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Home for the Holidays

Traditional, arr. Grace Christus / ’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime / Carol of the Bells
Traditional, arr. Grace Christus / Carol of the Bells / God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Abbie Betinis / Songs
Traditional, arr. Grace Christus / O Holy Night (Original music by Adolphe Adam; text by Placide Cappeau; English version by John S. Dwight)
Hector Berlioz / March of the Israelites (from L’Enfance du Christ, Op. 25)
Michael Lösch / Klezmer Duets
– Mazel Tov
– Der Heyser Bulgar
– Tish Nigun
– Oi Tate
Arr. Hillary Schefter / Deck the Halls: Theme and Variations
Traditional English Carol, originally arranged by David Overton / Grand Fantasia on “I Saw Three Ships” (Arranged for two flutes and piano by Laura Schulkind)
Arr. Hillary Schefter / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane)
Arr. Kathy Cater and Sandy Duffy Norman / A Merry Christmas Collection
Benjamin Britten (arr. of Samuel Barber) / Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3


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Sing Me a Song of Your People

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Three Sephardic Songs
Manuel Moreno-Buendía / Suite populaire espagnole
Béla Bartók / Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
William Grant Still / Summerland (from Three Visions)
William Grant Still / Two Cameos: Picnic With Sheilah & Procession Of The Ants
Maurice Ravel / Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Trad. arr. Grace Christus / Mayim, Mayim
Robert Beaser / Mountain Songs: Barbara Allen, The House Carpenter & Fair and Tender Ladies
Benjamin Britten, arr. of Barber / Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3
Benjamin Britten / At the Mid Hour of Night
Trad. arr. Grace Christus / Three Chinese Folk Songs
Trad. arr. Grace Christus / La Golondrina (Mexican Traditional)
Trad. arr. Grace Christus / African Head Wrapping Song
Trad. arr. Grace Christus / Skal Song (Scandinavian Traditional)
Trad. arr. Grace Christus / Pascha in Kiev (Ukrainian Traditional)
Trad. arr. Grace Christus / I’ll Fall in Sleep (Croatian Traditional)


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Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music

Germaine Tailleferre / Sonata for Harp, Mvt. 2
Shulamit Ran / Sonatina for Two Flutes​
Florence Price / From Four Songs from the Weary Blues​
Amy Beach / Within Thy Heart ​
Joanna Newsom / Peach, Plum, Pear
Amy Beach / A Hermit Thrush at Morn
Eve Beglarian / I Will Not Be Sad In This World​
Louise-Marie Simon (aka Claude Arrieu) / Sonatine for Flute and Piano​
Florence Price / Fantasie for flute and piano​
Clémence de Grandval / Valse mélancolique​
Lili Boulanger / D'un matin de printemps​
Margaret Bonds / Troubled Water


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A Celebration of Celtic Culture

Benjamin Britten / The Salley Gardens, O Waly Waly & At the Mid Hour of Night
​Trad. (arr. Grace Christus) / Chì mi na mòrbheanna
Hamilton Harty / In Ireland 
Trad. (arr. Cater & Norman) / Ladye's Delight/Haste to the Wedding & Idir Deighric Gus breo
Benjamin Britten / The Ash Grove
Trad. (arr. Gareth McLearnon) / Slane
Trad. / Irish Washerwoman & Kesh Jig
John Field / Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself
Trad. (arr. Grace Christus) / In the Fields in Frost and Snow
Catherine McMichael / A Cottage Collection: Trillium, Ròs Bothan & As She Was
Trad. / Star of the County Down
Frederic Weatherly / Danny Boy
Trad. (arr. Christina Krayer and Laura Schulkind) / The Galway Piper


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Classical Christmas

trad. (Venezuela) / Silent Night & La Jornada
Loreena McKennitt / Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
trad. / What Child Is This? 
Johann Sebastian Bach / Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
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ohannes Brahms / Zwei Gesänge: Gestillte Schnsucht & Geistliches Wiegenlied
trad. (Uganda/Nigeria) / He Was Born in a Manger
Franz Schubert / Ave Maria
trad. (Chechnya) / There Was a Path
Mateo Flecha el Viejo / Riu, Riu Chiu
various / Sevivon, Shlof Mein Kind, Light the Legend & Ocho Kandelikas
trad. (Ukraine) / In the Midst of a Dark Night
Johann Sebastian Bach / Christmas Oratorio: Schlafe, mein Liebster
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky / The Nutcracker: Trepak Dance, Dance of the Reed & Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy


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A Night at the Opera

Georges Bizet / "Habanera" from Carmen
Gilbert & Sullivan / Arias
- "Dance a Cachucha" from The Gondoliers
- "If We’re Weak Enough to Tarry" from Iolanthe
- "None Shall Part Us from Each Other" from Iolanthe
- "We’re Called Gondolieri" from The Gondoliers
François Borne / Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Elias Parish Alvars / Theme and Variations on “Casta Diva” from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
Léo Delibes / "Flower Duet" from Lakmé
Camille Saint-Saëns / "Une flûte invisible"
W.A. Mozart / Selections from The Magic Flute
- "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" ("I am the Birdcatcher, Yes!")
- "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" ("In men, who feel love")
- "Der Hӧlle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" ("Hell’s Vengeance Boils in My Heart- Queen of the Night")
- "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" ("A girl or a woman")
Franz and Karl Doppler / Rigoletto Fantasie


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Impressionism: The Soul Is Music
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Claude Debussy / Chansons De Bilitis
Gabriel Fauré / Siciliene 
Gabriel Fauré / Fantaisie, Op. 79
Erik Satie / Trois Gymnopédies
Claude Debussy / Children's Corner
Philippe Gaubert / Divertissement Grec for two Flutes and Piano
George Enescu / Cantabile et Presto
Claude Debussy / Chansons De Bilitis, Mvts. I & VI


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O Holy Night

Pietro A. Yon / “Gesu Bambino”
Johannes Brahms / "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place" from A German Requiem 
Hector Berlioz / Trio of the Young Ishmaelites from L’enfance du Christ
arr. by Cater and Norman / A Merry Christmas Collection 
- "The Holly and the Ivy"
- "Carol of the Bells"
- "The First Noël" 

Benjamin Britten
 / A Ceremony of Carols
- There is no rose
- That yongë child
- Balulalow
- This little babe
- Interlude
- Adam lay i-bounden (Deo gracias)
Adolphe Adam arr. Gary Lanier / "O Holy Night"
​Charles Gounod & Johann Sebastian Bach / "Ave Maria"
Arr. by Michael Isaacson / Duos of Hanukkah
- “Sevivon” (“Spinning Top”)
- “Mi Y’Mallel” (“Who Can Retell?”)
- “I Have a Little Dreidel”
- “Light the Legend” (composed by Michael Isaacson)
- “Ner Li” (“My Candle”)
- “Ma Oz Tzur” (“Rock of Ages”)​
Various / Christmastide Chamber Music
- J.S.Bach / Largo from the Trio Sonata in D minor BMV 1036
- Georg Philipp Telemann / Spirituoso from the Suite in G major
- Georg Phillip Telemann / Dolce from the Suite in E major
- Georg Phillip Telemann / Dolce from the Suite in B major
- Gregor Joseph Werner / Pastorale from “September”
- Johann Gottlieb Goldberg / Alla Sicilians from the Trio in A minor


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Out of Silence

Paul Ben-Haim / Three Songs Without Words
Ian Clarke / Orange Dawn
Ian Clarke/ Maya
John Rutter / Suite Antique
- Mvt. 1 Prelude
- Mvt. 4 Waltz
- Mvt. 5 Chanson 
Ludwig van Beethoven / Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Moonlight Sonata
Claude Debussy / Danse sacrée (Sacred Dance)
Benjamin Godard / Suite de trois morceaux
Traditional / O Danny Boy
Blossom Dearie / Touch the Hand of Love
Gabriel Fauré / Pavane


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Americas the Beautiful
Astor Piazzolla / Histoire du Tango 
- Bordello, 1900
- Cafe, 1930
- Nightclub, 1960
Heitor Villa-Lobos / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
David Amram / Theme and Variations on “Red River Valley”
Samuel Zyman / Fantasia Mexicana

Samuel Barber / Excursions, Movement I and IV (Julie Plouffe, piano)
William Hill / Mystic Cadenza (Laura Schulkind, Native American flute)
Thom Ritter George / American Folk Songs (3) for flute and piano  (Hillary Schefter, harp & Katy Wherry, flute)
- Johnson Boys
- Rocking the Cradle
- Whistle, Daughter, Whistle
​​Additional selections to be announced shortly.


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