Performance History

2012

January 28 and 29
With Symphony Pro Musica at Hudson High School, Hudson, MA (January 28) and Westborough High School, Westborough, MA (January 29)
Conductor: Mark Churchill

Ruggero Leoncavallo Pagliacci

April 28
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka (Vivaldi) and Paul Surapine (Walton)

Antonio Vivaldi Gloria (RV 589)
William Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

2011

January 16
With the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA
Conductor: Federico Cortese

Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth

March 5
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka (Vaughan Williams) and Paul Surapine (Beethoven)

Ralph Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

April 30
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Leonard Cohen, arr. Seeco Hallelujah
Rodgers & Hammerstein It’s a Grand Night for Singing (State Fair)
The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music)
Many a New Day (Oklahoma)
June is Bustin’ Out All Over (Carousel)
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (The Sound of Music)
There is Nothin’ Like a Dame (South Pacific)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

July 13
With the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA
Conductor: Christopher Wilkins

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Great Mass in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave Verum Corpus

September 17
The women of the New World Chorale with the Lexington Symphony at Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Claude Debussy “Sirènes” from Nocturnes
Gustav Holst “Neptune” from The Planets

September 25
With the Boston Conservatory Orchestra at Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
Conductor: Bruce Hangen

Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”)

October 23
“Greatest Hits of Choral Music” (a concert sponsored by the Free for All Concert Fund)
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Francis Scott Key The Star Spangled Banner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Excerpts from Mass in C Minor:
“Jesu Christe”
“Cum Sancto Spiritu”
Felix Mendelssohn “He Watching Over Israel” (from Elijah)
Anton Bruckner Os justi
Ave Maria
Johannes Brahms “Wie lieblich sind deine Vohnungen” (from Ein Deutches Requiem)
Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren
Giuseppe Verdi “Va, pensiero” (from Nabucco)
Modest Mussorgsky Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
Aaron Copland “The Promise of Living” (from The Tender Land)
Samuel Barber Twelfth Night
David Fanshawe “Our Father” (from African Sanctus)
John Zielinski “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (from How Sweet the Sound)
Gilbert & Sullivan Finale of Act I from The Pirates of Penzance
Fain and Kahal, arr. Mattson I’ll Be Seeing You

December 10
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Randol Alan Bass Christmas Flourish
Chip Davis, arr. Veni Veni (O Come, O Come Emmanuel)
Alan Silvestri God Bless Us, Every One
Eaton & Grant, arr. Courtney Breath of Heaven
Alan Silvestri Suite from The Polar Express
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Bob Cerulli, arr. Holiday Sing Along
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
Regney & Shane Do You Hear What I Hear?
Alfred Burt medley of Alfred Burt Carols
Nurit Hirsch Bashana Haba'ah
Chip Davis, arr. Stille Nacht
Thomas Hojnacki Season’s Greetings (based on a poem by Bill Littlefield)
Trad. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2010

March 6
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka (Orff) and Paul Surapine (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D minor
Carl Orff Carmina Burana

July 7
With the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Guest Conductor: Christopher Wilkins

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral” (abridged 4th movement)

July 14
With the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA
Guest Conductor: Hugh Wolff

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

November 20 and 21
With the Nashua Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, the Lexington Symphony, and the Boston Children’s Chorus, at Cary Memorial Hall in Lexington, MA (Nov. 20) and Keefe Memorial Auditorium in Nashua, NH (Nov. 21)
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (“Symphony of a Thousand”)

December 11
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Chip Davis Traditions of Christmas
Eaton & Grant, arr. Courtney Breath of Heaven
Jerry Brubaker, arr. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Ken Darby, arr. Simeone Twas the Night Before Christmas
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Bob Cerulli, arr. Holiday Sing Along
Nurit Hirsch Bashana Haba'ah
Smith⁄Bernard, arr. Weir Winter Wonderland
Irving Berlin, arr. John Moss White Christmas
Chip Davis, arr. Stille Nacht
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2009

March 7
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Meredith Willson The Music Man

September 9
With the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA
Guest Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

October 18
NWC Tenth Anniversary Concert
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Francis Scott Key The Star Spangled Banner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Excerpts from Requiem in D minor:
“Dies irae”
“Tuba mirum”
“Rex tremendae”
“Lacrymosa”
Felix Mendelssohn Excerpts from Elijah:
“Lift Thine Eyes”
“He Watching Over Israel”
Anton Bruckner Os justi
Ave Maria
Giuseppe Verdi “Va, pensiero” (from Nabucco)
Johannes Brahms “Wie lieblich sind deine Vohnungen” (from Ein Deutches Requiem)
Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren
Modest Mussorgsky Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
Aaron Copland “The Promise of Living” (from The Tender Land)
Samuel Barber Twelfth Night
To Be Sung on the Water
John Zielinski Excerpts from How Sweet the Sound:
“My Lord, what a mornin’”
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
John Tavener Song for Athene
David Fanshawe “Our Father” (from African Sanctus)
Gilbert & Sullivan Finale of Act I from The Pirates of Penzance
Fain and Kahal, arr. Mattson I’ll Be Seeing You

December 5
With the Longwood Symphony at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Giya Kancheli Styx
Howard Shore Lord of the Rings film score excerpts

December 12
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Shaw/Bennett, arr. The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite Three
Pola & Wyle, arr. Clydesdale It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Eaton & Grant, arr. Courtney Breath of Heaven
John Williams Suite from Home Alone
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Bob Cerulli, arr. Holiday Sing Along
Tchaikovsky Excerpts from The Nutcracker
Alfred Reed Russian Christmas Music
Bill Holcombe, arr. Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
Nurit Hirsch Bashana Haba’ah
Irving Berlin, arr. Ringwald White Christmas
Chip Davis, arr. Stille Nacht
Shaw/Bennett, arr. The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite Two
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2008

March 8 and 9
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Gilbert & Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance

May 10 and 11
With Symphony Pro Musica in Westborough and Hudson, MA
Conductor: Mark Churchill

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

September 13
With the Lexington Symphony at Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D Minor

September 20
With the Plymouth Philharmonic at Memorial Hall, Plymouth, MA
Conductor: Steven Karidoyanes

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

December 6
With the Longwood Symphony at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Ralph Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance No. 1

December 13 and 14
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Randol Alan Bass Christmas Flourish
Eaton & Grant, arr. Courtney Breath of Heaven
John Rutter What Sweeter Music
Alfred Reed Russian Christmas Music
Ballard & Silvestri “Believe” from The Polar Express
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Bill Holcombe, arr. Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
Irving Berlin, arr. Ringwald White Christmas
Chip Davis, arr. Stille Nacht
Bob Cerulli, arr. Holiday Sing Along
John Rutter We Wish You a Merry Christmas
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2007

March 10
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Rodgers & Hammerstein South Pacific in Concert

April 28
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Paul Surapine

Howard Shore Excerpts from the film score to The Lord of the Rings

July 11
With the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA
Conductor: Charles Ansbacher

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

October 1
With the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA
Conductor: Charles Ansbacher

Swanee Hunt The Witness Cantata

October 6
With the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

October 26
A small group of NWC members performed with Kokugikan Sumida Community Chorus of Japan, Chorus Boston, and the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Shunji Aratani

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

December 1
With the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Modest Mussorgsky Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
Leoš Janácek Glagolitic Mass

December 15 and 16
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Pola & Wyle It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Eaton & Grant, arr. Courtney Breath of Heaven
Chip Davis, arr. Deck the Halls
Silvestri & Ballard, arr. Brubaker Suite from The Polar Express
Yon, arr. Ryden Gesu Bambino
Franz Schubert, arr. Ryden Ave Maria
Adolphe Adam, arr. Ryder Cantique de Noel
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Bob Cerulli, arr. Holiday Sing Along
Chip Davis, arr. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Irving Berlin, arr. Ringwald White Christmas
Zamir Bavel, arr. Hanukkah Fantasy
Thomas Hojnacki Season’s Greetings (based on a poem by Bill Littlefield)
Chip Davis, arr. Stille Nacht
Kyle Bertulli, arr. Holiday Medley Sing Along
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2006

March 11
with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

May 4–7
With the Boston Ballet at the Wang Theatre, Boston, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Modest Mussorgsky Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
Igor Stravinsky Les Noces

July 19 and 21
With the Boston Landmarks Orchestra at the Hatch Shell, Boston (July 19) and Sanders Theatre, Cambridge (July 21)
Conductor: Charles Ansbacher

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D Minor (completion by Robert D. Levin)

August 16
With the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at the Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Howard Shore Lord of the Rings film score excerpts
Giuseppe Verdi “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco

October 25
As part of the Boston Ballet Gala Performance benefit, Wang Theatre, Boston, MA
Conductor: Jonathan McPhee

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Lacrymosa” from Requiem in D Minor

November 4
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Paul Surapine

Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé

December 9
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Randol Alan Bass Christmas Flourish
Chip Davis, arr. Cantique de Noel
John Williams Suite from Home Alone
Ken Darby ’Twas the Night Before Christmas
Bill Holcombe, arr. Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
John Cacavas, arr. Christmas Music Sing Along
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Johann Sebastian Bach Tonet ihr Pauken
Crocker & Moss, arr. Do You Hear What I Hear?
Chip Davis, arr. Stille Nacht
Irving Berlin White Christmas
Bob Cerulli, arr. Holiday Sing Along
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2005

February 5
With the treble choir of Bishop Feehan High School and the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Felix Mendelssohn Elijah

November 19
At St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Norwood, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

John Cavallaro Cantate Domino
Salve Regina
Matthew Hall Missa Brevis
Randall Thompson The Peaceable Kingdom
Alleluia

December 10
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

2004

April 24
With the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Francisco Noya

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”

November 13
At St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Norwood, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Samuel Barber Reincarnations
Let down the bars, O Death
Sure on this shining night
Twelfth Night
A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map
“On the death of Antony” (from Antony and Cleopatra)
“On the death of Cleopatra” (from Antony and Cleopatra)
To be Sung on the Water
God’s Grandeur
Anton Bruckner Libera me, Domine
Os justi
Afferentur regi virgines
Ave Maria
Tota pulchra es Maria
Ecce sacerdos magnus
Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata

December 4
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Holly MacEwen Krafka and Paul Surapine

Ralph Vaughn Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
John Williams Suite from “Home Alone”
Charles Ives Adeste Fidelis
December
A Christmas Carol
Daniel Pinkham “Gloria” from Christmas Cantata
Bob Cerulli (arr.) Holiday Sing Along
Randol Alan Bass Gloria
Thomas Hojnacki Season’s Greetings (based on a poem by Bill Littlefield)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
Bill Holcombe, arr. Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
Chip Davis (arr.) Stille Nacht
John Cacavas, arr. Christmas Music Sing Along
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2003

April 26
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Tom Hojnacki

Georges Bizet Carmen

May 10
With the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Francisco Noya

Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

November 15
At St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Norwood, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Maurice Duruflé Requiem, Op. 9
Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat, BWV 243a (with Christmas interpolations)

December 13
Holiday Pops with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra and the Whitinsville First Methodist Church Chorale at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductors: Paul Surapine and Thomas Hojnacki
with Special Guest Jerry Seeco

Chip Davis (arr.) Stille Nacht
Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Bill Holcombe, arr. Festive Sounds of Hanukkah
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Selections from The Nutcracker
Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Bernard/Smith, arr. Custer Winter Wonderland
Jeff Giacomelli, arr. Seeco It’s Christmas Time
Mandel/Bergman, arr. Piermarini Hang Up You Stockin’
Beal/Boothe, arr. Seeco Jingle Bell Rock
Tormé/Wells, arr. Hojnacki The Christmas Song
Bernard/Smith, arr. Seeco Winter Wonderland
Bob Reed, arr. Seeco Christmas in New England
Bob Cerulli (arr.) Holiday Sing Along
George Frederic Handel “Hallelujah” from Messiah

2002

February 16
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Tom Hojnacki

Giacomo Puccini Tosca (excerpts)

March 9
The women of the New World Chorale with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Francisco Noya

Gustav Holst The Planets

March 17
At Franklin Federated Church, Franklin, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Melchior Vulpius Jesus sprach zu dem Blinden
Johannes Brahms Motet from Psalm LI, Op. 29, No. 2
Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Op. 30
A. Gretchaninof Nunc Dimittis
William Cutter Emeralds
Flummerfelt (arr.) Danny Boy
John Zielinski How Sweet the Sound
David Fanshawe “Our Father” from African Sanctus

April 20
The women of the New World Chorale with the Rhode Island Philharmonic at Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
Conductor: Francisco Noya

Gustav Holst The Planets

May 12
The women of the New World Chorale with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) Repertory Orchestra at Tsai Performance Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
Conductor: Joel Bard

Gustav Holst The Planets

October 27
The women of the New World Chorale with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Conductor: Charles Ansbacher

Felix Mendelssohn Incidental music from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

November 2
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms
John Zielinski Infelix Ego

2001

April 28 and May 20
At First Congregational Church, Cambridge (April 28) and Franklin Federated Church, Franklin (May 20)
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Samuel Barber Reincarnations
Agnus Dei
Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Aaron Copland The Promise of Living
Tom Hojnacki On All This Holy Mountain
Three Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Jabberwocky (world premiere)
Opening Day (world premiere) (based on the sports poetry of Bill Littlefield)

October 27
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op. 80

2000

April 2
At Arlington First Baptist Church, Arlington, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Thomas Morley Now is the month of Maying
Shoot, false love
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
Henry Purcell In these delightful, pleasant groves
John Wilbye Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
Thomas Weelkes Grace my lovely one, fair beauties
W.A. Mozart Missa Brevis in F., K. 192
John Rutter Birthday Madrigals

October 21
With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra at Milford Town Hall, Milford, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D Minor

1999

May 16
At Arlington First Baptist Church, Arlington, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

Johannes Brahms Quartette, Op. 92
Dem dunkeln Schoss der heilgen Erde
Der 13. Psalm, Op. 27
Lass dich dur nichts nicht dauren, Op. 30
Samuel Barber To be Sung on the Water, Op. 42, No. 2
Twelfth Night, Op. 42, No. 1
A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 14
Under the Willow Tree
Gregory Short Mass
F. Melius Christiansen (arr.) Beautiful Savior

November 13
At Arlington First Baptist Church, Arlington, MA
Conductor: Holly MacEwen Krafka

John Tavener Song for Athene
Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols
John Zielinski How Sweet the Sound

Note: The chorus originally was formed as Soli Deo Gloria and peformed under that name for its first two years, until it was discovered there was another (pre-existing) chorus with a similar name. To avoid confusion, this group’s name was changed to New World Chorale.

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