Cahaba Chorale Performances

Briarwood Presbyterian Church "Two Worlds" May 23, 2004

Southminster Presbyterian Church "Fall Concert" November 7, 2004

Indian Springs Town Hall "Mass In G Major" February 27, 2005

Christ Church UMC "American Composers" May 15, 2005

Asbury United Methodist Church "Fall Concert" October 9, 2005

Christ Church UMC "The Messiah" November 27, 2005

Meadowbrook Baptist Church "Alabama Composers" March 12, 2006

Mountain Brook Baptist Church "Stars and Stage" May 7 , 2006

Episcopal Church of the Ascension "Celebration of Mozart's Birthday" October 15, 2006

Christ Church UMC "Gems" February 25, 2007

Temple Emanu-El
 "Celebrating the Harvest Season" November 4, 2007
 

**** Performance Programs are Listed Below ****

Briarwood Presbyterian Church    

May 23, 2004  

Two Worlds

 

I

 

TWO WORLDS (Text by Edmund Waller, 1606-1687)……Randall Thompson

                                                                                                           (Contemporary)

 

AVE VERUM CORPUS…………....………………Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

                                                                                                                   (1756-1791)

 

AVE VERUM CORPUS………………….......………….………David M. Childs

                                                                                                          (Contemporary)

 

SANCTUS…………….……………………………......…………Craig Courtney

                                                                                                          (Contemporary)

 

FLANDERS FIELDS (Text by John McCrae, 1915)……...……Paul A. Aitken

                                                                                                          (Contemporary)

 

HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING……………….…...…arr. Ronald Staheli

           American Folk Hymn                                                        (Contemporary)

 

 

II

 

ALL I ASK OF YOU (from Phantom of the Opera)……..Andrew L. Webber

                                                                                                         (Contemporary)

 

MEMORY (from Cats)…………………………….………..Andrew L. Webber

                                                                                                         (Contemporary)

 

THREE SELECTIONS………………………………..………......Harmony Kids

 

            Sing Ev’ry Morning Noon And Night……………....Robinson

            A Sailor’s Farewell……………………….…………….......Smith

            Let There Be Peace on Earth….Miller&Jackson/arr. Althouse

 

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE……………………….…...David Dickau

                                                                                                        (Contemporary)

 

INVITATION…………………………………………………....Michael Larkin

                                                                                                        (Contemporary)

 

WE ARE (from Lessons)……..…………………………….Ysaye M. Barnwell

                                                                                                        (Contemporary)

 

TURN THE WORLD AROUND….……………………….…arr. Larry Farrow

                               West Indies Folk Melody

 

 

 

 

Southminster Presbyterian Church     

November 7, 2004

I.

Mass in G Major..............................................................Franz Schubert

                                       I  Kyrie

                                      II Gloria

                                      IV Sanctus and Osanna

 

II.

His Voice As The Sound..............arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw

Exultation...................................................................arr. Steven Darsey

Rise Up, My Love.................................................................David Childs

 

III.

Oseh Shalom..................from the Jewish Liturgy, arr. Joan Beckow

Grace.................................Early American Melody, arr. Mark Hayes

I Got the Sun in the Morning...........Irving Berlin, arr. Kirby Shaw

You Raise Me Up.......................Lovland & Graham, arr. Tina Chinn

A Blessing...........................................................................David Childs

 

 

 

 

Indian Springs Town Hall   

February 27, 2005 

 

Mass in G Major by Franz Schubert

I.

Mass in G Major..................................................................Franz Schubert

                                       I  Kyrie

                                      II Gloria

                                      III Credo

                                      IV Sanctus

                                      V Agnus Dei

II.

Now I  Walk in Beauty.............................................................Navajo Prayer

His Voice As The Sound.......................arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw

Grace..........................................Early American Melody, arr. Mark Hayes

Timeless ......................................Poem by Jay Enos, James Q. Mulholland

Sisu Et Y'Rushalayim.........................................................arr. V. Pasternak

III.

Oseh Shalom.........................from the Jewish Liturgy, arr. Joan Beckow

Pala Pala............................................................................arr. Robert Harris

Tango to Evora..................................................................Loreena McKennitt

Turn the World Around.....West Indies Folk Melody, arr. Larry Farrow

 

 

 

 

Christ Church UMC     

May 15, 2005

American Composers Concert

I

Chorus
Four Early American Choruses
William Billings (1746-1800)

Selections from The Continental Harmony (1794) and
The Singing Master’s Assistant (1781, 1st & 3rd Edition)

Invocation
David’s Lamentation
Washington
Africa

Davis Piano Quartet
Appalachian Spring or Fantasia on Simple Gifts
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Chorus
Four American Folk Songs
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Simple Gifts
The Dodger
All the Pretty Little Horses
Ching-a-Ring Chaw

II

Davis Piano Quartet
Medley from Billy the Kid
Aaron Copland
(1900-1990)


