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Past Concerts and Programs: 2002-2003

Voices in Concert
American University Chamber Singers
Daniel Abraham, conductor
Metropolitan United Methodist Church, Washington, DC, April 25 & 26, 2003 

Dietrich Buxtehude: Alleluia
Thomas Tallis: If ye Love me
Daniel Pinkham: The Leaf
Peter Schickele: Three Choruses from E. E. Cummings
John Clements: Flower of Beauty
Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
     Amy Wielunski, soprano
     Ben Botner, tenor

Four Early American Spirituals (edited by Daniel Abraham)
Greenwich (from The American Vocalist) by Daniel Reed
The Warning (from The American Vocalist and The Revivalist)
Roll Call (from The Revivalist)
Happy Land (from The Social Harp)

A Tribute To Moses Hogan
Wade in the Water (arr. Moses Hogan)
Elijah Rock (arr. Moses Hogan)

The Contemporary Spiritual
Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Text: Langston Hughes)
Ysaye M. Barnwell: Spiritual (from Urban Scenes…Creole Dreams, part 2)
Ysaye M. Barnwell: Wanting Memories from Crossings

Mardirosian: Celebration! & Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
American University Chorus & AU Symphony Orchestra
American University, Greenberg Theatre, April 9, 11, 12 & 13, 2003

Mardirosian: Celebration! (2002) — Daniel Abraham, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9— Shizuo Kuwahara, conductor; Daniel Abraham, choral preparation
     Angela Powel, soprano
     Grace Gori, mezzo-soprano
     Byron Jones, tenor
     David Brundage, bass

Opening Gala for Greenberg Theatre
American University Chorus & AU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Abraham, conductor
American University, Greenberg Theatre, March 27, 28 & 29, 2003

World Premiere of Mardirosian: Celebration! (2002)

Hear Bach, Sing Handel
American University Chamber Singers & members of the AU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Abraham, conductor
American University, Kay Spiritual Life Center, December 7 & 8, 2002

J. S. Bach: Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus), BWV 106
     Gretchen Upholt, soprano
     Kelly Knight, alto
     Philippe Jean, tenor
     Namwoong Cho & Evan Tucker, bass
J. S. Bach: Motet Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230
Handel: Messiah, part I
     Gretchen Upholt & Anne Ganster, soprano
     Claire Lohr-Myers, alto
     Michael McClard Gale, tenor
     Eitan Naftali & Gregory Kellner, bass

On Light, Time and Space
American University Chorus
Daniel Abraham, conductor
American University, Kay Spiritual Life Center, November 16 & 17, 2002

I. On Light
Light, Deen E. Entsminger
O Nata Lux de Lumine, Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
O Nata Lux, Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
This Little Light of Mine, arr. John Work

II. On Time
Long Time Ago, Aaron Copland (1900-1990), arr. Irving Fine
You Are The New Day, John David, arr. Peter Night
Dryads’ Bells, Stephen Chapman (b. 1950)
Water Night, Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Past Life Melodies, Sarah Hopkins (b. 1958)

III. On Space
Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite, George Frideric Handel (1685-1750)
Choose Something Like a Star, Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
In Paradisum, Edwin Fissinger (1920-1990)
Sing Me to Heaven, Daniel E. Gawthrop (b. 1949)

AU Department of Performing Arts Showcase
American University Chamber Singers
Daniel Abraham, conductor
American University, MacDonald Recital Hall, October 25, 2002

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