Saturday, September 6, 2008 - 7:30 PM - Chamber Music Concert
Washington Plaza Baptist Church welcomes you to join us for the opening concert of the second season
- Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 4
- Lento Maestoso
- Poco Adagio
- Andante
- Andante Moderator
- Allegro
- Lento Maestoso
- Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in Eb, Op 20
- Allegro moderato con fuoco
- Andante
- Scherzo
- Presto
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 3:00 PM - Chamber Music Concert
Please join us for the second chamber music event of our first season. We will present you with an afternoon of Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin.
- Wolfgang A. Mozart: Twelve Duets KV 487
- Steve Krahling, clarinet
- Ryan O'Neil, cello
- Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Variations in C moll
- Frederic Chopin: Etude, op 25 no 11 "Winter Wind"
- Jihae Lim, piano
- Ludwig van Beethoven: "Spring" Sonata in F Major, op 24
- Fukuko Goto, violin
- Kathryn Wotring, piano
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 7:30 PM - A Celebration of Black History
Washington Plaza Baptist Church celebrates Black History month in February with an evening of Jazz and Spirituals.
- Processional
- Lift Every Voice and Sing - all
- Burleigh: Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land - The Voices of Inspiration
- Spiritual: I Know I've Been Changed - The Voices of Inspiration
- Maya Angelou: Still I Rise
- We Shall Overcome - all
- Brown: Joy Spring - Johnnie Johnson, trumpet
- Ellington: Come Sunday - Joanna Walker mezzo-soprano; Johnnie Johnson, trumpet
- Spiritual: Jesus Lay Your Head in the Window - Joanna Walker, mezzo-soprano; WPBC Choir
- James Weldon Johnson: Listen Lord - A Prayer
- Spiritual: We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace - WPBC Choir
- Dawson: There Is a Balm in Gilead - Leomia Brunson, soprano; WPBC Choir
- Mayfield: People Get Ready - Joanna Walker mezzo-soprano
- James Weldon Johnson: The Judgement Day
- Silver: Peace - Johnnie Johnson, trumpet
- Parker: Donna Lee - Johnnie Johnson, trumpet
- Spiritual: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me - Stephanie Blackshear
- Spiritual: I Want to Be Ready - Steve Krahling, baritone; WPBC Choir
- Make Us One, Lord - all
- America, the Beautiful - all
Saturday, December 1, 2007 - 7:30 PM - Christmas Concert and Sing-along
Washington Plaza Baptist Church ushers in the Christmas season with a festive Christmas Concert. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, and embodies good will, compassion, love, acceptance, kindness, generosity, excitement and peace.
- Processional
- German Carol: How Great Our Joy! - all
- Telemann: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ - WPBC Choir
- The Annunciation: Luke 1:26-33
- Spiritual: Go Tell It on the Mountain - Johnnie Johnson, trumpet
- Basque Carol: Gabriel's Message - WPBC Choir
- Caldwell: The Lute Carol - Elizabeth Lawrence, soprano
- Helmore: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - all
- The Journey to Bethlehem: Luke 2:1-5
- German Carol: Lo How a Rose Ere Blooming - WPBC Choir
- Handel: He Shall Feed His Flock - Luctrician Hamilton, soprano
- Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem - all
- Intermezzo
- Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from "The Nutcracker" - Susanna Kolker, piano
- Lyadov: A Musical Snuffbox - Susanna Kolker, piano
- Massenet: Meditation from "Thais" - Inessa Zaitseva, violin; Susanna Kolker, piano
- Tchaikovsky: Russian Dance from "Swan Lake" - Inessa Zaitseva, violin; Susanna Kolker, piano
- The Birth of Jesus Christ: Luke 2:6-14
- MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Luctrician Hamilton, soprano
- Boozer: Mary's Lullaby - Luctrician Hamilton, soprano
- English Carol: What Child Is This? - all
- Mendelssohn: Hark the Herald Angels Sing - all
- Adam: O Holy Night - Elizabeth Lawrence, soprano
- The Shepherds' Watch: Luke 2:15-20
- Willis: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Johnnie Johnson, trumpet
- Spiritual: Rise Up Shepherd, and Follow - Johnnie Johnson, trumpet
- Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful - all
- Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol - WPBC Choir
- Silent Closing
- Gruber: Silent Night - all
Saturday, September 15, 2007 - 7:30 PM - Inaugural Concert
This concert coincides with Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday of atonement. Traditionally, prayer services on this holiday begin before dusk with the recitation of Kol Nidrei.
- Traditional Jewish Prayer: Kol Nidrei
- Edwina Chen, soprano
- Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, op. 47
- Ryan O'Neil, cello
- Deborah O'Neil, piano
- Franz Schubert: Romanze from Die Verschworenen
- Louis Spohr: "The Maiden and the Bird" from Sechs deutsche Lieder op. 103
- Gottfried Herrmann: Three Songs
- Elizabeth Lawrence, soprano
- Jerry Schwarz, clarinet
- Elizabeth Dyson, piano
- Felix Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1 in D Minor, op. 49
- Felicia Weiss, piano
- Fu Goto, violin
- Ryan O'Neil, cello