Rehearsal Announcements:

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 – potluck/cookout at Nancy and Joe's.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

• Last rehearsal for the season. Potluck party next week!
• New Music:
  • William Byrd: Domine, tu jurasti
  • John Rutter: Star Carol
• Please send email to Brent or Nancy/Joe about what you're planning to bring to the potluck next week, thanks.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

• New Music:
• Thomas Weelkes: O Lord, arise
• 1 more rehearsal, then the potluck at Nancy and Joe's on Wednesday, May 19. Send email to Nancy or Joe with any questions; send email to Brent to update the list.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 – no notes

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

• New Music:
  • Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi
  • Tomas Luis de Victoria: Pastores Loquebantur
  • William Byrd: Virgo Dei Genetrix
  • William Byrd: O Quam Gloriosum Est Regnum
  • John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol
  • John Rutter: What Sweeter Music
  • John Rutter: Personent hodie (also #10 in Willcocks and Rutter Carols for Choirs 2)
• We will probably have 3 more rehearsals this spring and then a potluck at Nancy and Joe's on Wednesday, May 19 – subject to confirmation.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

• If you have Tomas Luis de Victoria's Pastores Loquebantur (last rehearsed Sept/Oct 2008), please bring it for tomorrow night's rehearsal.
• MP3 files for last December's Holiday Concert at Goodwin House and the April 11 My Soul's Desire concert are on the website now.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

• No rehearsal tonight.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

• John Rutter's God be in my head will not be our encore. (Some people have never sung it.)
• Please arrive for the concert by 2:15PM (at Graham Road UMC). We will rehearse the Haydn Mass at 2:30 with instruments.
• We are not rehearsing next Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
• We will sing for the Sunday morning, May 23 Worship Service at Arlington Forest UMC.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

• The Monteverdi motet O rossignuol will not be on the program.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

• Tonight's rehearsal is 7:40PM at Graham Road United Methodist Church, 2929 Graham Road, Falls Church, VA 22042.
• Saturday (April 10) we rehearse at 2:00PM at Arlington Forest UMC.
• Sunday (April 11) plan to arrive for the concert at 2:30PM at Graham Road UMC.
• Concert Program (in order):
  • William Byrd: Lamentations
  • Maurice Greene: Lord, let me know mine end
  • Thomas Weelkes: Give ear, O Lord
  • Thomas Tallis: If ye love me
  • Claudio Monteverdi: motets
    • VIII. O rossignuol
    • III. Crudel! perge mi fuggi?
    • IV. Lasciate me morire
  • Heinrich Schütz: Passions Motetten
    • VII. Quo, nate Dei
    • VIII. Calicem salutaris accipiam
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Brevis (Missa rotate coeli desuper (Hob. XXII:3))
    I N T E R M I S S I O N
  • solo pieces by Patricia Husse, mezzo-soprano
    • Franz Joseph Haydn: Una Donna Comme Me Non Vi Fu (A woman like me there never was)
    • Clara Schumann: Liebst du um Schönheit (If you would love beauty)
    • Georges Bizet: Ouvre ton Coeur (Open Your Heart)
    • Gustaf Mahler: Ging Heut Morgen Über's Feld (I walked across the fields this morning)
  • Melchior Vulpius: Hinunter ist der Sonnen Schein
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Zum Abendsegen.
  • Manuel de Falla: Nana (Lullaby) (Patricia Husse solo)
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Abendlied zu Gott (w/ Patricia Husse)
  • Possible Encore — John Rutter: God be in my head

Thursday, April 1, 2010

• In Byrd's Lamentations, Louise has decided to leave out the "Teth" section, going from the end of "Heth" straight to "Jod."

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

• Brent's still out of town. Please send him any info that should be added to the website.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

• Heinrich Schütz's Ego enim inique egi (from the Passions Motetten) will not be on the program.
• Louise Lee has "a spot" of pneumonia. Jenny led the rehearsal.
• Brent's out of town, and had to miss rehearsal. Please send him any info that should be added to the website (notes for this page, pieces rehearsed, etc).

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

• There are concert postcards and flyers concert available for you to mail and post in places you may visit.
• Louise Lee is requesting $20 from each of us to cover costs for the spring.
• Mezzo-soprano Patricia Husse will be our guest vocalist for the April program. She will sing several pieces on her own, and she will sing with us on the last piece on the program – Haydn's Abendlied zu Gott.
• Heinrich Schütz's Quid commisisti (from the Passions Motetten) will not be on the program.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

• Louise Lee was sick this week and couldn't lead rehearsal (and, no doubt, didn't want to share her bug with us). Jenny led the rehearsal admirably.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 – no notes

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

• No notes; almost full attendance.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

• The February 28th concert has been rescheduled to April 11th.
• We will be starting rehearsals at 7:30PM.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

• We will not be singing Peter Hurford's Litany to the Holy Spirit on the February 28th concert.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• Rehearsal cancelled — blizzard conditions. Please consider possible times for a make-up rehearsal.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

