About Us : Past Programs
   

May 2008
Villages of the Earth

December 2007
Messiah Sing
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


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
A Celebration of Africa
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
   

Fall 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]
   

Spring 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
   

Fall 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
   

Spring 2005
St. John Passion
St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach
   

Fall 2004
Walden
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, Johann Sebastian Bach
Svyati, John Tavener
Walden Pond, Dominick Argento
Walden Recessional, Jonathan Santore [World Premiere]
   

Spring 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)
   

Fall 2003
NHMC Inaugural 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
   
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