2007-2008 Repertoire

Tour Program

Gaudeamus igitur - Traditional student song

I. 

Three Motets, Op. 38 - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

                      Justorum animae

                      Coelos ascendit hodie

                      Beati quorum via

II. 

Selections by the chamber singers (Tallis, Poulenc, others)

III. 

New music

Zephyr Rounds - Robert Vuichard (b. 1985) - Winner, 2007 Emerging Composers Competition

Dona Nobis - Jan Sandström (b. 1954) - Commissioned by the 2007-08 Yale Glee Club

IV.

Music of South Africa

Meguru - Traditional Ovambo

Bawo Thixo Somandla - Matyila - arr. Mzilikazi Khumalo

V.

Folk songs and spirituals

I am Loved as I Love - Shaker melody - arr. Jeffrey Douma

Annie Laurie - Scotch tune - arr. A. Parker and R.  Shaw

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Spiritual - arr. Fenno Heath

Ride the Chariot - Spiritual - arr. William Henry Smith

VI. 

Songs of Yale

Lux et Veritas - Lee Case Klippel '09 - Winner, 2007 Fenno Heath Award

 

Major Works

Symphony #9, Op. 125 - Ludwig van Beethoven - (1770-1827)

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff - (1895-1982)

Elijah, Op. 70 - Felix Mendelssohn - (1809-1847)