• New music – Peter Hurford: Litany to the Holy Spirit
• Here are the pieces for our concert February 28th. This is not the program order.
  • William Byrd: Lamentations
  • Melchior Vulpius: Hinunter ist der Sonnen Schein
  • Thomas Weelkes: Give ear, O Lord
  • Claudio Monteverdi: motets
    • III. Crudel! perge mi fuggi?
    • IV. Lasciate me morire
    • VIII. O rossignuol
  • Heinrich Schütz: Passions Motetten
    • IV. Quid commisisti
    • VI. Ego enim inique egi
    • VII. Quo, nate Dei
    • VIII. Calicem salutaris accipiam
  • John Blow: My God, My God, Look Upon Me
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Brevis (Missa rotate coeli desuper (Hob. XXII:3))
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Abendlied zu Gott
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Zum Abendsegen.
  • Peter Hurford: Litany to the Holy Spirit

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

• Our concert will be Sunday, February 28th at Graham Road United Methodist Church, 2929 Graham Road, Falls Church, VA 22042. The concert will be at 3:00PM. We should plan to be available from 1:00PM for rehearsing beforehand, and we should be done by 5:00PM.
  (Pastor Mike's wife Marable is the pastor there.)
• We may have a dress rehearsal Saturday afternoon, February 27th, location to be determined (either Arlington Forest UMC or Graham Road UMC).
• The list of pieces for the program will be posted here within the next week.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

• "Pastor Mike" Southall-Vess came by at the beginning of our rehearsal to let us know abut the United Methodist Church's relief programs for the earthquakes in Haiti. Through January 29th Arlington Forest UMC is accepting toiletries and personal-hygiene supplies to make Health Kits for the survivors. And 100% of cash donations to UMCOR – the United Methodist Committee on Relief – will go to Haitian relief (no admin costs).
  Louise Lee added the sad news that the Director of UMCOR happened to already be in Haiti and he was killed in the earthquake. Five members of a group of mission and relief specialists in Haiti to discuss efforts to improve medical services were trapped in the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince for over 55 hours. The Reverend Sam Dixon, UMCOR's top executive, died before he was rescued. The Reverend Clint Rabb, head of the Volunteers in Mission office, was evacuated but later died of his injuries.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

• Louise Lee temporarily has a cell phone while awaiting the installation of land lines in the new apartments.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

• Happy New Year and welcome back!
• New Music:
  • Melchior Vulpius: Hinunter ist der Sonnen Schein
    (This is another piece from the Known World's Choir's concert at Pennsic 2009.)
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Zum Abendsegen.
• Old Music you should bring to upcoming rehearsals:
  • Thomas Weelkes: Give ear, O Lord
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals (Crudel! perge mi fuggi?, Lasciate me morire, O rossignuol)
  • Heinrich Schütz: Cantiones Sacrae (Quid commisisti, Ego enim inique egi, Quo, nate Dei, Calicem salutaris accipiam)
  • John Blow: My God, My God, Look Upon Me
  • Maurice Greene: Lord, let me know mine end
• The location for our February 28, 2010 concert has still not been set.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

• We sang a concert at Goodwin House. MP3 files will be available soon.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

• Our concert at Goodwin House is next Wednesday. Please arrive by 6:30 PM to warm up and rehearse in the Auditorium. The concert is at 7:30 PM. Directions from the Goodwin House website.
  Goodwin House is at 4800 Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22311. Google Maps directions:
  from Arlington Forest UMC, 4701 Arlington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22203-2706
  • Head east on Arlington Blvd (US Route 50) toward N Pershing Dr, 0.3 mi.
  • Take the 1st right onto S George Mason Dr, 2.2 mi.
  • Turn left at S King St/Leesburg Pike (VA Route 7) E.
    Continue to follow S King St (VA Route 7) E, 0.4 mi.
  • Turn right at Beauregard St, 0.5 mi.
  • Turn left at Fillmore Ave, 338 ft.
    Destination will be at the end of the road.
    Goodwin House Alexandria, 4800 Fillmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22311-5070
• The program for next week has the slight change of moving the break to after the Guerrero (Los Reyes) and before the Levine (Al HaNisim), instead of after the Levine as announced Monday. The encore (Haydn's Abendlied) is definite, but it will not be listed on the program.
• We will not rehearse the following week (December 16), nor between Christmas and New Year's (December 30). We will probably not rehearse the week in between (December 23), but that isn't decided yet.

Monday, November 30, 2009

• Holiday Program order for Wednesday evening 7:30 PM December 9 at Goodwin House in Alexandria, VA:
  • Gastoldi/Hopson: Heaven and Earth Are Ringing
  • arr. Willcocks: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
  • Haydn: Missa rotate coeli desuper (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
  • Kirkpatrick/Wilberg: Away in a Manger
  • Guerrero: Los Reyes siguen la estrella
  Short Break
  • arr. Levine: Al HaNisim
  • arr. Cochran: The Boar's Head Carol
  • Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby
  • Johnson: The Coventry Carol
  • arr. Jacques: Good King Wenceslas
  • Saint-Saëns: Tollite Hostias
  Encore
  • Haydn: Abendlied zu Gott
• Pieces for the Sunday Morning Service December 13 at Arlington Forest UMC:
  • Gastoldi/Hopson: Heaven and Earth Are Ringing
  • Haydn: Missa rotate coeli desuper
  • Johnson: The Coventry Carol
  • Guerrero: Los Reyes siguen la estrella (if we have enough people)
  • Saint-Saëns: Tollite Hostias
  We will not sing the Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway. Not many people already knew it.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

