Repertoire

The following is a list of the group's repertoire from December 2001 to the present.

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Madrigals & Such

Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis - John Wilbye (1574-1638)

Ah Robin, Gentle Robin - William Cornish (c.1468-1523)

Amyntas With His Phyllis Fair - Theodore Jander (b.1972); text by Francis Pilkington (1565-1638)

April is in my mistress’ face - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Au joli jeu - Clément Janequin (c.1485-1558)

Ave Maria - Josquin des Prez (1440-1521)

The Blue Bird - Charles V. Stanford (1852-1924)

Bogorodistje Djevo - Arvo Pärt (b.1935)

Bogoród̃itse D̃évo - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Bonjour, mon coeur - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Come Again - John Dowland (1562-1626)

Come Away, Sweet Love - Thomas Greaves (fl.1604)

Come, Sirrah Jack, ho! - Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623)

Con amores la mi madre - 16th century Spanish melody; arr. by Bob Chilcott

Counterpoint of the Animals - Adriano Banchieri (1565-1634); arr. by Russell Robinson

Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Ding Dong! merrily on high - 16th century French melody; harmonized by Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Dona Nobis Pacem - Theodore Jander (b.1972)

Drop, Drop Slow Tears - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Echo Song - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

El a don don - Spanish Carol

Ein Hennlein weiss - Antonio Scandello (1517-1580)

El Grillo (The Cricket) - Josquin des Prez (c.1440-1521)

The Elves Dance - John Bennett (c.1570-1615)

Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone - John Farmer (c.1570-?)

Fa una Canzona – Orazio Vecchi

Fine Knacks for Ladies - John Dowland (1562-1626)

Fire, Fire - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Flora gave me farest flowers - John Wilbye (1574-1638)

Greensleeves - English Tune; harmonized by Sir John Stainer

Greensleeves - Old English Song, arr. by Don Malin, harmonized by Sir John Stainer

Hark, all ye lovely saints - Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623)

Have I Found Her? - Francis Pilkington (1565-1638)

Hiney Mah Tov - Hebrew Folk Tune, arr. by Iris Levine

Humpty Dumpty - Theodore Jander (b.1972)

I Love My Love - Cornish Folksong arr. by G.T. Holst (1874-1934)

If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)

Il bianco e dolce cigno - Jacques Arcadelt (1504?-1568)

Il est bel et bon - Pierre Passereau (1493-1547)

La, la, la, je ne l’ose dire - Pierre Certon (c.1500-1572)

The Lamb - John Tavener (1944-2013)

Lasciate mi morire - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Let go, why do you stay me? - John Bennett (c.1570-1615)

A Little Pretty Bonny Lass - John Farmer (c.1570-?)

Loch Lomond - arr. by David Overton (c.1575-1623)

Lord When I Think - Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623)

Matona mia cara - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Mon coeur se recommande a vous - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth - P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?, ed. by Professor Peter Schickele

Now is the month of maying - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

O occhi, manza mia (O eyes of my beloved) - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

O magnum mysterium - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1540-1611)

O Stay Sweet Love - John Farmer (c.1570-?)

O Thou Who Kindly Dost Provide - Theodore Jander (b.1972); text by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Occhi Piangete - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Of all the birds that I do know - John Bartlet (fl.1610)

Pour Thy Blessings - John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)

Quick! We Have But A Second - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Red, Red Rose - James Mulholland

Riu, Riu Chiu - Anonymous Spanish Dance

Sailing, Sailing - Godfrey Marks (1844-1934)

Say, love, if ever thou didst find - John Dowland (1562-1626)

See, See the Shepherd's Queen - Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

See What a Maze of Error - George Kirbye (c.1565-1634)

She Moved Through the Fair - Trad. Irish arr. Daryl Runswick

Shoot False Love I Care Not - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Since Robin Hood - Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623)

Sing We and Chant It - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Spring Returns - Luca Marenzio (c.1550-1599)

Strike it up, tabor - Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623)

Tanzen und Springen (Dancing and Springing) - Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Thank the Lord - Theodore Jander (b.1972)

Thank the Lord - arr. by Karen Sikora

Though Amaryllis Dance in Green - William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Though Philomela lost her love - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Tutto lo di - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Weep, O Mine Eyes - John Bennett (c.1570-1615)

Weep you no more, sad fountains - John Dowland (1562-1626)

When Allen-a-Dale Went a-Hunting - Robert L. de Pearsall (1795-1856), ed. by Geoffrey M. Mason

Holiday

All Hail to Thee - Melody from Höör Ingemar Braennstroem

All my heart this night rejoices - Johann Georg Ebeling (1637-1676)

