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Upcoming Concert

Next up is the Holiday 2009 concert, which will take place in Elizabeth Killian Hall on December 13, 2009 at 3pm.

Previous Concerts

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Programs:

 

SPRING CONCERT,
MAY 2009

Chants for Saint Ursula and Companions

  1. O rubor sanguinis (O Ruby Blood) - Antiphon for Saint Ursula
  2. Favus distillans (Oozing Honeycomb) - Responsory for Saint Ursula and eleven thousand virgins

Hildegard von Bingen

Beruft Gott selbst (If God Himself Calls)
From Cantata Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750)

Song and Fairies’ Chorus
From Incidental Music, Midsummer Night’s Dream

Soloists: Chelsea Ashton and Alysia Chang

Felix Mendelssohn
(1809 – 1847)

Vier Gesänge für Frauenchor, zwei Hörner und Harfe, Op. 17
(Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns, and Harp)

  1. Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang (The Harp Rings Out)
  2. Song from Twelfth Night
  3. Der Gärtner (The Gardener)
  4. Song from Fingal: The Maid of Inistore
    (Harp obligato partially re-arranged by Kevin Galiè)

Johannes Brahms
(1833 – 1897)

Chorus of Peasant Girls
From Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(1840 – 1893)

Five Hebrew Love Songs

  1. Temuna (A Picture)
  2. Kala kalla (Light Bride)
    - Tambourine: Kate Parr
  3. Larov (Mostly)
  4. Eyze sheleg! (What Snow!)
    - Solo: Dominique Vo
  5. Rakut (Tenderness)

Eric Whitacre
(1970 - )

Witches’ Chorus
From Macbeth

Giuseppe Verdi
(1813 – 1901)

Dirait-on (One Would Say)
From Les Chanson des Roses

Morten Lauridsen
(1943 - )

CD Insert 1

CD Insert 2

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HOLIDAY CONCERT, DECEMBER 2008

HaNeiros Halawlu
Text: Traditional Chanukah hymn

Louis Lewandoski
(1821 - 1894)
J’entends le Moulin
French-Canadian Folk Song
Arranged by Donald Patriquin
(1564 – 1612)
Nativity Carol
John Rutter
(1945 - )
The Joy of Dance: Fum, fum, fum!
From The Seven Joys of Christmas
Traditional Spanish Carol
Adapted by Kirke Mechem
Alma redemptoris Mater II
Guillaume Dufay
(c. 1400 – 1474)
Riu, Riu, Chiu
Anonymous Spanish Carol (1556)
Arranged by Linda Spevacek
Choose Something Like a Star
From Frostiana; text, Robert Frost
Randall Thompson
(1899-1984)
D'où viens-tu, bergère?
French-Canadian Carol
Arranged by Howard Cable
(1927 - )
Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling
(The Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family)
From L'Enfance du Christ
Hector Berlioz
(1803 – 1869)
Ocho Kandelikas
Ladino Song for Chanukah
Flory Jagoda
arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Gute Nacht
German Folksong
Arranged by G.W.Woodworth

Video of "Ocho Kandelikas" performance: December 14, 2008
Kevin J.N. Galiè, J.D., M.M., Conductor

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Concert Parking Suggestions

  • Along Memorial Drive
  • Metered spots along Ames Street
  • Visitors can park in MIT's Hayward Street Lot on the weekends, which is across the street from MIT Medical (but not accessible from that street); Killian Hall is in the building numbered 14 on the map

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Last updated October 2009