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April 28, 2013

Maurice Duruflé Requiem
Gustav Holst Short Festival Te Deum
Benjamin Britten Festival Te Deum

 

March 2, 2013

Maurice Duruflé Requiem

With the Altoona Symphony Orchestra,

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona

January 20, 2013

"Let Freedom Sing"
Concert in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

With the Mt. Nittany Middle School and

Park Forest Middle School choirs

October 27, 2012

Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana

With the Altoona Symphony Orchestra,

Mishler Theatre, Altoona

May 6, 2012

Anton Dvořák Mass in D

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Te Deum

 

January 15, 2012

George Frideric Handel Dixit Dominus

Ralph Vaughn Williams Dona Nobis Pacem

 

November 6, 2011

Setting by Sheridan Seyfried

Voices of the Holocaust

With the Nittany Valley Children's Choir at Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

November 5, 2011

Setting by Sheridan Seyfried

Voices of the Holocaust

With the Nittany Valley Children's Choir at Rosenberger Auditorium, Juniata College, Huntingdon

September 11, 2011

Wolfgang Mozart Requiem

 

May 1, 2011

Ludwig von Beethoven Ninth Symphony

Williamsport Symphony Orchestra at Community Arts Center, Williamsport

April 1, 2011

"Choral Crown Jewels"

Selection of shorter choral works

 

November 1, 2010

George Frideric Handel Messiah

With the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra in celebration of their 20th Anniversary; one performance at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church and a second at Rowland Theatre, Philipsburg

October 1, 2010

(Multiple composers) Sing for the Cure

Benefit for cancer care programs and research

May 1, 2010

George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt

 

December 1, 2009

Benjamin Britten St. Nicolas

Nittany Valley Children's Chorus

May 1, 2009

Franz Joseph Haydn The Creation

 

January 1, 2009

"B3...Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Friends:" various works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schütz, Wagner, Schumann

 

December 1, 2008

"The State College Choral Society and Friends Christmas Celebration:" selection of Christmas favorites; Shawn Kirchner Joy to the World (commissioned by SCCS)

Essence II, High School Honors Choir, Middle School Choirs, Community Handbell Choir

May 1, 2008

Luigi Cherubini Requiem in C Minor

 

January 1, 2008

George Frideric Handel Dettingen Te Deum, Antonio Vivaldi Gloria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Te Deum

 

May 1, 2007

Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust

Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, PA

April 1, 2007

Randall Thompson Peaceable Kingdom and Ernest Bloch Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)

Arietta opened the concert with Randall Thompson's Alleluia

January 1, 2007

Glenn McClure St. Francis in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass and Paul Basler Missa Kenya

 

May 1, 2006

Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, PA

April 1, 2006

Sir Michael Tippett A Child of Our Time

Nittany Valley Symphony

December 1, 2005

Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust

 

November 1, 2005

John Rutter Mass of the Children and Antonin Dvorak Serenade in D Minor (performed by PCO)

Concordia Treble of the Nittany Valley Children's Choir and Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra

May 1, 2005

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy St. Paul

 

November 1, 2004

Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust (world premiere)

Commissioned by SCCS

May 1, 2004

Maurice Duruflé Requiem and Quatre Motets

 

December 1, 2003

George Frideric Handel Messiah

 

November 1, 2003

Antonio Vivaldi Magnificat and advent carols arranged by John Rutter, David Willcocks, and others

 

May 1, 2003

Dave Brubeck To Hope! A Celebration

 

March 1, 2003

Carl Orff Carmina Burana

Pennsylvania Ballet and Orchestra

December 1, 2002

George Frideric Handel Messiah

 

December 1, 2002

"Songs of the Season:" Pachelbel Magnificat, Pinkham Christmas Cantata, traditional carols arranged by Rutter and Willcocks

 

April 1, 2002

Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

 

January 1, 2002

Franz Schubert Mass in G and John Rutter Requiem

 

December 1, 2001

George Frideric Handel Messiah

 

September 1, 2001

Ludwig von Beethoven Ninth Symphony

Nittany Valley Symphony

Spring 2001

Amadeus Mozart Coronation Mass K. 317, Johannes Brahms Alto Rhapsody Op. 53, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 2, "Lobegesang" Op. 52

 