• Website updates will be a little late this week; I'm in North Carolina.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

• We will sing a Holiday Program Wednesday evening 7:30 PM December 9 at Goodwin House in Alexandria, VA.
  • Program for December 9 (not in order yet):
    • Guerrero: Los Reyes siguen la estrella
    • Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby
    • Haydn: Missa rotate coeli desuper (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
    • Haydn: Abendlied zu Gott
    • Saint-Saëns: Tollite Hostias
    • Kirkpatrick/Wilberg: Away in a Manger
    • Gastoldi/Hopson: Heaven and Earth Are Ringing
    • arr. Cochran: The Boar's Head Carol
    • arr. Levine: Al HaNisim
    • Johnson: The Coventry Carol
    • arr. Jacques: Good King Wenceslas
    • arr. Willcocks: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
  • We will probably rehearse with the strings just before the concert at 6:30 PM.
• New Music – photocopies of two carols from the Green Book:
  • #16: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
  • #13: Good King Wenceslas
• Men (and Nancy) please come to rehearsal early at 7:15 PM December 2 to work on The Boar's Head Carol.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

• We will probably sing Sunday, December 13 at Arlington Forest's 11:00AM worshop service.
• New Music:
  • Henry Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway (for the Dec 13 service)
  • printed copies of Two Renaissance Christmas Anthems arranged by Hal H. Hopson:
    • Let All the Earth Be Joyful (actually Orazio Vecchi's So ben mi ch'ha bon tempo (So well I know who's happy))
    • Heaven and Earth Are Ringing (actually Giovanni Gastoldi's Amor Vittorioso (Victorious Love) SSATB)
  • cleaner copies of Camille Saint-Saëns: Tollite Hostias

Monday, November 9, 2009

• Additional old music to bring to future rehearsals:
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Tollite Hostias (last rehearsed Nov 2007)
  • arr. Arthur Warrell: (We Wish You) A Merry Christmas (last rehearsed Oct 2007)
  • plus the Victoria and Haydn pieces listed Oct 28

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

• New Music:
  • Francisco Guerrero: Los Reyes siguen la estrella
    (This piece is from the Known World's Choir's concert at Pennsic 2009.)
  • William J Kirkpatrick, arr. Mack Wilberg: Away in a Manger

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

• Sunday March 7, 2010 is under consideration as a possible winter-concert date. Please check your calendars.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

• New Music:
  • William Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby
    (This piece is from the Known World's Choir's concert at Pennsic 2008.)
  • Giovanni Gastoldi (arr. Hal H. Hopson): Heaven and Earth Are Ringing
    originally SSATB Amor Vittorioso (Tutti venite armati): Victorious Love (Come all ye, armed)
  • Three Christmas carols from the collection "Carols for Choirs 1" (the Green Book):
    #16: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
    #13: Good King Wenceslas
    #11: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
• Old Music – please bring these to future rehearsals if you have them:
  • Tomas Luis de Victoria: Pastores Loquebantur (last rehearsed Oct 2008)
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Abendlied zu Gott (last rehearsed May 2009)
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Brevis (Missa rotate coeli desuper, Hob. XXII:3) (last rehearsed May 2009)
• The 2 Haydn pieces above will be in our upcoming programs.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

• Use the elevator to enter the church tonight. The first-floor floors are being worked on today, so we can't walk on them tonight.
• Tentative concert date: Sunday afternoon February 28, 2010.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 – no notes

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

• New music – arr. Grant Cochran: The Boar's Head Carol (TTBB)

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

• New music – arr. Victor C. Johnson: The Coventry Carol
• Louise Lee is collecting $25 for music costs.
• Please relay any contact-information changes (address, phone, email) for the roster to Tim Burr.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

• New music – John Blow: My God, My God, Look Upon Me
• Arlington Forest UMC is having a homecoming celebration Sunday October 25. If you would like to sing with the church choir that morning, please let Louise Lee know.
• We'd like to give a concert on a Sunday afternoon next January or February. Please check your calendars for conflicts.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

• New music:
  • John Rutter: God be in my head
  • arr. Elliot Z Levine: Al HaNisim

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

• Welcome back, everyone!
• New music – William Byrd: Lamentations
• The Hebrew alphabet (beginning)

  Letter		Standard Israeli Pronunciation	Set By
  א	Aleph	/'alef/	Tallis Part I
  ב	Beth	/bet/
  ג	Gimel	/'gimel/	Tallis Part II
  ד	Daleth	/'dalet/
  ה	He	/hej/
  ו	Waw	/vav/
  ז	Zayin	/'zain/
  ח	Heth	/'het/	Byrd
  ט	Teth	/tet/
  י	Yod	/jod/

• Tentative concert date; please check your calendars: Wednesday, December 9th at Goodwin House.