The Music of Stillness

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1 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS School of Music presents The Music of Stillness BYU Singers Andrew Crane, conductor 7:30 p.m. 6 April 2018 de Jong Concert Hall Harris Fine Arts Center

2 PROGRAM Salutation Ēriks Ešenvalds b In one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet. Like a rain-cloud of July hung low with its burden of unshed showers let all my mind bend down at thy door in one salutation to thee. Let all my songs gather together their diverse strains into a single current and flow to a sea of silence in one salutation to thee. Like a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day back to their mountain nests let all my life take its voyage to its eternal home in one salutation to thee. Rabindranath Tagore Two Latin Motets Domine, ad adjuvandum me Gottfried August Homilius Lord, my God, assist me now. Make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, World without end, Amen. Alleluia! Confitebor tibi, Domine I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart. Deal bountifully with thy servant, That I may live so to observe thy word. Quicken thou me according to thy word. Josef Rheinberger Wenhao Mu, graduate conductor

3 Travelin Home Sopranos and Altos Madison VanAusdal, violin arr. Andrea Ramsey Folk Music of Indonesia and Vietnam Luk Luk Lumbu arr. Budi Susanto Yohanes Người Ở Đừng Về arr. Brent Wells Hela Rotane arr. Ken Steven BRIEF INTERMISSION The Music of Stillness There will be rest, and sure stars shining Over the roof-tops crowned with snow, A reign of rest, serene forgetting, The music of stillness holy and low. Elaine Hagenberg b I will make this world of my devising Out of a dream in my lonely mind. I shall find the crystal of peace, above me Stars I shall find. Sara Teasdale Christopher Webb, piano

4 New Compositions by BYU Singers Alumni An Ode from the King Kameron Kavanaugh If I once dancing gaily Were not to impart to thee Truly I spy thee daily What folly I thōht to see. Reflect mine own reflection, The devil who lies to me. Your heart worthy of affection, The truth is what it be. To sing of a king To dream of a dream A dance of a fool and a fidgety-mæn This draconian man hardly can stand With his heart like a coal burning hot in your hand A fevered mæn to soothe. Russell Lovelett Heidi Webb, graduate conductor Dallin Cox and Luke Elmer, percussion I Need Thee Every Hour Robert Lowry arr. Jacob Hasler

5 Turkey in the Straw Tenors and Basses Madison VanAusdal, violin arr. Mac Huff Three African-American Spirituals When the Trumpet Sounds Jacob Hasler, piano André Thomas b O, Freedom (Premiere) arr. Gerald Custer Heidi Webb, soprano The Battle of Jericho arr. Moses Hogan This musical event is the 91 st performance sponsored by the BYU School of Music for the season.

6 BYU SINGERS SOPRANO Tesah Barton Heather Christiansen Grace Hancock Mary Jones Kelsea Jorden Josie Larsen Courtney Lawson Savannah Porter Heidi Webb* ALTO Jennifer Bate Rachel Carter Madelyn Dial Luke Elmer* Laynee Overall Jessica Scott Haley Slade Liza Smith Mackenzie Tolk Madison VanAusdal Mishawn Yardley TENOR Alex Alton Stephen Cluff Dallin Cox Cody Humpherys JD Goates Makay Miller Riley Pierce Sam Utley* Christopher Webb BASS Isaac Carlin John Deming Daniel Garret Salmon Gee Jacob Hasler* Christian Hein Jacob Khalil Kevin Lew Wenhao Mu Skyler Tolman Tyrell Wilde BYU Singers Leadership President: Tyrell Wilde Vice President: Laynee Overall Graduate Assistant: Heidi Webb Publicity: Makay Miller Social Chairs: Laynee Overall, Mishawn Yardley *Section Leader

7 We make beautiful music together. Our performances just wouldn t be the same without the generosity of patrons like you. Please visit give.byu.edu/arts to help the College of Fine Arts and Communications provide programs and scholarships for students in the performing arts.

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