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FALL CONCERT

December 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm
St. Paul the Apostle RC Church, Brookville, Long Island

Joseph Haydn

Mass in Time of War

("Pauken" Mass)

Selections from the Russian Litergy

Works by Stravinsky, Gretchaninoff, and Bortniansky
 

Fall Concert 2007

Soloists/Instrumentalists | Program Notes

A Retrospective

Dates on which GNCS first performed this work are shown in parentheses.

Christmas at the Railroad Station (1957)

• Carols performed by the Great Neck Caroleers and the Great Neck Youth Choir under the direction of Dr. James Shepherd.

Favorites Over the Years

• I am the Rose of Sharon--William Billings (3/1/87)
• Bless the Glad Earth (from "Semele")--Handel (12/5/87)
• Mi Komocha Malkenu Tofia (from "An American Kedusha)--Alice Parker (5/21/06)
     Soloists: Therese McCormick, Cooper Grodin
• See the Conquering Hero (from "Joshua")--Handel (5/4/85)
     Featuring Great Neck Youth Choir

Nineteenth Century German Favorites
   Conducted by George Rose*

• Die Allmacht--Schubert (12/15/98)
     Soloist:Therese McCormick
• He Watching Over Israel (from "Elijah"--Mendelssohn (5/22/65)
• Locust Iste--Bruckner (3/8/81)
• Wie lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen (from "Requiem")--Brahms (1/28/61)
     Conducted by George Rose*

Secular American Choral Classics

• The Road Not Taken (from "Frostiana"--Randall Thompson (12/7/63)
     Conducted by George Rose*
• Blow the Candles Out--arr. Gregg Smith (3/4/01)
• I Saw a Lass, Alas, Alas--Roy Bennett (3/4/01, rev. 2007)

Chansons de France

• Cantique de Jean Racine--Fauré (3/1/87)
• Hymn au Solei (from "Le Pariah")--Lil Boulanger (5/21/00)
     Soloist: Mary Marathe`
• Tolite Hostias (from "Oratorio de Noel")--Saint-Saens (12/8/02)

Sacred Commemorative Choruses

• Glories on Glories (from "The Celestial Country")--Charles Ives (5/7/88)
     Soloists: Therese McCormick, Nancy Leavitt, Mary Marathe, Giovanna Denaro, Cooper Grodin, Michael Leavitt, David Aubrey, Lawrence Waite
• Psalm 47 (from "Prayers, Psalms and Sorrows")--Lynn Kurtz (5/19/02)
• Hallelujah Chorus (from "Messiah")--Handel

Virginia Davidson, Conductor

*Guest conductor George Rose led the Great Neck Choral Society for 20 years.

Soloists/Instrumentalists

Therese McCormick, Soprano
Mary Marathe, Mezzo-Soprano
Cooper Grodin, Tenor

Guy Brewer, Piano and Organ

For futher information on the
vocal artists, see Soloists.

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