1972 J.F. Kennedy High School Choir

I was a member of this performing group in the early 70s, as a junior and then as a senior at JFK High School. Over the years I have treasured the LPs we produced, and now I am in the process of digitizing them. I have posted the 1972 double album here, with the hope that some of my former choir mates will discover this site and access it. If you have been associated with this choir, feel free to e-mail me at saul@traiger.net.

New: Memorial Concert, Combined Calhoun, Kennedy, Mepham High School Choirs (added 04/05/09)

I also refer you to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.

1972 The J.F. Kennedy Choir, Patrick G. Variano, Director
SIDE ONE
Ideo Gloria In Excelsis Deo		David Kraehenbuehl
Hodie Christus Natus Est	For Double Choir -- Sung in Latin	Giovanni da Palestrina

Jesu, Meine Freude (Motet No. 3)	Sung in German	Johann S. Bach

A Christmas Carol		Charles Ives
La Virgen Lava Panales	Sung in Spanish	Joaquin Nin-Culmell

Advent Motet (Entrance Scene)		Gustav Schreck

SIDE TWO
Sing to the Lord A New Song		Hugo Distler
Heilig	Sung in German	Felix Mendelssohn
Make Haste, O God		James Fritschel
Herr, Wie Lange	Sung in German	Geog Schumann

SIDE THREE
Chamber Singers:
Die Nachtigall	Sung in German	Felix Mendelssohn
When Allen-A-Dale Went A-Hunting		Robert de Pearsall
Ain'a That Good News		William Dawson
Girl's Octet
Horray For Love		arr. Steve Warren
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit		William Dawson

Boy's Nonet
Rain		arr. Robert Cohen, Kennedy Choir 1972
The "When You And I Were Young Maggie" Blues	Morri Berman, solo	arr. James Gregory, Yale Whiffenpoofs 1956

SIDE FOUR
Chichester Psalms		Leonard Bernstein
	For Choir, soloists and orchestra Sung in Hebrew
I. Maestoso ma energioc		(Psalms 108, vs. 2: 100)
II. Andante con moto, ma tranquillo		(Psalms 23; 2, vs. 1-4)
III. Sostenuto molto		(Psalms 131; 133 vs. 1)