Established in 1973, the Stow Festival Chorus has been performing in three annual concerts since 1980. Previous performances are listed below. Repertoire for Stow Festival Chorus and Sounds of Stow Orchestra is listed in Bold type.

Unless otherwise noted, the concerts have been recorded by Scott Glorioso (SG) or Arnold Buckmann (AB) and are available by contacting them directly. See “Obtaining Recordings” for specific details.

All choral and orchestral performances are directed by Barbara Jones. Ernest Goldman is the pianist throughout.

Performances took place at the First Parish Church (FPC), Center School (CS) or Hale Middle School (HMS), unless otherwise indicated.

 

April 13, 2008 (St. Paul's Cathedral, Worcester)
The Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, director, are joined by the Sounds of Stow Chorus in a performance of Messe Solonelle by Louis Vierne. Recording available through Master Singers of Worcester

 

March 30, 2008 (HMS) - SG
Requiem in C-minor - Luigi Cherubini (Sounds of Stow Chorus and Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 8 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Elegischer Gesang - Beethoven (Sounds of Stow Chorus accompanied by strings)

 

November 18, 2007 (HMS) - SG
Piano Concerto No. 6 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, Piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
The Creation - Haydn (Diana McVey, soprano; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 20, 2007 (FPC) - SG

Jerome Kern Favorites from musicals and films (Stow Festival Chorus, String Quartet, Ernest Goldman, piano)

All the Things You Are

The Song Is You

Yesterdays

I’m Old Fashioned

I Won’t Dance

Don’t Ever Leave Me

The Way You Look Tonight

Why Was I Born?

Can I Forget You

Can’t Help Singing

 

March 11, 2007 (HMS) - SG

Piano Concerto No. 11 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, Piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Cello Concerto in C Major - Haydn (Cecilia Lee, Cello; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

"Komm, Jesu, komm" - Motet BWV 229 Bach; Stow Festival Chorus; Strings / Winds

Missa Dei Filii - Jan Dismas Zelenka (Diana McVey, soprano; Martha Remington, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Brian McNeil, bass; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

Nov. 19, 2006 (HMS) - SG

Piano Concerto No. 25 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, Piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Hora Novissima - Horatio Parker (Diana McVey, soprano; Martha Remington, mezzo soprano; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 21, 2006 (FPC) - SG

Classic Poetry set to Contemporary Music (Stow Festival Chorus, Ernest Goldman, piano)

Musicks Empire by Andrew Marvell – Lloyd Pfautsch

somewhere i have never traveled by e.e. cummings – Julian Wachner

A Blessing by Sara Teasdale – David Childs

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll – René Clausen

Where Dwells the Soul of My Love by James Thomson – david Childs

O Whistle and I’ll Come to Ye by Robert Burns – Mack Wilberg

My Love’s in Germany by Hector MacNeill

I’ll Ay Call in by Yon Town by Robert Burns

in time of daffodils by e.e. Cummings – David Dickau

John the Revelator – Paul Caldwell/Sean Ivory

 

March 5, 2006 (HMS) - SG

Piano Concerto No. 19 in F – Mozart (Ernest Goldman, Piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

“Butterfly Lovers” Violin Concerto – Chen Gang & He Zhan-Hao (Ming-Chi Tsai, Violin; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Cantata No. 79 “Gott, der Herr, is Sonn und Schild”

Cantata No. 118 “O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht”

Cantata No 149 “Man singet mit Freuden vom Seig” – J.S. Bach (Diana McVey, soprano; Martha Remington, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Tom Melander, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

Nov. 20, 2005 (HMS) - SG

Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat – Mozart (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Te Deum – Dvorak (Diana McVey, soprano; Martha Remington, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Der Gerechte kommt um – J.S. Bach (Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Te Deum – Bruckner (Diana McVey, soprano; Martha Remington, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Tom Melander, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 22, 2005 (FPC) – SG

Shakespeare Set to Music (Stow Festival Chorus, Ernest Goldman, piano)

Hark, Hark! The Lark - Matthew Harris

O, Mistress Mine - Matthew Harris

I Shall No More to Sea - Matthew Harris

It Was a Lover and His Lass - Matthew Harris

When He Shall Die - Stametz

When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy - Matthew Harris

Who is Sylvia? - P.D.Q Bach

 

March 13, 2005 (HMS) - SG

Piano Concerto No. 16 in D – Mozart (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Stabat Mater – Dvorak (Jane Shivick, soprano; Martha Remington, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

 

Nov. 21, 2004 – Fall Concert (HMS) - SG

Concerto No. 10, K 365 – Mozart

(Ernest Goldman and Suzanne Reine, pianos; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Great Mass in C Minor, 427 – Mozart

(Diana McVey, Laura Troisi, sopranos; Stefan Reed, tenor; Peter Thomas, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 23, 2004 (FPC) - SG
A Tribute to Moses Hogan (arranger)

Walk Together, Children

Do Lord, Remember Me

There’s a Man Goin’ Round

Standing in the Need of Prayer

Ride on, King Jesus

Hold On!

This Little Light of Mine

Down by the Riverside

I Am His child – written by Moses Hogan

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

I Can Tell the World

(Stow Festival Chorus; Ernest Goldman, piano)

March 21, 2004 (HMS) - SG
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major – Mozart (Ernest Goldman, Piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Violin Concerto in A Minor – Dvorak (Lawrence Franko, Violin; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) Great Choruses from:

Bach – B-Minor Mass

Haydn – Teresiennemesse

Schubert – Mass in E-Flat

Beethoven – Missa Solemnis

( Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Jan. 23, 2004 — (Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Tremont Street, Boston)

Remarks on Amy Beach by Singer/Historian Leslie Holmes

Grand Mass in E-flat – Amy Beach 

(Margot Law, soprano; Martha Remington, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Tom Melander, bass; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

Nov. 23, 2003 — (HMS) - SG

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G – Beethoven

(Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Grand Mass in E-flat – Amy Beach 

(Ray Bauwens, tenor; Margot Law, soprano, Martha Remington, alto; Tom Melander, bass; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 18, 2003 (FPC) - SG
(Stow Festival Chorus, Ernest Goldman, piano)
The Trysting Place - Brahms
O Schöne Nacht - Brahms
Hark, I hear the Harp Eternal - arr. Parker & Shaw
I Will Arise - arr. Parker & Shaw
Wondrous Love - arr. Parker & Shaw
Heaven - André Thomas
Fa una canzona - Orazio Vecchi
Io son la primavera - W. Hawley
Horizons - P.L. van Dijk (Tom Melander, bass)
We Rise Again - I. Dubinsky

 

March 9 2003 (HMS) - SG
Violin Concerto No 1 in A Minor - J.S. Bach (Lawrence Franko, Violin; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, Piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Lux Aeterna - Morten Lauridsen ( Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Nänie, Op. 82 - Brahms (Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

Nov. 24, 2002 (HMS) - SG
Violin Concerto in C Major - Haydn (Lawrence Franko, Violin; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Piano Concerto No. 15, K. 450 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, Piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Messa di Gloria - Puccini (Richard Simpson, tenor; Peter Thomas, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 18, 2002 (FPC) - SG
(Stow Festival Chorus, Ernest Goldman, piano)
I Have Had Singing - Sametz
Loveliest of Trees - Rhein
When I was One and Twenty - Rhein
May Day Carol - Taylor
Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing - Willshe
You are the New Day - David
Water Night - Whitacre
Two Rose Madrigals (Contre Qui, Rose; Dirait-on) - Lauridsen
God's Gonna Set This World On Fire - arr. Hogan
De Animals A-Comin' - arr. Bartholomew
Great Day - arr. Hogan
I Got a Home In-a Dat Rock - arr. Hogan

 

March 1, 2002 (Groton-Dunstable Performing Arts Center)
March 3, 2002 (Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA)
A Sea Symphony - R. Vaughan Williams (Margaret O'Keefe, soprano; James Maddalena, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus, Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Master Singers of Worcester, Symphony Pro Musica)
Mark Churchill, Conductor (recordings available through Mechanics Hall)

 

November 4, 2001 (HMS) - SG
Violin Concerto #1, Op. 27 - Ernst von Dohnanyi (Lawrence Franko, violin; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Piano Concerto #26, "Coronation" K. 537 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 - Mozart (Margot Law, soprano; Martha Remington, alto; Rosario Caltabiano, tenor; Thomas Melander, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 19, 2001 (FPC) - SG
(Stow Festival Chorus, Ernest Goldman, piano)
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal - arr. Parker (Diana Harotian, soprano)
Steal Away - arr. Jennings
In His Care-o - arr. Dawson
Beautiful River - arr. Lowry
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel - arr. Dawson
God's Gonna Set This World On Fire - arr. Hogan 
Ride On, King Jesus - arr. Hogan
Abide With Me - arr. Hogan
Elijah Rock - arr. Hogan
I Stood on the River of Jordan- arr. Hogan
The Battle of Jericho - arr. Hogan
Amen - arr. Hairston

 

March 11, 2001 (HMS) - SG
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 - Mozart (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
“Beyond Messiah - Choruses from Other Oratorios” (An all Handel Program; Stow Festival Chorus & Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Solomon - Your Harps and Cymbals Sound
Solomon - May No Rash Intruder
Alexander's Feast - The Many Rend The Skies
Jeptha - Cherub and Seraphim
Jeptha - Doubtful Fear and Reverent Awe
Jeptha - How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees
Israel in Egypt - Sing Ye To The Lord

 

January 28, 2001 (Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Tremont Street, Boston) - SG
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 - Beethoven (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Messe solennelle - Berlioz (Laura Troisi, soprano; Rosario Caltabiano, tenor; Donald Boothman, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

Barbara Jones and Ernest Goldman talk about performing the Messe solennelle on WBURH's Here and Now (Jan. 25, 2001). Listen to the Interview

 

November 19, 2000 (HMS)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 - Beethoven (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Messe solennelle - Berlioz (Margo Law, soprano; Rosario Caltabiano, tenor; Donald Boothman, baritone; Stow Festival Chorus; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)

 

May 20, 2000 (FPC) - SG
(Stow Festival Chorus, Ernest Goldman, piano)
Heilig - Mendelssohn
Denn er hat Seinen Engeln - Mendelssohn
Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren - Brahms
The Best of Rooms - Thompson
The Last Invocation - Thompson
Take Care of This House from “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” - Bernstein
Diaphenia - Stanford
Corydon, arise! - Stanford
Great Day - arr Moses Hogan (Diana Harotian, soprano)
I Got a Home in-a dat Rock - arr. Moses Hogan (Wendy Linden, mezzo soprano)

 

March 12, 2000 (HMS) - SG
Sonata No. 5 in E-minor - Bach (Katherine Kleitz, flute; Ernest Goldman, piano)
Sonata in G-Major, Op. 78 - Brahms (Meg Hill, violin; Ernest Goldman, piano)
The Peaceable Kingdom - Randall Thompson (Stow Festival Chorus)
Bitter Sweet - Thompson (Stow Festival Chorus)
The Best of Rooms - Thompson (Stow Festival Chorus)
The Last Invocation - Thompson (Stow Festival Chorus)

 

November 21, 1999  (HMS) - SG
Piano Concerto No. 1 - Brahms (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Lord Nelson Mass - Haydn (Margot Law, soprano; Diana Harotian, soprano; Martha Remington mezzo-soprano; Wendy Linden, mezzo- soprano; John Ostrowski, tenor; Rosario Caltabiano, tenor; Donald Boothman, bass; Stow Festival Chorus; Sound of Stow Orchestra)

 

March 7, 1999 (HMS) - SG
Sonata in G, Opus 30, No. 3 by Beethoven
Airs for the Season: Winter by James Oswald
Choruses from Handel's Solomon
--From the East
--With Pious Hearts
--Throughout the Land
--May No Rash Intruder
--From the Censer
--Swell the Full Chorus
--Music Spread Thy Voice
--Draw the Tear
--Your Harps and Cymbals Sound

 

May 15, 1999  (FPC) - SG
(Stow Festival Chorus, Ernest Goldman, piano)
Thus Rolling Surges Rise from Solomon - Handel (Wendy Linden, alto )
Two Choral Ballads: Stenhammar
--September
--The Garden of Seraglio
Quick! We Have But A Second, arr. Sanford
Takeda Lullaby, arr. Grayston (John Ostrowski, tenor)
Water Night, Whitacre
Live-a-Humble, arr. Bagley
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel, arr. Dawson
You Are The New Day, David, arr. Knight

 

November 22, 1998 (HMS)
Piano Concerto No. 1 - Brahms
Requiem (Levin edition) - Mozart

 

May 17, 1998 (FPS)
"Sanctus" and "Libera me" from Verdi's Requiem (Margot Law, soprano)

 

April 8 (Groton), 19 (Westborough), and May 2 (Hudson), 1998
Requiem - Verdi (Stow Festival Chorus with the Salisbury Singers, Nashoba Valley Chorale and Symphony Pro Musica, Mark Churchill, director; Jane Shivick, soprano April 18 and 19; Stephanie Lupo, soprano May 2; Gail Fuller, mezzo; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Robert Honeysucker, bass - April 18 and 19; Mark Anderson, bass May 2)

 

March 15, 1998 (FPC) - AB
Chopin - Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 65 (Frederick Miller, cello; Ernest Goldman, piano)
Cimarosa - Concerto in G for Two Flutes (Katherine Kleitz, Jennifer Chiapella, flutes; Miller, Goldman)
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (Kleitz; Doris Goldman, Deter Straub, violin; Ann Dixon, viola; Miller, Goldman)
Serenade to Music - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Stow Chorus)

 

November 24, 1997, (Center School, Stow) - SG
Mozart - Concert Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382 - (Ernest Goldman, piano; Sounds of Stow Orchestra)
Brahms - Requiem (Margot Law, soprano; Donald Boothman, baritone; Sounds of Stow Orchestra; Stow Festival Chorus)
 

May 18, 1997, (FPC) - AB
Music of Gilbert and Sullivan
Madrigal: When the leaves of autumn sigh
Selections from Operettas:
I'm Telling a Terrible Story from Pirates of Penzance
A British Tar from H.M.S. Pinafore
Let's Give Three Cheers from H.M.S. Pinafore
I Hear the Soft Note from Patience
Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day from The Mikado
When the Buds are Blossoming from Ruddigore
Strange Adventure from Yeomen of the Guard
When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing from Yeomen of the Guard
Thank you Gallant Gondolieri from The Gondoliers
Now to the Banquet We Press from The Sorcerer

 

March 9, 1997 - All Bach Program (FPC) - AB
Sonata in E-flat for Flute and Piano (Kleitz, Goldman)
Piano Concerto in d-minor (Ernest Goldman and String Orchestra)
Selected Choral Works by Bach: Chorale "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren" from Cantata 29
Chorale "Ach, Herr, lass dein lieb'Engelein" from the St. John Passion
Selected choruses from the B-Minor Mass: Gloria in Excelsis - Sanctus - Dona Nobis (strings, trumpets, tympani/Jones)

 

November 24, 1996 (Center School) - SG
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (Goldman/Jones)
Vaughan Williams - from A Sea Symphony: On the Beach at Night Alone,
The Explorers (Rayanne Gonzoles, soprano; Donald Boothman, baritone; Sounds of Stow Orchestra; Stow Festival Chorus)

 

May 9-10, 1996 (Hudson, Leominster)
Carmina Burana - Orff (Stow Festival Chorus with the Salisbury Singers and Symphony Pro Musica, Mark Churchill, director)

 

March 3, 1996 (FPC) - SG
Haydn - String Quartet in G major, Op, 77, No. 1 (Rohan Gregory, Meg Hill, Doris Goldman, David Paschke)
Beethoven-Sonata in A-flat, Op. 110 (Emest Goldman).
Amy Beach-Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op, 67
Barber-Agnus Dei (Stow Chorus)

 

Nov. 19, 1995 (Center School) - SG
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (Goldman/ Jones).
Haydn - Heiligmesse for Chorus and Orchestra (Margot Law, Rayanne Gonzales, sopranos; Martha Remington, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Peter Thomas and Dave Kidder, bass; Sounds of Stow Orchestra/Jones)

 

