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Songs we are currently singing:
- Just as the Tide Was Flowing
- The Springtime of the Year
- Fuggi, Fuggi Dolor
- Dulaman - Michael McGlynn
- Les Fleurs et Les Arbes - Saint Saens
- The Blue Bird
- Lullabye - Billy Joel
- Daemon Irrepit Calidus - Gyorgy Orban
- Tu Solus Qui Facis Mirabilia
And
of course, our Traditional pieces:
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Barb'ra
Allen - Trad. English Ballad, arr. Leland Forsblad
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When
Allen-A-Dale Went A-Hunting - Robert L. de Pearsall (1795-1856)
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Dashing
Away With the Smoothing Iron - arr. John Rutter
Songs from '05 - '06
- Bonnie
Bobby Shafto - Scottish folk song, arr. by David Willcocks
- My
Spirit Sang All Day - Gerald Finzi
- Wake
Me Up, Lord - Uzee Brown, Jr.
- I
Love My Love - Cornish folk-song, collected by G.B. Gardiner,
arr. by G. Holst
- Wild
Song - Michael McGlynn
- Resonet
in Laudibus - Orlando di Lasso
- Daemon
Irrepit Callidus - György Orban
- Phil
the Fluter's Ball
- Lay
a Garland - Pearsall
- Tu
Solus Qui Facis Mirabilia
- Viver
Lieto Voglio
- Gaudete - arr. King's Singers
- More TBA
Last updated September, 2005
Look for some of these tunes on our future CD
Releases!
Songs from the 2003-2004 Season
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Elijah Rock - trad. spiritual, arr. Moses
Hogan
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With
a Voice of Singing - Kenneth Jennings
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You
Are the New Day - words and music by John David, arr. Peter
Knight
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Mon
cœur se recommande à vous - Orlandus Lassus
-
O
Nata Lux - Morten Lauridsen
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Sing
we and chant it - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
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Il
est bel et bon - Passereau, edited by Gabriel Fauré
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Cool
of the Day - arr. John Ratledge
The
Tunes from the 2002-2003 Season
- Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) - Franz Biebl
- She's Like the Swallow - Newfoundland Folksong, arr. Edward
T. Chapman
- Set Me As a Seal - René Clausen
- Tanzen und Springen - Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
- Le Chant Des Oyseaux - Clément Janequin
- Now is the month of Maying - Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
- Nobody Knows - Spiritual, arr. John Warren Owen
- O Danny Boy - Irish Folk Song, arr. Fred Prentice
- Tenor Solo - Matthew McCartney
- Beati quorum via - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
- O Nata Lux de Lumine - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
- So ben, mi, c'ha bon tempo - Orazio Vecci
- Sudden Light - Text by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882),
Music by Robert H. Young
And of course, our Traditional pieces:
- Barb'ra Allen - Trad. English Ballad
- When Allen-A-Dale Went A-Hunting - Robert L. de Pearsall (1795-1856)
- Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron - arr. John Rutter
Our Holiday Repertoire:
- Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John - P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)
- Hymn to the Virgin - Benjamin Britten
- Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Rhineland folk melody, Brother
Conrad of Mainz (1588), Harm. by Michael Praetorius (1609)
- Noël Nouvelet - Trad. French Carol, arr. Ian Humphris
- Still, Still, Still - Austrian Carol, arr. Norman Luboff
- Deck The Halls - Trad. Welsh Carol, arr. Alice Parker and
Robert Shaw
- The Holly and the Ivy - Trad. English Carol, arr. Alice Parker
and Robert Shaw
- The Virgin's Cradle Hymn - Edmund Rubbra
- Cradle Song - Trad. Flemmish Carol, arr. John Rutter
