Past Concerts
Date |
Composer |
Program |
Notes |
| Dec 2010 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| November 2010 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Magnificat | A Baroque Festival |
| Marc Antoine Charpentier | Te Deum | ||
| May 2010 | Norman Dello Joio | Jubilant Song | An American Perspective |
| Aaron Copland | Old American Songs | ||
| William Bolcom | The Mask | ||
| John Gardner | Six American Hymns | ||
| Mar 2010 | Felix Mendelssohn | Elijah - An Oratorio | |
| Nov 2009 | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | Plainsong to Broadway |
| György Orbán | Mass #2 | ||
| Benjamin Britten | Festival Te Deum | ||
| May 2009 | John Corigliano | Fern Hill- (Text- Dylan Thomas) | Assabet Valley Mastersingers |
| Randall Thompson | Frostiana- (Text- Robert Frost) | ||
| Z. Randall Stroope | The Cloths of Heaven - (Text by William Butler Yeats) | ||
| Eric Whitacre | The Seal Lullaby - (Text- Rudyard Kipling) | ||
| David Brunner | I Am In Need of Music - (Text- Elizabeth Bishop) | ||
| Settings by Orban, Lindberg, Rutter, Young, Frackenpohl, and Wayland Rogers | Songs of the Bard - Settings of Text by William Shakespeare | Assabet Valley Chambersingers | |
| Mar 2009 | Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms | Russian Choral Treasures Performed in collaboration with Master Singers of Worcester, WPI Alden Voices and Worcester Polytechnic Institute Orchestra |
| Gretchaninoff | Kvalite Boga! (Praise God!) op. 65 | ||
| Rachmaninoff | Bogoroditse | ||
| Prokhorov | Kalinka | ||
| Sviridov | Sacred Love | ||
| Glinka | Cherubic Hymn | ||
| Chesnokov | "Kvalite” from All Night Vigil | ||
| Dec 2008 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 2008 | Finzi | Intimations of Immortality | Reflections of Innocence and Peace |
| Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | ||
| May 2008 | Karl Jenkins | The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace | New England première conducted by Dr. Robert Eaton with orchestra and the Algonquin Regional High School Chorus, Joshua Miller directing |
| Mar 2008 | J.S. Bach | Lobet Den Herrn (Praise the Lord) | Contrasting settings of similar texts by composers of different eras |
| Rachmaninoff | Hvalite Imia Ghospodne (Praise the Name of the Lord) from All Night Vigil | ||
| de Victoria | O Magnum Mysterium | ||
| Lauridsen | O Magnum Mysterium | ||
| Tallis | If Ye Love Me | ||
| Paulus | Pilgrims' Hymn | ||
| Burleigh | My Lord What a Mornin' | ||
| Dawson | Ain'-a That Good News | ||
| Dec 2007 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 2007 | J.S. Bach | Cantata 169, "Gott soil allein mein Herze haben" | A Choral Celebration |
| Haydn | Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo "Little Organ Mass" | ||
| Vivaldi | Introduction and Gloria RV 639, RV588 | ||
| May 2007 | Dvořák | Mass in D Major, Opus 86 | Pipes and Voices in Praise |
| Kodály | Laudes Organi (In Praise of the Pipe Organ) | ||
| Mar 2007 | Schubert | Mass in E Flat Major | Mystical Meditations |
| Mozart | Exsultate, jubilate K 165 | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | ||
| Dec 2006 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Novr 2006 | Schütz | Psalm 100 for Double Chorus | Cathedral Music |
Andrea Gabrieli |
Magnificat for Three Choirs | ||
| Mendelssohn | Psalm 43 | ||
| Bruckner | Motets | ||
| Hovhaness | Praise Ye the Lord | ||
| Biebl | Ave Maria | ||
| Górecki | Totus Tuus | ||
| Vaughan Williams | When in our Music God is Glorified | ||
| May 2006 | Paul Winter Consort | Missa Gaia(Earth Mass) | Jim Scott: Co-composer and soloist |
Mar 2006 |
Amy Beach | Festival Jubilate | |
| Pamela Marshall | Weaving the World | World Première: Commissioned by a Consortium which included AVM | |
| Gwyneth Walker | River Songs | Commissioned and premièred by AVM in 1996 | |
| Dec 2005 | J. S. Bach | Christmas Oratorio | |
| May 2005 | Various | Opera Choruses and Solos | |
| Mar 2005 | Morten Lauridsen |
Lux Aeterna |
|
| Raminsh | Magnificat | ||
