Williamsburg Women's Chorus Spring 2005 Repertoire

The Star-Spangled Banner .......................... John Stafford Smith, Arr. Nina Gilbert

Cantate Domino ............................................. Ruth Watson Henderson

Sing to the Lord a new song.
Sing to the Lord all the earth.

Tantum Ergo, Op 65, No. 2 .......................... Gabriel Faure` (Edited by William Sisson)
Ginger Barr, Marj Gottschalk-Trone, Beth Scherer, Trio

Down in adoration falling, Lo! The Sacred Host we hail.
Lo! O’er ancient forms departing, newer rites of Grace prevail:
Faith for all defects supplying, where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father and the Son who reigns on high,
With the Spirit blessed proceeding forth from Each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing, might and endless majesty. Amen

Six Love Songs, Op 52 ................................. Johannes Brahms (English translation by Natalia Macfarren)

I. A tremor’s in the branches
II. Nightingale, thy sweetest song
III. Bird in air will stray afar
IV. From yon hills the torrent speeds
V. Locksmith, ho! A hundred padlocks
VI. Now, ye Muses, be hushed
Christine Levy and Christine Niehaus, Piano Duet

"Tis You That Are the Music" ..................... Teresa M. Cobarrubia Yoder
Commissioned by the Williamsburg Women’s Chorus and Choraliers in celebration of their
40th anniversary. (Deby Kidney, Flute, Dennis Herring and Marlene Ford, French Horns)

INTERMISSION

The Choraliers:

Two Songs of Longing .................................. Emily Crocker

I. Ah, Dear Heart
II. Longing

Scherzo for Spring ........................................ Robert Washburn (Deby Kidney, Flute)

The Chorus:

In Praise of Music ......................................... David Conte
Sandy Elizabeth Owens, Beth Shamaeingar, Shereen Hughes, Trio

Tece Voda, Tece ........................................... Czecho-Slovak Folksong
(Waters Ripple and Flow) Arranged by Deems Taylor
Shereen Hughes and Beth Scherer, Alto Solo

Waters Ripple and flow, slowly passes each day;
Faithless lover of mine, stay no longer away.
Dear one, well dost thou know why fond lovers must part:
Wherefore falters thy faith? Why so timid thy heart?
Dearest lover, come back; end the vigil I keep.
Thine, the key to my heart, mine, without thee to weep!
When the mountain shall turn, when the victory is thine,
Then my happiness dawns, then shall freedom by mine!
Now my happiness dawns, now shall freedom be mine!

May Day Carol .............................................. English Folksong
Arranged by Deems Taylor

She Walks in Beauty .................................... David N. Childs
Deby Kidney, Flute

Elijah Rock ..................................................... African-American Spiritual
Arranged by Clifton Noble, Jr.

 

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