CONCERT HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS

2002-2003 1 2006-2007 20 2010-2011 40

Sweet Sounds of the Holiday 2 Bach to Haydn 21 Gloria! 41 Cantata 4, Mozart, and More 3 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 22 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 42 Bach Plus Four 4 Mass in B Minor 23 St. John Passion 43 The Best of Brahms 24 Shout for Joy! 44

A Season to Remember 2003-2004 5 2007-2008 25 2011-2012 45

On Wings of Song 6 Bach to Vivaldi 26 Handel’s Judas Maccabæus 46 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 7 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 27 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 47 Sing, My Soul 8 Motets and More 28 For the Joy of Singing! 48 Mainly Mozart 9 A Celebration of Spring 29 Bach to Bach 49

Bach to the Future 2004-2005 10 2008-2009 30 2012-2013 50

Byrd, Gibbons, and More 11 Bach Meets Rheinberger and Franck 31 Sing & Celebrate 51 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 12 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 32 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 52 St. John Passion 13 The Art of the Magnificat 33 St. Matthew Passion 53 A Celebration of Spring 14 Israel in Egypt 34 Bach to the Future 54

Choral Masterworks from Early Music to Now 2005-2006 15 2009-2010 35 2013-2014 55

Bach, Busarow, and Brass 16 Christmas Oratorio 36 Hymns of Triumph 56 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 17 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 37 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 57 Celebrating Bach and Mozart 18 Follow the Muse 38 Mass in B Minor by J.S. Bach 58 Vespers and Fables 19 A Choral Sampler 39 Celebrating Dance and Song 59

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Music: The Universal Language Hope and Passion 2014-2015 60 2018-2019 80

From Leipzig to Vienna 61 Songs of Hope and Freedom 81 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 62 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 82 Mozart’s Vienna 63 J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion 83 South American Accents 64 Glorious Brass 84

Mastery, Mystery, & Majesty 2015-2016 65 Index 85

Salute to American Masters 66 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 67 Songs of Mystery and Praise 68 The Music of Downton Abbey 69

From Russia to Love 2016-2017 70

Russian Echoes 71 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 72 Bach’s St. John Passion 73 Love In Bloom 74

Connections 2017-2018 75

The French Connection 76 Sweet Sounds of the Holidays 77 Sebastian & Sons 78 Romantic Connections 79 Hope and Passion 80

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SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAY CANTATA 4, MOZART, AND MORE BACH PLUS FOUR

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Joan Crafton Nancy Karlsberger Tom Lehmann David Grupe Laurel Gleason Margaret Karns Michael Linaberry Dick Hattershire Laurel Gordon Jane Mix Greg Martin Lew Hann Cathy Renfrow Barbara Piatt Jerome Servaites Ron Hild Michelle Lehmann Pam Rauch J. C. Stafford James Hoffman Deborah Martin Sharon Sanderson Alan Kimbrough Karen Raybon Lina- Pam Cooper-Servaites Steve Makovec berry Christi Wilson Richard Pratt Martha Ann Reaper Jerry Reaper Shirley Richardson- Mark Spencer McCourt Shirley Tennant 1 DECEMBER 2002 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAY

The inaugural concert of the newly-formed Bach Society of Dayton and the first concert partnership with Kettering Children’s Choir.

Many of the singers from the concert were from the former Dayton Bach Society, and some were new to the group. Together, they were dedicated to high performance standards and promised to provide diver- sity as well as loyalty to the Bach Society heritage.

Once in Royal David’s City Come, All Ye Shepherds Irby, arr. David Willcocks Austro-German Carol, arr. Stephen Mager BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Ein Kindlein ist uns geboren Jingle Bell Swing Jacobus Clemens non Papa David J. John Neely Director O magnum mysterium See the World Through Children’s Eyes R. Alan Kimbrough Morten Lauridsen John Carter Accompanist Three Medieval Carols Angels We Have Heard on High John V. Mochnick Gloria Infant Holy, Infant Lowly What Sweeter Music KETTERING CHILDREN’S Polish carol, arr. David Willcocks John Rutter CHOIR Touro-louro-louro! Angelus ad pastores ait Nicolas Saboly, arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw Samuel Scheidt Natalie DeHorn Artistic Director Ave Maria Away in a Manger Linda Kessler Giuseppe Verdi W. J. Kirkpatrick, arr. David Willcocks Accompanist A Christmas Carol All My Heart This Night Rejoices Norman Dello Joio arr. Leo Nestor Ding Dong! Merrily on High The Holly and the Ivy BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON French tune, arr. David Willcocks arr. Benjamin Britten AND THE KETTERING Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Birthday Carol CHILDREN’S CHOIR Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks David Willcocks Joy to the World! Kindersegen Antioch Franz Wasner AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Sound the Trumpet O Come, All Ye Faithful Henry Purcell Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Gloria Nancy Telfer 2 MARCH 2003 CANTATA 4, MOZART, AND MORE

A concert dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Virginia W. Kettering (1097-2003), patron and supporter of the Bach Society and many other community arts organizations.

The concert featured Bach’s Cantata 4. It was one of the earliest, if not the first, cantata written when Bach was still a student. In Bach’s first year in Leipzig he so thoroughly revised the work that it is not known how much of the original remains.

Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes (Psalm 117) Georg Philipp Telemann Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4) Johann Sebastian Bach

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100) WITH ORCHESTRA Orlando di Lasso John Neely Director Vinea mea electa R. Alan Kimbrough Francis Poulenc Accompanist Ubi caritas Maurice Duruflé Sonata in B-Flat, K212 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart REV. JOSEPH W. GOETZ Pre-Performance Lecture Sonata in E-Flat, K67 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C, K328 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Motet I; BWV 225) Johann Sebastian Bach

3 MAY 2003 BACH PLUS FOUR

The closing concert of the Bach Society of Dayton’s inaugural season.

The concert featured one of Bach’s most glorious Motets, Lobet den Herrn, which is perhaps the most mysterious of Bach’s motets in terms of date and occasion of composition. The text comes from Psalm 117:1-2. It is the only motet set for four voice parts and an independent continuo line.

Psalm 51 (Op. 29, No. 2) Johannes Brahms

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major Johann Sebastian Bach John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Missa Brevis (1988) Accompanist Leonard Bernstein Zadok the Priest STEVEN RICKARDS Georg Friedrich Handel Countertenor Be welcome then (Fly, bold rebellion) Henry Purcell JERRY TAYLOR Organ Music for a while (Oedipus) Henry Purcell Sweeter than roses (Pausanias) R. ALAN KIMBROUGH Henry Purcell Pre-Performance Lecture Serenade to Music Ralph Vaughan Williams Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Motet VI; BWV 230) Johann Sebastian Bach

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ON WINGS OF SONG SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SING, MY SOUL MAINLY MOZART SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Maretta Alden Carla Ballou Fred Bartenstein David Grupe Joan Crafton Madelyn Callender Winfried Bernhard John Gummel Laurel Gordon Willow Cliffswallow Skip Layman Dick Hattershire Amanda Gulick Pam Cooper-Servaites Michael Linaberry Ron Hild Amanda Horne Harriet Gray Greg Martin James Hoffman Tabitha Hurt Peg Holland Jerome Servaites Alan Kimbrough Mary Ann Layman Nancy Karlsberger J. C. Stafford Steve Makovec Karen Linaberry Margaret Karns Kurtis Olt Deborah Martin Meggi Lakovic Richard Pratt Connie Palmus Jane Mix Dave Roderick Donna Reece Barbara Piatt Mark Spencer Cathy Renfrow Pam Rauch Shirley Richardson- Sharon Sanderson McCourt Christi Wilson Faye Seifrit Shirley Tennant Michelle Vachon 5 OCTOBER 2003 ON WINGS OF SONG

The Bach Society’s contribution to Inventing Flight, Dayton’s multimillion-dollar celebration dedicated to the Wright Brothers.

The concert featured the aspects of flight connected with traditional sacred themes in choral music: the winged seraphim surrounding the throne of God; Jesus’ ascension into the heavens; and spirits soaring in the joy of salvation. The music served to evoke the feelings and sensations of flight.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS I Saw the Lord WITH ORCHESTRA Sir John Stainer John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Hear My Prayer Accompanist Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Coelos ascendit hodie Sir Charles Villiers Stanford PETER CIASCHINI Violin DEBORAH MARTIN Easter (Five Mystical Songs, No. 1) Soprano Ralph Vaughan Williams MARK SPENCER Baritone O, Clap Your Hands Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Lark Ascending MAJ. GEN. ED MECHENBIER Ralph Vaughan Williams AND PETER CIASCHINI Pre-Performance Lecture Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140) Johann Sebastian Bach

6 DECEMBER 2003 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

Seasonal music spanning four centuries and a continuation of the Bach Society’s partnership with Ketter- ing Children’s Choir.

BACH SOCIETY OF Ding Dong! Merrily on High Star Carol DAYTON CHORUS French tune, arr. Kevin McChesney John Rutter John Neely Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Fum, Fum, Fum Director German tune, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Catalan traditional, arr. Daniel Powers R. Alan Kimbrough A La Ru Sans Day Carol Accompanist Hispanic folk tune, arr. Jane McFadden English traditional, arr. Z. Randall Stroope Once in Royal David’s City Ride On, King Jesus Irby, arr. David Willcocks Traditional spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan KETTERING CHILDREN’S CHOIR Ave Maria Angels We Have Heard on High Anton Bruckner Gloria Natalie DeHorn Artistic Director Gaudete West Indies Carol English carol, arr. J. David Moore Hart Morris Linda Kessler Accompanist Wexford Carol Verbum caro factum est Irish tune, arr. Dale Warland Hans Leo Hassler Sussex Carol Christmas Eve Carol BACH SOCIETY AND English carol, arr. David Willcocks Jeffrey H. Rickard KETTERING CHILDREN’S CHOIR Of the Father’s Love Begotten Deck the Hall Plainsong Welsh traditional, arr. David Willcocks Patapan O Come, All Ye Faithful KETTERING Burgundian tune, arr. David L. Mennicke Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks ADVENT RINGERS Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Kindersegen Jerry Taylor Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks Franz Wasner Director Joy to the World! God’s Love Made Visible Antioch Dave Brubeck AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS See the World Through Children’s Eyes John Carter 7 MARCH 2004 SING, MY SOUL

The spirituality of Bach combined with the African-American spiritual tradition.

The concert featured five spirituals from A Child of our Time, an oratorio which acknowledges and draws from the tradition of both George Frideric Handel and J.S. Bach. It is perhaps Tippett’s most famous work. He began writing the oratorio at the beginning of World War II in response to his outrage at the world’s apathy to the plight of Jewish refugees. The story is based on newspaper headlines from the day.

Steal Away (A Child of Our Time) Michael Tippett BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA Hard Trials arr. H. T. Burleigh John Neely Director Nobody Knows (A Child of Our Time) R. Alan Kimbrough Michael Tippett Accompanist His Name So Sweet arr. Hall Johnson ELEANOR MCCLELLAN BULATHSINGHALAGE Go Down, Moses (A Child of Our Time) Soprano Michael Tippett MARY HENDERSON STUCKY Watch and Pray Mezzo Soprano arr. Undine Smith Moore JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT By and By (A Child of Our Time) Tenor Michael Tippett EDWARD THOMAS PAYNE All God’s Chillun Got Wings Baritone arr. J. Rosamond Johnson Deep River (A Child of Our Time) Michael Tippett Beatus Vir (Psalm 111/112) DR. HERBERT Antonio Vivaldi WOODWARD MARTIN Pre-Performance Lecture Cantata 78: Jesu, der du Meine Seele Johann Sebastian Bach 8 MAY 2004 MAINLY MOZART

A grand performance of Handel’s Organ Concerto in F Major with Ritter Werner as soloist.

The concert featured the Mozart grand Mass in C Minor. The work was composed during 1782/83. In a letter to his father Leopold dated 4 January 1783, Mozart mentioned a vow he made to write a mass when he married his fiancée Constanze and brought her to Salzburg. Constanze sang theEt incarnatus est at its premiere.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Concert No. 4 in F Major Opus 4, No. 4 Accompanist George Frideric Handel

J. RITTER WERNER Mass in C Minor, KV 427 (417a) Organ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ELIZABETH WILEY TAYLOR Soprano ADELE KARAM Soprano TIMOTHY CULVER Tenor BRIAN KEITH JOHNSON Baritone

DR. RICHARD P. BENEDUM Pre-Performance Lecture

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BYRD, GIBBONS, AND MORE SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS BACH SOCIETY CHORUS ST. JOHN PASSION SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES A CELEBRATION OF SPRING Maretta Alden Maddie Callender Fred Bartenstein Adam Alonzo Carla Ballou Willow Cliffswallow Winfried Bernhard David Grupe Joan Crafton Pam Cooper-Servaites Tom Cahill John Gummel Christina Condon Jane Diller Marc Georgin Dick Hattershire Laurel Gordon Harriet Gray Gary Grubb Ron Hild Amanda Gulick Peg Holland Skip Layman James Hoffman Tabitha Hurt Nancy Karlsberger Michael Linaberry Larry Hollar Mary Ann Layman Margaret Karns Greg Martin Alan Kimbrough Karen Linaberry Meggi Lakovic Ken Pavy Steve Makovec Julie Lingler Jane Mix Jerome Servaites Kurtis Olt Deborah Martin Barbara Piatt Bill Spohn Richard Pratt Connie Palmus Pam Rauch J. C. Stafford Nick Raines Donna Reece Janet Sked Dave Roderick Cathy Renfrow Sharon Sanderson Mark Spencer Shirley Richardson- Christi Wilson McCourt Faye Seifrit Shirley Tennant 10 OCTOBER 2004 BYRD, GIBBONS, AND MORE

Music from the English Renaissance, including pieces by Byrd and Gibbons with accompaniment by the period instrument viols of the Catacoustic Consort.

Byrd’s output of 450+ compositions amply justifies his reputation as one of the great masters of European Renaissance music. Perhaps his most impressive achievement as a composer was his ability to transform so many of the main musical forms of his day and stamp them with his own identity.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Sing joyfully unto God Haec dies William Byrd William Byrd John Neely Director Ave verum corpus Hosanna to the Son of David R. Alan Kimbrough William Byrd Orlando Gibbons Accompanist Teach me, O Lord O Lord, increase my faith William Byrd Henry Loosemore THE CATACOUSTIC Rejoice unto the Lord Magnificat (Short Service) CONSORT William Byrd Orlando Gibbons Annalisa Pappano Blessed is He Set for Five Viols in F Major Artistic Director William Byrd William Lawes In Nomine, No. 2 Fantasia William Byrd William Byrd STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor Lord to Thee This is the record of John William Byrd Orlando Gibbons Come to me, Grief O clap your hands William Byrd Orlando Gibbons

ANNALISA PAPPANO Magnificat (Second Service) Pre-Performance Lecture William Byrd

11 DECEMBER 2004 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

A program of delightful music celebrating the holiday season.

The concert continued the Bach Society’s traditional partnership with the Kettering Children’s Choir and expanded it to include the Kettering Advent Ringers.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS A Merry Christmas Angels’ Carol arr. Anna Laura Page John Rutter John Neely Director Greensleeves O Tannenbaum R. Alan Kimbrough English Melody, arr. Cathy Moklebust arr. Daniel Powers Accompanist Once in Royal David’s City Joy to the World! Irby, arr. David Willcocks Antioch KETTERING CHILDREN’S O magnum mysterium Hodie Christus natus est CHOIR Thomás Luis de Victoria Giovanni Gabrieli Natalie DeHorn Fum, Fum, Fum Angels We Have Heard on High Artistic Director Catalan traditional, arr. Anne Heider Gloria Linda Kessler El Noy de la Mare A La Ru Accompanist Catalan Carol, arr. Jim McCutcheon Hispanic Folk Melody, arr. Jane McFadden Spanish Carol He Is Born BACH SOCIETY AND Galician Folk Tune, arr. Jeffrey Van French Carol, arr. John Ricketts KETTERING Medieval Carol Medley Sing Lullaby CHILDREN’S CHOIR arr. Jim McCutcheon Basque Carol, arr. Anthony Prower O Sweet Little Child Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day KETTERING Samuel Scheidt, arr. William Bausano English Carol, arr. David Willcocks ADVENT RINGERS A Maiden Most Gentle O Come, All Ye Faithful Joan Ulloth French Tune, arr. Andrew Carter Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Director Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Kindersegen Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks Franz Wasner JIM MCCUTCHEON See the World Through Children’s Eyes I Saw Three Ships Guitar John Carter English Carol, arr. John Rutter Laudamus te AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Antonio Vivaldi 12 MARCH 2005 ST. JOHN PASSION

One of the greatest of Bach’s choral masterpieces vividly portraying the story of Christ’s last days.

