YE SHALL HAVE A SONG – JUNE 19, 2020
PROGRAM
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From The Peaceable Kingdom Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Have Ye Not Known?
Ye Shall Have a Song
Have ye not known? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning?
Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isaiah 40:21
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept;
And gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come to the mountain of the Lord.
Isaiah 30:29
Performed by American Repertory Singers, conducted by Leo Nestor
There is Sweet Music
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Performed by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short
Pärt Uusberg (b.1986)
Muusika
Performed by Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir, conducted by Endrik Üksvärav
Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
When Music Sounds
Performed by True Concord, conducted by Eric Holtan
Hymn to St. Cecilia
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Performed by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
I. Singet dem Herrn
Performed by Monteverdi Choir, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
From MassLeonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
A Simple Song
Alleluia
Texts
Performed by Alan Titus, baritone; recorded singers; and orchestra,
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein
I’m Gonna Sing ‘Til the Spirit Move in My Heart
Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
Performed by National Lutheran Choir, conducted by David Cherwien
Serenade to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Performed by Elmer Iseler Singers & Toronto Symphony Orchestra,
Conducted by Peter Oundjian