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Sounds of the Holidays - Good Tidings of Comfort and…
2018 December 7

1. Wachet auf Philipp Nicolai

2. Noel (2002) Todd Smith

3. Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (1994) French Folk Song/Greek Chant

4. The First Nowell (1981) Traditional English Carol

5. We Three Kings (1988) John H. Hopkins, Jr.

6. Personent Hodie (1582/1360) German Tune/Latin Text

7. Mary's Lullaby (1994) John Rutter

8. O Little Town of Bethlehem (1988) Lewis H. Redner/Phillips Brooks

9. Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul! (1921) Gustaf Nordqvist/Edvard Evers

10. Hodie (2000) Vespers Antiphon

11. Akehko ofana no Jesu (2018) Traditional Zulu Hymn

12. Joy to the World! (2018) Lowell Mason/Isaac Watts

13. O Come all ye Faithful (1991) John Francis Wade

14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1962) Traditional English Carol

15. Sing We Now of Christmas (1982) Traditional French Carol

16. For Unto Us a Child is Born Messiah, HWV 56 (1741) George Frideric Handel

17. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1981) Felix Mendelssohn/Charles Wesley

18. Sussex Carol (2017) Traditional English Carol

19. Postlude on 'Mendelssohn' (1998) David Wilcocks

University Singers
2018 November 13

1. Exsultate Deo Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

2. Crucifixus a 8 voci Antonio Lotti

3. Alleluia, Dies Sanctificatus William Hawley

4. Begräbnisgesang, Opus 13 Johannes Brahms

5. Libera me Lajos Bárdos

6. Soir sur la plaine Marie Juliette Olga “Lili” Boulanger

7. Hymne au soloeil Marie Juliette Olga “Lili” Boulanger

8. Magnificat Halsey Stevens

9. Let Us Move Mark O’Connor

Choralfest
2018 October 2

1. Exsultate Deo (1584) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

2. Libera me (1936) Lajos Bárdos

3. Sto mi e milo Traditional Macedonian Folk Song

4. When I was one-and-twenty, Songs of a Young Man (1985) Richard Nance

5. The Ground, Sunrise Mass (2010) Ola Gjeilo

6. How Can I Cry (1996) Moira Smiley

7. from Three Shakespeare Choruses, Opus 39 (1897) Amy Beach

8. Spes-Doaivu (2014) Mia Makaroff

9. from Three Flower Songs (2001) - Go Lovely Rose Eric Whitacre

10. Soon I Will Be Done Traditional Spiritual

Baroque Orchestra and Collegium Singers
2018 April 20

1. Concerto in C Major Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

2. Concerto in D Major Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

3. Sinfonia in F Major Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

4. Domine ad adjuvandum me festina Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

5. Concerto in D Major Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

6. Concerto in A Major Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

7. Lauda Jerusalem Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

University Singers and Concert Choir
2018 April 3

1. Idumea Ananias Davisson

2. Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 Johann Sebastian Bach

3. Lechkhumuri maqruli Georgian Traditional

4. Even after all this time Reena Esmail

5. I Gondolieri Gioachino Rossini

6. Stars Ēriks Ešenvalds

7. Gloria, Misa Criolla Ariel Ramirez

8. Ave Maria, Opus 23, No. 2 Felix Mendelssohn

9. If ye love me Thomas Tallis

10. Neckereien Johannes Brahms

11. If Love Should Count You Worthy James Q. Mulholland

12. Cindy Traditional Folk Song

13. I Could Write a Book Richard Rodgers

14. Where Your Bare Foot Walks David Childs

15. Credo, Gospel Mass André J. Thomas

Concert Orchestra and University Singers
2018 February 28

1. Symphony No. 31 in D Major, “Paris,” K. 297 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Surf Joseph Waters

3. Flos Campi (Flower of the Field) Ralph Vaughan Williams

4. Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra Igor Stravinsky

UNT Sounds of the Holidays
2017 December 8

1. O Magnum Mysterium O Magnum Mysterium

2. Children, Go Where I Send Thee Traditional African-American Spiritual

3. O Come, All Ye Faithful John Reading/Frederick Oakeley

4. Shen khar venakhi Medieval Georgian Hymn

5. The Goslings J. Frederick Bridge/Frederick Edward Weatherley

6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman Traditional English Carol

