For more than 30 years, The Greenwich Village Singers has been performing a wide range of choral repertoire spanning the 17th through 21st centuries.

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– CONCERT CHRONOLOGY –

THE GREENWICH VILLAGE SINGERS

 

MARK MANGINI, MUSIC DIRECTOR (1980 to PRESENT)

 

May 16, 2008
Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms
St. Joseph's Church, New York City
May 17, 2008
St. Rocco's Roman Catholic Church, Glen Cove, NY


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale selections from Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir
Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren
Laß, o Herr, mich Hülfe finden
Hör mein Bitten

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Rhapsodie für Alt und Männerhor (New York City only)
Drei Quartette, Op. 64
O Heiland reiß die Himmel auf

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December 14, 2007

Wond'rous Mystery

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)

Plein jeu – Duo – Caprice

From Suite du deuxième ton

Walter Hilse, organ

 

Traditional

Veni, veni, Emmanuel

 

Traditional English, arr. David Willcocks

O come, all ye faithful

 

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)

Kyrie – Gloria – Agnus Dei I – Agnus Dei II

From Missa Brevis

 

Bonia Shur (1923- )

Kol Haneshamah

 

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël

Sanctus, from Messe en Sol Majeur

 

Traditional French, arr. Hugh Keyte & Andrew Parrott

Noël nouvelet

 

Traditional French, arr. E.S.Barnes

Angels we have heard on high

 

Louis-Claude D'Aquin (1694-1772)

Noël en Ré Majeur

Walter Hilse, organ

 

Jonathan David (1965- )

Mirabile mysterium

 

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming

 

Pierre Villette (1926-1998)

Hymne à la Vièrge

 

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. David Willcocks

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

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June 28, 2007

Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, The Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City

July 7, 2007

The Channing Sculpture Garden, Bridgehampton, New York

The Choral Society of the Hamptons

The Greenwich Village Singers

The Brooklyn Philharmonic

Mark Mangini, Conductor

 

Lukas Foss (1922- )

Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Carol Wincenc, Flute

 

The Prairie

 

Aaron Copland (Adapted) (1900-1990)

Old American Songs

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March 30, 2007

Music for Lent and Passiontide

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Hosanna to the Son of David

 

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Vinea mea Electa

Tenebrae factae sunt

 

Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1549-1611)

Vere languores nostros

 

Gabriel Faur é (1895-1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

 

J. S. Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata BWV 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit

 

Gabriel Faur é

Requiem

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December 15, 2006

Carols for Chorus and Harp

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Keith Goodman, harp

 

Jacob Handl (1550-1592)

Resonet in laudibus

 

Guillaume Bouzignac (1587-c. 1643)

Noe, noe pastores, cantate Domino

 

The Coventry Carol

 

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Thus angels sung

 

Hugo Weisgall (1912-1997)

An Evening Prayer for Peace

 

Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Traditional arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

God rest you merry, gentlemen

 

Jonathan David

No la debemos dormir

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

A Ceremony of Carols

 

Frank Ferko (b. 1950)

A Festival of Carols

 

French carol, arr. Willan

What is this lovely fragrance?

 

Traditional arr. Malcolm Sargent (1895-1963)

Silent Night

 

William Walton (1902-1983)

What Cheer?

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May 19, 2006

30 th Anniversary Concert

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

O sing unto the Lord

Remember not, Lord, our offences

I was glad

Dido and Aeneas

 

J. S. Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata BWV 196: Der Herr denket an uns

 

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December 16, 2005

30 th Anniversary Christmas Concert

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

The Greenwich Village Singers

The Children's Aid Society Chorus

Mark Mangini, Conductor

 

Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)

Noe, noe, psallite noe

 

Plainchant

Veni redemptor gentium

 

Andreas Raselius (c.1563-1602)

Johann Eccard (1553-1611)

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland(two settings)

 

Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1549-1611)

Ave Maria

 

John Harbison (b. 1938)

O magnum mysterium

 

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

A Spotless Rose

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

 

