2016

2016 Fall Program

Anam Cara presented “A Season of Peace and Joy” featuring Frank Martin’s Gloria from Mass for Double Choir and other works celebrating the peace and joy of our lives. The concerts were held on Saturday November 19, 2016 at 4 pm and Monday November 21, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Both performances were in the First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls.

2016 Spring Program

Anam Cara presented “The Refining Fire Concert” featuring Eric Whitacre’s “When David Heard” and other works centering around the refining fires and experiences of our lives. The concerts were Friday May 6, 2016 and Saturday May 7, 2016. Both performances were in the First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls.

2015

2015 Fall Program

Anam Cara presented “Simple Gifts” featuring J.S. Bach’s Cantata 140 and other works celebrating the bounty of the Earth. The concerts were Friday, November 20, 2015 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 4:00 pm. Both performances were in The First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls.

2015 Spring Program

Anam Cara presented “Nature’s Majesty” with soul-stirring music evoking the beauty and grandeur of mountains, rivers and valleys. The concerts were Friday, May 8, 2015 and Saturday, May 9, 2015. Both performances were in the The First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls.

2014

2014 Fall Program

Anam Cara performed “Waltzing into Winter” with the Liebeslieder (Love Song) Waltzes by Johannes Brahms. Also, the jazz choir, Vocal Union, from BYU-Idaho gave a guest performance. The concerts were Friday, November 14, 2014 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 5:00 pm. Both performances were in The First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls.

2014 Spring Program

Anam Cara performed “M&Ms”, a program with compositions by Monteverdi, Mozart and Mendelssohn, along with Miscellaneous Madrigals. The concerts were Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 4:00pm and Monday, May 12th, 2014 at 7:30pm. Both performances were in The First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls.

2013

2013 Fall Program

Anam Cara presented “Cornucopia!” in Idaho Falls on November 23 and 25, 2013 in the First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls, with selections from Mozart’s “Vesperae solennes de confessore” and other Anam Cara favorites.

2013 Fall Bonus Program

Anam Cara preformed in “bonus” concerts with other area choirs, on October 11, 2013 in Rexburg, Idaho in the Barrus Concert Hall and on October 15, 2013 in Ammon, Idaho in the Hillcrest Performing Arts Center.

2013 Spring Program

Anam Cara presented “Celebrating 500 Years of Music!” in Idaho Falls on May 11, 2013 in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and on May 13, 2013 in the First Presbyterian Church.

2012

2012 Fall Program

Anam Cara presented “A Change of Season” in Idaho Falls on November 24 and 26, 2012 in the First Presbyterian Church in Idaho Falls.

2012 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho and in Ketchum, Idaho.
Anam Cara presented “Our Spirits Soar and Other Flights of Fancy” in Idaho Falls on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. and on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Ketchum.

2011

2011 Winter Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho
On November 5, 2011, Anam Cara presented “Brahms and Other Fancies” at Trinity United Methodist Church.

2010

2010 Winter Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho and Ketchum, Idaho
On December 11 and December 12, 2010, Anam Cara presented a selection of carols edited and arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter. Words for these songs ranged from 14th century to modern texts, and represented tradtions from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Flanders, New England, and Appalachia. There was even one with a Calypso flavor.

2010 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho and Ketchum, Idaho
On May 8 and May 9, 2010, in honor of Felix Mendelssohn’s 200th Birthday, Anam Cara presented free concerts featuring works by Mendelssohn.

2009

2009 Fall Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho and Ketchum, Idaho
On November 21 and November 22, 2009 Anam Cara presented free concerts of music by the great William Byrd (c1540-1623), including several motets and Byrd’s ethereally beautiful “Mass for Four Voices”. The concert juxtaposed the different composition styles of homophonic music and polyphonic music.

2009 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho and Ketchum, Idaho
On May 9 and May 10, 2009 Anam Cara presented free concerts featuring composers preceding J.S. Bach, including Heinrich Shutz and others. Anam Cara performed Schutz’s “Deutsches Magnificat” (1671), and Schutz’s Dialogue for Easter “Woman Why Weepest Thou? (Weib, was weinest du?)” as well as several Renaissance Motets.

2008

2008 Fall Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho and Ketchum, Idaho
On November 15 and November 16, 2008 Anam Cara presented two free concerts of George F. Handel’s great “Dixit Dominus”.

