Classical | Opera / Operetta | Seasonal | Showtunes / Jazz / Folk Songs

Past Performances and Audio Samples

We have performed a variety of music since we began in 1984. Following is a sampling of works and programs performed during the last four years. Clicking on any of the hotlinks below will play a short audio clip of the chorale singing that musical selection in performance. (Please note that not all selections are full-quality recordings but were still included to provide a larger set of samples.)

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Classical

  • Cantata 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" - J. S. Bach - November 2007
  • Cantata 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unse Got" - J. S. Bach - November 2007
  • The Creation - F.J.Haydn- November 2006
  • Laud To The Nativity - Ottorino Respighi- December 2005
  • Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi- December 2005
  • Missa Solemnis in B Flat (Harmony Mass) - F. J. Haydn (Gloria)
  • Requiem - W. A. Mozart
  • Christmas Oratorio - C. Saint-Saens
  • Messiah - G. F. Handel (Amen Chorus)
  • The Christmas Story - R. Nelson
  • Gloria - F. Poulenc
  • In the Beginning - A. Copland
  • Elijah - F. Mendelssohn (Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord, sung by the Putnam Chorale Ensemble)
  • Stabat Mater - G. Verdi
  • Requiem - G. Faure`
  • Hodie (transl."This Day") - R. V. Williams (The March of the Three Kings)
  • Ceremony of Carols - B. Britten
  • Gloria - J. Rutter (Part II)
  • Mass in G - F. Schubert
  • Magnificat - J. S. Bach (Gloria Patris)

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Opera / Operetta (choral selections)

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Seasonal Music

  • A Family Holiday Concert -A selection of holiday songs including (Trumpet Gloria-Guillaume Dufay , Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks arr. A.Hawley Barry ,Angels' Carol - John Rutter, Our Brother Is Born - Eleanor and Harry Farjeon, Coventry Carol arr. Doug Anderson, Ocho Kandelikas - Flory Jagoda, The Christmas Song - Mel Torme and R. Wells arr. Ed Lojeski, Here Comes Santa Clause - Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman, Angels We Have Heard On High - Traditional Carol, Still, Still, Still - arr. Norman Luboff, Hallelujah Chorus - G. F. Handel, A New Year Carol - Benjamin Britten )- December 2006
  • Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - J. Gardner
  • Havah Nagilah! - arr. J. Eilers
  • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ) - M. Torme, R. Wells
  • Patapan (French Carol) - La Monnoye/Burgundia
  • Coventry Carol - arr. C. Strommen
  • Do You Hear What I Hear - N. Regney/G. Shayne
  • Hanerot Halalu - B. Cohon
  • What Sweeter Music - J. Rutter
  • Carol of the Bells - M. Leontovich/P. Wilhousky
  • In Dulci Jubilo - M. Praetorius
  • O Magnum Mysterium - T. DeVictoria
  • Bashana Haba'ah (Hebraic folk song) - N. Hirsch/E. Manor
  • Jingle Bells - J. Pierpont
  • Winter Wonderland - Arr. D. Anderson
  • The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (West Indian Spiritual) - Arr. R. De Cormier
  • Silent Night - F. Guber/J. Mohr
  • A La Nanita Nana (Spanish Carol) - Arr. R. Folstrom
  • Still Still Still (Austrian Carol) - Arr. N. Luboff
  • Psallite - M. Praetorius
  • A New Year Carol - B. Britten

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Showtunes / Jazz / Folk Songs

  • A colaboration by Putnam Chorale and guest artists " The Robert Lindert Quartet" -Cole Porter's tunes including (Another Opening, Another Show - Too Darn Hot- Begin the Beguine - Night and Day - Let's Do It ) and Antonio Carlos Jobim's tunes including ( Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars - Desafinado - Girl from Ipanema ) - March 2007
  • A colaboration by Putnam Chorale and guest artists " Rosemary George vocalist, Joseph Diamond on pinao and J. D. Parran on saxophone and clarinet" -A selection of tunes and medleys including (New York , New York - John Kander and Fred Ebb, Get Happy - Koehler, It's Only A Paper Moon - Rose and Harburg, Accentuate The Positive - Mercer, Stormy Weather - Koehler, Come Rain or Come Shine - Mercer, Over The Rainbow - Harburg, Johnny One Note - Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart, Everything's Coming Up Roses - Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim, A tribute to Louis Armstrong: My Dear Mr. Armstrong, Hello Louis -Jerry Herman, When You're Smiling - Mark Fisher, Joe Godwin and Lary Shay, What a Wonderful World - G.D. Weiss and Bob Theile, When the Saint Go marching In - traditional, Bill Bailey - Hughie Cannon and Patsy Cline, I Got Rhythm George and Ira Gershwin) - March 2006
  • A selection of folk songs - R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein
  • Carousel - R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein (A Wonderful Guy)
  • Blue Moon - R. Rodgers Arr. D. Blackwell
  • A selection of folk songs - A. Copland
  • Les Miserables - C. M. Schonberg Arr. D. Anderson (Do You Hear the People Sing?)
  • Chester - W. Billings
  • Ode to Harmony - D. Anderson, lyrics - A. Joffe
  • South Pacific - R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein (There is Nothing Like A Dame)
  • Oklahoma - R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein
  • Over The Rainbow - H. Arelen Arr. G. Turner
  • Too Darn Hot - C. Porter Arr. A. Carter
  • Let's Do It - C. Porter Arr. D. Blackwell
  • Night and Day - C. Porter Arr A. Carter
  • Lost in the Fifties Tonight (a medley) - Arr. Ed Lojeski (Book of Love)
  • Lost in the Fifties Tonight (a medley) - Arr. Ed Lojeski (Earth Angel)
  • Carolina in the Morning - W. Donaldson, G. Kahn
  • Tea for Two - V. Youmas, I. Caeser
  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - J. Kern, O. Harbach
  • Embraceable You - G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin
  • Down in the River to Pray - Arr. D. Anderson
  • Lay Yo' Head in De Winduh, Jesus - J. Hairston

 

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