REPERTOIRE
Kairos: A Consort of Singers has been performing for over 30 years in New York's Hudson Valley.
Presently functioning as a collaborative vocal chamber ensemble, our core mission remains the same: to provide high-quality performances of a wide range of a cappella choral works, from the Medieval period to the present.
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Francis Poulenc and Wanda Landowska
Reena Esmail
Our repertoire includes some of the most demanding and complex works in musical history. They include Britten's Hymn to St. Cecilia and Five Flower Songs, Poulenc's Un Soir de Neige, contemporary British composer Tarik O'Regan's The Ecstasies Above, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, J. S. Bach's Singet dem Herrn, Handel's rarely performed Dixit Dominus, the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, Henry Purcell's 1691 semi-opera King Arthur with guest artist David Tass Rodriguez, and Heinrich Schütz' Musikalische Exequien.
Tarik O'Regan
Claudio Monteverdi
MASSES - ORATORIOS - OPERAS
Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame
Byrd, Mass for Five Voices
Josquin, Missa Pange Lingua
Josquin, Missa de Beata Virgine
Josquin, Missa Ave Maris Stella
Barbireau, Missa Virgo parens Christi
Morales, Missa Mille regretz
Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcellae
Monteverdi, Messa a quattro voce da cappella
Fryer, Missa Brevis (world premiere)
Palestrina, Missa Dies Sanctificatus
Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle
Tallis, Western Wynde Mass
Bach, Magnificat, BWV 243
Purcell, King Arthur
Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610
Carissimi, Historia di Jephte
Bach, Sanctus in D Major, BWV 238
Schütz, Musikalische Exequien
Handel, Since by Man Came Death (Messiah)
Rheinberger, Mass in E Flat for Double Choir
Bach, Lutheran Mass in G minor, BWV 235
Vaughan Williams, Mass in G Minor​​
Henry Purcell
Gioachino Antonio Rossini
William Byrd
George Frideric Handel
19th - 21st CENTURY WORKS
​Britten, Ol' Joe Has Gone Fishing
Brahms, Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?
Tavener, The Lamb; Song for Athene; Lord's Prayer
O'Regan, The Ecstasies Above
Barber, Reincarnations
Wolf, Sechs Geistlische Lieder
Beethoven, Elegischer Gesang
Badings, Canamus, amici, canamus
Bortniansky, Choral Concerto No. 32
Messiaen, O Sacrum Convivium
Duruflé, Ubi Caritas
Ginastera, Lamentations of Jeremiah
Sipple, Pied Beauty (premiere)
Sipple, God's Grandeur (premiere)
Sipple, The Lamb
Sipple, Thou art indeed just, Lord (premiere)
Brahms, O Heiland reiss die Himmel auf
Röntgen, Rei van Edelingende Leeuw, Het Visschertje
Schickele, After Spring Sunset
Tstontakis, Rossetti Nursery Rhymes
Barber, To be Sung on the Water
Whitacre, Water Night
Martin, Songs of Ariel
Mäntyjärvi, The Silver Swan
Horsley, Slow Fresh Fount
Fine, Lament
William Schuman, Carols of Death​​
Whitacre, Three Flower Songs
Fryer, May-Flower (first performance)
Fine, Have You Seen the White Lily Grow
Lundergan, Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun (premiere)
Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Warren, Mood Swings (first performance)
Abrams, In Time of Daffodils (premiere)
Billings, I Am the Rose of Sharon
Billings, Modern Music
Casals, O Vos Omnes
Elgar/arr. Cameron, Nimrod: Lux Aeterna
Dobin, O Sing to the Lord a New Song
Giuseppi Verdi
Benjamin Britten
Pjotr Tchaikovsky
Esmail, Lacrymosa
Tchaikovsky, Nightingale
Schumann, Vier doppelchörige Gesänge
Fitzwilliam, A Rose of Sharon
Panaiotis, Arise My Love
Russell, Rain Has Fallen
Russell, O Cool is the Valley Now
Lundergan, The Dark Hills
Lundergan, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
Lundergan, A Noiseless, Patient Spider
Hedges, Exeter Riddles (premiere)
Vaughan Williams, Flos Campi
Villa-Lobos, Ave Maria
Piazzola, Libertango
Aguilar, Salmo 150
Mäntyjärvi, Four Shakespeare Songs
Mäntyjärvi, Canticum calamitatis maritime
O'Regan, O vera digna hostia
Fryer, I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Menotti, Second Madrigal from The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and the Manticore
Pablo Casals
Debussy, Trois Chansons
Britten, Ad majorem Dei gloriam (A.M.D.G.)