Chorus
Stomp Your Feet
Aaron Copland
(1900-1990)


from Opera The Tender Land

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
arr. Rosephane Powell

Praise His Holy Name
Keith Hampton


III

Davis Piano Quartet
Fiddle Tunes for 8-Hand Piano
John Prescott

Chorus
Nothin' Like a Dame from South Pacific
Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein

I Feel Pretty from Westside Story
Leonard Bernstein
(1918-1990)

Davis Piano Quartet
Medley from Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin
(1898-1937)

Chorus
Irving Berlin Medley
Irving Berlin
(1888-1989)
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Puttin' on the Ritz
Always
Blue Skies
Alexander's Ragtime Band
God Bless America

 


Asbury United Methodist Church

October 9, 2005 

                                                      I

 Sing, Ye Righteous............................................................Lodovico Viadan
 Miserere...........................................................................Antonio Lotti
 David's Lamentation.........................................................William Billings
 Emerald Stream................................................................Seth Houston
 Judge Me, O God............................................................Felix Mendelssohn
 
                           II
 Now I Walk in Beauty.....................................................Navajo Prayer/arr. Smith
 Grace..............................................................................Early Am. /arr. Hayes
 If Music Be the Food of Love..........................................Dickson
 Esto Les Digo..................................................................Kinley Lange
 Sometimes I Feel Like  a Motherless Child......................Spiritual arr/R. Powell
 Order My Steps.............................................................Glenn Burleigh
 Timeless.........................................................................James Mulholland

 

 


 

Christ Church UMC

November 27, 2005

The Messiah

Overture                                                                    Orchestra

Recitative              Joseph Brakhage, Tenor          Isaiah XI: 1-3

Aria                       Joseph Brakhage, Tenor           Isaiah XI: 4

Chorus                                                                     Isaiah XI: 5

Chorus                                                                   Malachi III: 3

Recitative                 Jane Stump, Alto                   Isaiah VII: 14
                                                                             Matthew I: 23

Aria and Chorus       Jane Stump, Alto                    Isaiah XI: 9

Chorus                                                                    Isaiah IX: 6

Pastoral Symphony Orchestra                                                 

 Recitative                 Suzanne Scivley, Soprano      Luke II: 8-9

Recitative                  Pat Thomas, Soprano   Luke II: 10-11, 13

Chorus                                                                      Luke II: 14

Aria                       Suzanne Scivley, Soprano      Zech IX: 9-10

Recitative               Jane Stump, Alto              Isaiah XXXV: 5-6

Aria                        Jane Stump, Alto                    Isaiah XI: 11
                                       Marlene Gaither, Soprano      Matthew XI: 28-29

Chorus                                 Revelation XIX: 6; XI: 15; XIX: 16

 

 

 

Meadowbrook Baptist Church 

 

 

 

 

 

 Alabama Composers' Concert

March 12, 2006

 

 
     
 

Music for Worship 

 
Majestic Sweetness    

arr. John M. Fowler              

Music by Thomas Hastings 

          Text by Samuel Stennett 
How Can I Keep From Singing  arr. Bob Burroughs  Shaker Hymn 
Assurance  arr. Ken Burg  Music by Phoebe P. Knapp 
    Text by Fanny J. Crosby 
     
 

Music from the Heart 

 
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled     Ruth Elaine Schram
    Text from Jn 14: 1-11 
Here's One  arr. Bob Burroughs  Traditional 
Songs from the Heart  It Is Not the Deed Michael W. Meeks 
   Make Me Like the Eagle Text by Roxie Meeks 
     
 

Music from the People 

 
Cockles and Mussels  arr. Ken Berg  James Yorkston 
Sourwood Mountain  arr. Ruth Elaine Schram  Appalachian Folk Song 
My God is a Rock  arr. Ken Berg  African-American Spiritual 
     
 

Music from the Land 

 
America the Beautiful  arr. Buryl Red Music by Samuel A. Ward 
    Text by Katherine Lee Bates 
Alabama  arr. Michael W. Meeks  Music by Edna Gockel Gussen 
    Text by Julia S. Tutwiler 
Tuxedo Junction  arr. Jerry Novak  Music by Erskine Hawkins 
    Text by Buddy Feyne 
     

 

Mountain Brook Baptist Church

May 7, 2006

Stars & Stage Concert

I

Music…From the People

Majestic Sweetness                              Thomas Hastings/John M. Fowler

Cockles & Mussels                              James Yorkston/Ken Berg

My God Is a Rock                                African-American Spiritual/Ken Berg

Sourwood Mountain                              Appalachian Folk Song/Ruth Elaine Schram

II

Music…From the Stage

Soon it’s Gonna Rain                   Harvey Schmidt/Mac Huff from The Fantastics

I Feel Pretty                                Leonard Bernstein/William Stickles from West Side Story

