Previous Concert Schedule

	Past Seasons of the State College Choral Society
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	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 B^b, 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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