Christmas at Concordia 2019
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Christmas at Concordia DECEMBER 6 & 7 | 2019 The CUW Music Department contributes to the spiritual, cultural, artistic, academic, and co-curricular aspects to student life on the CUW campus. Copyright laws prohibit audio and videotaping. We ask you to refrain from using flash cameras and please silence your cell phones. Parents with small children, please feel free to use the Alumni Heritage Room next to the Chapel as a crying room. We greatly appreciate your cooperation. 2 The History of Christmas at Concordia “Christmas at Concordia” is a thirty-year legacy which began in 1987. The first “Christmas at Concordia” offered one Friday evening non-ticketed concert, drawing over a thousand attendees. With the chapel seating around eight hundred, approximately two hundred stood to watch the performance. The first performing groups were Kammerchor, Chorale, The Alleluia Ringers, and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, with one hundred and twenty students participating. In 1988, CUW hosted the first double full-house concerts - one on Friday night and one on Saturday night. Since 2003, both evenings of the performance had enough attendees to fill the chapel to capacity. Today, the number of students in our performing music ensembles has grown to over four hundred, with ten performing ensembles. The groups comprise music majors and minors, as well as students from liberal arts majors throughout the university who wish to perform and study music with our acclaimed music faculty. The Music Department, along with the CUW campus community, are thrilled to have you join us in one of the treasured traditions of the University. Please enjoy the performance. 3 Program Combined Choirs together with the Alleluia Ringers Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree Elizabeth Poston arr. Carl Schalk Giovanno Greco, Shelby Decker, Lydia Nuechterlein, and Morgan Dunst, sopranos Processional Carol: See amid the Winter’s Snow (All sing.) Goss/Willcocks 1. See amid the winter’s snow, born for us on earth below; See the tender Lamb appears, promised from eternal years: Refrain: Hail, thou ever-blessed morn; Hail, redemption’s happy dawn; Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. 2. Lo, within a manger lies He who built the starry skies; He, who throned in height sublime, sits amid the cherubim. (Refrain) 3. Sacred Infant, all divine, what a tender love was Thine, Thus to come from highest bliss down to such a world as this. (Refrain) 4. Teach, O teach us, Holy Child, by Thy face so meek and mild, Teach us to resemble Thee in Thy sweet humility. (Refrain) Chapel Ringers Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros’) arr. Sandra Eithun Chapel Choir What Star Is This? arr. Craig Curry Preus Hasselbrook, piano Alleluia Ringers Ukrainian Carol of the Bells Mykola Leontovich Arr. Nicholas Hanson 4 Selah Blessed Be That Maid Marie Old English Carol arr. Jim Leininger Eya! Jesu hodie natus est de Virgine. (Jesus is born today of a Virgin.) Pro peccante homine (For sinful man.) In excelsis gloria. (Gloria in the highest.) Chapel Ringers The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn arr. Joel Raney Dr. Elizabeth Green, piano Combined Choirs Ding Dong! Merrily on High 16th-century French arr. Glenn Poore Alleluia Ringers Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard arr. Joel Raney Isaiah Richardson and Elizabeth Bredman, percussion Dr. Elizabeth Green, synthesizer Concordia Civic Chorale A Father’s Love, A Perfect Rose arr. Joseph Martin Samuel Boehlke, solo Jamie Buschke and Sarah Nus, flute Mrs. Johanna Anderson, oboe Kammerchor Nova! Nova! Bob Chilcott Nova! Nova! “Ave” fit ex “Eva.” (News! News! “Ave” is made from “Eva.”) Ecce ancilla Domini. (Behold the handmaid of the Lord.) 5 Carol: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (All stand to sing.) Felix Mendelssohn arr. Willcocks 1. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies; With th’angelic host proclaim: “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!” 2. Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold Him come offspring of a virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, hail th’incarnate Deity! Pleased as Man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!” 3. Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, risen with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by, born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!” ~ Interval ~ (15 minutes) Jazz Ensemble O Christmas Tree arr. Paul Clark A Big Band Christmas Carl Strommen University Band A Christmas Carol (Main Theme) Alan Silvestri arr. Robert Longfield Symphonic Prelude on Adeste Fidelis arr. Claude T. Smith Carol: Silent Night (All stand to sing) Traditional 1. Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin Mother and Child. Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. 