Recent Seasons under Michael Driscoll

2024-2025 Season

May 18, 2025
Aaron Copland selections from Old American Songs
Nathaniel Dett The Chariot Jubilee 
Alice Parker folk song and spiritual arrangements
Fred VanNess, tenor
David McFerrin, baritone
with chamber instrumental ensemble and piano
Church of the Holy Name

March 8, 2025
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
Alexandra Henderson, soprano
Morgan Mastrangelo, tenor
Nicholas Ottersberg, baritone
In collaboration with:
Rivers Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Memoli, conductor
Wellesley Middle School 6th Grade Treble Chorus, Lauren Connors, Director
Regis College, Casey Theater

November 24, 2024
Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat
Jonathan Dove Köthener Messe
Cecilia McDowall Laudate (US premiere)
Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
Maria Whitcomb, soprano
Laura Beth Couch, mezzo-soprano
Leo Balkovetz and Matthew McGinnis, tenors
William Farrell, baritone, Alexander Cook, bass
with professional orchestra
Church of the Holy Name

2023–2024 Season

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
 

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

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

2022–2023 Season

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

March 19, 2023
Carol Barnett: The World Beloved, A Bluegrass Mass
Kevin Siegfried: Shaker Song Arrangements
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury

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


Past Seasons under David Carrier

All concerts conducted by David Carrier unless otherwise indicated.

Season 46: 2021–2022

May 14, 2022
Haydn: Missa in Angustiis
Bach: Cantata 140, Wachet auf, in ruft die Stimme
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury

Season 45: 2020–2021

Concerts cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic.

Season 44: 2019–2020

November 16, 2019
Carson Cooman:  As We Are Changed
A Commonwealth Composer Concert
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury

Season 43: 2018–2019

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

Season 42: 2017–2018

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

November 11, 2017
Amy Beach: Grand Mass in E-flat Major
A Commonwealth Composer concert
Church of the Holy Name, West Roxbury

Season 41: 2016–2017

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

Season 40: 2015–2016
Season 39: 2014–2015

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

Season 38: 2013–2014

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

Season 37: 2012–2013

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

Season 36: 2011–2012

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

Season 35: 2010–2011

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