2006-07

LOVE

…of land

Dan Locklair:  For Amber Waves     
    Text: Katherine Lee Bates

arr. Chen Yi:  Shady Grove            

arr. James Erb:  Shenandoah

lessons of…

David Dickau:  in time of daffodils
     Text: e. e. cummings

Dana Wilson:  Love’s Phases  

1. First Love (John Clare)
2. The Mess of Love (D. H. Lawrence)
3. Remember Me (Christina Rossetti)

World Premiere November 11, 2006

Eric Whitacre:  When David Heard
     Text: Samuel II 18:33

…of peace

Randall Thompson:  The Peaceable Kingdom 

1. Say ye to the righteous (Isaiah III: 10-11; LXV: 14)
2. Woe unto them (Isaiah V: 8, 11, 12, 18, 20-22; XVII: 12)
3. The noise of the multitude (Isaiah XIII: 4, 5, 8, 15, 16, 18)
4. Howl ye (Isaiah XIII: 6: XIV: 31)
5. The paper reeds by the brooks (Isaiah XIX: 7)
6. But these are they that forsake the Lord (Isaiah LXV: 11)
7. For ye shall go out with joy (Isaiah LV: 12)
8. Have ye not known? (Isaiah XL: 21)
9. Ye shall have a song (Isaiah XXX: 29)

…of spiritual journey

arr.  Moses Hogan:  A Spiritual Reflection    

arr.  Moses Hogan:  Hold On!