All Creation Sings — March 12, 2021
Derived from a range of outstanding choral music, my themed Playlists are designed to be like concerts, of about an hour in length.
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PROGRAM
Click the links for information on the pieces and texts/translations.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
From Vespro della Beata Vergine
Deus in adjuvandum
Laudate pueri
Duo Seraphim
Gloria patri
Sicut erat
Performed by The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Festival Te Deum, Op. 32
Performed by The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers
Hall Johnson (1888-1970)
Ain’t Got Time to Die
Performed by BYU Singers, conducted by Ronald Staheli
Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
From Prayers and Remembrances
In Beauty It Walks
Eternity
Performed by True Concord, conducted by Eric Holtan
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Die Nachtigall, Op. 59, No. 4
The nightingale, she was far away,
the spring lures her back;
she has learned nothing new,
she sings the old, well-loved songs.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Performed by Kammerchor Stuttgart, conducted by Frieder Bernius
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Die Waldvögelein, Op. 88, No. 4
Come, let us go for a stroll
through the forest of many greens;
the birds make music
such that mountain and valley resound.
Happy is he who can sing freely
like you, you folk of the air,
and who can swing his voice
toward the (female) one for whom he hopes.
Happy is everyone who lives freely
like you, you light flock,
floating in solace and peace
and apart from all danger.
Wilhelm von Schütz (1776-1847)
Performed by Kammerchor Stuttgart, conducted by Frieder Bernius
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Im Wald, Op. 100, No. 4
Performed by Kammerchor Stuttgart, conducted by Frieder Bernius
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land)
Performed by US Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus, conducted by Robert McCormick
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Epilogue: In the Beginning Was the Word (from Hodie)
Performed by Elizabeth Gale, soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; Stephen Roberts, baritone; Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox
