Douglas I. Smith, D.M.A., Artistic Director
Previous Programs: 1986 - 1987
December, 1987 - "An American
Christmas"
This concert, with Douglas Smith conducting, and Eileen Diller Swift
as organist, opened with Randall Thompson's "Allelulia". The concert
is in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the U. S. Constitution and features
music by American composers and arrangers. Three carols of colonial America
by William Billings followed, as well as, "I Wonder as I Wander"
and some traditional carols. The second half of the program included "Variations
on Sussex Carol" and a solo by Yvonne Moore, "Jesu, Thou Joy of
Loving Hearts". Daniel Pinkham's "Christmas Cantata" followed
and the concert closed with "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing".
May,
1987 -Te Deum Festival
This "Te Deum Festival" is the inaugural concert of the new Historical
Society Auditorium. The concert features four composers' versions of the
same text to highlight the music itself. "Te Deum" is an ancient
Latin hymn of praise. Ralph Vaughan Williams, "Te Deum in G",
begins the program, followed by George Frederick Handel's "Dettingen
Te Deum". The second half of the program features Benjamin Britten's
"Festival
Te Deum, Opus 32" and Franz Josef Haydn's "Te Deum Laudamus".
Soloists for the performance include Yvonne Moore, Steve Strobeck, John
Barber and Trevor Newcomb. Among those members singing are four husband
and wife couples, The Barbers, The Fryes, The Wolcotts and The Yates.
This Christmas Concert presented at the Christ Episcopal Church in Easton was to be the first of many wonderful concerts in the years ahead to be conducted by Douglas I. Smith. The featured work was Vivaldi's "Magnificat" with Choral Arts members filling the soloist parts. Dr. Smith also played some flute solos. Among those soloists were Helen Frye, Virginia Van Tine, Yvonne Moore, Susan May, Cecil Yates and Bill Jaffe. Organist for the concert was Eileen Diller Swift. Also presented were "Greensleeves Variations", "Jesu Bambino", "O Holy Night", "Coventry Carol", "Carol of the Bells", and "Silent Night". "Candlelight Carol" and "We Wish You" by John Rutter closed the program.
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