Fifty-ninth Concert Season at the National Gallery ofArt

2000-2001

Under the Direction of George Manos

Sundays at 7:00 p.m. in the West Building, West Garden Court

PERFORMERS PROGRAMS

December 2000

24 No concert

31 No concert

January 2001

7 National Gallery Orchestra

George Manos, conductor

Gala Viennese New Year

Concert

14 Borromeo String Quartet 

with Gary Graffman, pianist

Schnittke: Piano Quintet

Beethoven: Quartet, Opus 95

Bach/Brahms: Chaconne

Korngold: Suitefor Piano, Left

FIand, and Strings

21 Cecile Licad, pianist All-Chopin recital

The use ofcameras or recording equipment during

the performance is not allowed.

For the convenience ofconcertgoers

the Garden Cafe remains open until 6:30 p.m.

Selectionsfrom concerts at the Gallery

can he heard on the second Sunday ofeach month

at 9:00 p.m. on WGMS, 103.5 FM.

The Fifty-ninth Season of

THE WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL and

F. LAMMOT BELIN CONCERTS

National Gallery of Art

2366th Concert

COLUMBIA COLLEGIATE CHORALE

JAMES BINGHAM, conductor

ELIZABETH BLAKESLEE, harp

JACQUELINE ESPOSO AND JEREMY ROBINSON, pianists

Sunday Evening, 17 December 2000

Seven O'clock

West Building, West Garden Court

Admission free
PROGRAM

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 

(1710-1736)

1.

2.

Magnificat

Gustav Holst

(1874-1934)

Magnificat (chorus)

Et misericordia

Tarsila Reyna, soprano

Karla Rivers, mezzo soprano

3. Deposuit potentes (chorus)

4. Suscepit Israel

Javier Gonzales, tenor

Jonathan White, bass

5. Sicut locutus est; Gloria (chorus)

II

Tarsila Reyna, soprano

Karla Rivera, mezzo soprano

Javier Gonzalez, tenor

Jonathan White, bass

Christmas Day

(1910)

III

Thomas Weelkes 

(c. 1575-1623)

Traditional German Carol

arr. Robert Pearsall (1795-1856)

Old Catholic Hymn

arr. Daniel Gawthrop (b. 1599)

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

In dulci jubilo

Lo, How a Rose

Judith Weir Illuminare, Jerusalem

Gustav Holst

IV

In the Bleak Midwinter 

arr. Donald Moore

Traditional English Carol Joys Seven

arr. Stephen Cleobury

INTERMISSION

Benjamin Britten

(1913-1976)

V

A Ceremony of Carols

(1942)

Wolcum Yole!

There is no Rose

That Yonge Child - Balulalow

As dew in Aprille

This Little Babe

Elizabeth Blakeslee, harp

John Tavener

(b. 1944)

VI

The Lamb

John Rutter

(b. 1945)

Dormi Jesu
Carol for Choir and Audience

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hark! The herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn king;

Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! "

Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies,

With th'angelic host proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem."

Hark! The herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn king."

Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the son of righteousness!

Light and life to all he brings, Ris'n with healing in his wings;

Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, 

Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth,

Hark! The herald angels sing: "Glory to the new-born king."

VII

Traditional German Carol Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine

arr. Howard Helvey

Traditional Basque Carol Sing Lullaby

arr. Howard Helvey

Traditional English Carol Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

arr. Howard Helvey

Jacqueline Esposo, piano

Jeremy Robinson, piano

Carolsfor Choir andAudience

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay,

For Jesus Christ, our Savior, Was born upon this day,

To save us all from Satan’s pow’r When we were gone astray:

0 tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,

0 tidings of comfort and joy!

From God our heav’nly father A blessed angel came,

And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same,

How that in Bethlehem was born The Son of God by name:

0 tidings....

Now to the Lord sing praises, All you within this place,

And with true love and brotherhood Each other now embrace;

This holy tide of Christmas doth bring redeeming grace:

0 tidings....

O Come, All Ye Faithful

0 come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,

0 come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem;

Come and behold him, born the King of Angels;

Refrain: 0 come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, 

0 come, let us adore him, Christ, the Lord!

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,

Sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above:

"Glory to God in the highest!"

Refrain

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning,

Jesus, to thee be glory giv'n;

Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing:

Refrain
The Columbia Collegiate Chorale draws its membership from the

student body of Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Maryland, and

includes both music and other majors. Under the leadership of James 

Bingham, the choir has undertaken a heavy schedule of services and

concerts, traveling extensively both nationally and internationally. It has

appeared at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City and was

selected as one of two groups to represent the United States at the 1995

Jerash International Festival under the sponsorship of Her Majesty 

Queen Noor ofJordan. The choir has a number of recordings to its credit

and has received extraordinary acclaim for its endeavors. Outstanding 

among these is the CD, O Jesus Sweet, which includes repertoire from

the Christmas concert that the chorale presented at the National Gallery 

in 1997.

Columbia Union College was founded in 1904 as part of the SeventhDay Adventist Church’s educational system in North America. The

college attracts an international coeducational student body and offers

undergraduate and graduate traditional and nontraditional programs in

the liberal arts, sciences, and select professional fields. Its location near

Washington, DC, enables its students to interact with many national and

international cultural, religious, and multiethnic organizations.

Born in Australia, James Bingham, who chairs the music department 

at Columbia Union College and is director of its choirs, began his

musical studies in his home city, Geelong, and graduated from Avondale 

College, New South Wales. As a young man, Bingham moved to the

United States, where he completed his master’s degree at Andrews 

University in Michigan. Upon completion of his doctoral studies,

Bingham was appointed director of choirs at Atlantic Union College in

Massachusetts and chaired the college’s Thayer Conservatory of Music.

Succeeding the late Paul Hill, Bingham has conducted the Columbia 

Collegiate Chorale since 1993.

Program notes by Elmer Booze

Members ofthe Columbia Collegiate Chorale

Soprano

Alonso, Susie

Baccus, Jessica

Barnabas, Camille

Cochran, Natalie 

French, Katy

Gilbert, Zanna

John, Prethi 

Juhl, Tara

Patsoukevitch, Olga

Paul, Gerna

Reyna, Tarsila 

Rivera, Karla

Torres, Janice 

Wieder, Kelly

Tenor

Chavez, Bryan

DeLeon, Jonathan 

Dorsey, Lionel

Gonzalez, Javier

Howard, Devon

Larkin, Khalid

McGuinness, John 

Mezetin, Maximilian 

Salazar, Clever 

Vandeman, Tim

Alto

Axmaker, Sarah

Beddoe, Katrina 

Christopher, Stephani 

Dada, Lara

Dabrowsky, Michal

Eisele, Isle

Esposo, Jacqueline

Henry, Kimberlee 

Lee, Louise

Relerford, Nicole

Saltos, Maria 

Suggs, Jason

Bass

Bryan, Arthur 

De Gracia, Eleazor 

Gonzalez, Edward 

Mowry, Brandon 

Reyna, Roberto

Robinson, Jeremy

Park, Tae-Hoon 

Pegus, Sam

Scheuneman, Trevor 

White, Jonathan 

Williams, Peter