Concert Choir Performance History
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 |