Saint Joseph's Singers

Saint Joseph's Singers

A Chamber Chorus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan

Our 2006-2007 season, featuring music by:
Bach, Britten and Lauridsen and new works by:
Steven Stucky, Kristin Kuster and Stefan Weisman

Previous Concerts

  • March 5, 2006
    Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.
  • October 22, 2005
    Mass in G Minor by Vaughan Williams. Joint concert with the Male Voice Ensemble Limburg, Holland.
  • May 8, 2005
    To be sung on a summer night on the water: works by Delius, Whitacre, Mozart, Hovhaness, Ives and Wolf.
  • Feb. 20, 2005
    Mozart's Vesperae solennes de Confessore KV 339.
  • Oct. 29, 2004
    Joint concert with the acclaimed Dutch women's chamber choir Cantate from the city of Venlo, conducted by Dion Ritten.

Previous Concert:
Sunday, March 5th, 2006, 4:00 PM

Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach

The Saint Joseph’s Singers, conducted by Stephen Black, presented a concert that featured the following works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor BWV 546 by J.S. Bach

Stephen Hamilton, organ

Du Hirte Israel, höre BWV 104 by J.S. Bach

I. Chorus
II. Recitativ and Aria, Archie Worley, tenor
III. Recitativ and Aria, Richard Holmes, bass
IV. Chorale

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106 by J.S. Bach

I. Sonatina
II. Chorus - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
III. Arioso - Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken Lance Langston, tenor
IV. Aria - Bestelle dein Haus Brian Hamer, baritone
V. Chorus and Arioso - Es ist der alte Bund Alexa Nieschlag, soprano
VI. Aria - In deine Hände Susanni Leuci, alto
VII. Arioso - Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein Vince Peterson, baritone
VIII. Chorus - Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit

[Please see the Concert Program. (PDF file)]