I Got the Sun in the Morning         Irving Berlin/Kirby Shaw from Annie Get Your Gun

There is Nothing Like a Dame      Richard Rogers/William Stickles from South Pacific

Once Upon a Time                      Charles Strouse/Kirby Shaw from All American

III

Music…From the Air

Blue Bayou                                                      Roy Orbison/Mac Huff

What’ll I Do ?                                                   Irving Berlin/Kirby Shaw

You Raise Me Up                                             Rolf Lovland/Teena Chin

Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight                      Hudson & Carter/Roger Emerson

IV

Music…From the Stars

A Good Old Melody                                                         Arr.  Alan Billingsley 

Music! Music! Music! by Weiss & Baum, The Music Goes ‘Roun and Around by Farley & Riley, Play a Simple Melody by Irving Berlin 

America the Beautiful                                       Samuel A. Ward /Buryl Red
Alabama                                                         Julia S. Tutwiler/Michael W. Meeks Tuxedo Junction                                              Erskine Hawkins/Jerry Nowak

Irving Berlin’s America                                      Irving Berlin/Roger Emerson

There’s No Business like Show Business*Alexander’s Ragtime Band *Puttin’ on the Ritz* Blue Skies *Always *God Bless America

-Accompanists-

Beulah Fowler, Pam Noel

-Soloists-

Kristi Nix, Kathryn Garaca, Katie Jane Morris, Pam Noel, Gailyn Howell, Chip Maxwell, Noel Merrill, Ernest Houston, Steve Berry, Rob Grey, David Feltham, Tony Nichols

 

 

Espiscopal Church of the Ascension

 

To Celebrate the 250th Birthday of

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

October 15, 2006

 

Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K.339)        Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

                       Arietha Lockhart, Soprano                Lisa Vines, Alto

                       Kirk Alford, Tenor                            Chip Maxwell, Bass

 

 

1.  Dixit  (Psalm 110)                            Chorus and Quartet

2.  Confitebor  (Psalm 111)                    Chorus and Quartet

3.  Beatus Vir  (Psalm 112)                   Chorus and Quartet

4.  Laudate Pueri  (Psalm 113)              Chorus                   

5.  Laudate Dominum  (Psalm 117)        Soprano and Chorus

6.   Magnificat  (Luke 1 : 46-55)              Chorus and Quartet 

 

 

Exsultate, Jubilate  (K.165)                                   Arietha Lockhart, Soprano

 

Allegro                   Exsultate, Jubilate                                 Aria

                               Fulget amica dies                        Recitative

Larghetto                Tu virginum corona                               Aria

Allegro non troppo       Alleluia                                             Aria

 

 

Ave Verum (K.618)                                                           Chorus and Audience

 

 

Regina Coeli (K.276)                                                      Chorus and Quarter

 

                                      

                Arietha Lockhart, Soprano                       Sarah Green, Alto

                John Woods, Tenor                                Chip Maxwell, Bass                  




Christ Church United Methodist

February 25, 2007

"Gems"



Exultate, Justi                      (Sing Ye Righteous)         Lodovico Viadana

                                                                                         (ca. 1564-1645)

Judge Me, O God                                                          Felix Mendelssohn

Psalm 43                                                                         (1809-1874)

 

 

Va, Pensiero                 (from the opera Nabucco)        Guiseppe Verdi

                                                                                            (1813-1901)

 

 

Neighbor’s Chorus       (from the comic opera)            Jacques Offenbach

                                       (La Jolie Parfumeuse)              (1819-1880)

 

 

Esto Les Digo                                                                  Kinley Lange

Mathew 18: 19-20                                                            (contemporary)

 

 

Yo M’enamori D’un Aire                                                  arr. Wayland Rogers

Sephardic Folksong                                                        (contemporary)

 

 

Oseh Shalom                                                                   Joan Beckow

Hebrew Prayer for Peace                                               (contemporary)

 

 

Simple Gifts                                                                     Aaron Copland

Shaker Song                                                                    (1900-1990)

 

 

Ching-A-Ring Chaw                                                       Aaron Copland

Minstrel song                                                                   (1900-1990)

 

Soon-Ah Will Be Done                                                   William Dawson

African-American Spiritual                                             (1899-1990)



Temple Emanu-El

November 4, 2007

Celebrating the Harvest Season


I


An Affirmation          Andrew Carter

Saleynu            Joshua Jacobson

Adonai Ro'i          Gerald Cohen

Bird Upon The Tree           Marc Blitzstein 


Half-minyon Nigunim           Robert Applebaum 


Shehecheyanu           Ralph Schlossberg 


Tum Balalayke           Arr. Mark Zukerman 


II

Innisfree           Gerald Custer

Zion's Walls           Aaron Copland

The Promise of Living           Aaron Copland

Now Thank We           Bob Chilcott


A Prayer for the World           Stanley Hoffman 


America, the Beautiful