03.04.16 Choirs
Viking Chorale, Cantala, Concert Choir – Friday, March 4, 2016, 8:00p.m.
Songs from a Life
Phillip A. Swan & Stephen M. Sieck, conductors
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CHILDHOOD
CANTALA
Joan Szymko (b. 1957)
This Wonderful Feeling
1. saboo
2. In My Quiet Place
3. Purple Night
Clio Briggs, Martha Hellermann,
Rosa Lemos, Casey Burgess, soloists
Daniel Reifsteck, marimba
CONCERT CHOIR
Sam Pottle (1934-1978)
Jabberwocky
Rachel Weiss, staging
LOVE
CONCERT CHOIR
David Harris (b. 1974)
Sonnet
Jon Hanrahan, Elena Stabile,
Jackson Rosenberry, Jordan Ross, readers
Ilan Blanck, guitar
CANTALA
Steven Sametz (b. 1954)
Voices of Broken Hearts
Sally Alvarado, Alexa Blumenstock,
Schuyler Borges, Gabi Makuc, “ghost chorus”
Matthew Michelic, digitally delayed viola
EDUCATION
VIKING CHORALE
Improvisation on a poem by Rumi
Paul Drayton (b. 1944)
Masterpiece
1. Fugue (J. S. Bach)
2. Introduction and Gigue (Handel)
3. Cavatina (Mozart)
4. Largo Lugubrioso (Beethoven)
5. Lied ohne Worte (Mendelssohn)
7. Danse antique (Debussy)
8. Coda
- BRIEF PAUSE -
ADULTHOOD
CANTALA
Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)
Now I Become Myself
William Brown (b. 1962)
Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin
Charlotte Noble, Sally Alvarado,
Nicolette Puskar, Laura Christenson, duets
Daniel Reifsteck, percussion
SPIRITUALITY
Miklós Kocsár (b. 1933)
Salve Regina
Giuseppe Verdi (1913-1901)
From Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Laudi alla Vergine Maria
VIKING CHORALE
Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
Ave Maria
CONCERT CHOIR
Ambrož Čopi (b. 1973)
O Radix Jesse
Sarah Coffman and Morgen Moraine, soloists
World Premiere
Frank Martin (1890-1974)
From Messe pour double-choeur
Agnus Dei
DEATH AND BEYOND
Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978)
Triptych
I. Threnody
II. As We Remember Them
III. From Heaven Distilled a Clemency
Paul Gutmann, Elisabeth Burmeister,
Morgan Moraine, Lauren Vanderlinden, soloists
Brandin Kreuder, Eleanor Legault, violin I
Katie Weers, Margaret Norby, violin II
Trent Guerrero, Asher McMullin, viola
Adam Korber, Natalie Galster, cello
Jessica Cable, string bass
Matthew Michelic and Samantha George, string coaches