Concerts

ATHENS CHORAL SOCIETY, Gwen Leckron, 1979

Handel, Messiah, St. Denis Roman Catholic Cathedral, Athens, Greece, 7,9,10 December.

Benefit concert for the Kalamaki Orphanage.

Other soloists, Judith Jenkins, soprano; Marian Lewis, contralto; Peter Long, tenor.

ATLANTA SYMPHONY, Robert Shaw

Schubert, Mass in E-flat, 1989
Soloists Benita Valente, soprano; Marietta Simpson, mezzo; John Humphrey and Glenn Siebert, tenors; Myron Myers, bass (see Recordings and Radio)

Beethoven, Mass in C, 1989
Soloists Henrietta Schellenberg, soprano; Marietta Simpson, mezzo; John Humphrey, tenor; Myron Myers, bass (see Recordings and Radio)

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE HANDEL ORATORIO SOCIETY

Handel, Messiah, Donald Morrison, conductor, 1987-1989

Haydn, Creation, Jon Hurty, conductor, 1998

BEL CANTO CHORUS MILWAUKEE, Richard Hynson

Mozart, Requiem (part of Rolling Requiem in memoriam September 11, 2001) 2002

Collins, Hymn to the Earth, Midwest premier, 2004

BETHLEHEM BACH FESTIVAL, Greg Funfgeld

Bach, Mass in B-minor, 1993

Bach, Lobe den Herrn (BWV69), In allen meinen Taten (BWV97), Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (BWV101), 1993
Other soloists Ann Monoiyos, soprano; Marietta Simpson, mezzo; Jeffrey Thomas, tenor

BOSTON BAROQUE (BANCHETTO MUSICALE), Martin Pearlman

Jordan Hall, Boston
Handel, Messiah, 1990
Soloists Nancy Armstrong, soprano; Dale Turbeek, countertenor; Christopher Hux, tenor

Haydn, Paukenmesse, 1991
Soloists Sharon Baker, soprano; Lorraine Hunt, mezzo; Frank Kelly, tenor

Bach, St. Matthew Passion, 1992
Soloists Frank Kelly (Evangelist), Myron Myers (Jesus), Patrice Michaels Bedi, soprano; William Sharp, baritone

BRUCKNERFEST LINZ, Josef Mertin, 1980

Kremsmünster, Austria
Schütz, Symphoniae Sacrae
Ensemble für alte Musik, Vienna

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS

Contemporary Music Festival, 1977
Morton Feldman (who was present): O'Hara Songs

CANTATA SINGERS, David Hoose, 1996

Jordan Hall, Boston
Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex (Créon)
Other soloists: Thomas Young, tenor, Mary Westbrook-Geha, soprano

CANTERBURY CHORAL SOCIETY, 2007

Vaughn Williams, selections from Five Mystical Songs, with Metropolis Orchestra, c. Timothy Boles. Dixon, Illinois

CARMEL BACH FESTIVAL, Sandor Salgo

Mozart, Requiem, 1988
Soloists Kay Paschal, soprano; Steven Tharp, tenor

Haydn, Harmoniemesse, 1988
Soloists Kay Paschal, soprano; Steven Tharp, tenor

Bach Cantata BWV 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, 1989
Soloist Beverly Hoch, soprano

Recital with William Watson, tenor, including
Bruhns, De Profundis; early duets, 1989

Nakamichi Concert series (see Recitals)

CHICAGO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Dieter Kober, 1987

Mozart, Mentre ti lascio (concert aria)

CHICAGO MASTER SINGERS, Alan Heatherington, Ars Viva Orchestra

Beethoven, Mass in C, 1991

Schubert, Mass in G and Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass, 2000

Haydn, Mass in Time of War; Zeisl, Requiem Ebraico; Kesselman, Let Peace Descend, 2002.

