REPERTOIRE
​​2024
Fall
Dr. Kirk Rich, Guest Conductor
First Presbyterian Church
Lexington, KY
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"Ding! Dong! Merrily on high!"
traditional, arranged by
Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)
Ave Maria
Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
"The Magi's Dream"
James Whitbourn (1963-2024)
"Komm, Jesu, komm", BWV 229
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
"What sweeter music"
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Missa Brevis (2009)
Jonthan Dove (b. 1959)
II. Gloria
Two settings of "O Magnum Mysterium"
Tomas Luis de Victoria (ca 1548-1611)
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Cantata BWV 140
J. S. Bach
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2024
Spring
Richard Waters, Artistic Director
First Presbyterian Church
Lexington, KY
O grosse Lieb from St. John Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ecce quomodo moritur
Jacobus Gallus Handl
Wer hat dich so geschlagen, SJP
J. S. Bach
Greater Love Hath No Man
John Ireland
Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn, SJP
J. S. Bach
Ave verum corpus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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In meines Herzens Grunde, SJP
J. S. Bach
Ubi caritas
Maurice Duruflé
Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein, SJP
J. S. Bach
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The Courage for Love
Richard Waters (b. 1973)
I. I Go Among Trees
II. Hate Has No World
III. Whatever Happens
IV. The Courage for Love
V. The Peace of Wild Things
2023
Fall
Richard Waters, Artistic Director
First Presbyterian Church
Lexington, KY
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Christmas Oratorio
Weinachts Oratorium
BWV 248, Cantatas IV-V-VI
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Frohlocket, ihr Volker auf Erden
Felix Mendelssohn
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2023
Spring
Marlon Hurst, Artistic Director
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Requiem
Herbert Howells
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Dona Nobis Pacem
Mvt. VI
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Festival Te Deum
Benjamin Britten
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Immortal Bach
Knut Nystedt
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O Jesu Christ, men's Lebens Licht
BWV 118
Johann Sebastian Bach
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2022
Fall
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CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Weihnachts Oratorium
BWV 248, Cantatas I-II-III
Johann Sebastian Bach
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2022
Spring
MESSIAH
Parts I & II
Georg Frideric Handel
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2021
Fall
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Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht
BWV 248
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
BWV 61
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
BuxWV 211Dietrich Buxtehude​
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Hodie Christus natus est
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Francis Poulenc
Gloria sei dir gesungen
BWV 140
Johann Sebastian Bach
In dulci jubilo
BWV 368
Joseph Klug • arr. by J.S. Bach
I Sing the Birth
Richard Wayne Dirksen
Omnis Mundus Jocundetur
Michael Praetorius
O Magnum Mysterium
Francis Poulenc • Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ave Maria
Nathaniel Dett
The Christ-Child Lay in Mary’s Lap
Richard Wayne Dirksen
Mary Had a Baby
William L. Dawson
Still, Still, Still
arranged by Luc Jakobs
2020
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*Canceled all concerts
because of Covid-19*
2019
Fall
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​2019
Spring
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"Himmelskönig, sei willkommen"
Cantata BWV 182
JS Bach
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2 Settings of Dixit Dominus
Claudio Monteverdi
George Frideric Handel
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featuring the
University of Kentucky Chorale
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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2018
Fall
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Christmas Oratorio
Parts V-VI, BWV 248
JS Bach
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First Presbyterian Church
Lexington, KY
2018
Spring
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Musikalische Exequien
Opus 7, SWV 279-281
Heinrich Schuetz
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Moteten, Lieder und Gesange
Johannes Brahms
2017
Fall
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Christmas Oratorio
Parts III​-IV, BWV 248
JS Bach
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
First Presbyterian Church, Maysville, KY
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2017
Spring
Mass in B Minor
JS Bach
with University of Kentucky Chorale
Dr. Jefferson Johnson, conductor
Cathedral of Christ the King, Lexington, KY
Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, KY
2016
Fall
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Christmas Oratorio
Part II, BWV 248
JS Bach
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"Zwingt Freudig euch Empor"
Cantata BWV 36
JS Bach
Concerto for Oboe d' Amore
BWV 1055
JS Bach
"Ich lag in tiefster Todesnacht"
Johannes Eccard
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"Weinachten"
MWV B42
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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"When Mary Through the Garden Went"
Charles Villiers Stanford
"Balulalow"
Peter Warlock
"On Christmas Night"
Sussex Carol
arr. Philip Ledger
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
2016
Spring
Fürchte Dich Nicht
Motet BWV 228
JS Bach
"Petite et accipietis"
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
"Dass ist je gewisslich"
Heinrich Schuetz
"Das ist je gewisslich"
Hugo Distler
"Denn er hat seinen Engeln"
Felix Mendelssohn
"Lebenslust," "Psalm 23," "Standchen"
Franz Schubert
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
First Christian Church, Richmond, KY
2015
Fall
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Christmas Oratorio
Part I, BWV 248
JS Bach
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Solemn Vespers
