Hymns to the Virgin

December 1, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal

December 2, Holy Trinity Episcopal

Directed by Jeremy Wirths

Judicii signum                         chant                           Spanish, 10th century

Sicut lilium                              SATB                          Antoine Brumel  (ca.1460-1515)

Ave Maria,Virgo Serena         SATB                          Josquin DesPrez (ca.1450-1521)

Laetentur coeli                        SATB                          William Byrd (1543-1623)

Peperit virgo                           two sopranos               Richard de Ledrede (14th century)

Up! good Christen folk            SATB                          tune from Piae Cantiones, 1582

                                                                                    arr. George R. Woodward

There is no rose                       SSAATTBB                Robert Young (b. 1923)

Beata viscera                           baritone solo                Perotin Magister (ca. 1160-1238)

Lullay my liking                       SATB                          Peter Hallock  (b. 1924)

A Spotless Rose                       SATB                          Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Hosanna to the Son of David  SSATBB                     Thomas Weelkes (ca. 1575-1623)

Intermission

All and Some                           SATB                           English, ca.1450

O magnum mysterium            SATB                          Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)   

Hymn to the Virgin                 SATB                          Benjamin Britten  (1913-1976)

Bethlehem Down                     SATB                          Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Hodie Christus natus est         SATB                          Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Lux Arumque                          SATB                          Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

O beatum                                SSATB                        Peter Phillips (1561-1628)