| Dec 2004 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 2004 | Haydn | The Seasons | |
| May 2004 | Basler | Songs for Chorus and Solo Instruments | |
| Chatman | |||
| Whitacre | |||
| Copland | |||
| Feb 2004 | Handel | Dixit Dominus | |
| Haydn | Lord Nelson Mass | ||
| Dec 2003 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 2003 | Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | |
| Mozart | Vesperae Solennes K339 | ||
| Orbán | Mass No. 2 | ||
| May 2003 | Finzi | For St. Cecilia | 25th Anniversary Concert |
| Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | ||
| Mozart | Requiem (excerpts) | ||
| Bach, J. S. | Ein' Feste Burg, Kantate 80 (excerpts) | ||
| Mar 2003 | Brahms | Nänie | |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | ||
| Dec 2002 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 2002 | Duruflé | Requiem | |
| Noble | Song for St. Cecilia's Day | ||
| May 2002 | Thompson | Peaceable Kingdom | |
| Corigliano | Fern Hill | ||
| Hanson | Song of Democracy | ||
| Mar 2002 | Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony | with Stow Festival Chorus, Mastersingers of Worcester, and Symphony Pro Musica |
| Dec 2001 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 2001 | Bach, J. S. | Lobet Den Herrn | |
| Missa Brevis in G minor | |||
| Ein' Feste Burg, Kantate 80 | |||
| Apr 2001 | Handel | Israel in Egypt | |
| Mar 2001 | Brahms | Requiem | |
| Schuman | Concerto in A minor | ||
| Dec 2000 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 2000 | Haydn | Te Deum | |
| Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna | ||
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | ||
| Apr 2000 | Mozart | Coronation Mass | |
| Handel | Coronation Anthems #1 and #4 | ||
| Bach, P. D. Q. | Missa Hilarious | ||
| Mar 2000 | Finzi | Intimations of Immortality | Eastern US Première |
| Poulenc | Gloria | ||
| Nov 1999 | Haydn | Mass in Time of War | |
| Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | ||
| May 1999 | Bristow | Oratorio of Daniel | Unpublished; NE Première |
| Mar 1999 | Handel | Messiah | |
| Nov 1998 | Vaughan Williams | Festival Te Deum | With WPI Brass |
| Hovhaness | Glory to God | ||
| Bruckner | Three Graduals for the Church Year | ||
| Mendelssohn | Psalms 22 and 43 | ||
| May 1998 | Noble | Song for St. Cecilia's Day | 20th Anniversary Concert Commissioned Work; World Première |
| Mozart | Requiem | ||
| Mar 1998 | Bach, J.S. | Magnificat | |
| Raminish | Magnificat | ||
| Pachelbel | Magnificat | ||
| May 1997 | Schubert | Mass in E flat | |
| Mar 1997 | Opera Choruses and Solos | ||
| Dec 1996 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 1996 | Bach, J. S. | Missa Brevis in G | |
| Bach, J. S. | Jauchzet Auf (solo) | ||
| Charpentier | Te Deum | ||
| Handel | Let Thy Hand | ||
| May 1996 | Haydn | The Seasons | |
| Mar 1996 | Copland | Old American Songs | |
| Walker | River Songs | Commissioned Work; World Première | |
| Dec 1995 | Biebl | Ave Maria | |
| Dufay | Gloria | ||
| Gabrieli | Lord God, In Ecclesiis | ||
| Gorecki | Totus Tuus | ||
| Rutter | Gloria | ||
| Dec 1995 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| May 1995 | Fauré | Requiem | |
| Finzi | Requiem da Camera | American Première | |
| Mar 1995 | Bach, J. S. | St. John Passion | |
| Dec 1994 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 1994 | Ariel Ramirez | Misa Criolla | |
| Various | Songs from Near East, Far East, Africa, Russia & the Americas | ||
| Mar 1994 | Brahms | Requiem | |
| Beethoven | Mass in C | ||
| Mozart | Regina Coeli | ||
| Dec 1993 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 1993 | Poulenc | Gloria | |
| Vivaldi | Gloria | ||
| May 1993 | Britten | St.. Nicholas | |
| Feb 1993 | Orff | Carmina Burana | |
| Dec 1992 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 1992 | Duruflé | Requiem | |
| May 1992 | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | |
| Thompson | Peaceable Kingdom | ||
| Feb 1992 | Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | |
| Mozart | Vesperae Solennes K339 | ||
| Vierne | Messe Solennelle | ||
