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ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø choirs to sing Dec. 1

November 21, 2006
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The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Choirs will present a Holiday Choral Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.

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Dr. Scott E. Anderson, director of choral activities, will conduct the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Chamber Choir and ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Concert Choir, while professor Kathleen Lane will conduct the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Women’s Choir.  The three University choral groups will perform a wide variety of seasonal choral works in  the acoustically outstanding Jensen Grand Concert Hall.

The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Women’s Choir will begin the concert with a medieval chant by the visionary and mystic Hildigard von Bingen (1098-1179). The choir will also celebrate the season of Chanukah with the Hebrew folk melody “Nun Gimel Hei Shinâ€� arranged by Judith Shatkin. Two selections from the famous “Ceremony of Carolsâ€� by Benjamin Britten, accompanied by Carol Hotrum on the piano, conclude the Women’s Choir program.

American composer Stephen Paulus’ “Three Nativity Carolsâ€� will be the centerpiece of the program presented by the 24-voice ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Chamber Choir. The contemporary carol arrangements of ancient texts feature harpist Laurie Orr and Susan Hughes, oboe.  The Chamber Choir also will present a double-choir motet by Renaissance composer Peter Philips entitled “Hodie nobis de coelo, Francis Poulenc’s Quem vidistis pastores,â€� and two Brahms vocal quartets from “Op. 112, Sehnsucht, and Nächtensâ€� featuring pianist Abbi Clark.

Anderson also will conduct the 50-voice ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Concert Choir in performing “Exceeding Glad,â€� from the Coronation Anthem “The King Shall Rejoice,â€� by George Fredric Handel.  The Concert Choir will sing seasonal arrangements, including Hugo Distler’s setting of “Lo, How a Rose ‘Ere Bloomingâ€�; “What Sweeter Music,â€� by John Rutter; and John Gardiner’s arrangement of “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day.â€�  The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø combined choirs will perform a double-choir setting of “Angels We Have Heard On Highâ€� to end the concert.

Tickets prices for the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Holiday Choral Concert are: $5 for adults, $2 for precollege students, $3 for ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø faculty and staff, and free for ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø students with valid Bengal cards. Tickets can be purchased at the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays or an hour before the shows open. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 282-3595.


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