|
|
Past Seasons of the State College Choral Society |
||
|
|
|||
| May 2011 | Ludwig von Beethoven Ninth Symphony | Williamsport Symphony Orchestra at Community Arts Center, Williamsport | |
| April 2011 | "Choral Crown Jewels:" selection of shorter choral works | ||
| November 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 2010 | (Multiple composers) Sing for the Cure | Benefit for cancer care programs and research | |
| May 2010 | George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt | ||
| December 2009 | Benjamin Britten St. Nicolas | Nittany Valley Children's Chorus | |
|
May 2009 |
Franz Joseph Haydn The Creation | ||
| January 2009 | "B3...Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Friends:" various works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schütz, Wagner, Schumann | ||
| December 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 2008 | Luigi Cherubini Requiem in C Minor | ||
| January 2008 | George Frideric Handel Dettingen Te Deum, Antonio Vivaldi Gloria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Te Deum | ||
| May 2007 | Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust | Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, PA | |
| April 2007 | Randall Thompson Peaceable Kingdom and Ernest Bloch Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service) | Arietta opened the concert with Randall Thompson's Alleluia | |
| January 2007 |
Glenn McClure St. Francis in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass and Paul Basler Missa Kenya |
||
| May 2006 | Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust | Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, PA | |
| April 2006 | Sir Michael Tippett A Child of Our Time | Nittany Valley Symphony | |
| December 2005 | Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust | ||
| November 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 2005 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy St. Paul | ||
| November 2004 | Sheridan Seyfried Voices of the Holocaust (world premiere) | Commissioned by SCCS | |
| May 2004 | Maurice Duruflé Requiem and Quatre Motets | ||
| December 2003 | George Frideric Handel Messiah | ||
| November 2003 | Antonio Vivaldi Magnificat and advent carols arranged by John Rutter, David Willcocks, and others | ||
| May 2003 | Dave Brubeck To Hope! A Celebration | ||
| March 2003 | Carl Orff Carmina Burana | Pennsylvania Ballet and Orchestra | |
| December 2002 | George Frideric Handel Messiah | ||
| December 2002 | "Songs of the Season:" Pachelbel Magnificat, Pinkham Christmas Cantata, traditional carols arranged by Rutter and Willcocks | ||
| April 2002 |
Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem |
||
| January 2002 | Franz Schubert Mass in G and John Rutter Requiem | ||
| December 2001 | George Frideric Handel Messiah | ||
| September 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 God; Aleksandr 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 |
||
This page was updated
June 22, 2011