. . . under the direction of David Hensley, Artistic Director
2007 - 2008 SEASON
FCA's 20 ANNIVERSARY GALA - CONCERT AND BANQUET
April 5, 2008, Hope Luthern Church, Fresno
For the final Fresno Concert of our anniversary season, Artistic Director David Hensley selected a variety of FCA favorites from the seasons he has conducted..
The concert was followed by a Gala Banquet attended by over 120 FCA friends and family. Former FCA Artistic Directors Dr. Gary Unruh and Dr. Julie Carter were honored along with Dorthy Renzi and Dr. Arthur Huff, long active in choral music with FCA, CSU Fresno, and throughout the Cenral Valley. Alan Peters, former FCA singer and Board President, was the Master of Ceremonies.
THE PROGRAM:
How Can I Keep from Singing? - arr. John Carter - Sharon McCammack, alto
Allen Koepke: Praise the Name of God With a Song
Halsey Stephens: Go, Lovely Rose
Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-on
James Mulholland: A Red, Red Rose
Randall Thompson: The Last Words of David
Cecil Effinger: No Mark, and Basket - Jose Diaz, oboe
Franz Joseph Haydn: Misa Brevis, Sancti Joannis de Deo
-- Catherine Walker, organ - Bethany Speir, soprano,
-- Susan Doering, violin - Claudia Shiuh, violin - Dr. Dieter Wulfhorst, Violincello
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Pie Jesu (from Requiem) - Dona Beavers and Kay Kelm, solos
Edwin Fissinger: Lux Aeterna - Cristina Crittenden and Paul Volker, solos
Johannes Brahms: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (from Ein Deutches Requiem)
Gilbert M. Martin: Cross Cry - Kirk Anderson, tenor
J.S. Bach: (Again) Come Sweet Death (arr. Rhonda Sandberg)
John Rutter: The Lord is My Shepherd (from Requiem)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - (arr. Gilbert M. Martin)
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
December 16, 2007, Hope Lutheran Church, Fresno
George Frederick Handel's Messiah, with chorus and orchestra
Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols
Jacopo Corsi: Adoramus Te, Christe
Three Carols
...March of the Kings - French
...The Boars Head Carol - English
...La Virgin lava Panales - Spanish
OKTOBERFEST
October 13, Sierra Vista Presbyterian Church, Oakhurst
October 14, Hope Lutheran Church, Fresno
Brahams: Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs)
Bruckner: Three Graduals - Ave Marie, Christus factus est, Os justi
Schubert: Lebenslust
Mendelssohn: Die Nachtigall
Brahams: O Schone Nacht
Schubert: Tantum ergo in E-flat
Shumann: From Dichterliebe - Thomas Casarez, tenor
Strauss: Three Songs - Bethany Speir, soprano
Brahams: Die Meere
Schubert: Wenn Ich ein Voglein war
Brahms: Neckereien
Pfautsch: Songs Mein Grossmama Sang
2006 - 2007 SEASON
June 24, 2007 - La Purisima Mission, as part of the Lompoc Flower Festival
FCA's Featured work: Williams Mass in G Minor.
In joint concert with the Central Coast Choral Artists:
Flemming: His Voice
Handel: Sing Unto God
If I Should Die - Arnold (arr.)
Ives: Circus Band
Meir Finkelstein:L'dor Vador
Schultz: This Shall Be for Music
Schultz: Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Stanford: Beati quorum via
Still: All That I Am
April 14, 2007 - CATHEDRAL CLASICS, First Congregational Church, Porterville
April 15, 2007 - CATHEDRAL CLASSICS, Hope Lutheran Church, Fresno
Featured Work: Ralph Vaughn Williams - Mass in G Minor
Along with choral music from the English tradition:
Sing Joyfully Unto God - William Byrd
Zadok the Priest - G F Handel
Sing Unto God - G F Handel
Beati quorum via - C V Stanford
Nunc Dimitis - Gustav Holst
Not Unto Us O Lord (Non Nobis, Domine) - Roger Quilter
For the Beauty of the Earth - John Rutter
I Will Sing with the Spirit - John Rutter
Whether Men Do Laugh or Weep -
Nov. 5, 2006 - THE AMERICAN HYMN, Hope Lutheran Church
Featured Work: Ron Kean's American Mass
Along with these hymns which cover the wide range of the American tradition:
Let Us Break Bread Together - Hall (arr.)
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing - Hopkins (arr.)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Hogan (arr.)
Shall We Gather at the River - Carter (arr.)
Gregor: Ehre Sei Gott in der Hohe
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? - Hunter (arr.)
My Shepherd Will supply My Need - Wilberg (arr.)
His Voice - Fleming (arr.)
When I survey the Wonderous Cross - Martin (arr.)
Simple Gifts -Pooler (arr.)
Ye Followers of the Lamb - Ferguson (arr.)
Come, Come Ye Saints - Hawryluk (arr.)
Battle Hymn of the Republic - Wilhousky (arr.)
December 17, 2006, MESSIAH: A TRADITION RESTORED, Shrine of Saint Therese
The Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah, with orchestra and soloists
Along with these additional songs of the season:
- Wohlgemuth: Of the Father's Love Begotten
- Praetorius: Singt Ihr Lieben Christen All!
- Philips: O Beatum Et Sacrosanctum Diem
- Spencer: Nova, Nova, Ave Fit ex Eva
- Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
- Willan: The Three Kings
- Silent Night - Sargent (arr.)
- Sjolund: Go Tell It On the Mountain
2005 - 2006 SEASON
November 13 - ASPECTS OF LOVE , Hope Lutheran Church
- Chenoweth: God
of Comfort, God of Courage
- Kemner: Now, Shout!
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Martin (arr.)
- Sjolund: One Perfect Rose, When You're Away, Careless Talk, Your Little Hands
- Shenandoah - Erb (arr.)
- Hebrew Folksong: Nations Shall Learn War No More - Richards (arr.)
- America - Hunter (arr.)
- February 26, AMERICA SINGS , Hope
Lutheran Church
- Ramirez: Missa Criolla
- Ives: Circus Band
- Foster: Images of the Past - Fissinger (arr.)
- Rutter: Soldier Boy
- Simple Gifts - Marie Pooler (arr.)
- Song for the Mira - MacGillivray (arr.)
- Feller From Fortune - Somers (arr.)
- Mechem: New York Girls
- Mechem: Kansas Boys
- Steal Away - Hogan (arr.)
- Witness - Halloran (arr.)
- My God is So High - Hogan (arr.)
- March 25, High School Choir Day with FCA
- Mozart: Sanctus from the Coronation Mass, K. 317
- Alice Parker (arr.) My Gentle Harp
- Randall Thompson: "Frostiana" - Seven Country Scenes
- March 18-19, Sacred Music in a Sacred Place, with The Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea a capella
- Vivaldi: Gloria
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2004 - 2005 SEASON
- November 7, A DEBUT CONCERT
- How Can I Keep From Singing? Carter (arr.)
- Chatman: There is Sweet Music Here
- Koepke: Praise the Name of God with a Song
- Hayden: Tenebrae factae sunt
- JS Back: Come Sweet Death Sandberg (arr.)
- Rutter: The Lord is My Shepherd (from Requiem)
- Pinkham: Wedding Cantata
- Effinger: Four Pastorales
- Diemer: Madrigals Three
- Diemer: O come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord
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March 18 & 19, Sacred Music in a Sacred Place, with the Fresno Philharmonic
- Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317 "Coronation"
- May 1, A FRENCH CONNECTION, featuring the Fauré Requiem
- November 7, A DEBUT CONCERT