Dark, dark night
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Marsh Chapel, Boston University
Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston
For our first concert, we celebrate the two Christian festivals that occur on our actual concert dates: All Saints’ Day (November 1) and All Souls’ Day (November 2). We broaden our understanding of these days beyond the Christian concept and invite you to come and remember the saints who have enriched your life and the souls who have gone before you, without whom you would not exist. We sing music to soothe your soul and help you through the dark, dark night of death.
Requiem, Op. 9 — Maurice Duruflé
Audivi vocem de caelo — Thomas Tallis
Peccantem me quotidie — Carlo Gesualdo
Funeral Ikos — John Tavener
O, do not move — John Tavener
Notre Père, Op. 14 — Maurice Duruflé
Still, still night
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Old South Church, Boston
Our annual holiday concert celebrates the release of our new CD of Christmas music, entitled Still, still night. Loosely based on the traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols, this concert follows the Christian story which we develop to a more inclusive celebration of birth and motherhood. This candlelight concert also includes carols for choir and congregation using the fine organ in Old South Church, and many arrangements of secular carols to get you into the holiday spirit.
Übers Gebirg Maria geht — Johannes Eccard
La peregrinacíon —Ariel Ramirez
All this time — William Walton
The lamb — John Tavener
Jesus Christ the apple tree — Elizabeth Poston
Hymn to the Virgin — Benjamin Britten
There is a flower — John Rutter
I sing of a maiden — Patrick Hadley
Still, still night — Jackson Berkey
My guardian angel — Judith Weir
Angels’ carol — John Rutter
What cheer? — William Walton
A shepherd’s carol — Benjamin Britten
The three kings — Peter Cornelius
King Herod and the cock — William Walton
A New Year carol — Benjamin Britten
Twelve days of Christmas — Trad. (arr. Andrew Carter)
Jingle bells — J. Pierpont (arr. Ralph Allwood)
We wish you a merry Christmas — Trad. (arr. Arthur Warrell)
Cold, cold night
Friday, March 20, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
Oberon Theater, Cambridge
Hans Christian Anderson's story of "The Little Match Girl" is a modern passion setting that describes the cold, cold night in which a poor girl freezes to death. Using only the most minimal musical material, David Lang’s Pulitzer prize-winning piece is not only contemporary and relevant, but also profound. This concert also features the world premiere of the short opera Riding on a Train at Rush Hour by Samuel Beebe, winner of our 2014 competition for a new work.
Funeral Ikos — John Tavener (1944-2013)
The Little Match Girl Passion — David Lang (b. 1957)
Riding on a Train at Rush Hour —Sam Beebe (b. 1986)
World Premiere. Winner of BCE's 2014 commission competition
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine — Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Romantic Medley — Cole Porter (1891-1964) (arr. Ed Wolff)
Long, long night
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Sunday, June 7, 2015
First Church, Cambridge
Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston
The theme of our final cycle is the long, long night that relates it to the span of human life. We celebrate precious life and the journey we travel, but we link to the themes of resurrection and rebirth from our other concerts and reflect that our journeys have meaning and truth. We repeat this concert as part of the 2015 Boston Early Music Festival “Fringe Concert” series.
O, do not move — John Tavener (1944-2013)
Leroy Kyrie — John Taverner (1490-1545)
Audivi vocem de caelo venientem — John Tavener (1944-2013)
Song of the Wandering Aengus — Balint Karosi
World Premiere
Song for Athene — John Tavener (1944-2013)
Dum transisset Sabbatum — John Taverner (1490-1545)
From Ex Maria Virgine — John Tavener (1944-2013)
Ave rex angelorum
Remember O thou man
Nowell, nowell