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - arr. Roger Wagner
- Carol of the Bells - Ukranian Carol, arr. Peter J. Wilhousky
The Tunes from the 2001-2002 Season
- Annie Laurie - arr. Arthur Frackenpohl
- Far Away From Home - Herbert Watson - Original Composition
for the Wren Singers
- Pål På Haugen (Paul and His Chickens) - Trad. Norwegian,
arr. Bradley Ellingboe
- It Was a Lover and His Lass - Thomas Morely
- Witness - Trad. Spiritual, arr. Jack Halloran
- Love Walked In - Words and Music by George and Ira Gershwin,
arr. Steve Zegree
- Dolcissimo Ben Mio (My Dearest One) - Orazio Vecchi
(1550-1605)
- The Farmer's Boy - arr. Philip Wilby
- Si Ch'io Vorrei Morire - Claudio Monteverdi
- Without A Song - Music and Lyrics by Vincent Youmans, William
Rose, Edward Eliscu, arr. Kirby Shaw
- Musica, die ganz lieblich Kunst (Music, Most Wondrous
Lovely Art) - Johann Jeep (ca. 1581-1644)
- Say, Love - John Dowland (1563-1626)
- Chindia - Alexandru Pascanu
- Lay a Garland - Robert Pearsall
- Vita de la mia Vita (Life of my Life) - Torquato Tasso
(1544-1595)
- Sing Me to Heaven - David E. Gawthrop
- Te Quiero (I adore you) - music and words by Alberto
Favero, Mario Benedetti, arr. Liliana Cangiano
Our Holiday Selections:
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - text by Robert Frost,
music by Ron Caviani
- O Tannenbaum - Trad. German, arr. John Rutter
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) -
Words and Music by Mel Torme, Robert Wells, arr. Ed Lojeski
- Rey a quien reyes adoran (King whom kings adore) -
Annon. 16th c. Spanish
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Silent Night - arr. Jay Richards
- Ríu, Ríu, Chíu - Annon. Spanish
- Deck The Hall - Trad. Welsh, arr. John Rutter
- My Dancing Day - Trad. English, arr. Alice Parker, Robert
Shaw
- Resonet in Laudibus - 14th c. German, arr. C.L. Alwes
- Patapan - Trad. French, arr. Paul Christiansen
- Past three a clock - Trad. English, arr. Charles Wood
- Allon, Gay Bergeres (Come, Gay Shepards) - Guillaume
Costeley (1531-1606)
Look for some of these tunes on our future CD
Releases!
Tunes We Have Previously Sung
- Ultimi Mei Sospiri, Verdelot
- Ave Maria (Hail Mary), Biebl
- Cucu, Cucu!, del Encina
- Golden Slumbers, Rutter
- O Waly, Waly, Rutter
- My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth, P.D.Q. Bach
- O Occhi Manza Mia (O Eyes of My Beloved), di Lasso
- El Grillo (The Cricket), des Prez
- I Get Along Without You Very Well, arr. Wentsel
- Bonjour, et puis, quelles nouvelles? (Hello, and then,
what's new?),di Lassus
- Il est bel et bon (He is fine and good), Passerau
- Ave Verum Corpus (All hail, O true Body), Byrd
- Music, when Soft Voices Die, Herts
- Baylero (The Sheperd Song), Richards
- Flower of Beauty, Clements
- Beati Quorum Via, Stanford
- Adoramus Te, Palestrina
- And So It Goes (as sung by Billy Joel), arr. Chilcott
- Weep, Mine Eyes, Wilbye
- Though Amaryllis Dance, Byrd
- Il Bianco et dolce cigno (The white and gentle swan),
Arcadelt
- Margot labourez les vignes (Margot works in the vineyard),
Arcadelt
- Linden Lea, Vaughan Williams
- The Silver Swan, Gibbons
- Fatal la parte, Arcadelt
- Charm me Asleep, arr. King's Singers
- Contrapuntal Bestial Alla Mente (The animals improvise
counterpoint),Banchieri
- When Allen-a-dale Went A-Hunting, de Pearsall
- Barbr'a Allen, Forsblad
- Fa Una Canzone (Sing me a song)
- Con Amores, La Mi Madre (All the Love I Have), Chilcott
- Draw On, Sweet Night, Wilbye
- Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron
- The Ash-Grove, arr. Marryott
- Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin), Rachmaninoff
- Sicut Cervus, Palestrina
- Sumer is icumen in
- A Welsh Lullaby, arr. Scott
- Fair Phyllis I saw sitting, Farmer
- If ye love Me, keep My Commandments, Tallis
Last updated October 7, 2002
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