Greenville Chorale Concert History 1961- 2005
2004-2005 44th Season
November - John Rutter Mass of the Children and G.F.Handel Dettingen Te Deum
December - Handel’s Messiah
February - Chorale Chamber Ensemle
April - ARTISPHERE FESTIVAL - Mendelssohn’s Elijah
2003-2004 43rd Season
November - Beethoven Mass in C, Opus 86 and Big Band Music
December - 20th Annual Family Christmas Concert
February - Chorale Chamber Ensemble
March - Chorale Chamber Ensemble and GSO Chamber; Grieg Peer Nynt
May - Rachmaninoff The Bells and Ravel Daphnis et Chloe (GSO collaboration, Tchivzhel, cond)
2002-2003 42nd Season
October - American Composers:
Gawthrop- In Quiet Resting Places, Kilsotoft- Endless Streams
Clausen - a New Creation, Lauridsen - Lux Aeterna
December - 19th Annual Family Christmas Concert
February - Herring Chamber Ensemble 6th Season
April - J.S.Bach St. John Passion
2001-2002
October - Haydn The Creation
December - 18th Annual Family Christmas
Herring Chamber Ensemble 5th season
May - Verdi Requiem (GSO collaboration, Edvard Tchivzhel conducting)
2000-2001 40th Anniversary Season bv 20th Anniversary
November - The Best of the Best - Chorale Celebrates 40th Anniversary
December - 17th Annual Family Christmas - Handel’s Messiah (complete)
Herring Chamber Ensemble
Berlioz Requiem Bingham Vick,Jr., conducting with Furman Singers, Orchestra (collaboration with GSO)
1999-2000
November: B.Britten St.Nicolas, J.S.Bach Magnificat
16th Annual Family Christmas Concert (Rutter Gloria)
Chorale Chamber Ensemble
Orff Carmina Burana Edvard Tchivzhel, conducting (collaboration with GSO)
1998-1999
November: Beethoven Missa Solemnis B.Vick, Jr. conducting (collaboration with GSO)
15th Annual Family Christmas Concert
Chorale Chamber Ensemble
Faure Requiem and Randall Thompson The Peaceable Kingdom, Alleluia
Piccolo Spoleto - Thompson The Peaceable Kingdom
1997-1998
November: Max Bruch’s Moses (modern premier)
14th Annual Family Christmas Concert
Chorale Chamber Ensemble premier
Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection Symphony” Edvard Tchivzhel, cond. (collaboration with GSO)
1996-1997
November: Music by African-American Composers, Brazeal Dennard, guest conductor
13th Annual Christmas concert: Handel Messiah
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem B.Vick, Jr., conducting (collaboration with GSO)
1995-1996
J.S.Bach Mass in B Minor
12th Annual Family Christmas Concert (Britten A Ceremony of Carols)
Mahler Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of Thousand” David Pollitt, cond.
(collaboration with GSO)
1994-1995
September: Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky David Pollitt, cond (collaboration with GSO)
11th Annual Family Christmas Concert
Music of American Composers: Clausen A New Creation, and Irving Berlin
Verdi Requiem B.Vick, Jr., conducting (collaboration with GSO)
1993-1994
Orff Carmina Burana (with GSO)
10th Annual Family Christmas Concert: J.S.Bach Magnificat
Benjamin Britten War Requiem South Carolina Premier
1992-1993
October: Salute to America
9th Christmas Concert: Handel Messiah
La Musique Francaise: Faure, Poulenc Gloria, Durufle Requiem
Spoletto Festival in Charleston: Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky (collaboration with GSO)
1991-1992 BV 10th Anniversary
November: Mozart Requiem
8th Annual Family Christmas Concert: Rutter Magnificat SC Premier
Salute to Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, West Side Story
1990-1991
Mozart Mass in C Minor
7th Annual Family Christmas Concert:
Ralph Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
1989-1990
November: Verdi Requiem
6th Annual Family Christmas Concert: Vivaldi Magnificat
February: Borodin “Polovtsian Dances” with GSO
1988-1989
Handel Messiah (first Chorale performance)
5th Annual Family Christmas Concert
Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
1987-1988
Brahms A German Requiem
4th Annual Family Christmas Concert
Puccini Missa di Gloria, Haydn Te Deum
Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (with GSO)
1986-1987 .......................................name changed to “Greenville Chorale”
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 “Choral” (with GSO)
3rd Annual Christmas Concert With Greenville Symphony
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, Faure Requiem
1985-1986
Bach Christmas Oratorio
2nd Annual Christmas Concert with Greenville Symphony BV and Peter Rickett, conducting
Honegger King David
1984-1985
Verdi Requiem
FIRST Annual Christmas Concert with Greenville Symphony
BV and Peter Rickett, conducting
Handel Judas Maccabaeus
1983-1984
Bruckner Mass in E Minor, Rutter Gloria, R.Thompson Peaceable Kingdom
Orff Carmina Burana
Haydn The Creation
1981-1982 -Bingham Vick, Jr., new conductor and artistic director
Stravinski A Symphony of Psalms
J.S.Bach Mass in B Minor (Kyrie-Gloria)
1981 - Mozart Requiem
1980 - Schubert Mass in G
Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer
1979 - Brahms A German Requiem
1977 - Respighi Laud to the Nativity
Mendelssohn The Conversion of St.Paul
Britten A Ceremony of Carols
1976 - Handel Israel in Egypt
1975 - Faure Requiem
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
1974 - Block Sacred Service
J.S.Bach Magnificat
1973 - Poulenc Gloria
J.S.Bach Cantata No. 4
1972 - Mendelssohn Elijah
1971 - Menotti The Unicorn, Gorgon, & the Manticore
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1970 - Mozart Requiem
Mendelssohn The Conversion of St.Paul
Faure Requiem
1969 - Schubert Mass in G
1968 .................................................name changed to “Greenville Civic Chorale”
Vivaldi Gloria
1967 -Milburn Price, Conductor (1967-1981)
Verdi Requiem
J.S.Bach Magnificat
1966 -Patrick Partridge, Conductor
Verdi Requiem
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
performed with Brevard Music Festival
1965 - Jerry Langenkamp, Conductor
Haydn The Creation
invited to perform at International Convention of Rotary International in Atlantic City
1964 - Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer
1963 - Mendelssohn - Elijah
1961 - established as project of Rotary Club: “Rotary Civic Chorale”
William Jarvis, Founder and Conductor