Once written, Bach rarely revised his compositions, but the St. John Passion was one of the few works he revised and revived intermittently till the end of his life. The resulting telling of the Crucifixion is extraor- dinarily moving, achingly beautiful, and dramatically powerful. It is perhaps his most daring, forceful, and poetic work.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist The St. John Passion Johann Sebastian Bach JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT Tenor, as the Evangelist MARK SPENCER Baritone, as Jesus ELIZABETH WILEY TAYLOR Soprano, as the Maid MARY HENDERSON STUCKY Mezzo Soprano BRADLEY HOWARD Tenor, as the Servant WILLIAM HENRY CALDWELL Baritone, as Peter and Pilate

RICHARD P. BENEDUM Pre-Performance Lecture

13 MAY 2005 A CELEBRATION OF SPRING

A celebration of Mother’s Day with largely secular fare from Haydn, Pinkham, and Bach. The concert featured Wedding Cantata, written by Daniel Pinkham in 1956 for the marriage of his friends Lotje and Arthur Loeb. The texts from the Song of Solomon are great favorites at weddings and anniver- saries. Pinkham invested them with a variety of musical contrasts and moods — sudden, serene, racing, slow, eager, contemplative, longing, intense — all in a 10-minute composition.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Cantata 79: Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn’ und Schild Director Johann Sebastian Bach R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (BWV 1047) Johann Sebastian Bach ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Wedding Cantata LAURA FERRANTI Daniel Pinkham Mezzo Soprano JASON E. JACKSON Tenor Spring (from The Seasons) Franz Joseph Haydn THOMAS W. SHERWOOD Bass-Baritone

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BACH, BUSAROW, AND BRASS SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS BACH SOCIETY CHORUS CELEBRATING BACH AND MOZART VESPERS AND FABLES SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Maretta Alden Carla Ballou Fred Bartenstein David Grupe Joan Crafton Maddie Callender Lawrence Bennett John Gummel Christina Condon Willow Cliffswallow Winfried Bernhard Dick Hattershire Laurel Gordon Pam Cooper-Servaites Tom Cahill Ron Hild Jennifer Hitzeman Peg Holland Marc Georgin James Hoffman Tabitha Hurt Nancy Karlsberger Gary Grubb Larry Hollar Mary Ann Layman Margaret Karns Skip Layman Alan Kimbrough Karen Linaberry Jane Mix Michael Linaberry Steve Makovec Julie Lingler Barbara Piatt Greg Martin Kurtis Olt Deborah Martin Pam Rauch Jerome Servaites Nick Raines Connie Palmus Katie Richard Bill Spohn Dave Roderick Donna Reece Astaire Roorda J. C. Stafford Mark Spencer Cathy Renfrow Sharon Sanderson Shirley Richardson- Christi Wilson McCourt Faye Seifrit Shirley Tennant 15 OCTOBER 2005 BACH, BUSAROW, AND BRASS

The world premiere of the Bach Society’s first commissioned work: a piece for chorus, percussion and brass by noted Dayton area composer and organist, Dr. Donald Busarow, to celebrate the 150th anniver- sary of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh.

The concert featured The Carillon Brass, veteran performers of classical music, contemporary master- works, and the popular sounds of jazz.

A Festival Psalm Donald Busarow Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Cantate Domino canticum novum John Neely Heinrich Schütz Director Feierlicher Einzug (Festival Procession) R. Alan Kimbrough Richard Strauss Accompanist Behold, the Tabernacle of God Healey Willan THE CARILLON BRASS Alleluia. In resurrectione tua, Christe Jakob Handl Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden Johann Sebastian Bach

DR. DONALD BUSAROW Dance Suite from Terpsichore Pre-Performance Lecture Michael Praetorius, arr. Allan Dean A Psalm Triptych Donald Busarow

16 DECEMBER 2005 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

A traditional and popular offering of familiar and lesser known holiday works featuring the Kettering Chil- dren’s Choir and the Kettering Advent Ringers.

BACH SOCIETY OF White Christmas See the World Through Children’s Eyes DAYTON CHORUS Irving Berlin, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski John Carter John Neely Silent Night Laudate Dominum Director Austrian Carol, arr. Cathy Moklebust Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Doreen Rao R. Alan Kimbrough Once in Royal David’s City Nativity Carol Accompanist Irby, arr. David Willcocks John Rutter Mid-Winter A Thousand Stars KETTERING CHILDREN’S Bob Chilcott Angelo Cavalieri CONCERT CHOIR Hark! The Herald Angels Sing O Little Town of Bethlehem Natalie DeHorn Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks St. Louis Artistic Director Angelus ad pastores ait Rudolphus Rubrinasus Linda Kessler Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Johnny Marks, arr. Philip Brunelle Accompanist Sing We Now of Christmas Sons of Eve, Reward My Tidings French Carol, arr. John A. Ricketts 16th-cent. Spanish Carol, ed. Noah Greenberg BACH SOCIETY AND Ave Maria Mary’s Lullaby KETTERING CHILDREN’S Franz Biebl John Rutter CONCERT CHOIR The Angels and the Shepherds God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Bohemian Traditional, arr. Stephen Paulus English Carol, arr. Kevin McChesney KETTERING I Wonder as I Wander O Come, All Ye Faithful ADVENT RINGERS arr. John Rutter Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth Go Tell it on the Mountain Kindersegen Director African-American Spiritual, arr. Carolyn Jennings Franz Wasner Angels We Have Heard on High The Joys of Mary AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Gloria 14th-cent. English Carol, arr. Richard Proulx 17 MARCH 2006 CELEBRATING BACH AND MOZART

The Dayton premier of Mozart’s little-known but wonderful work, the Mass in A Major, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth.

Bach wrote four short Masses in 1735/6 while he was in Leipzig. These have come to be known as the Lutheran Masses because they had only a Kyrie and a Gloria, the only two Latin liturgical movements used in the Lutheran liturgy.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Lutheran Mass in A Major, BWV 234 Johann Sebastian Bach

JUDITH OVERCASH Requiem Mass, K 626 Soprano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CATHERINE MCKEEVER Mezzo Soprano RANDALL UMSTEAD Tenor THOMAS W. SHERWOOD Bass-Baritone

DR. RICHARD P. BENEDUM Pre-Performance Lecture

18 MAY 2006 VESPERS AND FABLES

A particularly upbeat concert, ending with a touch of whimsy.

The concert featured the Dominican Solemn Vespers, one of the sunniest and most lively of Mozart’s Sal- zburg choral works and one of the composer’s most spectacular soprano arias. The concert ended with a performance of John Rutter’s musical setting of Kenneth Grahame’s children’s classic novel, The Wind in the Willows.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Regina Coeli, K. 276 Accompanist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ANDREA CHENOWETH Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 (158a) Soprano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor Vesperae de Dominica, K.231 JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tenor JEREMY KELLY Baritone The Wind in the Willows John Rutter BENJAMIN SMOLDER Bass-Baritone

REV. JAMES L. HEFT, S.M. Pre-Performance Lecture

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BACH TO HAYDN SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS MASS IN B MINOR BACH SOCIETY CHORUS BEST OF BRAHMS SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Christina Condon Carla Ballou Fred Bartenstein David Grupe Joan Crafton Maddie Callender Winfried Bernhard John Gummel Laurel Gordon Willow Cliffswallow Marc Georgin Dick Hattershire Jennifer Hitzeman Lisa Hess Gary Grubb James Hoffman Tabitha Hurt Peg Holland Skip Layman Larry Hollar Marney Israel Nancy Karlsberger Greg Martin Alan Kimbrough Mary Ann Layman Margaret Karns Thom Meyer Sam Kreidenweis Karen Linaberry Jane Mix Jerome Servaites Steve Makovec Julie Lingler Barbara Piatt Bill Spohn Dave Roderick Deborah Martin Pam Rauch J. C. Stafford Mark Spencer Connie Palmus Katie Richard Donna Reece Pamela Cooper- Cathy Renfrow Servaites Shirley Richardson- Laura Thie McCourt Faye Seifrit 20 OCTOBER 2006 BACH TO HAYDN

A delightful sampling of Haydn’s choral and instrumental compositions, including the fourth of Haydn’s six masses. The concert featured Haydn’s Theresienmesse. It was composed late in his life, after his final ‘London’ symphonies. It is a joyful festive work, written to celebrate the name-day of the wife of his patron Prince Esterhazy, and to demonstrate the high status of the Prince’s court at a time when Haydn was at the peak of his fame and creative powers.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA Insanae et Vanae Curae John Neely Franz Joseph Haydn Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Concerto in F Major for Keyboard and Strings, Hob. XVIII:7 Franz Joseph Haydn ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Cantata 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit LIZA FORRESTER Johann Sebastian Bach Mezzo Soprano RANDALL BLACK Tenor Mass in B Flat (Theresienmesse), Hob. XXII:12 Franz Joseph Haydn JEREMY KELLY Baritone

21 DECEMBER 2006 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

The first holiday concert to include traditional Chanukka songs.

Coventry Carol Alleluia BACH SOCIETY OF English Carol, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Henry Purcell DAYTON CHORUS We Three Kings The Holly and the Ivy John Neely American Carol, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Andrew Carter Director Once in Royal David’s City See the World Through Children’s Eyes R. Alan Kimbrough Irby, arr. David Willcocks John Carter Accompanist And the Glory of the Lord God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen George Frideric Handel God Rest You Merry, arr. David Willcocks KETTERING CHILDREN’S Ave Maria Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming CONCERT CHOIR Tomás Luis de Victoria German Hymn, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Natalie DeHorn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Farandole Artistic Director Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks Georges Bizet, arr. William H. Griffin Linda Kessler And He Shall Purify Ocho Kandelikas Accompanist George Frideric Handel Flory Jagoda I Sing of a Maiden Candlelight Carol BACH SOCIETY AND Patrick Hadley John Rutter KETTERING CHILDREN’S For Unto Us a Child is Born Angels We Have Heard on High CONCERT CHOIR George Frideric Handel French Carol, arr. David M. Cherwien The Slumber of the Infant Jesus O Come, All Ye Faithful KETTERING François-Auguste Gevaert Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks ADVENT RINGERS His Yoke is Easy Kindersegen Joan Ulloth George Frideric Handel Franz Wasner Director O Little Town of Bethlehem Jesus Child Forest Green, arr. David Willcocks John Rutter AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Cantate Domino Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, arr. Linda Spevacek 22 MARCH 2007 MASS IN B MINOR

Bach’s masterpiece and final great achievement. Although Bach’s Mass in B Minor is revered for its overwhelming dramatic sweep and sense of unity, it was not originally created as a single work. It is made up of music composed over a 25-year period, some of it adapted, some of it new. Its manuscript is divided into four large sections with no overall title, and it came to be called the Mass in B Minor only by later generations. It was not performed complete until 1859, more than a century after Bach’s death.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Johann Sebastian Bach JUDITH OVERCASH Soprano I ELIZABETH WILEY TAYLOR Soprano II STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor RANDALL UMSTEAD Tenor BENJAMIN SMOLDER Bass-Baritone

NEAL GITTLEMAN Concert Preview

23 MAY 2007 THE BEST OF BRAHMS

An outreach to three Dayton area school chamber choirs.

The concert featured the seldom-heard “London” version of Brahms’ German Requiem -- an arrangement for two pianos, for venues where orchestra was not available. Each school choir performed individual se- lections from Brahms’ lovely (and lively!) Liebeslieder Waltzes and then joined forces for a finale.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL CHORALIERS Basil Fett Ein Deutsches Requiem Opus 45 Director Johannes Brahms CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ELKTONIANS Liebeslieder Opus 52 Kathy Clark Johannes Brahms Vocal Music Director SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHORALE AND CHAMBER CHOIR Nolan W. Long Assistant Professor of Music DAWN STONE Soprano THOMAS W. SHERWOOD Bass-Baritone ROBERT AND TIRAJE RUCKMAN Piano NOLAN W. LONG Concert Preview 24 2007-2008

BACH TO VIVALDI SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS MOTETS AND MORE A CELEBRATION OF SPRING BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Carla Ballou Marcia Bernhard Fred Bartenstein David Grupe Joan Crafton Madelyn Callender Winfried Bernhard John Gummel Laurel Gordon Willow Cliffswallow Matthew Drozdi Dick Hattershire Jennifer Grubb Lisa Hess Michael Gregory James Hoffman Tabitha Hurt Peg Holland Gary Grubb Larry Hollar Mary Ann Layman Nancy Karlsberger Skip Layman Alan Kimbrough Karen Linaberry Margaret Karns Greg Martin Michael Linaberry Deborah Martin Jane Mix Thom Meyer Steve Makovec Connie Palmus Barbara Piatt Jerome Servaites Nick Raines Donna Reece Pam Rauch Bill Spohn Lowell Reed Cathy Renfrow Katie Richard J. C. Stafford Dave Roderick Shirley Richardson- Pamela Cooper- Mark Spencer McCourt Servaites John Stengel Faye Seifrit Laura Thie 25 OCTOBER 2007 BACH TO VIVALDI

An all-Baroque program featuring works by Bach and Vivaldi, two of the most significant composers of the period, whose greatest popularity came long after their deaths.

The concert featured what is considered to be Bach’s earliest, and perhaps rarest cantata, as well as the familiar Autumn from Vivaldi’s most famous composition, The Seasons.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Cantata 34: WITH ORCHESTRA O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (BWV 34) John Neely Johann Sebastian Bach Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Cantata 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (BWV 150) Johann Sebastian Bach

ELIZABETH WILEY TAYLOR Kyrie in G Minor (RV 587) Soprano Antonio Vivaldi CHRISTINA GILL Mezzo Soprano Concerto in F Major MARK SPENCER (The Four Seasons: “Autumn”; RV 293) Baritone Antonio Vivaldi

Gloria in excelsis (RV 588) Antonio Vivaldi

26 DECEMBER 2007 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

The Bach Society’s traditional selection of heart-warming seasonal music, both old and new.

The concert featured The Kettering Children’s Choir, directed by Natalie DeHorn, and the Kettering Advent Ringers, directed by Joan Ulloth.

Angel Tidings Gloria BACH SOCIETY OF Cynthia Dobrinski Nancy Telfer DAYTON CHORUS The Snow Lay on the Ground Some Children See Him Kevin McChesney Alfred Burt, arr. Walter Ehret John Neely Director Sleigh Ride Jingle Bell Swing R. Alan Kimbrough Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Kevin McChesney arr. David Elliott Accompanist Once in Royal David’s City See the World Through Children’s Eyes Irby, arr. David Willcocks John Carter Of the Father’s Love Begotten O Little Town of Bethlehem KETTERING CHILDREN’S Plainsong St. Louis CONCERT CHOIR The Lamb Masters in this Hall Natalie DeHorn John Tavener David R. Kent Artistic Director Benedicamus Domino Chanuke, Oi Chanuke Linda Kessler Peter Warlock Yiddish Melody, arr. Robert DeCormier Accompanist O Magnum Mysterium Good King Wenceslas William Byrd Tempus adeste floridum BACH SOCIETY AND Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Love Came Down at Christmas KETTERING CHILDREN’S Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks John Rutter CONCERT CHOIR In the Bleak Mid-Winter Puer Natus in Bethlehem Harold Darke Pietro Adolpho Bossi KETTERING Behold That Star! Deck the Hall ADVENT RINGERS African-American Spiritual, arr. H. T. Burleigh Welsh Carol, arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth Lux Aurumque O Come, All Ye Faithful Director Eric Whitacre Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Kindersegen AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS John Gardner Franz Wasner Angels We Have Heard on High God’s Love Made Visible Gloria Dave Brubeck 27 MARCH 2008 MOTETS AND MORE

A community outreach with Xenia High School.

