Past Concerts
2023-2024
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2022-2023
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2021-2022
Saturday, December 18 & Sunday, December 19, 2021
Candlelight & Carols: Handel's Messiah, Part I
Taylor Hulett, soprano Gale Hazel, mezzo-soprano
Bryce Tomlin, tenor Nicolai Strommer, baritone
1. Sinfonia Overture
2. Recitative: Comfort ye my people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .Tenor
3. Air: Ev’ry valley shall be exalted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Tenor
4. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
5. Recitative: Thus saith the Lord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bass
6. Air: But who may abide the day of his coming. . . . . . . . . . . . .Bass
7. Chorus: And he shall purify
8. Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alto
9. Air: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alto
& Chorus
10. Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth. . . . . Bass
11. Air: The people that walked in darkness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass
12. Chorus: For unto us a child is born
13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
14. Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field. . . . . . Soprano
15. Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them. . .Soprano
16. Recitative: And the angel said unto them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Soprano
17. Recitative: And suddenly there was with the angel. . . . . . . . .Soprano
18. Chorus: Glory to God
19. Air: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Soprano
20. Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alto
21. Air: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .Alto & Soprano
22. Chorus: His yoke is easy
44. Chorus: Hallelujah
Intermission
Freedom Come. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Ben Allaway soloists: Eric Zittel, tenor Paul Pritchard, baritone Sandra Babb, soprano
There Shall a Star From Jacob Come Forth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Felix Mendelssohn
Festival First Nowell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Dan Forrest
Verleih uns Frieden (Grant us Thy peace). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Felix Mendelssohn
Maria Walks Amid the Thorn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. Ron Jeffers
Before the Marvel of This Night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Carl Schalk
My Song in the Night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. Paul Christiansen
O Come, All Ye Faithful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Dan Forrest
O Holy Night. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. Rene Clausen
2019-2020
Saturday, November 9 & Sunday, November 10, 2019
Karl Jenkins' The Peacemakers
Part I
1. Blessed are the peacemakers: Matthew 5:9 – ‘Peace’ in Hebrew, Hindi and Arabic
2. Fanfara: ‘Peace’ in various languages
3. Peace, Peace!: Percy Bysshe Shelly (1792-1822)
4. I offer you peace: Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), soloist: Cynthia McCladrey, mezzo-soprano
5. Inner peace: Dalai Lama of Tibet (b 1935)
6. Healing Light: a Celtic prayer: Anonymous
7. Meditation: Peace is…: Terry Waite CBE (b 1939), soloist: Madelyn Zuro, soprano
8. Evening Prayer: Anonymous, soloist: Madelyn Zuro, soprano
Part II
9. Solitude: solo violin and strings
10. Fiat pax invirtute tua: Psalm 122: 7-8, Mother Teresa (1910-97), Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), Qur’an 25:63
11. He had a dream: Elegy for Martin Luther King Jr. – Isaiah 40: 4-5
12. The Dove: Carol Barratt (b 1945), soloist: Gale Hazel, mezzo-soprano
13. The Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), soloists: Madelynn Zuro, soprano & Cynthia McGladrey, mezzo-soprano
14. One Song: Sir Thomas Malory (1405-71), Rumi (1207-73), Carol Barratt, Karl Jenkins
15. Let there be justice for all: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) from the Long Walk to Freedom, soloists: Anne Hubble, soprano Dianne Nelson, alto
16. Dona nobis pacem: Ordinary of the Mass, Baháu’lláh (1812-92), soloists: Madelyn Zuro, soprano Krystina SanGiovanni, alto
17. Anthem: Peace, triumphant peace: Carol Barratt, Anne Frank (1929-45), St. Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1883)
Saturday, December 21 & Sunday, December 22, 2019
Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo
Sandra Babb, soprano soloist Caitlyn Douglas, alto soloist
1. Jubilate Deo (Choir, sung in Latin)
O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands:
serve the Lord with gladness,
and come before his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God;
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise;
be thankful unto him,
and speak good of his name.
For the Lord is gracious,
his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth from generation
to generation.
