The Concert Singers

Madrigals and Love Songs

Sunday, April 8, 2018, 4:00 p.m.

Westchester United Methodist Church or TBD

Tentative Program

ENGLISH

• See the Chariot at Hand (1931: w. Ben Jonson [from A Celebration of Charis: IV. Her Triumph]; m. Ralph Vaughan Williams: the Wedding Chorus, from Sir John in Love, Act IV, Scene 2; also used in the cantata In Windsor Forest) {youtube}
• Greensleeves (wm. traditional English; arr. Bob Chilcott, b.1955) {youtube} {JWPepper--no audio}

FRENCH

• O Love of Mine (L’amour de moi) (wm. 15th Century chanson; arr. Martin R. Rice)

AMERICAN

• Away in the Woods (2016: w. Wm B. Yeats; m. Jonny Priano) {youtube} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}
• Omnia Sol (Let Your Heart Be Staid) (2016: wm. Z. Randall Stroope, b. 1953) {youtube} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}
• Set me as a seal (1995, 2017: w. Song of Songs 8:6-7; m. John Leavitt, b. 1956) {youtube} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}
• Marriage Morning, from Wedding Cantata (2016: w. Alfred Tennyson; m. Peter Bird)

NATIVE AMERICAN

• Shoshone Love Song (The Heart’s Friend) (1995, 2012: w. traditional Shoshone; m. Roger Emerson) {youtube} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}

AMERICAN POPS GOSPEL STYLE

• The Glory of Love (1936: wm. Billy Hill; arr. Jay Rouse, 2015) [female solo] {youtube} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}

INTERMISSION

ENGLISH MADRIGALS

• Three Madrigals (1962: w. William Shakespeare; m. Emma Lou Diemer) {TCS recording from 2014} {TCS recording from 2009} {92} {USC University Chorus} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}
  1. O mistress mine, where are you roaming? (from Twelfth Night, II, 3)
  2. Take, O take those lips away (from Measure for Measure, IV, 1)
  3. Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more (from Much Ado About Nothing, II, 3)
• In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves (1675: w. Thomas Shadwell; m. Henry Purcell) {TCS recording from 2009}{youtube}

ITALIAN MADRIGALS

• O occhi, manza mia (O Eyes of My Beloved) Orlando di Lasso {TCS recording from 2014} {youtube}
• Love Now Invites Us (A Lieta Vita) (m. Giovanni Gastoldi; English w. & arr. Patrick M. Liebergen, 2007) [Hand Drum, Finger Cymbals] {JWPepper audio [English]} {JWPepper web page}

FRENCH MADRIGALS

• Mon cœur se recommande à vous (My Heart I’ll Ask You Not Forget) (Fr. w. Clement Marot; Eng. w.  Matthew Michaels; m. Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin; ed. & arr. MM, 2008) {89} {youtube}
• Il est bel et bon (Look at My Impeccable Husband) (wm. Pierre Passereau; ed. J. S. Jackman, 1991) {92} {youtube}

JAZZ

• Can’t Help Falling in Love (1961: wm. Weiss, Peretti and Creatore; arr. Roger Emerson) {TCS recording from 2010} {youtube} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}
• Since I Fell For You (1945: wm. Buddy Johnson; arr. Jay Althouse) [female solo, male solo] {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}
• The Nearness of You (1938: w. Ned Washington; m. Hoagy Carmichael; arr. Mac Huff) {TCS recording from 2011} {youtube}

FINALE

• What a Wonderful World (1967: wm. George David Weiss and Bob Thiele; arr. Mark A. Brymer) {recording from 2011} {youtube} {JWPepper audio} {JWPepper web page}

Omitted from this program

• I Love My Love (w. Cornish folk song; m. Gustav Holst) {youtube} {JWPepper--no audio}

• Clicking on the title of a song gives the lyric for that song.
• The Concert Singers Spring 2018 Program Notes