RECENT APPEARANCE

KEVIN NAVARRO + CHORAL UNION

NoveMber 10th, 2023

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY

PROGRAM

O COME LET US SING UNTO THE LORD

EMMA LOU DIEMER

lou diemer is one of the earliest female composers to achieve great success in the United States. “O come let us sing unto the lord” is an exciting choral classic that features a vigorous piano accompaniment and consonant choral writing. The voices are presented in strong unison declamatory fashion, in voice pairs, or in chant-like, chordal harmony.

DR. RICHARD NANCE

THREE MOTETS, OP.38

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD

IRISH COMPOSER CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY COMPOSERS OF THE BRITISH ROMANTIC PERIOD. IN 1882 STAFFORD BECAME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, WHERE HE TAUGHT COMPOSITION STRICTLY ALONG THE PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL HARMONY. STANFORD WAS A HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL TEACHER AND COUNTED AMONG HIS STUDENTS FUTURE LEGENDARY COMPOSERS RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS, GUSTAV HOLST, AND HERBERT HOWELLS. tHE THREE MOTETS IN OP. 38 ARE STANFORD’S ONLY WORKS IN LATIN AND ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN CHARACTER.

DR. RICHARD NANCE

DREI QUARTETTE, OP. 64

JOHANNES BRAHMS

I AN DIE HEIMAT

II DER ABEND

III FRAGEN

Published in 1874, this “partsong” was originally designed for solo voices, but has a long history of being performed by choruses. Brahms set his music to the poetry of Sternau (An die Heimat), Schiller (Der Abend), and Daumer (Fragen), and features music with a wide range of vocal textures, colors, and dramatic changes in dynamics. throughout the piece, Brahms uses a vivid accompaniment to drive the story, and the voices appear in passionate duets and quartettes..

DR. RICHARD NANCE

IVO ANTOGNINI

THE ANGEL

COME TO ME

SWISS COMPOSER IVO ANTOGNINI HAS COMPOSED WORKS PERFORMED IN OVER 50 COUNTRIES AND BY THE WORLD’S MOST RENOWNED CHOIRS. PUBLISHED IN 2019, these TWO PARTSONGS ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO HIS CATALOG AND ARE TYPICAL OF HIS CHORAL STYLE - BEAUTIFUL MELODIES WITH WARM, JAZZ-INFLUENCED HARMONY, AND ATTENTION TO EXPRESSION OF THE TEXT THROUGH CHANGES IN METER AND DYNAMICS. “THE ANGEL” WAS WRITTEN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CHORALE AND IS MEANT TO CAPTURE THE SADNESS AND SENSE OF LONGING FOR LOST CHILDHOOD AND INNOCENCE. “COME TO ME” IS A SETTING OF CHISTINA ROSSETTI’S POEM “ECHO,” DEDICATED AND WRITTEN FOR THE AEOLIANS OF OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY.

DR. RICHARD NANCE

WAVES

JAKE RUNESTAD

Jake Runestad is an EMMY award-winning and GRAMMY-nominated composer. dedicated to the fullerton singers of california state university, waves uses alternating crescendo-decrescendo figures to evoke the image of waves between echoing double choirs. tenor ethan wiederspan leads the solo throughout this piece expressing sadness and bewilderment by feeling lost. at the conclusion, the soloist pleads for light to find him, and wash him over the waves.

TENOR SOLO - ETHAN WIEDERSPAN

DR. RICHARD NANCE

SONGS OF PRAISE

ELAINE HAGENBERG

“ALL THINGS NEW”

“AWAKE MY SOUL”

Elaine Hagenberg’s award-winning compositions are performed worldwide and frequently featured at American Choral Directors Association conferences, All-State festivals, Carnegie Hall, and other distinguished international concert halls from Australia to South America to Europe. “all things new” was published in 2021 and is meant to express hope during difficult times. “awake my soul” was published in 2019 and opens with a brilliant piano introductioN THAT ANNOUNCES THE DAWN AND INVITES VOICES TO JOIN WITH ESCALATING CALLS TO “AWAKE MY SOUL!”

DR. RICHARD NANCE

PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION

DR. RICHARD NANCE, CONDUCTOR

KEVIN NAVARRO, PIANO

SOPRANO - MAYA ADAMS, MEREDITH BAUTISTA, JONICA BEATIE, CAROLINE BERGREN, STEPHANIE BIVINS, SUE BYRD, KATIE CODDINGTON, JENNIFER GORHAM, LINDSEY HANSEN-BRAVO, ANNA KWON, KAYLA LINQUIST, NANCY NOLE, AMY ONSTOT, ANGELA OWEN, AMANDA WEBB.

ALTO - DEBBIE DION, NICOLE FIFE, KAREN FULMER, MARGARET GILLIKIN, DEBBIE HUSHAGEN, YELENA KOVALSKY, CINDY LUEBKE, PATTI NANCE, BECKY PURSER, JANELLE PURSER, ALISON SHANE, EMILY SHANE, LORI TITUS, ANNE URLIE.

TENOR - NEIL ASAY, TOM CAMERON, JOHN CARLSEN, SAMUEL EAGLE, ERIC FARIS, JOHM MCGILLIARD, JOHN OCKWELL, RICH OCKWELL, NICK PHARRIS, KENNETH PRINCE, ROLAND ROBINSON, TJ WHEELER, ETHAN WIEDERSPAN.

BASS - CHRIS BERNTSEN, SAM BROWN, ADAM FREEMANTLE, JT HARPEL, TODD KELLEY, JOSHUA LUEBKE, ETHAN MOON, PHILIP NESVIG, KENNETH OWEN, PETER SETO, RYAN SHANE, ALEX STAHL, LARRY WISEMAN.

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