Healey Willan (1880-1968)

The Three Kings

 

arr. Thomas Hamond (d.1662)

Swete was the song was the Virgine soong

 

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Walter Hilse

Nunc dimittis, A Cantata

 

Anonymous

Dona nobis pacem

The Children's Aid Society Chorus

Peter Frost, conductor

 

Jonathan David

Fantasy on Medieval Carols

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June 3, 2005

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

 

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Selections from the All-Night Vigil, op. 37

 

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh)

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March 4, 2005

Church of St. Luke in the Fields, New York City

 

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Petite Messe Solennelle

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December 17, 2004

Christmas Through the Ages

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Anonymous (15th c.)

Four Medieval English Carols

The Salutation – Hail Mary – Marvel not, Joseph – There is no rose

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Carlo Gesualdo (ca. 1560-1613)

Ave, dulcissima Maria

 

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina (c. 1526-1594)

Jesu, rex admirabilis

 

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Psallite unigenito

 

Peter Philips (1561-1628)

O beatum et sacrosanctum diem

 

Andreas Hammerschmidt (1612-1675)

Alleluia, freuet euch ihr Christen all

 

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Canzona in G major

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Fughetta on “Von himmel hoch,” BWV 701

Walter Hilse, organ

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230

 

Louis-Claude D'Aquin (1694-1772)

Noël in G major

Walter Hilse, organ

 

Frank Ferko (b. 1950)

Adam lay ybounden

Motet for the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin

Motet for the Annunciation

 

John Harbison (b. 1938)

O magnum misterium

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

arr. Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Veni, Emmanuel

 

Hugo Distler (1908-1942)

Chorale Variations on “Es ist ein Rose entsprungen”

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

A Hymn to the Virgin

 

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Behold a star from Jacob shining

 

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

The shepherds' farewell to the Holy Family

 

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Lullay, my liking

Christmas Day

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May 21, 2004

The German and English Romantics

Saint Peter's Church, New York , NY

 

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Kyrie – Gloria – Sanctus – Benedictus – Agnus Dei

From Missa Choralis

 

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Motet: Beati quorum via (Op. 38)

 

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Motet: Ave verum corpus (Op. 2, No. 1)

 

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Poems of Robert Bridges

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Stanford

The Blue Bird (Op. 119, No. 3)

 

C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)

There is an old belief ( from Songs of Farewell)

 

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Zigeunerleben (Op. 29, No. 3)

 

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Psalm 23: Gott ist mein Hirt (Op. 132)

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Drei Gesänge (Op. 42)

He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten – Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze – Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn – Mond verhüllt sein angsicht – Rote Abendwolken ziehn

From Zigeunerlieder (Op. 103)

Zum Schluss (from Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, op. 65, No. 1 )

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March 21 and 23, 2004

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

The Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College , New York City

 

Anonymous (16th century)

Rejoice in the Lord alway

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Missa a quattro voci da cappella

 

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Magnificat from The Great Service

 

Claude Debussy (1882-1918)

Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans

 

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

Six chansons

 

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Poems of Robert Bridges

I praise the tender flower

My spirit sang all day

Clear and gentle stream

Nightingales

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Five Flower Songs

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December 19, 2003

Natale in Venezia

St. Joseph's Church, New York, NY

 

Anonymous

Ecco il Messia

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Kyrie and Gloria from Messa a quattro voci (1650)

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Exultent caeli

Beatus vir

Magnificat (1640)

 

Plainchant

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Credo RV 591

Beatus vir RV 598

Magnificat RV 610a

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May 9, 2003

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, New York, NY

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Piano Concerto K.271 in E Flat

Paul Alberts, pianist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Requiem K.626 (completed by Robert D. Levin)

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December 13, 2002

Saint Joseph's Church, New York, NY

Christmas in England and America

 

Processional: Star in the East

 

Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690-1750)

Magnificat

Henry Purcell (1658-1695)

Evening Service in G minor

 

William Billings (1746-1800)

Shiloh (The Shepherd's Song)

A Virgin Unspotted

 

