NIU Concert Choir, NIU Chamber Choir, University Chorus
Thursday, October 12, 2023 7:30 PM to 8 PM
About this Event
550 Lucinda Ave, DeKalb, IL 60115
https://www.niu.edu/music/performances/index.shtmlTickets must be purchased online prior to event. Tickets will not be available at the door.
Eric Johnson, conductor
PROGRAM
Chamber Choir
A Royal Entrance
- Zadok the Priest - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- A retrospective on the 80th birthday of American composer Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Three Looks at Love
- Amor, Io Sento L’alma from Six Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance Poems
- Sa Nuit d’Ete from Nocturnes
- Mediocritie in Love Rejected from Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts
- Ranan Antonini, Violin
- Brandon Rittenour, Cello
- Anna Rockman, Flute
- Yu-Yu Chang, Bassoon
- Cameron Stevenson, Tambourine
University Chorus
- To Sit and Dream - Rosephanye Powell (b. 1961)
- Flight SongKim - André Arnesen (b. 1980)
- Magnificent Horses - Jing Ling Tam
- Chih I Hsiao, Erhu
University Chorus and Concert Choir (US Premiere)
- Pilgenis Täis - Pärt Uusberg (b. 1986)
Concert Choir
In Praise
- Awake the Harp (from The Creation) - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- I Will Lift Mine Eyes - Jake Runestad (b. 1986)
Global Melodies
- Unclouded Day (No. 1 from Heavenly Home) - Traditional Gospel Hymn - arr. Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)
- Daniel, Daniel Servant of the Lord - Traditional Spiritual - Undine Smooth Moore (1904-1989)
- Leron, Leron Sinta - Traditional Filipino Folk Song - arr. Saunder Choi (b. 1988)