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Repertoire

Saint Louis Women's Chorale Repertoire

Season
Title
Concert Title
Composer/Arranger
Description
Language
Genre/Topical
Composers / Poets
Season 12 (2006-2007)
We Are… (Lessons No. 5)
Women's Stories, Women's Songs
Ysaye M. Barnwell
SATB w Solono. 5 from the song suite Lessons
Spiritual / Jazz
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Light Out of Darkness
Women's Stories, Women's Songs
Barbara Harbach
SA, Piano, Traditional,
Nature / Celebration
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Crossing the Bar
A Salute to Gwyneth Walker
Gwyneth Walker
SSA, piano
Sacred / Love / Praise
Women Composer
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Largo from New World Symphony
Women's Stories, Women's Songs
Antonin Dvorak, arr. Margaret Dryburgh
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Bones, Be Good!
A Salute to Gwyneth Walker
Gwyneth Walker
SSA, piano
Jazz / Dance
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 12 (2006-2007)
I Will Be Earth
Women's Stories, Women's Songs
Gwyneth Walker
SSA, piano
Love / Romantic
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Amazing Grace
Women's Stories, Women's Songs
Arr. Joan Szymko
SSAA, a cappella
Sacred
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Songs for Women's Voices
A Salute to Gwyneth Walker
Gwyneth Walker
Season 12 (2006-2007)
The Tree of Peace
A Salute to Gwyneth Walker
Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, divisi,and piano
Sacred / Love / Hope / Encouragement
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Hands, All Hands Around (from Quilters)
Women's Stories, Women's Songs
Barbara Damashek
SSAA, Solo, 30 min work
Opera / Early American / Contemporaty / Women's Lives
Women
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Now I Become Myself
A Salute to Gwyneth Walker
Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, and piano
Women's Lives / Encouragement / Celebration
Women
Season 12 (2006-2007)
Lux Aeterna from Missa
Women's Stories, Women's Songs
Z. Randall Stroope
SSA, organ, Light eternal : from Missa
Latin
Sacred / Missa
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Excerpts from Princess Ida
We Are His Sisters and His Cousins and His Aunts!
Gilbert and Sullivan
Season 13 (2007-2008)
There, 'Twixt the Ox and Donkey
Sing We Now of Christmas
Derek Holman
SSA, with piano or brass quintet
French / English
Christmas / Sacred
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Black is the color of my true love's hair
Faces of St. Louis
Arr. Stephen Mager
unison or SA, piano, Appalachian folk song
Early American
Season 13 (2007-2008)
A Child is Born
Sing We Now of Christmas
Mark Sirett
SSA, percussion : hand drum, tambourine, triangle or finger cymbal
Christmas / Sacred
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Swing low, sweet chariot
Faces of St. Louis
Arr. Stephen Mager
SSA, Soprano solo, a capella
African American / Spiritual / Encouragement
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Psalm (Lament)
Faces of St. Louis
Carolee Coombs-Stacy
SSAA, piano, Commissioned
Sacred / Comfort / Compassion
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 13 (2007-2008)
A Pentatonic Alleluia
Sing We Now of Christmas
Ross Whitney
SSSSAA, a cappella
Sacred / Celebration / Processional
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Sing We Now of Christmas
Arr. Howard Cable
SSA, piano, opt. instrument accompanient
Christmas
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Come, Shepherds, Come
Sing We Now of Christmas
Derek Holman
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Excerpts from HMS Pinafore and Ruddigore
We Are His Sisters and His Cousins and His Aunts!
Gilbert and Sullivan
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Now in the Manger
Sing We Now of Christmas
Derek Holman
SSA, with piano or brass quintet
French / English
Christmas / Sacred / Celebration
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Excerpts from Ruddigore, The Mikado, Yeomen of the Guard, and Sorcerer
We Are His Sisters and His Cousins and His Aunts!
Gilbert and Sullivan
Season 13 (2007-2008)
There Is No Rose
Sing We Now of Christmas
Eleanor Daley
SSAA, a cappella, Anonymous medieval text
Latin
Christmas / Old English / Sacred
Women Composer
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Past the Mirror
Faces of St. Louis
Gay Holmes Spears
SSA piano
Women's Lives / Contemporary
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Song of the Angels
Sing We Now of Christmas
Mark Sirett
Season 13 (2007-2008)
The Season of Singing
Faces of St. Louis
Gay Holmes Spears
SSAA, piano, Commissioned, 3 movements
Sacred / Love
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Wings of Night
Faces of St. Louis
Bruce Vantine
SSAA, a cappella, commissioned for STLWC, Longfellow words
Lullaby / Nature / Peace
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Excerpts from The Mikado
We Are His Sisters and His Cousins and His Aunts!
Gilbert and Sullivan
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Mary Anne
Faces of St. Louis
Arr. Stephen Mager
SA, piano (double bass ad libitum) : Trinidad Calypso song
Folk
Season 13 (2007-2008)
I Sing of a Maiden
Sing We Now of Christmas
Eleanor Daley
SSAA, a cappella
Sacred / Old English
Women Composer
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Excerpts from Iolanthe
We Are His Sisters and His Cousins and His Aunts!
Gilbert and Sullivan
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Excerpts from Pirates of Penzance
We Are His Sisters and His Cousins and His Aunts!
