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Broadway Musical Songs & Medleys (20th cent.)

Christmas & Holiday Selections

Classical Choral Works

Folk Music

Madrigals (circa 1600): French, German, English

Spirituals and Hymns (Mostly American 17th, 18th, 19th cent.)


Broadway Show Tunes and Medleys (20th century)

Finnian's Rainbow (Medley)
Kiss Me Kate (Medley)
South Pacific (Medley)
West Side Story, L. Bernstein (Medley)

All The Things You Are ("Very Warm For May"-Kern&Hammerstein)
Almost Like Being In Love ("Brigadoon"-Lerner&Loewe)
Blue Moon (Rogers&Hart)
Clap Yo' Hands (Gershwin)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
Gershwin! (arr. John Higgins)
Love Is Sweeping The Country (Gershwin)
Of Thee I Sing ("Of Thee I Sing"-Gershwin)
S' Wonderful ("Funny Face"-Gershwin)
They Say It's Wonderful ("Annie Get Your Gun"-Berlin)


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Christmas Music

A Boy was Born in Bethlehem (B. Britten)
Angels We Have Heard on High (French Carol)(arr. Parker-Shaw)
An Hymn for Christmas Day (Wm. East)
As It Fell Upon a Night (English, arr Davis)
Ave Maris Stella (Edvard Grieg)
Away in a Manger (arr. David Willcocks)
Behold That Star (arr. H. T. Burleigh)
Beside Thy Cradle (J. S. Bach)
Bethlehem Down (P. Warlock)
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (John Rutter)
The Boar's Head (from an English Noel)
The Boar's Head (trad. Welsh. arr Parker/Shaw)
Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (French Carol)
Candlelight Carol (J. Rutter)
Carol of the Bells (M. Leontovich)
Christ Child Carol (C. Bennett)
A Christmas Carol (Charles Ives)
Christmas Hymn, (17th C., arr. H. Jungst)
Christmas is STILL the Best Time of the Year (P. Johnson)
The Christmas Song (M. Torme)
Come and Adore (Basque Carol)
De Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (W. Indian, arr. Segar)
Deck The Halls (Trad. Welsh, arr Parker-Shaw)
Deck the Halls (Arr. Blake Hamilton)
Ding, Dong, Merrily On High (French, arr Williamson)
Ding, Dong, Merrily On High (French, arr Charles Wood)
El Noi de la Mare (Arr. James Adler)
Fanfare for Christmas Day (M. Shaw)
The First Christmas (Peter Racine Fricker)
Fum, Fum, Fum (trad Spanish Dance Carol arr. Parker/Shaw)
Gesu, Bambino (solo) (Pietro Yon)
Good King Wenceslas (English Carol, Arr. Wihla Huston)
Good People All, this Christmastime (Irish trad.)
The Holly and The Ivy (English, arr. Gearhart)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Felix Mendelssohn)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Mac Huff)
Here is the Little Door (Herbert Howells)
How Silent Is Our Village (French Carol)
Im Advent (Felix Mendelssohn)
In Dulci Jubilo (arr. J.S. Bach)
Infant Holy (trad. Polish, arr. Rubbra)
In The Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst)
In Time of Softest Snow (John Carter)
I Saw a Maiden (arr. E. Pettman)(15th cent.)
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In (Arr. Edwin Fissinger)
I Wonder as I Wander (John Rutter)
Jingle Bells (arr. G. Langford)
Joy to the World! (arr W. Holford)
Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl (English Carol)
Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming (M. Praetorius)
Love Came Down at Christmas (John Purifoy)
Love Came Down at Christmas (Leo Sowerby)
Lullaby My Jesus (Peter Warlock)
Lullay my Liking (Gustav Holst)
Lully, Lullay (Old English Carol)(arr. V. Mast)
A Maiden Most Gentle (arr. Andrew Carter)
Masters in this Hall (arr. Parker-Shaw)
A New Year Carol (B. Britten)
No Sad Thought His Soul Affright (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
Noel (Steven Sametz)
O Come All Ye Faithful (arr Parker/Shaw)
O Come, O Come, Emanuel (15th cent French, arr Helmore)
O Jesu so sweet, O Jesu so mild (Scheidt's "Tablaturbuch"[1650] arr JS Bach)
O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Lauridsen)
O Magnum Mysterium (T. L. De Victoria, arr Parker/Shaw)
O My Dear Heart (Peter Warlock)
Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreable (Arr. David Willcocks)
Run, Run to Bethlehem (Jay Althouse)
Shout the Glad Tidings (Ned Rorem)
Silent Night (F. Gruber, Arr. Mark David Johnson)
Silent Night (F. Gruber, Arr. Norman Luboff)
Silent Night (F. Gruber, Arr. Parker-Shaw)
Sing Lullaby (Herbert Howells)
Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
Softly Tread, the Child is Sleeping (Rimski-Korsakov)
A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)
Star Carol (John Rutter)
Still, Still, Still (arr. Walter Ehret)
Sweet Little Jesus Boy (arr. H. Johnson)
Sweet Was the Song (arr. T. Hammond)(16th cent.)
The Blessed Son of God (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
The Christmas Song (Torme)
The Twelve Days AFTER Christmas (F. Silver)
The Very Best Time of the Year (John Rutter)
There is No Rose (Joel Martinson)
This Christmas Night (Malcolm Williamson)
Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling (Shepherd's Farewell) (H. Berlioz)
Three Kings of Orient (J. H. Hopkins)
Twas the Night Before Christmas (arr. Harry Simeone)
We Need a Little Christmas (Hermans)
What Cheer? (William Wallon)
What Child is This (Paul Lohman)
What News? (Katherine O'Connell) (World Premiere)
Wind Through the Olive Trees (Shaw)