K. 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
Broadcast on WEKU and WKYL
2015
Spring
St. John Passion
BWV 245
JS Bach
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY
Broadcast on WKYL
Broadcast on WEKU
Kentucky Center Stage
2014
Fall
Komm, Jesu, Komm
Motet BWV 229
JS Bach
Four Motets
Four English Part Songs
Johannes Brahms
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
2nd Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY
Live broadcast on WKYL
rebroadcast on WEKU
Kentucky Center Stage
2014
Spring
"Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht"
(from Kaffeekantate) BWV 211
JS Bach
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Little Organ Fugue in g-minor
BWV 578
JS Bach
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Organ Prelude No. 1 in C, BWV 870
JS Bach
Canon
JS Bach/arr. Ward Swingle
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Prelude No. 1 in C
Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk. 2, BWV 870
JS Bach
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Prelude No. 1 in C
Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk. 2, BWV 870
Bach/arr. Ward Swingle
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Blaues Gras Cantata
PDQ Bach
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Knock, Knock Cantata
PDQ Bach
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First Presbyterian Church and
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Lexington, KY
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2013
Fall
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Johannes Brahms
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"Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden"
Cantata BWV 88
JS Bach
No. 7 Chorale
BWV 88
JS Bach
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"Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten"
Chorale Prelude & Melody
BWV 690
JS Bach
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"Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten"
(Chorale Melody)
Georg Neumark
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Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
Z 860
Henry Purcell
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY 2nd Presbyterian Church, Harrodsburg, KY
2013
Spring
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"Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir"
Cantata BWV 29
JS Bach
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"Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut"
Cantata BWV 199
JS Bach
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Organ Fugue in E-flat (St. Anne)
BWV 552b
JS Bach
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"O Praise the Lord"
Chandos Anthem No. 9, HWV 254
Georg Frideric Handel
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"Zadok the Priest"
Coronation Anthem HWV 258
GF Handel
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
Gateway Regional Arts Center,
Mt. Sterling, KY
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2012
Fall
"Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied"
BWV 225
JS Bach
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Organ Prelude and Fugue in c-minor
BWV 549
JS Bach
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Sonata no. 5 for cello and clavier
Bodin de Boismortier
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"My Prayer" (after Purcell)
Bob Chilcott
"Jesu, Grant Me This I Pray"
Orlando Gibbons
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"With Cheerful Notes"
Chandos Anthem, No. 9
Georg Frideric Handel
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"Cantate Domino"
Hans Leo Hassler
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"Cantate Domino"
Claudio Monteverdi
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"Immortal Bach"
Knut Nystedt
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"Hear My Prayer, O Lord"
Henry Purcell
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
Hill Chapel, Georgetown College
2012
Spring
Missa in G-Major
BWV 236
JS Bach
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"Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich"
Cantata BWV 17
JS Bach
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Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major
BWV 1066
JS Bach
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"Sei lob und Preis mit Ehren"
Motet BWV 231
JS Bach
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"Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust"
No. 1 "Aria" BWV 170
JS Bach
Organ Fantasy and Fugue in c-minor
BWV 537
JS Bach
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"Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren"
Johann Crüger
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"Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren"
Johannes Eccard
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
The Presbyterian Church, Danville, KY
2011
Fall
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Missa for Double Choir
Felix Mendelssohn
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Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major
BWV 1048
JS Bach
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"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata BWV 131
JS Bach
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"Der Geist Hilft"
Motet BWV 226
JS Bach
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Organ Toccata and Fugue in d minor
BWV 565
JS Bach
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Little Organ Fugue in g-minor
BWV 578
JS Bach
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
The Presbyterian Church, Danville, KY
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2011
Spring
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"Mit Fried' und Freud’ ich fahr dahin"
Cantata BWV 125
JS Bach
"Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke"
Solo Cantata BWV 84
JS Bach
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Quintet in D Major, Op. 22, No. 1
Organ Prelude and Fugue in D Major
BWV 532
JS Bach
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"Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr dahin"
Organ Chorale Prelude BWV 616
JS Bach
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"Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?"