Techny Auditorium, Chicago

CHICAGO SINFONIETTA, Jason Osborn, 1990 | Orchestra Hall Debut, Chicago

Weill, The Seven Deadly Sins
Soloists Marianne Faithfull, Kurt Hansen, Tom Dymit, tenors

CLEMENIC CONSORT, Rene Clemenic, 1980

Festival de Wallone, Brussels, Belgium
Chapelle Protestante Royale (see Radio)

Flanders Festival, Aalst, Belgium and Mechelen, Belgium
Music from the notebooks of Margareta von Österreich

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS, Lee Kesselman

Handel, Belshazzar, 1985

Weill, Down in the Valley, 1990

Haydn, Creation, 1990

Mozart, Requiem, 1991

Handel, Messiah, 1993

Argento, Jonah and the Whale, 2006

COLUMBUS SYMPHONY, Ronald Jenkins, 1990

Handel, Messiah

CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER PLAYERS, John Austin, 1983

Austin, Requiem. World Premiere. University of Chicago.

DALLAS BACH SOCIETY, Paul Riedo, 1989

Bach, St. John Passion (arias)
Soloists Judith Nelson, soprano; Jeffrey Thomas, tenor

DONAU FESTWOCHEN, Josef Mertin, 1980

Schloss Greinburg, Grein, Austria
Bach, Bauernkantate (BWV212)
Wiener Barocksolisten, Helena Dearing, soprano (see Radio)

DOWNERS GROVE ORATORIO SOCIETY

Handel, Messiah, 1984

Haydn, The Seasons, 2000

DULUTH/SUPERIOR SYMPHONY, Rossen Milanov, 2000

Handel, Messiah

ELGIN SYMPHONY, Robert Hansen

Bach, Magnificat and Cantata BWV 140, 1985

Bach, B-minor Mass, 1987

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, WFMT/FM Broadcast, October 1999

Bach, St. John Passion (Pilate), 2003

ELMHURST CHORAL UNION 1986

Haydn, Harmoniemesse
Hammerschmidt Chapel, Elmhurst College, c. Paul Westermeyer

ERIE PHILHARMONIC, Peter Bay, 1996

Handel, Messiah
Kendra Coulton, soprano, Lucille Beer, mezzo, D. Parks, tenor

EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC, Alfred Savia, 1999

Handel, Messiah
Lucille Beer, alto, William Watson, tenor

FOX VALLEY SYMPHONY, 1986

Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Frank. c. Harold Bauer

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

Lourdes Cathedral, Spokane
Mozart, Requiem, 1996

GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY, Howard Slenk, 1989

Handel, Messiah
Calvin College Choir (see Television)

GRANT PARK SYMPHONY

Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music, James Paul, 1986

Schubert, Mass in A-flat, Andrew Parrott, 1987 (see Radio and Opera)

Puccini, Turandot understudy Timur, 1984

Borodin, Prince Igor, understudy Count Kontschak, 1990

Beethoven, Mass in C, Christof Perick, 1999

Mendelssohn, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Carlos Kalmar, 2002
See also under Opera

PAUL HILL CHORALE, Paul Hill, 1994 | Kennedy Center Concert Hall Debut

Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
Soloists Lucille Beer, mezzo; Steve Cramer, tenor; Marymal Holmes, soprano
National Symphony Orchestra

ILLINOIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Steven Squires

Bach, Aus der Tiefe (BWV131), 1985

Bach, Magnificat and CPE Bach Der Kindheit Jesus, 1993
See Reviews (St. Charles Beacon)

INTERMEZZI ENSEMBLE 1979

Pauline Viardot, Cendrillon, Papa. French Institute, London

INTERNATIONALE OSTERAKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK, 1989

Feldkirch, Austria
Concert celebrating the 85th birthday of Josef Mertin (see Radio and Recordings)
Bruhns, Mein Herz ist bereit (bass cantata)
Program of Medieval and Renaissance Musik
Soloists Taina Kataja, soprano; Mary Ann Hart, mezzo; Frederick Urrey, tenor

KALAMAZOO BACH FESTIVAL, Judith Breneman

Bach, St. Matthew Passion (arias), 1986

Bach, Mass in B-minor, 1987
Soloists Sally Stanford, Jeffrey Thomas, Steven Rickards

LAS CRUCES SYMPHONY

Handel, Messiah, James Baldwin, 1985

Verdi, Requiem, Lonnie Klein, 2003

LONDON CHORALE, Roy Wales

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Coventry, England, 1979

LONG ISLAND PHILHARMONIC, Marin Alsop, 1993

Mozart, Requiem
Staller Center, Stony Brook; Tilles Center, Brookville, NY
Soloists Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano; Lucille Beer, mezzo; Richards Clements, tenor

LOS ANGELES BACH FESTIVAL, William Hatcher

Bach, St. Matthew Passion (Jesus), 1979

Bach, Aus der Tiefe (BWV131) and Der Streit zwischen Phoebus and Pan (BWV201) 1979

Bach, Amore traditore (BWV203) and Ich lasse dich nicht (BWV157)
New World Baroque Ensemble 1978.

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, Roger Wagner, 1973 | Los Angeles Music Center Debut

Bach, Christus, der ist mein Leben (BWV95), Liebster Jesus Mein Verlangen (BWV32)
(Professional Solo Debut)

MADISON SYMPHONY, Roland Johnson, 1988

Handel, Messiah

MASTER CHORALE OF ORANGE COUNTY 1978

Brahms, Requiem

MENDELSSOHN CHOIR (Pittsburgh), Robert Page, 2001

Haydn, The Creation (Raphael)

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY

Haydn, The Creation (Raphael) | Uihlein Hall Debut
Margaret Hawkins, 1985

Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Lukas Foss, 1987

Halloween Concert, JoAnn Falletta, 1988
Gounod, Le veau d'or (Faust)
Boito, Son lo spirito che nega (Mefistofele)

MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS, Paul Vorwerk

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Visitatio sepulchri, Pergrinus (Jesus), medieval liturgical dramas, 1973

Mozart, Vesperae Sollenes de Confessore (KV339); Purcell, Welcome to All the Pleasures, 1973

Wilbye, Madrigals; Schönberg, Vocal quartets, opus 27-28; Ives, Psalm 90, 1974

MONTEREY COUNTY SYMPHONY, Clark Suttle

Beethoven, Missa solemnis, 1995

Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass, 1995
Jane Adler, soprano; Lucille Beer, mezzo; Don Bernadini, tenor

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, 1996

MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE, Thomas Wikman

Bass soloist, 1984-1991, 1996-2002 (200 concerts), various Chicago venues

All performances have been digitized and are available at Northwestern University and the National Archive.

1985

Bach, St. Matthew Passion (arias) (4)
Handel, Theodora (4)
Bach, Cantata 123, Liebster Immanual, Herzog der Frommen (arias) (2)
Brass and Choral Christmas concert (5)

1986-87

Bach, Christmas Oratorio (1) | Alice Tully Hall Debut
Bach, Phoebus and Pan (BWV201) (2)
Mozart, Missa brevis (4)
Bach, BWV105 and BWV147 (2)
Bach, BWV104 (2)
Bach, Magnificat, (4)
Purcell, The Fairy Queen (Winter, Sleep, Hymen) (4)
Christmas Concerts (5)

1988-89

Handel, Hercules (4)
Handel, Jephtha (4)
Bach, St John Passion (Jesus) (4)
Carrissimi, Jephtha (2)
Mozart, Requiem (4) bass solos

1990-91 Season

Music of Henry Purcell (anthems -“They that go down to the sea in ships”) (2)
Mozart, Mass in C-minor (4) (see Recordings)
Haydn, Creation (Raphael) (4)
Purcell, King Arthur and Fairy Queen (2)
Bach, B-minor Mass (4)
Handel, Semele (Somnus) (4)
Christmas Concerts (5)

1996-97 Season

Handel, Messiah (2)

1997-98 Season

Monteverdi, Vespers (4)

1998-99 Season

Bach, B-Minor Mass WFMT/FM Broadcast, October 1999 (4)

2000-2001 Season

Bach, St. Matthew Passion (Jesus/arias) (4)

2001-2002 Season

Christmas Concerts (5)

MUSICA PACIFICA, Paul Vorwerk (30 concerts)

Bass soloist 1973-1975, concerts at Fritch Auditorium, Los Angeles, unless otherwise noted.
Other soloists: Maurita Thornburgh, soprano, Jonathan Mack, tenor

1973-1974 Season

Baroque and Before Marathon | Hollywood Bowl Debut (1973)
Benefit Concert (Perotin, Alleluia nativitas; Monteverdi, Lamento della Ninfa; Schütz, Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn)
Mozart, Vesperae Sollenes de Confessore (KV339); Purcell, Welcome to All the Pleasures (LACMA - see Monday Evening Concerts above)
Pergrinus, Visitatio sepulchri (Jesus), medieval liturgical dramas (LACMA -Monday Evening Concerts -see above)
Music of the Seventeenth Century
Festive Music of the Renaissance
Treasures of Medieval Music (see Recordings)
A Quinquecentennial Celebration of the Life of Guillaume Dufay
Antiphonal Music of the 17th Century
Music of the Fourteenth Century
Monteverdi, 1610 Vespers (see Recordings)
Music of Elizabethan England and New Works
A Concert for Young People
College of Marin - Medieval program
Los Angeles Valley College - Medieval and Renaissance program
Peninsula Committee of the LA Philharmonic - Madrigals, duets
Monteverdi, Madrigals of Love and War, Bach Cantata 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele; Buxtehude

1974-1975 Season: Bach and the Baroque

Opening Night Gala, Bach Cantata 78, Jesu der du mein Seele; Buxtehude, Herr, ich lasse dich nicht.
Songs and Dances - Sung and Danced
Schütz, Symphoniae Sacrae
All-Bach Holiday Festival
Music Sacred and Profane
Gesualdo Madrigals, Monteverdi Early Madrigals
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
Da Gagliano, La Dafne (first recording, see Recordings)
Los Angeles Press Club (La Dafne promotion)
Music from St. Mark’s (Monteverdi In illo tempore; Schütz Dialogues)
Antique Noels (Charpentier Nativitatem)
Santa Monica College
University of California-Riverside
Community Concert-Santa Monica (Lincoln Junior High Auditorium)
(Ensemble dissolved June 1975)

NEW ORATORIO SINGERS, Chicago

Haydn, Creation (Raphael), Thomas Wikman, 1987

Bruckner, Mass in F-minor, Thomas Wikman, 1990

NEW WORLD BAROQUE ENSEMBLE

Bass Soloist, 1975-1978 (see Radio and Los Angeles Bach Festival)

NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY, John Daly Goodwin, 1985 | Carnegie Hall Debut

Mozart, C-minor Mass, and Kodaly, Te Deum
Other soloists D’Anna Fortunato, mezzo; Marcus Haddock, tenor

NORTH CAROLINA MASTER CHORALE, Al Sturgis, 2008

Verdi, Requiem, Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC
Other soloists: Brenda Harris, soprano; Cristy Brown, mezzo; Dan Snyder, tenor

NORTH SHORE CHORAL SOCIETY, Chicago, Donald Chen

Haydn, The Creation, Raphael, 1987

Haydn, The Creation, Raphael, 1996

Haydn, Harmoniemesse, 2000

ORCHESTRA OF ILLINOIS, Robert Kaminskas, 1982

Viennese Opera Ball, 95th Restaurant, John Hancock Center, Chicago, with Diane Ragains, soprano.

