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Concert Choir

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2008 Performance Groups Programs

SPU Concert Choir

Concert & Chamber Choir

Enter with us into this time of music. These are not merely songs of entertainment but are works of art, created to communicate special thoughts of text and sound. As listener, experience with us how each composer voices unique designs of expression.

To be chosen from the following:

Concert Choir
Cantemus

Gioacchino Rossini
(1792–1868)

Sechs Sprüche Opus 79
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
(1809–1847)

No. 4 In der Passionzeit

No. 6 Am Charfreitage


II.
Blagri

Damijan Monik
(b. 1967)

Prošnja

Damijan Močnik
(b. 1967)

Veni Creator Spiritus Damijan Močnik
(b. 1967)


III.
O Nata Lux

David Dickau
(b. 1953)

O vis aeternitatis

Frank Ferko
(b. 1950)

Chamber Singers
Awake, My Heart
James E. Clemens

Dare to Call It Good

The Third Melody
Thomas Tallis, arr. Lee Dengler

Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake
Richard Farrant

(1530–1580)

Hide Me Under the Shadow of Thy Wings
John E. West

(1863–1929)

Psalms from the Genevan Psalter
Claude Goudimel

(ca. 1515–1572)

Psalm 35

Psalm 42

Psalm 96
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)

Salve Regina
Alfred Desenclos

Our Father
Peter Ré

Domine Jesu Christe
Jurriaan Andriessen

(1925–1996)

 Hymns and Songs
Three Gospel Hymns
arr. Dwight Gustafson
  • The Promised Land
    Miss M. Durham in The Southern Harmony (1835)
  • Jesus Paid It All
    John Thomas Grape (1835–1915)
  • Whiter Than Snow William Gustavus Fisher (1835–1912)
The Old Church
Stephen Paulus

Be Thou My Vision
Irish Hymn, arr. Melissa Miles

Bí Íosa im Chroíse
Irish Hymn, arr. David Mooney

Toki Gong Sambil Menari
Christian Isaac Tamaela
Optional
A Mighty Fortress is Our God
Martin Luther, arr. W.B. Olds

Jesus Loves Me
William B. Bradbury (1816–1868), arr. Doris Nelson Wana Baraka Kenyan, arr. Shawn L. Kirchner

Players

“Winter Requiem”
When a group of high school students tragically loses a close friend, they find themselves looking back on their relationships and wondering where God is in the midst of their pain and grief.

“The Variety Show”
A troupe of traveling actors reflects on the faithfulness of God both on the stage and off, looking for Christ’s presence when our hopes and dreams seem to fall apart.

For more information, contact Performing Groups Coordinator Kyle Feldman at 206-281-2933 or performinggroups@spu.edu.


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