American Carol arr. A Carter

I Wonder as I Wander

 

Boris Ord (1897-1961)

Adam lay ybounden

 

Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

 

Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Flower Carol

 

Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923)

Evergreen

 

Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

The Oxen

 

Jonathan David (b. 1965)

Christmas Cantata

 

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Christmas Day

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May 3, 2002

Saint George's Episcopal Church, New York, NY

Glory, Laud, and Honor: Songs of Praise

Walter Hilse, Organist

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Sláva Ottsú…Yedinoródnïy Sïne

Priidíte, poklonímsîâ I Svîâtïy Bózhe   

Heruvímskaya pesñ

Victor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)

Svéte tíhiy

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Magnificat

Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960)

Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord

Morton Lauridsen (b. 1943)

O Magnum Mysterium

Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Alleluia

Judith Shatin (b. 1949)

Adonai Ro'i

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Virgil Thompson (1896-1989)

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Turn Ye, Turn Ye

Easter Carol

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Hymn to St. Cecilia

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Zoltán Kodaly (1882-1954)

Laudes Organi

Walter Hilse, organist

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December 14, 2001

Saint Joseph's Church, New York, NY

A Christmas Celebration

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585–1671)

Hodie Christus natus est

Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt

 

Giovanni Gabrielli (c. 1557-c.1612)

In Ecclesiis

 

Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Angelus ad pastores ait

 

Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923)

Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)

 

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Mass No. 2 in E minor   

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May 12, 2001

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

A 25 th Anniversary Retrospective

 

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Magnificat from The Great Service

 

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

When David heard

 

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

From Quatre Motets, Op. 10

Ubi caritas –Tu es Petrus – Tantum ergo

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)

Abendlied zu Gott

 

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Ave Maria

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Selections from Zigeunerlieder (Opus 103)

 

Charles Ives (1879-1954)

Variations on America

Walter Hilse, organ

 

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Reincarnations

Mary Hynes – Anthony O'Daly – The Coolin'

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Rejoice in the Lamb

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

The Lover's Ghost

Just As The Tide Was Flowing

 

Arr. Aaron Copland (1900-1990), adapted Irving Fine

Long Time Ago

 

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

The Promise of Living

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March 28, 2001

The Great Hall at Cooper Union, New York City

A Night on Broadway

 

Victor Herbert

An American Serenade

 

Irving Berlin (arr. Huff)

Play a Simple Melody

A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody

Alexander's Ragtime Band

 

Cole Porter (arr. Blackwell)

Let's Do It

 

George Gershwin (arr. Blackwell)

S'Wonderful

 

Cole Porter

In the Still of the Night

Anything Goes

 

George Gershwin (arr. Warnick)

Porgy and Bess ( Selections )

 

Jerome Kern

Medley

 

Cole Porter

Night and Day

 

Alan Jay Lerner

Ascot Gavotte

 

Frank Loesser

Fugue for Tinhorns

 

Kurt Weill

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

September Song

 

Richard Rodgers (arr. Warnick)

The King and I ( Selections )

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December 15, 2000

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

A Celebration of J.S. Bach

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Magnificat in D Major (BWV 243)

Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) – Parts One and Two

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May 12, 2000

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Cantata BWV 4 – Christ lag in Todesbanden

 

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110)

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May 5, 2000

Hunter College, New York City

Hunter College Choir and Chamber Orchestra

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Mark Mangini, Conductor

 

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Exultate, Jubilate

 

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

Requiem in C minor

 

F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)

The Heavens Are Telling ( from The Creation)

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December 17, 1999

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

In Dulci Jubilo

Anonymous (16 th century)

Processional: Ecco il Messia

 

Tomàs Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Ne timeas Maria

O magnum mysterium

 

Anonymous (17th century)

Soberana Maria

 

Fabián Ximeno (c.1595-1645)

Ay Ay galeguiños

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Magnificat a Sei Voci

( From the Vespers of 1610)

 

J.P. Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641)

Noé, Noé! Pastores, Cantate Domino

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe