THE MIT WOMEN'S CHORALE
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                              HOLIDAY CONCERT, DECEMBER, 1999

 
Nowel                                                                                          Randall Thompson
                                                                                                               (1899 ? 1984)
Cantate Domino                                                                          Hans Leo Hassler
                                                                                                              (1564 ?-1612)
O Jesu So Sweet                                                                   Johann Sebastian Bach
                                                                                                              (1685 ?-1750)
Ye Sons of Israel                                                      Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    Psalm 113: 1,2                                                                                (1809 ? -1847)
 

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Christmas Carols                                                                                                Cecil Cope
     Gloria In Excelsis Deo
     I Sing of a Maiden                                             Words from Sloan MS, 15th century
     What Is This Odour Round Us Flowing                                        Old French Tune
     Joseph, Joseph                                                              German melody, 17th century
     The Holly and the Ivy                                                                   Old French Melody
     The Angel Sang                                                                                        Flemish Tune
     Gloria In Excelsis Deo
 

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 Dona Nobis Pacem                                                                             Old German Canon
 Adoramos a Jesus                                                                             Domingo Santa Cruz
 Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head                                           Traditional Applachian Carol
                                                        Arranged by Gwynn S. Bement &   John Jacob Niles
 Adam and the Apple                                                                                 Michael Paget
      15th Century Carol
 

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  Zum Gali Gali                                                                                         Israeli Folk Song
                                                                                                   Arranged by Dan Schwartz
  Sim Shalom                                                                        Traditional Chasidic Melody
                                                                                         Arranged by Leonard Berkowitz
 

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The Lord Bless You and Keep You                                                             John Rutter
                                                                                                                               (1945 -   ) Hallelujah, Amen                                                                     Georg Friedrich Händel
     From Judas Maccabeus                                                                              (1685 ? -1759)


 




 
 

SPRING CONCERT,  1999


          Though Philomela lost her love                                                      Thomas Morley
                                                                                                                               (1557-1603)
          O lovely Peace, with plenty crowned                               Georg Friedrich Händel
                                                                                                                               (1685-l 759)

          Come In                                                                                          Randall Thompson
                      from Frostiana  text: Robert Frost                                                  (1899-1984)
 

           I Will Bow and Be Simple                                         Arranged by Betty Jacobson
                      Shaker Song

           A Girl's Garden music:                                                               Randall Thompson
                       from Frostiana    text: Robert Frost

            Simple Gifts                                                                Adapted by Aaron Copland
                        Shaker Song                                                 Choral arrangement: Irving Fine

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              The Lord is my Shepherd                                                        Randall Thompson
                           Psalm 23

               Laudamus Te                                                                                             Bill Cutter
                                                                                                                                       (1956 -- )

              The Lord is my Shepherd                                                              Franz Schubert
                          Psalm 23                                                                                         (1797-1828)
                                                                                                                   edited by John Rutter

               Liebeslieder Waltzes                                                                  Johannes Brahms
                           Excerpts: Opus 52 & Opus 65 (1833-1897)

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