Legend: MSO = Mississippi Symphony
Orchestra
MO = Mississippi Opera
1989 – 1990 Season (First season)
Originally called the Rankin County Community Chorus
December 4, 1989
“Messiah” … G. F. Handel
July 13th & 14th, 1990
“America the Beautiful”… arr. M. Bittick
“Gloria” … Francis Poulenc
“A Feast of Praise” …. Randall Thompson
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”… arr. Wilhousky
1990 – 1991 Season
December 10, 1990
“Messiah” G.F. Handel
January 12, 1991
“The Creation” … F.J. Haydn
April 26, 1991
”A Spring Thing”
“Americana” ... Luigi Zaninelli
“She Walks in Beauty”... David Foltz
Music from “Frostiana” … Randall Thompson
Spirituals:
“Ching-A-Ring-Chaw” … Copeland
“Elijah Rock”… arr. Hairston
“Ezekiel saw de Wheel”... arr. Dawson
“Soon ah will be done” ... arr. Dawson
“The Sound of Music” (selections from)
“Oh! You Beautiful Doll” ... arr. Sterling
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” ... Irving Berlin
1991 – 1992 Season
December 10, 1992
“Messiah” ... G.F Handel
April 28, 1992
“Requiem”… Mozart
May 1, 1992
“The Mikado” ... (concert version) Gilbert & Sullivan
1992- 1993 Season
December 4, 1993
“The Messiah” G.F. Handel
April 3, 1993
“H.M.S. Pinafore”
April 27, 1993
Brahms “Requiem”
1993 – 1994 Season
December 7, 1993
“The Messiah” ... G.F. Handel
February 19, 1994
“The Creation”... Haydn
Presented in Vicksburg (city auditorium)
March 8, 1994
“Requiem” ... Verdi
June 23- July 7
The Mississippi Chorus made a European Tour to
Germany, Austria, France, and England with music primarily by American
composers
August 2, 1994
“Lighten UP"
The Star Spangled Banner … arr. John Higgins
From Frostiana Cycle … Randall Thompson
“Three Hungarian Folk Songs” … M. Seiber
“Danny Boy” arr. Kupferschmid
“Lord Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace” ... J. Rutter
“Soon-ah-will –be-done” … Dawson
“Down by the Riverside” … J. Rutter
“Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ my Name” … arr. Dennard
“Mood Indigo” … Arr. Thorne
“Coney Island Babe”
“Beauty and the Beast” (duet)
“A Gershwin Portrait” (collection) … arr. Mac Huff
1994 – 1995 Season
December 2, 1994
“The Messiah” … G.F. Handel
March 25, 1995
Vicksburg, MS at Crawford St. United Methodist Church
“The Requiem” … G. Faure’
“Gloria” … J. Rutter
1995 - 1996 Season
December 6, 1995
“The Messiah” …G. F. Handel
January 20, 1996
“Porgy & Bess”
March 26, 1996
“Carmina Burana” …C. Orff
June 14, 1996
“Elijah” …Mendelssohn
1996 - 1997 Season
December 6, 1996
“The Messiah” …G. F. Handel
April 29, 1997
“Christ on the Mt. of Olives” …Beethoven
“German Requiem” …Johannes Brahms
June 24, 1997
“Lighten Up II”
All Pop, theater, musicals, spirituals
1997-1998 Season
December 2, 1997
“The Messiah” performed on MS Coast with MSO
December 5, 1997
“The Messiah" performed in Jackson with MSO
March 28, 1998
performed at Kosciusko, MS
Four chorus from “The Messiah” …G.F. Handel
“Requiem” by …John Rutter
April 28, 1998
“Requiem”… John Rutter
“Requiem” …Andrew Lloyd Webber
1998-1999 Season
September 18, 1998
“Boomers in the Park” with MSO at Smith – Wills Park
Included: “1812 Overture” …P. Tchaikovsky
January 23, 1999
“Glorious Sounds of Wagner” (with MSO, MO) Robert Lyall, conducting
April 17, 1999
Tenth Anniversary Concert
“Allelujah from Exultate Jubilate” … Mozart
Soprano …… Shawn Balantine
“Mass in C Major “(Coronation Mass) … Mozart
“A Feast of Praise” …Randall Thompson
“Gloria” …F. Poulenc
1999– 2000 Season
September 18, 1999
“Boomers in the Park” with MSO at Smith –Wills Park
“1812 Overture” P. Tchaikovsky plus other selections
December 4, 1999
“The Magic of Holiday Music”
General anthems and carols plus
“Christmas Cantata” … Daniel Pinkham
May 2, 2000
The Millennium Concert
Part I … Major choruses including:
“Confutatis and Lacrymosa” from Mozart’s “Requiem
“Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah …G.F. Handel
“He Watching over Israel” from Elijah …F. Mendelssohn
“Hallelujah” from Mt. of Olives …L. Beethoven
“How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place” from Brahms' “Requiem"
“The Heavens are Telling” from “the Creation” …Haydn
Part II
“Belshazzar’s Feast” …William Walton
August 12, 2000
“Lighten Up” Pop music including:
“100 Yrs. Of Broadway” arr. Mac Huff
Medley from “Beauty and the Beast
Medley from “Les Miserables”
Medley from “Phantom of the Opera”
2000 – 2001 Season
November 26, 2000
“Te Deum” … Mozart
“Magnificat” … Bach
March 4, 2001
“Rejoice In the Lamb” … B. Britten
“Peaceable Kingdom” … R. Thompson
May 19, 2001
“Requiem” … Mozart
“Requiem” … Rutter
2001 – 2002 Season
Oct. 14, 2001
Benefit Concert… “MS Voices for America”
Performed with MSO, MS Girlchoir, Metropolitan Ballet, MS Boychoir
December 1, 2001
“Gloria” …Randal Bass
“Gloria” …John Rutter
“A Holiday to Remember” …Mac Huff
April 13, 2002
The Music of the French
“Requiem” …G. Faure’
“Gloria” …F. Poulenc
May 23, 2002
Fund raiser for Symphony with area church choirs
2002 – 2003 Season
December 3, 2002
Choruses from “The Messiah” G.F. Handel
“Christmas Cantata” … Pinkham
“The Many Moods of Christmas” … arr. Robert Shaw
“White Christmas” …I. Berlin
May 2, 2003
“Democracy, Freedom, and Peace”
“The Star Spangled Banner” arr. John Higgins
“Song of Democracy” …Howard Hanson
“Testament of Freedom” …Randal Thompson
“In Quiet Resting Places” …Daniel Gawthrop
“Battle Hymn of the Republic” arr. Wilhousky
2003– 2004 Season
November 3, 2003
"Mass in G" …Johannes Brahms, Dr. John Paul, organist
"Liebeslieder Waltzes" …Johannes Brahms
Celia Lymberis, Vickie Ebelhar, pianists
May 7, 2004
"Mass in Time of War" …F.J. Haydn
"Dona Nobis Pacem" …R. Vaughan Williams
2004 – 2005 Season
December 17, 2004
Messiah Part I and the Hallelujah Chorus ... G.F. Handel
Popular Seasonal Music
April 22, 2005
Carmina Burana ... Carl Orff
Hallelujah Chorus (Christ on the Mount of Olives) ... Ludwig Beethoven
Credo (Mass in G) ... Franz Schubert
He Watching Over Israel (Elijah) ... Felix Mendelssohn
Sanctus (St. Cecelia Mass) ... Charles Gounod
Marc Foster, tenor
The Heavens are Telling (Creation) ... F.J. Haydn
Shawn Comfort, soprano; Marc Foster, tenor; Patton Rice, bass
Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) ... G. F. Handel
March 30, 2005
Messiah Sing-a-Long:
A Benefit for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
2005– 2006 Season
November 22, 2005
The Creation ... Haydn
March 4, 2005
King David ... Honegger
March 25, 2006
Gloria ... Poulenc
March 30, 2005
Messiah Sing-a-Long: A Benefit for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
2006-2007 Season
October 17, 2006
Jubilate!
December 19, 2006
Messiah ... Handel
March 3, 2007
A Sprig of Thyme
May 1, 2007
Feast of Praise
A quote from the past:
"Te Deum," Mozart -- "... sung impeccably, with a perfect balance." Glenn Gentry, Continuo