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PATHWAYS:
Memories and Visions of 20 Years of Singing
Cantabile and Artistic Director Rebecca
Scott celebrate
a score (1988 - 2008) of creativity, friendship,
and performance excellence

Cantabile Chamber Chorale (England, 1989)
The idea for Cantabile was formed over 20 years ago when a group of singers who had performed together in the Rutgers Musica Sacra Oratorio Chorus asked Rebecca Scott to lead their small chamber ensemble for a summer season. After performing together for three summers, the ensemble and Ms. Scott expanded their schedule to a year round schedule. On December 6, 1987, a group of 18 singers
performed its first concert as the Cantabile Chamber Chorale under
the direction of Rebecca Scott with the late David Shilleto as piano
accompanist. The vision stated 20 years ago continues today--"Cantabile
will provide the challenge of singing the repertoire for small ensemble
with all its difficulties, nuances and special performing problems,
while providing the love and good fellowship of joining with close
friends in an artistic endeavor."
Saturday, April 5, 2008 7:30PM
Pathway : II
| Ludwig Van Beethoven |
The Choral Fantasy,
Lloyd Arriola, piano |
J.S. Bach |
Ein Feste Burg Chorale |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Venite Populi |
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Ave Verum |
Eric Ewazen |
God's World (world
premiere) |
Aaron Copland |
The Promise of Living |
Leonard Bernstein |
Make Our Garden Grow |
Giuseppe Verdi |
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves |
William Whitehead
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Mizpah |
Christ United Methodist Church
485 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
Reserve
your tickets
for the 20th anniversary concerts
Sunday, December 2, 2007 at
4:00PM
Pathway I - Reminiscenses
with piano, harp, flute and soprano saxophone
accompaniment
We invite you to join us as we reminisce
with songs from past programs. Cantabile’s inaugural concert
on December 6, 1987 featured J.S. Bach’s Baroque aria, “Sheep
May Safely Graze”, (Schafe können sicher weiden”).
We repeat our performance in the original German, this time with
piano and flute accompaniment. Premieres of new works are synonymous
with Cantabile concerts and we present two new compositions commissioned
by Cantabile on December 2nd. The Invitation
by Ruth Scott Clark leads off a cycle of six Christmas songs written
by the 95 year old composer that will complement a narrative reading
of A Cup of Christmas Tea. We continue
our artistic collaboration with Bruce Lazarus, with the world premiere
performance of The isle is full of noises,
a setting of William Shakespeare’s eloquent meditation on
dreams, music, and riches, from The Tempest.
J.S. Bach – Schafe
können sicher weiden
Maurice Duruflé – Ubi Caritas
Arr. Yehezkel Brayn – Durme, Durme
Arr. Noam Elkies – Mi ze hidlik
Gerald Cohen – Lakol z’man/For everything
a Season
Benjamin Britten – This Little Babe (from Ceremony
of Carols)
Bruce Lazarus – The isle is full of noises (world
premiere commission)
Tom Hegg– A Cup of Christmas Tea narrative reading by Kathleen
Appleby and Tim Espar
Ruth Scott Clark - Christmas Song Cycle
- The Invitation (world premiere commission)
- It's Christmas
- Go by Bethlehem
- Come and Sing Noel
- Christmas Spiritual
- Have a Happy Holiday
Trad. Swedish – Sankta Lucia, Värmlandsvisan
Trad. French – Se Canto
Arr. Barbara Rogers – D’où
viens-tu, bergère ?
Edward Elgar – A Christmas Greeting
Ottorino Respighi – Contenti n’andremo
(from Laud to the Nativity)
Conrad Susa – Alegría (from
Carols and Lullabies)
Trad. Welsh – Calon Lân
Jill Gallina – Who is this Child?
Franz Gruber – Silent Night
Ralph Vaughn Williams – God Bless
the Ruler (from Fantasia on Christmas Carols)
Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 4:00PM
Christ United Methodist Church
485 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
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