MUSIC FOR SHELTER – APRIL 10, 2020
PROGRAM

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Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

 

Performed by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

Translation

 

Geistliches Lied, Op. 30

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

 

Performed by Kammerchor Stuttgart, conducted by Frieder Bernius

Translation

 

Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

 

Performed by Kammerchor Stuttgart, conducted by Frieder Bernius

Background and Translation

 

He, Watching Over Israel (from Elijah)

 

He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps. Shouldst thou, walking in grief, languish, He will quicken thee.

Performed by the Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Young Singers Scheme, and Gabrieli Players, conducted by Paul McCreesh

 

The Lord is My Shepherd (from Requiem)John Rutter (b. 1945)

 

Performed by The Cambridge Singers and City of London Sinfonia, conducted by John Rutter

Text

 

Arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

 

Performed by Barbara Hendricks and the Moses Hogan Singers, conducted by Moses Hogan

Text

 

The Music of Stillness Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979)

Performed by the Oxford Choir, conducted by Bob Chilcott

Background and Text

 

The Peace of Wild ThingsJake Runestad (b. 1986)

 

Performed by Conspirare, conducted by Craig Hella Johnson

Background and Text

 

Sure On This Shining NightMorten Lauridsen (b. 1943)

 

Performed by The Singers – Minnesota Choral Artists and Morten Lauridsen (piano), conducted by Matthew Culloton

Text

 

Unclouded DayArr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)

 

Performed by the Sante Fe Desert Chorale, conducted by Joshua Habermann

Text and Background of the Original Music