Music

LISTEN TO THE LADYES’ VIRTUAL CHOIR

While we were not be able to gather together in person for concerts in 2020,
we were delighted to sing together from wherever we were and share with you!

These pieces feature several of our members, and we extend special thanks to Julie Gaulke for her sound and video editing.
This is our first ever virtual performance of the gorgeous “Deep Peace” by Bill Douglas. We hope it brings some healing and comfort.
Franz Biebl's "Ave Maria," set for two treble choruses.

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Latin


Clarum decus jejunii (hymn – Lent) - Pope Gregory the Great (504-604)

Da pacem Domine - Gregorian chant

Aeterne rex altissime - Plainsong hymn

Ave maris stella - Plainsong hymn

Alma redemptoris mater - Plainsong antiphon

Ave Regina caelorum - Plainsong

Benedicamus Domino - Plainsong

Hodie Christus natus est - Plainsong

Jubiliate Deo omnis terra - Plainsong

O salutaris Hostia - Plainsong

Puer natus est nobis - Plainsong

Veni Creator spiritus - Plainsong

Viderunt omnes - Plainsong

Conditur alme siderum - 5th or 6th c. chant

Christe, redemptory omnium - 6th c. plainsong hymn

Ut queant laxis (chant) - Guido d’Arezzo? (c.990-1050)

Aer enim - Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

Karitas habundat - Hildegard

O frondens virga - Hildegard

O rubor sanguinis - Hildegard

O viridissima virga - Hildegard

Adest sponsus - 12th c. Franco-Provençal conductus

Congaudeant catholici - Codex Calixtinus, 12th c.

Qui creavit celum - 13th c. chant

Veni, veni, Emanuel

Verbum Patris Umanatur

Virgines egregie - 13th c. French sequence        

Hodie Christus natus est - chant

Fulget caelestis curia - late 13th c. motet/rondellus

Veri floris sub figura                                     

Ave virgo virginum - 13th c. Florence manuscript

Alle- psallite cum –luya - 13th c. French conductus

Lux hodie; Orientis partibus - 12th / 13th c. French processional

Omnia beneficia - 13th c. Polish conductus

Clara Dei famula - 13th c. Polish rondellus

Veni, redemptor gencium - Codex Las Huelgas, 13th-14th c. Spanish

Ave maris stella, conductus - Codex Las Huelgas

Maria, virgo virginum - Codex Las Huelgas

Benedicamus domino à 3 - Codex Las Huelgas

Fa fa mi / Ut re mi - Codex Las Huelgas

De castitatis thalamo - Codex Las Huelgas

In virgulto gracie - Codex Las Huelgas

Ave gloriosa mater/Ave Virgo/Domino - Codex Las Huelgas/Bamberg Codex (13th c.)

Impudenter circumivi/Virtutibus - Isorhythmic motet; Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)

Salve virgo virginum - 14th c. polyphonic song

Agnus dei: Virtute numinis - 14th c.

Flos regalis - 14th c. rondellus

Verbum caro factum est: In hoc anni circulo Jistebnice Cantional, 1420

Conditur alme siderum - Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)

Ecce, quod natura - 15th c. English carol

Alleluia: a newe work - 15th c. English carol

Puer natus in Bethlehem - coll. Anna of Cologne, c. 1500

Psallite unigenito - 1530; arr. Gunter Bialas

Audivi vocem de caelo - John Taverner (c.1490-1545)

Jesu! Rex admirabilis - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)

Domine Deus - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Oculus non vidit - Orlando di Lasso

Sancti mei - Orlando di Lasso

Duo Seraphim clamabant - Tomás Luis Victoria (1548-1611), ed. Susan McMane

In dulci jubilo - arr. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Personent hodie - Piae cantiones (1582); melody: 14th c? German

Hodie Christus natus est - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Ave Regina caelorum - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1677), arr. Kristina Caswell MacMullen

Magnificat - Niccola Porpora (1686-1768), ed. Ralph Hunter 

Dona nobis pacem - Traditional

Ave Maria - Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Salve Regina, Op. 67, No. 1 - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Ave Maria, Op. 67, No. 2 - Gabriel Fauré

