O Emmanuel

December 6, 2003, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

December 13, 2003, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church

Directed by Cynthia DeDakis

I.

O come, o come, Emmanuel      Chant 

O Sapientia                             Rite of Salisbury         Springfield Antiphonal, ca. 1300        

Canite tuba                              SSATB                        G.P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Rorate caeli                             SSATB                        Palestrina

II.

O Clavis David                       Rite of Salisbury         Springfield Antiphonal, ca. 1300

Es ist ein' Ros'                         SATB                          Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

There is no rose                       SATB                          John Joubert (born 1927)

Ave Maria                               SATB                          T. L.de Victoria (ca.1548–1611)

Ne timeas, Maria                     SATB                           Victoria

A Hymn to the Virgin              SATB:SATB               Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

III.

O Emmanuel                           Rite of Salisbury        Springfield Antiphonal, ca. 1300

Three Magnificat Antiphons   SATB                           Arvo Pärt (born 1935)

(O Weisheit, O Schlüssel Davids, and O Immanuel)

Intermission

IV.

Puer natus in Bethlehem         SATB:SATB               Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

Up! good Christen folk            SATB                          Piae Cantiones, 1582

Dadme albrícias                      SATB                          Anonymous, 16th century

Que bonito niño chiquito        Cancionero Musical de la Colombina, 16th century

V.

Upon my lap                           SATB                          Martin Peerson (ca. 1580–ca.1650)

The little road to Bethlehem   SSATBB                      Michael Head (1900-1976)

VI.

O, Do Not Move                      SATB                          John Tavener (born 1944)

A Christmas Carol                  Unison                         Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Salve Puerule                          SSATB                        M. A. Charpentier (1634–1704)

See amid the winter's snow     SSAATTBB                John Goss (1800-1880) ar Willcocks

VII

Resonet in Laudibus                SATB                          Roland de Lassus (1532–1594)

Benedicamus Domino             SSAATTBB                Peter Warlock (1894–1930)

O beatum                                SSATB                        Peter Phillips (1561–1628)