May 21, 1995, (FPC) - AB=20
Monuments of Russian Sacred Music:
Gladsome Light - Kastalsky
Bless the Lord - Chesnokov
Blessed is the Man - Rachmaninoff
Dindirin, Dindirindana - Anon. Spanish, c. 1500
City Called Heaven - arr. J. Poelinitz(Mary Redford, alto solo)
The Lark in the Clear Air - A. Carter (Katherine Kleitz, flute solo)
Lovliest of Trees - Robert Rhein
When I Was One-and-Twenty - Robert Rhein
The Gift to Be Simple - arr. B. Chilcott
Nelly Bly Stephen Foster - arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw
The Heavenly Aeroplane - John Rutter

 

Jan. 22, 1995 (Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Tremont St., Boston, MA)
“The Rose of Avontown” - Amy Beach -  for Women's Chorus (Ernest Goldman, piano)
Grand Mass in E-flat - Amy Beach -  (Margot Law, soprano, Martha Remington, mezzo-soprano; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Joel Schneider, bass) recorded by Brad Michels; available on CD from Albany Records.

 

Nov. 20, 1994 (Center School) - SG
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482 (Goldman/Jones)
Amy Beach - Grand Mass in E-flat (Margot Law, soprano; Mary Redford, mezzo-soprano; Ray Bauwens, tenor; Joel Schneider, bass)

 

May 22, 1994, (FPC) - AB
I Have Had Singing - S. Sametz
Blagodatnaya, Mariye - S. Rachmaninoff
Polka - A. Egorov
My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land - E. Elgar
Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing - P. Willsher
It Was a Lover and His Lass - J. Rutter
Down by the Sally Gardens - arr. H.G. Mishkin
T'filah - D. Burger
When the Saints Go Marching In - J. Rutter

 

March 13, 1994 (FPC) - AB
Schubert - Sonata in E-flat, Op. Posthumous (Goldman)
Bach - Cantata No. 50 "Nun ist das Hell und die Kraft"
Mozart - Flute Quartet in D Major (Katherine Kleitz, flute; Doris Goldman, violin; Anne Dixon, viola; Frederick Miller, cello)
Archangelsky-Vespers

Feb. 6, 1994, Concert for Humanity - Proceeds to Habitat for Humanity International (FPC) - AB
C.P.E. Bach - Trio Sonata in B-flat (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet (Meg Hill and Doris Goldman, violins; Sara Redfield, viola; David Paschke, cello; Katherine Kleitz, flute; Grant Anderson, clarinet; Ernest Goldman, piano)
Bloch-Concertina (Kleitz, Anderson, Goldman)
Schumann-Piano Quartet (Hill, Redfield, Paschke, Goldman)

Nov. 21, 1993 (Center School) - SG
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G (Goldman/Jones)
Schubert - Mass in E-flat for Chorus and Orchestra (Margot Law, soprano; Mary Redford, alto; Brian Gilberti, James Sopchek, tenors; Peter Thomas, bass)

 

May 16, 1993, (FPC) - AB
Gott der Weltschoepfer - Schubert
Hymne and den Unendlichen
An die Sonne
O Praise the Lord - Chesnokov
The Heavenly Aeroplane - arr. Rutter
Pilgrim's Way - G. Jacob
Es ist Verraten - Schumann
I'll Take Sugar in My Coffee - J. Hairston
T'filah - David Burger
Down By the Riverside - arr. J. Rutter

March 7, 1993 (FPC) - An Afternoon with Schubert - AB
Miraims Siegesgesang (Miriam's Song of Victory) - (Margot Law, soprano; Ernest Goldman, piano/Jones).
Duo in A Major (Katherine Kleitz, flute; Ernest Goldman, piano).
Impromptus Op, 90, No, 1 and 2 (Goldman).
Lieder (Die GotterGriechenlands, Im Agendrot, Die Sterne, Du bist die ruh) (Law, Goldman).
Chorus - Gott im Ungewitte (God in the Storm), Psalm 23

Nov. 22, 1992 (Center School) - SG
Bach - Trio Sonata in C (Katherine Kleitz, flute; Doris Goldman, violin; Ernest Goldman, piano)
Mozart - Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 467 (Goldman/ Jones).
Haydn - Theresa Mass for Chorus and Orchestra (Margot Law, soprano; Anne Dixon, alto; Ken Mattsson, tenor; Peter Thomas, bass; Sounds of Stow Orchestra/Jones)

May 10, 1992, Spring Concert Selections
Psallite - Praetorius
Rejoice, O Virgin - Rachmaninoff
Flower of Beauty - John Clements
Lullabies and Nightsongs - Alec Wilder
The Elephant Present
Minnie and Winnie
The Answers
The Starlighter
The Telephone Book Lullaby
Away from the Roll of the Sea - A. MacGillivray
Poor Man Lazrus - arr. Jester Hairston
Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One - Healey Willan
The Garden of the Seraglio - Wilh. Stenhammar
Calypso Serenade - Richard Oliver
Ain'-a That Good News! - Wm. L. Dawson

March 8, 1992 (Center School) - SG
Beethoven - Piano Concerto in E-flat, Op. 73 "Emperor" (Goldman/Jones)
Schubert - Fantasia in C, D, 934 (Katherine Kleitz, flute; Ernest Goldman, piano).
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms (Sean Breen, soprano; Sherryl Stonebraker and Ernest Goldman, organs; Maria Staniszewska, harp; Whitney Granger and Alex Zavorski, percussion/Jones)
Brahms - Schaffe in mir, Gott

