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Repertoire

Saint Louis Women's Chorale Repertoire

Season
Title
Concert Title
Composer/Arranger
Description
Language
Genre/Topical
Composers / Poets
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voices of the Feminine
Johann Sebastian Bach
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Loch Lomond
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Traditional Scottish
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Dona nobis pacem
Voices of the Feminine
Traditional German round
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Comin' Thro' the Rye
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Traditional Scottish
Season 16 (2010-2011)
The Minstrel Boy
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Traditional Irish
Season 16 (2010-2011)
If I can stop one heart from breaking
Voices of the Feminine
Charles A. Wilson
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Greensleeves
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Traditional English
Season 16 (2010-2011)
At the Cross her Station Keeping (Stabat Mater)
Passiontide
Plainchant
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? (audience sing-along)
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
George L. Giefer
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Suscepit Israel from Magnificat in D (BWV 243)
Passiontide
Johann Sebastian Bach
SSA, piano, His servant Israel, from the Magnificat in D : terzetto
Latin / English
Sacred / Celebration / Praise / Encouragement
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Homeland
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Gustav Holst, arr. Z. Randall Stroope
SSA, piano with optional brass and percussion
Patriotic / Love
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Suo-gan
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Arr. Brian Trant
SSAA, a cappella, an old Welsh slumber-song
Welsh / English
Lullaby / Love
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Land of My Fathers (Welsh National Anthem)
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Arr. Huw Menai Williams
SATB
Welsh / English
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Wearing of the Green
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Traditional Irish
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Housekeeper's Tragedy
Voices of the Feminine
Arr. Hermene Warlick Eichorn, ed. Mary Lycan
SSA chorus, soprano and alto solo, piano : North Carolina folk song
Folk / Women's Lives
Season 16 (2010-2011)
The Bells of Aberdovey
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Arr. Archibald T. Davison and Thomas Whitney Surette
SSAA, Welsh
English
Welsh / Folk
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Peace I Ask of Thee, O River
Voices of the Feminine
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, piano or string orchestra, commissioned
American / Peace
Women Composer
Season 16 (2010-2011)
All Through the Night
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Arr. Earlene Rentz
SA, accompanied
Welsh
Women Composer
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Song for Peace
Voices of the Feminine
Allister MacGillivray, arr. Diane Loomer and Eric Hominick
SSAA, cappella
Folk / Peace / Love
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Down by the Salley Gardens
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Arr. M. Cleveland
SSAA, piano
Irish / Folk / Love
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Scotland the Brave
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Arr. Marion McClurg, adapted by Katharine Lawton Brown
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Flow Gently Sweet Afton
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Jonathan E. Spillman
Season 16 (2010-2011)
When Jesus Wept
Passiontide
William Billings
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Largo from New World Symphony
Voices of the Feminine
Antonin Dvorak, arr. Margaret Dryburgh
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Music in My Mother's House
Voices of the Feminine
Stuart Stotts, arr. J. David Moore
SSAA, Piano
Folk / Women's Lives / Celebration
Season 16 (2010-2011)
MacNamara's Band (audience sing-along)
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Shamus O'Connor
Season 16 (2010-2011)
When Irish Eyes are Smilin' / Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral (audience sing-along)
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Ernest R. Ball / J. R. Shannon
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Today, this Spring
Voices of the Feminine
Libby Larsen
SA w divisi, and piano, 3 Movements, 3 poems
Medley/ Spiritual / Comfort / Compassion / Nature
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 16 (2010-2011)
My Boy Willie
Voices of the Feminine
Arr. Samuel Adler
SSA, with piano
English / Folk / Love
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Psalm (Lament)
Voices of the Feminine
Carolee Coombs-Stacy
SSAA, piano, Commissioned
Sacred / Comfort / Compassion
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 16 (2010-2011)
How Can I Keep From Singing?
Voices of the Feminine
Robert E. Lowry, arr. Scott Farthing
SSAA, piano
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Stabat Mater
Passiontide
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
SA, solo, Violine I, II, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Orgel (In Pounch)
Latin
Sacred
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Song of Survival: The Captives' Hymn
Voices of the Feminine
Margaret Dryburgh
SSA, acappella, Sumatran prison camp. 3 movements.
Hope / Love
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Now I Become Myself
Voices of the Feminine
Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, and piano
Women's Lives / Celebration / Encouragement
Women Composer
Season 16 (2010-2011)
O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde grosse (WBV 622), choral prelude
Passiontide
Johann Sebastian Bach
Season 16 (2010-2011)
God Save the Queen
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Thomas Arne
Season 16 (2010-2011)
Crossing the Bar
Voices of the Feminine
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, piano, or chamber orchestra
Sacred / Encouragement
Women Composer
Season 16 (2010-2011)
O can ye sew cushions?
