The Hague, Leiden, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. September 12-18, 2006
A Yale Alumni Chorus Production • Jeffrey Douma, Director
U.S. Ambassador Arnall Presents A reception and concert hosted by U.S. Ambassadaor and Mrs. Roland E. Arnall celebrating a shared vision that the power of song can lift, heal, unite, and provide hope Yale Alumni Chorus Stephanie Gregory-Conductor Kloosterkerk The Hague, the Netherlands Thursday, September 14, 2006 Program selected from the following Gaudeamus igitur–Traditional The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States– Deep River–Norman Luboff (arr) Go Down, Moses – Michael Tippett (arr) Steal Away – Michael Tippett (arr) Ride the Chariot – William Henry Smith (arr) Shenandoah – Bartholomew-Heath (arr) 'Neath the Elms – Gustave Stoeckel – Jonathon Clune (arr) Alleluia – Randall Thompson Dona nobis pacem–Ralph Vaughan Williams. (Laura Stanfield Prichard, Conductor) Stephanie Gregory–Soprano; Michael James Prichard–Baritone; Jan Hage-Organ
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University of Leiden Leiden Student Choir & Orchestra (LSKO) Collegium Musicum & Yale Alumni Chorus (YAC) with Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) Conductors Gilles Michels (LSKO) Jeffrey Douma (YAC & CUMS) Pieterskerk Leiden, The Netherlands Saturday, September 16, 2006 Program Nederlandse volksliedjes–Jetze Bremer (arr) (Michels)Doulce Memoire–Albert de Klerk (Michels)Psalm 121–Daan Manneke (Michels)Michelle–The Beatles (Michels)Exsultate Jubilate – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Douma). Stephanie Gregory–SopranoGaudeamus igitur–Traditional (Douma) The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States–Neely Bruce (Douma) Alleluia–Randall Thompson (Douma) Deep River–Norman Luboff (arr); (Douma) Go Down, Moses–Michael Tippett (arr) (Douma) Steal Away–Michael Tippett (arr) (Douma). Shenandoah–Bartholomew-Heath (arr) (Douma) Io vivat–Jetze Bremer (Michels)Dona nobis pacem – Ralph Vaughan Williams (Douma). Stephanie Gregory–Soprano; Michael James Prichard–Baritone; Albert Jan Roelofs–Organist’Neath the Elms–Gustave Stoeckel, Jonathan Clune (arr) (Douma) Eli Yale–Fenno Heath (arr) (Douma) Ride the Chariot–William Henry Smith (arr) (Douma). |
Gergiev Freedom Festival, Rotterdam Closing Concert Valery Gergiev-Conductor Maximilian Schell-Narrator Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Yale Festival Singers* – Jeffrey Douma, Conductor Grote Zaal, De Doelen Rotterdam, the Netherlands Sunday, September 18, 2006 Program A Survivor from Warsaw–Arnold Schoenberg Symphony No. 9–Ludwig Van Beethoven *Yale Festival Singers were comprised primarily of singers from the Yale Alumni Chorus as well as graduate students and faculty from the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music and singers from the Cambridge University Musical Society. A special note of thanks to the following Yale faculty: Robert Blocker, Dean of the School of Music; Thomas Duffy, Interim Dean of the School of Music, 2005-2006; Martin Jean, Director of the Institute of Sacred Music; Simon Carrington and Marguerite Brooks, Professors of Choral Conducting; James Taylor, Professor of Voice |
TRADITIONS TOUR 2006
Sharing Music Across Borders & Generations
Cambridge, Ely, and London England. February 12-19, 2006
A Yale Alumni Chorus Production • Jeffrey Douma, Director
Traditions Tour Benefit Concert Yale Alumni Chorus Conductors Ely Cathedral Program Alleluia-Randall Thompson (Douma) |
Barbican Great Performers Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone Philharmonia of Russia Constantine Orbelian, conductor Barbican Hall Program Mlada: Cortege des Nobles Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov |