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History
Season |
Year |
Description |
1st |
81-82 |
Haydn 3rd Mass, V.William Mass G minor, Bach Ein Feste Burg, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb |
2nd |
82-83 |
Vivaldi Magnificat, Oxford Carols, Brahms Requiem w/Olympia Symphony, Schubert Mass in Eb, Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass |
3rd |
83-84 |
Handel Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, Olympia Baroque Ensemble, Respighi Laud to the Nativity, Thompson Frostiana, Sacco selections |
4th |
84-85 |
Renaissance/Baroque selections, Washington Brass Quintet, 300 years of Bach & Handel, Party at the Pops #1 - Rodgers and Hammerstein |
5th |
85-86 |
Opening night Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Beethoven's 9th Symphony w/Olympia Symphony, Charpentier Mass for Xmas Eve, Haydn's The Seasons (Spring & Summer), Pops #2 - Gershwin |
6th |
86-87 |
Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes, Ford Hill, COMPLETE MESSIAH!, Haydn's The Seasons (Fall & Winter), Soni Ventorum Woodwind Quintet, Pops #3 - Lerner & Loewe |
7th |
87-88 |
Faure Requiem Mass, Carols & Brass w/Emerald City Brass Quintet, Mozart Vesperare Solennes, Mendelssohn Psalm 42, Pops #4 - Cole Porter and Irving Berlin |
8th |
88-89 |
Early Music concert, Saint-Saens Xmas Oratorio, JS & PDQ Bach, Pops #5 - 100 years of American music |
9th |
89-90 |
Vladimir Choir, Centennial Concert/Kechley commissioned work, Handel's Messiah, Dvorak & Durufle, Pops #6 - Best of Broadway |
10th |
90-91 |
Folk Songs from British Isles, Magical Strings,, Carols & Brass w/Emerald City Brass Quintet, Mozart Requiem, Pops #7 - All That Jazz! |
11th |
91-92 |
10th anniversary concert/A cappella, Northwest Girls Choir, Handel's Messiah, Bernstein & Copland, Chichester Psalms, Pops #8 - Big Band |
12th |
92-93 |
Women Composers, Commissioned work The Gloves, Carols and Brass, Israel In Eqypt, Pops #9- Pops Around the World |
13th |
93-94 |
A Night in Old Vienna, Schubert Trio, Christmas Revels, Carmina Burana, Pops 10th Anniversary Concert Celebration! |
14th |
94-95 |
African Choral Music, Handel's The Messiah, Beethoven's Mass in C, A Calm Sea, & the Choral Fantasy, Pops #11 - Best of Broadway 2 (musicals of the 80's & 90's) |
15th |
95-96 |
Shakespeare in Music, Carols & Brass, 15th Anniversary Concert & 3rd Commissioned Work (Psalm 150), Pops #12 - Doo-Wop, Sha-Bop |
16th |
96-97 |
SoVoSó, Christmas Rennaissance Faire, Sing a Glad Song, Pops #13: MGM Musical Magic |
17th |
97-98 |
German part songs: Brahms & Schubert, Mozarts' Messiah, Vaughan Williams Folk songs, Randall Thompson's Testament of Freedom, & Alice Parker Folk Songs & Melodius Accord w/Camerata Brass, Pops #14: Hot Latin Nights |
18th |
98-99 |
Sacred Latin, Around World in Carols, Poulenc: Gloria and Mendelssohn Psalm 115; Pops#15: 15th Anniversary celebration! |
19th |
99-00 |
M-Pact, Seasonal Celebrations, Haydn: The Creation, Pops #16: The Gershwins |
20th |
00-01 |
Jewish Music, Alleluia (Vaughn Williams Hodie & carols), 20th B-day concert: Carmina Burana, Commissioned works: Let Us Celebrate and Psalm 150 by Dr. Gloria Swisher, Pops #17: Swing |
21st |
01-02 |
Sing for the Cure, Winter Festival (Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter songs), Swing reprise for grand opening of Corbet Theater in January, Brahms Requiem, Pops #18: Sondheim, Summer Tour to Australia (Brahms Requiem) |
22nd |
02-03 |
Glorious Music: the music of John Rutter, Handel’s The Messiah and Robert Shaw’s The Many Moods of Christmas, Rutter reprise at Corbet Theater in January, American Folk Songs and Song of Wisdom of Old Turtle, Pops #19: The 60s |
23rd |
03-04 |
Celtic Music, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter songs, Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Pops #20: biggest hits |
24th |
04-05 |
Capt. Smarty Pants, The King’s Festival, Rutter Mass of the Children & Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Pops #21: Cole Porter |
25th |
05-06 |
Songs of Social Justice, Magnificat-a Christmas Canticle, Commissioned work “Come, Union,” by Vonda & Gary Witley, Andrew Lloyd Webber |
26th |
06-07 |
The Main Attraction, Here We Come A-Wassailing, Magnificent Music of Russia (Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil), The Music of Billy Joel |
27th |
07-08 |
Great Opera Choruses, Holiday Concert with Bells (Bells of the Cascade), Mendelssohn’s “Elijah!,” Carole King |
28th |
08/09 |
Celtic Connections, K. Lee Scott’s “The Incarnation,” Willcocks’ “Lux Perpetua,” Rutter’s “The Sprig of Thyme,” Tony Award song. |
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