Cántico: The Portland Chamber Singers is a vocal ensemble that performs choral music and smaller ensembles of chamber music in a range of styles. While primarily classical, Cántico
also performs jazz, traditional folk music, a cappella, ethnic, and religious music. Recordings of Cántico are not yet available to the public.
Past Cántico Repertoire:
December 2010
Choral Repertoire
Sing We Now of Christmas, arr. Fred Prentice
"Bogoroditse Devo" from All-Night
Vigil, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Ai Nama Mamina, arr. Andrejs Janson
I Wonder as I Wander, arr. John Rutter
O Holy Night, arr. René Clausen
This Little Babe, Benjamin Britten/arr. Julius Harrison
O Magnum Mysterium, Morten Lauridsen
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!, arr. Carl Strommen
Go Where I Send Thee!, arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory
Silent Night, arr. Malcolm Sargent
We Wish you a Merry Christmas, arr. John Rutter
Small Ensemble Repertoire
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming, arr. John Leavitt (men's ensemble)
The Coventry Carol, arr. Mark Hayes (solo)
Huron Carol, arr. Jill Gallina (women's ensemble)
Away in a Manger (flute solo)
The First Noel, arr. Skye Pixton Engstrom and Courtney Atack (guitar and
vocal duet)
Spring 2010
Choral Repertoire
Zion's Walls, Aaron Copland/arr.
Glenn Koponen
"Sanctus" and "Agnus Dei" from Requiem,
Gabriel Fauré
Siyahamba, arr. Anders Nyberg
My Song in the Night, arr. Paul Christiansen
The Battle of Jericho, arr. Moses Hogan
Ave Verum Corpus, William Byrd
Things That Never Die, Lee Dengler
Blackbird, John Lennon and Paul McCartney/arr. Darryl Runswick
Sure on This Shining Night, Morten Lauridsen
Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Duke Ellington/arr. Mark Hayes
Small Ensemble Repertoire
"Pie Jesu" from Requiem, Gabriel Fauré (solo)
Adagio, Samuel Barber (violin solo with organ accompaniment)
In the Still of the Night, Fred Parris (men's ensemble)
Ave Verum Corpus, Imant Raminsh (women's ensemble)
"What a Movie!" From Trouble in
Tahiti, Leonard Bernstein (soloist with choir)
For the Longest Time, Billy Joel (men's ensemble)
December 2009
Choral Repertoire
O Come, O Come Emmanuel, arr. Andrew Carter
Unto Us a Child is Born, John Purifoy
O Magnum Mysterium, Tomás Luis de Victoria
There is No Rose of Such Virtue, Robert Young
Hark! (in 7/8), Steven Landau
'Tis Winter Now, Paul Halley
O Yule Full of Gladness, Carolyn Jennings
Silent Night, arr. Malcolm Sargent
Santa Claus is Coming to Town, J. Fred Coots/arr. Kirby Shaw
Small Ensemble Repertoire
O Holy Night, Adolphe Adam/arr. Carl Deis (duet)
Petit Noel, Emile Louis (solo)
Coventry Carol, arr. Leonard Stone (duet w/guitar accompaniment)
The Christmas Song, Mel Tormé (solo)
White Christmas, Irving Berlin/arr. Hector McCarthy (trio)
Good Christian Men Rejoice!, arr. Douglas Lemmon (organ solo)
The First Noel, arr. Skye Pixton Engstrom and Courtney Atack (guitar and
vocal duet)
Spring 2009
Choral Repertoire
Praise
the Lord, Cameroon processional/arr. Ralph Johnson
Prayer of the
Middle Ages, Howard Hanson
Salmo 150,
Ernani Aguiar
Dirait-on,from Les Chansons des Roses, Morten
Lauridsen
Set Me As A Seal,
René Clausen
Shall I Compare
Thee To A Summer's Day, Nils Lindberg
Song for the
Mira, Allister MacGillivray/arr. Stuart Calvert
Down to the
River to Pray, arr. Philip Lawson
Homeward Bound,
Marta Keen/arr. Jay Althouse
Pilgrim Song,
arr. Ryan Murphy
Small Ensemble Repertoire
Flower
Duet from "Lakmé," Léo Delibes (duet)
Beau Soir,
Claude Debussy (solo)
Summertime,
George Gershwin/arr. Mark Hayes (trio)
I
Love the Lord, Jean Sibelius/arr. Ronald Staheli (men of the choir)
Sing Me to
Heaven,Ch Daniel Gawthrop (men of the choir)
How Do I Love
Thee?, Nathan Christensen (women of the choir)
December 2008
O Shepherds Aren't You Happy?, Shaker song/arr. Hal H.
Hopson
Unto Us A Child Is Born, John Purifoy
O Magnum Mysterium, William Hawley
Gaudete, arr. Brian Kay
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming, arr. John Leavitt (men of the choir)
Sweet Was the Song, René Clausen
Fum Fum Fum, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Silent Night, arr. Malcolm Sargent
Deck the Halls in 7/8, arr. James McKelvey