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Repertoire
Saint Louis Women's Chorale Repertoire
Season | Title | Concert Title | Composer/Arranger | Description | Language | Genre/Topical | Composers / Poets |
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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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