Stetson University Concert Choir & Bethune-Cookman University Concert Chorale---March 24, 2023

Описание: Performance in Lee Chapel, Stetson University campus, DeLand, FL
Friday, March 24, 2023

PROGRAM

STETSON UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR
Dr. Andrew Larson, conductor
Hannah Sun, collaborative pianist

Bogoróditse Djévo
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Translation (sung in Russian):
O Mother of God and Virgin, rejoice!
O Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb,
for thou hast borne
the Saviour of our souls.

With a Lily in Your Hand
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Text: Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), trans. Jerome Rothenberg

Selig sind die Toten, Op. 11, No. 23
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Translation (sung in German):
Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”

O schöne Nacht, Op. 92, No. 1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Text: Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875)
Translation (sung in German):
O lovely night!
In the heavens, the moon gleams magically
in all its splendour;
about it, the sweet comradeship
of tiny stars.

The dew glimmers brightly
on the green blades of grass; with great power,
the nightingale sings out in the elder-bush;
the young man steals quietly to his sweetheart -
O lovely night!

A Lullaby
Ryan Murphy (b. 1971)
Text: Eugene Field (1850-1895)

In Dat Great Gittin’ Up Mornin’
Spiritual, arr. Jester Hairston (1901-2000)
Nidia Guevara-Nolasco, Christopher Dimitrakakis, Justice Yates,
Jodi-Ann Taylor, Owen Gonzalez, Alyson Culbertson,
Kaylan Hernandez, Isabel Barbato, soloists

BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHORALE
Karl Van Richards, conductor
Dr. Rose Shlyam Grace, collaborative pianist

The Conversion of Saul
Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953)
Text based on Acts 9:1-9

If I Can Help Somebody
Alma Bazel Androzzo (1912-2001), arr. Nathan M. Carter (1936-2004)
Chasya English, soloist

Be Still and Know
Stacey V. Gibbs (b. 1962)

Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho
Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

Even When He Is Silent
Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980)
Text source: an inscription on the wall of a cellar in Cologne, Germany where Jewish fugitives hid during World War II.

A Jubilant Song
Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
Text: adapted from "A song of joys" by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
J’Nise Byrd, soloist

COMBINED CHOIR
To Sit and Dream
Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
Text: Langston Hughes (1901-1967)

Way Over in Beulah Lan'
Spiritual, arr. Stacey V. Gibbs (b. 1962)