From
Sea to Shining Sea
Saturday, May 31, 2003, 8
PM
Pre-Concert lecture at 7 PM
Music Director Anthony LaGruth
The First Presbyterian
Church at Red Bank
(known as Tower
Hill Church)
255 Harding Rd, Red
Bank, NJ
Aaron Copland, Old American
Songs
Howard Hanson, Text by Walt Whitman, Song
of Democracy,
Leonard Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
Samuel Barber, Agnus Dei,
Randall Thompson, Alleluia
Yankee Doodle, arr. Robert DeCormier
America the Beautiful, arr. Roy Ringwald
Battle Hymn, arr. Peter J. Willhousky
Song
of Democracy
Text by Walt
Whitman (1819-1892), from ""An Old Man's
Thoughts of School", written for the inauguration
of a Public School, Camden, New Jersey, 1874; and from "Thou
Mother with thy equal brood"
(Fourth Part).
An old man's thoughts of school,
An old man's gathering youthful memories and
blooms that youth itself cannot. Now only do
I know You,
O fair auroral skies - O morning dew upon the grass!And these
I see, these sparkling eyes,
These stores of mystic meaning, these young lives,
Building, equipping like a fleet of ships, immortal ships,
Soon to sail out over the measureless seas,
On the soul's voyage.
Only a lot of boys
and girls?
Only the tiresome spelling, writing, ciphering classes?
Only a public school?
Ah more, infinitely more.
And you America,
Cast you the real reckoning for your present?
The lights and shadows of your future, good or evil?
To girlhood, boyhood look, the teacher and the school.
Sail, Sail thy best,
ship of Democracy,
Of value is thy freight, 'tis not the present only,
The Past is also stored in thee.
Thou holdest not the venture of thyself alone,
not of thy Western continent alone.
Earth's resume entire floats on thy keel, O ship,
is steadied by thy spars,
With thee Time voyages in trust, the antecedent
nations sink or swim with thee.
With all their ancient struggles, martyrs, heroes,
epics, wars, thou bear'st the other continents,
Theirs, theirs as much as thine, the destination -
port triumphant;
Steer then with good strong hand and wary eye
O helmsman, thou carriest great companions,
Venerable priestly Asia sails this day with thee,
And royal feudal Europe sails with thee.
And royal feudal Europe sails with thee.
Crowning
Glory
Our Music
Director, Anthony LaGruth,
presented a pre-concert lecture at 2 pm.
Sunday, March
16, 2003 @ 3 PM
First Presbyterian Church
118 West Main Street, Freehold NJ 07728
Four
Coronation Anthems
Coronation
Mass
First
Night
We performed two
sets of
"lighter fare" at
Red Bank's New Year's
Eve First Night Celebration!
Our audiences enjoyed P.D.Q. Bach,
Stephen Foster,
a few patriotic numbers and more!
Red Bank Methodist Church on Broad St.
Brought to you by
the Red Bank Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism & Drug Abuse,
John Austin, Former Coordinator.
Christmas
in Leipzig
Bach's
Christmas Oratorio
Sunday,
December 15 2002 @ 3 PM
Luther Memorial
Lutheran Church
818 Tinton Avenue Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
A
lovely reception was enjoyed by all
immediately following the concert.
Cantata
No. 1
Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage!
Cantata
No. 2
Und es waren hirten in derselben Gegend
Cantata
No. 3
Herrscher des Himmels erhöre das Lallen
Cantata
No. 4
Falt mit Danken, falt mit Loben
Cantata
No. 5
Ehre sei dir, Gott, gessungen
Cantata
No. 6
Herr, wen die stolzen Feinde schnauben
The
Christmas Oratorio (selections)
Johann
Sebastian Bach
Soloists:
Sopranos: Joy More & Peggy Noecker
Altos: Judy Capraro & Marcia Giffin
Tenors: Steve Leech & Pat McCall
Basses: Pete Arnold, Jack Burdy & John Schoening
Part
I
Chorus: Shout
ye exultant
Recitative – Evangelist (Tenor
- Steve): And
it came to pass
Recitative – Alto (Marcia): ...At
last, beloved Saviour mine
Chorale: How
can I fitly greet Thee
Recitative - Evangelist (Pat): ...And
she brought forth
Chorale (Soprano - Joy) and Recitative (Bass - John): He
came among us
Chorale: Ah,
Jesus Child
Part
II
Sinfonia
Recitative – Evangelist (Steve): ...And
in that country
Chorale: ...Break
forth, O beauteous
Recitative – Evangelist and Soprano (Peggy
& Pat): And
the Angel said
Recitative – Bass (Jack): What
God to Abraham had sworn
Chorale: ...Behold!
In gloomy stable stall
Recitative – Bass (Jack): So
go ye there, ye shepherds
Aria – Alto (Judy): Slumber,
my darling
Recitative – Evangelist (Steve): ...And
suddenly there was
Chorus: Glory
to God
Recitative – Bass (Pete): ‘ Tis
well, ye angels
Chorale: In
chorus here to Thee we raise
Part
III
Chorus: Ruler of
Heaven
Recitative – Evangelist (Pat): When
the Angels had gone
Chorus: Let
us even go now to Bethlehem
Recitative – Bass (Pete): Redeemer
of His folk
Chorale: That
God has ever blessed
Duet – Soprano and Bass (Peggy & John): Lord,
Thy mercy
Recitative – Evangelist (Steve): And
they came with haste
Recitative – Alto (Marcia): ...Ah,
yes. My heart
Chorale: Thee,
my Master, faithful serving
Recitative – Evangelist (Pat): ...And
the shepherds turn’d them back
Chorale: ...Rejoice
and sing
Part
IV
Chorus: Bow ye,
thankful
Duet – Soprano and Bass (Joy & Pete): ...Behold!
Thou, Jesus
Chorale: Jesus,
be my firm foundation
Part
V
Chorus: Glory be
to God!
Recitative – Evangelist (Pat): Now
when Jesus was born
Chorale: Thy
splendour drives the night away
Recitative – Evangelist (Steve): ...When
Herod the King had heard
Recitative – Alto (Judy): ...And
why are you thus shaken?
Recitative – Evangelist (Steve): And
when he had gather’d
Part
VI
Chorus: ...When,
Lord, our haughty foes
Recitative – Evangelist and Bass (Pat & John) Then,
Herod, when he had called
Recitative – Soprano (Joy): ...Thou
Serpent! Thou but seekest
Chorale: ...I
stand beside Thy cradle here
Recitative – Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass (Peggy, Marcia, Steve & John): The
evil, sinful world is past
Chorale: The
triumph is completed
