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ST. OLAF CHOIR ANTON ARMSTRONG, CONDUCTOR Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 7:30pm Foellinger Great Hall PROGRAM ST. OLAF CHOIR Anton Armstrong, conductor Charles Gray, violin SONGS OF PRAISE AND REJOICING Johann Michael Haydn Laetatus Sum (1737-1806) Salamone Rossi Elohim Hashivenu (c. 1570-c.1630) Johann Sebastian Bach Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (BWV 226) (1685-1750) SONGS OF ADORATION Ralph Vaughan Williams Gloria (Mass in G Minor) (1872-1958) Woldemar Voullaire Selig sind, die reines Herzens sind (1825-1902) Ralph M. Johnson On Horizon’s Brim (b. 1955) Matthew Peterson Adoramus Te (b. 1984) Jake Runestad Alleluia (b. 1986) 20-minute intermission 2 SONGS OF JUSTICE AND COMPASSION Rosephanye Powell Sorida (b. 1962) Alexander Gretchaninov Our Father (1864-1956) Mari Esabel Valverde When Thunder Comes (b. 1987) Jayne Southwick Cool When Memory Fades (b. 1947) arr. Eric Nelson Robert V. Scholz Set Me As A Seal (b. 1939) arr. David Scholz Christoph E.F. Weyse O Day Full of Grace (1774-1842) arr. F. Melius Christiansen SONGS OF LOVE AND HOPE arr. Shireen Abu-Khader Lammaa Badaa Yatathannaa (b. 1972) arr. Joseph Flummerfelt Danny Boy (1937–2019) René Clausen O My Luve’s Like A Red, Red Rose (b. 1953) arr Harry T. Burleigh My Lord, What A Mornin’ (1866–1949) arr. Josephine Poelinitz City Called Heaven (b. 1944) arr. Moses G. Hogan Jr. My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord (1957–2003) OPTIONAL SELECTIONS arr. F. Melius Christiansen Beautiful Savior (1871-1955) 3 THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THIS PERFORMANCE With deep gratitude, Krannert Center thanks all 2019-20 Patron Sponsors and Corporate and Community Sponsors, and all those who have invested in Krannert Center. Please view their names later in this program and join us in thanking them for their support. This event is supported by: THE ACT OF GIVING OF ACT THE Krannert Center honors the legacy of Endowed Underwriter Valentine Jobst III. His enthusiasm and commitment to the performing arts ensure that the intense beauty of classical music will continue to resonate in central Illinois. 4 THE ACT OF GIVING OF ACT THE * Through their previous sponsorships, Endowed Sponsors Helen & James Farmer continue to ensure that the performing arts play a vital role in the cultural life of central Illinois. Krannert Center appreciates their generosity and their investment in our community. Through their previous sponsorships and this year’s support, Endowed Sponsors Carole & Jerry Ringer continue to share their passion for the beauty and emotion of classical music with our community. Krannert Center is grateful for their ongoing support and dedication to the performing arts. 5 * * MICHAEL & MARGARET MARLYN W. RINEHART ROSSO GROSSMAN Twelve Previous Sponsorships Four Previous Sponsorships THE ACT OF GIVING OF ACT THE * CYNTHIA SWANSON ART & SHIRLEY TRAUGOTT First-Time Sponsor Twenty Previous Sponsorships Two Current Sponsorships Two Current Sponsorships 6 THE ACT OF GIVING OF ACT THE * YVETTE & HERBERT SARAH & CHARLES WISSEMAN WHITELEY Three Previous Sponsorships Three Previous Sponsorships CORPORATE & COMMUNITY SILVER SPONSOR *PHOTO CREDIT: ILLINI STUDIO HELP SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS. BECOME A KRANNERT CENTER SPONSOR BY CONTACTING OUR ADVANCEMENT TEAM TODAY: KrannertCenter.com/Give • [email protected] • 217.333.6700 7 ST. OLAF CHOIR SINGERS Amanda Goldberg, Pompano Beach, Fla. music education Katherine Hagaman, Bettendorf, Iowa SOPRANO I Natalie Brandt, Eugene, Ore. music education music education Paige Romero, Frisco, Texas Thea Brenner, Ames, Iowa music music Maggie Stock, Philadelphia, Pa. Grace Brigham, Washington, D.C. English music Helena Webster, Oak Harbor, Wash. Elsa Buck, Rosemount, Minn. music performance music Emma Chambers, Orlando, Fla. ALTO I music performance Emily Albrecht, Neenah, Wis. Shae Lime, Treasure Island, Fla. music education music performance Alden Bostwick, Northfield, Minn. Hannah Liu, Shoreline, Wash. music music, political science Emma Bergman, La Grange Park, Ill. Marianne Peterson, Duluth, Minn. music education French, physics Hannah Chapman-Dutton, Round Bronwyn Redvers-Lee, Takoma Park, Md. Mountain, Nev. | environmental science music Hannah Hasseler, Columbus, Ohio Mara Tostengard, Roseville, Minn. economics, psychology economics Jessica Hoyt, Foxboro, Mass. music education Emi Kaliski, St. Charles, Ill. SOPRANO II Ann Ambach, Garden City, N.Y. music music, psychology Amalie Kvam, Jar, Norway Emma Arachtingi, Burnsville, Minn. musicology music performance Emily Thompson, Fremont, Ind. Lily Askegaard, Eden Prairie, Minn. music education music education Maddie Smoot, Longmont, Colo. Lucas Brazeau, Sycamore, Ill. music music Marisabel Cordova, Chambersburg, Pa. music education 8 ALTO II TENOR II Caroline Allessi, Stillwater, Minn. Eli Aronson, Minneapolis, Minn. music music performance Felisa Armitage, Portland, Ore. Mason DeGrazia, Iowa City, Iowa music education psychology Emily Chmielewski, Hales Corners, Wis. Alexander Famous, Princeton, N.J. music education computer science, Latin Emily Geiger, Andover, Minn. Lucas Jimenez-Kloeckl, Staples, Minn. music education music Audrey Lane-Getaz, Northfield, Minn. Gabriel Maxwell, Isanti, Minn. music undeclared major Hannah Pahs, Northfield, Minn. Samuel Rivera, Windsor, Conn. undeclared major music Meg Swanson, St. Paul, Minn. Michael Tiede, Avon, Minn. chemistry religion Courtney Talken, Pleasant Hill, Mo. Alexander Williams, New York, N.Y. music undeclared major Sophie Vogel, Stillwater, Minn. music education BASS I Nicholas Hinson, Tampa, Fla. TENOR I music Michael Terry Caraher, Eau Claire, Wis. Simon Hoehn, Waseca, Minn. American studies, church music music performance Logan Combs, Haysville, Kans. Hunter Friesen, Sioux Falls, S.D. church music biology Kyle Dacon, Garland, Texas Lukas Jaeger, Ixonia, Wis. music performance music performance Noah Han, Staples, Minn. Isaac Lynch, Rochester, Minn. music education music Jonah Herzog, Champaign, Ill. Tony May, Woodbury, Minn. music music, psychology Samuel Long, Rutland, Mass. Noel Patterson, Central Islip, N.Y. church music music David Ortiz, Houston, Texas Lars Kjell Redpath, Minneapolis, Minn. music political science Jonah Schmitz, Rogers, Minn. Eugene Sandel, Browns Mills, N.J. music music 9 BASS II VIOLA Jonah Berthelsen, Northfield, Minn. Joshua Head, Colorado Springs, Colo. political science music performance Luke Bultena, Arlington, Va. Alex Long, Worthington, Ohio economics, history, religion biology, chemistry Jonathan Madden, Rochester, N.Y. composition CELLO Simon Malotky, Greensboro, N.C. Cameron Gray, Northfield, Minn. biology, medieval studies biology David McGowan, Nichols, Iowa mathematics BASS Blake Northrup, Minnetonka, Minn. Beatrice Hammel, Omaha, Neb. economics, political science psychology, Spanish Morgan Penk, Portland, Ore. music Cees Postema, Fargo, N.D. OBOE English, music performance Landry Forrest, Oak Creek, Wis. Ian Schipper, Portland, Ore. music economics, music Carter Kuehn, Owatonna, Minn. Evan Strong, Fairfax, Va. chemistry undeclared major Colin Lang, Boxborough, Mass. Cole Thompson, St. Louis Park, Minn. French economics BASSOON ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS Jonah Schmitz, Rogers, Minn. music VIOLIN Clara Brown, Indianapolis, Ind. PIANO music performance Emily Albrecht, Neenah, Wis. Jessica Folson, Grand Forks, N.D. music education music performance Jonathan Madden, Rochester, N.Y. Meredith Maloley, Omaha, Neb. composition music performance Madeline Miller, Grand Rapids, Mich. music performance Annika Seager, Minnetonka, Minn. music performance, Russian 10 The renowned ST. OLAF CHOIR has brought its The choir expanded its global reach with a tour message of hope and faith to audiences around of Asia in celebration of its 75th anniversary in the world for more than a century. 1986. In 1988, it was one of only five choirs in the world—and the only non-professional one— F. Melius Christiansen founded the St. Olaf Choir invited to participate in the Olympic Arts Festival in 1912. He worked to establish the ensemble’s in Seoul, South Korea. When Anton Armstrong standard of excellence and its tradition of (1978) took the helm in 1990, his vast knowledge bringing music to audiences beyond campus. of music and his ability to articulate a vision to Christiansen chose spiritually profound music singers and audiences alike took the St. Olaf and pushed students to perfect a disciplined, Choir to the next level, adding more flavor to controlled tone that was free of excessive vibrato. its signature sound and further expanding its That sound—securely in tune, controlled in repertoire to include music of the Pacific Rim, pitch, smooth in delivery—became the choir’s Africa, and Latin America. hallmark. Olaf Christiansen (1925) succeeded his father as the choir’s conductor in 1943 and Anton Armstrong (1978) is in his 30th year as remained deeply committed to retaining the conductor of the St. Olaf Choir. The renowned ensemble’s purity of tone while exploring new ensemble has had only three other conductors: genres and interpretations of music. He added Kenneth Jennings (1968–1990, class of 1950), Olaf contemporary compositions, more Renaissance Christiansen (1941–1968, class of 1925), and F. music, and American folk hymns to the repertoire Melius Christiansen (1912–1943). Each conductor of traditional church chorales. has built upon the choir’s foundational ideals of sharing choral music that stirs the souls of In 1953, Kenneth Jennings (1950), an alumnus listeners. Over the course of the choir’s 108-year of the choir,