Past Performances
Accompanist Kimberly Haller. and Director Jamie Hagedorn in 2015 with choir.
SPRING CONCERT 2022 — “Of Thee I Sing”
William Billings: Rose of Sharon
Four Songs from The Sacred Harp: Winter, Distress, Sounding Joy, and New Britain
Randall Thompson, (from Frostiana): The Road Not Taken
Randall Thompson, (from Frostiana): Choose Something Like a Star
Randall Thompson: Alleluia
Morton Lauridsen: Sure On This Shining Night
George Emlen: Song of Acadia
Aaron Copeland: Shall We Gather at the River
Aaron Copeland: , I Bought Me a Cat
WINTER CONCERT 2019 — “Hodie
Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Palestrina Hodie Christus Natus Est
Gabrieli: Hodie Christus natus est
Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
Brahms: O Heiland reiss die Himmel auf
Scheidt: Puer natus in Bethlehem
Brahms: Ave Maria
Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est
Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
Sing We Now of Christmas
SPRING CONCERT 2019 — “Here in the Pleasance”
Franz Schubert: Mass in G
Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons
Elizabethan Madrigals
WINTER CONCERT 2018
JS Bach – Magnificat in D BWV 243
John Rutter Songs
Angels’ Carol
*Deck the Hall
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Very Best Time of Year
*Joy to the World
Huron Carol
Christmas Lullaby
How Great Our Joy
and TIMELESS HOLIDAY SELECTIONS
*Silent Night (Sille Nacht) F. Gruber
Ring, Christmas Bells (Ukrainian Carol) M. Leontovich
O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) A. Adam
*Audience invited to join as directed
SPRING CONCERT 2018
O Vos Omnes Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
Il bianco e dolce cigno Jacques Arcadelt (1507-1568)
Sure on this shining night Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
In Windsor Forest Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
1.The Conspiracy 2. Drinking Song 3. Falstaff and the Fairies
Sing Me to Heaven D. E. Gawthrop (b. 1949)
Laudate Dominum K. 339 W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Happiness J. Rose (b. 1972)
FALL CONCERT 2017
Bogoroditse Djevo……………………….. Arvo Pärt
Ave Maria………………………………….Javier Busto
Rosa Mystica………………..Chrysogonus Waddell
Et in terra pax…………………………….John Purifoy
Gloria………………………………………..Bob Chilcott I. Gloria in excelsis Dei
II. Domine Daus
III. Qui tollis peccata mundi
IV. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
INTERMISSION
Villagers All……………………………Dwight Bigler
Glow……………………………………….Eric Whitacre
Christmas Night………………Kim Andre Arnesen
Light One Candle…..PPM, Arr., Robert Cormier
Still, Still, Still……………..Arr. Matthew Culloton
O Holy Night………………………… Adolphe Adam
Here Comes the Light……………………..John Yane
SPRING CONCERT 2017 -REST AND REJOICING
Fauré: Requiem
intermission
Charpentier: Te Deum in D (H146)
HOLIDAY CONCERT 2016 – PEACE AND HARMONY
Trotta: A Prayer of Peace
Trotta: Behold, How Good
Gastoldi: “Christ Is Born,” the Choirs Are Singing
Gastoldi: In Thee Is Gladness
Gastoldi: O Hear the Joyful Singing
Washburn: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Washburn: Ave Maria
Washburn: Lamb of God
Washburn: Dona Nobis Pacem
Intermission
Calkin/O’Connell: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Longfellow)
Snyder: Snow (Longfellow)
Houston: Stars I Shall Find (Teasdale)
Dake: I Come with Joy
Carnahan: Yonder Come Day (Georgia Sea Islands)
Carnahan: Hark! I Hear the Harps Resounding (Southern Harmony)
Courtney: A Musicological Journey Through the 12 Days of Christmas
CAROL SING-ALONG!
SPRING 2016 – ACADIA SINGS!
CELEBRATING THE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL
Cooman: Mornings (text by Henry David Thoreau)
Bartholomew: Stoke Fleming
Bartholomen: Song of the Mountains (text by John Muir)
Two poems of Longfellow—
Gardner: The Tide Rises
Gilpin: And the Night Shall Be Filled with Music
G. Emlen: Song of Acadia (commissioned by the Acadia Choral Society)
Two poems of Wendell Berry—
Szymko: The Peace of Wild Things
Wyers: I Go Among Trees
Houston: Big Sky
Houston: Emerald Stream
Parks: Men o’ the Sea
Bailey & Mayo: Song of the Loons
Fine: The Lobster Quadrille
Brunner: Earthsongs—
The World Is Full of Poetry
In Safety and Bliss
We Join with the Earth
WINTER CONCERT 2015—Saints and Angels of Christmas
Chilcott: The Beatitudes
J. Willcocks: Gloria
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Domine Deus
Quoniam tu solus sanctus
J. Willcocks: Angel Carol
J. Willcocks: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Anglea: Angels We Have Heard on High
Mozart: Regina Coeli
DeCesare: Great St. Joseph, Son of David
Harmon: Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Brandon: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
SPRING CONCERT 2015—Songs for the Silver Screen
Morley: Now is the month of Maying (Beaches)
Byrd: Cibavit eos (Elizabeth)
Doyle: Non nobis, Domine (Henry V)
Parry: Jerusalem (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Chariots of Fire)
Mendelssohn: Lift Thine Eyes (Mona Lisa Smile)
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Love Lessons)
I. Selig sind
IV. Wie lieblich
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
I. Requiem aeternam…Kyrie (Elizabeth)
II. Dies irae (X-Men 2, Duplex, Incredible True Story of Two Girls in Love)
Mozart: Ave verum (Lorenzo’s Oil)
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine (Babe)
Fauré: In paradisum (Legend of Bagger Vance, Copycat, The Lost Son, The Thin Red Line)
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Handel: See the conquering hero comes! (Out of Africa)
Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (The Ladies Man, The Night They Raided Minsky’s, Only You, The Right Stuff, Scrooged)
WINTER CONCERT 2014—Heaven Comes Down to Earth
G. Martin: Heaven on Earth
Bailey: Before the Paling of the Stars
Bailey: Lullalay, Thou Little Tiny Child
Bailey: I Saw Three Ships
Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch
G. Walker: And Joyful Be
Adam: O Holy Night
Fettke: Heaven to Earth
Moore: Born, Born in Bethlehem
Gilpin: Dance, Love, Sing, Live!
Lantz: Heaven Gonna Touch the Earth
Kern: Angels in Seven
SPRING CONCERT 2014—
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Start of World War I
Haydn: Mass in Time of War
Rutter: Lord, Make Me an Instrument
Brinsmead: Trees
Ayres: To an Athlete
Daley: In Flanders Fields
Bogle: The Green Fields of France
Bogle: And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Murray: Madame Jeanette (lyrics by Edward Lockton)
Beck: Everyone Sang (poem by Siegfried Sassoon)
WINTER CONCERT 2013—A Celebration of International Carols
German/Austrian:
Leavitt: A Christmas Garland
Polish:
Rutter: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Burkhardt: Three Carols from Poland
French
Gilpin: He Is Born with Pat-a-pan
Rutter: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Schultz: Noel Nouvelet
Russian:
Liebergen: Carol of the Bells
Snyder: Carol of the Russian Children
Snyder: Kalinka
Mexican:
Kern: Vamos Todos a Belen
Eddleman: A la Nanita Nana
Albrecht: A la Puerta del Cielo
Filipino:
Hontiveros: Halina Hesus
Hontiveros: Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit
Caribbean:
Thomas: The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Hairston/Raney: Calypso Lullaby
African:
Liebergen: African Noel
Albrecht: An African Celebration
Appalachian:
Rutter: I Wonder As I Wander
G. Martin: Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
Schrader: Go Tell It!
Silent Night (with American Sign Language
SPRING CONCERT 2013
Cherubini: Requiem in C minor
Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang
Beethoven: Meeresstille und Glueckliche Fahrt
WINTER CONCERT 2012—”Welcome Yule!”
