The Concert Singers
Colleen Cronin, Director
present
World Music Tapestry
An International Choral Concert
Sunday, April 2, 2017
4:00 p.m.
Westchester United Methodist Church
Program
- Uyai Mose (Come, All You People) [wm. Alexander Gondo; arr. Kevin Holland]
{Zimbabwe: Shona}
- Morokeni (Greeting Song) [arr. Bernard Krüger] {South Africa: Kwangali,
Sotho}
- Ndikhokhele Bawo arr. Michael Barrett {South Africa: Xhosa}
- Gabi Gabi [trad. South African praise song; arr. William Powell] <men>
{South Africa: Zulu ?}
- Kawouno Wan Gi Pi (Water Song) Vivian Aluoch & Vivian Anyango/arr. Brian Tate
{Kenya: Dholuo}
- Bonse Aba [arr. Victor C. Johnson] {Zambia: Bemba (ChiBemba)}
- Bogoroditse Devo (Op. 37, No. 6) (Rejoice O Virgin) [m. Sergei Rachmaninoff;
ed. Vladimir Morosan & Alexander Ruggieri] {1996}
- Niška Banja (Romani [Gypsy] dance; arr. Nick Page) {Serbo-Croatian &
Romani}
- Suliram (Indonesian lullaby; arr. Robert DeCormier) {1996} {Malay}
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Stodola Pumpa (Czech folk song; arr. Mark Weston)
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El Cielo Canta Alegría (Argentine worship song; Pablo Sosa; arr. Roger Bergs)
- Son de Camagüey (Cuban folk song; arranged with additional music by Stephen Hatfield)
- In the Stillness [Japanese Haiku by Shiki Masaoka; English words & music
by Audrey Snyder] {Japanese}
- Sih’r Khalaq (Creative Magic) [Jim Papoulis] <women> {Arabic}
- Hine Ma Tov (w. Psalm 133:1; m. Allan Naplan) {Hebrew}
- Oh, What a Beautiful City (Traditional spiritual; arr. Stacey V. Gibbs) {English}
- I’m Bound for the Promised Land (wm. Lynn Shaw Bailey and Chris Womack, based on a text by Samuel Stennett) {English}
Omitted from this performance
- Hombe (Kenya [Luo] folk song; arr. Laz Ekwueme) {1996}
- Ah! si mon moine voulait danser (Canadian folk song; arr. Donald Patriquin)
{1996}