Herring Chamber Ensemble Repertoire History

Herring Chamber Ensemble Repertoire History

 

 

 

 

 

Greenville Chorale Chamber Ensemble – founded in 1997


1998 CONCERT – Gunter Theater, PCPA

Serenade to Music – Ralph Vaughan Williams

Liebeslieder Walzer Opus 52 – Johannes Brahms

Two Robert Burns Ballads – music by James Mulholland

Green Grow the Rashes, O
A Red, Red, Rose

The Blue Bird (British Partsong) – Charles V Stanford

Beautiful Dreamer (American Folksong) – Stephen Foster

Danny Boy (Irish Lovesong) – arr Joseph Flummerfelt

Love Lost (Four Satirical Poems on Love) – Paul Sjolund

It was a lover and his lass – (Shakespeare; arr John Rutter

Soon It’s Gonna Rain (from THE FANTASTICS, 1960) – arr Mac Huff

My Funny Valentine (from BABES IN ARMS, 1937) – arr Roger Emerson

The Way You Look Tonight (1936) – arr Kirby Shaw

All the Things You Are (from VERY WARM FOR MAY, 1939) – arr Kirby Shaw

You Are the New Day (CHANTICLEER, 1992) – arr Peter Knight


1999 CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

O Lord, give Thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis

O clap your hands – Orlando Gibbons

O magnum mysterium – Giovanni Gabrieli

Jesu, meine Freude BWV227 – Johann Sebastian Bach

Hymn to St Cecilia Opus 27 – Benjamin Britten

Trois Chansons – Claude Debussy

More Burns Ballads – James Quitman Mulholland

The Winter is Past
Behold, My Love, How Green the Groves


2000 CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

Te Deum (for the Empress Marie Therese) – Franz Josef Haydn

Rhapsodie, Opus 53 – Johannes Brahms

Hear My Prayer – Felix Mendelssohn

Rejoice in the Lamb Opus 30 – Benjamin Britten

The Promise of Living – Aaron Copland

Deep River (Spiritual) – arranged by Norman Luboff

Great Day (Spiritual) – arranged by Brazeal W Dennard

Three Rossetti Lyrics – music by Daniel Gawthrop (1999)

Oh My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose Music – by Crawford Gates (1956)

Taking A Chance on Love Words – by John La Touche and Ted Fetter


2001 Herring Chamber Ensemble – Daniel Chapel, Furman University (sponsored by Gordon/Sarah Herring)

Coffee Cantata BWV 211 – Johann Sebastian Bach

Elegischer Gesang Opus 118 – Ludwig van Beethoven

Six Chansons – Paul Hindemith

Birthday Madrigals – John Rutter

Go For Broke – Peter Schickele


2002 Herring Chamber Ensemble CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University USC-Aiken

Naenie (Lament for the Dead) – Johannes Brahms

In the Beginning – Aaron Copland

The Blue Estuaries (1998) – David Ashley White

Hoagy Carmichael – A Choral Portrait – arranged by Robert Sterling

All The Things You Are – J Kern (1939) – arr: Ward Swingle

A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols (S 359) – P D Q Bach

A Gaelic Blessing Daniel E Gawthrop

Encore: I have had singing


2003 Herring Chamber Ensemble CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden – Johann Sebastian Bach

Serenade to Music – Ralph Vaughan Williams

Beauty – Mark Kilstofte

Being – Mark Kilstofte

Reincarnations Opus 10 – Samuel Barber

Lullabies and Nightsongs – Alec Wilder arr Donald P Lang

In the Swing – Arranged by Alan Billingsley

On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – words by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Burton Lane

Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man – words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern

You Made Me Love You – words by Joe McCarthy, music by James V Monaco

I have had singing – arr Knight


2004 7th annual WINTER CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

Five Songs Opus 104 – Johannes Brahms

Part Songs in English (Admonition, the Old Man, etc) – Franz Josef Haydn

Swingle Arrangements of Mozart and Bach – arr Ward Swingle

Music History 101 – arr Ward Swingle

Tuxedo Junction (Grace Cantrell) – arr Jerry Nowak

For all we know – arr Brent Pierce

Taking a chance on love – arr Kirby Shaw

THE SEASONINGS – P D Q BACH /Schickele

I have had singing – arr Knight


2005 8TH annual WINTER CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

I was glad when they said unto me – Sir Charles H H Parry

Prayer to Jesus – George Oldroyd

Magnificat – Bryan Kelly

REQUIEM – Herbert Howells

Old American Songs – Aaron Copland

Simple Gifts – The Dodger – Long Time Ago – Zion’s Walls – Ching-a-ring Chaw

Riddle Me This (snow, egg, cow) – William Bergsma

Much Ado About Nothings – Norman Luboff

Something lovely – prayer – allergic – epitaph – love thy neighbor – early to bed – beautiful

I have had singing Steven Sametz


2006 9TH annual WINTER CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University – “A Winter Celebration”