Gastoldi: Deck the Hall with Gladness
Gibbons: Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings
Morley: Lirum, Lirum
TeHennepe: I Sing of Maiden
TeHennepe: Adam Lay Ybounden
TeHennepe: Lullay My Liking
Gibbons: Fantasia No. 1
Corelli: Pastorale (Concerto Grosso No. 8)
Ebel-Sabo: Wind on the Hill
Ebel-Sabo: Winter Wind
Eddleman: A Christmas Greeting
Rentz: Fa La La Fantasy
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
SPRING CONCERT 2012—A Celebration of Americana
Johengen: Skyborn Music
Cobb: Terminus
Bolcom: May-Day
Johnson: Love Unfolds
The Amulet
Where Way Is None
Thine Eyes Still Shined for Me
R. Dvorak: A Different Drummer
Gilpin: Live Your Dream
Copland: Old American Songs
WINTER CONCERT 2011—As the Prophets Foretold
Manz: E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
Beck: Every Valley
Rudolph: The Dream Isaiah Saw
Lauridsen: Ave Maria
Martin: My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
Praetorius: Psallite
Rutter: Angels’ Carol
Martin: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
Rutter: Christmas Lullaby
Chilcott: The Shepherd’s Carol
Rutter: Shepherds’ Pipe Carol
Mendelssohn: There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob
Rutter: Star Carol
Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
SPRING CONCERT 2011—If Music Be the Food of Love, Sing On
Dickau: If Music Be the Food of Love
Dickau: I Am Not Yours
Dickau: I Love My Love
Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs
Charles/Seelig: When I Have Sung My Songs to You
Stroope: i carry your heart with me
Stroope: Amor de Mi Alma
Stroope: Omnia Sol
Walker: Love—By the Water
WINTER CONCERT 2010—Rejoice!
Selections from The New Three Log Night Songbook
Wexford Carol
Shepherds, Arise
Quem pastores
The Lord at First Did Adam Make
Time to Remember the Poor
Drive the Cold Winter Away
Gaudete
Durante: Magnificat in Bb Major
Walker: Rejoice!
What Child Is This?
Love Came Down at Christmas
Good Christian Friends Rejoice!
Walker: Appalachian Carols
Wondrous Love
Cherry Tree Carol
Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
Go Tell It on the Mountain
SPRING CONCERT 2010
J. Willcocks: Lord, Make Me an Instrument
J. Willcocks: From Darkness to Light (A Requiem of Hope)
A. MacGillivray:Song for Peace
A. MacGillivray: Away from the Roll of the Sea
A. MacGillivray: Song for the Mira
Rutter: The Lord Is My Shepherd
Rutter: To Everything There Is a Season
Rutter: Distant Land
WINTER CONCERT 2009
de Victoria: O magnum mysterium
Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai (“Nikolaimesse” HXXII:6)
Thompson: Four selections from Frostiana:
The Road Not Taken
Come In
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Choose Something Like a Star
Gustav Holst: Christmas Day
SPRING CONCERT 2009
Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
Paulus: Each Day
Paulus: Afternoon on a Hill
Paulus: The Day Is Done
Paulus: Pilgrim’s Hymn (from The Three Hermits)
Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man
Ireland: Te Deum in F Major
Ireland: Jubilate Deo
WINTER CONCERT 2008
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Barber: Twelfth Night
Barber: Must the winter come so soon (Vanessa)
Barber: Heaven-Haven (A Nun Takes the Veil)
Barber: Sure on This Shining Night
E la Don Don Verges Maria
Dadme Albricias Hijos d’Eva
Praetorius: En natus est Emanuel
Nelhybel: Estampie Natalis
Selections by Paul Ayres
So Hallow’d and So Gracious Is the Time
Icicles
Entre le Boeuf et l’Ane Gris
Still, Still, Still
I Saw Three Ships
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Good King Wenceslas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
SPRING CONCERT 2008
Vivaldi: Gloria
Helvey: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Helvey: There Is a Balm in Gilead
Helvey: Glory, Glory Hallelujah!
