Rehearsal Announcements:

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

• We had a lovely dinner at Crystal Thai restaurant.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

• This was our last rehearsal until September. But we are gathering for dinner next Wednesday. Please call or email Louise Lee so she can compile a headcount for the restaurant.
• For any of you still wondering where the Crystal Thai restaurant is, here is an aerial view.
• Guess who's coming to dinner?

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

• Arlington Forest UMC is still collecting donated items for UMCOR Health Kits through this Thursday morning (June 21). Individual items are welcome, as well as complete sets. (They have plenty of towels.)
• For dinner at Crystal Thai next week, 7:15 works better than 7pm for Louise.
• Louise would welcome additional donations ($20?) to help pay for print-advertising costs in the fall when we search for additional members.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

• Next week (June 20) will be our last rehearsal for this spring. The week after that (June 27) we will gather at 7:00 PM to dine at the Crystal Thai restaurant. Your significant others are welcome to join us. Crystal Thai is a couple of blocks west of Arlington Forest UMC, in a little shopping center on the north side of Route 50.
• Arlington Forest UMC is still collecting donated items for UMCOR Health Kits. (They have plenty of towels.)

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

• New Music: Carlo Gesualdo di Venosa: Ecce vidimus eum
• Arlington Forest UMC is collecting donated items for UMCOR Health Kits. (Kit Contents. Church members will assemble the kits.)
• We need to do a better job of cleaning the table in the parlor after our snacks.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

• There is no rehearsal next week, May 30.
• This year we will continue rehearsals through June.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

• New Music: Johann Pachelbel: Nun danket alle Gott (Now thank we all God)
  We sang this in our November 6, 2005 concert, Cathedral and Countryside.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

• I (webmaster) missed rehearsal tonight. If anyone can drop me a line about what we rehearsed and any other news so I can update the website, I'd appreciate it.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

• No notes.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

• No notes.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

• No notes.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

• We were delighted to have Klaus Alt visit us tonight! (And bolster the bass ranks.)
• Louise Lee has an email account.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

• No notes.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

• New Music: William Byrd: Domine, tu jurasti (complete)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

• No notes.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

• No notes.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

• No notes.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

• Louise would like to collect $25 from each of us to cover the costs of music for the spring.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

• New music: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Psalm 134 (Or sus, serviteurs du Seigneur)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

• New music:
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria
  • printed copies of Schütz Singet dem Herrn

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

• No rehearsal. Louise was still not feeling well, and snow was forecast.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

• No rehearsal. Louise was not feeling well.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

• No news.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

• New Music: Claudio Monteverdi: Dolcissimo Usignolo
• Tim shared an article with us from the Dec 19/26th New Yorker: PRINCE Of DARKNESS – The murders and madrigals of Don Carlo Gesualdo. (On-line access to the article requires a subscription, but there are some related Gesualdo pictures available in Alex Ross's blog.)

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

• Welcome back Laura!
• New Music:
  • Orlandus Lassus: Vedi l'aurora
  • Heinrich Schütz: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
  • J.S. Bach: Motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

• Happy New Year!
• New Music:
  • Josquin des Prés: Mille regretz
  • William Mundy: O Lord, the maker of all things
  • William Byrd: Domine, tu jurasti
  • Hans Leo Hassler: Tanzen und Springen
  • Robert Jones: What if I Seek for Love
  • Robert Jones: Sweete Kate
  • J.S. Bach: Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
  • Johannes Brahms: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
  • arr. John Rutter: Wexford Carol

Sunday, December 4, 2011

• We will not have Wednesday-night rehearsals in December. (We usually take the week off after a concert and skip a rehearsal.) Our next rehearsal will be January 4, 2012.
• The audio recording of the concert stops after the first line of Haneirot halalu, so we've got only the 1st half of the program and the piano Rondo. ☹

Saturday, December 3, 2011

• Please arrive for the concert Sunday by 6:00 pm.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

