Rejoice! Rejoice!

Journey back to 18th century Venice, a city that was experiencing a remarkable flowering of sacred music composed specifically for women’s voices, by some of the world’s great masters of vocal music.

Mitchell Covington, Artistic Director
Edna Yeh, Assistant Conductor
Anne Rainwater, Accompanist
Guest Artists: Jubilate Baroque Orchestra and MacKenzie Covington, soprano

Program

  • O Frondens Virga (O Greening Branch) a hym to Mary – Hildegard von Bingen
  • Rejoice! Rejoice! – William Byrd
  • Sucepit Israel (O Servant, Israel) from Magnificat – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Wir Eilen mit Schwachen, Doch Emsigen Schritten (We hasten with Weak, yet Eager Steps) from Cantata No. 78 “Jesu, der du Meine Seele” – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ave, Regina Coelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven) – Giovanni Legrenzi
  • Laudate Pueri (Give Praise) Psalm 112 – Johann Adolf Hasse
    • Laudate Pueri
    • Excelsus Super Omnes Gentes
    • Quis Sicut Dominus
    • Suscitans a Terra
    • Sicut Erat in Principio
  • Fecit Potentiam (He has Shown Power) from Magnificat – Nicola Porpora
  • Magnificat – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  • Duo Seraphim Clamabant (Two Angels called to One Another) – Tómas Luis de Victoria
  • In Nativitate Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum (Song of the Nativity of the Lord), H 421 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    • Historicus
    • Chorus Pastorum
    • Angelus (the Angel)
    • Una Ex Choro
  • Ave, Regina Caelorum – Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
  • Laetatus Sum (I Rejoiced) – Nicola Porpora
    • Laetatus Sum
    • Quia Illic Sederunt Sedes
    • Fiat Pax
    • Gloria Patri
    • Sicut Erat

Full Program (pdf)