pastconcerts

past seasons

An American Thanksgiving, Carol Barnett

1. Webster

2. O McKay

3. Ninety-Third Psalm

Jetva Se Zajena (Bulgarian), Liubomir Denev

Doina I Hora Cu Strigaturi (Romania), Nicolae Lunga

Lintu Lauleli Lehossa(Finland), Mia Makaroff

An die Heimat(Germany), Johannes Brahms

The Sweetheart of the Sun, Eric William Barnum

Blackberry Winter, John Ratledge

Living with Squirrels, Jonathan Santore

1. The Mushroom Poem

2. Peepers

3. Living with Squirrels

[World Premiere]

Deep River, Arr. Moses Hogan

I Got a Home in-a Dat Rock, Arr. Moses Hogan

The Road Home (from Southern Harmony, Arr. Stephen Paulus)

November, 2009

Harvest & Home

Beati quorum via, Charles Villiers Stanford

Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Javier Busto

Three Flower Songs, Eric Whitacre

1. I Hide Myself

2. O With a Lily in Your Hand

3. Go, Lovely Rose

Zigeunerlider, Opus 103, Johannes Brahms

Nocturnes, Morten Lauridsen

1. Sa Nuit d'Ete

2. Soneto de la Noche

3. Sure On This Shining Night

Eight Gypsy Songs After Brahms, Jonathan Santore

[World Premiere]

Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho, arr. Howard Helvey

I Know I've Been Changed, arr. Damon H. Dandridge

May, 2009

Gyspy Love Songs

Unicornis captivatur, Ola Gjeilo

The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore, Gian Carlo Menotti

with Hanover Chamber Orchestra, Terminal Hip Dance Theatre, and PSU Contemporary Dance Ensemble

Concerto for Cello and Vocal Orchestra, Maurice Saylor

featuring Linda Galvan, cello

The Unicorn in the Garden, Jonathan Santore, text from James Thurber [World Premiere]

November, 2008

The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manitcore

O Heiland reiss die Himmel auf, Johannes Brahms
      Opus 74. No. 2
     1. O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
     2. O Gott, ein' Tau vom Himmel giess
     3. O Erd, schlag aus, das Berg und Tal grün alles werd!
     4. Hier leiden wir die grösste Not
     5. Da wollen wir all danken dir
Two Psalms, Robert Kreutz
Two Motets, Opus 138, Max Reger
     Morgengebet
     Nachtlied
Timor et tremor, Terry Schlenker
Five Hebrew Love Songs, Eric Whitacre
     1. Temuná
     2. Kalá kallá
     3. Lárov
     4. Éyze shéleg
     5. Rakút
Light Footfall, Frank Lewin
There Shall Be Heard Music Here, Jonathan Santore
     ~ World Premiere ~
I Saw Eternity, Stephen Chatman
Villages of the Earth, Janika Vandervelde
     1. Let us seek each other
     2. Await
     3. Rouse Us
I Know I Been Changed, arr. Damon H. Dandridge

Guest Musicians:
Mowry Pearson, violin
Dov Michael Schiller, marimba
Dave Saunders, percussion

May, 2008

Villages of the Earth

November, 2007

Celebrating Season Five!

I Have Had Singing, Steven Sametz

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Op. 12, No.1, Hugo Distler

Ubi Caritas, Ola Gjeilo

Three Seasons (Claude McKay poems), Jonathan Santore

Spring in New Hampshire

Summer Morn in New Hampshire

Winter in the Country

Hanacpachap, Anonymous

Lima de Novia, Mario Cavagnaro, arr. Fernando Panizo

Be Music, Night, Brad Ellingboe

Night Pieces, J. A. C. Redford

How Beautiful the Queen of Night

A Night Piece

The Sun Has Long Been Set

with Juli Miller, harp; Margaret Herlehy, English Horn and oboe; Rick Ward, French horn; Rodger Ellsworth, viola; Cynthia Forbes, cello

May, 2007

Just for Fun!

There is Sweet Music Here, Stephen Chatman

There is Sweet Music Here

Song of the Laughing Green Woods

Music, When Soft Voices Die

Piping Down the Valleys Wild

Ozymandias, Robert F. Swift

Masterpiece, Paul Drayton

The Rose, The Briar, and the Bicycle arr. Gwyneth Walker

The Rose and the Briar

Dinner for the Family

A Two-Seater

How Can I Keep from Singing?, arr. Paul Ellingboe

Magazine Madrigals, A. Oscar Haugland

Centrally Located

Two Weeks in August

Feeling Low

Blackbird, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arr. Daryl Runswick

What the World Needs Now, Burt Bacharach, arr. Brian O'Shaughnessy

The Grass is Always Greener, Santore, Santore, and Santore

Amazing Grace

with Margaret Herlehy, oboe

April, 2007

Zulu Mass

Zulu Mass, Qinisela Sibisi

Da Da Keh Bee, trad. Ghanian

Da Na Seh, trad. Ghanian

Betelehemu, trad. Nigerian, arr. Barrington Brooks

with Manchester Choral Society, choirs of Plymouth State College and Pinkerton Academy, and Keniston Kwaya

featuring Akwaaba, an African drumming and dancing ensemble

November, 2006

A Procession Winding Around Me

What if I Never Speed?, John Dowland

Flow My Tears, John Dowland

Say, Love, if Ever Thou Didst Find, John Dowland

Il Lamento d’Arianna, Claudio Monteverdi

Lasciate mi morire (part I)

Dove, dov’è la fede (part III)

i will wade out, Eric Whitacre

Two Rossetti Songs, Stephen Chatman

Song and Music

Remember Me

A Procession Winding Around Me , Jeffrey Van

By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame

Beat! Beat! Drums!