"The Burt Carols" (A. Burt)
Caroling, Caroling
Christmas Cometh Caroling
Come, Dear Children
Jesu Parvule
O Harken Ye
Nigh Bethlehem
Some Children See Him
The Star Carol

Hannukkah Music

Bashana Haba'ah (Nurit Hirsch)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Josef Hadar)
Hannukkah Holiday (Linda Swears)
Hannukkah Madrigal (Herbert Fromm)
Hiney Mah Tov (Psalm 133) (Arr. Iris Levine)
Ma'oz Tzur (traditional)
Ma'oz Tzur (arr. B. Marzetti)
Sing We of Hanukkah (Roger Emerson)
Yom Seh Le-Israel

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Classical Choral Works

J. S. Bach, 1685-1750
Bouree, arr W. Swingle
Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav'nly Light (BWV 248 #12)
Kantate 140 -- Gloria a.k.a Wachet auf
Mass in B minor -- Crucifixus
Motet No. 6, Lobet Den Herrn Alle Heiden
St. John Passion (Chorales 7 and 9)

Bach-Gounod (1818-1893)
Ave Maria

Franz Biebl 1906-2001
Ave Maria

Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
Abendlied
Enter Your Garden
The Fiddler
Hochzeits Cantate
How Sad Flow the Streams (Da Unten Im Tal)
In Stille Nacht
Liebeslieder Waltzes
Motet, Opus 29
O Schoene Nacht
Tafel Lied
Wie Melodien
Zigeunerlieder [Gypsy Love Songs] Opus 112, Opus 103

Benjamin Britten 1913-1976
A Ceremony of Carols

Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
Ave Maria
Gradual (Christus factus est)
Offertorium (Afferentur regi)

Pablo Casals, 1876-1973
O Vos Omnes

Frederic Delius (1862-1934)
To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Ave Maria

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Cantique de Jean Racine
En Priere

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)-Bach
Ave Maria

A. Hammerschmidt
Machet die Tore weit (arr. Parker/Shaw)

George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759
(Messiah) Amen
(Messiah) Glory to God
(Messiah) O Thou that tessest good tidings to Zion
(Messiah) Recitative from Luke 11

Gustav Holst
My Sweetheart's Like Venus

E. Humperdinck, 1854-1921
Prayer from "Hansel und Gretel"

Johann B. König (fl? 1738)
Alles ist an Gottes Segen (arr. Flor Peeters)

Fritz LeHar
The Merry Widow
___In the Spring
___Villia
___When the Waltz is Playing

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
Elijah (Lift Thine Eyes; Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord; He, Watching over Israel)
Heilig, Heilig, Heilig
Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt
Richte mich, Gott
Slumber Song [Abend Standchen]
The Righteous living for ever [Periti Autem] (Op 115. no 3)

Wolfgang A. Mozart, 1756-1791
Ave Verum Corpus
Missa Brevis in B-flat (K 275)
"Requiem" excerpts -- Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus

Giuseppe Pitoni, 1657-1743
Cantate Domino

Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873-1943
Vespers (#7,14,15)

John Rutter
Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron
O Waly, Waly

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Calme des Nuits
Les Fleurs et les Arbres

Franz Schubert, 1797-1828
An die Musik
Mass in G

Robert Schumann, 1810-1856
Romanzen und Balladen (Selections from Op 67&145)

Matyas Seiber (1905-1960)
Apple, Apple
The Handsome Butcher
The Old Woman

Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Alleluiah

Charles V. Stanford (1852-1924)
The Blue Bird

Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958)
Shakespeare songs:
___2: The Cloud-Capp'd Towers (Tempest)
___3: Over Hill, Over Dale (Midsummer Night's Dream)

