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Concert in Santo Stefano al Ponte
Florence, Italy
July 3, 2011
The program includes works by Palestrina, Biebl, Pergolesi, Puccini and Mendelssohn. The first piece, Miserere by Antonio Lotti, is sung from the apse (room behind the altar).
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- "Miserere Mei", Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
[sung from the apse] - "Ave Maria", Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
- Adoramus te, Christe, G. P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)
- "Stabat mater dolorosa"
from Stabat Mater, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) - "Lift Thine Eyes" from Elijah, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- "Shen Khar Venakhi", 13th century Georgian Wedding Song
arr. Zakhary Paliashvilli - "Ubi Caritas", Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
- "Sing Me To Heaven", Daniel Gawthrop (b. 1949)
- "Simple Song" from Mass, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Soloists: Kara Leonard, Sophia Anastasi, Alison Requa - "Living in a Holy City", South African melody
arr. Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956) - "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", Spiritual, arr. William Dawson (1946)
Soloist: Eva Woznicki - "There is a Balm in Gilead", Spiritual, arr. William Dawson (1939)
Soloists: Cameron Falby, Colleen McGonigle - "The Storm is Passing Over", Spiritual
arr. Barbara Baker (1996) - "Sonatemi un balletto", Giovanni Gastoldi (1555-1622)
- "O mio babbino caro", Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
from Gianni Schicchi - "Bella Bimba", Italian folk song