| Dec 1991 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 1991 | Beethoven | Leonore Overture #2 | |
| Finzi | For St. Cecilia | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | ||
| May 1991 | Bach, J. S. | Missa Brevis in F | |
| Bach, P. D. Q. | Missa Hilarious | ||
| Mozart | Missa Solemnis | ||
| Feb 1991 | Copland | American Folk Songs | |
| Ives | Songs | ||
| Thompson | Frostiana | ||
| Dec 1990 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 1990 | Haydn | The Creation | |
| May 1990 | Mendelssohn | Elijah | |
| Feb 1990 | AV Chambersingers | Motets | |
| Duruflé | Motets | ||
| Fauré | Requiem | ||
| Poulenc | Motets | ||
| Dec 1989 | Handel | Messiah Sing | |
| Nov 1989 | Hovhaness | Magnificat | |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass | ||
| Mozart | Regina Coeli | ||
| May 1989 | Puccini | Missa di Gloria | |
| Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | ||
| Mar 1989 | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | |
| Pinkham | Fanfares | ||
| Thompson | Peaceable Kingdom | ||
| Dec 1998 | Handel | Messian Sing | |
| Nov 1988 | Bach, J. S. | Overture #2 | |
| Bach, J. S. | Cantata #36 | ||
| Bach, J. S. | Motet #6 | ||
| Charpentier | Te Deum | ||
May 1988 |
AV Chambersingers | ||
| Orff | Carmina Burana | ||
Feb 1988 |
Britten | Festival Te Deum | |
| Kodaly | Missa Brevis | ||
| Mendelssohn | Hear My Prayer | ||
Dec 1987 |
Handel | Messiah Sing | |
Nov 1987 |
Mozart | Requiem | |
May 1987 |
Handel | Messiah (excerpts) | |
| Mozart | Vesperae Solennes K339 (excerpts) | ||
| Mendelssohn | Elijah (excerpts) | ||
| Mozart | Requiem (excerpts) | ||
| Haydn | The Seasons (excerpts) | ||
Apr 1987 |
Beethoven | Leonore Overture #2 | |
| Brahms | Requiem | ||
Dec 1986 |
Handel | Messiah Sing | |
Nov 1986 |
Liszt | Missa Choralis | |
| Mozart | Regina Coeli | ||
| Rutter | Gloria | ||
May 1986 |
Haydn | The Seasons | |
Feb 1986 |
Duruflé | Requiem | |
| Poulenc | Gloria | ||
Dec 1985 |
Handel | Messiah Sing | |
June 1985 |
Cabaret Night | ||
| Mahler | Symphony #2 | ||
May 1985 |
Haydn | Mass in Time of War | |
| Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | ||
Mar 1985 |
Bach, J. S. | Magnificat | |
| Handel | As Longs the Hart | ||
| Shütz | Latin Magnificat | ||
Dec 1984 |
Handel | Messiah Sing | |
Nov 1984 |
Bruckner | Offertorium, Ecce Sacerdos | |
| Finzi | Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice | ||
| Gabrieli | Lord God, In Ecclesiis | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Festival Te Deum | ||
May 1984 |
Mendelssohn | Elijah | |
Feb 1984 |
Beethoven | Mass in C | |
| Handel | Dettingen Te Deum | ||
Jan 1984 |
Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | |
| Britten | Festival Te Deum | ||
| Handel | Dettingen Te Deum | ||
Dec 1983 |
Handel | Messiah Sing | |
Nov 1983 |
Bach, J. S. | Sleepers, Wake; Kantate 140 | |
| Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | ||
| Britten | Festival Te Deum | ||
Apr 1983 |
Brahms | Liebeslieder Waltzes | |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | ||
Dec 1982 |
Handel | Messiah Sing | |
Nov 1982 |
Handel | As Longs the Hart | |
| Mozart | Requiem | ||
May 1982 |
Charpentier | Te Deum | |
| Schubert | Mass in E flat | ||
Apr 1982 |
Verdi | La Traviata | |
Dec 1981 |
Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | |
| Britten | Te Deum | ||
| Fauré | Requiem | ||
| Handel | Messiah Sing | ||
May 1981 |
Brahms | Folk Songs | |
| Mozart | Regina Coeli | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | ||
| Vivaldi | Magnificat | ||
Dec 1980 |
Handel | Messiah Sing | |
Nov 1980 |
Mozart | Vesperae Solennes K339 | |
| Poulenc | Gloria | ||
May 1980 |
Bruckner | Three Graduals of Church Year | |
| Duruflé | Requiem | ||
| Haydn | Te Deum | ||
Dec 1979 |
Beethoven | Mass in C | |
| Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | ||
| Pergolesi | Magnificat | ||
Apr 1979 |
Mendelssohn | Elijah | |
Dec 1978 |
Poulenc | Gloria | |
| Vivaldi | Gloria | ||
May 1978 |
Bach, J. S. | Ein' Feste Burg, Kantate 80 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |