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Listed below are highlights from
performances since 2005 (recent concerts are listed first). Benefit recitals are noted in the
column at left. Program
highlights:
The MGC program was one of its
more contrast-rich in years -- sixteen pieces, from solid
Broadway classics to traditional songs of the mountains and of the
road, from heartfelt ballads of both the Old World and the New to
zesty tunes with playful lyrics, from a bit of Brahms to the wit of
Gershwin.
Guest artists:
Bass Matthew Anchel
performed Schubert's "An die Music," "Sorge infausta una procella"
from Handel's Orlando, arias from Gounod and Verdi, and "I Am
What I Am" from Herman's La Cage aux Folles. He was
joined by his father, MGC bass David Anchel, in the duet "L'alto
retaggio non ho bramato" from Verdi's Luisa
Miller.
Guest composer Jon Pohlmann ("Psalm 130,"
performed at this concert) has been a member (second tenor) of the Club
since 1999. His wide range of musical achievements include two
off-off-Broadway musicals, a theme written for an Ella Fitzgerald
tribute at Lincoln Center, and all the songs performed by his
blues-rock band The Hoi Polloi.
Date:
Tuesday evening, December 8
Program highlights: The Club's program, typically varied, drew from
spirituals, traditional and folk pieces, classic American popular
songs, and seasonal music.
Guest artists were Juilliard
graduates Julia MinJeong Kang, cello; DanBee Park,
violin; So Young Bae, violin; and Chen-Erh Ho, viola.
2009 Spring Concert
Guest artist:
Soprano Michelle Johnson.
2008 Winter Holiday Concert
Date: Tuesday
evening, December 9
Program highlights:
The Club presented classical and contemporary seasonal and folk
songs from around the world, including "Turkish Drinking Song," by
Mendelssohn; "Nessun Dorma," by Puccini; "God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen," arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams; and "We Need a
Little Christmas" (from Mame), by Jerry Herman.
Guest artist: New Zealand soprano Marie Te Hapuku.
Program highlights:
The Club performed
18 pieces, including the following:
"I Bought Me a Cat" (Aaron Copland);
"Auf Flugeln des Gesanges" (Felix Mendelssohn);
"Battle Hymn of the Republic";
"With Cat-like Tread" (from The Pirates of Penzance);
medley from South Pacific; "Sweet and Lovely"; and
"Vive L'Amour." Guest artist:
Mezzo-soprano Elspeth Kincaid.
Program highlights:
The Club performed 16 pieces that included seasonal songs,
spirituals, and selections from Broadway and opera.
Guest artist:
Soprano Angela Meade.
2007 Spring Concert Date:
Tuesday evening,
May 15 Program highlights:
The Club performed music from
Broadway, opera, operetta, and American and world folk songs.
A medley from the musical Annie included
lyrics written by Annie lyricist Martin Charnin especially for
the Mendelssohn Glee Club. Also performed were "All the Things
You Are" (Jerome Kern), "Pilgrim Chorus" (Richard Wagner), "Italian Street Song" (Victor Herbert), and "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim). Guest artist:
Soprano Kristin Sampson.
2006 Winter Holiday Concert Date:
Tuesday evening,
December 12 Program highlights:
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, the Club
(with soprano Jessica Julin) performed the "Allelujah" from
the motet
Exultate Jubilate. The arrangement for male chorus was
written by previous MGC conductor John Rover Bogue. The Club also
sang the "Lacrymosa" from Mozart's Requiem. Also offered was music of the season,
including "Light One Candle," Robert DeCormier's setting of
Peter Yarrow’s (of Peter, Paul & Mary) Chanukah song. There
was music from Guys and Dolls, Verdi, and songs and
spirituals. Guest artist:
Soprano Jessica Julin.
2006 Spring Concert
Program
highlights: music from the late Renaissance through the
twentieth century, including composers from Purcell to Thompson. A men's
choral arrangement of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" from the Messiah
was offered, and, with soprano Daena Mireau, the Club
sang Schubert's Omnipotence. Guest artist:
Soprano Daena Mireau.
2005 Winter Holiday Concert
Program highlights:
seasonal music; pieces by Mozart, MacDowell,
Sullivan, Sodero, Speaks, Anka, von Flotow, and others;
works: "Sylvia," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," "My
Way," "Chorus of Peers," and "Inno di Mameli" among
others. Guest artist:
Soprano Manon Strauss Evrard.
2005 Spring Concert Program highlights:
arrangement
for men's chorus and soprano of "O Triumph All Ye Ransom'd" from Beethoven's
The Mount of Olives and "Easter Hymn" from Mascagni's
Cavalleria Rusticana; folk songs from around the world; pieces by Bacharach,
Sondheim, and Porter. Phillip Hagemann, whose arrangement of Porter's "Don't
Fence Me In" was performed, was in attendance. |
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