Wearin' o' the Green: An Irish-Celtic Concert
Arr. Benjamin Britten
Season 17 (2011-2012)
City Called Heaven
Voice of the Spirit
Arr. Josephine Poelinitz
SATB, piano
African American / Sacred / Spiritual
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Tis the Gift to Be Simple
Earthbound, Flying Free
Arr. Alice Parker
SSAA, a cappella, American Shaker hymn
Early American
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Crossing the Bar
Earthbound, Flying Free
Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, piano, or chamber orchestra
Sacred / Encouragement
Women Composer
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Only Light, Only Love
I Am Being Woven
Joan Szymko
SA, 6 parts, solo, a cappella
Hope / Contemporary / Encouragement / Social Justice
Women Composer
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Clap Yo' Hands
Voice of the Spirit
George Gershwin, arr. Pete King
SSA, piano
Broadway / Celebration
Season 17 (2011-2012)
River in Judea
Voice of the Spirit
Jack Feldman, arr. John Leavitt
SSA, piano
Sacred / Hope / Praise
Women Poet
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Peace Like a River
Voice of the Spirit
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, a capella, African-American spiritual
African American / Sacred / Spiritual
Women Composer
Season 17 (2011-2012)
It Takes a Village
I Am Being Woven
Joan Szymko
SSAA, a cappella, percussion
African / Celebration
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 17 (2011-2012)
I Dream a World
Voice of the Spirit
Joan Szymko
SSA, piano
Social Justice / Hope
Women Composer
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Heart, We Will Forget Him
I Am Being Woven
Earlene Rentz
SSAA, piano
Love / Romantic
Women Composer / Women Poet
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Tundra
Earthbound, Flying Free
Ola Gjeilo
SSAA piano
Sacred / Nature / Peace
Season 17 (2011-2012)
Peace I Ask of Thee, O River
Earthbound, Flying Free
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
SSAA, piano or string orchestra, commissioned
American / Peace
Women Composer
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Title
Composer/Arranger
Genre/Topical
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach
Loch Lomond
Traditional Scottish
Dona nobis pacem
Traditional German round
Comin' Thro' the Rye
Traditional Scottish
The Minstrel Boy
Traditional Irish
If I can stop one heart from breaking
Charles A. Wilson
Greensleeves
Traditional English
At the Cross her Station Keeping (Stabat Mater)
Plainchant
Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? (audience sing-along)
George L. Giefer
Suscepit Israel from Magnificat in D (BWV 243)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sacred / Celebration / Praise / Encouragement
Homeland
Gustav Holst, arr. Z. Randall Stroope
Patriotic / Love
Suo-gan
Arr. Brian Trant
Lullaby / Love
Land of My Fathers (Welsh National Anthem)
Arr. Huw Menai Williams
Wearing of the Green
Traditional Irish
Housekeeper's Tragedy
Arr. Hermene Warlick Eichorn, ed. Mary Lycan
Folk / Women's Lives
The Bells of Aberdovey
Arr. Archibald T. Davison and Thomas Whitney Surette
Welsh / Folk
Peace I Ask of Thee, O River
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
American / Peace
All Through the Night
Arr. Earlene Rentz
Welsh
Song for Peace
Allister MacGillivray, arr. Diane Loomer and Eric Hominick
Folk / Peace / Love
Down by the Salley Gardens
Arr. M. Cleveland
Irish / Folk / Love
Scotland the Brave
Arr. Marion McClurg, adapted by Katharine Lawton Brown
Flow Gently Sweet Afton
Jonathan E. Spillman
When Jesus Wept
William Billings
Largo from New World Symphony
Antonin Dvorak, arr. Margaret Dryburgh
Music in My Mother's House
Stuart Stotts, arr. J. David Moore
Folk / Women's Lives / Celebration
MacNamara's Band (audience sing-along)
Shamus O'Connor
When Irish Eyes are Smilin' / Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral (audience sing-along)
Ernest R. Ball / J. R. Shannon
Today, this Spring
Libby Larsen
Medley/ Spiritual / Comfort / Compassion / Nature
My Boy Willie
Arr. Samuel Adler
English / Folk / Love
Psalm (Lament)
Carolee Coombs-Stacy
Sacred / Comfort / Compassion
How Can I Keep From Singing?
Robert E. Lowry, arr. Scott Farthing
Stabat Mater
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Sacred
Song of Survival: The Captives' Hymn
Margaret Dryburgh
Hope / Love
Now I Become Myself
Gwyneth Walker
Women's Lives / Celebration / Encouragement
O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde grosse (WBV 622), choral prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach
God Save the Queen
Thomas Arne
Crossing the Bar
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
Sacred / Encouragement
O can ye sew cushions?
Arr. Benjamin Britten
City Called Heaven
Arr. Josephine Poelinitz
African American / Sacred / Spiritual
Tis the Gift to Be Simple
Arr. Alice Parker
Early American
Crossing the Bar
Gwyneth Walker
Sacred / Encouragement
Only Light, Only Love
Joan Szymko
Hope / Contemporary / Encouragement / Social Justice
Clap Yo' Hands
George Gershwin, arr. Pete King
Broadway / Celebration
River in Judea
Jack Feldman, arr. John Leavitt
Sacred / Hope / Praise
Peace Like a River
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
African American / Sacred / Spiritual
It Takes a Village
Joan Szymko
African / Celebration
I Dream a World
Joan Szymko
Social Justice / Hope
Heart, We Will Forget Him
Earlene Rentz
Love / Romantic
Tundra
Ola Gjeilo
Sacred / Nature / Peace
Peace I Ask of Thee, O River
Arr. Gwyneth Walker
American / Peace
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