, Barbara Greeno, Claire Diepenbrock, Anne Trapani, and Tracy Schilling, met with Robert Gurney, at Trinity Episcopal Church, to discuss the possibility of forming a new chorus. All of the singers except Tracy Schilling were members, or former members, of Winifred Baker’s San Francisco Civic Chorale, which had just been merged with the Winifred Baker Chorale of San Rafael. The members of the Civic Chorale, who wished to continue, would from then on have to go to San Rafael to rehearse. Some preferred to find a way to continue to sing together in the City. Tracy Schilling and Helene Whitson were at that point singing in the San Francisco Choral Society, where Robert Gurney served as Assistant Conductor and accompanist, in addition to his position as Organist and Choirmaster in Trinity Episcopal Church. Helene Whitson was instrumental in bringing everyone together.

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