2008-2009 Season

Lux Aeterna

Saturday, December 13, 2008, 8pm
Church of St. Paul the Apostle

Sunday, December 14, 2008, 3pm
Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Thea Kano, Conductor
Rasaan Bourke
, piano and organ
E. Zoe Hassman, cello
Julie Ann Rulyak, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Winn
, baritone

Hodie Christus Natus Est
Francis Poulenc
from Quatre Motets poul le temps de Noel

Verbum Caro Factum Est
Hans Leo Hassler

Lux Aeterna
Morten Lauridsen

  1. Introitus
  2. In Te, Domine, Speravi
  3. O Nata Lux
  4. Veni, Sancte Spiritus
  5. Agnus Dei – Lux Aeterna

Improvisation on Light Found in the Season
Rassan H. Bourke

  1. Snow
  2. Evergreen
  3. Mistletow
  4. Sleigh Ride

O Come, All Ye Faithful
arr. David Willcocks

Ave Maria
Franz Biebl

I Wonder As I Wander
John Jacob Niles
arr. Steve Pilkington
 
Winter Songs
Steve Rothstein, music
Gary Rothstein, text
  1. Arrival
  2. Lullaby
  3. New Seasons

Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Ralph Vaughn Williams

Ensemble Debut Series

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 8pm

Carnegie Hall

Thea Kano, Conductor
Rasaan Bourke, piano

O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen

Lux Aeterna
Morten Lauridsen

  1. Introitus
  2. In Te, Domine, Speravi
  3. O Nata Lux
  4. Veni, Sancte Spiritus
  5. Agnus Dei – Lux Aeterna

Journeys

Sunday, May 31, 2009, 3:00pm

Alice Tully Hall

Thea Kano, Conductor
Chris Creaghan, Organ
Frances Duffy, Harp
Danny Villanueva, Percussion
Rasaan Bourke, piano

Dorchester Canticles
Tarik O’Regan
Mario Gallo, Tenor

  1. Cantate Domino
  2. Deus misereatur

The Journey (World Premiere)
Aaron Fruchtman
Bruce Dern, Narrator
Nancy Strohmeyer, Mezzo-soprano
Jessica McVea, Mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Winn, Baritone

  1. Leaving Independence
  2. The Prairies
  3. The Storm
  4. The Arrival

Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein
Bennett Kosma, Boy Sporano
Paige Cutrona, Soprano
Julie Ann Rulyak, Mezzo-soprano
Mario Gullo, Tenor
Skip Teel, Baritone

  1. Maestoso, Allegro molto
  2. Andante, Allegro feroce
  3. Sostenuto Molto

Song for Athene
John Tavener