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Repertoire
Saint Louis Women's Chorale Repertoire
Season | Title | Concert Title | Composer/Arranger | Description | Language | Genre/Topical | Composers / Poets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Braid the Raven Hair, Comes a Train of Little Ladies, and Three Little Maids from School from The Mikado | A Night at the Opera | Gilbert and Sullivan | ||||
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Ubers Gebirg' Maria geht | A Christmas Celebration | Johannes Eccard, arr. Johannes Brahms | ||||
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | St. Louis Women | Arr. Frank Metis | SSA, piano, with optional guitar, bass and drums | Pop / Patriotic | ||
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Still, Still Night | A Christmas Celebration | Jackson Berkey | ||||
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Angels Singing | A Christmas Celebration | Arr. James Helme Sutcliffe | SSA, piano or orchestra] /Slovakian carol | Christmas / Sacred | ||
Season 7 (2001-2002) | O-Yo-Yo | St. Louis Women | Arr. Stephen Hatfield | SA and solo, body percussion | French | Canadian | |
Season 7 (2001-2002) | There Is No Rose | A Christmas Celebration | Benjamin Britten | SSA, Harp or Piano, from A ceremony of carols | Latin | Christmas / Old English / Sacred | |
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Cigarette Girl Chorus from Carmen | A Night at the Opera | Bizet | ||||
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Variations on a Theme by Rilke | St. Louis Women | Joan Szymko | SSAA, piano | Contemporary / Women's Lives / Encouragement / Celebration | Women Composer / Women Poet | |
Season 7 (2001-2002) | Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day | A Christmas Celebration | Arr. John Rutter | SSA and piano or harp | Christmas / Sacred / Praise | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Peace Like a River | Tour of Italy | Gwyneth Walker | SSAA, a capella | African American / Spiritual / Sacred | Women Composer | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming | Holiday Fantasia | J. Edmund Hughes | SSAA, a capella, opt handbells | Christmas / Sacred | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | The First Nowell (audience sing-along) | Holiday Fantasia | English traditional carol | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Steal Away | Tour of Italy | Arr. J. Edmund Hughes | SSA, A cappella | Latin / English | Sacred / Spiritual / Encouragement | African American Composer |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Hold On | Americana | Arr. Clifton J. Noble Jr. | SSAA, piano | African American / Sacred / Spiritual | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Jesus Is Willing | Americana | Arr. Martha Shaffer | SSA, a cappella, Beach spring | Sacred / Early American | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Sub tuum praesidium | Tour of Italy | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Kyrie and Christe eleison for 5 voices | Tour of Italy | Claudio Merula | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Waly, Waly | A Choral Odyssey | Arr. Joan Szymko | SSAA, a cappella, traditional Scots ballad | Folk / Love / Romantic | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | In the Bleak Midwinter | Holiday Fantasia | Francis McCollin | SSAA, piano / A Christmas carol | Christmas / Sacred | Women Composer / Women Poet | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Amazing Grace | Tour of Italy | Arr. Joan Szymko | SSAA, a cappella | Sacred | Women Composer | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Amazing Grace | Americana | Arr. Joan Szymko | SSAA, a cappella | Sacred | Women Composer | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Do Not I Love Thee? | Americana | Arr. Martha Shaffer | SSA, divisi, a cappella | Sacred / Early American | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Tis the Gift to be Simple | Tour of Italy | Arr. Alice Parker | SSAA, a cappella, American Shaker hymn | Early American | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Lily of the Valley | Tour of Italy | Arr. Moses Hogan | SSAA divisi,a cappella | Sacred / Spiritual | African American Composer | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Nigra sum sed formosa | Tour of Italy | Johannes Lupi | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | We Are | Americana | Ysaye M. Barnwell | SATB w Solono. 5 from the song suite Lessons | Jazz / Spiritual | Women Composer / Women Poet | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | This Wonderful Feeling | A Choral Odyssey | Joan Szymko | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | A Girl's Garden | Americana | Randall Thompson | SSA, piano, band, or orchestra | Folk Early American / Women's lives | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | We Are | Tour of Italy | Ysaye M. Barnwell | SATB w Solono. 