7. I Wonder as I Wander John Jacob Niles

8. Gaudete Steven Sametz

9. Once in Royal David City Henry John Gauntlett/Cecil Frances Alexander

10. Sing We Now Noel! Traditional French Carol

11. Uyinkhosi yamakhosi & Shumayela Traditional isiZulu Prayer and Hymn

12. Carol of the Bells Mykola Leontovich/Peter J. Wilhousky

13. from Slavonic Ecclesiastical Songs, Opus 23 Alexandre Gretchaninoff

14. Silent Night Franz Xaver Gruber/Joseph Mohr

15. The First Nowell Traditional English Carol

16. Hark The Herald Angels Felix Mendelssohn/Charles Wesley

University Singers
2017 November 7

1. Jubilate Deo Brian Edward Galante

2. Ave Maria...virgo serena Josquin des Prez

3. In splendoribus sanctorum James MacMillan

4. All people, clap your hands Thomas Weelkes

5. Trois Chansons Claude Debussy

6. Beatus vir Claudio Monteverdi

7. Liturgie No. 1 Otto Nicolai

8. Alles hat seine Zeit, Hob. XXVc:3 Joseph Haydn

9. Tuttarana Reena Esmail

Choralfest!: UNT Choral Ensembles
2017 October 3

1. from Dances to Life Mack Wilberg

2. Nunc dimittis Gustav Holst

3. Hebe deine Augen auf, Elijah, Opus 70 Felix Mendelssohn

4. Fire Dance of Luna Darius Lim

5. Alles hat seine Zeit, Hob. XXVc:3 Joseph Haydn

6. from Liturgie No. 1 Otto Nicolai

7. from Five Hymns in Popular Style, Opus 54 John Gardner

8. Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho Traditional Spiritual

9. from Mid-Winter Songs Morten Lauridsen

10. His Light in Us Kim André Arnesen

University Singers and Concert Choir
2017 April 11

1. Past Life Melodies Sarah Hopkins

2. Sicut Cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

3. from Cantata 172 Johann Sebastian Bach

4. Choral Dances, Gloriana Benjamin Britten

5. Arkhalalo-namgalo Traditional Georgian

6. The Peace of Wild Things Jake Runestad

7. Magnificat, Gloucester Service Herbert Howells

8. Crux fidelis John IV, King of Portugal

9. Eram quasi agnus Tomás Luis de Victoria

10. Serenade to Music Ralph Vaughan Williams

11. I carry your heart Kirsten Broberg

12. Quizassa Merrill Garbus

Concert Orchestra and University Singers
2017 March 8

1. Missa Cellensis in C Major, Hob. XXII:8 Joseph Haydn

2. Introduction and Allegro Maurice Ravel

3. Symphony No. 35 in D Major, “Haffner,” K. 385 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

University Singers
2016 November 15

1. Creator of the Stars of Night Jeffrey Honoré

2. Hail, Gladdening Light Charles Wood

3. Hymne à la Vierge Pierre Villette

4. Christ qui lux es et dies Robert Whyte

5. Lux Aeterna Edwin Fissinger

6. O Lux Beata Trinitas Ko Matsushita

7. Come Away Death Matthew Harris

8. Live with Me and Be My Love George Shearing

9. Hark! The Lark Matthew Harris

10. Who is Silvia? George Shearing

11. Take Those Lips Away Matthew Harris

12. Pakkanen Soila Sariola

13. Lintu Lauleli Lehossa Mia Makaroff

14. Pseudo-Yoik Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

ChoralFest!: UNT Choral Ensembles
2016 October 4

1. Laudate pueri, Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K.… Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Lizela Traditional Xhosa Song

3. The Pasture, Frostiana Randall Thompson

4. Loveliest of trees the cherry now, Songs of a Young… Richard Nance

5. Hymne à la Vierge Pierre Villette

6. Hail, Gladdening Light Charles Wood

7. from Five Hebrew Love Songs Eric Whitacre

8. Sing, Wearing the Sky Jake Runestad

9. I Will Lift Mine Eyes Jake Runestad

10. Way Over in Beulah Lan’ Traditional Spiritual

University Singers and Concert Choir
2016 April 5

1. Verleih’ uns Freiden Felix Mendelssohn

2. Coronation Anthem No. 2, The King Shall Rejoice, HWV… George Frideric Handel

3. from Deutsche Messe, D. 872 Franz Schubert

4. from Der Jahrkreis (The Circle of the Liturgical Year),… Hugo Distler

5. from Words From Paradise Dan Forrest

6. Flight Song Kim André Arnesen

7. Trois Chansons Bretonnes Henk Badings

8. A Procession Winding Around Me: Four Civil War Poems Jeffrey Van

9. Lux Aeterna Morten Lauridsen

10. Ave Maria Ronald Harris

11. I gondolieri Gioachino Rossini

12. Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi

Symphony Orchestra and University Singers
2015 November 21

1. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Česká mše vánoční Jakub Jan Ryba

