Memoria Coral Platense (La Plata Choral Music Remembrance)
60th Anniversary of Choral Singing in La Plata
Centro Cultural Pasaje Dardo Rocha
La Plata, Argentina
December 9, 2001

Yale Alumni Chorus
Coro Universitario de La Plata, director Luis Clemente
Agrupación Coral Antares, director Bernardo Teruggi
Coro C.L.I.M.N., director Alejandro Dinamarca
Pro Canto Popular, director Guillermo Masi
Coro de Cámara Musike, director Andrés Bugallo
Coro del Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas, director Bernardo Teruggi
Agrupación Coral Juvenil 440 del Salón Dorado Municipal, director Raúl Salvatierra
Coro del Nuevo Mundo, director Oscar Escalada

Program

Selections from each chorus
Joint Performance of choruses and alumni singers
O Bone Jesu-G.P. Da Palestrina/arranged by G. Ericcsson
Gloria-Athos Palma
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus-G.F. Handel

 
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America and Russia Stand Together
Salute to St. Petersburg and Yale University on their 300th Anniversaries
and a
9/11 Homage
Avery Fisher Hall
Lincoln Center, New York
October 8, 2001

Presentation of the Liberty Prize 2001
by the
American University in Moscow and Kontinent, USA

Presentation of the Yale Alumni Chorus Tercentennial Tour Medal To The Honorable Governor of the State of New York George Pataki

Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor

Yale Alumni Chorus
with
Members of the Yale Philharmonia and Yale Symphony Orchestra
David H. Connell, director

Ethan Herschenfeld, bass
Lubov Petrova, soprano
Marina Domashenko, mezzo soprano
Miroslav Kultishev, piano (New York debut)
Catherine Spain, soprano

Program

The Bronze Horseman: "Hymn to the Great City"-Gliere
Exultate Jubilate KV 165: "Alleluiah"-Mozart
Ruslan and Lyudmila: Lyudmila's Cavatina-Glinka.  Lubov Petrova, soprano
Eugene Onegin: Gremin's aria. Tchaikovsky
The Barber of Seville: Basilio's aria "La Calunia"-Rossini. Ethan Herschenfeld, bass
Adriana Lecouvreur: "Acerba volutta"-Cliea
Samson et Dalila: "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"-Saint-Saëns. Marina Domashenko, mezzo soprano
Étude Tableux No. 5 in E-flat minor, Op 39-Rachmaninoff
Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op 72, No. 2-Chopin
Étude No. 9 in F minor, Op 10-Chopin
Miroslav Kultishev, piano (New York debut)
Aida: Triumphal scene-Verdi
Lux et Veritas (2001, World Premiere)-Fenno Heath. Catherine Spain, soprano
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me. Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Polovetsian Dances-Borodin

 
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YALE ALUMNI CHORUS PRODUCTION
TERCENTENNIAL TOUR 2001
Russia • Wales • England
June 24-July 9, 2001

David H. Connell, conductor

Robert Blocker, piano
Susan Olenwine, piano
Martin Jean, organ
Ellen Espenschied, organ

Yale Alumni Chorus

In performance at the
Stars of the White Nights Festival
with
Valery Gergiev, artistic director
and the
Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre
St. Petersburg, Russia
Tuesday, June 26, 2001

In performance at the
A Celebration of the Yale Tercentennial
with
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
and the
Moscow Chamber Orchestra

The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow, Russia
Saturday, June 30, 2001

In performance at the
Red, Hot and Blue:
American Musical Fireworks

Welcoming Ceremony & Opening Concert
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

The Royal International Pavilion
Llangollen, Wales
Tuesday, June 26, 2001

On a Goodwill Mission to
Elihu Yale Tribute
Concert, Parade & Memorial Service

Town Center & Elihu Yale Gravesite
St. Giles' Church
Wrexham, Wales
Wednesday, July 4, 2001

 

 
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In performance at the
Yale Tercentennial Gala
With the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

St. Paul's Cathedral
London, England
Friday, July 6, 2001

Program

Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BMV 541-J.S. Bach. Martin Jean, Organ
Allegro, Chorale, and Fugue-Felix Mendelssohn-Barthodly. Martin Jean, Organ
Finale from "Symphony No. 1", Op. 14-Louis Vierne. Martin Jean, Organ
In St. Petersburg and Moscow only
Mlada: Cortege des Nobles-Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Crown Imperial-William Walton (The Yale Procession)
Zadok the Priest: Coronation Anthem Number 1-George Frideric Handel. Martin Jean, Organ
"I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me"-Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry. Martin Jean, Organ
Lux et Veritas (World Premiere)-Fenno Heath '50, poem by Sandra Boynton '74, orchestration by Lewis Spratlan '62. Catherine Spain, soprano
"When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd" (A Requiem 'For those we love'): Introduction and Fugue-Paul Hindemith, text by Walt Whitman
In Wrexham, Wales only
Presentation and Lighting of the Candle of Remembrance
Almighty Father Strong to Save-John Bacchus Dykes/text by William Whiting and Robert Nelson Spencer. Martin Jean, Organ
Alleluia-Randall Thompson
Choral Fantasy, Opus 80-Ludwig van Beethoven. Susan Olenwine, piano
Aida: Gloria all'Egitto, Grand Finale II (Triumphal Scene)-Giuseppe Verdi
Anything Cole (World Premiere)-Buryl Red '61, co-arranged Rick Bassett '82, orchestration by Bryan Louiselle
Naomi Lewin, mezzo soprano
John Rouse, baritone
Katherine Grant, soprano descant
Football Medley-David Connell, Thomas Duffy, Fenno Heath
Bright College Years-Carl Wilhelm

 
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Spring Concert
Battell Chapel
New Haven, Connecticut
Friday, May 12, 2001

David Connell, conductor
Mark Dollhopf, conductor
Stephanie Gregory, piano and soprano

Yale Alumni Chorus
University Glee Club

 
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Yale 2001 Tercentennial Celebration
New Haven, Connecticut

Royal Blue: A Tercentennial Tribute to Music at Yale

John Mauceri, guest conductor

Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Yale Glee Club
Yale Alumni Chorus
Yale Camerata

Woolsey Hall, New Haven
Thursday, April 19, 2001

Program

Festival Prelude for Orchestra and Organ, Op. 61-Richard Strauss
Symphony No.4, III Fugue-Charles Edward Ives
"When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd"
A Requiem "for those we love"
Prelude for Orchestra VII Introduction and fugue-Paul Hindemith
Crown Imperial-William Walton
Alleluia-Randall Thompson
"I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me"-Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Aida: Overture (New Haven premiere),
Triumphal Scene from Act II-Giuseppe Verdi

Light Blue: The Lighter Side of Blue

 Fenno Heath, conductor

Whiffenpoofs
Whim 'n' Rhythm
Yale Alumni Chorus

Woolsey Hall, New Haven
Thursday, April 19, 2001

Tercentennial Finale
Yale 300 Festival

Thomas Duffy, conductor

Paul Simon, soloist

Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale
Yale Band
Yale Glee Club
Yale Alumni Chorus
Yale Camerata

Yale Bowl, New Haven
Friday, October 5, 2001

Program

America the Beautiful
Tercentennial Fanfare Tempus Fugit
Amazing Grace
Sesame Street
Anything Cole
Salute to the Armed Forces
Taps and echo
New Millennium Football Medley
Aura Lee
The Impossible Dream
Yale News
Bright College Years

 
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