Psalm 100, Latin Vulgate
2. Ve adthdor vador (Soloists and choir, sung in Hebrew and Arabic)
Bless his name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is
everlasting, and his truth endures from age to age.
From Psalm 100:4-5
3. Ta cao chang de yang (Solo and choir, sung in Mandarin Chinese)
It is he that has made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
From Psalms 100:3 and 23:1
4. Ngokujabula! (Choir, sung in Zulu)
Shout with triumph to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with joy, come before his presence with singing.
Know that the Lord is God!
From Psalm 100:1-3
5. Bendecid su nombre (Solo and choir, sung in Spanish)
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise.
Be thankful, and bless his name.
Psalm 100:4
6. Song of the Earth (Choir)
Alleluia.
Praise Jehovah (Nearly universal transliteration)
7. Omnis Terra! (Choir, sung in Latin, English and Zulu)
Sing for joy, dance in gladness,
shout for joy, all the earth!
Adapted from Psalm 100, Latin Vulgate
Intermission (15 Minutes)
Joy! to the World Arr. by Steven Strite
There is No Rose Arr. by René Clausen
Anne Ridlington, cello
He is Born Arr. by Don Michael Dicie
Amber Mao, flute Stephanie Brannan, oboe
The First Nowell Arr. by Mack Wilberg
Jingle, bells Arr. by David Willcocks
Away in a Manger Arr. by Mack Wilberg
Amber Mao, flute Jeff Parsons, harp
Silent Night Arr. by Dan Forrest
O Holy Night Arr. by René Clausen
Sunday, February 16, 2020
The Empire Strikes Bach
Betrayal in Passion: Excerpts from the St. John Passion
Evangelist: Nicholas Larson Jesus: Will Weiss
Peter: Steven Evans-Renteria Pilate: Paul Pritchard Servant: Michael Canon
Open Chorus: Lord, Thou our Master
The Betrayal of Judas
Jesus went with his disciples—Evangelist
Jesus of Nazareth—Chorus
Jesus saith unto them: I am he.—Evangelist & Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth—Chorus
Jesus answered and said—Evangelist & Jesus
O wondrous love—Chorale
Peter’s Denial
And Annas had Jesus bound—Evangelist
Art thou not—Chorus
But Peter denied it.—Evangelist, Peter, Servant, & Jesus
Peter, while his conscience slept—Chorale
The Crowd
But the Jews cried out and shouted to Pilate—Evangelist
If thou let this man go.—Chorus
Then when Pilate heard them speaking thus—Evangelist and Pilate
Away with him—Chorus
Pilate saith unto them—Evangelist & Pilate
We have no king but Caesar—Chorus
Conclusion
The end has come—Alto aria
Ah Lord, when comes that final day—Chorale
Intermission (15 Minutes)
Anvil Chorus Giuseppe Verdi
From Il Trovatore “See how the night mist is lifting its veil…”
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves Giuseppe Verdi
From Nabucco “Dearest homeland, my thoughts fly towards thee…”
Dido’s lament, and final chorus Henry Purcell
From Dido and Aeneas “When I am laid, am laid in earth…”
Naomi Bennett, mezzo-soprano
Habanera Georges Bizet
From Carmen “Love’s a bird that will not obey…”
Caitlyn Douglas, mezzo-soprano
Brindisi Giuseppe Verdi
From La Traviata “Let’s drink to the pleasures of youth and happiness…”
