Program Notes; Fall, 2009

Repertoire: Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem, Fink’s Jubilate Deo, “3 famous choruses”: Mendelssohn’s He watching over Israel (from Elijah), Haydn’s The Heavens are Telling (from The Creation) and Beethoven’s Hallelujah Chorus (from The Mount of Olives) and 2 spirituals: Hold On!, and Ain’-a that Good News.

I. The Composers
Each composer is linked to his Wikipedia entry:

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

II. The Pieces

Dona Nobis Pacem (Vaughan Williams)

"He Watching Over Israel," from Elijah (Mendelssohn)

"The Heavens are Telling," from the Creation (Haydn)

"Hallelujah Chorus," from the Mount of Olives (Beethoven)

III. Translation

Fink: Jubilate Deo

first line from Psalm 99