All performances conducted by Kent Tritle unless otherwise indicated.
March 22, 24, 1996; The Riverside Church
Manhattan School of Music Symphony, Glen Barton Cortese, Conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
May 12, 1996; Merkin Concert Hall, Abraham Goodman House
Kent Tritle, Guest Conductor; Rachel Rosales, soprano; Lorraine DiSimone, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Clark Smith,tenor; Charles Robert Stephens, bass-baritone; Elizabeth Rodgers, Scott Rednour, piano; Nancianne Parrella, harmonium
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
November 6, 1996; Carnegie Hall
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Ives: Holidays Symphony
December 13-14, 1996; St. Peter's Church at Citicorp Center
Marion Beckenstein, Christina Hartman Fairweather,sopranos; Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano; Philip Anderson, James Archie Worley, tenors; Robert Osborne, Stan Page, basses
Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers
Bruckner: Ecce Sacerdos; Inveni David
Mendelssohn: Veni, Domine
Morton Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Schütz: Psalm 100 (Jauchzet dem Herren)
various and trad.: Christmas carols
January 24, 1997; Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, Conductor
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3
March 16, 1997; Merkin Concert Hall, Abraham Goodman House
Deborah Stephens, soprano; Gregory Purnhagen, baritone; Harriet Wingreen, Elizabeth Wright, piano
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
May 16, 1997; St. Peter's Church at Citicorp Center
Kathy Theil, soprano; Bruce Rameker, countertenor; Neil Farrell, Daniel Clark Smith, tenors; Arizeder Urreiztieta, bass
Mendelssohn: Heilig; Zum Abendsegen; Ehre sei Gott; Wie der Hirsch Schreit
Palestrina: Sicut Cervus; Super Flumina Babylonis; Exsultate Deo
Arvo Pärt: Miserere
Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group 3
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
June 14, 1997; Carnegie Hall
Pusan Philharmonic, Sung Kwak, Conductor
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
November 8, 1997; Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, Conductor
Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia
December 12, 1997; The Town Hall
Mary Ellen Callahan, soprano; Bruce Rameker, countertenor; Todd Teske, tenor; Charles Robert Stephens, bass
Handel: Alexander's Feast; Coronation Anthem No.2: The King Shall Rejoice
March 8, 1998; Merkin Concert Hall
David Arnold, bass
Paul Moravec: Songs of Love and War (world premiere); Robert Convery: To the One of Fictive Music (New York Premiere) Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses(New York Premiere); Chris DeBlasio: The Best-Beloved
Funding provided by Meet The Composer, Inc.
May 15, 1998; Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Arizeder Urreiztieta, bass; Mukund Marathe, tenor
Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
August 21-22, 1998; Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Mozart: Coronation Mass
November 11, 1998; Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor
Scriabin: Prometheus: Poem of Fire
December 11, 1998; Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Jane Adler, soprano; Karen Krueger, mezzo-soprano; Phyllis Jo Kubey, contralto; David Vanderwal, tenor; Bruce Rameker, baritone
CPE Bach: Magnificat
Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor, K.427
March 20, 1999; Merkin Concert Hall
Mary Ann Hart, mezzo soprano
Samuel Barber: Under the Willow Tree; Reincarnations; Sure on this shining night
Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons
Ned Rorem: From an Unknown Past
Stephen Paulus: Meditations of Li Po
John Corigliano: Fern Hill
May 14-15, 1999; Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Spano, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
August 20-21, 1999; Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz,conductor
Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum Corpus
November 3, 1999; Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Arizeder Urreiztieta, bass; Mukund Marathe, tenor
Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
December 5, 1999; Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Nancianne Parrella, organist
Dessoff Jubilee: 75th Anniversary Celebration
Frank Martin: Mass
Francis Poulenc: Four Motets for the Season of Christmas
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Works by Buxtehude, Schutz and Sweelinck from The Dessoff Choirs Series
Carols of the season
December 16, 1999: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
The Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh, conductor
Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning
February 19, 2000; Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Serena Benedetti, soprano; Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Clarke Smith, tenor; Robert Osborne, baritone; Richard Holmes, bass
Handel: Israel in Egypt
March 25, 2000; Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Mozart: Coronation Mass
April 28, 2000; Carnegie Hall
Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Ives: Symphony No. 4
May 13, 2000; Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Terrance Barber, countertenor
Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore
Marshall Coid: Whitman Cantata
Winner of The Dessoff Choirs 75th Anniversary Prize
October 4,6 and 7, 2000; Brooklyn Academy of Music
The Brooklyn Philharmonic, Dennis Russell Davies,conductor
Glass: Symphony No. 5: Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya (North American Premiere)
December 1-2, 2000; Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Thomas Bogdan, Evangelist
A Baroque Christmas: From Schuetz to the Bach Family Archive
Heinrich Schuetz: Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
J.S. Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
J.C. Bach: Fuerchte dich nicht
J.M. Bach: Halt was du hast
Carols of the season