Anne Hubble, soprano Nicholas Larson, tenor
Finale of Act I Gilbert & Sullivan
From Mikado “With aspect stern and gloomy stride…”
Nanki-Poo: Nicholas Larson Yum-Yum: Taylor Hulett
Poo-Bah: Paul Pritchard Ko-Ko: Will Wiess Peep-Bo: Patty Gerig
Pish-Tush: Bruce Hauge Pitti-Sing: Grace Dawald Katisha: Anne Hubble
2017-2018
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Reform School: Choral Music of the Reformation
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott—Johann Wather
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott—J. S. Bach: Melissa Reed, soprano; Allison Knotts, mezzo-soprano; Bryce Tomlin, tenor; Mitchell Hutchings, baritone
All-Night Vigil “Vespers” (Selections)—Sergei Rachmaninoff
Missa Papae Marcelli “Kyrie/Gloria”—Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Jubilate Deo—Giovanni Gabrieli
If ye love me—Thomas Tallis
This is the record of John—Orlando Gibbons: Steven Evan-Renteria, counter-tenor
David’s Lamentation—Joshua Shank
Nearer, My God, to Three—arr. Dan Forrest: Noah Seitz, cello
Worthy To Be Praised!—Byron J. Smith: Karen Drouhard, mezzo-soprano
Saturday December 16 & Sunday, December 17, 2017
Candlelight & Carols: Handel's Messiah
The Messiah (Part I)—George Frideric Handel
Soloists: Jenna Skarphol, soprano; Blair Bowmer, mezzo-soprano; Bryce Tomlin, tenor; Gregory Brumfield, bass-baritone
Carols:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day—arr. Howard Helvey
See Amid the Winter’s Snow—arr. Dan Forrest
This Little Babe (from Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten)—arr. Julius Harrrison
Serenity (O magnum mysterium)—Ola Gjeilo: Noah Seitz, cello
Ding Dong Merrily on High—arr. Howard Helvey
He Is Born!—arr. Dan Forrest
Baby Born in Bethlehem—Victor Johnson: Jade Hails, percussion; Grayson Merickel, bass
O Holy Night—arr. John Rutter
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Choral Fight Night: Battle of the Choirs
Corvallis Repertory Singers vs. OSU Millennium Singers
Corvallis Repertory Singers:
Fight the good fight with all thy might—John Gardner
Missa Kenya—Paul Basler: Bryce Tomlin, tenor; Steven Evans-Renteria, tenor; Gregory Brumfield, bass; Eric Russel, horn; Jade Hails & Emily Walker, percussion
Combined Choirs:
Five Hebrew Love Songs—Eric Whitacre, Hila Plitmann, poetry
Millennium Singers:
Cry Out and Shout—Knut Nystedt
Moon is Distant for the Sea —David Childs
Joshua Fit the Battle—arr. Moses Hogan
Combined Choirs:
Ubi Caritas—Maurice Duruflé & Ola Gjeilo
Corvallis Repertory Singers:
Sure on This Shining Night—Samuel Barber & Morton Lauridsen
All That Hath Breath & Life—René Clausen
Let Everything That Hath Breath—Jeffrey Ames
Elijah Rock—Jester Hairston & Moses Hogan
Combined Choirs:
Seize the Day (from Newsies)—Alan Menken, arr. Roger Emerson
2018-2019
Saturday, December 15 & Sunday, December 16, 2018
Candlelight & Carols: Vivaldi's Gloria
Mini-Messiah Sing-Along—George Frideric Handel
“And the glory of the Lord” “For unto us a Child is born” “Glory to God” “Hallelujah!”
