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

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