The concert featured two of Bach’s six motets. Bach’s BWV 228 was possibly the first he wrote, and BWV 225 was felt by many to be his most significant motet. In keeping with Bach Society’s mission to encour- age the next generation of choral singers, selected Xenia High School students under their director, Brent Manley, were integrated into the Bach Society Chorus for the motet performances.

Venite populi K.260 (248a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Salve Regina, Hob. XXIIIb:2 WITH ORCHESTRA Franz Joseph Haydn John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Motet: F�rchte dich nicht (BWV 228) Accompanist Johann Sebastian Bach

XENIA HIGH SCHOOL Jesus bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata 147) CHOIR Johann Sebastian Bach Brent Manley Music Director Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in D Minor (BWV 105) YUN KYONG KIM Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV 225) Johann Sebastian Bach

28 MAY 2008 A CELEBRATION OF SPRING

A mostly 20th century program of music, from the serious to the joyous.

The concert featured Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, perhaps notable as the first mass written in a distinctly English manner since the sixteenth century. The concert also featured Dello Joio’s A Jubilant Song, one of the first pieces of 20th Century choral music; an excellent example of mid-century Americana style with its frequent time changes, syncopations, pantonal harmonies and explosive accompaniment.

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Ralph Vaughan Williams WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Mass in G Minor Director R. Alan Kimbrough Ralph Vaughan Williams Accompanist O, Clap Your Hands Ralph Vaughan Williams ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Music to Hear LIZA FORRESTER Sir George Shearing Mezzo Soprano RANDALL BLACK Frostiana: Seven Country Songs Tenor Randall Thompson WILLIAM MCGRAW Bass A Jubilant Song Norman Dello Joio

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BACH MEETS RHEINBERGER AND FRANCK SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS THE ART OF THE MAGNIFICAT ISRAEL IN EGYPT BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Carla Ballou Madelyn Callender Ian Casper Steve Babienco Jeannelle Benek Willow Cliffswallow Stan Gockel Fred Bartenstein Jennifer Grubb Pamela Cooper- Gary Grubb David Grupe Tabitha Hurt Servaites Skip Layman John Gummel Mary Ann Layman Lisa Hess Greg Martin Lew Hann Karen Linaberry Peg Holland David McKibben Dick Hattershire Deborah Martin Margaret Karns Thom Meyer Larry Hollar Connie Palmus Jane Mix Jerome Servaites Alan Kimbrough Cynthia Perander Barbara Piatt Bill Spohn Michael Linaberry Donna Reece Pam Rauch J. C. Stafford Steve Makovec Cathy Renfrow Katie Richard Nick Raines Shirley Richardson- Mary Beth Rodes Lowell Reed McCourt Laura Thie Dave Roderick Faye Seifrit Mark Spencer

John Stengel 30 OCTOBER 2008 BACH MEETS RHEINBERGER AND FRANCK

Choral works from three of the world’s most famous organists, including one with extraordinary talent but who is seldom heard today – Josef Rheinberger.

The concert featured the return to Dayton of Peter Ciaschini, former concertmaster of the Dayton Philhar- monic Orchestra, playing Rheinberger’s Suite for Violin and Organ.

Motet VI: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden Johann Sebastian Bach BACH SOCIETY CHORUS John Neely Suite for Violin and Organ, Op. 166 Director R. Alan Kimbrough Josef Gabriel Rheinberger Accompanist Cantus Missae, Op. 109 (Mass in E-Flat Major) Josef Gabriel Rheinberger PETER CIASCHINI Violin Laudate Dominum (Four Motets, Op. 133, #3) Josef Gabriel Rheinberger Mass in A, Op. 12 César Franck R. ALAN KIMBROUGH Concert Preview Psalm 150 (Louez le Dieu) César Franck

31 DECEMBER 2008 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

The first holiday concert featuring the Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale, under the direction of Bruce Swank.

O Hannukkah My Dancing Day BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Eileen Laurence English Carol, arr. Gerald Near John Neely Twas in the Moon of Wintertime Ocho Kandelikas Director arr. Cynthia Carlson Flory Jagoda R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Once in Royal David’s City God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Irby, arr. David Willcocks English Carol, arr. Kevin McChesney O Magnum Mysterium Parade of the Tin Soldiers KETTERING CHILDREN’S Dan Locklair Leon Jessel, arr. Martha Lynn Thompson CHOIR CHORALE Hodie Christus natus est Good King Wenceslas Bruce Swank Glenn E. Wonacott Tempus adeste floridum Director Rejoice and Be Merry Ave Maria Linda Kessler English Carol, arr. Walter L. Pelz Franz Biebl Accompanist Fum, Fum, Fum Angelus ad pastores ait Catalan Carol, arr. Anne Heider Hans Leo Hassler BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON AND THE KETTERING O Little Town of Bethlehem Patapan CHILDREN’S CHOIR CHORALE Forest Green; descant Thomas Armstrong Burgundian Carol, arr. David L. Mennicke Infant Holy Silent Night Polish Carol, arr. Mary Goetze Franz Gruber, arr. Sir Malcolm Sargent KETTERING ADVENT RINGERS The Holly and the Ivy O Come, All Ye Faithful English Carol, arr. Ruth Dwyer and Martin Ellis Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth Director See Amid the Winter’s Snow Away in a Manger English Carol, arr. Susan Brumfield W. J. Kirkpatrick, arr. David Willcocks AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Angels We Have Heard on High Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Gloria French Carol, arr. Mack Wilberg 32 MARCH 2009 THE ART OF THE MAGNIFICAT

A multimedia production and collaboration with the University of Dayton Marian Library, presenting- sev eral centuries of music and art.

The concert focused on the Annunciation and the Visitation of Mary mother of Jesus. The Magnificats of both J.S. Bach and John Rutter were complemented by images from the Marian Library’s extensive art collection projected on screens in the sanctuary of the Kettering Adventist Church.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Cantata 10: Meine Seel’ erhebt den Herren (BWV 10) Johann Sebastian Bach ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Magnificat (BWV 243) EMILY LANDA Johann Sebastian Bach Mezzo Soprano LIZA FORRESTER Magnificat Mezzo Soprano John Rutter RANDALL BLACK Tenor RANDALL LEVIN Bass-Baritone

REV. JOHANN G. ROTEN, S.M. Pre-Concert Lecture

33 MAY 2009 ISRAEL IN EGYPT

Handel’s version of the Israelites’ triumph over Pharaoh.

Israel in Egypt was originally performed in 1739, in the same season as the premiere of his oratorio Saul. Unlike Saul and Handel’s other early oratorios, Israel in Egypt is almost entirely a choral piece, with rela- tively few arias for soloists interspersed among the choruses. Rather than unveiling a plot that is driven by individual passions and actions, it presents and celebrates the story of a people.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Israel in Egypt: A Sacred Oratorio JENNIFER GILCHRIST George Frideric Handel Soprano DEBORAH MARTIN Soprano STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor TONY BURDETTE Tenor JOSHUA ZINK Baritone MARK SPENCER Baritone

RABBI JUDY CHESSIN Pre-Concert Lecture

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CHRISTMAS ORATORIO SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS FOLLOW THE MUSE BACH SOCIETY CHORUS A CHORAL SAMPLER SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Donna Beran Madelyn Callender Marc Georgin Fred Bartenstein Sarah Cavender Willow Cliffswallow Stan Gockel Cullen Bower Kay Cherry Pamela Cooper- Skip Layman David Grupe Jennifer Grubb Servaites Michael Linaberry John Gummel Mary Ann Layman Ilona Dever Greg Martin Lew Hann Karen Linaberry Peg Holland David McKibben Dick Hattershire Deborah Martin Margaret Karns Thom Meyer Larry Hollar Connie Palmus Ann Malone Kevin Samblanet Alan Kimbrough Cynthia Perander Jane Mix Jerry Servaites Steve Makovec Donna Reece Barbara Piatt Bill Spohn Bill Miller Cathy Renfrow Pam Rauch J. C. Stafford Nick Raines Shirley Richardson- Katie Richard Lowell Reed McCourt Mary Beth Rodes Dave Roderick Faye Seifrit Erin Schmitz Mark Spencer John Stengel 35 OCTOBER 2009 CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

Three sections from J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with orchestra and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4.

The Christmas Oratorio, completed around Christmastime of 1734, is not an oratorio in the usual sense. Instead the format is that of a cantata. Similar to the Matthew and John passions, it includes a tenor Evangelist who narrates the story of the birth of Christ as it appears in Luke 2:1–21 and Matthew 2:1–12.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248), Parts I, II, & III Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major DEBORAH MARTIN Soprano (BWV 1049) STEVEN RICKARDS Johann Sebastian Bach Countertenor TONY BURDETTE Tenor MARK SPENCER Baritone

NEAL GITTLEMAN Concert Preview

36 DECEMBER 2009 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

The Bach Society’s seasonal favorite featuring the Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale, directed by Bruce Swank, and the Kettering Advent Ringers under Joan Ulloth Dorgan.

Sleigh Ride A Winter Walk BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Leroy Anderson, arr. Martha Lynn Thompson Vicki Tucker Courtney John Neely Blue Christmas Balulalow Director Bill Hays and Jay Johnson, arr. Hart Morris Benjamin Britten R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Pat-a-Pan God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Traditional Carol, arr. Fred Gramann arr. David Willcocks Once in Royal David’s City Chanuke, Oi Chanuke KETTERING CHILDREN’S Irby, arr. David Willcocks arr. Robert DeCormier CHOIR CHORALE O Magnum Mysterium Bell Carol of the Kings Bruce Swank Morten Lauridsen Derek Hakes Director Touro-louro-louro! The Angels and the Shepherds Linda Kessler Nicolas Saboly, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw arr. Stephen Paulus Accompanist There Is a flower I Saw Three Ships John Rutter arr. John Rutter BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON Sing We to This Merry Company A Christmas Carol AND KETTERING CHILDREN’S John Rutter Charles Ives CHOIR CHORALE Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Three Medieval Carols Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks John V. Mochnick KETTERING ADVENT RINGERS Al Shlosha D’Varim O Come, All Ye Faithful Allan E. Naplan Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth Director Dormi Dormi / Sweetly Slumber Infant Holy, Infant Lowly arr. Mary Goetze arr. David Willcocks AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Long, Long Ago Carlisle Floyd 37 APRIL 2010 FOLLOW THE MUSE

A collaboration with the Muse Machine to nurture the next generation of choral singers.

The concert featured eight talented high school-age singers from the Greater Dayton area prepared by Ba- sil Fett. Some students were from Muse Machine-affiliated schools and others from Cappella, the regional high school honors choir associated with the Kettering Children’s Choir. The students joined with the Bach Society and full orchestra in an exciting performance of music from varied eras in the Baroque period.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Come, Ye Sons of Art, Z323 Accompanist Henry Purcell

MUSE MACHINE AND Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 CAPELLA STUDENT SINGERS Johann Sebastian Bach Basil Fett Director Jephte JESSICA MCCORMACK Giacomo Carissimi Soprano NATHAN MEDLEY Sweetness of Nature Countertenor Henry Purcell STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor Many, Many Such Days TONY BURDETTE Tenor Henry Purcell MARK SPENCER Baritone Zadok the Priest George Frideric Handel

LUKE DENNIS Concert Preview 38 MAY 2010 A CHORAL SAMPLER

A sampler of lighter fare woven into a tapestry of rich choral textures and composed more recently than the Bach Society’s traditional Baroque selections.

The concert featured music by Johannes Brahms, a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period, and Sir Edward Elgar, an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and internation- al classical concert repertoire.

Schaffe in mir, Gott, Op. 29 Johannes Brahms

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Op. 30 John Neely Johannes Brahms Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 Johannes Brahms

Lullaby (Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27) Sir Edward Elgar R. ALAN KIMBROUGH Concert Preview The Dance (Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27) Sir Edward Elgar Serenade to Music Ralph Vaughan Williams A Jubilant Song Norman Dello Joio

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GLORIA! SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS BACH SOCIETY CHORUS ST. JOHN PASSION SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES SHOUT FOR JOY! Carla Ballou Sarah Brockmeier Marc Georgin Fred Bartenstein Donna Beran Madelyn Callender Stan Gockel Cullen Bower Sarah Cavender Willow Cliffswallow Gary Grubb David Grupe Kay Cherry Pamela Cooper- Skip Layman John Gummel Joan Crafton Servaites Michael Linaberry Lew Hann Susan Cromer Emily Heinz Gregory Martin Dick Hattershire Jennifer Grubb Peg Holland Thom Meyer Larry Hollar Amanda Gulick Greta Holt Kevin Samblanet Alan Kimbrough Mary Ann Layman Ann Holzer Jerome Servaites Steve Makovec Karen Linaberry Margaret Karns Bill Spohn Bill Miller Deborah Martin Jane Mix Blair Wentworth Nick Raines Connie Palmus Barbara Piatt Lowell Reed Donna Reece Pam Rauch Dave Roderick Cathy Renfrow Mary Beth Rodes Mark Spencer Shirley Richardson- Judith Russell John Stengel McCourt Mary Tymeson Faye Seifrit Sara Vice Melanie Yost Chelsea Wentworth 40 OCTOBER 2010 GLORIA!

A concert spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries.

The concert featured Antonio Vivaldi’s well-known Gloria and works by American composer Samuel Bar- ber, best known for his Adagio for Strings. Barber also wrote choral works, opera, and for solo and accom- panied instruments, including the Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings. This highly expressive work was an ideal showpiece for Eileen Whalen, Principal Oboist of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Gloria Director Antonio Vivaldi R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Cantata 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen Johann Sebastian Bach ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Easter Chorale AUDREY WALSTROM Samuel Barber Mezzo Soprano ANDREW PENNING Tenor Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra Samuel Barber TIMOTHY J. BRUNO Bass Sure on This Shining Night EILEEN WHALEN Oboe Samuel Barber Missa in honorem BVM in E-Flat, Hob. XXII:4 Joseph Haydn EILEEN WHALEN Concert Preview

41 DECEMBER 2010 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

A seasonal favorite of audience participation, Christmas carols, and Hanukkah music.

BACH SOCIETY OF O How Joyfully Oseh Shalom (A Prayer for Peace) DAYTON CHORUS arr. Cathy Moklebust Joan Beckow John Neely Come, All Ye Shepherds Ding, Dong! Merrily on High Director arr. Jefferey Hall French, arr. Stephen Mager R. Alan Kimbrough Once in Royal David’s City Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Accompanist Irby, arr. David Willcocks Vera Kistler Angelus ad pastores ait Good King Wenceslas KETTERING CHILDREN’S Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Tempus adeste floridum CHOIR CHORALE Ave Maria Ocho Kandelikas Bruce Swank Tomás Luis de Victoria Flory Jagoda Director Ave Maria Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Linda Kessler Anton Bruckner arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Accompanist Sing We Now of Christmas Danse Russe Trepak French Carol, arr. John A. Ricketts Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. William H. Griffin BACH SOCIETY AND Mid-Winter Rudolphus Rubrinasus KETTERING CHILDREN’S Bob Chilcott Johnny Marks, arr. Philip Brunelle CHOIR CHORALE He Is Born! Jingle Bells Traditional French Carol, arr. John A. Ricketts arr. Ray Charles KETTERING Go Tell it on the Mountain O Come, All Ye Faithful ADVENT RINGERS African-American Spiritual, arr. Carolyn Jennings Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth O Little Town of Bethlehem Away in a Manger Director Forest Green; descant Thomas Armstrong W. J. Kirkpatrick, arr. David Willcocks A La Nanita Nana Jesus Child AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Spanish, arr. Valerie Shields John Rutter 42 MARCH 2011 ST. JOHN PASSION

Bach’s epic choral masterpiece with its vivid portrayal of Christ’s last days through the dynamic interplay between chorus, soloists and orchestra.