Angel Gabriel, The - a Basque Carol; arr. and harmonized by Edgar Pettman

At Solemn Midnite - Anonymous; most likely French in origin

Away in a Manger - harm. by Edward L. Stauff

Boar’s Head, The - Traditional

Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella - arr. by Theodore Jander

Carol of the Bells - Music by Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich (1877-1921); text and arr. by Peter J. Wilhousky

Cherry Tree Carol, The - arr. by Western Wind

Child My Choice, A - Richard W. Dirksen (1921-2003); text by Robert Southwell (c.1561-1595)

Christmas Carol, A - Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Comfort, Comfort Ye My People - Genevan Psalm 42, melody by Louis Bourgeois, 1551; setting by David Ashley White

Coventry - Slow Traveller; ed. by Theodore Jander; text by Robert Croo (1534)

Coventry Carol - Traditional; harmonized by Sir John Stainer

Deck the Halls - Old Welsh Air, arr. by Leo M. Tellep

Est is ein Ros ent Sprungen - Michael Praetorius (c.1571-1621)

First Nowell, The - Traditional; harmonized by Sir John Stainer

Fum, Fum, Fum - Catalan (Spanish) folk carol, arr. by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

Gaudete - from Piae Cantiones (1582)

Gaudete - from Piae Cantiones (1582), arr. by Hawley Ades

Gloucestershire Wassail - arr. by Norman Luboff

*Gloucestershire Wassail - arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams

God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen - Traditional arr. by Sir John Stainer

Good King Kong Looked Out - P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?; ed. by Professor Peter Schickele

Good King Wenceslas - Traditional; arr. by Sir John Stainer

Here ‘mid the Ass and Oxen Mild - Traditional French, arr. by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

Here We Come a-Wassailing - English Carol

Holly and the Ivy, The - Boughton

Holly and the Ivy, The - arr. by Reginald Jacques

I Saw Three Ships - arr. by Edwin Fissinger

I Saw Three Ships - arr. by David Willcocks

I Wonder as I Wander - Appalachian Carol; arr. by John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) and Lewis Henry Horton

Il est Ne le Divin Enfant (Born on earth the divine Christ Child) - French Traditional Carol, arr. by John Rutter

*In dulci jubilo - ed. by Theodore Jander

In the Bleak Midwinter - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

Joseph, lieber Joseph mein - Johann Walther (1496-1570)

Lirum, Lirum - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Lullay My Liking - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

lullay my liking - Theodore Jander (b.1972)

*Make We Joy Now In This Fest - Words and tune from the Bodleian Library

Masters in this Hall - arr. by David Düsing

Masters in this Hall - arr. by Leland Forsblad

Methinks I See An Heavenly Host - William Billings (1746-1800)

Nova, Nova - arr. by Judith Otten

O Be Joyful - Jeffrey Van

O Little One Sweet - Old German Tune; harmonized by J.S. Bach

O Little Town of Bethlehem - music by Lewis H. Redner (1831-1908); text by Phillip Brooks (1835-1893)

O Little Town of Hackensack - P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?; edited with feeling by Professor Peter Schickele

Once in Royal David’s City - H.J. Gauntlett, harmonized by A.H. Mann

Past Three A Clock - Traditional Carol harmonized by Charles Wood

Patapan - French Noel, arr. by Theron Kirk

*Pat-a-pan - Bernard de La Monnoye (1641-1728), arr. by Theodore A. Jander

Personent Hodie - from Piae Caniones (1582); arr. by Theodore Jander

Psallite - Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Puer natus - Chant

Remember, O Thou Man - Thomas Ravenscroft(c.1592-1635)

*Shepherds, Run! - Guillaume Costeley (c.1530-1606), ed. by Geoffrey Edwards

Somerset Wassail - Somerset Wassail

Star of Wonder - Terre Roche

Susanni - German Carol

Sweet Noel - Joan Griffith

Ther is no rose of swych vertu - British 15th Century Carol; arr. by Anonymous 4

There Shall a Star - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John - P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?, edited with feeling by Professor Peter Schickele

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - English Carol, arr. by Dale Grotenhuis

*Twelve Days of Christmas, The - arr. by Tom Mitchell

Virgin Unspotted, A - William Billings (1746-1800)

Wassail Song - arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams

*We Wish You a Merry Christmas - arr. by Arthur Warrel

Wexford Carol - Irish Traditional Carol, arr. by John Rutter

While By My Sheep - 17th Century German Carol; arr. by Hugo Jüngst

"While Shepherd's Watched Their Flocks" - found in Este's Psalter

Yule Log, The - Robert C. Howard; text by Robert Howard and Jim Baker