Richard Wagner, 1813-1883
Choral from "Die MeisterSinger"

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Folk Music

Stephen C. Foster (1826-1864)
Oh! Susanna
Old Folks at Home
Some Folks Do
Beautiful Dreamer

Deep River (arr. Moses Hogan)
Dixie Land (Daniel Emmet)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Josef Hadar)
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (Arr. A. Parker-R. Shaw)
I Got a Home in-a-dat Rock (arr. Moses Hogan)
The Little Mermaid (arr. Roger Emerson)
My Sweetheart's Like Venus (Welsh, arr. G. Holst)
The Sailor and Young Nancy (Norfolk, arr. E.J. Moeran)
Shenandoah (Arr. Bob Chilcott)
Sweet Georgia Brown (arr. B. Dobson)
Way Back Home (Tom Waring & Al Lewis)
You Better Min' How You Talk (arr. Moses Hogan)

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Madrigals (circa 1600)

April Is In My Mistress' Face (Thomas Morley, 1557-1602)
Bonjour, Mon Coeur [Good-day my Sweetheart] (Orlando di Lasso, 1532-1594)
Come Again (John Dowland, 1563-1626)
Come Away, Come Sweet Love (John Dowland)
Dainty, Fine, Sweet Nymph (Thomas Morley)
In These Delightful Pleasant Groves (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Lovers Love the Spring (arr. A. Frackenpohl)
Man is for the Woman Made (solo) (Henry Purcell)
Matona, Mia Cara [Matona, Lovely Maiden] (Orlando di Lasso)
Music For a While (solo) (Henry Purcell)
My Lady's Soul is Lovely (Jacques Arcadelt, 1505-1560)
Now Is The Month of Maying (Thomas Morley)
Sie Ist Mir Lieb (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
The Silver Swan (Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625)
Since first I Saw Your Face (solo) (Thomas Ford (1607-1648)
Sing We and Chant It (Thomas Morley)
Tune Thy Music to Thy Heart (Alec Rowley, 1892-1958)
Weep, Oh Mine Eyes (John Bennet)
When Laura Smiles (solo) (Thomas Campion, 1567-1620)
With Drooping Wings (Henry Purcell)
You Promise Me, my Dearest Life (Dominic Argento, 1927- )

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Spirituals (White and Black) & Hymns

Abide With Me (arr. Mose Hogan)
Ain'-a That Good News (arr. W.L.Dawson)
Amazing Grace (arr. John Coates, Jr.)
Amen (J. Hairson)
Be Kind to Your Parents (Harold Rome)
Bright Canaan (arr. A. Parker-R. Shaw)
Come Away to the Skies (Arr. A. Parker)
Dark Water (Will James)
De Blin' Man Stood on de Road (arr. Mose Hogan)
Dere's No Hidin' Place (Arr. A. Parker-R. Shaw)
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (H.T.Burleigh)
Elijah Rock (arr. Mose Hogan)
Every Time I Feel the Spirit (Arr. W.L.Dawson)
A Gaelic Blessing (Daniel Gawthrop)
Give Me Jesus (arr. Mose Hogan)
God Is Seen (Arr. C. Kidd)
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
Hear My Prayer (Mose Hogan)
His Voice as the Sound
I'm Goin' to Sing (arr. Parker-Shaw)
It's Me, O Lord (Arr. Arne Lundmark)
I've Been 'Buked (arr. H. Johnson)
I've Been In The Storm (arr T.Harbold)
Jesus Lay Your Head in the Window (arr. Mose Hogan)
Jesus On The Water Side (Walter Aschenbrenner)
Lord, If I Got My Ticket...(Arr. R. Shaw)
My Lord, What a Mornin' (arr. H.T.Burleigh)
My Soul's Been Anchored (arr. Mose Hogan)
Old Ship of Zion (arr E.J.Gatwood)
Praise God From Whom (Mennonite Doxology, anthem 606)
Psalm 81 (arr. A. Parker-R. Shaw)
Ride on, King Jesus (arr. H.T.Burleigh)
Ride the Chariot (arr. Mose Hogan)
Ride the Chariot (arr. W.H.Smith)
Set Down, Servant (arr. Shaw)
Strange Music (R. Wright & G. Forest)
Sweet Little Jesus Boy (arr. H. Johnson)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Parker-Shaw)
The Lord Bless You and Keep You (P.C.Lutkin)
The Lord is My Shepherd (Howard Goodall)
There Is a Balm in Gilead (William Dawson)
This Little Light of Mine (arr. W.L.Dawson)
This Little Light of Mine (arr. Mose Hogan)
Witness (arr. Halloran)


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