2005-2006 Season

Weihnachtslieder

Friday, December 9, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge
St. John the Evangelist, Boston

A choral celebration of German songs for the holidays.

Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem — Michael Praetorius
Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384 — Heinrich Schütz
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen — Michael Praetorius
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, in canon — Melchior Vulpius
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen — Carl Orff
Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10 — Hugo Distler
Altes Weinachtslied — Carl Orff
Stille Nacht — Franz Gruber (arr. Michael McGlynn)
Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns, SWV 385 — Heinrich Schütz
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein — Erhard Bodenschatz
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein — Leonhardt Schröter
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein — Johann Walter
Trostet, trostet mein Volk, SWV 382 — Heinrich Schütz
In dulci jubilo — Bach, Praetorius, Walter
Omnis mundus iocundetur/Resonent in laudibus/In dulci jubilo — Leonhard Paminger
In dulci jubilo (double choir) — Michael Praetorius

 

Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, Op. 37

Friday, March 17, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge
St. John the Evangelist, Boston

All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 — Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

5

Friday, May 19, 2006
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge
St. John the Evangelist, Boston

BCE celebrates five years with a program of music written since 2001.

The Sacred...
Ave verum corpus (2004) — Giles Swayne (US premiere)
Hosanna Filio David (2001) — Neil Farrell (New England premiere)
Nunc Dimittis, No. 2 (2002) — Vytautas Miskinis (US premiere)
I Cannot Attain Unto It (2005) — Nico Muhly (World premiere)

From Traditional Music
Luk Luk Lumbu (2004) — Budi Susanto Yohanes (US premiere)
Hallelujah (2005) — K. Scott Warren (New England premiere)
Gjendines badnlat (2004) — Gunnar Eriksson (US premiere)
Early one morning — Ezra Keshet (World premiere)

...and the Profane
Morning song (2003) — Mark David Buckles (New England premiere)
Lonely hearts (2004) — Giles Swayne (US premiere of complete work)
Reading Scheme
Some People
I'll be nice
Verse for a Birthday Card
Lonely Hearts