Our 2018-2019 Season
Classical Splendor
Saturday, November 10 | 7:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflote (The Adelphi Orchestra)
Schubert: Mass no. 2 in G Major, D. 167
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Ars Musica is joined by the Adelphi Orchestra.
An Ars Musica Holiday
Saturday, December 8 | 7:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Henry John Gauntlett, arr. David Willcocks: Once in Royal David’s City
Eriks Esenvalds: Stars
Ukrainian folksong, arr. James Kennerley: Carol of the Bells
Ralph Vaughan Williams, descant by Thomas Armstrong: O Little Town of Bethlehem
trad. folk tune, arr. Robert Applebaum: Oh, Chanukah/Y’mei hachanukah
Sephardic Ladino song by Flory Jagoda, arr. James Kennerley: Ocho Kandelikas
folk melody, arr. Elliot Z. Levine: Al Hanisim
attrib. Handel, arr. James Kennerley: Joy to the World
Benjamin Britten: Balulalow
Adolphe Adam, arr. James Kennerley: Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)
Julie Styne, arr. Mark Hayes: Let It Snow
Leroy Anderson, arr. James Kennerley: Sleigh Ride (James Kennerley, organ)
Nigerian carol, arr. Andy Beck: Betelehemu
from Handel’s Messiah: Hallelujah!
Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. James Kennerley: Silent Night
Ars Musica is joined by the New Jersey State Children’s Chorus.
The Magic of Opera
Sunday, March 10 | 4:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Wagner: Procession of the Mastersingers, from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Mozart: Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe! from Act 1 of Die Zauberflote
Mozart: Three Ladies trio, from Die Zauberflote
Saint-Saëns: Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix, from Samson et Dalila
Verdi: Bella figlia d’amore, quartet from Rigoletto
Gounod: Opening scenes, from Roméo et Juliette
Gounod: Je veux vivre — Juliet’s aria
Bizet: La voilà! from Carmen
Bizet: Habanera, from Carmen
Bizet: March of the Toreadors, from Carmen
Tchaikovsky: Kuda, kuda, vï udalilis — Lenski’s aria from Eugene Onegin
Puccini: Vissi d’arte, from Tosca
Verdi: Va, pensiero — Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, from Nabucco
Verdi: Triumphal March, from Aida
A Total Embrace: Bernstein at 100 (All-Bernstein Program)
Saturday, May 18 | 7:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Chichester Psalms
Mass: Concert Selections for Soloists and Choruses
West Side Story:
Overture
I Feel Pretty
Jet Song
America
Tonight
Candide:
Overture
The Best of All Possible Worlds
Oh, Happy We
It Must Be So
Glitter and Be Gay
Make Our Garden Grow
Ars Musica is joined by the New Jersey State Children’s Chorus and the Adelphi Orchestra.
New Horizons: Our 2017-2018 Season
Celestial Harmonies
Saturday, November 11 | 7:30 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Barber: Agnus Dei
Rachmaninoff: Vespers, op. 37 (All-Night Vigil)
An Ars Musica Holiday: A Joyful Procession of Song Across Cultures and Ages
Saturday, December 9 | 7:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David’s City
arr. James Kennerley: Adam Lay Ybounden
Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
attrib. Handel, arr. James Kennerley: Joy to the World
Sephardic Ladino song by Flory Jagoda, arr. James Kennerley: Ocho Kandelikas
Charles Baker: Three Hanukkah Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Adolphe Adam, arr. James Kennerley: Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)
African-American spiritual, arr. John Rutter: Rise Up, Shepherd
West Indian carol, arr. Mack Wilberg: The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Medley
Melvin Torme, arr. James Kennerley: Christmas Song
arr. George Steel: The Three Kings
Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night
Ars Musica is joined by the New Jersey State Children’s Chorus.
Porgy in Paris
Saturday, March 3 | 7:30 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Du Bose Heyward, Abridgment by James Kennerley (2018): Porgy and Bess (Abridged)
A Masterworks Concert
Saturday, May 19 | 7:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Bach: Mass in B Minor
Ars Musica is joined by the Adelphi Orchestra.
Making Peace: Our 2016-2017 Season
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Friday, November 18 | 8:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
Saturday, November 19 | 8:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Handel: Messiah
Friday, December 9 | 8:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
Sunday, December 11 | 4:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Queen of the Night: An Evening of Opera
Saturday, March 18 | 8:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Rossini: William Tell: Overture, and Villager’s Chorus
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: The Bell Chorus
Mozart: Don Giovanni: Madamina, il catalogo e questo
Verdi: Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
Gounod: Faust: Ah, je ris de me voir (“The Jewel Song”)
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs des Perles: Au fond du temple saint
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn
Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Bella siccome un angelo
Verdi: Il Trovatore: “Anvil” Chorus
Verdi: Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Dvorák: Rusalka: Song to the Moon
Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Verdi: La Traviata: Brindisi
Bernstein: Candide: Make Our Garden Grow
Making Peace: A Masterworks Concert
Friday, June 2 | 8:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
Haydn: Mass in D Minor (“Nelson” Mass)
Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem
Ars Musica is joined by the Adelphi Orchestra.
A Celebration of Our 50th Anniversary: Our 2015-2016 Season
Fanfare: Music for Choir and Brass
Friday, November 20 | 8:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
Saturday, November 21 | 8:00 PM
Ridgewood United Methodist Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)
Henry Purcell: Funeral Sentences for the Death of Queen Mary
Gustav Holst, arr. Z. Randall Stroope: Homeland
Heinrich Schutz: Psalmen Davids – Psalms of David
John Rutter: Gloria
Ars Musica is joined by the Brass and Percussion players of Adelphi Orchestra.
Messiah Sing-Along
Sunday, December 13 | 4:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
traditional: O Come All Ye Faithful
Dale Trumbore: Completing the Circle
Dale Trumbore: Glorious, Glorious
Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
folk song, arr. Donald E. Sellew: Sevivon
traditional carols, arr. Mark Weston: Christmas…in about Three Minutes
arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw: Deck the Halls
traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High
Handel: Messiah – Part 1 and Hallelujah Chorus
50th Anniversary Winter Jubilee
Sunday, December 13 | 6:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
Israel in Egypt: Handel’s Choral Masterpiece
Friday, March 11 | 8:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
Sunday, March 13 | 4:00 PM
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Ode to Joy
Friday, June 3 | 8:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ
Poulenc: Gloria
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125
Ars Musica is joined by the Adelphi Orchestra.
Reflections: Our 2014-2015 Season
Duruflé: Requiem
Saturday, November 22 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Maurice Duruflé: Quatre Motets sur des thèmes Grégoriens
Joshua Groffman: O who is glory in the shapeless maps (World Premiere)
Maurice Duruflé: Notre Père
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by Composer-in-Residence, Joshua Groffman.
A Holiday Concert
Friday, December 12 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
traditional: O Come, All Ye Faithful (singalong)
Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Steve Heitzeg: Little Tree
Joshua Groffman: Murmur of spring in time of frost (World Premiere)
traditional: O Tannenbaum (singalong)
arr. Benjamin Britten: The Holly and the Ivy
Stephen Paulus: Three Nativity Carols
arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw: Deck the Halls
Handel: Messiah: The Christmas Portion
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by Composer-in-Residence, Joshua Groffman.
Darkness Into Light
Saturday, March 14 | 8:00pm
Ridgewood United Methodist Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Joshua Groffman: Foster the Light (World Premiere)
Zoltán Kodály: Missa brevis
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by Composer-in-Residence, Joshua Groffman.
Mozart’s Splendid Finale
Saturday, May 30 | 8:00pm
Ridgewood United Methodist Church, Ridgewood, NJ
All-Mozart Program:
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: 1. Larghetto-Allegro
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412: 1. Allegro
Ave verum corpus, K. 618
O Isis und Osiris
Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Our 2013-2014 Season
Orff: Carmina Burana
Brahms: Neue Liebeslieder
Saturday, November 23 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Driving rhythms, simple quasi-modal harmonies, strophic forms, and a bacchanalian spirit define Orff’s magnum opus.
Messiah, Carols, and Seasonal Favorites
Friday, December 13 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
arr. John Rutter: Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending
traditional: O Come, All Ye Faithful (singalong)
Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (singalong)
arr. Scot Buzza: Comfort, Comfort O My People
Morten Lauridsen: Sure On This Shining Night
traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High (singalong)
Vince Peterson: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (World Premiere)
traditional: The Wexford Carol
Handel: Messiah, Part 1
Featuring a world premiere by Composer-in-Residence, Vince Peterson.
American Voices
Friday, March 14 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Saturday, March 15 | 8:00pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, NY
Carol Barnett: McKay
William Billings: I Am Come Into My Garden
William Billings: I Am The Rose of Sharon
Eric Whitacre: Three Flower Songs
Vince Peterson (poems by Walt Whitman): Litanies (World Premiere)
Vincent Persichetti: Flower Songs no. 6 op. 157
Bernstein, arr. Robert Page: Make Our Garden Grow
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by Composer-in-Residence, Vince Peterson.
Brahms: A German Requiem
Saturday, June 7 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
A moving expression of comfort and hope for those who mourn, weaving classical forms with romantic harmonies.
Our 2012-2013 Season
Rachmaninoff: Vespers, op. 37 (All-Night Vigil)
Saturday, November 17 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Program also includes Trivium for organ solo by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
Early Music All-Stars Messiah Singalong
Friday, December 14 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Saturday, December 15 | 8:00pm
St. Anthony of Padua Shrine Church, New York City
Puccini: La Bohème
Friday, March 8 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
This performance will be a concert version, complete with the romance of the version for stage.
Stravinsky & Bruckner: A Masterworks Concert
Saturday, June 8 | 8:00pm
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Martha Sullivan: Longed-For Rain (World Premiere)
Bruckner: Mass in E Minor
Ars Musica is joined by members of the Montclair State University Wind Symphony.
