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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

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