Seasons of Light
J. Michele Edwards, Music Director
Sarah Lockwood, Accompanist
Catharine Van Nostrand, ASL Interpreter
Percussion: Robert Adney, Kory Andry, and Heather Barringer
- S'vivon (Hanukkah dreydl song) arr. Betty Bertaux
- Yuki no matsuri (Snow Festival) by Saburo Iwakawa
- O magnum mysterium (O great mystery) by Tomas Luis de Victoria
- Light Breaking by Carol Matthews
- Deck the Halls (in 7/8) arr. James McKelvy
Soloists: Jeanne Landkamer, Jennifer Arlen
- Neesa (Winter moon in January) Seneca round
- Odun De! (Happy New Year!) attrib. Babatunde Olatunji
Ensemble: Chernah Coblentz, Prisca Cushman, Kathy Hagen,
Betsy Kerr, Cordelia Strandskov, Heather Way
- Ring Out Wild Bells! by Felicia Sandler
world premiere of version for women's chorus
commissioned by Calliope Women's Chorus
--intermission--
- Mister Santa: Christmas Version of Mister Sandman by Pat Ballard,
arr. Ed Lojeski
Performed by Harmonia
- Silver Bells by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, arr. Calaris Kiefer
Performed by Harmonia
- Chanukah/Solstice Round by Linda Hirschhorn
- Hymn to the Dawn (from Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda) by Gustav Holst
- Seven Principles by Bernice Johnson Reagon
Soloist: Heather Way
- Solstice Carol by Diane Benjamin
world premiere of chorus version
commissioned by Calliope Women's Chorus
- Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! by Jule Styne,
arr. Kirby Shaw
Soloists: Zoe Nicholie, Rachel Grippen
- Chasing the Northern Lights by Nancy Telfer
- Gate gate (Gone gone) by Brian Tate
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Many Thanks to
Taeko Nishizaka (Kunitachi College of Music Library, Tokyo),
Professor Ritsuko Narita (Visiting Instructor of Japanese, Macalester College)
Professor Satoko Suzuki (Associate Professor of Japanese, Macalester College),
Sowah Mensah (Visiting Instructor of Music, Macalester College)
College of St. Catherine,
Felicia Sandler, Diane Benjamin, Carol Matthews, Nancy Telfer