Concert Choir Performance History
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1969 (Inaugural Concert)
Handel: Messiah (selections) 1970 Handel: Messiah (part 1) 1971 Vivaldi: Gloria 1972 Handel: Messiah (part 1) 1973-1974 Winter - Handel: Messiah (part 1) Spring - Handel: Messiah (part 2) Spring - Handel: Messiah (part 3) 1974-1975 (5th Anniversary) Winter – Spring - 1975-1976 Winter - Handel: Judas Maccabaeus Spring - Mozart: "Regina Coeli", Britten: Festival Te Deum, & Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs 1976-1977 Winter - Buxtehude: Rejoice, Beloved Christians, & Seasonal selections Spring - Mozart: Coronation Mass 1977-1978 Winter - J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio Spring - Fauré: Requiem 1978-1979 Winter - Handel: Resonet in Laudibus, Bartok: Four Slovak Folk Songs, & Seasonal selections Spring - Mendelssohn: Elijah 1979-1980 (10th Anniversary) Winter - Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio Spring - Haydn: The Seasons 1980-1981 Winter - Vivaldi: Gloria and Pinkham: Christmas Cantata Spring - Kodaly: Missa Brevis & Handel: Coronation Anthems 1981-1982 Winter – Bach: Magnificat in D & Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb Spring - Fauré: Requiem & Thompson: Peaceable Kingdom 1982-1983 Fall - Beethoven: Ninth Symphony (with ECU ensembles) Winter - Gabrieli: Hodie Christus Natus Est Da, Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium, & Seasonal selections Spring - Haydn: Theresienmesse & Selections by Billings and Copland 1983-1984 Winter - J.S. Bach: "Motet No. 6" & Hindemith: Five Chansons, & Selections by Handel, Scarlatti, Lotti, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Britten Spring - Brahms: German Requiem (with ECU ensembles) 1984-1985 (15th Anniversary) Winter - Da Victoria: Ave Maria, Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est, Thompson: Alleluia, & Seasonal selections Winter - Schubert: Mass in G Spring - Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music 1985-1986 Winter - Poulenc: Gloria & Seasonal selections Spring - Mozart: Requiem 1986-1987 Winter – A Christmas Vespers Concert Spring - Haydn: Mass in Time of War 1987-1988 Winter - Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor & Seasonal selections Spring - Mozart: Solemn Vespers & Britten: Festival Te Deum 1988-1989 Winter - Bach: Christmas Oratorio (selections), Puccini: Gloria, & Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols Spring - “Memorable Melodies” from opera, operetta, musical theater 1989-1990 (20th Anniversary) Winter - Mahler: Symphony of a Thousand (with NC Symphony) Winter - Bach: Magnificat in D Spring - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms & Fauré: Requiem 1990-1991 Winter - Rheinberger: Der Stern von Bethlehem & Seasonal selections Spring - Mendelssohn: Psalm 115 (at ECU) Spring - Handel: Utrecht Te Deum |
1991-1992
Fall - Mozart: Mass in C Minor (with ECU ensembles) Winter - Wilberg: Jubilate Deo & Seasonal selections Spring - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 “Hymn of Praise” 1992-1993 Fall - Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes Winter - Finzi: Magnificat & Seasonal selections Spring - Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass 1993-1994 Winter - Stroope: Hodie! & Seasonal selections Spring - Selections by Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Faure, and Brahms 1994-1995 (25th Anniversary) Winter - Seasonal selections Spring - Beethoven: Mass in C 1995-1996 Fall - Duruflé: Requiem (with ECU ensembles) Winter - Pinkham: Christmas Cantata & Seasonal selections Spring - Selections from Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Bernstein’s Candide. 1996-1997 Winter - Poulenc: Gloria (with ECU ensembles) Spring - Puccini: Messa di Gloria 1997-1998 Winter - Seasonal selections Spring - “America’s Voice”: Selections by Copland, Barber, Clausen, Rutter 1998-1999 Winter - Handel: Messiah (selections) & Seasonal selections Spring - Schubert: Mass in E flat 1999-2000 (30th Anniversary) Fall - Rutter: Magnificat Winter - “Joy of Christmas”, Hopson: Festival of Hymns for Organ, Brass and Chorus, & Seasonal Selections Spring - Brahms: A German Requiem 2000-2001 Winter - J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor (selections) Spring - Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna Spring - Haydn: The Creation (with ECU ensembles) 2001-2002 Fall - Program with Judy Collins on S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series Spring - Music of Love and Springtime 2002-2003 Winter - Bach: Magnificat in D Spring - Fauré: Requiem and other sacred works Gala - Celebration of Broadway 2003-2004 Winter - Mozart: Coronation Mass & Handel selections Spring - Choral Classics 101 (selections by Tallis, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Orff, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn) Gala - A Musical Punchline 2004-2005 (35th Anniversary) Winter - Rutter: Te Deum & Bass: Gloria Spring - Mozart: Requiem Gala - For the Love of Broadway 2005-2006 Winter - C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat & Seasonal selections Spring - American music by Thompson, Hanson, Copland, Barber, Corigliano Gala - Golden Age of Broadway 2006-2007 Fall - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Winter - Rutter: Gloria Spring - Mendelssohn: Elijah Gala - Music of Gilbert and Sullivan 2007-2008 Fall - Copland: The Promise of Living Winter - Pergolesi: Magnificat Spring - Haydn: The Creation Gala - Night on the Red Carpet - Songs from Oscar-Winning Films 2008-2009 Fall - Music from the Moravians Winter - Handel: Messiah (part 1) Spring - Schubert: Mass in F & Beethoven: Mass in C Gala - Vegas Nights - The Rat Pack Years 2009-2010 (40th Anniversary) Fall - German Romantic Part Songs (Schumann, Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn) Winter - Handel: Messiah (part 1) Spring - Mozart: Coronation Mass and other works Gala - Broadway in the 1940s |
2010-2011
Fall - Poetry Into Music Winter - Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio Spring - Puccini: Messa di Gloria Gala - A “Glee”-ful Reunion 2011-2012 Fall - Great Opera Choruses Winter - Christmas Through the Ages Spring - Fauré: Requiem and other French sacred music Gala - Your Favorite Love Songs 2012-2013 Winter - Seasonal selections (with Raleigh Ringers on S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series) Winter - Vivaldi: Gloria & Seasonal selections Spring – Schubert: Mass in G & Hummel: Mass in B flat Gala – Broadway Showstoppers 2013-2014 Winter - Handel: Utrecht Te Deum Spring - Mozart: Requiem Gala - A ‘Groovy’ Gala—Music of the 1960s 2014-2015 (45th Anniversary) Winter - Handel: Messiah (Part 1) Spring - Haydn: Mass in Time of War, Mendelssohn: Verleih’ uns Frieden (Grant unto us thy peace), & Wilberg: Let Peace Then Still the Strife Gala - A Musical Journey Across the South 2015-2016 Winter - Bach: Wachet Auf (Sleepers Wake), Finzi: In Terra Pax, & Mechem: Seven Joys of Christmas Gala - A Night at the Oscars Spring - Rutter: Requiem & Corigliano: "Fern Hill" 2016-2017 Winter – FJ Haydn: Theresienmesse (Theresa Mass) Gala – L’Amour: Songs of Love Spring – JM Haydn: Requiem in C Minor, Gilkyson: Requiem, & Vasks – The Fruit of Silence 2017-2018 Winter – Vaughan Williams: Hodie (This Day) Gala – The Great American Songbook Spring – Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs, Thomas: I Hear America Singing; & Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning 2018-2019 Winter – Forrest: Lux – The Dawn from on High Gala – Pirate Follies Spring – Soulspeak: Soulspeak-Stroope, Frostiana-Randall Thompson, Even When He Is Silent-Arnesen 2019-2020 (50th Anniversary) 50th Anniversary Concert – Various selections by past conductors and the premiere of "Everyone Sang" by Tony Maglione Winter – Handel: Messiah (selections) Gala – Gather 'Round the Radio (1940s Favorites) Spring – Canceled Due to COVID-19 2020-2021 (Pandemic Year) Winter – First-Ever Virtual Concert - Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas - Suite One & Handel: Messiah (selections) Gala – Canceled Due to COVID-19 Spring – Outdoor Concert - Rutter: Gloria & Works by Nathaniel Dett 2021-2022 Winter - Selections from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 by J.S. Bach Fantasy for Piano, Choir and Orchestra, op. 80, by Ludwig van Beethoven Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 2, arr. by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett Spring - For a Breath of Ecstacy, by Michael John Trotta on poems by Sara Teasdale Selected works by Moses Hogan in memory of his 65th birthday Gala - Carolina on My Mind, featuring choral arrangements of music by North Carolina songwriters/composers 2022-2023 Winter - A Festive Celebration of the Season Daniel Pinkham's Sinfonia Sacra (Christmas Cantata) Selected Carol Arrangements by Dan Forrest, John Rutter, and David Willcocks Selected Christmas Spirituals by Andre Thomas and Moses Hogan Gala - Love Is All You Need featuring choral arrangements of music of the Beatles Spring - TUVAYHUN--Beatitudes for a Wounded World, by Kim Andre Arnesen with libretto by Charles Anthony Silvestri |
