Conspirare Christmas with SPECIAL GUEST RUTHIE FOSTER
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Conspirare Christmas WITH SPECIAL GUEST RUTHIE FOSTER DEC 5–9, 2013 1 CONSPIRARE CHRISTMAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 7:30 PM First United Methodist Church, Victoria FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 7 PM Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, San Antonio SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2:30 PM + 8 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2:30 PM + 8 PM The Carillon on Exposition, Austin MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 7:30 PM Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON, Artistic Director & Conductor Special guest artist RUTHIE FOSTER with THOMAS BURRITT, percussion SEASON SUSTAINING UNDERWRITER AND SPONSOR OF THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION THE SAN ANTONIO PERFORMANCE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE RUSSELL HILL ROGERS FUND FOR THE ARTS 2 3 PROGRAM DEDICATED TO DAVID C. SMITH, CHERISHED SOURCE OF LIGHT AND INSPIRATION Please refrain from applause except where indicated by ++++++++++ COME LOVE, CAROLING LITTLE BIRD Come Love, Caroling .............................................................................................................Sidney +arter (191-2004) Cuckoo (from Friday Mornings) ........................................................................ Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) O Come all Ye Faithful ..................................................................................................John Francis Wade (1711-1786) O dear children (from Hymn to St. Cecilia) .......................................................................... Benjamin Britten Hark the Herald Angels Sing .....................................................................................Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Island ...................................................................................................Traditional, arr. Michael McGlynn (b. 1964) People, Look East ..............................................................................................French +arol, arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934) La Primera Navidad ...................................................................................................................Traditional -nglish +arol YOU HAVE COME I Wonder as I Wander .....................................................................................................John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) There’s a Hole in the World ..................................................Don Henley (b. 1947), Glenn Lewis Frey (b. 1948) Ding Dong Merrily on High ......................................................French Traditional, arr. Michael McGlynn (b. 1964) Bottom of the River ..............................................-ric :ichard H˻lljes (b. 1987), 1an +hristian H˻lljes (b. 198) Candle in the Night .................................................................................................................David Eddleman (b. 1936) Threshold of Night...........................................................................................................Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978) Oh Holy Night .........................................................................................................................Adolphe Adam (1803-1906) I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free .......................................................... Billy Taylor (1921-2010) Angels Are Singing ..............................................................................................................................Michael McGlynn By Way of Sorrow .......................................................................................................2]lie )nne Miller (b. 196) ’Zat You Santa Claus ....................................................................................................................Jack Fox (1907·194) Love Came Down at Christmas ....................................................................................................... Traditional He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands .............................................................................................. Traditional Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming/It was so beautiful one night ......................................Traditional German Angels We Have Heard on High...............................................................................................................French +arol My Lord what a Mornin’ /Lord of the Dance/Simple Gifts .......................................................................... Silent Night .................................................................................................................................Franz Gruber (1787-1863) .......................................Traditional ;idney +arter (191-2004) ;haker Hymn T]ne, arr. L. L. Fleming (1936-2003) Gaudete Omnes .......................................................................................2an 8ietersboon ;weelinck (162-1621) NEVER TIRED LOVING YOU Seems I’m Never Tired Loving You ...........................................................................+arolyn Franklin (1944-1988) MEANT TO FIND YOU ALL THESE YEARS Feeling Good ...............................................................Leslie Bricusse (b. 1931) and Anthony Newley (1931-1999) CLOSING The Maker............................................................................................................................Joshua Shank (b. 1980) We Clasp the Hands ....................................................................................................... +raig Hella Johnson (b. 1962) On a Clear Day .............................................................................................................. Burton Lane (1912-1997) I Could Have Danced All Night .........................................Frederick Loewe (1901-1988), arr. +raig Hella Johnson Unclouded Day ...................................................................................................... Josiah K. Alwood (1828-1909) Welcome Home ................................................................................................................ Ruthie Foster (b. 1964) ++++++++++ O Love How Shall I Meet You/How Deep is Your Love .............................................................................. ................... Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)/Barry Gibb (b. 1946), Robin Gibb (1949-2012), Maurice Gibb (1949-2003) Arrangements not otherwise noted are by Craig Hella Johnson. All the Way ............................................................................................................Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990) Hymn to the Eternal Flame ............................................................................................Stephen Paulus (b. 1949) Performances are being recorded. Long Road....................................................................................................................... ɓrik -íenwalds (b. 1977) Please help us keep the concert hall as quiet as possible except where applause is indicated by ++++++++++. (3b. 19) ٺMyself to Me (Love Will Not Come Back to this Door) ............................................+ary Ratcli Avulekile Amasango ...................................................................................................... Traditional South African River of Dreams ........................................................................Joe Sealy (b. 1939), arr. Debbie Fleming (b. 1943) I’ll Fly Away/Brand New Life .....................................................Traditional/Oli^ia Branch ?alker (194-1993) ++++++++++ 4 5 TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS Please refrain from applause except where indicated by ++++++++++ LITTLE BIRD Ever in my life have 1 sought thee with my songs. 1t was they who led me from door to door, Cuckoo and with them have 1 felt about me, searching and touching my world. (Cuckoo, Cuckoo, what do you do? “In April I open my bill; 1t was my songs that taught me all the lessons 1 ever learnt# they showed me secret paths, In May I sing night and day; In June I change my tune they brought before my sight many a star on the horizon of my heart. In July Nar Nar I Æy; In August away I must.” They guided me all the day long to the mysteries of the country of pleasure and pain, and, Cuckoo, Cuckoo!) at last, to what palace gate have they brought me in the evening at the end of my journey? -JANE TAYLOR --Rabindranath Tagore Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and Æy away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, Æutter and fall there with a sigh ° My heart, the bird of the wilderness, Once we dreamt that we were strangers. has found its sky in your eyes: We wake up to Ånd that we were dear to each other. They are the cradle of the morning, -RABINDRANATHTAGORE they are the kingdom of the stars# My songs are lost in their depths. (Veni, veni Emmanuel, captivum solve 1srael ° ) Let me but soar in that sky, O Dear Children in its lonely immensity! O dearest children casual as birds, Let me but cleave its clouds Playing among the ruined languages, and spread wings in its sunshine. So small beside their large confusing words, So gay against the greater silences --Rabindranath Tagore Of dreadful things you did: O hang the head, Impetuous child with the tremendous brain, O weep, child, weep, O weep away the stain, Lost innocence who wished your lover dead, Weep for the lives your wishes never led. O bless the freedom that you never chose. -W. H. AUDEN 6 7 Island YOU HAVE COME On an island I long to live Seabirds lament the coming of the winter wind Little Bird, Little +havala I hear the endless sound of sea on shore 1 don’t understand what’s happening today Crying, “You who have turned away from home” There’s a Hole