Tota pulchra es - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Illumina le tenebre - Joan Szymko (b. 1957)

Nova! Nova! Ave fit ex Eva - James MacMillan (b. 1959)

Aer enim - Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965)

O rubor sanguinis - Linda Kachelmeier

Jerusalem Luminosa - Abbie Betinis (b. 1980)

 

Hebrew

 

Shir Ha-Shirim - Traditional, arr. Yehudi Wyner

Lo Yisa Goy - Traditional Jewish

Kosi R’vaya - Rabbi Shefa Gold

Ma navu - Yossi Spivak, arr. Shira Cion; 3/19, 6/19

Eyli - David Zehavi, Hannah Senesh 

 

Polish

 

Omnia beneficia - 13th c. conductus

Clara Dei famula - 13th c. rondellus

Bogurodzica - 13th c. chant

Magnificat - Mikolaj Radomski c. 1430

Chwala tobie, Gospodzinie - Anonymous, c. 1452

Cracovia civitas - Anonymous, 15th c.

Piesn: Sluchajcie mie wszystkie kraje - Krzysztof Klabon (c. 1550-1616)

Piesn: Szerokie Sarmackie Wlosci - Klabon

Piesn: Slawne Ptomstwo Lechowe - Klabon

Piesn na wesele Jana Kostki - Anonymous, 1556

 

French

 

Kalenda maya - Rambaut de Vaqueyras, troubadour (d. 1207)

A chanter m’er de so qu’ieu non volria - Beatriz de Dia (La Comtessa) (d. c. 1212)

Prendés I garde - rondeau; Guillaume d’Amiens, 13th c. trouvère

S’on me regarde - chanson; Montpellier Manuscript (13th c.)

Impudenter circumivi/Virtutibus - Isorhythmic motet; Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)

Ah, comme c’est chose belle - 4th c. round

Ma fin est mon commencement - Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377)

Rose, liz, printemps - Machaut

Amour et biaute/Quant en moy/Amara valde - Isorhythmic motet; Machaut                      

Le ray au soleyl - Johannes Ciconia (c.1370-1412)

A vous sans autre - rondeau; Antoine Busnois (1430-1492)

Mille regretz - solo song; Josquin des Prez (c.1450/1455-1521)

Contentez vous - Pierre Certon (1515-1572)

Marchans qui traversez - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Ave Maria - Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Salve Regina, Op. 67, No. 1 - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Ave Maria, Op. 67, No. 2 - Gabriel Fauré

Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

French Songs for Treble Voices (1990) - Theodore Morrison

Le Sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus - French Carol, arr. Ron Jeffers

V’la l’bon vent - French Canadian, arr. Allison Girvan

 

English

 

Miri it is - 13th c.

Edi beo thu - 14th c. carol

Lullay: I saw a sweete, seemly sight - 14th c. carol

Alleluia: A newe work - 15th c. carol

Sing we to this merry company - 15th c. carol

Nowell, nowell - 15th c. carol

Nowell sing we - 15th c. carol

Ther is no rose of swych vertu - 15th c. carol

Nova! Nova! - 15th c. carol

Ah, Robin, gentle Robin - William Cornyshe (c.1465-1523)

Past Three A Clock - Traditional, arr. Rutter

Baloo Baleerie - Scottish Traditional, arr. S. MacIntosh

Deck the Hall - Welsh Traditional, arr. Rutter

Tallis Canon (O Holy Bible, Book Divine) - Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Up! Good Christen Folk - Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Rutter

Though Philomela lost her love - Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602)

Full fathom five - Robert Johnson (c.1583-c.1634)

Gush forth, my tears - William Holborne, 1597

If it be love - John Hilton (1599-1657)

Now Shall My Inward Joys Arise - Africa, William Billings (1746-1800)

Welcome, Every Guest - Knoxville Harmony, 1838

Away in a Manger - W.J. Kilpatrick (1838-1921), arr. Willcocks

Cape Breton Lullaby - Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974), arr. Stuart Calvert

I sing of a maiden - Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)

The Place of the Blest - Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Hermit Songs - Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

A Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

What Sweeter Music - Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal - Alice Parker (b. 1925)

Jabberwocky - Ron Jeffers (1943-2017)

The Lamb - John Tavener, arr. Barry Rose; 4/18

Remember the Ladies - Carol Barnett (b.1949) (w/piano); 6/19

Set me as a Seal - René Clausen (b. 1953); 4/18

When icicles hang by the wall - Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956); 4/18

Bonny Wood Green - Irish Ballad, arr. Stephen Hatfield

The Lord’s Prayer - John Tavener (1944-2013)

Nova! Nova! Ave fit ex Eva - James MacMillan (b. 1959)

Adam Lay Ybounden - Matthew Larkin (b. 1963)

O My Dear Heart - Eleanor Daley

You spotted snakes with double tongue - Jussi Chydenius (b. 1972)

Come Pretty Love - Shaker song, arr. Joan Szymko (b. 1957)

Lay Me Low - Shaker song, arr. Kevin Siegfried

Wondrous Love - Sacred Harp hymn, arr. Betty Bertaux

Hail, Holy Queen - arr. Marc Shaiman, adapt. Roger Emerson

The Huron Carol - arr. Edward Henderson

One Voice - Ruth Moody

Be Like the Bird - Abbie Betinis (b. 1980)

Hail, Christmas Day! - Abbie Betinis

You Have Made Me, Earth - Matthew Emery (b. 1991)


Italian

 

Altissima luce - Lauda, 13th c.

Ave, donna santissima - Lauda, 13th c.

Laude novella - Lauda, 13th c.

O Maria, d’omelia - Lauda, 13th c.

La bionda treçça - Francesco Landini (1325-1397)

Muort’ oramai - Landini

Gran piant’ agli ochi - Landini

O rosa bella - John Bedyngham (c.1422-1459/60)

O Iesu dolce - Polyphonic Lauda, Innocentius Dammonis, 16thc.


Dutch

 

Got gruess uch, Rose van Jhericho - comp. Anna von Köln (c.1480-1530)

Laist ons syngen ind vroelich syn - comp. Anna von Köln


German

 

Singet frisch und wohlgemut - 14th c. melody, arr. Konrad Ameln

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich - chorale melody; Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Jesaja dem Propheten das geschah - Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich - Motette; Balthasar Resinarius (1486-1544)

Gottes Sohn ist kommen - Gesangbuch M. Weisse, 1531, arr. Hans Weber

Herzlich lieb hab’ ich dich, O Herr - 16th c. chorale

Maria durch ein’ Dornwald ging - 16th c. Leise; Haxtausen hymn collection (1850)

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - 15th/16th c. German; Melchior Vulpius (1570-1615)

Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron - chorale; Melchior Vulpius

Wachet auf - Nicolai, arr. M. Praetorius (1571-1621)

In dulci jubilo - 13th c.?, arr. M. Praetorius

Ecce Maria - Michael Praetorius

Preis sei Gott - Michael Praetorius

Ich will den Herrn loben - Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich - Hugo Distler (1908-1942)

Herr, schicke, was du willt - Distler

Gott ist unsre Zuversicht - Distler

 

Spanish

 

Nada te turbe - Joan Szymko (b. 1957)

Esto les digo - Kinley Lange

 

Estonian

 

Lauliku lapsepoli - Folk song, arr. Veljo Tormis

Mu süda, arka ules - Folk hymn, arr. Heinavanker

 

Asian

 

Kuan Shih Yin Chant - Chinese; Traditional Buddhist, arr. Ana Hernandez

Hotaru Koi - Traditional Japanese

 

Scandinavian


Northern Lights - Frode Fjellheim (b. 1959)


Rounds and Short Songs

 

Musica est Dei donum optimi - Orlando di Lasso (1552-1594)

Hotaru koi - Traditional Japanese

Clear Horizon - Jan Harmon

Now I Walk in Beauty - Gregg Smith; Text: Navajo Indian

Be Like a Bird - Arthur Frackenpohl; Text: Victor Hugo

O How Lovely is the Evening - English Traditional

Dona nobis pacem - Traditional

Round and Round - Anonymous (Libana)