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 A Sample Repertoire, 1996-99
 
 
 
Renaissance, Sacred
Sing Joyfully ........ William Byrd
Ave Maria ........ Jean Mouton
Maria Magdalena ........ Michael Praetorius
Laudate eum in virtutibus ........ Orlando di Lassus
 
Renaissance, Secular
As Vesta Was Descending ........ Thomas Weelkes
Come, Gentle Swains ........ Michael Cavendish
Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes ........ John Wilbye
Un Gentil Amoureux ........ Claude le Jeune
Imitatione del Venetiano ........ Orazio Vecchi
 
Folksong
6 Basque songs ........ Cossetto
Hitrg'ut ........ Paul Ben-Haim
Drymba ........ Vladimir Zubitsky
 
Other Sacred
Abendlied ........ Joseph Rheinberger
Were You There? ........ arr. Richard Proulx
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho ..... arr. Michael Brewer
 
Contemporary
Cool ........ L. Bernstein/arr. E.C. Reese
selections: Les Chanson des Roses .. Morten Lauridsen
Wanting Memories ........ Ysaye Barnwell
 
Close Harmony
I'm Beginning to See the Light ........ James, etc.
And So It Goes ........ Billy Joel
 
Christmas
Hodie Christus Natus est ........ Jan Sweelinck
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen ........ Michael Praetorius
Psallite ........ Michael Praetorius
The Midnight Cry ........ Sacred Harp
Los Negritos ........ Juan de Araujo
The Shepherd's Carol ........ Benjamin Britten
Silent Night ........ Franz Grüber
Coventry Carol ........ arr. Grier
 
Christmas commissions
The Five-Minute Messiah ... G. Handel, arr. E.C. Reese
Jingle Bells ........ J. Pierpont, arr. E.C. Reese
The Twelve Days of Christmas ........ arr. Stephen Bero
 
 
 
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