University Singers: The Impermanence of All Things
When:
Friday, June 3, 2022
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
A.J. Keller, conductor; Victoria Marshall and Tim Lambert, graduate assistant conductors; Charles Foster, collaborative keyboardist
Northwestern University Singers present a meditation on the experience of finitude within the temporal landscape and the fleeting nature of Being. Repertoire will include works by Nørgård, Lang, Britten, Thorvaldsdottir, Ešenvalds, and McFerrin.
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, Heyr þú oss himnum á
Per Nørgård, Solen er rund
Heinrich Isaac, Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
Bobby McFerrin, The 23rd Psalm
Benjamin Britten, selections from Five Flower Songs: “The Succession of the Four Sweet Months” and “The Evening Primrose”
Benjamin Britten, “The Cuckoo!” from Friday Afternoons
Maria Löfberg, selections from Hildegard Motets: “O choruscans lux stellarum” and “O virtus Sapientie”
David Lang, evening morning day
C. V. Stanford, The Blue Bird
Thomas A. Dorsey (arr. Arnold Sevier), Precious Lord
David Lang, last spring
Ēriks Ešenvalds, There Will Come Soft Rains