Concert Choir and University Singers
2015 November 17

1. Lauliku Lapsepõli Estonian Folk Song

2. Incantations, The Celtic Mass Michael McGlynn

3. from The Triumphs of Oriana John Bennet

4. Sweet William Traditional English Folk Song

5. from Misa Criolla Ariel Ramirez

6. The Sally Gardens Benjamin Britten

7. Ca’theYowes Ralph Vaughan Williams

8. Kde Sú Krávy Moje Traditional Slovak Folk Song

9. Earth Song Frank Ticheli

10. Shout Glory Traditional Gospel Song

11. Shout Glory George Frideric Handel

12. Hirtenchor, Rosemunde Franz Schubert

13. When David Heard Richard Burchard

14. ALLELUIA Dominick DiOrio

15. Water Night Eric Whitacre

16. Evening Prayer Ola Gjeilo

17. Hold On! Stacey Gibbs

Choralfest
2015 September 29

1. Incantations Michael McGlynn

2. Earth Song Frank Ticheli

3. Stabat Mater Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

4. Spiritual Ysaye M. Barnwell

5. Selig sind die Toten Heinrich Schütz

6. Christus Factus Est Anton Bruckner

7. Betelehemu Via Olatunji

8. The Pasture Randall Thompson

9. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren Heinrich Schütz

10. from Mass in E-flat Major, Cantus Missae, Opus 109 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

University Singers and Concert Choir
2015 April 14

1. Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars Jonathan Dove

2. from Cancionero de Palacio Juan del Encina

3. from Three Quartets, Opus 31 Johannes Brahms

4. Five Hebrew Love Songs Eric Whitacre

5. The Spring and the Fall Stephen Paulus

6. Afternoon on a Hill Stephen Paulus

7. Flower of Beauty John Clements

8. Och Jungfrun hon går i ringen Traditional Swedish Folk Song

9. Sedebit Dominus Rex James Macmillan

10. Ave Maria Javier Busto

11. Crucifixus Ronald E. Harris Jr.

12. Biegga Luohte Jan Sandström

13. Liebeslieder Polkas P.D.Q. Bach

Concert Orchestra with University Singers
2015 March 9

1. Suspensions Jon Christopher Nelson

2. Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3. Mass in C Major, “Coronation,” K. 317 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

University Singers
2014 November 11

1. Crucifixus Antonio Lotti

2. Ave verum corpus Frederik Sixten

3. Exsultate, Jubilate Karl Jenkins

4. La carpe Lionel Daunais

5. L’ecrivisee Lionel Daunais

6. Le pont mirabeau Lionel Daunais

7. Through Bushes and Through Briars Donald James

8. Muié Rendêra Pinto Fonseca

9. Shenandoah James Erb

10. Feller from Fortune Harry Somers

11. Drifting Gently Through Endless Beauty Kevin Walczyk

Choralfest
2014 September 30

1. Salva nos, Domine Jean Mouton

2. Chi dal delfino, La Pellegrina Secondo Intermedio Luca Marenzio

3. Sorida Traditional Zimbabwe Greeting

4. Flower of Beauty John Clements

5. Shenandoah Traditional American Folk Song

6. Adiemus, Songs of Sanctuary Karl Jenkins

7. La carpe Lionel Daunais

8. Exsultate, Jubilate Karl Jenkins

9. Media Vita Michael McGlynn

10. Awake My Soul, to Joyful Ways! Mack Wilberg

11. I Am the Rose of Sharon Ivo Antognini

12. Richte mich, Gott, Opus 78, No. 2 Felix Mendelssohn

University Singers and Concert Choir
2014 April 1

1. A Hymn to the Mother of God John Tavener

2. Freedom Come Traditional South African Freedom Song

3. from Die Jahreszeiten, Hob. XXI:3 Joseph Haydn

4. Lirum bililirum Rossino Montovano

5. A Balloon Flower Traditional Korean Folk Song

6. from Four Pastorales Cecil Effinger

7. Set Me As a Seal René Clausen

8. Cindy Traditional American Folk Song

9. Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden Johann Sebastian Bach

10. Before the Throne Elyse Kahler

11. Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium) Ola Gjeilo

12. Figures de danse Lionel Daunais

13. The Battle of Jericho Traditional Spiritual

Concert Orchestra & University Singers
2014 March 3

1. Symphony No. 60 in C Major, “Il Distratto” Joseph Haydn

2. Suite Symphonique: Paris Jacques Ibert

3. Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode: A Meditation on the Crucifixion… Allan Bevan

Richard Sparks, current conductor.

Consist of between 55 and 65 singers and is conducted by Dr. Richard Sparks. This ensemble (formerly the Chamber Choir) will explore a wide variety of repertoire from a cappella to works with instrumental ensemble or orchestra. The University Singers also combine annually with the UNT Grand Chorus to present extended works with orchestra. Recent performances include Verdi and Mozart’s Requiems, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.

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