• Copies of the program for the concert were available at rehearsal tonight.
• Concert Order:
  • Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi
  • Jacques Clément (Clemens non Papa): O Maria, Vernans Rosa
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum est Regnum
  • Francisco Guerrero: Pastores Loquebantur
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete omnes
  • Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat
  • intermission
  • Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Rondo on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
  • Stanley M. Hoffman: Haneirot halalu
  • arr. Alice Parker: Behold! the Grace Appears
  • arr. R. L. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo
  • John Rutter: Personent hodie
  • Joseph Haydn: Missa brevis Sti. Joannis de Deo
• Dress rehearsal 3:30 - 5:30 pm Saturday December 3 at Calvary United Methodist Church.
• Plan to arrive for the concert Sunday at 6:30 6:00 pm. (subject to change)

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

• We will do the Guerrero Pastores Loquebantur down one whole step.
• We will do the Sweelinck Gaudete omnes down one half step.
• In the Pearsall In dulci jubilo we will observe the fermata in the 2nd verse, but not the 1st verse.
• We have little mini-posters for the concert.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

• Tentative concert order:
  • Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi
  • Jacques Clément (Clemens non Papa): O Maria, Vernans Rosa
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria Francisco Guerrero?: Pastores Loquebantur
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum est Regnum
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete omnes
  • Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat
  • intermission
  • Stanley M. Hoffman: Haneirot halalu
  • arr. Alice Parker: Behold! the Grace Appears
  • arr. R. L. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo
  • John Rutter: Personent hodie
  • Joseph Haydn: Missa brevis Sti. Joannis de Deo
• Louise Lee is collecting $25 from each of us to cover costs for music, instrumentalists, etc.
• Louise has music available for those who are interested in singing for the Carols Service Sunday December 11th at Arlington Forest UMC.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

• One of the solists for our concert, Ellen, joined us at rehearsal tonight.
• New music: printed copies of In dulci jubilo (from last week)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

• Our next concert will be 7:30pm Sunday December 4th at Calvary United Methodist Church, South Grant and 23rd Sts in Arlington (near Crystal City). We will have a dress rehearsal 3:30-5:30pm Saturday December 3rd.
• We may have volunteers join the Arlington Forest UMC Choir for the service Sunday, December 11th.
• New Music:
  • arr. R. L. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo
  • printed copies of Haneirot halalu (from last week)
• We're sticking with the new seating arrangement, for now....

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

• We tried a new seating arrangement tonight with the tenors behind the bases and the sopranos behind the altos.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

• New Music:
  • arr. Alice Parker: Behold! the Grace Appears (cover says "Shepherds and Angels")
  • Stanley M. Hoffman: Haneirot halalu (a piece for Chanukah)
• The Sunday December 4th concert may be in the evening. Calvary United Methodist Church at South Grant and 23rd Sts in Arlington (near Crystal City) is a possible venue.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

• Please bring the Alice Parker arrangement of Shepherds and Angels to future rehearsals.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

• Old Music:
  • Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat
  • John Rutter: Personent hodie
• Sunday afternoon December 4th is a possible concert date. Please check your calendars.
• Security at the church is an issue. (Someone was in the building overnight after our rehearsal last week.) We may need to arrange phone calls for access for people who arrive late. (The church's phone number is 703-525-0961, and the phone rings upstairs in the room next to our rehearsal.)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 — no news

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

• Old Music:
  • Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate 116: Du Friede fürst, Herr Jesu Christ (Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace)
• Louise asked us to bring these pieces from previous years:
  • Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi
  • Jacques Clément (Clemens non Popa): O Maria, Vernans Rosa
  • Tomas Luis de Victoria: Pastores Loquebantur
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete omnes
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate 116: Du Friede fürst, Herr Jesu Christ (Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

• New Music: Lowell Mason: Praise God from Whom all blessings flow
• Old Music: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete omnes
• Louise started to list pieces from last year that we should bring:
  • Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

• Welcome back Beth Kepp! And welcome back, everyone else!
• New Music: Haydn: Missa brevis Sti. Joannis de Deo