Op. 74, No. 1
Johannes Brahms
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"I Will Alway Give Thanks"
Charles King
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"An Evening Hymn"
Henry Purcell
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"Morgenlied"
Three Sacred Songs, Op. 69, No. 1
Josef Rheinberger
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
First United Methodist Church, Frankfort, KY
2010
Fall
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"Es ist das Heil uns Kommen her"
Cantata BWV 9
JS Bach
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"Jesu, Meine Freude"
Motet BWV 227
JS Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major
BWV 1047
JS Bach
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Sonata V in D Major
Wq 54/5
Carl Phillipe Emmanuel Bach
"Gross ist der Herr"
Carl Phillipe Emmanuel Bach
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"Fürchte dich nicht"
Johann Christoph Bach
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"Das Blut Jesu Christi"
Johann Michael Bach
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Organ Concerto in G-Major
I. Allegro
BWV 592
JS Bach
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
2010
Spring
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'Jesu, der du meine Seele"
Cantata BWV 78
JS Bach
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"Lobet den Herrn"
Motet BWV 230
JS Bach
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b-minor
BWV 1067
JS Bach
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Reincarnations
Op. 16, Nos. 1-3
Samuel Barber
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"Mary Hynes"
"Anthony O'Daly"
"The Coolin"
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"Ach, Arme Welt"
Op. 110, No. 2
Johannes Brahms
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Geistliches Lied
Op. 30
Johannes Brahms
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Laudate Dominum
from Solemn Vespers
K. 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Laudate Dominum
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Paris, KY
2009
Fall
Marlon Hurst, Artistic Director
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Missa in F-Major
BWV 233
JS Bach
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"Darzu ist erschienen, der Sohn Gottes"
Cantata BWV 40
JS Bach
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Concerto in C-minor
BWV 1060
JS Bach
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"Ein Blümlein wenn’s die Sonne spüret"
Jean Berger
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"Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang"
John Earwaker
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"There Is No Rose"
Paul Hillier
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"Ave Maria"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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"Ave Maria"
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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"Ave Maria"
Giuseppe Verdi
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First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
The Presbyterian Church, Danville, KY
Union Church, Berea, KY
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2009
Spring
Richard Sowers, Artistic Director
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"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
Cantata BWV 12
JS Bach
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"Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir"
Cantata BWV 29
JS Bach
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major
BWV 1068
JS Bach
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St. Anne Fugue in Eb major
BWV 552/2
JS Bach
"Aus Tiefer Not"
Motet Op. 23, No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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"Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn"
BWV 1127
JS Bach
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First Presbyterian Church
Lexington, KY
April 26, 2009
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2008
Fall
Richard Sowers, Artistic Director
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"Wachet auf!"
Cantata BWV 140
JS Bach
"Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland"
from 18 Chorales for Organ
BWV 659
JS Bach
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"Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland"
Cantata BWV 61
JS Bach
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"Das Neugeborne Kindelein"
Dieterich Buxtehude
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"This is the Record of John"
Orlando Gibbons
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Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor
BWV 1060
JS Bach
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Lexington, KY
November 23, 2008
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2008
Spring
Richard Sowers, Artistic Director
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"Christ lag in Todesbanden"
Cantata BWV 4
JS Bach
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Ascension Oratorio
BWV 11
JS Bach
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Musica Dei Donum Optimi
Roland de Lassus
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Hosanna to the Son of David
Orlando Gibbons
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major
BWV 1057
JS Bach
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Organ Prelude in Eb major
BWV 552/1
JS Bach
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Flute Sonata in Eb major
BWV 1031
JS Bach
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Ave Verum Corpus
William Byrd
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Tates Creek Presbyterian Church
Lexington, KY
April 12, 2008
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2007
Fall
Richard Sowers, Artistic Director
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"Gottes Zeit, die aller bestes Zeit"
Cantata BWV 106
JS Bach
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"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, O Herr, zu dir"
Cantata BWV 131
JS Bach
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"Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott"
Cantata BWV 80
JS Bach
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Magnificat in D major
Johann Pachelbel
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Organ Prelude & Fugue in D major
BWV 532
JS Bach
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"Singet dem Herrn"
Motet BWV 225
JS Bach
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Southern Hills United Methodist Church
Lexington, KY
November 2, 2007