Poems of Langston Hughes—
Thomas: I Dream a World
Dilworth: The Dream Keeper
Dilworth: Dreams
Copeland: Simple Gifts
Copeland: At the River
Copeland: The Promise of Living (The Tender Land)
Bernstein: Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)
WINTER CONCERT 2007
Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orleans
Spitzer: Eytz Chayim
Steinberg: Shalom Rav
Janowski: Sim Shalom
Longfellow Tribute—
Elgar: As Torrents in Summer
Shaw: The Tide Rises
Gawthrop: My Cathedral
Kaufmann: Snow-Flakes
Gawthrop: Night
Gilpin: And the Night Shall Be Filled with Music
Hansen: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
SPRING CONCERT 2007
Purcell: Excerpts from Dido and Aeneas
Three Songs by Gena Branscombe—
Auld Doctor Ma’Ginn
How Do I Love Thee
Ah, Love, I Shall Find Thee
Three Songs by Amy Marcy Beach—
Far Awa’
I send my heart up to thee!
Juni (June)
Offenbach: Duet from Tales of Hoffmann
Stephen Chatman: Nature Songs (commissioned by the Acadia Choral Society)
WINTER CONCERT 2006
Three Carols by Stephen Chatman—
Voices in the Mist
Shepherds Rejoice
A Cradle Song
Ding dong! Merrily on high
Ballet: Lute-book Lullaby
Darke: In the bleak midwinter
The First Nowell (arr. Willcocks)
Scheidt: A child is born in Bethlehem
There is no rose
Goss: See amid the winter’s snow
I saw a maiden
Good King Wenceslas
Still, still, still (arr. Ledger)
Mathias: Sir Christemas
SPRING CONCERT 2006
Music of Maurice Durufle—
Mass “Cum jubilo”
Motet “Tota pulchra es,” Op. 10
Notre Pere, Op. 14
Requiem, Op. 9
WINTER CONCERT 2005
Billings: Shepherd’s Carol
The Coventry Carol (arr. R. Rossi)
S. Rossi: Al Naharot Bavel
Praetorius: Lo, How a Rose
Buxtehude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Eden Ensemble—
For C.W.B.
Young and Old
A Merry Note
A Wintry Sonnet
Songs of Stephen Chatman—
As I Lay upon a Night
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Remember
Shaker Songs—
Holy Habitation
Christmas Greeting
Sanctum te
Simple Gifts
Joyful Praises
Wallace: Boy at the Window
Rossini: Cum Sancto Spiritu
SPRING CONCERT 2005?
WINTER CONCERT 2004
C.T. Pachelbel: Magnificat
Byrd: Magnum mysterium
Byrd: Deo gratias
Byrd: Lullaby
Charpentier: Christmas Cantata
Noel nouvelet
Gems of day
Ding dong! Merrily on high
Guerrero: Three Christmas Carols
Susa: Three Mystical Carols
Britten: Three Hymns
SPRING CONCERT 2004
Tallis: If Ye Love Me
Faure: In paradisum (Requiem)
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Andiasov: Meditation
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
WINTER CONCERT 2003
Respighi: Laud to the Nativity
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
TeHennepe: I Sing of Maiden
Five Spanish Carols—
Ximeno: Ay, Ay Galeguinos
The Son of the Virgin
Twenty-fifth day of December
Verbum caro factum est
Riu, Riu, Chiu
SPRING CONCERT 2003
Music of Morten Lauridsen—
Dirait-on
O magnum mysterium
A Winter Come (Six Songs on Poems by Howard Moss)
Where Have the Actors Gone
Lux aeterna
WINTER CONCERT 2002
(with Acadia Handbell Choir*)
Durufle: Four Motets on Gregorian Themes
Buxtehude: Der Herr ist mit mir
Gorecki: Totus tuus
Britten: Jubilate Deo
Early American and English Carols—
*The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Sanders)
Personent hodie
Stepheson: Milford
I Saw three Ships
Brightest and Best
Jolly Old Hawk
Wondrous Love
While Shepherds Watch’d Their Flocks
Oaken Leaves
The Lord of the Dance
Exultation
Kentucky Wassail
*God Rest Ye Merry (arr. McChesney)
SPRING CONCERT 2002
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Purcell: With drooping wings (Dido and Aeneas)
Rossini: Prayer (Moise)
Tchaikovsky: Chorus of Peasant Girls (Eugene Onegin)
Tchaikovsky: Waltz (Eugene Onegin)
Verdi: Brindisi (La Traviata)
Mozart: Priests’ Chorus (Die Zauberflote)
Wagner: Pilgrims’ Chorus (Tannhauser)
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin)
Mascagni: Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)
WINTER CONCERT 2001
A. Gabrieli: Magnificat
Telemann: Laudate Jehovam (Psalm 117)
Jesus the Christ is born (arr. Warrell)
I wonder as I wander (arr. Smith)
Niles: What songs were sung
Rutter: Gloria
SPRING CONCERT 2001 (with Eden Children’s Choir)
Carter: Te Deum
Part: Berliner Messe
Charpentier: Te Deum
WINTER CONCERT 2000
Finzi: In terra pax
Stevens: All this night shrill chanticleer
Biebl: Ave Maria
Five Carols by Norman Dello Joio—
The holy infant’s lullaby
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Silent night
O come, all ye faithful
A Christmas carol
TeHennepe: I Sing of Maiden
Carols of Peter Warlock—
What cheer? Good cheer!
