YALE ALUMNI CHORUS PRODUCTION
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Aram Khachaturian
October 6-11, 2003

Constantine Orbelian, conductor

Philharmonia of Russia
Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale
Yale Alumni Chorus

Dora Serviarian-Kuhn, piano
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Christianne Tisdale, soprano

In performance at the
Khachaturian Centennial Concert at Yale

Woolsey Hall, New Haven
Wednesday, October 8, 2003

In performance at the
The Khachaturian Centennial Concert
presented by the
Kuhn Foundation, Philharmonia of Russia, and Yale Alumni Chorus

with the
Yale Glee Club

Isaac Stern Auditorium
Carnegie Hall, New York
Friday, October 10, 2003

Program

Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1948) *
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D-flat Major (1936). Dora Serviarian-Kuhn, pianist
Music from the Ballet Spartacus (1956)
Selected Songs: World Premiere Choral Arrangements (Woolsey Hall only). Christianne Tisdale, soprano
Poem of the Motherland (Woolsey Hall only)
Ode of Joy: Cantata (1956). Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano

*Khachaturian's U.S. publisher, G. Schirmer, Inc., has found no record of previous performances in the United States.

 
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A Celebration of the Life of
Jonathan Welsh Sloat (1928-2003)

St. John's Episcopal Church
Washington, D.C.
June 2003

The Reverend Margaret M. Graham, Rector
The Reverend Dr. David A. Williams, Associate Rector
Mr. Norman Scribner, Organist & Choirmaster

Nadine Wethington, soloist

Yale Alumni Chorus
Choral Arts Society

Program

Ave Maria-Franz Schubert
Alleluia-Randall Thompson
Shenandoah-Arr. Fenno Heath
Requiem "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place"-Brahms
My Lord, What a Morning-Harry T. Burleigh
The Lord is My Strength and Shield-Norman Scribner
Panis Angelicus-César Franck

 
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Thomas Moorhead Funeral Mass

Saint Aloysius Church
New Canaan, Connecticut
Friday, May 2, 2003

Celebrant, Mons. Scheyd
Yale Alumni Chorus

Program

Hymn 588 "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
Alleluia Verse
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me. Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Deutsche Messe. Franz Schubert
Alleluia. Randall Thompson
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.  Roger Englander, tenor
Bright College Years. Carl Wilhelm

 
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YALE ALUMNI CHORUS PRODUCTION
KREMLIN INVITATION TOUR 2003
Moscow, Russia.  April 3-9, 2003

Robert Blocker, director
Yale Alumni Chorus

Spaso House Reception Concert
at the invitation of
Ambassador Alexander Vershbow '74

Robert Blocker, conductor
Timothy J. DeWerff, piano

Yale Alumni Chorus

Spaso House, U.S. Ambassador's Residence
Moscow, Russia
April 7, 2003

Soloists
Sonya Baker
Kim Corral
Robert O'Brien
Warner North
John Rouse
Hedda Rubenstein

Program

Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves-Verdi
Il Trovatore: Soldier's chorus-Verdi
Il Trovatore: Anvil chorus-Verdi
Let Thy Good Spirit-Chesnokov
Salvation is Created-Chesnokov
Alleluia-Thompson
The Lamb-arr. Heath
Ain't Got Time to Die-arr. Johnson
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands-arr. Heath
Shenandoah-arr. Bartholomew/Heath
Ride the Chariot-arr. Smith
Football Medley-arr. Connell, Duffy, Heath
Bright College Years-Wilhelm

 

Patriotic Songs of the Great War

 Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

Philharmonia of Russia
Style of Five
Yale Alumni Chorus
Spiritual Revival Chorus of Moscow
Constantine Orbelian, conductor

Palace of the Congresses, The Kremlin
Moscow, Russia
April 8, 2003

Program

PART I Opera arias and choruses
Il Trovatore: Soldier's chorus-Verdi
Il Trovatore: Anvil chorus-Verdi
Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves-Verdi

PART II Russian Patriotic Songs.  Arranged by Evgeny Stetsyuk
"The Soldiers Are Coming"-Molchanov/Lvovsky
"Sacred Stone"
"The Roads"-Novikov/Oshanin
"Cranes"-Frenkel/Gamzatov
"My Moscow"

 
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