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Concert Programs

NC State Choirs Spring 2024 Concert

April 19, 2024 │ 7:30 p.m.
Stewart Theatre

NC State Department of
Performing Arts and Technology

presents

NC State Choirs

Chamber Singers
University Singers
State Chorale

Nathan Leaf, conductor
Ariadna Nacianceno, piano


Performance Overview

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PROGRAM

Chamber Singers

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Two Madrigals

Michael East (c. 1580.1648)

Quick, quick, away, dispatch! (the first part)
No haste but good (the second part)


Vier Quartette (Four Quartets), opus 92

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

  1. O schӧne Nacht
  2. Spätherbst
  3. Abendlied
  4. Warum

Texts and Translations

O schöne Nacht
Oh beautiful night!
Am Himmel märchenhaft erglänzt der Mond in seiner ganzen Pracht;
The moon is fabulously shining in its complete splendour in the sky;
Um ihn der kleinen Sterne liebliche Genossenschaft.
Around it, sweet company of little stars.

O schöne Nacht
Oh beautiful night!

Es schimmert hell der Tau am grünen Halm;
The dew is shimmering brightly on the green blades of grass;
Mit Macht im Fliederbusche schlägt die Nachtigall, Der Knabe schleicht zu seiner Liebsten sacht.
The nightingale sings ardently in the lilac bush, The boy steals softly to his lover.

O schöne Nacht!
Oh beautiful night!

Der graue Nebel tropft so still herab
The gray mist drips so silently
auf Feld und Wald und Heide,
Down on field and forest and heath,
als ob der Himmel weinen will
As if the heavens wished to weep
in übergroßem Leide.
In overwhelming grief.

Die Blumen wollen nicht mehr blühn,
The flowers will bloom no more;
die Vöglein schweigen in den Hainen,
The little birds are silent in the groves.
es starb sogar das letzte Grün,
Even the last green is dead-
da mag er auch wohl weinen.
Thus the heavens may well weep.

Friedlich bekämpfen Nacht sich und Tag;
Night and day are engaged in peaceful struggle
wie das zu dämpfen, wie das zu lösen vermag.
as if they are able to dampen or to dissolve.
Der mich bedrückte, schläfst du schon, Schmerz?
Are you asleep, Grief, who depressed me?
Was mich beglückte, was war’s doch, mein Herz?
Freude wie Kummer, fühl ich, zerran,
What was it then, my heart, that made me happy?
aber den Schlummer führten sie leise heran.
Both joy and sorrow, I feel, did melt away
Und im Entschweben, immer empor,
but gently they introduced the slumber.
kommt mir das Leben ganz wie ein Schlummerlied vor.
And, while evermore floating upward,
life itself appears to me like a lullaby.

Warum doch erschallen
Why then do songs resonate
himmelwärts die Lieder?
Ever up towards heaven?
Zögen gerne nieder Sterne,
They would draw down the stars
die droben blinken und wallen,
That twinkle and sparkle above;
zögen sich Lunas lieblich Umarmen,
Or Luna’s lovely embrace;
zögen die warmen, wonnigen Tage
Or the warm, blissful days
seliger Götter gern uns herab!
Of the blessed gods towards us!


By the Lone Sea Shore

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)


My Heart Be Brave

Marques L. A. Garrett (b. 1984)


University Singers

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Every Morning Arising (World Premiere)

Pepper Choplin (b. 1957)


The Seal Lullaby

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
arr. Crocker

Performed by
University Singers Tenors and Basses


I Hear America Singing

André J. Thomas (b. 1952)

Performed by
University Singers Tenors and Basses


Le secret de Dieu

Marie-Claire Saindon (b. 1981)

Performed by
University Singers Sopranos and Altos

Texts and Translations

Même, si je parvenais à connaitre une
Even if I came to understand the
infinitésimale partie du secret de Dieu
tiniest fraction of the secret of God
Je n’en soufflerais mot
I would not breathe a word
Par simple humilité
Out of sheer humility
Tut e trompes
You’re wrong
Orgueilleuse
You’re arrogant
Réflechis
Reflect a moment
Recommence
Start over
Si je parvenais à connaitre une
If I came to know even the
infinitésimale partie du sectre de Dieu
tiniest fraction of the secret of God
Je dirais tout
I would tell everything
Par amour
Out of love


We are the Music Makers

Reginal Wright (b. 1976)

Performed by
University Singers Sopranos and Altos


Turlutte acadienne montréalaise

Marie-Claire Saindon

percussion
Mesha Strickland, Chas Cser, Kayla Stewart


Wade in the Water

Spiritual
arr. Hayes

Soloists
Mesha Strickland, Adam Malik, Harper Good


In Time of Silver Rain

Sarah Quartel


Yonder Come Day

traditional Georgia Sea Islands
arr. Rudoi

Soloists
Elison Leonard, Alyssa Allen


State Chorale

Music to be selected from the following
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Exsultate Deo

G. P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Texts and Translations

Exultate Deo, adjutori nostro:
Rejoice greatly to God our helper;
jubilate Deo Jacob.
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
Sumite psalmum et date tympanum:
Take up a psalm and bring the timbrel
psalterium jucundum cum cithara.
and the sweet Psaltery with the harp.
Buccinate in neomenia tuba:
Blow the trumpet in the new moon
in insigni die solemnitatis vestrae.
on the day of great solemnity.


Pater Noster

G. P. da Palestrina

Texts and Translations

Pater noster, qui es in caelis,
Our Father, which art in heaven,
sanctificetur nomen tuum;
hallowed be thy name;
Adveniat regnum tuum.
thy kingdom come;
Fiat voluntas tua
thy will be done,
sicut in caelo et in terra.
in earth as it is in heaven.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
Give us this day our daily bread.
Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
And forgive us our trespasses,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
as we forgive them that trespass against us.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem;
And lead us not into temptation;
sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
but deliver us from evil. Amen.


Ubi Caritas

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Texts and Translations

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Where charity and love are, God is there.
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Christ’s love has gathered us into one.
Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur.
Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him.
Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.
Let us fear, and let us love the living God.
Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. Amen.
And may we love each other with a sincere heart. Amen.


Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu

Hyo-Won Woo (b. 1974)

Texts and Translations

Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Glory to God in the highest.
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus,
For thou only art holy,
tu solus Dominus,
thou only art the Lord,
tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe.
thou only art the most high, Jesus Christ.
Et in terra pax
And on earth peace
hominibus bonæ voluntatis.
to people of good will.
Laudamus te; benedicimus te;
We praise Thee; we bless Thee;
adoramus te; glorificamus te.
we worship Thee; we glorify Thee.
Gratias agimus tibi
We give thanks to Thee
propter magnam gloriam tuam.
for Thy great glory.
Amen.
Amen.


Lasciatemi morire

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Texts and Translations

Lasciatemi morire;
Let me die;
E che volete voi che mi conforte
And what you would think could comfort me
In così dura sorte,
In such a harsh fate,
In così gran martire?
In such a great martyrdom?
Lasciatemi morire.
Let me die.


The Love of Thousands

Reena Esmail (b. 1983)


Tuttarana

Reena Esmail


My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord

Spiritual
arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)


We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace

Spiritual
arr. Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)


Ain’-A That Good News!

Spiritual
arr. William L. Dawson (1899-1990)


The Road Home

Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)



MEET THE PERFORMERS

Chamber Singers

Kathryn Adams, mezzo-soprano
Perry Beamer, bass
Yi Chen, baritone
Abbgail Dayton, soprano
Sammie Graff, mezzo-soprano
Nina Kudlak, soprano
Dylan Magistrado, tenor
James Marlowe, baritone
Anna Muchukot, soprano
Devon Olds, tenor
Samuel Tucker, tenor
Jade Vogelsong, soprano

University Singers

Soprano
Reilly Adams
Nicole Coope-Williams
Jen Daniels
Kate Dillon
Kaylee Eckhoff
Harper Good
Alyssa Green
Molly McCleary
Ariel Modeen
Maansi Pasupala
Niya Petkova
Alyssa PhillipsKayla Stewart
Kate Van Farowe

Alto
Michaela Abraham
Alyssa Allen
Nicole Berkin
Ruby Cain
Emerson Fipps
Esty Henteleff
Maya Lennon
Ava Schmidt
Anisha Shashidhar
Sarah Shoupe
Mesha Strickland
Eva Vestal

Tenor/Bass
Aidan Carpenter
Chas Cser
John Fox
Elison Leonard
Adam Malik
Jack Medlock
Ian O’Connor
Kyle Setzer
Andy Warfford

NC State Chorale

* Section Leader

Soprano
Patricia Costes
Lucy Grindstaff
Cecilia Harrison
Sam Hayes
Sloane Hovey
Izzy Humphreys
Nina Kudlak
Sofia Leander
Ellie Link
Margaret Lucas
Emily Morris
Anna Muchukot *
Lottie Parker
Anna Rushing
Katherine Swindell
Chloe Tackett
Abby Trantham
Jade Vogelsong *

Alto
Kathryn Adams
Sophia Ayers
Janani Bhave
Elise Boorom
Elizabeth Davis
Abigail Dayton
Alex Fountain
Sammie Graff
Kira Hageness
Katherine Hunt
Anna Powell *
Niasha Kodzai
Maggie Quinn
Anna Russell
Ophelia Sin
Day Steed *
Julia Thompson
Sara Trimech

Tenor
Nick Abbate
Jonny Grigg
Sooyoung Kim
Jimmy Kinsella
Troy Larsen
Ian Livengood
Spencer Long
Dylan Magistrado *
Evan McCaskill
Jack Medlock
Devon Olds
Thomas Radford
Mason Sluder *
Ty Smoak
Samuel Tucker

Bass
Niko Ayers
Elijah Ball
Perry Beamer
Ian Borgiel
Yi Chen *
Matthew Clark
Elisha Daugird
Michael Izzo
Trevor Libner
Thomas Morgan
Graham Otten
Bennett Perry *
Landon Perry
Benjamin Radspinner
Ben Rutledge
Sullivan Schwartz


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