Concert I: I Hear America Singing

Directed by John Weiss, Music Director

Friday, October 21, 7:30 pm
Administration Building Auditorium, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho

Saturday, October 22, 7:30 pm
The Silverthorne Theatre in the Administration Building
Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho

Land of Freedom from Corps of Discovery (2003),
an opera portraying the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Music by Michael Ching. lyrics by Hugh Moffatt.

Court Song from The Lark (1955)
Music by Leonard Bernstein, words by Jean Anouilh
Sung in French

Soldier's Song from The Lark (1955)
Music by Leonard Bernstein, words by Jean Anouilh
Sung in French

Let Down the Bars by Samuel Barber (1942)
Poem by Emily Dickinson

Ubi Caritas et Amor (2000) by Morten Lauridsen
Sung in Latin

Motherless Child, traditional spiritual
Arranged by Adolphus Hailstork (2002)

The Promise of Living from The Tender Land (1954)
Music by Aaron Copland, words by Horace Everett

Intermission

The Circus Band by Charles Ives (1894)

Pilgrim Spring, an arrangement of "Beach Spring" (1991)
Arranged by Reginald Unterseher
Words by Sheila Dunlop and Reginald Unterseher

Set Me as a Seal by Richard Nance (2000)
Words from the Song of Solomon

Amor de mi Alma (You Are the Love of My Soul)
Music by Z. Randall Stroope (2001)
Text by Garcilaso de la Vega (1503-1536)
Sung in Spanish

The God Who Gave Us Life from The Testament of Freedom
Music by Randall Thompson (1943)
A setting of a passage from the writings of Thomas Jerfferson