The concert featured Cappella, the college preparatory choir of the Kettering Children’s Choir, in further- ance of Bach Society’s mission to nurture the next generation of choral singers.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist

KETTERING CHILDREN’S The St. John Passion CHOIR, CAPELLA Johann Sebastian Bach Dr. James Tipps Director

JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT Tenor, as the Evangelist MAURA JANTON COCK Soprano, as the Maid STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor TONY BURDETTE Tenor, as the Servant JOSHUA ZINK Baritone, as Peter and Pilate MARK SPENCER Baritone, as Jesus

REV. JOHN F. KOEPKE III AND REV. DR. RODNEY W. KENNEDY Concert Preview 43 MAY 2011 SHOUT FOR JOY!

Music for brass and chorus, brass and organ, and brass alone from a variety of composers of the 17th century through the present day.

The concert featured the premiere of a new Rutter work,A Dedication and an Amen, commissioned by the Bach Society in conjunction with Chorus America. The concert closed with Rutter’s Gloria to bookended the Antonio Vivaldi Gloria that began the season.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Jauchzet dem Herren (Ps. 100) John Neely Heinrich Schütz Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Mass, Op. 130 Joseph Jongen

THE OAKWOOD BRASS Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals Sigfrid Karg-Elert

JOHN RUTTER Concertino, Op. 94 Composer of Commissioned Work D)mitri Shostakovich, arr. Michael Allen A Dedication and an Amen John Rutter

STEVEN WINTEREGG Gloria Concert Preview John Rutter

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A SEASON TO REMEMBER

HANDEL’S JUDAS MACCABÆUS SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS FOR THE JOY OF SINGING! BACH SOCIETY CHORUS BACH TO BACH SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Carla Ballou Sarah Brockmeier Todd Berry Fred Bartenstein Sarah Cavender Willow Cliffswallow Marc Georgin Erick Beaven Kay Cherry Pamela Cooper- Stan Gockel Cullen Bower Joan Crafton Servaites Gary Grubb Paul Grabiel Susan Cromer Helen Cripe Skip Layman David Grupe Britteny Cyphers Peg Holland Michael Linaberry John Gummel Mary Ann Frazell Greta Holt Gregory Martin Lew Hann Jennifer Grubb Ann Holzer Thom Meyer Dick Hattershire Sharon Kohnle Margaret Karns Kevin Samblanet Larry Hollar Karen Linaberry Barbara Piatt Jerome Servaites Alan Kimbrough Deborah Martin Pam Rauch Bill Spohn Steve Makovec Connie Palmus Mary Beth Rodes Blair Wentworth Bill Miller Donna Reece Judith Russell Dave Roderick Cathy Renfrow Barbara Schramm Mark Spencer Shirley Richardson- Mary Tymeson John Stengel McCourt Sara Vice Faye Seifrit 45 OCTOBER 2011 HANDEL’S JUDAS MACCABÆUS

G. F. Handel’s rousing oratorio celebrating Judas Maccabaeus, the Jewish leader who is honored at Hanuk- kah and praised in the famous chorus “Hail, the Conquering Hero Comes.” Judas Maccabæus falls midway in the major era of Handel’s oratorios—later than his early successes, in- cluding Saul, Israel in Eqypt, Messiah, Samson, and Belshazzar (1738-44), but earlier than Solomon (1748), and Jephtha (1752). Handel wrote Judas Maccabæus in 1746—reportedly in two months. Its first perfor- mance took place—at Covent Garden—on 1 April 1747.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Judas Maccabæus George Frideric Handel ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor CAMEO HUMES Tenor, in the role of Judas Maccabæus JASON AMOS Tenor BEN SMOLDER Bass-Baritone

RABBI JUDY CHESSIN Concert Preview

46 DECEMBER 2011 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

The Bach Society’s annual tradition of festive holiday music and audience carol singing for all ages.

BACH SOCIETY OF From a Distant Home Il est né le divin Enfant DAYTON CHORUS arr. Michael Helman arr. Arthur Oldham We Three Kings Kling, Glockchen John Neely arr. D. Linda McKechnie Linda Spevacek Director R. Alan Kimbrough Once in Royal David’s City A New Year Carol Accompanist Irby, arr. David Willcocks Benjamin Britten O Magnum Mysterium Good King Wenceslas Dan Locklair Tempus adeste floridum KETTERING CHILDREN’S My Dancing Day S’vivon/Al Hanisim CHOIR CHORALE English carol, arr. Gerald Near arr. Jason Robert Brown Bruce Swank Candlelight Carol Patapan Director John Rutter Bergundian tune, arr. David L. Mennicke Linda Kessler Accompanist Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Spiritual arr. Alice Parker arr. David Willcocks A Maiden Most Gentle Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence BACH SOCIETY AND French tune, arr. Andrew Carter arr. Cathy Moklebust KETTERING CHILDREN’S Sing Lullaby March from The Nutcracker CHOIR CHORALE Basque carol, arr. Anthony Prower Tchaikovsky, arr. Frances L. Callahan Angels We Have Heard on High O Come, All Ye Faithful KETTERING French carol, arr. David Cherwien Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks ADVENT RINGERS Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Lute-book Lullaby Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks William Ballet (17th c.), arr. Geoffrey Shaw Joan Ulloth Director Celebrate the Feast of Lights Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Sally K. Albrecht 16th century French carol, arr. Mack Wilberg Winter Changes AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS David Brunner 47 MARCH 2012 FOR THE JOY OF SINGING!

A collaboration with the Central State University Chorus designed to embrace cultural and racial diversity. The concert was performed in two venues, at Central State in Wilberforce and then at Kettering Adventist Church, and joint rehearsals offered the chance for singers to interact and to experience different con- ducting styles. Each group performed works separately and then joined to perform works by Schubert, Stacey Gibbs, and Rosephanye Powell. The concert concluded with an arrangement of His Eye is on the Sparrow by concert preview presenter Dr. James Arthur Williams.

Lobet den Herrn Johann Sebastian Bach BACH SOCIETY CHORUS I Waited for the Lord Felix Mendelssohn John Neely Director Sanctus R. Alan Kimbrough Charles Gounod Accompanist Mass in G Franz Schubert THE CENTRAL STATE Psalm 100 UNIVERSITY CHORUS Heinrich Schütz William Henry Caldwell Bogoroditse Devo Director Sergei Rachmaninoff Great God A’Mighty arr. Jester Hairston LEE HOFFMAN Soprano I’ve Been ‘Buked arr. Hall Johnson Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You ‘Round arr. Phillip McIntyre Way Over in Beulah Lan arr. Stacey V. Gibbs JAMES ARTHUR WILLIAMS To Sit and Dream Concert Preview Rosephanye Powell His Eye Is on the Sparrow Charles H. Gabriel, arr. James Arthur Williams

48 MAY 2012 BACH TO BACH

A devotion to the works of Bach Society’s namesake.

The concert featured the Violin Concerto in E Major, decribed by Bach’s original biographer, J. N. Forkel, as being “full of an unconquerable joy of life, that sings in the triumph of the first and last movements.”

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director Cantata 34: O ewiges Feuer R. Alan Kimbrough Johann Sebastian Bach Accompanist Cantata 164: Ihr, die euch von Christo nennet Johann Sebastian Bach MINNITA DANIEL-COX Soprano AUDREY WALSTROM Sanctus in G Major (BWV 240) Mezzo Soprano Johann Sebastian Bach JOSHUA LEE WHEEKER Tenor Violin Concerto in E Major (BWV 1042) Johann Sebastian Bach MARK SPENCER Baritone Cantata 191: Gloria in excelsis Deo AURELIAN OPREA Violin Johann Sebastian Bach

AURELIAN OPREA Concert Preview

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BACH TO THE FUTURE

SING & CELEBRATE SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS BACH SOCIETY CHORUS ST. MATTHEW PASSION SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES BACH TO THE FUTURE

Carla Ballou Sarah Brockmeier Todd Berry Fred Bartenstein Sarah Cavender Madelyn Callender Marc Georgin Erick Beaven Kay Cherry Willow Cliffswallow Stan Gockel Cullen Bower Joan Crafton Pamela Cooper- Gary Grubb Marc Fleischauer Susan Cromer Servaites Michael Linaberry Paul Grabiel Mary Ann Frazell Helen Cripe Gregory Martin David Grupe Laura Grimes Peg Holland Thom Meyer John Gummel Jennifer Grubb Greta Holt Kevin Samblanet Lew Hann Sharon Kohnle Ann Holzer Jerome Servaites Dick Hattershire Karen Linaberry Barbara Piatt Bill Spohn Larry Hollar Deborah Martin Pam Rauch Patrick Thomas Alan Kimbrough Connie Palmus Mary Beth Rodes Steve Makovec Donna Reece Judith Russell Bill Miller Shirley Richardson- Barbara Schramm Dave Roderick McCourt Mary Tymeson Mark Spencer Lydia Schweizer Sara Vice John Stengel Faye Seifrit Britteny Waters 50 OCTOBER 2012 SING & CELEBRATE

Audience and chorus favorites, including the magnificent Plaudite by Giovanni Gabrieli, who was all the rage in Venice at the turn of the 16th century, and works by current choral “rock star” Eric Whitacre, cre- ator of the worldwide virtual choir. The centerpiece of the concert was a work based on ancient psalm texts by 20th century American com- poser Norman Dello Joio, who won the Pulitzer Prize for music. The concert also featured a commissioned arrangement by Steven Winteregg of Elgar’s Imperial March for brass and organ.

Plaudite (Sacrae Symphoniae 1597) Giovanni Gabrieli Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Galliard Battaglia John Neely Samuel Scheidt, arr. Christian Blumel Director Canzon primi toni (Sacrae Symphoniae 1597) R. Alan Kimbrough Giovanni Gabrieli, ed. Robert King Accompanist In ecclesiis (Symphoniae Sacrae II, 1615) Giovanni Gabrieli THE OAKWOOD BRASS Lift Thine Eyes (from Elijah, Op. 70) Felix Mendelssohn He Watching Over Israel (from Elijah, Op. 70) MARK SPENCER Felix Mendelssohn Baritone The Seal Lullaby Eric Whitacre ALAN KIMBROUGH Selections from Animal Crackers Piano Eric Whitacre Imperial March (Op. 32) Sir Edward Elgar, arr. Steven Winteregg Sonata pian’ e forte Giovanni Gabrieli, transcribed Arthur Frackenpohl DR. RICHARD CHENOWETH Concert Preview Canzon duodecimi toni (Sacrae Symphoniae 1597) Giovanni Gabrieli, ed. Robert King A Psalm of David (Psalm 51) Norman Dello Joio 51 DECEMBER 2012 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

The premiere of a work by Howard Helvey commissioned by the Bach Society.

Mr. Helvey is an award-winning choral composer and the organist and choirmaster of historic Calvary Epis- copal Church in Cincinnati. His new a cappella work was based on the centuries-old Christmas worship text, O Magnum Mysterium (Oh Great Mystery). The concert featured beloved songs of Christmas and Hanukkah, with something for all ages to enjoy, including the ever-popular audience sing-along.

BACH SOCIETY OF Wake Awake O magnum mysterium DAYTON CHORUS Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Anna Laura Page Tomás Luis de Victoria John Neely Director Go Tell it on the Mountain O magnum mysterium Sergei Prokofiev/ arr. D. Linda McKechnie Howard Helvey R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Los Peces en el Río Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Spanish carol, arr. Matthew Prins trad. French, arr. Howard Helvey KETTERING CHILDREN’S O Holy Night Hark! The Herald Angels Sing CHOIR CHORALE Adolphe Adam, arr. Bill Ingram Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks Bruce Swank Once in Royal David’s City Over the River and Through the Wood Director Irby, arr. David Willcocks Sherri Porterfield Linda Kessler Accompanist Of the Father’s Love Begotten Little Lamb Plainsong Sherri Porterfield BACH SOCIETY AND Angelus ad pastores ait A Christmas Blessing KETTERING CHILDREN’S Hans Leo Hassler Philip W. J. Stopford CHOIR CHORALE Benedicamus Domino Overture from The Nutcracker Peter Warlock [Philip Heseltine] Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Kevin McChesney KETTERING I Wonder as I Wander O Come, All Ye Faithful ADVENT RINGERS arr. John Rutter Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth Dorgan Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day O Little Town of Bethlehem Director John Gardner trad. English, arr. Howard Helvey Oh, Chanukah/Y’mei hachanukah On Christmas Night All AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS arr. Robert Applebaum Christians Sing (The Sussex Carol) trad. English, arr. Howard Helvey HOWARD HELVEY Deck the Hall Composer of Commissioned Work trad. Welsh, arr. David Willcocks 52 MARCH 2013 ST. MATTHEW PASSION

J.S. Bach’s moving portrayal of Christ’s last days told through the words of the Gospel of St. Matthew and heart-wrenchingly beautiful music. Considered one of the greatest works in western classical music, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion was com- posed for double chorus, children’s choir, soloists, and double orchestra. The work is believed to have been first performed on Good Friday 1727 at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, where Bach was music director.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist

KETTERING CHILDREN’S St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) CONCERT CHOIR Johann Sebastian Bach Dr. Natalie DeHorn Director

JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT Tenor, as the Evangelist MAURA JANTON COCK Soprano STEVEN RICKARDS Countertenor JEREMY SCOTT WINSTON Tenor WILLIAM MCGRAW Baritone MARK SPENCER Baritone, as Jesus

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The close of Bach Society’s 10th Anniversary season; A joyful tribute to Bach, Mozart, and Telemann, and a salute to the future with works by Morten Lauridsen and other contemporary composers.

The concert featured soprano Andrea Chenoweth on Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate with its exuberant Allelu- ia. Former Bach Society singers also joined the current chorus to perform the Bach motet. After the last note was sung, everyone gathered for a celebratory anniversary reception.

Psalm 117 Georg Philipp Telemann

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Missa Brevis K.192 WITH ORCHESTRA Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 Accompanist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ANDREA CHENOWETH O nata lux Soprano Morten Lauridsen

Sure on This Shining Night Morten Lauridsen

DR. SHARON DAVIS GRATTO Laudate Dominum Concert Preview Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225 Johann Sebastian Bach

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CHORAL MASTERWORKS FROM EARLY MUSIC TO NOW BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES

Carla Ballou Cynthia Bertleff Todd Berry Fred Bartenstein HYMNS OF TRIUMPH Loy Boncek Kim Bostic Marc Georgin Erick Beaven SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS Barbara Campbell Madelyn Callender Stan Gockel Cullen Bower Kay Cherry Willow Cliffswallow Robert Knechel Marc Fleischauer MASS IN B MINOR BY J.S. BACH Barbara Colaner Pamela Cooper- Michael Linaberry David Grupe Joan Crafton Servaites Gregory Martin John Gummel CELEBRATING DANCE AND SONG Susan Cromer Helen Cripe Thom Meyer Lew Hann Mary Ann Frazell Carla Drye Kevin Samblanet Dick Hattershire Lauren Gleason Peg Holland Jerome Servaites Larry Hollar Laura Grimes Greta Holt Michael Shannon Alan Kimbrough Sharon Kohnle Ann Holzer William Spohn Steve Makovec Rachel Lammi Barbara Piatt William Miller Karen Linaberry Pam Rauch Dave Roderick Deborah Martin Suzanne Richardt Paul Schweizer Connie Palmus Mary Beth Rodes Mark Spencer Donna Reece Judith Russell John Stengel Cathy Renfrow Barbara Schramm Shirley Richardson- Mary Tymeson McCourt Sara Vice Connie Rohrer Lydia Schweizer Faye Seifrit

Elizabeth Weibel 55 OCTOBER 2013 HYMNS OF TRIUMPH

Great works by Handel and the intriguing story and brilliant music of Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass.