Bethlehem Down
Benedicamos Domino
The First Mercy
Where riches is everlastingly
Tyrley, Tyrlow
Balulalow
The Sycamore Tree
SPRING CONCERT 2000
Brahms: Schicksalslied
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
WINTER CONCERT 1999 (with Eden Children’s Choir*)
Brahms: Marienlieder
Praetorius: Magnificat
*Sweetly the bells are ringing
*O most blessed night
*O thou joyful day
*Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Resonet in laudibus
Handl: Resonet in laudibus
Scheidt: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein
Cantional: Gaudete!
Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem
SPRING CONCERT 1999
Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses
Honegger: King David
WINTER CONCERT 1998
Motets by Palestrina, G. Gabrieli, Poulenc, Lauridsen, and Spencer
Hodie Christus natus est
Poulenc: O magnum mysterium
Lauridsen: Dirait-on
There is no rose of such virtue
Britten: Ceremony of Carols (excerpts)
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Green grows the holly
The Holly & the ivy
Tavener: Song for Athene
Tavener: Lamb, The
Tavener: God is with us
The Twelve days of Christmas
SPRING CONCERT 1998
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
WINTER CONCERT 1997
O l’heureuse journee
Certon: Chanton Noel
Charpentier: Midnight Mass
Ding, dong! Merrily on high
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Sing Lullaby
Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
SPRING CONCERT 1997
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion
SPRING CONCERT 1996
Mozart: Requiem
WINTER CONCERT 1996
Bogh predvichniy
Stetsenko: Nova rada stala
Stetsenko: Dnes pyushche
Stetsenko: Nebo i zemlia
Stetsenko: Slava, Slava
Billings: A Virgin unspotted
Read: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Holden: Hark! The herald angel sing
Holyokee: Joy to the world
Ives: AChristmas Carol
Niles: Carol of the Angels
Fissinger: I saw three ships
Martinson: There is no rose
Masters in this hall
J. Carter: In time of softest snow
Tate:Wassail all over the town
Bennet:What sweeter music
Davies: O little town of Bethlehem
Hadley:I sing of a Maiden
SPRING CONCERT 1995
Verdi: Requiem
WINTER CONCERT 1995
de Victoria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
de Victoria: O magnum mysterium
de Victoria: Ay, Ay Galeguinos
Britten: St. Nicholas
SPRING CONCERT 1994
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer
Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day
WINTER CONCERT 1994
Charpentier: Midnight Mass for Christmas
Poulenc: Gloria
SPRING CONCERT 1993
Haydn: The Creation
WINTER CONCERT 1993
J. S. Bach: Magnificat in D
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell
WINTER CONCERT 1992
Handl: Omnes de Saba venient
Huxley: Of a rose
Jesus, Jesus, Rest your Head
Schutz: The Birth of our Lord
Vaughan Williams: Wither’s Rocking Hymn
Boar’s Head Carol
How deep the snow
Cox: Heap on more wood!
Spencer: Nowell, Nowell, out of your sleep
Poston: Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree
Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ (excerpts)
Joubert: Nowell
THERE ARE MORE PAST SEASONS! To be continued….