This Little Babe—Benjamin Britten
Come, All Ye Shepherds—arr. Stephen Mager
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree—Elizabeth Poston
Wexford Carol—arr. Dale Warland: Abi Sperling, flute
See Amid the Winter’s Snow—arr. Dan Forrest
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day—arr. Howard Helvey
The First Noel—arr. Dan Forrest
Here’s a Pretty Little Baby—arr. André Thomas: Sandra Babb, soprano; Patty Gerig, soprano, Bryce Tomlin, tenor; Emma Nissen, soprano – Abi Sperling, flute; Gryson Merickel, string bass; Jacob Eckart, tenor steel drum
O Holy Night—arr. René Clausen
Sunday, February 10, 2019
The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn
soloists:
Emma Nissen, soprano (Gabriel)
Bryce Tomlin, tenor (Uriel)
Anthony Eversole, baritone (Raphael)
Sandra Babb, soprano (Eve)
Kevin Helppie, baritone (Adam)
Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14, 2019
Meredith Willson's The Music Man in Concert
Joseph Battrick, Harold Hill
Taylor Hulett, Marian Paroo
Colton Byers, Robbie Goldie, Jordan Mitts, Eli Nicholas, River City Quartet
Gale Hazel, Mrs. Paroo
Matthew Cook, Winthrop Paroo
Jason Caffarella, Marcellus Washburn
Anne Hubble, Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn
Paul Pritchard, Mayor Shinn
Caitlyn Douglas, Alma Hix
Patty Gerig, Maud Dunlop
Dianne Nelson, Ethel Toffelmier
Laura South, Mrs. Squires
Elizabeth Banks, Amaryllis
Robbie Goldie, Charlie Cowell
Cate Caffarella, stage director
2016-2017
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Letters from the Front
Star Spangled Banner—John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
Mass in Time of War “Paukenmesse”—Joseph Haydn
I Vow To Thee, My Country—Gustav Holst
Workin’ for the Dawn of Peace—arr. Ron Jeffers
For the Fallen—Eleanor Daley
Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier—arr. René Clausen
Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? from Love Songs for Spring Time—Paul Halley
Flanders Fields—Paul A. Aitken
In Remembrance from Requiem—Eleanor Daley
The Wind that Shakes the Barley—arr. Laurie Betts
Eternal Father, Strong to Save—John B. Dykes/ William Whiting, arr. Dan Forrest
Featuring readings of veterans letters by Patricia Johnson, Peter Butler, Cadet Brianna Shopp, and Melvin Hoffman.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Candlelight & Carols
Amahl and the Night Visitors—opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti
Jonah Southwick, Amahl; Lindsay Burrough, His Mother; Gregory Brumfield, Balthazar; Mason Cooper, Melchior; Joseph Battrick, Kaspar; Blair Bowmer, Page
Oba Ti De (Here Comes the King)—arr. Jeffery L. Ames
Sweet Little Jesus Boy—Robert MacGimsey, arr. Larry Nickel
Ding Dong! Merrily on High—arr. Stephen Mager
There Is No Rose—René Clausen
He is Born!—arr. Dan Forrest
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly—arr. John Leavitt
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks—Craig Courtney
Three Settings of Christmas Spirituals: “Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow,” “Go Tell It On The Mountain,” “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy,” soloist: Gregory Brumfield —arr. Mark Hayes
Away in a Manger—arr. Neil Harmon
Go Where I Send Thee—arr. André Thomas
O Holy Night—arr. René Clausen
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Mass by David Maslanka
Collaborative concert with Oregon State University Music, featuring the OSU Wind Ensemble (Christopher Chapman, conductor), OSU Bella Voce (Sandra Babb, director), the OSU Chamber Choir (Steven Zielke, director), and the Corvallis Repertory Singers (Steven Zielke, artistic director)
Soloists: Amy Hansen, soprano; Nicolai Strommer, baritone
2015-2016
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, 4th Movement, Ode to Joy
Soloists:
Coral Walterman, soprano
Angela Niederloh, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Larson, tenor
Nickoli Strommer, bass
In collaboration with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony and OSU Chamber Choir
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Candlelight & Carols
Christmas Oratorio, Part 1—J. S. Bach, soloists: Melissa Simpson, soprano; Megan Sand, mezzo-soprano; Charles Gidley, tenor; Mason Cooper, baritone
Lux Aeterna—Morten Lauridsen
Exultate, Jubilate—W. A. Mozart, Melissa Simpson, soprano
For Unto Us a Child is Born (from Messiah, Part 1)—G. F. Handel
Sing We Now of Christmas—arr. Fred Prentice
Maria Walks Amid the Thorn—arr. Ron Jeffers
Wassail Song—arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
The First Nowell—arr. Mack Wilberg
O Come, All Ye Faithful—arr. Dan Forrest
O Holy Night—arr. René Clausen
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Requiems!
Requiem—Maurice Duruflé: Allison Knotts, mezzo-soprano; Kevin Helppie, baritone; Bob Thompson, organ
Requiem for the Living—Dan Forrest: Melissa Simpson, soprano; Nicholas Larson, tenor
Saturday, April 30, 2016
If Music be the Food of Love, Sing On!
