Upcoming and Past Concerts

Next concert - Spring 2010:

7:00 PM, Saturday, May 1, 2010
First United Methodist Church
420 N Nevada Ave

 

Johannes Brahms'

A German Requiem

Ops 45

A Requiem of Consolation

with Chorus, Orchestra, and Soloists

 

"The musical form is a tightly wrought edifice, a seven movement arch with the music of brightest comfort at its center.  The first and last movements echo each other in conveying blessings, first upon the mourners, finally upon the dead.  The third and fifth movements feature soloists in meditations, the baritone seeking hope, the soprano bestowing it.  Nestled in the middle is the shortest movement, the gorgeous chorus of tranquility, 'How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place'."

 

Come join us!

 

 

Past Concerts:

 

Fall 2009

Saturday, December 12, 2009
3:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO

 

The Carols of Christmas

 

“Noe! Noe!” French Carol
arranged by Mack Wilberg
“A Song Was Heard at Christmas” by Timothy Dudley-Smith
Mary Enger, reader
“Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabelle” French Folk Tune
arranged by Stephen Mager
“Ding, Dong! Merrily on High” French Carol
arranged by Stephen Mager
“He Is Born” French Carol
arranged by Don Michael Dicie
 “Noël: Christmas Eve 1913” by Robert Bridges
Eva Lind, reader
“The Darkest Midnight in December” by Stephen Main
“The Sheep and the Star” by Clifton Bryan Kruse
Teresa Littlefield, reader
“Come, All Ye Shepherds” Czech Folk Carol
arranged by Stephen Mager
“Kling Glöckchen, Kling” (“Ring, Little Bells, Ring”) Tyrolian Carol
arranged by Stephen Mager
“Silent Night” by Franz Grüber (1787-1863)
arranged by Stephen Mager
“The Meaning of Christmas” Anonymous
Barbara Crane, reader
“Fanfare for Christmas Day” by G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
additional music and arrangement by Benjamin Harlan
 Intermission
 
“Before the Paling of the Stars” by Christina Rossetti
Pat Patterson, reader
 “O magnum mysterium” for Double Choir by Jacob Gallus (Handl) (1550-1591)
arranged by Allen H. Simon
 “O Simplicitas” by Madeleine L’Engle
Juliette Frederick, reader
 “Magnificat” for Double Choir by Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
edited by Jameson Marvin
 Nativity Story from The Holy Bible – Luke 2:1-16
Terry Harris, reader
Choruses from Messiah by G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
“And the Glory of the Lord”
“For Unto Us a Child Is Born”
“Glory to God”
“Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates”
“Hallelujah Chorus”

  

 

Spring 2009

Saturday, May 2, 2009
7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church
Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO

Ubi Caritas - M. Durfle
Alleluia - R. Manuel
For All the Saints - Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by Robert Shaw
Witness - traditional spiritual arranged by Jack Halloran
Abide with Me - W. Monk arranged by Moses Hogan
The Battle of Jericho - traditional spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan
Come Dwell in Solomon's Walls, by Z.Randall Stroope

Intermission

Mass of the Children - John Rutter
With the Colorado Springs Children's Chorale
Soloists: Valerie Nicolosi, mezzo soprano and Charles Kurchinski, baritone
Chamber Ensemble with Organ

 

Christmas 2008

Saturday, Dec 13, 2008
3:00 pm and 7:30 pm
First Christian Church
 

1.  For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Kuhnau
2.  Hodie Christus Natus Est Sweelinck
3.  Sleepers Wake! Bach  
4.  For the Beauty of the Earth Stopford
5.  Sussex Carol Stopford
6.  Ave Maria #2 Parrotta
7.  O Nata Lux Forbes
8.  Arise Shine Forrest
9.  A Basque Lullaby Forrest
10.  A Cradle Carol Forrest
11.  Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Wilberg 
12.  In The Bleak Midwinter Courtney 
13.  Glory of Christmas Helvey

Spring 2008

Soli Deo Gloria in concert with the Pikes Peak Ringers
Saturday, Saturday, May 3, 2008
7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church
Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 		 
  •   Mass in C Major "Coronation Mass" - Mozart

Intermission

  •   Canticle - Sherman
  •   Celtic Prayer - Turner and Hall
  •   Lord of the Dance - Shaker Melody, adapt Carter, arr McChesney
  •   Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya and Nicky Ryan, arr McChesney
  •   Now the Green Blade Riseth - McChesney
  •   Ave Maria - Caccini, arr. Hall
  •   Be Still My Soul - Sibelius, arr Line, settings by McChesney
  •   An Irish Blessing - arr by McChesney, Line

 

Christmas 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church
Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO

 

  •   Rejoice, Our Savior is Born - Helvering
  •   Best of Rooms - Stroope
  •   Gloria - Helvering
  •   Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light - Bach
  •   O Magnum Mysterium - Vittoria/Rutter
  •   O Sing Unto The Lord - Hassler
  •   Carol of Joy - Forrest
  •   Christmas Day - Holst
  •   Hodie - McCullough
  •   Carols of Christmas - Crutchfield

 

Spring 2007
"Beautiful Savior"
Saturday, May 12, 2007
7:30 pm
Sunrise United Methodist Church
  •   Exultate Deo - Scarlatti
  •   Lord, My God, Assist Me Now - Martini
  •   Ehre sei dir, Christe - Schutz
  •   Alleluia, Amen - Handel
  •   I See His Blood Upon the Rose - Robertson
  •   The Heavens are Telling - Haydn
  •   Achieved is the Glorious Work - Haydn
  •   Te Deum - Haydn
  •   Last Words of David - Thompson
  •   Come Dwell in Solomon's Walls - Stroope
  •   Non Nobis Domine - Doyle
  •   Beautiful Savior - Christiansen

      piano & rehearsal accompanist:  Judith Westcott

Christmas 2006: 
"Blessed Light...Holy Night"
Saturday, December 9, 2006,
3:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church

  •   Blessed Light

  •   The Glory of the Father - Hovland
  •   Alleluia - Bach
  •   Christ is the Morning Star - Carter
  •   Now there Lightens Upon Us - Sowerby
  •   O Nata Lux - Lauridsen
  •   Lux ?Eterna - Schmidt
  •   Magnificat - Finzi

INTERMISSION

  •   Holy Night
  •   What Sweeter Music - Rutter
  •   Sing Lullaby - Howells
  •   Night of Dreams - Crescenz
  •   All This Night - Clausen
  •   The First Nowell - Wilberg
  •   O Holy Night - Leavitt
  •   Silent Night - Sjolund

Spring 2006

 

Saturday, May 13, 2006, 7:30 pm
Sunrise United Methodist Church
2655 Briargate Boulevard
Colorado Springs, CO  80920

  •  Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse), Franz Joseph Haydn
  •   Kyrie
  •   Gloria in Excelsis, Qui Tollis
  •   Credo
  •   Sanctus
  •   Benedictus
  •   Agnus Dei, Dona Nobis
  •   Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  •   Dixit
  •   Confitebor
  •   Beatus Vir
  •   Laudate Pueri
  •   Laudate Dominum
  •   Magnificat

Christmas 2005 - "Glory"

      December 10, 2005, 7:30 pm
      Shove Memorial Chapel
      Colorado College Campus
      14 E Cache La Poudre Street
      Colorado Springs, CO   80903

  •   Hodie Christus Natus Est, Mark Hayes (b. 1953)
  •   Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Gates, Hammerschmidt (1612-1675), arr. Robert Field
  •   Lord God, Be Praised, Gabrieli (c. 1557-1612), edited by Robert Field
  •   Exultate Justi in Domino,  Jakob Handl (Gallus) (1550-1591), edited by R. Paul Crabb
  •   There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob, Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Chorale by Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)
  •   'Twas the Brass Before Christmas, David Baldwin
  •   Mary, Did You Know?, Mark Lowry & Buddy Green, arr. by Fred Bock (1939-1998)
  •   Gladde Things, Bradley Nelson (b. 1950)

 Intermission

  •   Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, W. Mathias (1934-1992)
  •   There Was a Night, David Lantz III (b. 1956) 
  •   All on a Starry Night, Joseph Graham (b. 1959)
  •   Personent Hodie, Piae Cantiones, arr. by John Rutter (b. 1945)
  •   Rejoice and Be Merry, John Rutter
  •   All My Heart This Night Rejoices, Leo Nestor (b. 1948)
  •   Glory! from Music for a Solemn Eucharist, Leo Nestor

Instrumentalists
Trumpets:  David Zuercher, Bob Lane, Tom Wilson
French Horn:  Jenny Doersch, Mike Yopp
Trombones:  John Gohl, Sondra Bell
Tuba:  Gary Poffenbarger
Percussion:  Steve Przyzycki
Timpani:  Mike Woods
Piano and Organ:  Colleen Peterson
Rehearsal Piano:  Judith Westcott