ORQUESTRA FILARMONICA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, Ronald Zollman, Mexico City

Verdi, Requiem, 1995 (Televised)
Other soloists Sharon Spilletti, soprano, Lucille Beer, mezzo.

ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI PESARO, Robert Renili, 2003

Mozart Requiem
Sala Metaurense, Palazzo Ducale, Pesaro, Italy
Other soloists, Lorna Haywood, Kathryn Hartgrove, Darrell Edwards

LARRY PARSONS CHORALE, Larry Parsons, 1994

Handel, Messiah. West Virginia

PASADENA CHORALE, Richard Kelly

Bach, Christmas Oratorio, 1976

Vaughan Williams, Five Tudor Portraits, 1977 | Ambassador Auditorium Debut

Dvorák, Stabat Mater, 1977

Buxtehude, Gott hilf mir; M. Haydn, Requiem, 1978

Vivaldi, Dixit Dominus, 1978

ROBERT PAGE FESTIVAL SINGERS, Robert Page

PRAGUE RADIO ORCHESTRA TOUR, 2000

Dvorak, Requiem

Church of the Virgin Mary, Zlonice

Czech Republic International Dvorak Festival, 29 June, 2000

Rudolfinum Prague, 30 June, 2000

Verdi, Requiem

Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, Austria, 3 July, 2000

Lukaskirche, Munich, Germany, 5 July, 2000

(see recordings)

PHILHARMONISCHES STAATORCHESTER HALLE TOUR, 2003

Brahms Requiem

Lukaskirche, Munich, 15 June

Thomaskirche, Leipzig, 18 June

Lukaskirche, Dresden, 21 June

Helig-Kreuz Kirche, Berlin 24 June

(see recordings)

ROCKEFELLER CHAPEL, University of Chicago, Rodney Wynkoop

Bach, Ich habe genug, BWV 82, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, 1983

Handel, Messiah, 1983

Puccini, Messa di Gloria and Opera Choruses ("Va, Tosca"), 1984

Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Jesus, 1984

Illuminations, excerpts from Mendelssohn Christus, various mass settings. 1984

ST. CHARLES MUSIC FESTIVAL, John Rutter, 1991

Mozart, Requiem
Illinois Chamber Symphony, Mostly Madrigal Singers, St. Charles, Illinois

ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL, Chicago, Lee Kohlenberg

Bruckner, Te Deum, 1983

ST. LOUIS BACH SOCIETY, Dennis Sparger

Bach, St. Matthew Passion, 1994
Soloists Patrice Michaels Bedi, soprano; Christine Jepson, mezzo; William Watson, tenor; Kurt Hansen, tenor

Bach, St. John Passion (Jesus), 1996

SAN ANTONIO MUSIC FESTIVAL, Margaret Hillis, 1991

Mozart, Mass in C-minor
Soloists Jayne West, soprano; John Duykers, tenor (see Opera)

STUDIO DA CAMERA ENSEMBLE, Josef Mertin, 1983

Concert of Schütz and Monteverdi
Soloists Drew Minter, countertenor; Klaus Hubman, tenor
Refektorium Sankt Michael, Vienna, Austria

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES 1976

Dryden, The Secular Masque, Mars. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Clark Library.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Bruckner, Te Deum, Michael Melton, 1989

Puccini, Messa di Gloria and selected opera choruses (Va, Tosca), Rodney Wynkoop, 1982

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Kate Tamarkin, 1995

Verdi, Requiem
Other soloists Gale Limansky, Lucille Beer, Nils Brown

WEST SUBURBAN CHORAL UNION, Paul Wiens, 1987

Bach, St. John Passion, arias, Edman Chapel, Wheaton College

WOODSTOCK MOZART FESTIVAL, Charles Borenstein

Mozart, Requiem, 1990

Mozart, Mass in C-minor, 1989