Britten, Choral Dances from Gloriana
Britten, Five Flower Songs
Ravel, Trois Chansons
Hindemith, Six Chansons
Poulenc, Un soir de neige
Poulenc, Sept Chansons
Britten, Hymn to St. Cecilia
Argento, A Nation of Cowslips
Chatman, Due North
Bruckner, sacred motets
Dinerstein, Frogs
Finzi, Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
Maggio, Aristotle
Liszt, sacred motets
Warren, ElixirsPärt, Beatitudes
Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb
Copland, In the Beginning
Copland, Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever
Verdi, Ave Maria
Vaughan Williams, Five English Folk Songs
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Aaron Copland
Dr. Edward Lundergan
Franz Liszt
Eric Whitacre
CANTATAS & MOTETS BY BACH
No. 64, Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget
No. 67, Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ
No. 70, Wachet! Betet!
No. 72, Alles nur nach Gottes Willen
No. 76, Die Himmel Erzählen die Ehre Gottes
No. 77, Du sollst Gott, deinen Herren lieben
No. 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele​ ...
No. 80, Ein' feste Burg, ist unser Gott
No. 82, Ich habe genug​
No. 92, Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn
No. 93, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
No. 95, Christus, der ist mein Leben
No. 96, Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottessohn
No. 97, In allen meinen Taten
No.106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
No.109, Ich glaube, lieber Herr
No.115, Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit
No.122, Das neugeborne Kindelein
No.124, Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
No.127, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott
No.131, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir​
No.139, Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott
No.140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
No. 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden
No. 5, Wo soll ich fliehen hin
No. 7, Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
No. 8, Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben
No. 9, Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
No. 17, Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich
No. 18, Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt
No. 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
No. 22, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe
No. 27, Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende?
No. 33, Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
No. 36, Schwingt freudig euch empor
No. 37, Wer da gläubet und getauft wird
No. 39, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot
No. 44, Sie werden euch in den Bann tun
No. 47, Wer sich selbst erhöhet
No. 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland I
No. 62, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II​
No.147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
No.150, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
No.161, Komm, du süsse Todesstunde
No.182, Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
No.184, Erwünschtes Freudenlicht
No.186, Ärgre dich, O Seele, nicht
No.187, Der wartet alles auf dich
No.192, Nun danket alle Gott
No.199, Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut
BWV 225, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
BWV 226, Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
BWV 227, Jesu, meine Freude
BWV 228, Fürchte dich nicht
BWV 229, Komm, Jesu komm
BWV 230, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
BWV 1083, Tilge, Höchester, meine Sünden ​
OTHER WORKS
​POPULAR & JAZZ
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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Java Jive
I'm Beginning to See the Light
All the Things You Are
Try to Remember
My Lord, What a Mornin'
Once in Love with Amy
Deep River
Wade in the Water
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Blackbird/I Will (medley)
When I'm 64​​
MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE MOTETS, SACRED & SECULAR WORKS
Monteverdi
Dufay
Perotin
Dunstable
Josquin
Victoria
Tallis
Anerio
Purcell
Gibbons
Goudimel
Schütz
Ferdinand Franco
Jacob
Handl
Sweelinck
Allegri
Schein
A. Scarlatti
Isaac
Lasso​​
​​​​CHRISTMAS WORKS
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Britten, Christ's Nativity
Distler, Die Weihnachtsgeschichte
Poulenc, Four Christmas Motets
Schütz, Christmas Oratorio
Chatman, Carols of the Nativity
Barber, Twelfth Night
Howells, Long, Long Ago
Fryer, Flight into Egypt (premiere)
Fryer, Coventry Carol (premiere)
Fryer, The Time Draws Near (premiere)
Britten, A Ceremony of Carols
Handl, Magnificat
Fryer, from spiralling ecstatically this ( premiere)
Seasonal motets & carols from the Middle Ages to the 20th century ​
ENGLISH MADRIGALS
Byrd
Farmer
Morely
Wilbye
Weelkes
VautorGibbons​​
ITALIAN MADRIGALS
Rore
Monteverdi
Gesualdo
Bell'haver
Caimo
Arcadelt
Banchieri
Lasso​​​
FRENCH CHANSONS
de Sermisy
LeJeune
Josquin
Jannequin
Passareau
Lasso​​
GERMAN ROMANTIC PART-SONGS
Mendelssohn
Franz
Brahms
Rheinberger
Arts Mid-Hudson covers Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties in New York State.
Kairos: A Consort of Singers received a grant for our Monteverdi Vespers Concert performed in the Fall of 2010.
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