2008 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho and Ketchum, Idaho
On May 30, and June 1, 2008 Anam Cara presented free concerts titled “Red Hot and Blue Too” of Jazz, Blues, and Show Tunes.

2007-2008 Winter Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho
On February 3 2008 Anam Cara presented a free concert of Music of the Flemish Renaissance featuring works by Josquin des Prez (ca. 1440-1521). The performances included “El Grillo” (The Cricket), “Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi”, “Ave Maria – Virgo Serena” and other songs. Many consider Josquin to be an original master of renaissance polyphonic music.Anam Cara regrets that due to severe weather and road closures we had to cancel the concert scheduled for February 1, 2008 in Ketchum, Idaho.

2007

2007 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Ketchum, Idaho; and Jackson, WY
In May 2007 Anam Cara presented three free concerts of of “Psalm of David” by 20th Century American Composer Norman Dello Joio. This dramatic and exciting work was first performed in 1951. We know of no commercial recordings currently available. The concerts also included performances of John Tavener’s “Two Hymns to the Mother of God” which were first performed in 1985.

2006-2007 Winter Program

January of 2007. Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Hailey, Idaho; and Jackson, WY

Anam Cara presented three free concerts of works by Don Carlo Gesualdo (c1560 – 1613) and Adrian Willaert (c1490 – 1562). Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, nephew of Saint Charles Borromeo, and notorious as a murderer, composed exquisite choral music using innovative harmonies and chromaticism that in some ways are evocative of 20th century compositions. Adrian Willaert was born Flemish but moved to Italy and founded the Venetian School of music.

2006

2006 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Ketchum, ID; and Jackson, WY

Anam Cara presented Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Mass in g minor. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was interested in the historical traditions of English choral music and based this composition on the music of the renowned 16th-century composer, Thomas Tallis. Rich and melodic, the Mass in g minor is one of the most complex choral compositions of the 20th century. We also performed three motets by Irish composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924).

2005

2005 Fall Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Pocatello, ID; and Hailey, ID
In honor of the 500th Birthday of Thomas Tallis, Anam Cara performed three concerts of the composer’s hauntingly beautiful music for voice.

2005 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, Idaho; and twice in Ketchum, Idaho
“Immence Ranges of High Mountains”. Anam Cara joined with the Caritas Chorale of Sun Valley in performing an original oratorio based on the Lewis and Clark expedition with emphasis on Sacagawea and the Native Americans of Idaho. This large and exciting work for chorus, soloists and orchestra, commissioned by Dick Brown, is set to an original libretto by Diane Josephy Peavey with music composed by David Earnest.

2004

2004 Fall Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Alta, WY; and Hailey, ID
Back to Bach : J.S. Bach’s Motet “Jesu, Meine Freude”, Allegri’s “Miserere Mei, Deus”, and Schein’s “Alleluia”

2004 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; and Sun Valley, ID
Red-Hot and Blue – The lighter side of Anam Cara with Blues, Jazz and Broadway tunes.

2003

2003 Fall Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID and Sun Valley, ID
Music of Vaughn Williams and “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten

2003 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Alta, WY; and Sun Valley, ID

Music of Spain and the New World with Renaissance compositions by Tomas Luis de Victoria and Juan Gutierrez de Padilla

2002

2002 Fall Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Alta, WY; and Sun Valley, ID
Music of the Italian Renaissance, including “Missa Papae Marcelli”

2002 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Alta, WY; and Sun Valley, ID
“NOW IS THE MONTH OF MAYING” including a capella madrigals celebrating Spring! and Love!
This concert was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Barry Keller.

2001

2001 Fall Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Alta, WY; and Sun Valley, ID
“The William Byrd Mass for Five Voices” and other a capella music of the 16th/17th Century Tudor period.

2001 Spring Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID; Alta, WY; and Sun Valley, ID

Cantata #4, “Christ Lag in Todesbanden”, – JS Bach

Psalm 112, “Laudate Pueri”, – Handel

2000

2000 Winter Program

Performed in Idaho Falls, ID, Alta, WY, and in Sun Valley, ID

Magnificat – C.T. Pachelbel

Sicut Cervus – Palestrina

Adam Lay Ybounden – Frank Ferko

Four Motets on Gregorian Chants – M. Durufle’

O Magnum Mysterium – M. Lauridsen

Jauchzet Gott – J. Pachelbel

Selected Seasonal Carols