6 2. Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories stream from heaven afar; Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Savior, is born! Christ, the Savior, is born! (All in harmony) 3. Silent night, holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light Radiant, beams from Thy holy face with the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth. Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth. String Orchestra Pastorale from Christmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8 Arcangelo Corelli Christmas Day (Fantasy on Traditional Carols) Gustav Holst arr. D. Wagner Symphonic Wind Ensemble A “French” Christmas Intrada Alfred Reed Fanfare, Christus Natus Est, Lullaby for the Christ Child, Procession of Kings and Shepherds, Carol of the Holy Night, Wassail, and Alleluia Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson Carol: The First Nowell (All stand to sing.) Traditional, arr. Willcocks 1. The first Nowell the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their sheep, On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Refrain: Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel! 2. They lookéd up and saw a star, Shining in the east, beyond them far; And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night. (Refrain.) 3. And by the light of that same star, Three wise men came from country far; To seek for a king, was their intent, And to follow the star wherever it went. (Refrain.) 4. Then let us all with one accord Sing praises to our heav’nly Lord, That hath made heav’n and earth of naught, And with His blood mankind hath bought. (Refrain.) 7 ♪♫♪♫♪♫ Ensemble Personnel CIVIC CHORALE +Ian Baker, Glendale, WI *Amy Kunschke, Plano, TX +Courtney Ballantyne, Mequon, WI +Diane Lane, Mequon, WI +Beverly Baumgart, Greenfield, WI *RuthAnn Langness, Englewood, CO +Samuel Boehlke, Mequon WI +Ann McIntyre, Milwaukee, WI *Ashley Borchardt, Wausau, WI +Audrey Medrano, Mequon, WI +Patrick Boyer, Muskego, WI +Jeff Morgan,Port Washington, WI +Irma Brockberg, Grafton, WI +Robert Parson, Mequon, WI *Alicia Caspary, Theresa, WI +Debbie Peck, Germantown, WI +Bridget DeLoge, Mequon, WI +Amy Peterson, Madison, WI +Jim DeYoung, Whitefish Bay, WI *Hannah Price, Yorkville, IL +Daryl Dietrich, Cedarburg, WI *Jordyn Putzke, Thiensville, WI +Sue Dobberpuhl, Port Washington, WI +Robyn Rathe, Mequon, WI +Jan Elmendorf, Cedarburg, WI +Barbara Anne Ridgely, Grafton, WI *Julia Federwitz, Maplewood, MN *Sofija Rosich,Mequon, WI *Leah Federwitz, Maplewood, MN +Sharlene Sandquist, Grafton, WI +Suzanne Folberg, Madison, WI +Char Sievert, Mequon, WI +Tom Freed, Grafton, WI +Paul Singer, Port Washington, WI +Lisa A. Froemming, Mequon, WI +Diane Singer, Port Washington, WI +Nancy Grady, Port Washington, WI *Alyssa Vincent, Stockton, IL +Luke Hahn, Waupun, WI +Jeff Walz,Cedar Grove, WI +Darline Hoffins,Mequon, WI *Anna Wiesneski, Merrill, WI *Andrew Host, Germantown, WI +Alison Wolfe, Thiensville, WI +Ronald Kabitzke, West Bend, WI *Melissa Zimmer, Brown Deer, WI *Joshua Kastens, Germantown, WI +Debora Zinkel, Cedar Grove, WI +Janet Kerner, Milwaukee, WI *Grace Zinkgraf, Mequon, WI + community member * CUW student CHAPEL RINGERS ALLELUIA RINGERS Kassidy Bohling, Jackson, WI Kassidy Bohling, Jackson, WI Elizabeth Bredman, Barnesville, MN Jamie Buschke, Manawa, WI Ricki Budewitz, Watertown, WI Madison Chiappetta, Lenexa, KS Madison Chiappetta, Lenexa, KS Madeleine Juga, Racine, WI Christopher Dhuse, North Aurora, IL Preus Hasselbrook, Waverly, IA Travis Doying, Sheboygan Falls, WI Abigail Luerssen, Antigo, WI Michael Gerschke, Almond, WI Jordan Mahnken, De Soto, KS Allison Kochheiser, Des Moines, IA Isiah Mudge, Germantown, WI Ryan Milbrath, Freeville, NY Hilarie Nigro, Union Grove, WI Elizabeth Paul, Hsinchu, Taiwan Margaret Ray, Menomonee Falls, WI Maddie Peterson, Sheboygan, WI David Scarborough, Niceville, FL Mary Piazza, Noblesville, IN Pearla Volkman, Milwaukee, WI David Scarborough, Niceville, FL Christal Zills, Waupun, WI Christal Zills, Waupun, WI 8 CHAPEL CHOIR SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS Saylor Alberts, Fremont, WI Kiah Bakken, Mayer, MN & Daniel Brummet, Elkhart, IN Ashley Borchardt, Wausau, WI Aloria Bates, Fort Wayne, IN Isaiah Corby, Milwaukee, WI LaQuinda Bufford,Milwaukee, WI Marla Jolene Canda, Waukegan, IL Joseph Diaz, Greenfield, WI Madison Ferch, Davenport, IA Carissa Egelseer, Germantown, WI William H. Ebel III, Mount Clemens, MI Julia Fogel, Lake Zurich, IL Hanna Fahl, Brown Deer, WI Nathanael Hahn, Waupun, WI Sophie Griffin,Lodi, WI Carlee Forvilly, Escanaba, MI Preus Hasselbrook, Missoula, MT Jerika Heroux, Gillett, WI Micah Hill, Camdenton, MO Aaron Huntley, Green Bay, WI Katherine Hovland, Portage, WI Kelsey Kleba, Hartland, WI Hunter Kinnison, Dieterich, IL Alyssa Jodarski, Fond du Lac, WI Mary Claire Lartz, Bloomington, IL Dan Nelson, Northfield, MN Anna Krafft,West Bend, WI Dr.