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Chamber Singers and Instrumentalists Spring 2025 Concert

April 4, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

presents

Chamber Singers
and
Instrumentalists

Chamber Singers
Woodwind Quintet
Trumpet Quartet
Brickyard Brass Quintet
Brass Quintet #2

Nathan Leaf
Conductor, Chamber Singers


PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW

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PROGRAM

Chamber Singers

Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230
J. S. Bach

Translation

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden,
Praise the Lord, all the heathens

und preiset ihn, alle Völker!
And celebrate him, all the peoples!

Denn seine Gnade und Wahrheit
For his grace and truth

waltet über uns in Ewigkeit.
Reign over us forever.

Alleluja!
Alleluia!

April is in My Mistress’ Face
Thomas Morley
The Silver Swan
Orlando Gibbons
Fair Phyllis I Saw
John Farmer
Les Chansons des Roses
Morten Lauridsen
  • 1. En Une Seule Fleur
  • 5. Dirait-on

Translations

En une seule fleur
In a single flower

C’est pourtant nous qui t’avons proposé
Yet it was because we had proposed
de remplir ton calice.
to refill your chalice.
Enchantée de cet artifice,
Enchanted by such artifice,
ton abondance l’avait osé.
your abundance had agreed.

Tu étais assez riche, pour devenir cent fois toi même
You were rich enough to become a hundred times yourself
en une seule fleur;
in a single flower;
c’est l’état de celui qui aime …
this is the condition of one who loves …
Mais tu n’a pas pensé ailleurs.
But your thoughts were not on such things.

Dirait-on
So they say

Abandon entouré d’abandon,
Abandon surrounding abandon,
tendresse touchant aux tendresses…
tenderness touching tenderness …
C’est ton intérieur qui sans cesse
Your oneness endlessly caresses itself,
se caresse, dirait-on;
so they say.

se caresse en soi-même,
Self-caressing,
par son prope reflet éclairé.
in its own clear reflection.
Ainsi tu inventes le thème
Thus you invent the theme
du Narcisse exaucé.
of Narcissus fulfilled.

Lullaby
Daniel Elder
Ballad to the Moon
Daniel Elder
Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin,
arr. Hayes

— BRIEF INTERMISSION —

Woodwind Quintet

Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 88, No. 2
Anton Reicha
ed. Weigelt
  • 1. Lento. Allegro moderato
  • 2. Scherzo: Allegro
  • 3. Andante grazioso
  • 4. Finale: Allegro molto

Trumpet Quartet

Wellerman (Traditional New Zealand)
ed. Avni Krasniqi
Little Fugue in G Minor 
Johann Sebastian Bach
arr. Wong

Brickyard Brass Quintet

Quintet No.1
Malcolm Arnold
  • 1. Allegro Vivace
Quintet
Michael Kamen

Brass Quintet

Quintet No. 3
Victor Ewald
  • 1. Allegro Moderato

MEET THE PERFORMERS

Chamber Singers

Nathan Leaf, conductor and coach
Ariadna Nacianceno, pianist

Kathryn Adams, Mezzo soprano
Francesca Balestrieri, Soprano
Perry Beamer, Bass
Yi Chen, Baritone
Sloane Hovey, Soprano
Michael Izzo, Baritone
Joseph Larres, Bass
Elison Leonard, Tenor
Devon Olds, Tenor
Eli Sandusky, Mezzo soprano
Mason Sluder, Tenor
Julia Thompson, Mezzo soprano
Jade Vogelsong, Soprano

Woodwind Quintet

Mary Boone, coach

Erika Fetvedt – Bassoon
Cameron Kellner – French Horn
Reece Neff – Flute
Jake Timin – Clarinet
Megan Vezzetti – Oboe

Trumpet Quartet

Stuart Benkert, coach

Josh Fesmire
Margarita Gina
Quinn Morris
James Rhile

Brickyard Brass Quintet

Mark Whitfield, coach

Josh Fesmire, trumpet
Adah Morton, trumpet
Cameron Kellner, horn
Harrison Fringer, trombone
Ben Arcuri, tuba

Brass Quintet #2

Mark Whitfield, coach

Owen Forbes, trumpet
Kai Taylor, trumpet
Rocco Pugliese, horn
Jack Fitzpatrick, trombone
Luke Ryan, tuba


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