Of Saints and Psalms

featuring choral works by
Mendelssohn and Britten

The Hobart and William Smith
Colleges Community Chorus
with Strings, Organ and Percussion
Deanna Joseph, conductor

The St. Peter’s Community
Junior Choir and Senior Choir
Wendra Trowbridge, director

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 – 7:30 PM
St. Peter’s Church
151 Genesee Street
Geneva, NY

PROGRAM

Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Op. 65 I. Andante – II. Andante con moto – III. Allegro Maestoso
Jeffrey Kempskie, organ

Hear my Prayer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Words by William Bartholomew (1793–1867)
Angela Libertella Calabrese, soprano
Jeffrey Kempskie, organ

Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
I. Choral – II. Choral – III. Aria – IV. Choral
Christa Wertman, soprano

The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Community Chorus
Deanna Joseph, conductor

Saint Nicolas Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Op. 42 Words by Eric Crozier (1914–1994)
I. Introduction

II. The Birth of Nicolas
III. Nicolas devotes himself to God
IV. He journeys to Palestine
V. He comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop
VI. Nicolas from Prison
VII. Nicolas and the Pickled Boys
VIII. His piety and marvelous works
IX. The Death of Nicolas

The Pickled Boys Richard Lawson, Ah’Kell Whitfield, Teddy Townson
Boy Saint Nicolas Teddy Townson
Saint Nicolas Scott Perkins

St. Peter’s Community Junior and Senior Choirs
The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Community Chorus
The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Festival Orchestra
Deanna Joseph and Wendra Trowbridge, conductors