BCE’s 2005-2006 Season

—a choral celebration of German songs for the holidays—

Friday, December 9th, 2005, 8:00 pm
Harvard-Epworth UMC
Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sunday, December 11th, 2005, 2:00 pm
St. John the Evangelist
Boston, Massachusetts

Michael PRÆTORIUS	:	Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
Heinrich SCHÜTZ	:	Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384
PRÆTORIUS	:	Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Melchior VULPIUS	:	Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, in canon
Carl ORFF	:	Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Hugo DISTLER	:	Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10 Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 3 Verse 4 Verse 5 Verse 6 Verse 7
ORFF	:	Altes Weinachtslied
Franz GRÜBER arr. Michael McGlynn	:	Stille Nacht
		intermission
SCHÜTZ	:	Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns, SWV 385
Erhard BODENSCHATZ	:	Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
Leonhart SCHRÖTER	:	Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
Johann WALTER	:	Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
SCHÜTZ	:	Trostet, trostet mein Volk, SWV 382
BACH, PRÆTORIUS, WALTER	:	In dulci jubilo
Leonhard PAMINGER	:	Omnis mundus iocundetur/Resonent in laudibus/In dulci jubilo
PRÆTORIUS	:	In dulci jubilo (double choir)
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Friday, March 17th, 2006, 8:00 pm
Harvard-Epworth UMC
Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sunday, March 19th, 2006, 2:00 pm
St. John the Evangelist
Boston, Massachusetts

Sergei RACHMANINOFF	:	All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 Come, let us worship Bless the Lord, O my soul Blessed is the man Gladsome Light Lord, now lettest thou Rejoice, O Virgin The six psalms Praise the name of the Lord Blessed art Thou, O Lord Having beheld the resurrection of Christ My soul magnifies the Lord The Great Doxology The Troparion "Today Salvation Has Come" The Troparion "Thou Didst Rise from the Tomb" To Thee, the Victorious Leader
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Friday, May 19th, 2006, 8:00 pm
Harvard-Epworth UMC
Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sunday, May 21st, 2006, 2:00 pm
St. John the Evangelist
Boston, Massachusetts

The Sacred...
Giles SWAYNE	:	Ave verum Corpus (2004)**
Neil FARRELL	:	Hosanna Filio David (2001)***
Vytautas MISKINIS	:	Nunc Dimittis, No. 2 (2002)**
Nico MUHLY	:	I Cannot Attain Unto It (2005)***
From Traditional Music
Budi Susanto YOHANES	:	Luk Luk Lumbu (2004)**
K. Scott WARREN	:	Hallelu (2005)***
Gunnar ERIKSSON	:	Gjendines badnlat (2004)**
Ezra KESHET	:	Early One Morning (2006)*
...and the Profane
Mark David BUCKLES	:	Morning Song (2003)***
Giles SWAYNE	:	Lonely Hearts (2004)** (this represents a US premiere performance of the complete work) Reading Scheme Some People I'll be nice Verse for a Birthday Card Lonely Hearts
		* A premiere A US premiere * A New England premiere
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