Composed in 1798, the Lord Nelson Mass was first performed on September 23 of that year and is Haydn’s largest mass, as well as one of his most beloved choral/orchestral works. It is also his only minor-key mass, set in d minor at the opening, but leading to a victorious D Major finale.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Zadok the Priest Director George Frederic Handel R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Concerto in F major for Organ and Strings (Hob. XVIII:7) ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Franz Joseph Haydn RYU-KYUNG KIM Mezzo Soprano O Praise the Lord with One Consent CAMEO HUMES George Frideric Handel Tenor JOSHUA ZINK Missa in Angustiis in d (Hob. XXII:11) Baritone (Lord Nelson Mass) Franz Joseph Haydn

DR. PAUL LOCKHART Concert Preview

56 DECEMBER 2013 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

An opportunity for the audience to participate, listen, and rejoice in the season.

BACH SOCIETY OF Mary Did You Know? Hark! The Herald Angels Sing DAYTON CHORUS Patricia Sanders Cota Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks John Neely Spanish Dance Infant Holy Director Kevin McChesney arr. Ruth Dwyer and Martin Ellis R. Alan Kimbrough Farandole Snow is Falling Accompanist Georges Bizet; arr. Kevin McChesney Ruth Elaine Schram Once in Royal David’s City Beautiful Star of Bethlehem Irby, arr. David Willcocks Adger M. Pace & R. Fisher Boyce, arr. David L. Brunner KETTERING CHILDREN’S CHOIR CHORALE All My Heart This Night Rejoices Walking in the Air arr. Leo Nestor Howard Blake Bruce Swank Director Lux Aurumque Angels We Have Heard on High Eric Whitacre Gloria Linda Kessler Accompanist Jubilate Domino Dreamscape on Still, Still, Still Donald Swann arr. Brian Childers Mirabile mysterium Fum, Fum, Fum BACH SOCIETY AND Deborah B. Martin arr. Anne Heider KETTERING CHILDREN’S CHOIR CHORALE Wexford Carol Ose Shalom arr. Dale Warland John Leavitt Psallite O Come, All Ye Faithful KETTERING Michael Praetorius Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks ADVENT RINGERS Puer natus in Bethlehem Away in a Manger Joan Ulloth Pietro Adolpho Bossi arr. David Willcocks Director Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming I Saw Three Ships arr. Dick Hattershire John Rutter AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Rejoice and Be Merry John Rutter 57 MARCH 2014 MASS IN B MINOR BY J.S. BACH

One of Bach’s most significant works.

J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor weaves together some of his greatest pieces along with new, less familiar compositions. It is an established part of the choral repertoire but is also an enigmatic work. Although infrequently performed, the Mass in B Minor has long been considered a true masterpiece.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Johann Sebastian Bach MINNITA DANIEL-COX Soprano AUDREY WALSTROM Mezzo Soprano JEREMY SCOTT WINSTON Tenor CHRISTOPHER BRANDON MORALES Baritone

WILLIAM HENRY CALDWELL Concert Preview

58 MAY 2014 CELEBRATING DANCE AND SONG

A cutting-edge creative collaboration with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC).

The concert featured modern dance in the African-American tradition choreographed to choral music. DCDC developed all new choreography to fit the performing venue and the program. The dancers used the entire performing platform in the front of the Kettering Adventist Church as well as the wide central and side aisles, giving those in the audience the feeling of being closely involved in the performance.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Mass in G minor John Neely Ralph Vaughan Williams Director R. Alan Kimbrough O, Clap Your Hands Accompanist Ralph Vaughan Williams Frostiana: Seven Country Songs DAYTON CONTEMPORARY Randall Thompson DANCE COMPANY Die Nacht Debbie Blunden-Diggs Richard Strauss Artistic Director Zueignung Richard Strauss SARAH HART Soprano The Bird’s Song (from The Pilgrim’s Progress) LIZA FORRESTER Ralph Vaughan Williams Mezzo Soprano Ständchen (Serenade) TONY BURDETTE Franz Schubert Tenor MARK SPENCER Ecco ridente (from The Barber of Seville) Baritone Gioachino Rossini A Jubilant Song Norman Dello Joio SHARON DAVIS GRATTO Concert Preview 59 2014-2015

MUSIC: THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES FROM LEIPZIG TO VIENNA Carla Ballou Cynthia Bertleff Todd Berry Fred Bartenstein Barbara Campbell Kim Bostic Joe Codispoti Erick Beaven SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS Kay Cherry Madelyn Callender Marc Georgin Cullen Bower Barbara Colaner Willow Cliffswallow Robert Knechel Marc Fleischauer MOZART’S VIENNA Joan Crafton Pamela Cooper- Michael Linaberry David Grupe Susan Cromer Servaites Thom Meyer John Gummel SOUTH AMERICAN ACCENTS Jennifer Davis Helen Cripe Kevin Samblanet Lew Hann Julie Davis Carla Drye Jerome Servaites Dick Hattershire Hannah Edge Peg Holland William Spohn Larry Hollar Sharon Kohnle Greta Holt Alan Kimbrough Rachel Lammi Barbara Piatt Steve Makovec Karen Linaberry Pam Rauch William Miller Connie Palmus Suzy Richardt David Jon Priebe Amy Potter Mary Beth Rodes Dave Roderick Donna Reece Judith Russell Paul Schweizer Cathy Renfrow Barbara Schramm Wayne Shaw Shirley Richardson- Mary Tymeson Mark Spencer McCourt Sara Vice John Stengel Connie Rohrer Lydia Schweizer Faye Seifrit Elizabeth Stidham Elizabeth Weibel Mary Ann Woods 60 OCTOBER 2014 FROM LEIPZIG TO VIENNA

A study in contrasts between Bach and Schubert.

The concert featured the University of Dayton Chorale and began with the the Mass in A Major, unusual for Bach in that it is not a cantata or a passion but rather is a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass with a Lat- in text. The concert continued with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, highlighting violinist Aurelian Oprea, and closed with Schubert’s Mass in C with orchestra and soloists.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Mass in A Major, BWV 234 Johann Sebastian Bach UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON CHORALE Dr. Robert Jones Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major Director (BWV 1049) Johann Sebastian Bach GINGER MINNEMAN Soprano Two movements from Magnificat in D Major RYU-KYUNG KIM Mezzo Soprano (BWV 243) Johann Sebastian Bach PEDRO ARROYO Tenor ERRIK M. HOOD Cantata 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich Baritone Johann Sebastian Bach

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON Mass in C, Op. 48 AND UNIVERSITY OF Franz Peter Schubert DAYTON CHORALE

SHARON DAVIS GRATTO Concert Preview 61 DECEMBER 2014 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

A variety of choral works from around the world, continuing the season’s multi-cultural theme.

BACH SOCIETY OF How Great Our Joy Ríu, Ríu, Chíu DAYTON CHORUS Douglas Wagner and Lloyd Larson Linda Spevacek John Neely Gesu Bambino The Snow Director Pietro Yon, arr. Karen Thompson Edward Elgar R. Alan Kimbrough From a Distant Home White Christmas Accompanist Traditional Puerto Rican, arr. Michael Helman Irving Berlin, arr. Roy Ringwald Once in Royal David’s City God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen KETTERING CHILDREN’S Irby, arr. David Willcocks arr. David Willcocks CHOIR CHORALE Ave Maria Arab Dance Bruce Swank Franz Biebl Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Kevin McChesney Director The Holly and the Ivy Guiding Star Carol Linda Kessler arr. John A. Behnke Danish, arr. Olaf C. Christiansen Accompanist The Lamb Joyous Christmas Song John Tavener Norwegian, arr. Paul Christiansen BACH SOCIETY AND Go Tell it on the Mountain O Yule, Full of Gladness KETTERING CHILDREN’S African-American Spiritual, arr. Carolyn Jennings Norwegian, arr. Carolyn Jennings CHOIR CHORALE Mary’s Lullaby Chanuke, Oi Chanuke John Rutter Yiddish, arr. Robert DeCormier KETTERING Sing We to This Merry Company O Come, All Ye Faithful ADVENT RINGERS John Rutter Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth Director O Little Town of Bethlehem Lute-book Lullaby Forest Green; descant Thomas Armstrong William Ballet, arr. Geoffrey Shaw AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Le Sommeil de L’enfant Jésus Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Traditional French carol, arr. Ron Jeffers arr. Mack Wilberg 62 MARCH 2015 MOZART’S VIENNA

An all-Mozart performance.

The concert featured the Clarinet Concerto in A Major, performed by Dayton’s own John Kurokawa. The piece is considered history’s first great clarinet concerto, and Mr. Kurokawa’s performance was its Dayton premiere.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Regina Coeli, K. 276 Accompanist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ANDREA CHENOWETH Ave Verum, K. 618 Soprano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart DR. MINNITA DANIEL-COX Soprano Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 CAMEO HUMES Tenor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart MARK SPENCER Baritone Grand Mass in C Minor, K. 427 JOHN KUROKAWA Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet

NEAL GITTLEMAN Concert Preview

63 MAY 2015 SOUTH AMERICAN ACCENTS

A series of significant firsts for the Bach Society—a cultural collaboration with the Dayton Hispanic -com munity, major choral works sung in Spanish, and a connection to the City of Dayton’s commitment as a welcoming community for immigrants from many regions of the world.

The concert showcased music from North and South America and featured the rarely performed Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramírez, with Andean instruments and Dayton’s Jim McCutcheon on guitar.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Abendlied Op. 69, No. 3 WITH INSTRUMENTALISTS Josef Rheinberger John Neely Abendlied Director Felix Mendelssohn R. Alan Kimbrough All Through the Night Accompanist arr. K. Lee Scott Seven Songs of the Rubaiyat Adolphus Hailstork PEDRO ARROYO Tenor Come Again, Sweet Love John Dowland EMMANUEL VARGAS Four Venezuelan Waltzes Tenor Antonio Lauro JIM MCCUTCHEON Julia Florida Guitar Agustín Barrios THOMAS GEORGE Chôros No. 1 CARACAS GARCIA Heitor Villa-Lobos Charango Misa Criolla Ariel Ramírez Mañanitas de mi Tierra (Mornings of My Land) Julio Fonseca Amor de mi Alma (The Love of My Soul) Z. Randall Stroope JAIME MORALES-MATOS Concert Preview Alma Llanera (Soul of the Plains) Pedro Gutiérrez

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MASTERY, MYSTERY, & MAJESTY

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SALUTE TO AMERICAN MASTERS SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS Carla Ballou Cynthia Bertleff Fred Bartenstein Mike Bates SONGS OF MYSTERY AND PRAISE Jodi Blacklidge Kim Bostic Todd Berry Erick Beaven Barbara Campbell Madelyn Callender Craig Boman Gary Blacklidge THE MUSIC OF DOWNTON ABBEY Kay Cherry Willow Cliffswallow Joe Codispoti Cullen Bower Barbara Colaner Pamela Cooper- Marc Georgin Marc Fleischauer Joan Crafton Servaites Thom Meyer David Grupe Susan Cromer Helen Cripe William Miller John Gummel Sharon Kohnle Carla J. H. Drye Christopher Oldstone- Lew Hann Rachel Spry Lammi Greta Holt Moore Dick Hattershire Karen Linaberry Ann Holzer Kevin Samblanet Larry Hollar Elaine Morris Roberts Sharon Norton Jerome Servaites R. Alan Kimbrough Connie Palmus Barbara Piatt William Spohn Steve Makovec Amy Potter Pam Rauch Dan Minneman Donna Reece Mary Beth Rodes David Jon Priebe Cathy Renfrow Barbara Schramm Dave Roderick Shirley Richardson- Mary Tymeson Paul Schweizer McCourt Sara Vice Wayne Shaw Lydia Schweizer Mark Spencer Faye Seifrit John Stengel Elizabeth Weibel Mary Ann Woods 65 OCTOBER 2015 SALUTE TO AMERICAN MASTERS

An afternoon of lively and inspirational song from America’s choral masters, including the “Dean of Amer- ican Composers,” Aaron Copland; rockstar of the modern choral world, Eric Whitacre; and Mack Wilberg, the music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The concert was inspired by the Bach Society’s participation in American Mosaic, a Schuster Center gala affair which honored 50 years of service to the Dayton arts community of the Miriam Rosenthal Founda- tion for the Arts.

Two Excerpts from The Testament of Freedom Randall Thompson BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ My Name John Neely arr. Brazeal W. Dennard Director R. Alan Kimbrough Soon Ah Will Be Done Accompanist arr. William L. Dawson Five Hebrew Love Songs Eric Whitacre

WILLIAM HENRY CALDWELL Awake, O North Wind (from Wedding Cantata) Baritone Daniel Pinkham AURELIAN OPREA Lux aeterna (from Requiem Brevis) Violin Jonathan Bailey Holland DEBBIE LINDLEY Piano Andante semplice from Sonata for Violin and Piano Aaron Copland Old American Songs arr. Aaron Copland JEREMY WINSTON Shenandoah Concert Preview arr. James Erb Cindy arr. Mack Wilberg 66 DECEMBER 2015 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

A joyful holiday evening to celebrate the wonder of the season and the traditions that bring us all together. There were bells ringing, children singing, and a glow of good cheer from the sanctuary hearth. The concert featured the Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale, the Kettering Advent Ringers, and the sweet sounds of the audience.

Ding Dong Merrily On High Christmas Dance of the Shepherds BACH SOCIETY OF arr. Fred Gramann Zoltán Kodály DAYTON CHORUS Of the Father’s Love Begotten El Pequeño Niño (The Tiny Child) John Neely arr. Sandra Eithun arr. by Ruth E. Dwyer Director Greensleeves Kommet, ihr Hirten (Come, All Ye Shepherds) R. Alan Kimbrough arr. Cathy Moklebust setting by Stephen Mager Accompanist Once in Royal David’s City See Amid the Winter’s Snow Irby, arr. David Willcocks arr. by Susan Brumfield KETTERING CHILDREN’S O Magnum Mysterium O Little Town of Bethlehem CHOIR CHORALE Dan Locklair St. Louis, Lewis Henry Redner Bruce Swank All this time Go Tell It On the Mountain Director William Walton arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Linda Kessler Ave Maria Ose Shalom (The One Who Makes Peace) Accompanist Tomás Luis de Victoria John Leavitt A La Ru (Latin American lullaby) PataPan BACH SOCIETY AND John Donald Robb, arr. Richard Proulx David L. Mennicke KETTERING CHILDREN’S Gloria Rudolphus Rubrinasus CHOIR CHORALE Pablo Sosa, arr. Michael Burkhardt Johnny Marks, arr. Philip Brunelle Candlelight Carol O Come, All Ye Faithful KETTERING John Rutter Adeste fideles,John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks ADVENT RINGERS Hodie Christus Natus Est In the Bleak Midwinter Joan Ulloth Glenn E. Wonacott Harold Darke Director Hark! The Herald Angels Sing I Saw Three Ships Felix Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks English traditional, arr. John Rutter AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Hanukkah’s Child Linda Swears 67 MARCH 2016 SONGS OF MYSTERY AND PRAISE

The first performance of Fauré’s Requiem in the Bach Society’s 13-year history. Fauré himself said in an interview with Louis Aguettant on July 12, 1902 that his “Requiem does not ex- press the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience. . . . per- haps I have also instinctively sought to escape from what is thought right and proper, after all the years of accompanying burial services on the organ! I know it all by heart. I wanted to write something different.”

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Requiem Op. 48 Gabriel Fauré ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Magnificat BWV 243 DR. RYU-KYUNG KIM Mezzo Soprano Johann Sebastian Bach JEREMY SCOTT WINSTON Tenor ERRIK M. HOOD Baritone

NOLAN LONG Concert Preview

68 MAY 2016 THE MUSIC OF DOWNTON ABBEY

A program of instrumental and choral works from the post-Edwardian era portrayed in Downton Abbey, spanning the period of 1912 to the dawning of 1926. The concert featured music with a strong connection to England. Some of it was composed in the de- cades just before or following the death of King Edward VII in 1910. The concert also reached back to G.F. Handel and T.A. Arne—nearly two centuries before—for music widely used in ceremonies to honor and remember monarchs and hail Britannia’s majesty.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS DOWNTON ABBEY SUITE WITH ORCHESTRA John Lunn John Neely I WAS GLAD (1902) Director C. Hubert H. Parry R. Alan Kimbrough NIGHTFALL (1920) Accompanist Patrick A.S. Hadley JERUSALEM (1916) DR. MINNITA DANIEL-COX C. Hubert H. Parry Soprano CROSSING THE BAR AUDREY L. DAWSON C. Hubert H. Parry Mezzo Soprano MY SOUL, THERE IS A COUNTRY (1916) JEREMY SCOTT WINSTON MOTET NO. 1 “Songs of Farewell”) Tenor C. Hubert H. Parry MARK SPENCER I VOW TO THEE, MY COUNTRY (1914/1921) Baritone JUPITER THEME “The Planets” Gustav Holst THE HUMAN RACE US AND THEM THEATRE COMPANY John Lunn Kevin Moore AS TORRENTS IN SUMMER; from the Cantata “King Olaf” President and Artistic Director Edward W. Elgar Scott Stoney THE SNOW (1894); PART SONG op. 26, no. 1 Adaptor/Director Edward W. Elgar CAITLIN LARSEN FUNERAL ANTHEM FOR QUEEN CAROLINE as Lady Alice, Duchess of Kirkwood “The Ways of Zion Do Mourn” – HWV 264 (1737) CHRISTINE BRUNNER George Frideric Handel as Millicent Danforth LORD, THOU HAST BEEN OUR REFUGE; MOTET (1921) Ralph Vaughan Williams MATTHEW MEHAFFEY RULE, BRITANNIA! from “Alfred” A Masque (1740) Thomas Augustine Arne Concert Preview 69 2016-2017

FROM RUSSIA TO LOVE

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS RUSSIAN ECHOES SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS Carla Ballou Cynthia Bertleff Todd Berry Mike Bates BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSION Jodi Blacklidge Kim Bostic Fred Bartenstein Erick Beaven Joy Carter Madelyn Callender Joe Codispoti Gary Blacklidge LOVE IN BLOOM Kay Cherry Willow Cliffswallow Mack Everly Cullen Bower Barbara Colaner Pamela Cooper- Marc Georgin Marc Fleischauer Joan Crafton Servaites Thom Meyer David Grupe Susan Cromer Helen Cripe William Miller John Gummel Sharon Kohnle Beverly Dean Christopher Oldstone- Lew Hann Rachel Spry Lammi Carla J. H. Drye Moore Dick Hattershire Karen Linaberry Peg Holland Kevin Samblanet Larry Hollar Elaine Morris Roberts Ann Holzer Jerome Servaites R. Alan Kimbrough Connie Palmus Cynthia Karns William Spohn Steve Makovec Amy Potter Sharon Norton Dan Minneman Donna Reece Barbara Piatt David Jon Priebe Cathy Renfrow Pam Rauch Dave Roderick Shirley Richardson- Mary Beth Rodes Mark Spencer McCourt Barbara Schramm John Stengel Faye Seifrit Loraine Simard Marshall Wareham Elizabeth Weibel Andrea Smith Mary Ann Woods Mary Tymeson Sara Vice 70 OCTOBER 2016 RUSSIAN ECHOES

A collaboration with Russian Duo, an international project based in Ohio and born out of love for Russian traditional and classical music.

The concert introduced the chorus and the audience to the diverse and vibrant flavors of Russian music, and the performance took us across the span of Russian culture with humorous pieces, pulsating dance music, rhythmic folk songs, gypsy melodies, and lyrical romances.

Salvation is Created Pavel Tschesnokoff BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Excerpts from The All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 Sergei Rachmaninoff John Neely Director Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) R. Alan Kimbrough Alexander Borodin Accompanist Blooming Flowers/Volinka Traditional, arr. Boris Troyanovsky Polonaise RUSSIAN DUO Vasily Andreyev Oleg Kruglyakov Volga Tunes Balalaika Nicolai Rizol Terry Boyarsky By the Sky, By the Blue Piano Traditional, arr. Shalov Vanyusha Traditional TONY BURDETTE Tenor Mail Troika Nicolai Budashkin CHRISTI WILSON Piano Russian Rag George Cobb, arr. Boyarsky/Kruglyakov Amphibian Man RUSSIAN DUO Andrei Petrov Concert Preview Kalinka Concert Variations Vera Gorodovskaya Kalinka (Russian folk song) arr. Stan Engebretson 71 DECEMBER 2016 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

The Bach Society’s annual caroling sing-along.

The concert celebrated the spirit of the holiday season and savored the sounds of guitar virtuoso Jim McCutcheon, the angelic voices of Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale, and the melodic bells of Kettering Advent Ringers. The concert included John Rutter’s What Sweeter Music, S’vivon/Al Hanism, a rousing Chanukah song, and the Catalan Carol Fum, Fum, Fum.

Dance of the Reed Flutes Oseh Shalom (A Prayer for Peace) BACH SOCIETY CHORUS P. Tchaikovsky; arr. William Griffin Joan Beckow John Neely Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People Director A Winter Walk L. Bourgeois/ G. Handel, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Vicki Tucker Courtney R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Once in Royal David’s City Angels through the Heavens Winging Irby, H. J. Gauntlett, arr. David Willcocks Traditional 14th c. German carol, arr. Harrison Oxley KETTERING CHILDREN’S What Sweeter Music Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening CHOIR CHORALE John Rutter Vera Kistler He is Born! O Little Town of Bethlehem Bruce Swank Traditional French Carol, arr. John A. Ricketts English traditional tune, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Director Linda Kessler Christmas Lullaby A La Ru Accompanist Jeffrey Van Hispanic Folk Tune, arr. Jane McFadden Spanish Carol Hallelujah Chorus BACH SOCIETY AND Galician folk tune attr. Felipe Pedrell, arr. Jeffrey Van G. F. Handel, arr. James Meredith KETTERING CHILDREN’S Angelus ad Pastores Ait S’vivon / Al Hanisim CHOIR CHORALE Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck arr. Jason Robert Brown El Noy de la Mare (Catalan Carol) Fum, Fum, Fum KETTERING arr. Marshall/McCutcheon Catalan Carol, arr. Anne Heider ADVENT RINGERS Medieval Lute Medley O Come, All Ye Faithful Joan Ulloth arr. Jim McCutcheon Adeste fideles, John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks Director Sleigh Ride O Sweet Little Child Leroy Anderson,arr. Douglas Niedt Melody by Samuel Scheidt, arr. William Bausano AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Hark! The Herald Angels Sing The Joys of Mary Felix Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks 14th-c. English Carol, arr. Richard Proulx JIM MCCUTCHEON Guitar Ösz-ka´non Lajos Bárdos 72 MARCH 2017 BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSION

An evocative and beautifully unrelenting oratorio, and one of the greatest choral works of all time.

The concert was a tribute to the St. John Passion, in which Bach combined his faith in God and his genius for composition to tell the story of Christ’s passion and crucifixion as it is written in the Gospel of John. The Bach Society joined forces with soloists, orchestra, and the Kettering Children’s Choir Cappella to per- form this masterpiece during the season of Lent.

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist KETTERING CHILDREN’S The St. John Passion CHOIR, CAPELLA Johann Sebastian Bach Dr. James Tipps Director

TONY BURDETTE Tenor MELISSA HARVEY Soprano NATHAN MEDLEY Countertenor CAMEO HUMES Tenor PETER CLINTON KEATES Baritone MARK SPENCER Baritone

SHARON DAVIS GRATTO Concert Preview 73 MAY 2017 LOVE IN BLOOM

A concert about love and its hold on the human heart. The concert celebrated Mother’s Day with the sweet and eternal pairing between music and love. The diverse works spanned some 350 years, united by the composers’ quest to express the truth and depth of human love, sometimes in images different from the ways today’s world describes these same profound emotions.

Wedding Cantata Daniel Pinkham BACH SOCIETY CHORUS Serenade to Music WITH ORCHESTRA Ralph Vaughan Williams John Neely Sing We and Chant It Director Thomas Morley R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons April Is In Her Lovely Face Thomas Morley ANDREA CHENOWETH Now Is the Month of Maying Soprano Thomas Morley RYU-KYUNG KIM Au fond du temple saint (Les pêcheurs de perles) Mezzo Soprano Georges Bizet JEREMY SCOTT WINSTON Die Nacht (Opus 17, No. 4) (The Night) Tenor Franz Schubert MARK SPENCER Baritone Der Wassermann (The Waterman) Robert Schumann Ständchen (Opus 135) (Serenade) Franz Schubert LISA HANSON Concert Preview Liebeslieder (Love Songs), Opus 57 Johannes Brahms Two Selections from The Tender Land Aaron Copland 74 2017-2018

CONNECTIONS

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS THE FRENCH CONNECTION SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS Carla Ballou Cynthia Bertleff Fred Bartenstein Mike Bates SEBASTIAN & SONS Jodi Blacklidge Madelyn Callender Todd Berry Erick Beaven Joy Carter Willow Cliffswallow Eric Brown Gary Blacklidge ROMANTIC CONNECTIONS Kay Cherry Pamela Cooper- Joe Codispoti Cullen Bower Barbara Colaner Servaites Marc Georgin Marc Fleischauer Joan Crafton Helen Cripe Thom Meyer David Grupe Rachel Spry Lammi Sallie Fisher William Miller John Gummel Karen Linaberry Ann Holzer Christopher Oldstone- Lew Hann Connie Palmus Micheline Jarvis Moore Dick Hattershire Donna Reece Cynthia Karns Kevin Samblanet Larry Hollar Shirley Richardson- Kenzie Moore Jerome Servaites R. Alan Kimbrough McCourt Sharon Norton William Spohn Steve Makovec Faye Seifrit Barbara Piatt Vincent Velten Dan Minneman Rhea Smith Pam Rauch David Jon Priebe Elizabeth Weibel Mary Beth Rodes Dave Roderick Mary Ann Woods Barbara Schramm Mark Spencer Loraine Simard John Stengel Mary Tymeson Logan Van Bibber Sara Vice Marshall Wareham

75 OCTOBER 2017 THE FRENCH CONNECTION

An exuberant and soul-affirming tribute to the choral music of French composers Francis Poulenc, Mau- rice Duruflé, and Gabriel Fauré.

The centerpiece of the concert was Poulenc’s Gloria, which echoed Poulenc’s playfulness and love of life. The performance also featured Poulenc’s organ concerto, a work commissioned by the heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune who, after hearing it, wrote: “Its profound beauty haunts me.”

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON “Cantique de Jean Racine,” Op. 11 CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Quatre Motets sur des themes grégoriens, Op. 10 Accompanist (Four Motets on Gregorian themes) Maurice Duruflé (1902-86) DR. MINNITA DANIEL-COX Soprano Concerto pour orgue, cordes et timbales in G minor DR. DAVID CREAN (Concerto for organ, strings, and timpani) Organ Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

DR. SANDRA YANG Gloria Concert Preview Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

76 DECEMBER 2017 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

Old friends, familiar songs, and choral tunes that remind us of long-ago traditions. The concert featured the joy-filled voices of the Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale; the sonorous bells of the Kettering Advent Ringers; and the audience’s favorite hymns and carols.

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON Sing We Now of Christmas Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem Traditional, arr. Kevin McChesney St. Louis, Lewis Henry Redner John Neely Director One Small Child A Christmas Blessing R. Alan Kimbrough David Meece, arr. Lloyd Larson Philip Stopford Accompanist Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy Alleluia (from Cantata No. 142) P.I. Tchaikovsky, arr. Fred Gramann Johann Sebastian Bach KETTERING CHILDREN’S Carol: Once in Royal David’s City Al Shlosha D’Varim CHOIR CHORALE Irby, H. J. Gauntlett, arr. David Willcocks Allan E. Naplan Bruce Swank Lux Aurumque Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Director Eric Whitacre arr. Donna Gartman Schultz Linda Kessler Sing We Now of Christmas Carol: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Accompanist French Carol, arr. John A. Ricketts Felix Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks Mid-Winter Bell Carol of the Kings BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON Bob Chilcott arr. Derek Hakes & KETTERING CHILDREN’S Go Tell it on the Mountain Chanukah Prayer CHOIR CHORALE African-American Spiritual, arr. Carolyn Jennings David Lantz I wonder as I wander Deck the Hall KETTERING arr. John Rutter trad. Welsh, arr. David Willcocks ADVENT RINGERS Three Medieval Carols O Come, All Ye Faithful Joan Ulloth Dorgan John V. Mochnick Adeste fideles,John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks Director Puer natus in Bethlehem Away in a Manger Pietro Adolpho Bossi arr. David Willcocks AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Rejoice and Be Merry Ding! Dong! Merrily on High John Rutter French Carol, arr. Mack Wilberg 77 MARCH 2018 SEBASTIAN & SONS

An exploration of the musical legacy of the J.S. Bach family. Their music. Their relationships. The sights and sounds of their lives. A collaboration with The Human Race Theatre Company. The concert featured three of Bach’s sons, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), and Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782). All were noteworthy performers and compos- ers who contributed to the gradual evolution of European music from the Baroque, epitomized by the mu- sic of their father to the Classical, which found its greatest expression in the music of Mozart and Haydn.

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist APRIL BENNETT Cantata 191—Gloria in Excelsis Deo Soprano Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) NATHAN MEDLEY Countertenor C. ANDREW BLOSSER Sinfonia in D Tenor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) MARK SPENCER Baritone Cantata—Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet THE HUMAN RACE Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) THEATRE COMPANY Kevin Moore President and Artistic Director Magnificat Karen Righter Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Playwright CAITLIN LARSEN Anna Magdalena Bach Magnificat in C SCOTT HUNT Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Johann Christian Bach SCOTT STONEY Director and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

ELLEN EXNER Concert Preview 78 MAY 2018 ROMANTIC CONNECTIONS

A choral representation of the Romantic era, a cultural movement emphasizing emotion, expression, and freedom. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, music grew closer to art, literature, and theatre. Expressiveness and emotions came to the fore, a wider palette of musical color emerged, and new tonal experiments took shape. Romantic Connections presented the endearing music of the time and included Brahms’sAlto Rhapsody and Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer.

Excerpts from Elijah Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON Hear My Prayer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Excerpts from Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) Accompanist Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) ANDREA CHENOWETH Soprano Scenes: From the Bavarian Highlands RYU-KYUNG KIM Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Mezzo Soprano Duet “Ist ein Traum” from Der Rosenkavalier, Act III Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

DR. JULIA RANDEL Duet “Mira, o Norma” from Norma, Act II Concert Preview Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) Regina Coeli from Cavalleria Rusticana Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)

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HOPE AND PASSION

BACH SOCIETY CHORUS SONGS OF HOPE AND FREEDOM SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS Carla Ballou Cynthia Bertleff Fred Bartenstein Mike Bates J.S. BACH’S ST. MATTHEW PASSION Jodi Blacklidge Madelyn Callender Alfred Bertleff Erick Beaven Barbara Campbell Willow Cliffswallow Benjamin Carter Gary Blacklidge GLORIOUS BRASS Joy Carter Pamela Cooper- Joe Codispoti James Connaire Kay Cherry Servaites Frank Gentner Marc Fleischauer Barbara Colaner Helen Cripe Marc Georgin Tom Gottweis Joan Crafton Carla J. H. Drye Tim Mahorney David Grupe Jacquelynn Duff Sallie Fisher Thomas Meyer John Gummel Kate Havlicek Madeline Hart William Miller Lew Hann Madelon Kinzig Peg Holland Christopher Oldstone- Dick Hattershire Sharon Kohnle Micheline Jarvis Moore Larry Hollar Karen Linaberry Kenzie Moore Theodore Precht Christopher Ingram Tiffany Lopez Sharon Norton Kevin Samblanet R. Alan Kimbrough Connie Palmus Barbara Piatt Jerome Servaites Steve Makovec Amy Potter Adele Rapelye William Spohn Dan Minneman Donna Reece Pam Rauch Vincent Velten David Jon Priebe Shirley Richardson- Mary Beth Rodes James Robertson McCourt Loraine Simard Dave Roderick Faye Seifrit Sarah Toher Russell Shoup Elizabeth Weibel Mary Tymeson Mark Spencer Rebecca Whisnant Sara Vice John Stengel Mary Ann Woods Janell Winigman Marshall Wareham 80 OCTOBER 2018 SONGS OF HOPE AND FREEDOM

A second collaboration with the Central State University Chorus. The concert celebrated an essentially 20th-century choral spectrum, almost exclusively American. The texts ranged from the Biblical to some classical texts of 19th-century American writers, with a number of traditional texts, some drawn from African-American spirituals, and one text drawn from a major 20th-century American writer.

Two Passages from The Testament of Freedom Randall Thompson (1899-1984) Steal Away arr. Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON The Battle of Jericho arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003) John Neely Director Daniel, Servant of the Lord arr. Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989) R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist Steady Soldier arr. Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989) Oh, What A Beautiful City CENTRAL STATE arr. Eurydice Osterman (b. 1950) UNIVERSITY CHORUS The Word Was God Jeremy Winston Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962) Director Set Me As a Seal Nanyi Qiang René Clausen (b. 1953) Accompanist Ching-A-Ring-Chaw adapted Aaron Copland (1900-1990), arr. Irving Fine (1914-1962) BACH SOCIETY AND Shenandoah CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY arr. Bob Chilcott CHORUS Sure On This Shining Night Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) Zion’s Walls adapted Aaron Copland (1900-1990), arr. Glenn Koponen (b. 1943) Four Spirituals arr. Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941) Battle Hymn of the Republic William Steffe (1830-1890), arr. Peter J. Wilhousky (1902-1978) 81 DECEMBER 2018 SWEET SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAYS

A holiday tradition with the Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale and the Kettering Advent Ringers.

The concert was of special significance. The mystery of the sweet child’s birth; the symbolism of the holly, ivy, and rose; the dramatic plea for peace of Ose Shalom: all spoke to the world’s brokenness and yet also to the hope for new possibilities, new relationships.

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON Joy to the World Angels’ Carol arr. D. Linda McKechnie John Rutter (b. 1945) John Neely Director I Heard the Bells on Walking in the Air R. Alan Kimbrough Christmas Day (theme from The Snowman) Accompanist arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Howard Blake (b. 1938) Once in Royal David’s City Caroling, Caroling arr. David Willcocks (1919-2015) Alfred Burt (1920-1954) KETTERING O Magnum Mysterium See Amid the Winter’s Snow CHILDREN’S CHOIR Howard Helvey (b. 1968) arr. Susan Brumfield (b. 1957) Bruce Swank Director Three Carols from Poland Little Town of Bethlehem Michael Burkhardt (b. 1957) Forest Green (English traditional tune), Linda Kessler v. 4 descant by Thomas Armstrong Accompanist The Holly and the Ivy Here We Come A-Caroling John A. Behnke (b. 1953) arr. Anna Laura Page BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON, Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Chanuke, oi Chanuke KETTERING CHILDREN’S arr. Richard Hattershire (b. 1940) arr. Robert DeCormier (1922-2017) CHOIR, AND KETTERING ADVENT RINGERS Jesus child Ose Shalom (The One Who Makes Peace) John Rutter (b. 1945) John Leavitt (b. 1956) KETTERING Sing We to This Merry Company O Come, All Ye Faithful John Rutter (b. 1945) Adeste fideles, John Francis Wade (1711-1786) ADVENT RINGERS arr. David Willcocks Joan Ulloth Dorgan Director Hark! The Herald Angels Sing O Sweet Little Child Felix Mendelssohn, arr. David Willcocks melody Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), arr. William Bausano (b. 1950) AUDIENCE AND CHOIRS Celebrate the Feast of Lights I Saw Three Ships Sally K. Albrecht (b. 1954) arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) 82 MARCH 2019 J. S. BACH’S ST. MATTHEW PASSION

The crown jewel of choral music and a special tribute to Bach Society accompanist Alan Kimbrough for his many years of continuing service. The concert presented Bach’s powerful Passion; a uniting of biblical and reflective elements with transcen- dent music. The sacred oratorio, written by Bach in 1727, sets chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew to music, interspersed chorales and arias. The first part includes the Last Supper and the betrayal and arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. The second part depicts the trial, crucifixion, and burial.

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRAS John Neely Director R. Alan Kimbrough Accompanist

THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) UNIVERSITY CHORALE Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Steven Hankle Director

DANIEL WEEKS Tenor JOSEFIEN STOPPELENBURG Soprano NATHAN MEDLEY Countertenor C. ANDREW BLOSSER Tenor DAVID RUGGER Baritone MARK SPENCER Baritone

NEAL GITTLEMAN Concert Preview 83 MAY 2019 GLORIOUS BRASS

A lively presentation of works for brass and choir. 5 hymns. One march. An overture and a concertino. Mostly Modern. A few Romantic, a few Baroque. Featuring the luminary composers Palestrina, Gabrieli, Tschesnokoff, Kabalevsky, Shostakovich, Elgar, and Eric Whitacre.

A Festival Psalm Donald Busarow (1934-2011)

BACH SOCIETY OF DAYTON Imperial March, Op. 32 John Neely Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Steven Winteregg (b. 1952) Director Salvation is Created R. Alan Kimbrough Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Steven Winteregg (b. 1952) Accompanist Concertino in A minor, Op. 94 for Two Pianos Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), arr. Michael Allen

OAKWOOD BRASS Plaudite, Psallite, Jubilate Deo Omnis Terra Eric Knorr (Sacrae Symphoniae) Leader Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/7-1612), ed. & arr. Mark A. Schuster Sicut Cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1524-1594) ERIC KNORR Overture to Colas Breugnon Concert Preview Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987), arr. Geert de Vos October Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) A Psalm Triptych Donald Busarow (1934-2011)

84 INDEX

A As Torrents in Summer 69 Blooming Flowers 71 BWV 1049 36, 61 Au fond du temple saint 74 Blue Christmas 37 By and By 8 Abendlied 64 Autumn 26 Blumel, Christian 51 Byrd, William 11, 27 Adam, Adolphe 52 Ave Maria 2, 7, 17, 22, 32, 42, 62, 67 Bogoroditse Devo 48 By the Sky, By the Blue 71 Adeste fideles 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, Ave Verum 63 Borodin, Alexander 71 47, 52, 57, 62, 67, 72, 77 Ave verum corpus 11 Bossi, Pietro Adolpho 27, 57, 77 C A La Nanita Nana 42 Awake, O North Wind 66 Bourgeois, L. 72 A La Ru 7, 12, 67, 72 Away in a Manger 2, 32, 42, 57, 77 Boyarsky, Terry 71 Callahan, Frances L. 47 Albrecht, Sally K. 47, 82 Boyce, R. Fisher 57 Candlelight Carol 22, 47, 67 Al Hanisim 47, 72 B Brahms, Johannes 24, 39, 74, 79 Cantata 78 Alleluia 22 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major 14 Cantata 10 33 Alleluia (from Cantata No. 142) 77 Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel 78 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major 36, Cantata 12 41 Alleluia. In resurrectione tua, Christe 16 Bach, Johann Christian 78 61 Cantata 34 26, 49 Allen, Michael 44, 84 Bach, Johann Sebastian 3, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 18, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella 52, 77 Cantata 78 8 All God’s Chillun Got Wings 8 21, 23, 26, 28, 31, 33, 36, 38, 41, 43, 48, Britten, Benjamin 2, 37, 47 Cantata 79 14 All My Heart This Night Rejoices 2, 57 49, 52, 53, 54, 58, 61, 68, 73, 77, 78, 83 Brown, Jason Robert 47, 72 Cantata 106 21 The All-Night Vigil 71 Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann 78 Brubeck, Dave 7, 27 Cantata 147 28 All this time 67 Ballet, William 47, 62 Bruckner, Anton 7, 42 Cantata 150 26, 61 All Through the Night 64 Balulalow 37 Brumfield, Susan 32, 67, 82 Cantata 164 49 Alma Llanera 64 The Barber of Seville 59 Brunelle, Philip 17, 42, 67 Cantata 191 49, 78 Al Shlosha D’Varim 37, 77 Barber, Samuel 41 Brunner, David 47, 57 Cantate Domino 22 Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 79 Bárdos, Lajos 72 Budashkin, Nicolai 71 Cantate Domino canticum novum 16 Amor de mi Alma 64 Barrios, Agustín 64 Burkhardt, Michael 67, 82 Cantus Missae 31 Amphibian Man 71 Battle Hymn of the Republic 81 Burleigh, H. T. 8, 27 Canzon duodecimi toni 51 Andante semplice 66 The Battle of Jericho 81 Burt, Alfred 27, 82 Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra 41 Anderson, Leroy 37 Bausano, William 12, 72, 82 Busarow, Donald 16, 84 Canzon primi toni 51 And He Shall Purify 22 Beatus Vir 8 BWV 4 3, 38 Carissimi, Giacomo 38 Andreyev, Vasily 71 Beautiful Star of Bethlehem 57 BWV 10 33 Carlson, Cynthia 32 And the Glory of the Lord 22 Beckow, Joan 42, 72 BWV 34 26 Caroling, Caroling 82 The Angels and the Shepherds 17, 37 Behnke, John A. 62, 82 BWV 105 28 Carter, Andrew 12, 22, 47 Angels’ Carol 12, 82 Behold That Star! 27 BWV 140 6 Carter, John 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27 Angels through the Heavens Winging 72 Behold, the Tabernacle of God 16 BWV 150 26 Cavalieri, Angelo 17 Angels We Have Heard on High 2, 7, 12, 17, Bell Carol of the Kings 37, 77 BWV 225 3, 28, 54 Cavalleria Rusticana 79 22, 27, 32, 47, 57 Bellini, Vincenzo 79 BWV 228 28 Celebrate the Feast of Lights 47, 82 Angel Tidings 27 Benedicamus Domino 27, 52 BWV 230 4 Chanukah Prayer 77 Angelus ad pastores ait 2, 17, 32, 42, 52, 72 Berlin, Irving 17, 62 BWV 232 23, 58 Chanuke, Oi Chanuke 27, 37, 62, 82 Animal Crackers 51 Be welcome then 4 BWV 234 18, 61 Charles, Ray 42 Antioch 2, 7, 12 Biebl, Franz 17, 32, 62 BWV 240 49 Cherwien, David 22, 47 Applebaum, Robert 52 The Bird’s Song 59 BWV 243 33, 61, 68 Chilcott, Bob 17, 42, 77, 81 April Is In Her Lovely Face 74 Birthday Carol 2 BWV 244 53, 83 Childers, Brian 57 Arab Dance 62 Bizet, Georges 22, 57, 74 BWV 248 36 A Child of Our Time 8 Armstrong, Thomas 32, 42, 62, 82 Blake, Howard 57, 82 BWV 1042 49 Ching-A-Ring-Chaw 81 Arne, Thomas Augustine 69 Blessed is He 11 BWV 1047 14 Chôros No. 1 64

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Christiansen, Olaf C. 62 Dawson, William L. 66 Ellis, Martin 32, 57 Gevaert, François-Auguste 22 Christiansen, Paul 62 Dean, Allan 16 El Noy de la Mare 12, 72 Gibbons, Orlando 11, 74 Christ lag in Todesbanden 3, 38 Deck the Hall 7, 27, 52, 77 El Pequeño Niño 67 Gibbs, Stacey V. 48 A Christmas Blessing 52, 77 DeCormier, Robert 27, 37, 62, 82 Engebretson, Stan 71 Gloria 2, 7, 12, 17, 27, 32, 41, 44, 67 A Christmas Carol 2, 37 A Dedication and an Amen 44 Erb, James 66 Gloria in excelsis 26 Christmas Dance of the Shepherds 67 Deep River 8 Exsultate, jubilate 19, 54 Gloria in Excelsis Deo 49, 78 Christmas Eve Carol 7 Dello Joio, Norman 2, 29, 39, 51, 59 Go Down, Moses 8 Christmas Lullaby 72 Dennard, Brazeal W. 66 F God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 17, 32, 37 Christmas Oratorio 36 Der Rosenkavalier 79 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen 22, 47, 62 Cindy 66 Der Wassermann 74 Fantasia 11 God’s Love Made Visible 7, 27 Clarinet Concerto in A Major 63 de Vos, Geert 84 Farandole 22, 57 Goetze, Mary 32, 37 Clausen, René 81 Die Nacht 59, 74 Fauré, Gabriel 68 Good King Wenceslas 27, 32, 42, 47 Clemens, Jacobus 2 Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. David Wil- Feierlicher Einzug 16 Gorodovskaya, Vera 71 Cobb, George 71 cocks) 2 Festival Procession 16 Go Tell It On the Mountain 17, 42, 52, 62, 67, Coelos ascendit hodie 6 Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr. Fred Gramann) A Festival Psalm 16, 84 77 Come Again, Sweet Love 64 67 Fine, Irving 81 Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn’ und Schild 14 Come, All Ye Shepherds 2, 42, 67 Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Kevin Mc- Five Hebrew Love Songs 66 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit 21 Come to me, Grief 11 Chesney) 7 Five Mystical Songs 6 Gounod, Charles 48 Come, Ye Sons of Art 38 Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Mack Wil- Floyd, Carlisle 37 Gramann, Fred 37, 67, 77 Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People 72 berg) 32, 47, 77 Fly, bold rebellion 4 Grand Mass in C Minor 63 Concertino 44 Ding, Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Stephen Mag- Fonseca, Julio 64 Great God A’Mighty 48 Concertino in A minor, Op. 94 for Two Pianos er) 42, 62 Forest Green 22, 32, 42, 62, 82 Greenberg, Noah 17 84 Dobrinski, Cynthia 7, 17, 22, 27, 42, 67, 72, 82 For Unto Us a Child is Born 22 Greensleeves 12, 67 Concert No. 4 in F Major Opus 4 9 Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You ‘Round 48 Four Motets 31 Griffin, William H. 22, 42, 72 Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in D Dormi Dormi 37 The Four Seasons 26 Gruber, Franz 32 Minor 28 Dowland, John 64 Four Spirituals 81 Guiding Star Carol 62 Concerto in F Major 26 Downton Abbey Suite 69 Four Venezuelan Waltzes 64 Gutiérrez, Pedro 64 Concerto in F major for Keyboard and Strings Dreamscape on Still, Still, Still 57 Frackenpohl, Arthur 51 21, 56 Duruflé, Maurice 3 Franck, César 31 H Copland, Aaron 66, 74, 81 Dwyer, Ruth E. 32, 57, 67 From a Distant Home 47, 62 Courtney, Vicki Tucker 37, 72 Frostiana: Seven Country Songs 29, 59 Hadley, Patrick 22, 69 Coventry Carol 22 E Fum, Fum, Fum 7, 12, 32, 57, 72 Haec dies 11 Crossing the Bar 69 Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline 69 Hailstork, Adolphus 64, 81 Easter 6 Furchte dich nicht 28 Hairston, Jester 48 D Easter Chorale 41 Hakes, Derek 37, 77 Ecco ridente 59 G Hallelujah Chorus 72 The Dance 39 Ehret, Walter 27 Hall, Jefferey 42 Dance of the Reed Flutes 72 Ein Deutsches Requiem 24 Gabriel, Charles H. 48 Handel, George Frideric 9, 22, 34, 38, 46, 56, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy 77 Ein Kindlein ist uns geboren 2 Gabrieli, Giovanni 12, 51, 84 69, 72 Dance Suite from Terpsichore 16 Eithun, Sandra 67 Galliard Battaglia 51 Handl, Jakob 16 Daniel, Servant of the Lord 81 Elgar, Edward 39, 51, 62, 69, 79, 84 Gardner, John 27, 52 Hanukkah’s Child 67 Danse Russe Trepak 42 Elijah 51, 79 Gaudete 7 Hard Trials 8 Darke, Harold 27, 67 Elliott, David 2, 27 Gauntlett, H. J. 72, 77 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, Gesu Bambino 62 86 INDEX

27, 37, 47, 52, 57, 67, 72, 77, 82 In the Bleak Midwinter 27, 67 K Les pêcheurs de perles 74 Hassler, Hans Leo 7, 32, 52 Irby 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence 47 Hattershire, Richard 57, 82 62, 67, 72 K. 165 19, 54 Liebeslieder 24, 74 Haydn, Franz Joseph 14, 21, 28, 41, 56 I Saw the Lord 6 K. 192 54 Lift Thine Eyes 51 Hays, Bill 37 I Saw Three Ships 12, 37, 57, 67, 82 K. 231 19 Little Lamb 52 Hear My Prayer 6, 79 I Sing of a Maiden 22 K. 260 28 Little Town of Bethlehem 82 Heider, Anne 12, 32, 57, 72 Israel in Egypt 34 K. 276 19, 63 Lobet den Herrn 4, 16, 31, 48 He Is Born! 12, 42, 72 Ist ein Traum 79 K. 427 9, 63 Lobgesang 79 Helman, Michael 47, 62 I’ve Been ‘Buked 48 K. 618 63 Locklair, Dan 32, 47, 67 Helvey, Howard 52, 82 Ives, Charles 37 K. 622 63 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming 7, 22, 42, 57, 82 Here We Come A-Caroling 82 I Vow to Thee, My Country 69 K. 626 18 Long, Long Ago 37 Heseltine, Philip 52 I Waited for the Lord 48 Kabalevsky, Dmitry 84 Loosemore, Henry 11 He Watching Over Israel 51 I Was Glad 69 Kalinka 71 Lord Nelson Mass 56 His Eye Is on the Sparrow 48 I Wonder as I Wander 17, 52, 77 Kalinka Concert Variations 71 Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge 29, 69 His Name So Sweet 8 Karg-Elert, Sigfrid 44 Lord to Thee 11 His Yoke is Easy 22 J Kent, David R. 27 Los Peces en el Río 52 Hob. XVIII:7 21, 56 Kindersegen 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27 Louez le Dieu 31 Hob. XXII:4 41 Jagoda, Flory 22, 32, 42 King, Robert 51 Love Came Down at Christmas 27 Hob. XXII:11 56 Jauchzet dem Herren 44 Kirkpatrick, W. J. 2, 32, 42 The Love of My Soul 64 Hob. XXII:12 21 Jeffers, Ron 62 Kistler, Vera 42, 72 Love Songs 74 Hob. XXIIIb:2 28 Jennings, Carolyn 17, 42, 62, 77 Kling, Glockchen 47 Lullaby 39 Hodie Christus Natus Est 12, 32, 67 Jephte 38 Kodály, Zoltán 67 Lunn, John 69 Hogan, Moses 7, 81 Jerusalem 69 Kommet, ihr Hirten 67 Lute-book Lullaby 47, 62 Holland, Jonathan Bailey 66 Jessel, Leon 32 Koponen, Glenn 81 Lutheran Mass in A Major 18 The Holly and the Ivy 2, 22, 32, 62, 82 Jesu, der du Meine Seele 8 Kruglyakov, Oleg 71 Lux aeterna 66 Holst, Gustav 69 Jesus bleibet meine Freude 28 Kyrie in G Minor 26 Lux Aurumque 27, 57, 77 Hosanna to the Son of David 11 Jesus Child 22, 42, 82 How Great Our Joy 62 Jingle Bells 42 L M Jingle Bell Swing 2, 27 Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ My Name 66 The Lamb 27, 62 Hymn of Praise 79 Johnson, Hall 8, 48 Mager, Stephen 2, 42, 67 Johnson, Jay 37 Lantz, David 77 Magnificat 78 I Johnson, J. Rosamond 8 The Lark Ascending 6 Magnificat (BWV 243) 33, 61, 68 Jongen, Joseph 44 Larson, Lloyd 62, 77 Magnificat in C 78 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 82 Joyous Christmas Song 62 Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren 39 Magnificat (Second Service) 11 Ihr, die euch von Christo nennet 49 The Joys of Mary 17, 72 Lasso, Orlando di 3 A Maiden Most Gentle 12, 47 Il est né le divin Enfant 47 Joy to the World 82 Laudamus te 12 Mail Troika 71 Imperial March (Op. 32) 51, 84 Joy to the World! 2, 7, 12 Laudate Dominum 17, 31, 54 Mañanitas de mi Tierra 64 In ecclesiis 51 A Jubilant Song 29, 39, 59 Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes 3 Many, Many Such Days 38 Infant Holy 32, 57 Jubilate Deo 3 Laurence, Eileen 32 March from The Nutcracker 47 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 2, 37 Jubilate Domino 57 Lauridsen, Morten 2, 37, 54, 81 Marks, Johnny 17, 42, 67 Ingram, Bill 52 Judas Maccabæus 46 Lauro, Antonio 64 Marshall 72 In Nomine, No. 2 11 Julia Florida 64 Lawes, William 11 Martin, Deborah B. 57 Insanae et Vanae Curae 21 Leavitt, John 57, 67, 82 Mary Did You Know? 57 Le Sommeil de L’enfant Jésus 62 87 INDEX

Mary’s Lullaby 17, 62 28, 54, 63 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82 Powers, Daniel 7, 12 Mascagni, Pietro 79 Music for a while 4 On Christmas Night All Christians Sing 52 Praetorius, Michael 16, 57 Mass in A 31 Music to Hear 29 One Small Child 77 Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals 44 Mass in A Major 61 My Dancing Day 32, 47 The One Who Makes Peace 67 A Prayer for Peace 42, 72 Mass in B Flat 21 My Soul, There is a Country 69 O Praise the Lord with One Consent 56 Prins, Matthew 52 Mass in B Minor 23, 58 Oseh Shalom 42, 72 Prokofiev, Sergei 27, 52 Mass in C 61 N Ose Shalom 57, 67, 82 Proulx, Richard 17, 67, 72 Mass in C Minor 9 Osterman, Eurydice 81 Prower, Anthony 12, 47 Mass in E-Flat Major 31 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich 26, 61 O Sweet Little Child 12, 72, 82 Psallite 57 Mass in G 48 Naplan, Allan E. 37, 77 Ösz-ka´non 72 Psalm 51 4, 51 Mass in G Minor 29, 59 Nativity Carol 17 O Tannenbaum 12 Psalm 100 3, 44, 48 Mass, Op. 130 44 Near, Gerald 32, 47 Over the River and Through the Wood 52 Psalm 111/112 8 Masters in this Hall 27 Nestor, Leo 2, 57 Overture from The Nutcracker 52 Psalm 117 3, 54 McChesney, Kevin 7, 17, 27, 32, 52, 57, 62, 77 A New Year Carol 47 Overture to Colas Breugnon 84 Psalm 150 31 McCutcheon, Jim 72 The Night 74 Oxley, Harrison 72 A Psalm of David 51 McFadden, Jane 7, 12, 72 Nightfall 69 O Yule, Full of Gladness 62 A Psalm Triptych 16, 84 McIntyre, Phillip 48 Nobody Knows 8 Puer Natus in Bethlehem 27, 57, 77 McKechnie, D. Linda 47, 52, 82 Norma 79 P Purcell, Henry 2, 22, 38 Medieval Lute Medley 72 Now Is the Month of Maying 74 Meece, David 77 Pace, Adger M. 57 R Meine Seel’ erhebt den Herren 33 O Page, Anna Laura 12, 52, 82 Mendelssohn, Felix 6, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 37, 47, Parade of the Tin Soldiers 32 Rachmaninoff, Sergei 48, 71 Ocho Kandelikas 22, 32, 42 Parker, Alice 2, 37, 47 Ramírez, Ariel 64 48, 51, 52, 57, 64, 67, 72, 77, 79, 82 O, Clap Your Hands 6, 11, 29, 59 Mennicke, David L. 7, 32, 47, 67 Parry, C. Hubert H. 69 Rao, Doreen 17 O Come, All Ye Faithful 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, Pat-a-Pan 37 Redner, Lewis Henry 67, 77 Meredith, James 72 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82 A Merry Christmas 12 PataPan 7, 32, 47, 67 Regina Coeli 19, 63, 79 October 84 Paulus, Stephen 17, 37 Rejoice and Be Merry 32, 57, 77 Mid-Winter 17, 42, 77 Oedipus 4 Mirabile mysterium 57 Pausanias 4 Rejoice unto the Lord 11 O ewiges Feuer 26, 49 Pedrell, Felipe 72 Requiem 68 Mira, o Norma 79 Of the Father’s Love Begotten 7, 27, 52, 67 Misa Criolla 64 Pelz, Walter L. 32 Requiem Brevis 66 O Hannukkah 32 Petrov, Andrei 71 Requiem Mass 18 Missa Brevis 4, 54 Oh, Chanukah/Y’mei hachanukah 52 Missa in Angustiis in D 56 Pierluigi da Palestrina, Giovanni 16, 51, 84 Rheinberger, Josef Gabriel 31, 64 O Holy Night 52 The Pilgrim’s Progress 59 Rickard, Jeffrey H. 7 Missa in honorem BVM in E-Flat 41 O How Joyfully 42 Mochnick, John V. 2, 37, 77 Pinkham, Daniel 14, 66, 74 Ricketts, John A. 12, 17, 42, 72, 77 Oh, What A Beautiful City 81 Pitoni, Giuseppe Ottavio 22 Ride On, King Jesus 7 Moklebust, Cathy 12, 17, 42, 47, 67 Old American Songs 66 Moore, J. David 7 Plainsong 7, 27, 52 Ringwald, Roy 62 Oldham, Arthur 47 Plaudite 51 Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow 47 Moore, Undine Smith 8 O Little Town of Bethlehem 17, 22, 27, 32, 42, Morley, Thomas 74 Plaudite, Psallite, Jubilate Deo Omnis Terra 84 Ríu, Ríu, Chíu 62 52, 62, 67, 72, 77 Polonaise 71 Rizol, Nicolai 71 Mornings of My Land 64 O Lord, increase my faith 11 Morris, Hart 7, 37 Polovtsian Dances 71 Robb, John Donald 67 O Magnum Mysterium 2, 12, 27, 32, 37, 47, 52, Porterfield, Sherri 52 Robinson, Diedre 81 Motet I 3 67, 82 Motet VI 4, 31 Poulenc, Francis 3 Rossini, Gioachino 59 O nata lux 54 Powell, Rosephanye 48, 81 Rudolphus Rubrinasus 17, 42, 67 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 3, 9, 17, 18, 19, Once in Royal David’s City 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27,

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Rule, Britannia! 69 Shenandoah 66, 81 Stopford, Philip 52, 77 To Sit and Dream 48 Russian Rag 71 Shields, Valerie 42 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 42, Touro-louro-louro! 2, 37 Rutter, John 2, 7, 12, 17, 19, 22, 27, 33, 37, 42, Shostakovich, Dmitri 44, 84 72 Troyanovsky, Boris 71 44, 47, 52, 57, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82 Sicut Cervus 16, 51, 84 Strauss, Richard 16, 59, 79 Tschesnokoff, Pavel 71, 84 RV 293 26 Silent Night 17, 32 Stroope, Z. Randall 7, 64 Twas in the Moon of Wintertime 32 RV 587 26 The Silver Swan 74 Suite for Violin and Organ 31 RV 588 26 Sinfonia in D 78 Sure on This Shining Night 41, 54 U Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied 3, 28, 54 Sure On This Shining Night 81 S Sing joyfully unto God 11 Sussex Carol 7 Ubi caritas 3 Sing Lullaby 12, 47 The Sussex Carol 52 Us and Them 69 Saboly, Nicolas 2, 37 Sing We and Chant It 74 S’vivon 47, 72 Sacrae Symphoniae 51 Sing We Now of Christmas 17, 42, 77 Swann, Donald 57 V A Sacred Oratorio 34 Sing We to This Merry Company 37, 62, 82 Swears, Linda 67 Salvation is Created 71, 84 Van, Jeffrey 12 , 72 Sleigh Ride 27, 37, 72 Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon 17, 42, 72 Vanyusha 71 Salve Regina 28 The Slumber of the Infant Jesus 22 Sweeter than roses 4 Sanctus 48 Vaughan Williams, Ralph 72 Smith Moore, Undine 81 Sweetly Slumber 37 Venite populi 28 Sanctus in G Major 49 The Snow 62, 69 Sweetness of Nature 38 Sanders Cota, Patricia 57 Verbum caro factum est 7 Snow is Falling 57 Symphoniae Sacrae II 51 Verdi, Giuseppe 2 Sans Day Carol 7 The Snow Lay on the Ground 27 Sargent, Malcolm 32 Vesperae de Dominica 19 Some Children See Him 27 T Victoria, Tomás Luis de 12, 22, 42, 52, 67 Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands 39, 79 Sonata for Violin and Piano 66 Schaffe in mir, Gott 39 Tavener, John 27, 62 Villa-Lobos, Heitor 64 Sonata in B-Flat 3 Vinea mea electa 3 Scheidt, Samuel 2, 12, 51, 72, 82 Sonata in C 3 Tchaikovsky, P.I. 42, 47, 52, 62, 72, 77 Schram, Ruth Elaine 57 Teach me, O Lord 11 Violin Concerto in E Major 49 Sonata in E-Flat 3 Vivaldi, Antonio 8, 12, 26, 41 Schubert, Franz 48, 59, 61, 74 Sonata pian’ e forte 51 Telemann, Georg Philipp 3, 54 Schultz, Donna Gartman 77 Telfer, Nancy 2, 27 Volga Tunes 71 Sons of Eve, Reward My Tidings 17 Volinka 71 Schumann, Robert 74 Soon Ah Will Be Done 66 Tempus adeste floridum 27, 32, 42, 47 Schütz, Heinrich 44, 48 The Tender Land 74 Sosa, Pablo 67 W Scott, K. Lee 64 Soul of the Plains 64 The Testament of Freedom 66, 81 The Seal Lullaby 51 Sound the Trumpet 2 The Battle of Jericho 81 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 6 The Seasons 14 Spanish Carol 72 There Is a flower 37 Wade, John Francis 67, 72, 77 See Amid the Winter’s Snow 32, 67, 82 Spanish Dance 57 Theresienmesse 21 Wagner, Douglas 62 See the World Through Children’s Eyes 2, 7, Spevacek, Linda 22, 47, 62 This is the record of John 11 Wake Awake 52 12, 17, 22, 27 Spring 14 Thompson, Karen 62 Walking in the Air 57, 82 Serenade 59, 74 Stainer, John 6 Thompson, Martha Lynn 32, 37 Walton, William 67 Serenade to Music 4, 39, 74 Ständchen 59, 74 Thompson, Randall 29, 59, 66, 81 Warland, Dale 7, 57 Set for Five Viols in F Major 11 Star Carol 7 A Thousand Stars 17 Warlock, Peter 27, 52 Set Me As a Seal 81 Steady Soldier 81 Three Carols from Poland 82 Wasner, Franz 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27 Seven Songs of the Rubaiyat 64 Steal Away 8, 81 Three Medieval Carols 2, 37, 77 Watch and Pray 8 Shalov 71 William Steffe 81 The Tiny Child 67 The Waterman 74 Shaw, Geoffrey 47 , 62 The St. John Passion 13, 43, 73 Tippett, Michael 8 Way Over in Beulah Lan 48 Shaw, Robert 2, 37 St. Louis 17, 27, 67 Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major 4 Wedding Cantata 14, 66, 74 Shearing, George 29 St. Matthew Passion 53, 83 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day 12, 27, 52 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen 41

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West Indies Carol 7 We Three Kings 22, 47 Wexford Carol 7, 57 What Sweeter Music 2, 72 Whitacre, Eric 27, 51, 57, 66, 77, 84 White Christmas 17, 62 Wilberg, Mack 32, 47, 62, 66, 77 Wilhousky, Peter J. 81 Willan, Healey 16 Willcocks, David 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82 Williams, James Arthur 48 Williams, Ralph Vaughan 6, 29, 39, 59, 69, 74 The Wind in the Willows 19 Winter Changes 47 Winteregg, Steven 51, 84 A Winter Walk 37, 72 Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet 78 Wonacott, Glenn E. 32, 67 The Word Was God 81 Y Yon, Pietro 62 Z Zadok the Priest 4, 38, 56 Zigeunerlieder 39 Zion’s Walls 81 Zueignung 59

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