Missa Brevis in F, K 192 – Wolfgang A Mozart

Liebeslieder Walzer, Opus 52 – Johannes Brahms

Liebeslieder Polkas, S 2/4 – P D Q Bach/ ed Schickele

I have had singing – Steven Sametz


2007 10th annual WINTER CONCERT – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

Mass in G minor – Franz Schubert

Two Coronation Anthems – George Frideric Handel

#1 Zadok the Priest (I Kings 1:38-40)
#4 Let thy Hand Be Strengthened (Psalm 89)

Anthem for St George’s Chapel, Windsor

Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100) – Benjamin Britten

Anthem for the Marriage of HRH The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer

Let the people praise thee, O God (Psalm 67) – William Mathias

Anthem for new Headquarters of The Royal School of Church Music

Behold, The Tabernacle of God (Sarum Antipon) – William H Harris

Lost Love (Four Satirical Poems on Love) – Paul Sjolund

1 One perfect rose
2 When you’re away
3 Careless Talk
4 Your little hands

As time goes by – arr Russ Robinson

To sing in winter – Robert Bowker

I have had singing – Steven Sametz


2008 11th annual WINTER CONCERT

Reprise of November Chorale concert for Greenwood Music Festival, Greenwood, SC January 20, 2008

Haydn – LORD NELSON MASS

PDQ Bach – madrigals and OEDIPUS TEX


2009 12th Annual Winter Concert – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

Faure – “Messe Basse”

John Tavener – Svyati (“O Holy One”) in Russian – 14′

with Christopher Hutton, cello

Debussy – Trois Chansons (1999) – 10′

William Schumann – Carols of Death- 11′

Kirke Mechem – BIRTHDAYS round numbers Op 72 – 10′

Bowker – the legacy of song

Stametz, – I have had singing


2010 13th Annual Winter Concert – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

Mass in G major, BWV 236 “Lutheran Mass #4” – J S Bach – 33′

2 oboes, strings, continuo SATB soli and chorus

Benjamin Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb (2000) -16′

Jean Berger – five quotations – 9′

“love your neighbor ” – Benjamin Franklin
“I can easier teach ” – William Shakespeare
“Five miles to fish ” – Mark Twain
“Consider the postage stamp” – William Billings
Music – Addison and Johnson

all the things you are hammerstein/Kern – arr Kirby Shaw(1998 – first concert)

my funny valentine – Richard Rogers – arr Roger Emerson(1998)

embraceable you – George/Ira Gershwin – arr Kirby Shaw – 10′

Steven Stametz – I have had singing


2011 14th Annual Winter Concert – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

REQUIEM – John Rutter – chamber orch and organ – 40′

Katie Knauer, soprano

You are the music – Dan Forrest – horn/piano – 5′

Lisa Barksdale, soprano; Rachel Polk, horn

Stars I shall find – David Dickau – 4′

There is sweet music – Robert A Hobby – 4′

How can I keep from singing – arr Ronald Staheli – 4′

Amy Joye-Bailey, soprano; Lucie Svatnova, mezzo

I have had singing – Steven Stametz – 3′


2012 15th Annual Winter Concert – Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral – Sunday, February 19: 3:00 PM – “Sacred Music for a Sacred Place”

William Mathias – Psalm 67 – 4′

Miskinis – Kyrie – 4’30 – (Emily Sweezey, sop)

Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium – 5′

Pärt – Magnificat – 7′ – (Barbara Gulley, soprano)

Biebl – Ave Maria – 7′ – Steve Evans/Keith Dover/Luke Browder

Whitacre – Lux Aurumque – 4′ – (Amy Joye-Bailey, soprano)

Jan Sandstrom – Sanctus – 4′

Kilstofte – chorale from RIVERS WITHIN – 3′ – (Lisa Barksdale, sop)

Dan Forrest – Holy – 6’45 – (Katie Knauer, soprano )

Dan Forrest – Hosanna

Homage to Robert Shaw

Wondrous Love – 3’30
Saints bound for heaven – 2”

D Schwoebel – God be in my head – 2′


2013 – 16th Annual Winter Concert – Charles Daniel Chapel, Furman University – Sunday, February 17, 2013 2:00 PM

REQUIEM Opus 48 (1887-1890) – Gabriel Faure

Ubi caritas – Paul Mealor (b 1975) – 4′

O sacrum convivium (1999) – Dan Locklair – 2’30

My Shepherd will supply my need (2011) – Matthew Culloton – 3-4′

Nearer, My God, to Thee (2011) – arr Rene Clausen – 3’15

The Rune of Hospitality (1985) – Alf Houkom – 3-4′

Sure on this shining night – Morten Lauridsen – 4’45

You are the new day – David – Knight – 2’30

William Tell Overture – 3′

I have had singing – Steven Stametz


2014 – 17th Annual Winter Concert – Buncombe Street UMC – Sunday, February 23, 2014 3:00 PM

Hymn of Praise – Rene Clausen – 4′

I thank you God for most this amazing day – Eric Whitacre – 5’20

Psalm 36 – Richard Nance – 5’10

Immortal Bach – Knut Nystedt – 5′

Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 – J S Bach – 25′

Alto Rhapsodie, Opus 53 – Johannes Brahms – 12′

Shakespeare in music – DR JOHN CRABTREE, lecture

blow, blow, thou winter wind – J Rutter – 3′
I think on thee – D Gawthrop – 3′
I can easier teach twenty – J Berger – 2′
It was a lover and his lass – J Rutter – 4′
Live with me and be my love – G Shearing 3′


2015 – 18th Annual Winter Concert – St George Greek Orthodox Cathedral –  Celebrating 20th anniversary of sanctuary – February 22, 2015

Locus iste – Anton Bruckner – 2′

O Lord, give thy hold spirit – Thomas Tallis – 3′

Laudate Dominum, Omnes Gentes – Hans Leo Hassler- 3’15

Beati quorum via- Charles V Stanford- 3′

O sacrum convivium- Vytautas Miskinis- 4’40

Sing and Ponder- Larry Fleming- 5′

Daemon irrepit callidus- Gyorgy Orban- 3′

O bone Jesu- Arlen Clarke- 3′

Ave Maria- Paul Mealor- 7′

God is with us- John Tavener- 5′

selections from “Liturgy of Peace”- Christopher Kyros- 10′

My God is a rock- Shaw-Parker- 5′

Old time religion- Moses Hogan- 4′

My soul’s been anchored in the Lord- Moses Hogan- 3′

I have had singing- Steven Stametz


2016 – 19th Annual Winter Concert – Herring Chamber Ensemble – 21 February – Westminster Presbyterian Church

Hymn to St Cecilia – Benjamin Britten

Requiem – Herbert Howells

Precious Lord, take my hand – T A Dorsey

Where the sun will never go down – spirituals/arr J Jennings

Liebeslieder Walzer Op 52 – Johannes Brahms

The Coolin’ (Reincarnations) – Samuel Barber

Dieu, qu’il a fait bon regarder (Trois Chansons) – Claude Debussy

Red, red rose – James Mulholland

I have had singing – Stametz


2017 – 20th Annual Winter Concert – Herring Chamber Ensemble – 26 February – Daniel Chapel, Furman University

The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass – Carol Barnett

Gitanjali Chants (Tagore) – Craig Hella Johnson

Stars (Teasdale) – Eriks Esenvalds
Dappled Things (Hopkins) – Brandley Ellingboe

Someone to watch over me – Gershwin/Althouse

All the things you are – Kern/Swingle

The way you look tonight – Kern/Shaw

Embraceable you – Gershwin/Shaw

Blue Skies – Berlin/Emerson

I have had singing – S Stametz


2018 – 21st Annual Winter Concert – Herring Chamber Ensemble

18 February – Buncombe Street UMC, Greenville
25 February First Baptist Church, Greenwood
“Music that consoles, that celebrates life and singing, and is just plain fun”

Requiem – Eleanor Daley

To sing in winter – Robert Bowker

Flight Song – Kim Andre Arnesen

If music be the food of love – Donald McCullough

Earth Song – Frank Ticheli

How can I keep from singing – Ron Staheli

Hannah H Abbas, soprano; Amy Schiera, mezzo

Salute to Kings Singers (50th anniversary)

you are the new day
lonesome road
short people
I’m a train

I have had singing – Stephen Stametz


2019 – 22nd Annual Winter Concert

February 17 – Daniel Chapel, Furman
February 24 – Kiawah Island Concert Series

Come to the woods – Jake Runestad

Even when he is silent – Kim Arnesen

The sun never says (from LUX) – Dan Forrest

The rune of hospitality – Alf Houkom

Alleluia – Eric Whitacre

Six Chansons – Paul Hindemith

Doe-Swan-since all is passing-Springtime-Winter-Orchard

Animal Crackers I. – Eric Whitacre

Riddle me this (snow-egg-cow) – William Bergsma

I got a hog – John Wykoff

William Tell Overture – Rossini – arr Julie Eschliman

I have had singing – S Sametz


2020 – 23nd Annual Winter Concert – “Music of Now and Then”

February 23 – Daniel Chapel, Furman

To Music (2009) – Mark Kilstofte

Svyati (1995) – Yuriy Leonovich, cello – John Tavener

Song for Athene (1993) – John Tavener

Sleep (2002) – Eric Whitacre

i thank You God for most this amazing day – Dan Forrest

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MESSIAH – Part Three – G F Handel

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2021 – CANCELLED – COVID PANDEMIC


2022 – 24nd Annual Winter Concert – “SDG” – Soli Deo Gloria

February 21 – Westminster Presbyterian Church

Mass in B-minor – J S Bach

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