The Concert Singers
Spring Concert: “Folk Songs Near and Far”
April 7, 2019, 4:00 p.m.
Westchester United Methodist Church
Program
Irish
- Danny Boy (arr. Brad Printz) <JWP>
- Down By the Sally Gardens (w. William Butler Yeats; arr. David Lantz III) <JWP>
- I Will Arise and Go (w. William Butler Yeats; m. Shawn Kirchner) <JWP>
- ’Tis the Last Rose of Summer (w. Thomas Moore, 1805; m. Richard Alfred Milliken; arr. David Lantz III, 2007) <JWP>
- Shule Aroon (Siúil a Rún) {SSA} (arr. Ruth Elaine Schram) <JWP> <Celtic Woman: 1/4/2016; 3/31/2009; 2005>
English
- Scarborough Fair (arr. Stephen DeCesare) <JWP: keyboard only>
- What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor? (arr. David Eddleman) <JWP>
Scottish
- Loch Lomond (arr. David Lantz III) <JWP>
- The Skye Boat Song (w. Sir Harold Boulton; m. traditional; arr. Darmon Meader) <JWP>
- Mairi’s Wedding (Arr. Bob Chilcott) <4/25/1999> <youtube>
American
- Home on the Range (Arr. Mark Hayes) <03/20/11, 06/23/13> <youtube>
- Two American Folk-Songs: Sourwood Mountain, Black Sheep (arr. John Rutter) <6/1/1991> <youtube: Sourwood Mountain ; Black Sheep>
- Red River Valley (incorporating “Red River Valley” and “Down in the Valley”; arr. Ruth Elaine Schram) <03/20/11, 06/23/13> <JWP>
- Nelly Bly (arr. Dick Bolks) <JWP>
- Shenandoah (American Folk Song [Sea Shantey]; arr. James Erb) <06/01/91, 04/30/94, 05/31/97, 06/17/01, 06/23/13, 6/28/15> <youtube> <JWP>
- Old Joe Clark (arr. Greg Gilpin) <JWP> (See also <JWP> for a different arrangement.)
- I’m Going Home (arr. Pepper Choplin) <JWP>
- Wayfarin’ Stranger (arr. Michael Larkin) <JWP>
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken {TTB} (arr. Donald Moore) <youtube>
- How Can I Keep from Singing (wm. Robert Lowry; arr. Taylor Davis) <JWP>
- Cindy (Arr. David Eddleman) <JWP>
- The information in <angle brackets> refers to sources of recordings. If there is a date, such as <03/20/11>, it links to a prior performance by The Concert Singers. (If it is a performance before 2002, I haven't found the audio recording for that performance.) If <youtube>, it links to a performance on YouTube. If it has <JWP>, it is a link to the J. W. Pepper website for that song. You will have to click on Listen once you link to that page.
- Program notes
- Lyrics
Omitted
- Long Time Ago
- I Love My Love (m. Gustav Holst) <youtube>