If Music be the Food of Love—Jean Belmont
Serenade to Music—Ralph Vaughan Williams
She Will Make the Face of Heaven Shine—Rob Redei
O Mistress Mine—Matthew Harris
When Daffodils Begin to Peer—Matthew Harris
Three Shakespeare Songs—Ralph Vaughan Williams
Three Settings of It Was a Lover and His Lass—Mathew Harris, John Rutter, P.D.Q. Bach/Schickele, from Liebeslieder Polkas
Excerpts from Something Rotten!: “God, I Hate Shakespeare,” “Will Power,” “Hard to Be the Bard,” “We See the Light.”
If Music be the Food of Love—David Dickau
Featuring David Ogden Stiers performing
an excerpt from The Merchant of Venice, Sonnet #18, Sonnet #17—William Shakespeare
2014-2015
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Bach & Bluegrass
Lobet Den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230—J.S. Bach
Jesu, der du meine Seele, no. 78—J.S. Bach, soloists: Melissa Simpson, soprano; Allison Knotts, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Larson, tenor; Daniel Fridley, bass
Come Away to the Skies: A High Lonesome Bluegrass Mass—Tim Sharp & Wes Ramsay, soloists: Will McLean, tenor; Alec Chase, tenor; Tyler Wilson, tenor; Paul Pritchard, baritone, Peter Butler, baritone
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Candlelight & Carols: Messiah
Messiah, Part I—G. F. Handel, soloists: Nicholas Larson, tenor; Daniel Fridley, bass-baritone; allison Knotts, mezzo-soprano; Melissa Simpson, soprano; Gale Hazel, mezzo-soprano, Patty Gerig, soprano
Gaudete—Craig Kingsbury, soloists: Alison Duever, soprano; Larissa Zens, alto; Tyler Wilson, tenor; Cole Haole-Valenzuela, baritone
Adam Lay Ybounden—arr. Ian Loeppky
Away in a Manger—arr. Neil Harmon, Christina Brown, oboe, Jeffrey Parsons, harp
In the Bleak Midwinter—arr. Abbie Bentinis
He Is Born!—arr. Dan Forrest
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks—arr. Craig Courtney
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day—arr. Howard Helvey
There Is Faint Music—Dan Forrest
O Holy Night—arr. Rene Clausen
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Music and Hope
To Be Certain of the Dawn—Stephen Paulus, with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra and OSU Chamber Choir
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Pirates of Penzance (Concert Version)
Gilbert & Sullivan
Pirate King: Gregory Zielke; Frederic: Nicholas Larson; Major-General: Brice Cloyd; Mabel: Melissa Simpson; Ruth: Anne Hubble; Sergeant of Police: Daniel Fridley; Samuel: Paul Pritchard; Edith: Megan Sand; Kate: Aubrey Patterson; Narrator: Charlotte Headrick
2013-2014
Friday, December 20, 2013
Candlelight & Carols
Concerto No. 4 in F minor, “Winter” from the Four Seasons—Vivaldi, Jessica Lambert, violin soloist
Gloria—Vivaldi, soloists: Melissa Simpson, Julie Cherry, sopranos; Karen Drouhard, Allison Knotts, mezzo-sopranos
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen—M. Praetorius
Fantasia on Christmas Carols—Ralph Vaughan Williams, soloist: Kevin Helppie, baritone
Maria Walks Amid the Thorn—arr. Ron Jeffers
Ding Dong! Merrily on High—arr. Stephen Mager
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree—Eleanor Daley, soloist: Melissa Simpson, soprano
Sweet Little Jesus Boy—Robert MacGimsey, arr. Larry Nickel, soloist: Gale Hazel, mezzo-soprano
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy—arr. André J. Thomas, Robert Brudvig and Claire Hogan, percussion
What sweeter music—John Rutter
Angels We Have Heard on High—arr. Mack Wilberg, soloist: Patty Gerig, soprano
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Brahms Requiem
Zigeunerleben (Gypsy Life), Op. 29, no. 2—Schumann, soloists: Julie Cherry, soprano; Allison Knotts, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Larson, tenor; Tim Brassfield, baritone