Look Down Fair Moon

Reconciliation

What Sweeter Music, Michael Fink

The Rune of Hospitality, Alf Houkom

O Be Joyful, Jeffrey Van

Since Time So Kind to Us Does Prove, Henry Purcell

Here Lies a Woman , John Hilton

Epitaph, Jonathan Battishill

Which is the Properest Day to Drink, Thomas Arne

The Owl and the Pussycat, Jonathan Santore [World Premiere]

May, 2006

Celebrating Finnish Music

Kalevalan Alkusanat, Veljo Tormis

Kalevala Fragments, Jonathan Santore [World Premiere]

Rakastava op. 14, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Ave Maria, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

Missa a quattro voci, Bengt Johansson

“Suite” de Lorca Op. 72, Einojuhani Rautavaara

4 Shakespeare Songs, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

Jaakko kulta, arr. Jorma Panula

Taivas on sininen, arr. Charles Collins

Tuuti, tuuti, Martti Pokela

Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta, Janika Vandervelde

Fifteen Finns, Lars Edlund

November, 2005

Sure on this Shining Night

An Hour to Dance, Gwyneth Walker

Let Evening Come, Gwyneth Walker

Der Abend, Opus 64, No. 2, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sehnsucht, Opus 112, No. 1, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Service for the Dead in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kim D. Sherman

The Return (Armistice Poems), Jonathan Santore [World Premiere]

in time of daffodils , David Dickau

Sure On This Shining Night, Morten Lauridsen

Chantez from Chansons des Bois d’Amaranthe, Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

J’entends le Moulin, arr. Donald Patriquin

Two Vietnamese Folksongs

Sap Qua Cau, arr. Nguyen Huu Hieu

Trong com, arr. An Ngoc

For What It’s Worth, Stephen Stills

I Got a Robe, arr. Roderick Williams

A Spiritual Reflection, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

You Better Min’ How You Talk, arr. Moses Hogan

Balm in Gilead, arr. John Washburn

Music Down in My Soul, arr. Moses Hogan

May, 2005

St. John Passion

St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach

Susan Consoli, soprano

Kyle Masterson, tenor

Ryan Turner, Evangelist

Steven Small, Jesus

Jason Abrams, counter-tenor

Nikolas Sean-Paul Nackley, Pilate

November, 2004

Walden

Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, Johann Sebastian Bach

Svyati, John Tavener

Walden Pond, Dominick Argento

Walden Recessional, Jonathan Santore [World Premiere]

May, 2004

hope, faith, life, love

hope, faith, life, love, Eric Whitacre

O be joyful in the Lord, John Rutter

Ave Maria, Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450-1521)

Ist Gott für uns, Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Christus factus est, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Silent Devotion and Response, Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

Changed, James MacMillan

Rejoice in the Lamb, Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

My Spirit Sang All Day, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

I Am, John Ratledge [World Premiere]

O World, Jonathan Santore [World Premiere]

When I Can Read My Title Clear, arr. Alice Parker

Peace Like a River, arr. Ronald Staheli

Beautiful River, arr. William Hawley

The Gift to be Simple, arr. Bob Chilcott

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

November, 2003

Innaugural Concert

Dziedot Dzimu, Dziedot Augu (Latvian Folksong), arr. Alfred Kalnins

Mid-Winter Songs, Morten Lauridsen

Vier Zigeunerlieder, op. 112, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Today (Three Frank O’Hara Poems), Jonathan Santore

Three American Folk Hymns, arr. Mack Wilberg

Saints Bound for Heaven

Death Shall Not Destroy My Comfort

We’ll Shout and Give Him Glory

Blackberry Winter, John Ratledge

i carry your heart, Gwyneth Walker

Now I Become Myself, Gwyneth Walker

My Love Has Found Me, Carl J. Nygard, Jr.

I Know I’ve Been Changed, arr. Damon H. Dandridge

Danny Boy, arr. Joseph Flummerfelt

Dan-u-el, Kirke Mechem

Selections from Messiah, G. F. Handel

Singalong with the chorale, orchestra, and soloists:

Susan Consoli, soprano

Eva Nagorka, mezzo-soprano

Kyle Masterson, tenor

Mark Andrew Cleveland, baritone

December, 2007

First Annual Messiah Sing!

May 2010 Concert Series

W.A. Mozart Mass in C minor, KV. 427 (417a)

As part of its first ten-year plan, the New Hampshire Master Chorale seeks to provide performances of new and innovative choral works, as well as fresh and vibrant interpretations of great choral masterpieces to audiences throughout New Hampshire. Mozart’s “Great” Mass in C minor is one of the latter – a monumental and powerful work that is rarely performed in our state.

Conducted by Dr. Daniel Perkins, the Master Chorale will collaborate with its professional chamber orchestra, four professional soloists (Emily Jaworski – soprano, Tania Mandzy – mezzo-soprano, Matthew Anderson – tenor, Steven Small – baritone), and the Plymouth State University Chamber Singers in two performances of the Mass on April 30, 2010 at St. Paul’s Church in Concord, New Hampshire and May 1, 2010 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Both performances are at 8pm.

The concert will also feature the premiere of an orchestral overture by Master Chorale’s composer-in-residence, Dr. Jonathan Santore.

These performances will be unique in that the 25-voice Master Chorale will seek to perform the work close to the manner in which Mozart may have conceived it, rather than imitating many modern performances which incorporate very large choirs in a highly romanticized style.

We seek to engage our strong and committed audience base, while expanding our target audience to include more university and public school students. To this end, music director Dan Perkins has invited his Chamber Singers from Plymouth State University to join with the Master Chorale in these performances.