Concert Programs

Here are listings of some of our concerts over the last 20 years.

Spring 2003

3:00pm Saturday March 29 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
2:15pm Sunday March 30 at Saints. Peter and Paul Church, Lewiston

Gabriel Fauré Requiem

Benjamin Britten Jubilate Deo

Richard Francis O God, You Are My God

Herbert Howells Like as the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks

John Rutter The Lord is My Shepherd

Charles Villiers Stanford Magnificat in G

Spring 2005

7:00pm Saturday April 16 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick
3:00pm Sunday April 17 at St. Patrick's Church, Newcastle

Johannes Brahms Drei Motetten, Op. 110

Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich

Brahms Ave Maria

Morten Lauridsen Ave Maria

arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Just as the Tide Was Flowing

arr. Henry G. Mishkin Down by the Sally Gardens

arr. E.J. Moeran The Sailor and Young Nancy

Felix Mendelssohn Da Nobis Pacem

C. Hubert H. Parry Jerusalem

Spring 2006

7:30pm Saturday May 20 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle

Leroy Sam Parkins Super Flumina Babylonis

Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich

C. Hubert H. Parry I Was Glad

Morten Lauridsen Ave Maria

Healey Willan I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove

arr. Henry G. Mishkin Down by the Sally Gardens

arr. Richard Lloyd The Blue Bell of Scotland

arr. Malcolm Archer English Country Gardens

arr. John Jordan Annie Laurie

Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan

Parry Jerusalem

Spring 2007

7:30pm Saturday May 19 at St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland
4:00pm Sunday May 20 at Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church, Boothbay Harbor

Tomás Luis de Victoria Officium Defunctorum: Requiem - 1605

Maurice Duruflé Requiem, Op. 9

Ceremony of Lessons and Carols 2007

7:30pm Friday December 14 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
3:00pm & 7:30pm Saturday December 15 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick

John Tavener God is With Us

Richard Francis People, Look East

Judith Weir Illuminare, Jerusalem

John Rutter There Is a Flower

Richard Francis Magnificat

W.J. Kirkpatrick Away in a Manger

Czeck carol Rocking

Felix Mendelssohn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Alan Smith Sing We to this Merry Company

C. Hubert H. Parry Welcome, Yule!

traditional God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Philipp Nicolai The Kings

Kenneth Leighton Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child

traditional Past Three A Clock

traditional O Come, All Ye Faithful

Franz Grüber Silent Night

note: this listing omits the readings

Spring 2008

7:30pm Friday April 11 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
7:30pm Saturday April 12 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick

Herbert Howells Te Deum - Collegium Regale

Harold Friedell Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether

Keith Francis The Twenty-Third Psalm

Richard Francis The Twelve

Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30

Edward Bairstow I Sat Down Under His Shadow

Ned Rorem Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love

Gerald Finzi God is Gone Up

Ceremony of Lessons and Carols 2008

7:30pm Friday December 12 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
3:00pm & 7:30pm Saturday December 13 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick

Frank Ferko Motet for Mary, Mother of God

Boris Ord Adam Lay Ybounden

Richard Francis People Look East

Ellen Gilson Voth An Advent Carol

Conrad Susa Three Mystical Carols: The Shepherds Sing

Arvo Pärt Bogoróditse Dyévo

Dan Locklair Magnificat

Michael Berkeley Cradle Song

Malcolm Pearce Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

Felix Mendelssohn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

John Joubert Torches

arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams Wassail Song

arr. by Reginald Jacques Good King Wenceslas

Jonathan Dove The Three Kings

William Walton What Cheer?

Charles Ives Little Star of Bethlehem

arr. Philip Ledger Sussex Carol

traditional O Come, All Ye Faithful

Franz Grüber Silent Night

note: this listing omits the readings

Spring 2009

7:30pm Saturday April 4 at St. Andrew's Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Sunday April 5 at St. Andrew's Church, Newcastle

Josquin des Prez Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi

Josquin des Prez El Grillo

Robert Pearsall Lay a Garland

Camille Saint-Saëns Les Fleurs et les Arbes

Camille Saint-Saëns Calme de Nuits

Alexander Gretchaninoff Heruvimskaya Pesn'

Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan

Orlando Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David

Orlande de Lassus Adoramus Te, Christe

Tomás Luis de Victoria Jesu Dulcis Memoria

Giovanni Gabrielli Lieto Godea

Charles Villiers Stanford Quick! We Have but a Second

Robert Pearsall When Allen-A-Dale Went A-Hunting

John Dowland Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite

John Dowland Up, Merry Mates

John Dowland Were Every Thought an Eye

Gabriel Fauré Tantum Ergo

Edward Elgar My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land

traditional English Scarborough Fair

traditional Scottish Mairi's Wedding

Spring 2010

3:00pm Saturday April 10 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick
3:00pm Sunday April 11 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle

Richard Francis Easter Hymn

Herbert Howells Sequence for St. Michael

William H. Harris Faire is the Heaven

Conrad Susa Magnificat

William Mathias Let the People Praise Thee, O God

Charles Villiers Stanford Sailing at Dawn, from Songs of the Fleet

Englisg folksong, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Ward, the Pirate

Gustav Holst O Swallow, Swallow

Ralph Vaughan Williams Linden Lea

Irish melody, arr. Stanford My Love's an Arbutus

Todd N. Monsell i thank You God for most this amazing day

Richard Francis For Winter's Rains and Ruins are Over

Ceremony of Lessons and Carols 2010

7:30pm Friday December 10 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Saturday December 11 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick

Giovanni da Palestrina Matin Responsory

Richard Francis People Look East

Robin Nelson Out of Your Sleep

Alan Gibbs Salutation Carol

Peter Skellern So Said the Angel

Michael Praetorius Joseph, Lieber Joseph Mein

Thomas Weelkes Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Jonathan Dove The Star-Song

Alan Bullard Glory to the Christ Child

Frank Tichelli There Will Be Rest

arr. by John Rutter King Jesus Hath a Garden

Spring 2011

7:30pm Saturday April 30 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Sunday May 1 at First Congregational Church, Camden

Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms

Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Missa Brevis in C

Charles Villiers Stanford Magnificat in G

William Mathias Let the People Praise Thee, O God

Ceremony of Lessons and Carols 2011

7:30pm Friday December 9 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Saturday December 10 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick

Richard Lloyd Drop Down, ye Heavens

Richard Francis People Look East

Michael Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Jonathan Dove I Am the Day

arr. David Willcocks Angelus Ad Virginem

John Rutter Nativity Carol

arr. David Willcocks I Saw Three Ships

arr. Mack Willberg Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque

James Whitbourn Winter's Wait

Spring 2012

7:30pm Saturday April 28 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Sunday April 29 at First Congregational Church, Camden

Patrick Hadley My Beloved Spake

John Rutter For the Beauty of the Earth

Todd Monsell A Prayer in Spring

Richard Francis For Winter's Ruins and Rains Are Over

Charles Villiers Stanford For Lo, I Raise Up

Edward Elgar, arr. John Cameron Lux Aeterna - based on "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations

C. Hubert H. Parry, arr. Maurice Jacobson Jerusalem

Claude Le Jeune Revecy venir du Printans

Claudio Monteverdi Che Se Tu Se'il Cor Mio

Claudio Monteverdi O Primavera

Frederick Delius To Be Sung on a Summer Night on the Water I

Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
                                    Full Fathom Five
                                    The Cloud-Capp'd Towers
                                    Over Hill Over Dale

Matthew Harris Shakespeare Songs, Book III
It Was a Lover and His Lass
O Mistress Mine!

John Whitworth The Mermaid

arr. Jonathan Willcocks The Drunken Sailor

Ceremony of Lessons and Carols 2012

7:30pm Friday December 7 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Saturday December 8 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick

arr. David Willcocks Once in Royal David's City

Richard Francis People Look East

Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Alan Smith There is No Rose

anon. Angelus Ad Virginem

arr. David Hill Away in a Manger

William Byrd This Day Christ Was Born

arr. David Willcocks Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

William Mathias Wassail Carol

arr. Bob. Chilcott Good King Wenceslas

arr. Stephen Cleobury Joys Seven

Paul Edwards No Small Wonder

Carl Rutti A Patre Unigenitus

arr. Bob. Chilcott In Dulci Jubilo

arr. David Willcocks O Come All Ye faithful

Franz Gruber Silent Night

Spring 2013 - Brahms' German Requiem

7:00pm Saturday April 6 at St. Patrick Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Sunday April 7 at St. Patrick Church, Newcastle

Ein deutsches Requiem (op. 45) Johannes Brahms

1. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen

2. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras

3. Herr, lehre doch mich

4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

5. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit

6. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt

7. Selig sind die Toten

Ceremony of Lessons and Carols 2013

7:30pm Friday December 13 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
4:00pm Saturday December 14 at Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick

arr. David Willcocks Once in Royal David's City

Richard Francis People Look East

Will Todd My Lord Has Come

Cecilia McDowall A Heavenly Song

Basque carol, harm. Edgar Pettman Gabriel's Message

John Rutter Candlelight Carol

Malcolm Archer A Little Child There is Yborn

arr. David Willcocks Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

anon. Scottish All Sons of Adam

arr. David Willcocks God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Gabriel Jackson The Christ-Child

Jussi Chydenius Voices in the Mist

Philip Ledger The Bell Carol

arr. David Willcocks O Come All Ye faithful

Franz Gruber Silent Night

Spring 2014 - The Fairy Queen

7:00pm Saturday May 3 at St. Patrick Church, Newcastle
3:00pm Sunday May 4 at St. Patrick Church, Newcastle

The Fairy Queen
a Semi-Staged Concert Performance of the Operetta by
Henry Purcell

Act I
Overture
Come, Let Us Leave the Town
Scene of the Drunken Poet
First Act Tune: Jig

Act II
Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky
Prelude
May the God of Wit Inspire
Echo
Now Join Your Warbling Voices All
Sing While We Trip It
Hush, no more
Second Act Tune: Air

Act III
If Love’s a Sweet Passion
Dance of the Fairies
Dialogue Between Corydon and Mopsa
When I Have Often Heard
A Thousand, Thousand Ways
Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

Act IV
Symphony
Now the Night Is Chased Away
Entry of Phoebus
When a Cruel Long Winter and Hail! Great Parent of Us All
Thus the Ever Grateful Spring
Here’s the Summer
See My Many Colour’d Fields
Next Winter Comes Slowly and Hail! Great Parent
Fourth Act Tune: Air

Act V
Prelude
Epithalamion: Thrice Happy Lovers
The Plaint: O Let Me Weep
Thus Happy and Free
Hark! Now the Echoing Air
Sure the Dull God of Marriage
Prelude
See, See, I Obey
Turn Then Thine Eyes
My Torch, Indeed
They Shall Be As Happy As They’re Fair
Chaconne

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