Sunday, November 2, 2014
Vienna Boys Choir
VIENNA BOYS CHOIR Choirmaster: Oliver Stech
PROGRAM François Couperin (1668 – 1733) Jubilemus, exultemus (Let us rejoice, let us exult), from: Veni, sponsa Christi Motet for three-part choir Arr. Gerald Wirth
Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967) Ave Maria (Hail Mary, 1935) Three-part motet Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Old English carol Arr. John Rutter
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) Ave Maria, SV 213, from the Sacrae cantiunculae tribus vocibus (1582) Motet for three-part choir Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695) Sound the Trumpet, from: Come Ye Sons of Art Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary II (1694) Z 323 Text attributed to Nahum Tate (1652 – 1715) Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) Insanae et vanae curae (Mad and futile worries), Hob. XXI:1, 13c
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 – 1921) Abendsegen (Evening blessing), from the opera Hänsel und Gretel (1893) Text: Adelheid Wette (1858 – 1916) Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979) Two pieces from The Sound of Music: - The Sound of Music (The Hills Are Alive) - The Lonely Goatherd Text: Oscar Hammerstein (1895 – 1960) Marc Shaiman (*1959) Hail, Holy Queen, from the movie Sister Act (1992)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 – 1847) Laudate pueri Dominum (Praise God, boys), opus 39/2 (1830)
Along the Blue Danube & Across the Oceans Germany Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck sass (The cuckoo on the tree) Children‘s song from Bergisches Land (County of Berg) Arr. Ernst Pepping (1901 – 1981) Ukraine Kopav, kopav kryny enku (He dug a well) Folk song Arr. Gerald Wirth Croatia Josip Hatze (1879 – 1959) Proljetna pjesma (Spring song) Text: Rikard Katalinić Jeretov (1869 – 1954) Bulgaria Dilmano dilbero (Beautiful Dilmana) Folk song Arr. Krassimir Kyurkchiyski Austria Is scho still uman See (It is quiet around the lake). Love song from Carinthia Arr. Gerald Wirth Taiwan Gao shan qing (High green mountain) Chinese folk song Arr. Gerald Wirth
Japan Teiichi Okano (1878 – 1941) Furusato (Home) Text: Tatsuyuki Takano (1876 – 1947) Arr. Gerald Wirth Pakistan Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948 – 1997) Haq Ali (Truth, Ali) Qawwali Arr. Gerald Wirth Namibia Muhona Matu Ku Tanga (God, we praise you) Song of the Herero Arr. Bernhard Putz Mexico Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (1859 – 1957) Cielito lindo (My sweet little one) Arr. Valentino Navarro y Cortés USA Ancient Mother Song of the Cherokee Nation Arr. Gerald Wirth Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825 – 1899) Annen-Polka (St. Anna‘s Day polka), opus 117 (1852) Text: Rudolf Effenberger Arr. Josef Wolfgang Ziegler An der schönen blauen Donau (Blue Danube) Waltz, opus 314 Text: Franz von Gernerth (1821 – 1900) Arr. Gerald Wirth
Program is subject to change. Hotel Residenz Palais Coburg is the Vienna Boys Choir general sponsor.
Intermission: 20 Minutes — OVER—
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