5 from the song suite Lessons | Jazz / Spiritual | Women Composer / Women Poet | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | The Moon Does Not Sleep | A Choral Odyssey | Ron Nelson | SSSA and piano with (optional) instrumental accompaniment, from Three settings of the moon | Nature | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Where Are the Hebrew Children? | Tour of Italy | Arr. Martha Shaffer | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Peace Like a River | A Choral Odyssey | Gwyneth Walker | SSAA, a capella | African American / Spiritual / Sacred | Women Composer | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (audience sing-along) | Holiday Fantasia | English traditional carol | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Noel! | Holiday Fantasia | Steven Samitz | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Love Letters | A Choral Odyssey | Stephen Paulus | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Alleluia | Tour of Italy | Randall Thompson | SSAA, a cappella | Sacred | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Veni, veni Emanuel | Holiday Fantasia | Plainchant | a cappella | |||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Kyrie for 5 Sopranos | A Choral Odyssey | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Gaudete Christus est natus | Holiday Fantasia | 13th-century | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Nigra sum | A Choral Odyssey | Pablo Casals | SSA, piano or organ, I am black, Decepta ex Canticis | Latin | Sacred / Love. | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Sacramento Sis Joe | Americana | Jackson Berkey | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Confitemini Domino | Tour of Italy | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Where Are the Hebrew Children? | Americana | Arr. Martha Shaffer | SSAA | Sacred / Early American | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Miracles of Sant'iago | Tour of Italy | Codex Calixtinus | medieval chant & polyphony for St. James from the Codex Calixtinus. | Sacred / Chant / Mediaeval | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Questa dolce sirena | A Choral Odyssey | Giovanni Gastoldi | ||||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Come In | Americana | Randall Thompson | SSA, piano or band or orchestra / From Frostiana | Celebration / Medley | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Do Not I Love Thee? | Tour of Italy | Arr. Martha Shaffer | SSA, divisi, a cappella | Sacred / Early American | ||
Season 8 (2002-2003) | Lily of the Valley | Americana | Arr. Moses Hogan | SSAA divisi,a cappella | Sacred / Spiritual | African American Composer | |
Season 8 (2002-2003) | 6PENCE | A Choral Odyssey | Jackson Berkey |
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Title | Composer/Arranger | Genre/Topical |
|---|---|---|
Braid the Raven Hair, Comes a Train of Little Ladies, and Three Little Maids from School from The Mikado | Gilbert and Sullivan | |
Ubers Gebirg' Maria geht | Johannes Eccard, arr. Johannes Brahms | |
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | Arr. Frank Metis | Pop / Patriotic |
Still, Still Night | Jackson Berkey | |
Angels Singing | Arr. James Helme Sutcliffe | |
O-Yo-Yo | Arr. Stephen Hatfield | Canadian |
There Is No Rose | Benjamin Britten | Christmas / Old English / Sacred |
Cigarette Girl Chorus from Carmen | Bizet | |
Variations on a Theme by Rilke | Joan Szymko | Contemporary / Women's Lives / Encouragement / Celebration |
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day | Arr. John Rutter | Christmas / Sacred / Praise |
Peace Like a River | Gwyneth Walker | African American / Spiritual / Sacred |
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming | J. Edmund Hughes | Christmas / Sacred |
The First Nowell (audience sing-along) | English traditional carol | |
Steal Away | Arr. J. Edmund Hughes | Sacred / Spiritual / Encouragement |
Hold On | Arr. Clifton J. Noble Jr. | African American / Sacred / Spiritual |
Jesus Is Willing | Arr. Martha Shaffer | Sacred / Early American |
Sub tuum praesidium | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | |
Kyrie and Christe eleison for 5 voices | Claudio Merula | |
Waly, Waly | Arr. Joan Szymko | Folk / Love / Romantic |
In the Bleak Midwinter | Francis McCollin | Christmas / Sacred |
Amazing Grace | Arr. Joan Szymko | Sacred |
Amazing Grace | Arr. Joan Szymko | Sacred |
Do Not I Love Thee? | Arr. Martha Shaffer | Sacred / Early American |
Tis the Gift to be Simple | Arr. Alice Parker | Early American |
Lily of the Valley | Arr. Moses Hogan | Sacred / Spiritual |
Nigra sum sed formosa | Johannes Lupi | |
We Are | Ysaye M. Barnwell | Jazz / Spiritual |
This Wonderful Feeling | Joan Szymko | |
A Girl's Garden | Randall Thompson | Folk Early American / Women's lives |
We Are | Ysaye M. Barnwell | Jazz / Spiritual |
The Moon Does Not Sleep | Ron Nelson | Nature |
Where Are the Hebrew Children? | Arr. Martha Shaffer | |
Peace Like a River | Gwyneth Walker | African American / Spiritual / Sacred |
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (audience sing-along) | English traditional carol | |
Noel! | Steven Samitz | |
Love Letters | Stephen Paulus | |
Alleluia | Randall Thompson | Sacred |
Veni, veni Emanuel | Plainchant | |
Kyrie for 5 Sopranos | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
Gaudete Christus est natus | 13th-century | |
Nigra sum | Pablo Casals | Sacred / Love. |
Sacramento Sis Joe | Jackson Berkey | |
Confitemini Domino | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | |
Where Are the Hebrew Children? | Arr. Martha Shaffer | Sacred / Early American |
Miracles of Sant'iago | Codex Calixtinus | Sacred / Chant / Mediaeval |
Questa dolce sirena | Giovanni Gastoldi | |
Come In | Randall Thompson | Celebration / Medley |
Do Not I Love Thee? | Arr. Martha Shaffer | Sacred / Early American |
Lily of the Valley | Arr. Moses Hogan | Sacred / Spiritual |
6PENCE | Jackson Berkey |
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