Performance Calendar

1. Tuesday, September 7 First Fall rehearsal & welcoming party at the Boylston Schul-Verein, Walpole, 8pm
2. Saturday, September 11-Sunday, September 12 Oktoberfest at the Boylston Schul-Verein, Walpole, 9-5pm
3. Saturday, October 2 German Heritage Day at the Boylston Schul-Verein, Walpole, 5:30pm
   joined by members from the Arion and Pawtucket german choirs
4. Saturday, October 30 Im Wald und auf der Heide: Autumn Dinner Concert & Dance at the Boylston Schul-Verein, 5:30pm
   Sarah Haera Tocca, piano
5. Sunday, December 19 Weihnachts Konzert at the Boylston Schul-Verein, Walpole, 3pm
6. Sunday, January 2 Three Kings Concert at Holy Trinity (German) Church, Boston, 3pm
   with the Marlborough High School A Cappella Choir and Bel Canto Women's Chorus
   Virginia Crumb, harp
7. Saturday, March 5 Winter Concert & Dinner Dance at the Boylston Schul-Verein, Walpole, 5:30pm
   Sarah Haera Tocca, piano
8. Saturday, May 7 Blütenfest Spring Concert & Dinner Dance at the Boylston Schul-Verein, Walpole, 5:30pm
9. Sunday, June 26 Annual Northeast US German Sängerfest Choir Competition, hosted by the Connecticut Sängerbund, Bristol, CT

September 2004 Repertoire (click here for notes and links)
Choral works sung with members of the Schubert and Lorelei Choruses of Pawtucket, RI

• Bundeslied, also called the Freemason's Anthem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1765-1791)
• O Täler weit, O Höhen by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
• So ein Tag, Foxtrot song by Lotar Olias (1913-1990)

October 2004 Repertoire

• Abendlied by Rudi Rondo (arrangement by Claus Hasbrouck, premiered in Schneeverdingen, Germany in 1986)
• Auf der Heide blüh'n die letzten Rosen by Robert Stoltz for women's chorus
• Die Bickbeernpflücken Folksong by Hermann Löns (1866-1914)
• Es blies ein Jager wohl in sein Horn Folksong nach der alten Ballade vom Nachtjäger with melody by Fr. Nicolai (1777)
• Es dunkelt schon in der Heide Melodie aus Ostpreußen (c. 1850)
• Ich bin ein freier Wildbretschütz by H. Loens [tentative]
• Im Wald und auf der Heide by F. L. Gehricke
• Der Jägers Abschied by Felix Mendelssohn for men's chorus
• Jägers Liebeslied Hunting Song from Siebenbürgen (c1843) with text by Franz von Schober (1796-1882) *new arrangment
• Jägerchor from Rosamunde by Franz Schubert with piano
• Medley of Hunting Songs from the Alps:
  Ein Tiroler wollte jagen einen Gemsbock, Zwischen Berg und Tal, & Kennst du das Tal im Alpengrün
  *new arrangement

December 2004/January 2005 Repertoire - Epiphany Music

On January 2, the Sangerchor Boston will present a concert of carols and German seasonal music. The program will incorporate Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany hymns such as Die Engel (Gloria), O Tannenbaum, Stille Nacht, and a wide selection of classical and folk music by German composers. Highlights include sections of Bach's Magnificat, a Renaissance setting of Ein Kindlein ist uns heut geborn, Beethoven's Hymne an die Nacht, and the beautiful Die Könige, of Peter Cornelius (1824-1874), which combines a Bach chorale with Cornelius' own melody. Saengerchor Boston is also pleased to present several fine a cappella arrangements of Swiss, Austrian, and German carols by their former director, Claus Hasbrouck. Please join us for this festive occasion, celebrating German music and musicians from five centuries!

Congregational Hymns

• Die Engel (Gloria)
• O Tannenbaum
• Stille Nacht

Traditional folk songs for Christmas and Epiphany

• Swiss, Austrian, and German folk carols arranged by Claus Hasbrouck
• Rose im Schnee Folksong by Hermann Löns (1866-1914)

Classical German Advent and Christmas music

• Selections from the Magnificat of J. S. Bach
• Mein Herz ist fröhlich alle Zeit (1923)by Paul Fehrmann for ladies voices (text is Psalm 38, 10 & 16)
• Höret, was ich euch will sagen (1973) by Bernhard Weber for men's voices

Mai 2005 Repertoire

• Der fröhliche Wanderer
• Wie schön blüht uns der Maien
• Rosestock
• Ein Sträussen am Hute
• Und wieder blühet die Linde
• Alle Birken
• Der Mai, der lustige Mai
• Maienfahrt (women only, tentative depending upon rehearsal attendance)
• Der Mai ist gekommen
• Es tönen die Lieder
• Werner sings one tenor aria from Schumann's Dichterliebe

June Competition Songs

• Brausten alle Berge by Johannes Brahms
• Sonnett