Repertoire for United Kingdom Tour

The following is the repertoire of songs the MBCC Senior Choir took along while we were "Touring The Isles With Song", 26 June to 14 July 2002, though of course we didn't sing all of them at each concert! The songs are of several styles, and include many that the MBCC congregation has heard us sing in services, as well as some secular songs chosen to honor our hosts in England, Wales, and Scotland, and to throw a li'l American swing their way as well!

Sacred: Classical Style

• Cantate Domino, by Giuseppe Pitoni, edited by Norman Greyson
• I Have Longed for Thy Saving Health, by William Byrd, arranged by Alfred Whitehead
• Tenebrae Factae Sunt, by Robert H. Young
• Regina Coeli, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ave Maria, by Jacob Arcadelt, edited and arranged by Norman Greyson
• Agnus Dei, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• The Christ-Child, by Robert H. Young
• Ave Verum Corpus, by William Byrd, edited by R. R. Terry, rev. ed. by John Morehen

Sacred: Spirituals/Contemporary Style

• Poor Man Lazrus, arranged by Jester Hairston
• Soon and Very Soon, by Andrae Crouch, arranged by Jack Schrader
• Mary, Did You Know?, by Mark Lowry and Buddy Green, arranged by Bruce Greer
• Elijah Rock, arranged by Jester Hairston
• Order My Steps, by Glenn Burleigh, arranged by Jack Schrader
• Rise and Shine, by Todd Jolly, arranged by Allan Robert Petker
• Lay Up Your Treasures in Heaven, by Pepper Choplin
• Praise His Holy Name!, by Keith Hampton

Folk Hymns

• Siyahamba, South African hymn
• Turn the World Around, by Harry Belafonte and Robert Freedman, arranged by Larry Farrow
• O Sifuni Mungu (All Creatures Of Our God And King), by David Maddux, Marty McCall, Mmunga Mwenebulongo Mulongoy and Asukulu 'Yunu Mukalay, arranged by Roger Emerson

Madrigals

• Summer Is A-Coming In, attributed to John of Fornsete, arranged by William Arms Fisher
• April Is In My Mistress' Face, by Thomas Morley
• Sing We And Chant It, by Thomas Morley

Other Secular

• Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers), by Iago ap Ieuan (James James), the Welsh national anthem
• Robert Burns Ballads, by James Mulholland, edited by Walter Rodby
  • Green Grow the Rashes, O
  • A Red, Red Rose
  • Highland Mary
• Medley of American Music from the 1940s, arranged by Evelyn Belt
  • Jumpin' at the Woodside, lyrics by Jon Hendricks, music by Count Basie
  • On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by Harry Warren
  • Chattanooga Choo Choo, lyrics by Mack Gordon, music by Harry Warren
  • The White Cliffs of Dover, lyrics by Nat Burton, music by Walter Kent
  • I'll Be Seeing You, lyrics by Irving Kahal, music by Sammy Fain
  • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, by Don Raye and Hughie Prince
  • Tuxedo Junction, lyrics by Buddy Feyne, music by Erskine Hawkings, William Johnson, and Julian Dash

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new 18 May 2002, revised 12 July 2002