Der Abend (Evening), Op. 64, no. 2—Brahms
Der Tanz (The Dance), D. 826—Schubert
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45—Brahms, soloists: Kevin Helppie, baritone; Janet Hackett, soprano
Saturday, April 26, 2014
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Toward the Unknown Region—Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace—Karl Jenkins, soloists: Megan Sand, soprano; Allison Knotts, alto; Bryce Tomlin, tenor; Daniel Fridley, bass; Khaled Zaki, muezzin
2012-2013
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Young Guns
Missa brevis in F—Haydn at 18
Christ lag in Todesbanden—Bach at 22
Missa Solemnis in C minor—K 139, Mozart at 12
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Candlelight & Carols
Hodie – A Cantata for Christmas—Ralph Vaughan Williams
Gloria Fanfare—Jeffery L. Ames
Wexford Carol—arr. Dale Warland
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High—Stephen Mager
There is No Rose—René Clausen
Mary Had A Baby—William L. Dawson
Noel—Todd Smith
O Come, All Ye Faithful—arr. Dan Forrest
Sunday, January 27, 2013
British Invasion
From Pirates of Penzance—Gilbert and Sullivan
With Cat-like Tread, Paul Pritchard with chorus
Poor Wand’ring One, Anna Rikli with chorus
The Beatles—words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Eleanor Rigby, solo Brice Cloyd
Yesterday, solo Julie Cherry
Back in the USSR, solo Nicholas Larson
From Phantom of the Opera— Andrew Lloyd Webber
All I ask of you, solo Jeffrey Larkin
MLK— U2(Bono)
solo Joseph Battrick
Somebody to Love—Queen
solos Anna Rikli, Lauren Bryan
ENCORE: Somebody Like You—Adele
Karen Drouhard and Aubrey Peterson
The Glory of the English Church Repertoire
O Clap Your Hands—Vaughan Williams
Hear My Prayer—Purcell
Agnus Dei— Morley
The King Shall Rejoice—Handel (Coronation Anthem No. 2)
Song for Athene—Tavener, Well-loved since 1997 funeral of Princess Diana, First performed by Corvallis Repertory Singers after the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001
The Lord is My Shepherd—John Rutter (from Requiem), with organ and oboe
I Was Glad—Hubert Parry
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Opera at the Whiteside: Passion, Virtue, Revenge
Carmen—Georges Bizet
Norma—Vincenzo Bellini
La Traviata—Giuseppe Verdi
La Forza del Destino—Verdi
Nabucco—Verdi
Il Trovatore—Verdi
Naughty Marietta—Victor Herbert
The Enchantress—Herbert
Wonderful Town—Leonard Bernstein
Candide—Bernstein
Trouble in Tahiti—Bernstein
West Side Story—Bernstein
The Tender Land—Aaron Copland
2011-2012
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Misa Criolla—Ramirez
Heaven & Earth: Mass on the Celtic Journey (Concert Version)—Allaway
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Candlelight & Carols
Messiah, Part 1—G. F. Handel
Ave Maria—Gaetano Donizetti
Carols Old and New
Domaredansen—arr. Drew Collins
People, Look East—arr. Drew Collins
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High—arr. Howard Helvey
Noel—Todd Smith
O Holy Night—Adolphe Adam
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Mid-Winter Songs
Songs of Nature—Dvorák
Four Quartets—Brahms
1. O lovely night!
2. Late Autumn
3. Evening Song
4. Why?
Mid-Winter Songs—Lauridsen
1. Lament for Pasiphae
2. Like Snow
3. She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep
4. Mid-Winter Waking
5. Intercession in Late October
Stars – from Three Nocturnes—Dan Forrest
Water under Snow is Weary—Harri Wessman
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind—John Rutter
Shakespeare Songs, Book IV, No. 3—Matthew Harris
Thursday, March 22, 2012 (Performed in May 2012)
Curtain Up! On with the Show!
There’s No Business Like Show Business—Irving Berlin
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off—George & Ira Gershwin
Blue Skies—Rodgers & Hart
Good Mornin’—Nacio Brown & Arthur Freed
The Way you Look Tonight—Jerome Kern
“The Big Three”—George M. Cohan
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered—Rodgers & Hart
I Could Write a Book—Rodgers & Hart
Anything Goes—Cole Porter
I’ve Got Rhythm—George & Ira Gershwin
Once in Love with Amy—Frank Loesser
You’ll Never Walk Alone—Rodgers & Hammerstein
Feeling Good—Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Cheek to Cheek—Irving Berlin
For Me and My Gal—George Meyer, Edgar Leslie & Ray Goetz
Did I Remember?—Walter Donaldson & Harold Adamson
The Lady is a Tramp/The Gentleman is a Dope—Rodgers & Hart
It’s De-Lovely—Cole Porter
Lida Rose—Meredith Wilson
Pick-a-little/Goodnight Ladies—Meredith Wilson
They Can’t Take That Away from Me—George & Ira Gershwin
2010-2011
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Banquet of the Best, 5 courses of gourmet listening
The Feast
Hors D’oeuvres – Cantemus!—Bárdos Lajos
Salade – If music be the food of love—Jean Belmont
Sure on the shining night—Samuel Barber
Verdura – Volkslieder—Béla Bartók
French choruses from The Lark—Leonard Bernstein
Hallelujah—Ludwig von Beethoven
Entree – Rejoice in the Lamb—Benjamin Britten
Komm, Jesu, komm —Johann Sebastian Bach
Schaffe in mir Gott ein rein Herz, Op.29, No. 2—Johannes Brahms
Dolci – Sacramento Sis-Joe—Jackson Berkey
I hear a Voice a’Prayin’—Houston Bright
Turn the World Around—Harry Belafonte
Monday, December 20, 2010
Candlelight & Carols
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339—W.A. Mozart
In the Bleak Midwinter—J. Edmund Hughes
Te Deum—John Rutter
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day—John Gardner
There is No Rose—René Clausen
Ding, Dong! Merrily on High—G.R. Woodward
Sweet Little Jesus Boy—Robert MacGimsey
Here’s a Pretty Little Baby—André Thomas
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater—Karl Jenkins
1. Canticus Lacrimosus
2. Incantation
3. Vidit Jesum in tormentis
4. Lament
5. Sancta Mater
6. Now my life is only weeping
7. And the Mother did weep
8. Virgo viginum praeclara
9. Are you lost out in darkness?
10. Ave verum
11. Fac, ut portem Christi mortem
12. Paradisi Gloria
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Curtain Up! Another rollicking evening of Musical Theatre
Hairspray—Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman
Light in the Piazza—Adam Guettel
Avenue Q—Robert Lopez/Jeff Marx
Wicked—Stephen Schwartz
Thoroughly Modern Millie—Dick Scanlan/Jeanine Tesori/Sammy Cohen/James Van Heusen
Spamalot—Eric Idle/John du Prez
Spring Awakening—Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater
Memphis—David Bryan/Joe diPietro
2009-2010
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Mass in C Major, op. 86—Beethoven
Cantata: Nun danket alle Gott—Bach
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Candlelight & Carols
Midnight Mass—Charpentier
Regina Coel— Mozart
Sussex Carol—arr. Willcocks
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging—arr. Jeffers
He is Born—arr. Dicie
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine—Facer
A Suite of Carols—arr. Townsend
Go Where I Send Thee—arr. Thomas
O Holy Night, Adam—arr. Clausen
Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24, 2010
Curtain Up! Songs of Inspiration in Hard Times
Side by Side—Woods
Smile—Chaplin
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?—Gorney
Easy Street—Strouse
I Believe in You—Loesser
I Believe—Sheik
Gee, Officer Krupke—Bernstein
Somewhere That’s Green—Menken
Skid Row (Downtown)—Menken
You’ll Never Walk Alone—Rodgers
Seasons of Love—Larson
What Do You Do with a BA in English?—Lopez
It Sucks to Be Me—Lopez
Why Don’t You Do Right?—McCoy
So What?—Kander
Happy Days are Here Again—Ager
For Good—Schwartz
Seize the Day—Menken
Do You Hear the People Sing?—Schönberg