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)

 

Text

Performed by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short

 

Pärt Uusberg (b.1986)

Muusika

Translation and Background

Performed by Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir, conducted by Endrik Üksvärav

 

Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)

When Music Sounds

Text

Performed by True Concord, conducted by Eric Holtan

 

Hymn to St. Cecilia
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 

Text

Performed by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short

 

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

I. Singet dem Herrn

Translation

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)

 

Text

Performed by National Lutheran Choir, conducted by David Cherwien

 

Serenade to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

 

Background and Text

Performed by Elmer Iseler Singers & Toronto Symphony Orchestra,
Conducted by Peter Oundjian