A MANY-SPLENDORED THING – FEBRUARY 12, 2021
PROGRAM
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 65
Performed by Chamber Choir of Europe, conducted by Nicol Matt
Eric Whitacre (b.1970)
A Boy and a Girl
Performed by Eric Whitacre Singers, conducted by Eric Whitacre
Z. Randall Stroope (b.1953)
Amor De Mi Alma
I was born to love only you;
My soul has formed you to its measure;
I want you as a garment for my soul.
Your very image is written on my soul;
Such indescribable intimacy,
I hide even from you.
All that I have, I owe to you;
For you I was born, for you I live,
For you I must die, and for you
I give my last breath.
Garcilaso de la Vega (1503-1536)
Performed in live concert by St. Olaf Choir, conducted by Anton Armstrong
Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019)
Four Songs of Love
Let Him Kiss Me
Until the Daybreak
Awake, O North Wind
His Left Hand
Performed by Swedish Chamber Choir, conducted by Simon Phipps
Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
Al Tribunal de tu Pecho (from Indianas)
To the court of your heart
I come to appeal,
should it want to listen
to my passion and pleading.
Gardens of love, those who love
deserve only a slight penalty.
To the court of your heart
I come to prove my fidelity,
the proof should be
my sleeplessness and observance.
To the court of your heart
I come to ask for clemency,
if it is going to sentence me
to prison and penitence.
León Benarós (1915-2012)
Performed by Cuarteto Vocal Cavatina
John Clements (1910-1986)
Flower of Beauty
She is my slender small love, my flow’r of beauty fair
From the whiteness of her little feet to the shining of her hair;
More fair she is than April rain on daffodil or tree:
She is my slender small love, my flow’r of beauty, she.
I know she walks in the evening down by the riverside,
And the grasses lean to kiss her robes who soon will be my bride:
More dear to me her little head than earth or sky or sea!
She is my slender small love, my flow’r of beauty, she.
Sydney Bell
Performed by Westminster Choir, conducted by Joe Miller
James Mulholland (b.1935)
A Red, Red Rose
Performed by Kansas City Chorale, conducted by Charles Bruffy
Franz Schubert (1797-1828); arr. Goff Richards (1944-2011)
Who is Sylvia?
Performed by King’s Singers
Billy Joel (b.1949); arr. Philip Lawson (b.1957)
She’s Always a Woman
Performed by King’s Singers
Arr. Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)
Tjuv och tjuv det ska du heta
Thief, yes thief, that’s what you are
For you stole my beloved
But I draw sweet comfort,
Knowing I’ll soon get her back again
Yes I will, tra la la.
Swedish Folksong
Performed by Örebro Chamber Choir, conducted by Fred Sjöberg