Fall 2000

Edward Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands, Randall Thompson Frostiana, Ralph Vaughn Williams In Windsor Forest

 

Spring 2000

Franz Joseph Haydn The Creation 

 

Fall 1999

Dietrich Buxtehude Das Neugeborne Kindelein, Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat in D Major BWV 243, Gabriel Faure Requiem opus 48

 

Spring 1999

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 

 

Fall 1998

Antonio Vivaldi Gloria, Flor Peeters Te Deum, John Rutter Magnificat

 

Spring 1998

Selections from 49 years of Choral Society with representative movements from each decade

 

Fall 1997

Ariel Ramirez Misa Criolla, Ariel Ramirez Navidad Nuestra 

 

Spring 1997

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Elijah

 

April 2, 1999

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor

 

November 15, 1998

"Songs of Praise:" Flor Peeters Te Deum, Antonio Vivaldi Gloria, John Rutter Magnificat

Robert Long, Guest Conductor

April 28, 1998

Gustav Mahler Symphony #3

Women with Nittany Valley Symphony, Michael Jinbo

April 25, 1998

"Almost Fifty" (Retrospective Concert): 15 movements selected from the five decades of the Society's concerts

 

January 19, 1998

Ariel Ramirez Misa Criolla, Navidad Nuestra

Russell Shelley, Guest Conductor

April 23, 1997

Felix Mendelssohn Elijah

 

January 19, 1997

Johann Sebastian Bach excerpt from Cantata BWV 172, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Franz Joseph Haydn Nelson Mass

Douglas Meyer, Guest Conductor

April 28, 1996

Johannes Brahms Schicksalslied, Nänie; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem

 

February 24-25, 1996

Bruce Trinkley Mountain Laurels 

Nittany Valley Symphony

November 19, 1995

Daniel Pinkham Sinfonia Sacra, Christmas Eve; John Rutter Come, Love We God, Praise to the Lord,  Christmas Lullaby, Open Thou Mine Eyes, Sing We to This Merry Company, Gloria

 

April 25, 1995

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony #9

Nittany Valley Symphony, Michael Jinbo

February 28, 1995

Feliz Mendelssohn St. Paul

 

November 20, 1994

Norman Delio Joio To Saint Cecilia and Benjamin Britten Saint Nicolas

 

May 1, 1994

Giuseppe Verdi Manzoni Requiem

 

January 16, 1994

“Europa Cantat: A Choral Travelogue:” Knut Nystedt Cry Out and Shout, Edvard Grieg Ave Maris Stella, Hugo Alfvén A Maiden is in a Ring, Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine, John IV of Portugal Crux Fidelis,  Pablo Casals Nigra Sum, Alice Parker/Robert Shaw, arr La Tarara, Wolfgang Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Claudio Monteverdi Adoramus Te, Edward Elgar As Torrents in Summer, George Frideric Handel Zadok the Priest, Hugo Distler Lobe den Herren, Heinrich Schütz O Hilf Christe, Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu Meine Freude

 

May 1, 1993

Gustav Mahler Symphony #2 

Nittany Valley Symphony, Michael Jinbo

March 22, 1993

Ludwig van Beethoven  Choral Fantasia, Mass in C Major 

Daniel Dauner, Guest Conductor

November 22, 1992

 “A Festival of Psalms:” George Frideric Handel Blessed Be God, O Lord In Thee Have I Trusted, Day by Day We Magnify Thee; Felix Mendelssohn Richte mich, Gott; Heinrich Schütz Alleluia! Lobet den Herren; Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms

 

May 3, 1992

Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

 

January 26, 1992

“Choral Music of Russia:” Greek Chant Bless the Lord, 0 My Soul; Znamennyi Chant The Thrice Holy; Pavel Chesnokov Let Thy Blessed Spirit; Dmitri Bortniansky Cherubim Song #7; Pavel Chesnokov Salvation is Created; Aleksandr Grechaninov O Be Joyful in the Lord Our Father; Viktor Kalinnikov O Lamb of GodAleksandr Nikol'sky Praise Ye the Name of the Lord; Sergei Rachmaninoff Bogoriditse Devo, Nine Otpushchayeshi,  Maloye Slavosloviye, Blazhen Muzh; Pyotr Tchaikovsky The Nightingale; Aleksandr Arkhangel'sky Dusk of Night; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Spinning Top; Igor Stravinsky Two Russian Peasant Songs, On Saint's Days in Chigisakh, Master Portly; Maurice Goldman, arr Kaleenka

 

May 5, 1991

Maurice Durufle Requiem,  Carl Orff Carmina Burana

 

February 3, 1991

“America's Choirs:” F. Melius Christiansen Beautiful Savior, Wake, Awake; Tomas Luis de Victoria O Magnum Mysterium; Johann Sebastian Bach Rest Well; Johannes Brahms Der Abend; Alexis von Lvov Hospodi Pomilui; Nathaniel Dett Listen to the Lambs; Randall Thompson Alleluia; Stephen Foster I Dream of Jeanie; Stuart Churchill, arr Black is the Color; Salli Terri, arr Poor Wayfarin' Stranger; Gail Kubik, arr Polly-Wolly-Doodle; Alice Parker/Robert Shaw, arr Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Roy Ringwald, arr Deep River; Robert Shaw, arr Set Down Servant; Hall Johnson, arr Steal Away; Harry Burleigh, arr Were You There?; William Dawson, arr Soon-ah-will be Done

 

April 29, 1990

 Franz Joseph Haydn Creation

 

February 4, 1990

Daniel Pinkham Wedding Cantata and Aaron Copland In the Beginning

 

November 13, 1989

Claudio Monteverdi Adoramus Te, Cantate Domino; Giuseppe Verdi Stabat Mater; Va, Pensiero (Nabucco), Gloria all'Egitto (Aida)

Nittany Valley Symphony, Barbara Yahr

April 30, 1989

Johann Sebastian Bach St. Matthew Passion

 

January 29, 1989

”A Festival of Psalms:” Anton Bruckner Os Justi, Virgil Thomson My Shepherd will Supply; Hugo Distler Lobe den Herren; Charles V. Stanford Beati Quorum Via; Ralph Vaughan Williams O Clap Your Hands; Johannes Brahms How Lovely is Thy Dwelling; Felix Mendelssohn: Five Choruses from Elijah Cast Thy Burden, For He Shall Give His Angel, Blessed are the men, Lift Thine Eyes, He, watching over Israel;  Franz Joseph Haydn The Heavens Are Telling

 

November 6, 1988

“Our American Heritage:” Randall Thompson Frostiana; Wendell Whalum Lily of the Valley;  Alice Parker/Robert Shaw I Got a Key;  H.T. Burleigh My Lord, What a Mornin; William Dawson Ezekiel Saw de Wheel

 

May 1, 1988

Felix Mendelssohn EIijah

 

February 7, 1988

Johann Sebastian Bach Missa Brevis in G Minor BWV235, Christ Lag in Todesbanden BWV4

 

November 1, 1987

“A Program of Viennese Choral Music:” Franz Schubert Mass No. 2 in G; Wolfgang Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Confessor Vespers

 

May 3, 1987

Ludwig van Beethoven Missa Solemnis

 

February 1, 1987

“A Program of English Vocal Music:” Henry Purcell Te Deum Laudamus and Jubilate Deo, Edward Elgar As Torrents in Summer, Charles Villiers Stanford Beati Quorum Via, Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb

 

May 4, 1986

Giuseppe Verdi Requiem

 

November 10, 1985

Heinrich Schütz Magnificat SWV 468 and Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat BWV 243

 

February 24, 1985

George Frideric Handel Messiah

 

November 18, 1984

Heinrich Schütz Musicalisches Exequien and Johann Sebastian Bach Ein Feste Burg, BWV

 

April 8, 1984

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor

 

December 11, 1983

Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols 

Nittany Valley Symphony, Frederic Mordan

November 20, 1983

Heinrich Schütz Jauchzet dem Herren SWV 198, Jauchzet dem Herren SWV 36, Jauchzet dem Herren SWV 36B, George Frideric Handel Utrecht Jubilate, Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria in Excelsis; Cantata BWV191

 

April 17, 1983

Zoltan Kodaly Missa Brevis

Smith Toulson, Guest Conductor

January 30, 1983

Johann Sebastian Bach St. John Passion

 

April 18, 1982

Anton Bruckner Mass in E Minor

Smith Toulson, Guest Conductor

February 14, 1982

Franz Joseph Haydn Creation Mass in Bb, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem

 

April 26, 1981

Johann Sebastian Bach Christ Lag in Todesbanden

 

February 15, 1981

Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

 

April 20, 1980

“An Evening of Italian Music:” Giovanni da Palestrina O Bone Jesu, Tu es Petrus; Giovanni Gabrieli Jam non dicam; Giacomo Carissimi Jephte

 

February 17, 1980

Luigi Cherubini Requiem Mass, Ludwig van Beethoven Mass in C Major, opus 86

 

March 11, 1979

 Franz Joseph Haydn Creation

 

November 12, 1978

“An Evening of German Choral Music:” Johannes Brahms O Susser Mai!, Der Brautigam, Icb schwing mein Horn, Der bucklichte Fiedler; Anton Bruckner Ave Maria, Christus Factus Est; Johann Sebastian Bach Lobet den Herrn (motet VI)

 

April 30, 1978

Johann Sebastian Bach St. Matthew Passion

 

November 13, 1977

"Music from England:" Ralph Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor

 

April 17, 1977

Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Grand Mass in C Minor

 

November 14, 1976

Josquin Des Pres Missa Pange Lingua and Orlando di Lasso Ola, O che buon eco!

 

March 21, 1976

Felix Mendelssohn Elijah

 

November 16, 1975

"Choral Music in America:" Randall Thompson The Peaceable Kingdom

 

April 20, 1975

Johann Sebastian Bach St. John Passion

 

November 17-18, 1974

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Confessor Vespers (NVS)

 

April 28, 1974

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor

 

October 21, 1973

Johannes Brahms Schicksalslied 

Nittany Valley Symphony, Donald Hopkins

April 29, 1973

Franz Joseph Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem

 

April 16, 1972

Johannes Brahms Requiem

 

February 13, 1972

Claude Debussy Sirenes from Nocturnes

Women with Nittany Valley Sympbony, Donald Hopkins

April 25, 1971

Georg Philipp Telemann Laudate Jebovam, Omnes Gentes, Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata BWV 140, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Magnificat, Franz Scbubert Mass in G Major

 

December 6, 1970

Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata BWV 79, Ludwig van Beethoven The Ruins of Athens, opus 113; Choral Fantasia, opus 80

 

April 12, 1970

Johann Sebastian Bach St. Matthew Passion

 

April 13, 1969

Franz Joseph Haydn Harmoniemesse, Te Deum

 

April 9, 1967

Johann Sebastian Bach St. John Passion

 

April 24, 1966

George Frideric Handel Messiah

 

March 7, 1965

Johann Sebastian Bach St. Matthew Passion

 

April 12, 1964

Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat, Cantata BWV 21

 

April 21, 1963

George Frideric Handel Joshua

 

April 8, 1962

Johann Sebastian Bach St. John Passion

 

April 16, 1961

Johann Sebastian Bach Kyrie, Gloria, and Credo of the B Minor Mass

 

April 7, 1958

Franz Joseph Haydn The Creation

 

April 3, 1960

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Missa Brevis and George Frideric Handel Messiah Part II

 

April 12, 1959

Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata BWV 118, Cantata BWV 182, Kyrie (1733), Magnificat

 

March 30, 1958

Antonio Vivaldi Gloria and Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

 

January 13, 1957

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem Mass

 

March 20, 1955

Johann Sebastian Bach excerpts from Kyrie, Sanctus, and Credo of the B Minor Mass, excerpts from St. Matthew Passion

 

December 6, 1953

Johann Sebastian Bach Kyrie, Sanctus and excerpts from Gloria of the B Minor Mass, excerpts from Christmas Oratorio

 

December 7, 1952

Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria Patri of the Magnificat, Gloria excerpts and Sanctus of the B Minor Mass, excerpts from Christmas Oratorio

 

December 3, 1951

Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria Patri of the Magnificat, excerpts from Christmas Oratorio, Sanctus and Dona Nobis Pacem of the B Minor Mass

 

December 3, 1950

Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria Patri of the Magnificat, excerpts from Christmas Oratorio, Sanctus and Dona Nobis Pacem of the B Minor Mass

 

December 4, 1949

Johann Sebastian Bach Sanctus and Dona Nobis Pacem of the B Minor Mass, excerpts from Christmas Oratorio

 

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