Shivers Celebration

Friday, November 25, 2005, 8:00 pm
Antlers Hotel, main ballroom
Colorado Springs, CO  80903

  •   Lift Every Voice & Sing
  •   Ain'-a That Good News!, arr. William L. Dawson (1899-1990) 
  •   Steal Away, arr. Howard Helvey 
  •   This Little Light of Mine, arr. Howard Helvey 

Spring 2005 - "Good News"

May 21, 2005, 7:30 pm
Village Seven Presbyterian Church
4050 Nonchalant Circle South
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80917

May 22, 2005, 2:30 pm
Pulpit Rock Church
301 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO   80918

  •   Te Deum, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  •   Ave Verum, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  •   Piccolomini Mass, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
     
  •   Ain'-a That Good News!, arr. William L. Dawson (1899-1990) 
  •   There is a Balm in Gilead, arr. Howard Helvey (b. 1968)
  •   Ride On, King Jesus, arr. Howard Helvey 
  •   Steal Away, arr. Howard Helvey 
  •   This Little Light of Mine, arr. Howard Helvey 
  •   Witness, arr. Jack Halloran (1916-1997)
  •   Deep River, arr. Rene' Clausen (b. 1953), Judith Westcott, soprano solo
  •   The Battle of Jericho, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003_2140" value="" />), Susan Hykes, soprano solo
  •   Abide With Me, William H Monk, arr. Moses Hogan

      organ & piano: Colleen Peterson
      piano & rehearsal accompanist:  Judith Westcott

Christmas 2004 - "Mary"

December 11, 2004, 3:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
Colorado Springs, Colorado

  •   Praise Ye the Lord (Christmas Oratorio, opus 12), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) edited, arranged, and English text by Walter Ehret

  •   Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, arr. Antony Baldwin (b. 1957)

  •   Angelus ad Virginem, arr. Antony Baldwin (b. 1957)

  •   Ave Maria, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), edited by Geoffrey Mason

  •   Ave maris stella, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), arr. John Rutter

  •   Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song),  Chris Eaton and Amy Grant, arr. Craig Courtney (b. 1954), Audrey Sujkowski, solo

  •   O magnum mysterium, Morten Lauridsen (b. 1909)

  •   Sir Christimas, William Mathias (1934-1992) 

  •   Arise, Shine, John Rutter (b. 1945)

  •   Glory to God on High, Felice de Giardini (1716-1796), arr. Douglas L. Lipson

  •   The Lamb, John Tavener (b. 1944)

  •   Cradle Song, Philip Hodges

  •   Go, Tell It on the Mountain, arr. Michelle Hynson (b. 1951)

  •   Carols of Christmas, Audience Sing-Along

  •   O Holy Night, Adolphe Adam (1803-1856), arr. Ren? Clasen (b. 1953)

  •   Gloria, Randol Alan Bass (b. 1953)

Guest Instrumentalists
Trumpets:  Larry Hill, Robert Lane
Trombones:  John Gohl, Jeff Craig
Tuba:  Gary Poffenbarger
Timpani:  Peter Cooper
Percussion:  Steve Przyzycki, Mike Woods
Organ:  Joseph Galema
Piano:  Colleen Peterson

Spring 2003

May 10, 2003
7:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church

  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Mass in G

May 25, 2003
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Requiem
    Maestro Rutter will be conducting the choir and orchestra for this performance!

Christmas 2002 - "The Glory of Christmas"

December 14, 2002
3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
First Christian Church
With members from Colorado Springs Symphony

  •   Choral Fanfare for Christmas, Ron Nelson (1929 - )
  •   Angels We Have Heard on High , French Carol Arr. By Todd Wilson
  •   Ave Maria (Holy Father, Almighty), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
  •   Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata No. 147, "Herz Und Mund Und That Und Leben," J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
  •   Alleluia from the Motet, "Lobet den Herrn," J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
  •   There Is No Rose of Such Virtue, Robert H. Young (1923 - )
  •   E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come, Paul Manz (1919 - )
  •   Glory to God in the Highest, Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
  •   He Came Here For Me, Ron Nelson (1929 - )
  •   In the Bleak Midwinter , Katherine K. Davis (1892-1980)
  •   Still, Still, Still, Austrian Carol Arr. By Norman Luboff
  •   Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, John Gardner (1917 - )
  •   Christmas Lullaby, John Rutter (1945 - )
  •   Gloria, John Rutter (1945 - )