February 2, 1991 (FPC) - AB
Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata (Goldman)
Schubert - Selections from "Die Schone Mullerin" (Tom Lee, tenor,Goldman)
R. Strauss - Selected Songs (Linda Hossfeld, soprano; Goldman)
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (Rebecca Pugh Brown, Allison Sparks, Deter Straub, violin; Dale Hall, Inge Richardson, Chuck Woods, viola; Sara Hartman, Frederick Miller, David Paschke, cello)

Nov. 24, 1991 (Center School).- SG
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K. 595 (Goldman/Jones).
Mozart - Mass in C-minor for Chorus and Orchestra (Margot Law, Gabriella Schneider, sopranos; Mary Redford, mezzo-soprano; Todd Dixon, Ken Mattsson, tenors; Peter Thomas, bass; Sounds of Stow Orchestra/Jones)

 

May 19, 1991, (FPC)
Where the Music Comes From - Lee Hoiby
Songs of the Fool from Shakespere's Twelfth Night
1. O Mistress Mine
2. Come Away Deat
3. When that I Was and a Little Tiny Boy
The Night-Piece for Julia - Lee Hoiby
Zion's Walls - Aaron Copland
At the River
Younger Generation
Long Time Ago
Stomp Your Foot

 

March 3, 1991 (FPC) - AB
Bach - Sonata in E-flat (Katherine Kleitz, flute; Ernest Goldman, piano)
Mozart - Concert #24 in C minor, K. 491 (Goldman/Jones)
Kessick - "Exotic Perfumes", duo for Flute and Oboe (Kleitz, flute; Call Grycel, oboe)
Gounod - Messe Solennelle a Ste. Cecile for Chorus and Orchestra (Ann Allison, Carol Anthony, Lynn Berg, soprano; Mary Redford, alto; Bob Glorioso, Bob Hess, tenor; Dave Kidder, Dwight Sipler, bass; orchestra/Jones)

 

Dec., 1990 - Hudson and Leominster
Haydn - Te Deum - Stow Festival Chorus and Symphony Pro Musica (Jones)

 

Nov. 18, 1990 (FPC)
Chopin - Nocturnes: F major, Op. 15, No. 1 and G major, Op. 37, No.2 (Barbara Jones)
Mozart - Concert #17 in G, K. 453 (Jones, Goldman)
Bloch - Suite Modale (Kleitz, flute; Goldman, piano)
Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 (Rowena Meier, soprano; Mary Redford, alto; Todd Dixon, tenor; actually sung by Brian Gilberti; Peter Thomas, bass; Donna Chaff, organ; Whitney Granger, timpani/Jones)
Haydn - Te Deum for Chorus and Orchestra (Jones)

Sept. 9, 1990 - Gala Concert celebrating new Steinway piano (FPC) - SG
Mozart - Theme and Variations in G for four-hand piano (Frederick Moyer, Ernest Goldman, piano)
Schubert - The Shepherd on the Rock (Priscilla Ganley, soprano; Katherine Kleitz, flute; Ernest Goldman, piano)
Chopin - Etudes (Op. 10, No.l; Op 25, No. 2; Op. 10, No. 8; Op. 10, No. 6, Op. 10, No. 3; Op. 25, No.ll; Op. 25, No. 12) (Frederick Moyer)
Mozart - Recitative and Aria ("Dove sono...") from The Marriage of Figaro (Ganley, Goldman)
Beethoven - Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 (Goldman)

May 19, 1990, (Union Church, Stow) - AB
Andenken - Mendelssohn
I Cannot Conceal It - Certon
O Lovely Night - Brahms
Rest - Vaughan Williams
Beati Quorum Via Integra Est - Stanford
Gentle Annie - Foster
All I Ask of You - Webber
The Music of the Night - Webber
Songs mein Grossmama Sang - Pfautsch
Fraulein Bo-Peepen
Jack der Spratt
Jack und Jill
Johann Horner
O Danny Boy - arr. Flummerfeld

March 4, 1990 (FPC) - AB
Debussy - Jardins sous le Pluie (Jones)
Beethoven - Serenade, Op. 41 (Kleitz, Goldman)
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 110 (Goldman)
Poulenc - Gloria (Margot Law, soprano, Goldman/Jones; Stow Chorus)

November 19, 1989 (FPC) - AB
Vivaldi - Flute Concerto, "Del Gardellino" (Kleitz, Grycel, Goldman, Marie Goldman, cello)
Mozart - Concerto #20 in D minor, K. 466 (Goldman/ Jones)
Brahms - Romanza, Op. 118, No. 5 (Jones)
Faure - Requiem (Jason Potter, soprano, Peter Thomas, baritone, orchestra/Jones)

May 21, 1989, (FPC) - AB
March 12, 1989 (FPC) AB
Vivaldi - Trio for Piccolo Flute, Cello and Piano (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Hoffmeister - A Musical Joke for 2 flutes and oboe (Chiapella, Kleitz, Grycel)
Rachmaninoff - Prelude in B minor, op. 32, #10 (Jones)
Mozart - Concerto #23 in A, K. 488 (Goldman, Jones)
Brahms - Nanie (chorus and orchestra, Jones)

November 20, 1988 (FPC)
Rutter - Requiem (Law, Kleitz, Grycel, M.Goldman, Yauckoes, Stonebreaker, Milman, Goldman/Jones)
Couperin - Sonata: "The Apotheosis of Corelli" (Kleitz, Grycel, Goldmans)
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus (Ann Allison, Anne Dixon, Tod Dixon, Nigel Nathan soloists, orchestra, Goldman/Jones)

May 15, 1988, – International Theme - AB
Sing Me A Song (Fa una cazona) - Vecchi
I Am The Phoenix (Io son fenice) - Vecchi
Look Upon Me, My Beloved (Lo schernito) - Gastoldi
John Anderson, My Jo - Schumann
Sing To the Sky - Nygard
Fiddler Man - Rutter
So Many Songs - Dvorak
Birch Tree on Green Hill
Oh, Fare You Well - arr. Ehret
Rise Up, My Love - William
Doctor Doom - Shaw
Down by the Riverside - arr. Rutter

February 28, 1988 (FPC) - AB
Vivaldi - Sonata in G minor (Kleitz, Grycel, Goldmans)
Liszt - Concert Etude in D-flat (Jones)
Buxtehude - Solo Cantata: In Thee I Trust, O Lord (Hossfeld, Kleitz, Dixon, Goldmans)
Schubert - Andante and Variations in B-flat, Op. 142, No. 3 (Goldman)
Franck - Sonata in A major (Kleitz, Goldman)
Selections from 19th Century Sacred Choral Music
- Brahms - Schaffe in mir, Gott
- Schubert - Des Tages Weihe
- Bruckner - Locus iste a Deo factus est
- Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine

November 22, 1987 (FPC) - AB
Haydn - Trio in f (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Scriabin - Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1 (Jones)
Rachmaninoff - Prelude in E-flat, Op. 23, No. 6 (Jones)
Kalliwoda - Concertino for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra (Kleitz, Grycel, Goldman)
Beethoven - Sonata in F minor, Op. 56 (Appassionata) (Goldman)
Bach - Magnificat (Mary Rubel and Elizabeth Moretti, sop; Ann Dixon, alto; Todd Dixon and Donato Bracco, tenors; David Brown, bass; orchestra/Jones)

May 17, 1987, (FPC) - AB
Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun - Butler
Sure on This Shining Night - Barber
Where'er I Go - Brahms
Choose Something Like a Star - Thomson
Weary Wind of the West - Elgar
Evening Scene
Golden Slumbers - arr. Rutter
Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron - arr. Taylor
May Day Carol

March 8, 1987 (FPC)
Weber - Trio in G minor, Op. 63 (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Schubert - Sonata in A, Op. 120 (Goldman)
Brahms - Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117, #2 (Jones)
- Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119, #2 (Jones)
Poulenc - Sonata for Flute and Piano (Kleitz, Goldman)
Mozart - Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (Goldman/Jones)

November 23, 1986 (FPC)
Hassler - Missa Seconda (Mary Rubel, Gail Palm, Donato Bracco, Bob Blizzard, soloists; Jones; Goldman; dedicated to the memory of Linda Brown and Henry Tatler)
Telemann - Trio Sonata in C minor for Flute, Oboe and Continuo (Kleitz, Grycel, Goldmans)
Scarlotti - Sonatas in A major, L. 494; B minor, L. 33; E major, L. 224 (Jones)
Chopin - Variations on a Theme by Rossini (Kleitz, Goldman)
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 (orchestra, Goldman/Jones, dedicated to the memory of Nancy Hamilton)
DeCormier - Shout For Joy - A Suite of Christmas Spirituals (Ann Allison soprano)

May 18, 1986, (FPC) - AB
Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints Above - Weelkes
The Silver Swan - Gibbons
Fair Phyllis I Saw - Farmer
Weary Wind of the West - Elgar
The Blue Bird - Stanford
O Clap Your Hands - Vaughn Williams
Riddle Song - Rutter
O Waly Waly
Banquet Fugue

March 16, 1986 (FPC) - AB
Telemann - Trio Sonata in G minor for Flute, Oboe and Continuo Requiem (Kleitz, Grycel, Goldmans)
Brahms - "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place" (Goldman/Jones; Stow Chorus)
Chopin - Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (Jones)
Hummel - Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 78 (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Mozart - Te Deum, K. 141 (Goldman/ Jones; Stow Chorus)

November 24, 1985 (FPC) - AB
Debussy - Waltz: La plus que lente (Jones)
Mendelssohn - Trio in D minor, Op. 49 (Bill Skarnes, violin, Goldmans)
Beethoven - Sonata in E-flat, Op. 81a: "Les Adieux" (Goldman)
Prokofieff - Sonata in D, Op. 94a for Flute and Piano (Kleitz and Goldman)
Haydn - Te Deum for Chorus and Orchestra (Jones)

May 19, 1985, (FPC) - AB
Cantate Domino - Pitoni
He is Good and Handsome - Passereau
The Linden Tree - Schubert
Say, Love - Dowland
The Syncopated Clock - Anderson
Greeting On St. John's Day - Kodaly
Singing River - Freed
Two Spring Madrigals - Whitecotton
Spring Returns
Pack, Clouds, Away
Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be? - Arr. Kubik
Polly-Wolly-Doddle

April 28, 1985 (FPC) - AB
Concert by a group of Tanglewood Festival Chorus Singers performing Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms and other vocal chamber music by Buxtehude, Haydn, Billings, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Participants: Lisa Saunier, Karen Wilson, Frances Kadinoff, Gloria Raymond, Judith Tierney, Donato Bracco, Dean Hanson, John Ehrlich, Scott Wilson; Goldman and Jones, piano)

