The Center for the Arts - Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre
03.20.26 - 7:30 PM
FEATURING
Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
Dwight Bigler, Conductor
Ting-Ting Yang, pianist
PROGRAM
VT Concert Choir
The VT Concert Choir is open to any student who has sung in a choir before or plays another instrument. These bright students are majoring in many different subjects including Music, Creative Writing, Mathematics, Engineering, Geography, Finance, Architecture, Neuroscience, Animal and Poultry Sciences, Public Health, Computer Science, Industrial Design, Biological Sciences, Business Information Tech, Economics, and International Studies. Singing in a VT Choir fulfills a Pathways 6 requirement as part of the general education plan.
I. Latin Yearnings
Daemon irrepit callidus
György Orbán (b. 1947)
The Demon sneaks expertly Tempting the honorable heart; He sets forth trickery amidst praise, song and dance. However amiably the Demon acts, It is still worth less than the heart of Jesus. The Flesh is tempted by sensuality; Gluttony clings to our senses; It overgrows, it encroaches, it stretches.
Sicut Cervus
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. (1525-1594)
As the hart (deer) longs for flowing streams, So longs my soul for you, O God
II. Flowers and Love
Dirait-on
Morten Laurdidsen (b. 1943)
Abandon entouré d'abandon, / Devotion in circles of devotion tendresse touchant aux tendresses... / tenderness touches tendernesses… C'est ton intérieur qui sans cesse / It is your inward that incessantly se caresse, dirait-on; / caresses itself, so they say;
se caresse en soi-même, / caresses itself par son propre reflet éclairé. / Through its own reflection. Ainsi tu inventes le thème / Thusy ou invent the theme du Narcisse exhaucé / of Narcissus satisfied.
Three Madrigals
Emma Lou Diemer (1927-2024)
A Red, Red Rose
James Mulholland (b. 1935)
Aidan Walker, piano
III. African Roots
Singabahambayo
South African Song, arr. Victor C. Johnson
Singabahambayo thina kulomhlaba / We are travelers walking on this earth. Kepha sinekhaya ezulwini / But we have a home in heaven.
Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
William L. Dawson (1886-1970)
VT Chamber Singers
The VT Chamber Singers is the advanced mixed choir at Virginia Tech. The group showcases many of our talented voice majors and students from various majors around campus – the ensemble welcomes auditions by any student from any major.
Jubilant Song
Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
Brahms Part Songs
O Schöne Nacht, Op. 92, No.1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Oh beautiful night! The moon is fabulously shining in its complete splendour in the sky; Around it, sweet company of little stars. Oh beautiful night! The dew is shimmering brightly on the green blades of grass; The nightingale sings ardently in the lilac bush, and The boy steals softly to his lover. Oh beautiful night!
Warum, Op. 92, No. 4
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Why then do songs resound all at once heavenward? They would gladly lure down the stars, which gleam and wander above, the lovely, sweet delights of the blessed gods - lure them down – lure them down!
Overtone Singing
Past Life Melodies
Sarah Hopkins (b. 1958)
This piece does not have a text – the sounds were designed to reflect the deeply spiritual, mystical nature of the chants that influenced this composition.
Kievan Chant Melody
Spaseniye Sodelal
Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944)
Salvation is wrought in the midst of the earth, O God. Alleluia.
Venezuelan Guaguanco & Gaita
Salseo
Oscar Galian (b. 1960)
The choir imitates instruments in this rhythmic, lively piece
African-American Spiritual
Elijah Rock
arr. Moses Hogan