Gilbert and Sullivan
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Three Sacred Harp Arrangements
Faces of St. Louis
Arr. Martha Shaffer
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Away in a Manger
Sing We Now of Christmas
Edwin T. Childs
SSAA, piano
Chri
Season 13 (2007-2008)
O My Dear Heart
Sing We Now of Christmas
Eleanor Daley
SSAA : a cappella
Christmas / Sacred / Praise / Lullaby
Women Composer
Season 13 (2007-2008)
Sing We Now of Christmas
Sing We Now of Christmas
Arr. Thomas Miller
SSAA a cappella
SSAA a cappella
Christmas / Sacred / Praise
Christmas / Sacred / Praise
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Gossip Scene, When a Woman Has a Baby (from Street Scene)
From Bingen to Broadway
Kurt Weill
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Cripple Creek
American Folkwomen
Arr. Tom Porter
SSA with piano and violin / Commission by Susan McMane
Folk American
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Two pieces from Three Sacred Choruses (Op. 37)
From Bingen to Broadway
Johannes Brahms
SSAA, a cappella, op. 37
Latin / English
Sacred
Season 14 (2008-2009)
The Saga of Jenny (from Lady in the Dark)
From Bingen to Broadway
Kurt Weill
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Caritas abundat
From Bingen to Broadway
Hildegard of Bingen
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Shenandoah
American Folkwomen
Arr. Carl J. Nygard Jr.
SSAA, with optional accompaniment
Early American / Nature / Love
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Epitaph
American Folkwomen
Arr. Malcolm Galglish
SSAA, hammer dulcimer
Folk / Love / Comfort / Compassion
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Ching-a-Ring Chaw
American Folkwomen
Adapted by Aaron Copeland, arr. Irving Fine
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Four Songs (Op. 17)
From Bingen to Broadway
Johannes Brahms
SSA, 2 horns, and harp, op. 17
German
Love / Romantic
Season 14 (2008-2009)
This Old Man Variations
American Folkwomen
Arr. Betty Bertaux
SSA, piano
Folk
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Vos flores rosarum
From Bingen to Broadway
Hildegard of Bingen
Season 14 (2008-2009)
Charlottown
American Folkwomen
Arr. Charles Bryan
SSA, a cappella
American / Folk
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Title
Composer/Arranger
Genre/Topical
We Are… (Lessons No. 5)
Ysaye M. Barnwell
Spiritual / Jazz
Light Out of Darkness
Barbara Harbach
Nature / Celebration
Crossing the Bar
Gwyneth Walker
Sacred / Love / Praise
Largo from New World Symphony
Antonin Dvorak, arr. Margaret Dryburgh
Bones, Be Good!
Gwyneth Walker
Jazz / Dance
I Will Be Earth
Gwyneth Walker
Love / Romantic
Amazing Grace
Arr. Joan Szymko
Sacred
Songs for Women's Voices
Gwyneth Walker
The Tree of Peace
Gwyneth Walker
Sacred / Love / Hope / Encouragement
Hands, All Hands Around (from Quilters)
Barbara Damashek
Opera / Early American / Contemporaty / Women's Lives
Now I Become Myself
Gwyneth Walker
Women's Lives / Encouragement / Celebration
Lux Aeterna from Missa
Z. Randall Stroope
Sacred / Missa
Excerpts from Princess Ida
Gilbert and Sullivan
There, 'Twixt the Ox and Donkey
Derek Holman
Christmas / Sacred
Black is the color of my true love's hair
Arr. Stephen Mager
Early American
A Child is Born
Mark Sirett
Christmas / Sacred
Swing low, sweet chariot
Arr. Stephen Mager
African American / Spiritual / Encouragement
Psalm (Lament)
Carolee Coombs-Stacy
Sacred / Comfort / Compassion
A Pentatonic Alleluia
Ross Whitney
Sacred / Celebration / Processional
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Arr. Howard Cable
Christmas
Come, Shepherds, Come
Derek Holman
Excerpts from HMS Pinafore and Ruddigore
Gilbert and Sullivan
Now in the Manger
Derek Holman
Christmas / Sacred / Celebration
Excerpts from Ruddigore, The Mikado, Yeomen of the Guard, and Sorcerer
Gilbert and Sullivan
There Is No Rose
Eleanor Daley
Christmas / Old English / Sacred
Past the Mirror
Gay Holmes Spears
Women's Lives / Contemporary
Song of the Angels
Mark Sirett
The Season of Singing
Gay Holmes Spears
Sacred / Love
Wings of Night
Bruce Vantine
Lullaby / Nature / Peace
Excerpts from The Mikado
Gilbert and Sullivan
Mary Anne
Arr. Stephen Mager
Folk
I Sing of a Maiden
Eleanor Daley
Sacred / Old English
Excerpts from Iolanthe
Gilbert and Sullivan
Excerpts from Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert and Sullivan
Three Sacred Harp Arrangements
Arr. Martha Shaffer
Away in a Manger
Edwin T. Childs
Chri
O My Dear Heart
Eleanor Daley
Christmas / Sacred / Praise / Lullaby
Sing We Now of Christmas
Arr. Thomas Miller
Christmas / Sacred / Praise
Gossip Scene, When a Woman Has a Baby (from Street Scene)
Kurt Weill
Cripple Creek
Arr. Tom Porter
Folk American
Two pieces from Three Sacred Choruses (Op. 37)
Johannes Brahms
Sacred
The Saga of Jenny (from Lady in the Dark)
Kurt Weill
Caritas abundat
Hildegard of Bingen
Shenandoah
Arr. Carl J. Nygard Jr.
Early American / Nature / Love
Epitaph
Arr. Malcolm Galglish
Folk / Love / Comfort / Compassion
Ching-a-Ring Chaw
Adapted by Aaron Copeland, arr. Irving Fine
Four Songs (Op. 17)
Johannes Brahms
Love / Romantic
This Old Man Variations
Arr. Betty Bertaux
Folk
Vos flores rosarum
Hildegard of Bingen
Charlottown
Arr. Charles Bryan
American / Folk
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