March 3, 1985 - Mostly Bach (FPC) - AB
Bach - Suite No. 2 in B minor (Kleitz, Straub, C. Woods, Hoyt, Goldmans)
Brahms - Four Songs for Women's Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17 (David Jones and Lydia Busler, horns; Ann Nisbet-Cobb, harp)
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in B minor (Jane Haman, organ)
Bach - Aria "Stay Here, My Dearest Life: from Cantata No. 11 (Judith Tierney, Goldmans)
Bach - from Cantata No. 140, "Sleepers Wake"
– Chorale, "Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee"
– Chorale Transcription, arranged for mixed chorus by Bennett Williams
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (Kleitz, Straub, C. Woods, Hoyt, Goldmans)

November 18, 1984 (FPC) - AB
Haydn - London Trio in C (Kleitz, Jennifer Lauve, flute; Marie Goldman, cello)
Chopin - Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (Jones)
Schubert - Auf dem Strom (Linda Hossfeld, soprano; David Jones, French horn; Goldman)
Beethoven - Sonata, Op. 53 (Waldstein) (Goldman)
Louise Farrenc - Trio in E minor, Op. 45 (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Schubert - Mass in G (Elizabeth Moretti, soprano; Donato Bracco, tenor; Peter Thomas, bass; Straub, Farris, Von Zweck, M. Goldman, strings; Goldman/Jones)

May 20, 1984, (FPC) - AB
Cohors Generosa - Kodaly
How Merrily We Live - Este
The Nightingale - Mendelssohn
Ca' the Yowes (Scottish Folk Song) - arr. Vaughan Williams
De Animals a' Comin' (Spiritual) - arr. Bartholomew
Now is the Month of Maying - Morley
Nunc Dimittis - Gretchaninof
Welcome the Day - Greig
One Summer's Eve
Water Lilies
Who is Sylvia? - P.D.Q. Bach

March 11, 1984 (FPC) - AB
Schubert - Theme and Variations from the "Trout" Quintet (C. Woods, John Glenn, T. Woods, M. Goldman, strings; E. Goldman, piano)
Chopin - Nocturne in B-flat minor (Jones)
Schumann - Four Duets (Mary Sue Willie, soprano; Donato Bracco, tenor; Goldman)
Beethoven - Introduction and Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" (Bill Skarnes, violin; Goldmans)
Brahms - Three Love Songs, Op. 31 ("Alternating Voices at a Dance", "Oh, Maiden Dearest", "Trysting Place"; Stow Chorus)
Schubert - Impromptu in F minor, Op. 142, No. 1 (Goldman)
Schumann - Andante and Variations, Op. 46 (M. Goldman and T. Woods, cello; David Jones, French horn; Goldman and Jones, pianos)

November 13, 1983 (FPC) - AB
Haydn - Trio in G (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Chopin - Ballade in A-flat (Jones)
Enesco - Cantabile and Presto (Kleitz, Goldman)
Brahms - Five Waltzes from Op. 39 (Goldman)
Beethoven - Andante and Variations from Trio, W.O. 37 (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Mozart - Regina Coeli, K. 108 (Elizabeth Moretti, soprano; Goldman/ Jones; Stow Chorus)

May 22, 1983, (FPC) - AB
Harvester's Song - J. Berger
I Gave My Love a Cherry - arr. D.E. Wagner
Long Time Ago - arr. A. Copland
Highlights from “Porgy and Bess” - (arr. H. Simone) G. Gershwin
Long Ago and Far Away - (arr. R. Ringwald) J. Kern
The Turtle Dove - arr. R. Vaughn Williams
Choose Something Like a Star - R. Thompson
Choral Overture from "George M" - (arr. C. Cassey) G.M. Chohan
May Day Carol - arr. D. Taylor

February 13, 1983 (FPC) - Third Stow Tercentenary Concert - AB
Choral Selections from Stow's Second Century, composed between 1783 and 1883
Cousin Jedediah, Beautiful Dreamer, Pretty Saro, Shenandoah, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, Ride the Chariot; "He Watching Over Israel" by Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn - Organ Sonata in C minor (Eleanor Billings)
Beethoven - Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major (Straub, Hoyt, Goldmans)
Brahms - Variations for Two Pianos on a Theme by Haydn (Jones, Goldman)
Vivaldi - Concerto for Piccolo Flute and Strings in A minor (Kleitz, etc.)
Dvorak - Andantino and Variations for Piano and Strings from Quartet, Op. 23
Schubert - Impromptu in C minor, Op. 90, No1 (Goldman)

November 21, 1982(FPC) - Second Stow Tercentenary Concert - AB
Choral Selections from Stow's First Century, composed between 1683 and 1783)
Simple Gifts, When Jesus Wept, Sandusky, Praise the Lord (Billings), Two Fuguing Tunes (Jenks), Ave Verum (Mozart); Two Lieveslieder Polkas (P.D.Q.Bach)
Franck - Prelude, Fugue and Variation for two pianos (Jones, Goldman)
Handel - Aria for soprano, flute and basso continuo (Hossfeld, Kleitz, Goldmans)
Schubert - Adagio and Rondo for violin, viola, cello and piano (Straub, Pugh, Hoyt, Goldmans)

October 17, 1982 (FPC) - First Stow Tercentenary Concert: Joint Recital - Priscilla Ganley, soprano, Ernest Goldman, Piano - AB
Mozart - Exsultate, jubilate
Beethoven - Sonata, Op. 111
Schubert - 6 Lieder;Schubert -Klavierstuck, Op. Post.
Bellini - 3 art songs
Strauss - Aria from "die Fledermaus"

