Recent Seasons under Michael Driscoll
May 11, 2024
Florence Price: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
William Grant Still: Plain-Chant for America
Works by Margaret Bonds, Irving Berlin, Randall Thompson, André Thomas, and Dorothy Rudd Moore.
Philip Lima, baritone; Valerie Becker, piano
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Concert Description
March 10, 2024
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Lobgesang (Song of Praise)
Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 42
Dana Lynne Varga, soprano
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Concert Description & Program Notes
November 18, 2023
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Salomon Sulzer: Psalm 111
César Franck: Psalm 150
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Concert Description & Program Notes
May 13, 2023
Florence Price: Praise the Lord (Psalm 177)
Communion Service in F (selections)
Retrospection, Allegretto, Suite #1 (for organ)
John Rutter: Requiem
Mack Wilburg (arr): Peace Like a River
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Concert Description & Program Notes
March 19, 2023
Carol Barnett: The World Beloved, A Bluegrass Mass
Kevin Siegfried: Shaker Song Arrangements
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Concert Description & Program Notes
November 19, 2022
Mozart: Regina Coeli, K276
Coronation Mass in C Major, K317
Giovanni Battista Martini: Domine, ad aduvandum me festina
Marianna Martines: Dixit Dominus
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Concert Description & Program Notes
Past Seasons under David Carrier
All concerts conducted by David Carrier unless otherwise indicated.
May 14, 2022
Haydn: Missa in Angustiis
Bach: Cantata 140, Wachet auf, in ruft die Stimme
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Concerts cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic
Nov. 16, 2019
Carson Cooman: As We Are Changed
A Commonwealth Composer Concert
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
May 11, 2019
Menotti: The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore
Thompson: Frostiana
A Commonwealth Composer Concert
Second Church in Newton
March 10, 2019
Salieri: Requiem
Kuhnau: Magnificat
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
November 11, 2018
Verdi: Requiem
With Metropolitan Chorale, Lisa Graham, Conductor
Jordan Hall, Boston
October 27, 2018
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
With New England Philharmonic, Richard Pittman, Conductor
Jordon Hall, Boston
May 12, 2018
Brahms: Zigeunerlieder
Elder: Three Nocturnes
Paulus: The Road Home
Bernstein: Make Our Garden Grow
Tarver: Fill the Night with Music
Bosba: Remember Me
A Commonwealth Composer Concert
Second Church in Newton
March 11, 2018
Arnesen: The Wound in the Water
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
Nov. 11, 2017
Amy Beach: Grand Mass in E-flat Major
A Commonwealth Composer concert
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
May 13, 2017
Schubert: Mirjams Siegegesange
Brahms: Drei Quartette, op.64
Copland: At the River; Long Time Ago; Simple Gifts
Grainger: Briggs Fair
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
March 13, 2017
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Jubilate
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
November 19, 2016
Van Ness: Nocturnes
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Jongen: Messe en l’honneur du Saint-Sacrement
A Commonwealth Composer Concert
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
May 13, 2017
Schubert: Mirjams Siegegesange
Brahms: Drei Quartette, op.64
Copland: At the River; Long Time Ago; Simple Gifts
Grainger: Briggs Fair
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
March 13, 2017
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Jubilate
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
November 19, 2016
Van Ness: Nocturnes
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Jongen: Messe en l’honneur du Saint-Sacrement
A Commonwealth Composer Concert
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
May 16, 2015
Pinkham: Garden Party
Woodman: Narcissus
Cooman: Eros
Cooman: The Choir Invisible
A Commonwealth Composer Concert
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
March 15, 2015
Langlais: Messe Solennelle
Ringwald: Deep River
Ringwald, Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Dawson: Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
Sargon: V’shamru
Lewandowski: Enosh
Janowski: Hashkiveynu
Weill: Kiddush
Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittus
Stanford: For Lo, I Raise Up
Second Church in Newton
November 16, 2014
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
May 17, 2014
Forrest: Good Night, Dear Heart
Muehleisen: Consolation (Requiem for Newtown)
Schutz: Musikalische Exequien
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
March 2014
Janowski: Adonai Roi; Sim Shalom
Lewandowski: Enosh
Bloch: Sacred Service
Second Church in Newton
November 16, 2013
Herbolsheimer: Thanksgiving Day 1861-One Vacant Chair
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Schubert: Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
May 11, 2013
Faure: Requiem
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Palestrina: Sicut Cervus
Stanford: Beati Quorum Bia
Stanford: For lo, I raise up
Second Church in Newton
March 24, 2013
Haydn: Die Schoepfung (The Creation)
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
November 17, 2012
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
With Youth Pro Musica
Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim
Bach: Wie will mich freuen
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
May 12, 2012
Bach: Singet dem Herrn
Bach: Cantata 182, Himmelskonig, sei willkommen
Bach: Contata 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
Byrd: Laudibus in Sanctis
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
March 11, 2012
F. Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
D. Pinkham: Wedding Cantata
J. Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
November 19, 2011
Mozart: Regina Coeli
Haydn: Te Deum
Beethoven: Mass in C
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
May 7, 2011
Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Dominica
Haydn: St. Nicholas Mass
Our Lady Help of Christians, Newton
March 13, 2011
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury
November 20, 2010
Brahms: Ein deutches Requiem
Brahms: O Heiland reiss die Himmel auf
With Newton Symphony Orchestra
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury