Choral Concerts, Cambridge, England

21 May 2004       Our Lady and the English Martyrs Catholic Church
and
22 May 2004       St. Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden

The ESOC Chorus

 Jeanne Conard, Conductor

James Schar, Organ

Five Movements from the Motet Jesu, meine Freude    Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750

Chorale: “Jesu, meine Freude”,“Denn das Gesetz des Geistes“,“Weg mit allen Schätzen!“

“Gute Nacht”, Chorale: “Weicht, ihr Trauergeister”

“Verwirf mich nicht von deinem Angesicht”    Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897

       from Moteten, Opus 29, No. 2

“Cantique de Jean Racine”, Opus 11    Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924 

“O divin Rédempteur"    Charles Gounod, 1818-1893

        Jeanne Conard, Mezzo-Soprano; Michael Jones, Organ

“Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks”    Herbert Howells, 1892-1983   

         No. 3 of Four Anthems

“O sacrum convivium!” Motet au Saint-Sacrement    Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992

“Ubi Caritas"    Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986

“O Nata Lux” from the Oratorio Lux Aeterna    Morten Lauridsen, 1943-

“Ðñes Spaséñiye” from the All Night Vespers    Sergei Rachmaninov, 1843-1973

“Blaženni, jaže izbral"    Petr Illyich Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893

Salmo XVIII, “Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei”    Benedetto Marcello, 1686-1739

“There is a Balm in Gilead”    Spiritual, William L. Dawson, 1899-1990

“The Lily of the Valley”    Spiritual, arranged by Wendell Whalum, 1931-

“Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door”    Spiritual, Anonymous

“Steal away"   Spiritual, arranged by David Blackwell

“Ain’t-a that Good News"    Spiritual, William L. Dawson

Encore:  “Fairest Isle"    Henry Purcell, 1659-1695