May, 1982, (FPC) - AB
How Great Is the Pleasure - H. Harrington
Fa Una Canzona - O. Vecchi
The Lark's Song - F. Mendelssohn
Old Folks At Home - S. Foster
The Work of Man Will Grow and Flower - J. Brahms
Set Down, Servant - arr. W. Ehret
Ah, Meadow, Fair and Wide - Czech Folk Song
The Green Cathedral - (arr. B. Jones) C. Hahn
A Little White Hen - (arr. N. Greyson) A. Scandello
Soft Shoe Song - R. Jordan and S. Bass
Flower of Beauty - J. Clements
Just As the Tide Was Flowing - R. Vaughn Williams

May 15, 1982, Spring Festival Youth Concert (FPC) - AB

February 28, 1982(FPC) - AB
Mozart - Quartet for piano and strings in D, K. 593 (Straub, Hoyt, Goldmans)
Bach - Cantata No. 209 (Hossfeld, Kleitz, strings)
Schumann - Canonic Etudes for two pianos, Op. 56 (Goldman, Jones)
Chopin - Variations on a theme by Rossini (Kleitz, Goldman)
Vivaldi - Gloria (Hossfeld, Judith Cookson, Moretti, Tierney; Janice Bennett, oboe; Jim Anderson, trumpet; strings and piano/Jones)

November 15, 1981 (FPC) - AB
Boismortier - Trio Sonata in A minor (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Mozart - Songs (Hossfeld, Goldman)
Beethoven - Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, No.2 (Goldman)
C.P.E. Bach - Trio in A minor (Kleitz, Margaret Bossi, clarinet; Goldman)
Schubert - Serenade, Op. 135 for Women's Chorus and Soloists (Tierney, Jones, Goldman)
Schumann - Andante and Variations, Op. 46 (Jones and Goldman, pianos; M. Goldman and Mary Till, cello; Laura Haughey, French horn)

May, 1981, (FPC) - AB
Wake Thee, Now, Dearest - arr. D. Taylor
Morning Has Broken - E. Farjeon & C. Stevens
My Bonnie Lass - Thos. Morley
The Primrose - F. Mendelssohn
Can't Help Singing - J. Kern
Joy of Living - F. Schubert
Loveliest of Trees - R. Rhein
When I Was One-and Twenty
Echo Song - O. diLasso
Waters Ripple and Flow - arr. D. Taylor
When the Saints Go Marching In - W. Schumann

April 24, 1981 (FPC) - Piano Warming Concert - AB
Mozart - Sonata in D for two pianos, K. 448 (Jones, Goldman)
Schumann - Novelette in F, Op. 21 (Jones)
Chopin - Prelude in C minor (Goldman)
Schubert - Introduction and Variations for piano and flute (Kleitz, Goldman)
Rhein - Loveliest of Trees (Stow Chorus)
D. Taylor, arr. - Waters Ripple and Flow (Stow Chorus)
Beethoven - Trio in b-flat, Op. Post. (Goldman)
Chopin - Nocturne in C minor, op. 48, No. 1 (Jones)
Chopin - Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (Goldman)
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (Kleitz, Straub, Pugh, Inga Richardson, Goldmans)

 

January 25, 1981 (FPC) - AB
Beethoven - Quartet for piano and strings, Op. 16 (Straub, Hoyt, Goldmans)
Mozart - Flute Concerto in D (Kleitz, etc.)
Brahms - In Autumn (Stow Chorus)
Purcell - Hail! Bright Caecilia (Stow Chorus and instruments/Jones)
Schubert - Shepherd on the Rock (Hossfeld, Bossi, Goldman)
Bach - Piano Concerto in D minor (Goldman and strings)

 

May, 1980, (AB)
With a Voice of Singing - M. Shaw
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - arr. C. Kirby
In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves - H. Purcell
Ah, Thou Poor World - J. Brahms
Summer Time - G. Gershwin
Nunc Dimittis - A. Gretchaninof
Sing We and Chant It - T. Morley
Three Folk Songs - J. Brahms
I'd Enter Your Garden
The Fiddler
Awake!
De Animals a-Comin' - arr. D. Taylor
May Day Carol - arr. D. Taylor

 

January 20, 1980 - AB
Beethoven - Sonata Pathetique, Op. 13 (Goldman)
Beethoven - Serenade in D, Op. 41 (Kleitz, Goldman)
Quantz - Trio Sonata (Kleitz, Goldmans)
Mozart - Quartet in E-flat, K. 452 (Straub, Hoyt, Goldmans)

 

May 1979, First concert in which Barbara Jones is the director of the Stow Festival Chorus.
Cantate Domino - G. Pitoni
Bourree for Bach - arr. B. Williams
Two Folk Songs - J. Brahms
In the Night
How Lovely Is the Maytime
It's a Raggy Waltz - (arr. W. H. Smith) D. Brubeck
Ride the Chariot - arr. W.H. Smith
Weary, My Heart - O. Lassus
Chorale No. 15 "Now All the Woods Are Sleeping" - J.S. Bach
The Trysting Place - J. Brahms
Madeleine - J. Brel et al.
May Day Carol - arr. D. Taylor

 

May, 1978
All Ye Who Music Love - B. Donato
Shenandoah - arr. M. Sciangalepore
Three Hungarian Folk Songs - B. Bartok
Canon by J. Pachelbel - arr. M. Gardner
Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair - arr. S. Churchill
The Walrus and the Carpenter - H. Bright
May Day Carol - arr. D. Taylor

Concerts (other than Spring Concerts) that do not feature the Stow Chorus go back to June 2, 1974.