BCCS begins the celebration of its 35
th anniversary year on October 20, 2007 with a program of Bucks County Choral Society favorites drawn from throughout the decades and chosen by BCCS audience members, alumni, and current singers. BCCS favorites include music by Orff, Thompson, Rachmaninoff, Ellington, Brahms, Durufle, Mendelssohn, Verdi, and Bernstein, to name a few. Choral Society alumni will be joining the current choir for this program, and celebratory events leading up to the evening will include an afternoon rehearsal for current members and alumni alike, and a pre-concert reunion dinner, followed by the performance.
Program Listing
"O Fortuna", from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
Alleluia - Randall Thompson
"Bogoroditso Djevo", from the All Night Vigil - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rukkivihund rehe all - Peep Sarapik
"Rockin' Jerusalem" - Andre Thomas
with DeVonne Gardner
"Come Sunday" - Duke Ellington
with DeVonne Gardner
"Antiphon", from Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen", from Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms
~~ INTERMISSION ~~
"Ubi Caritas" - Maurice Durufle
BCCS Chamber Choir, Chang - Ho Lee, conductor
"O Come let us Sing" - Will Ayton
BCCS Chamber Choir, Chang - Ho Lee, conductor
"The Eyes of All Wait upon thee" -
Jean Berger
BCCS Chamber Choir, Chang - Ho Lee, conductor
"Lift thine eyes", from Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
Ave Maria - Franz Biebl
"Brindisi", from La Traviata
- Giuseppe Verdi
Julia Kemp, soprano, and Guy Rothfuss, tenor
"Va Pensiero", from Nabucco - Verdi
"All the things you are" - Jerome Kern (arr. Roy Ringwald)
"Make our Garden Grow", from Candide - Leonard Bernstein
DeVonne Gardner and
Julia Kemp, sopranos
Guy Rothfuss, tenor
