Spring Concert 2008

A Cultural Songbook (concert poster)

May 31, 2008

Christopher Clowdus, Director

Title Composer MP3 Audio File
Introduction and Welcome narration by Bud Finch
Part One: Expressions of Our Diversity  
Native American  
Native American Chant with narration by Ray Andrewsen
Colonial American  
Chester William Billings
I Am the Rose of Sharon William Billings
Amazing Grace Allen Orton Gibbs, arr.
African American  
Steal Away Roy Ringwald, arr.
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal Alice Parker, arr.
Dry Your Tears, Africa (from Amistad) John Williams
Irish  
Old Irish Blessing Denes Agay
Jewish  
Choral Selections from Schindler's List Emily Crocker, arr.
Choral Selections from Fiddler on the Roof Bock & Harnick, arr.
Polish  
Gaude Mater Polonia Dedicated to the memory of Ron Konetchy.
Italian  
O Mio Babbino Caro Giacomo Puccini
Speed Your Journey (Va Pensiero) (from Nabucco) Guiseppe Verdi
Torna a Surriento Ernesto & Giambattista De Curtis
Latin American  
Nigra Sum Pablo Casals
Preciosa Rafael Hernandez
Guantanemera Lou Hayward, arr.
(Traditional Cuban Guajira)
Part Two: From Broadway With Love  
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from Roberta (Kern & Harbach)
'Til There Was You from The Music Man (Willson)
If I Loved You from Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Almost Like Being in Love from Brigadoon (Loewe & Lerner)
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady (Loewe & Lerner)
On the Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady (Loewe & Lerner)
Finale: Expressions of Our Unity  
Simple Gifts Aaron Copland