Repertoire for European Tour

The following is the repertoire of songs we took along on the MBCC Senior Choir European Tour, 28 June to 14 July 1999, though of course we didn't sing all of them at each concert! The songs fall into four categories, representing some of the styles that the people of MBCC have heard us present during worship services.

Sacred: Classical Style

• Cantate Domino Canticum Novum, by Giuseppe Pitoni
• I Have Longed for Thy Saving Health, by William Byrd, arranged by Alfred Whitehead
• Tenebrae Factae Sunt, by Robert H. Young
• Four selections from Elijah, by Felix Mendelssohn: He That Shall Endure, Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord, Lift Thine Eyes, and He, Watching Over Israel
• The Christ-Child, by Robert H. Young
• For the Beauty of the Earth, by John Rutter
• Non Nobis Domine, by Patrick Doyle

Sacred: Spirituals/Contemporary Style

• Poor Man Lazrus, arranged by Jester Hairston
• Jerusalem, edited by Gregg Smith
• Shall We Gather at the River?, arranged by John Carter
• Lord of the Dance, by Sydney Carter, arranged by David Willcocks
• Mary, Did You Know?, by Mark Lowry and Buddy Green, arranged by Bruce Greer
• Elijah Rock, arranged by Jester Hairston
• All God's Children Gonna Sing, by Buryl Red, Linda Twine, and Joseph Joubert
• Worthy to Be Praised!, by Byron J. Smith
• The Light of the World!, by Don Besig

Americana Selections

• Selections from The Tender Land, by Aaron Copland: Zion's Walls, I Bought Me A Cat, and Ching-a-Ring-Chaw
• Medley from Oklahoma!, by Rodgers & Hammerstein, arranged by John Leavitt

Liturgical Selections

• In His Memory (communion anthem), by Carl J. Nygard
• Selections from Requiem, by John Rutter: Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

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new 10 June 1999, updated 13 July 1999