SEASON EIGHT: 2022-2023
26 JANUARY 2024
Dear Concert Friends,
I must take this belated opportunity to thank the St. Colman Choir, the Washington High School Symphonic Choir, members of the orchestra and soloists for their magical performance of Mozart’s Missa Brevis in D, K.194 and the Sunrise Mass of Ola Gjeilo on November 12, 2023. It was a memorable occasion for performers and audience alike. Not only was musically exciting and the first collaboration of the St. Colman Choir with a local school group, it was the first time ANY of the performers (except for the concertmistress, Maureen Case) had ever performed either piece before. That alone would have made it a unique experience; the high level of performance made it even more so. Thanks to the Washington High School director, David Scott, for his willingness to add additional music to their already busy schedule.
SEASON EIGHT: 2020-2021, 2021-2022
Postponed due to COVID
SEASON SEVEN: 2019-2020
October 13, 2019 Concert: CONTRASTS IN CHORAL COLOR
JOHN RUTTER: Requiem
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Gloria
The Choir of St. Colman Church, soloists and chamber orchestra.
A modern, ravishing and moving setting the ancient words of a ‘Requiem’ by the 20th century’s most successful choral composer and the baroque setting of Christianity’s oldest hymn that serves as the model for all the rest.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 at 3:00 PM – THIS PROGRAM WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
STRING-ED SONIC SPLENDOR
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Concerto in G for organ and strings
GEORGE FREDRIC HANDEL: Concerto in D, Opus 7 No. 4
FRANCOIS POULENC: Concerto for organ, strings and tympani
Craig Jaynes, organist with string ensemble and tympani.
Three enormously varied pairings of music for the organ and strings which explore the variety of ways the two contrasting musical expressions can interact to produce stunning results.
SEASON SIX: 2018-2019
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019 – “Playing with the Big Boys , Part Two”, Craig Jaynes, organist
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 – Ludwig van Beethoven ‘Mass in C’: St. Colman choir with soloists, chamber orchestra
SEASON FIVE: 2017-2018
SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2018 – “Playing with the Big Boys”, Craig Jaynes, organist
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2017 – W. A. Mozart ‘Requiem’: St. Colman choir with soloists, chamber orchestra
SEASON FOUR: 2016-17
SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 – The Symphonic Choir, Hillsboro High School with a mini-hymn festival
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 – Dr. Chrisopher Urbiel, organist
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2016 – Music for Brass Quintet and Organ
SEASON THREE: 2015-16
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 – Music for Double Choir
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2016 – A Community Hymn Festival (organ with brass)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 – Music for Woodwind Quintet and Organ
SEASON TWO: 2014-15
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2015 – Music for Percussion and Organ
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 -Music of Joseph Rheinberger and Max Reger, for violin and organ
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2014 – Music of Vivaldi and Faure: Gloria and Requiem
SEASON ONE: 2013-14
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014 – Music for Organ and Strings
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2014 – Music for Organ with oboe, cello, saxophone and vocal soloists
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 – The English Choral Tradition with David Belt, baritone.
THE INAUGURAL CONCERT
SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013 – Music for Organ, Brass and Tympani