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Spring Benefit Concerts 2008:
“Love is in the Air! (…and so is Pollen… and MUSIC!)”
“What’s in a name? That which we call a concert
By any other name would sound as sweet.”
— William Shakespeare (more or less)
We may have left the “rose” out of that quote, but we’re giving it plenty of play at our Spring Benefit Concerts! Roses, daffodils, daisies… and love — lots of love! God's love for us, our love for God, and (of course) the oldest story in the world: Shepherd meets Shepherdess, Shepherd gets Shepherdess, Shepherd loses Shepherdess…
Seriously, though, we’ll be singing the music of English and American composers: Benjamin Britten, Gustav Holst, William Billings, P.D.Q. Bach, John Rutter, our own Daniel Pederson, and more… Jazz, madrigals, and (inevitably) jazz madrigals — all set to lovely texts by poets as diverse as Gerard Manley Hopkins, Peter Schickele, King David, and (naturally) William Shakespeare.
For our 2007-08 season, we’ve partnered with Feed My Starving Children, an amazing, locally-based charity whose volunteers pack nutritious meals that are distributed to malnourished children worldwide.
Come and celebrate spring with us — and help feed hungry children across the globe!
Concert Dates and Locations
All concerts are free and open to the public.
A free-will offering will be held at each concert, with proceeds benefiting
Feed My Starving Children. For more information, visit our “Charity” page.
| Arise, My Love, My Fair One |
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Gerald Near |
| Come Away to the Skies |
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arr. Richard Erickson |
| O Praise the Lord of Heaven |
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William Billings |
| I am the Rose of Sharon |
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William Billings |
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| A Rose Touched by the Sun’s Warm Rays |
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Jean Berger |
| in time of daffodils |
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David C. Dickau |
| Virtue (from Spiritual Songs) |
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Kenneth Jennings |
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| selections from Ad majorem Dei gloriam |
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Benjamin Britten |
| 1. Prayer I |
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| 2. Rosa Mystica |
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| 5. O Deus, ego amo te |
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| 7. Heaven-Haven |
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| Sweet and Twenty |
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Daniel Pederson |
| My sweetheart’s like Venus |
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Gustav Holst |
| Now is the month |
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Thomas Morley |
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| My Bonny Lass She Smileth |
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Thomas Morley |
| Faire Phyllis |
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John Farmer |
| Come, Clap Thy Hands |
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Thomas Weelkes |
| My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth |
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P.D.Q. Bach / Peter Schickele |
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| selections from Four Curmudgeonly Canons |
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P.D.Q. Bach / Peter Schickele |
| 1. Winter’s Over |
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| 2. Spring Is Gone |
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| selections from Birthday Madrigals |
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John Rutter |
| 4. My true love hath my heart |
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| 1. It was a lover and his lass |
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Accolades
Attendees of our previous concerts have had this to say:
- “Your harmonies were right on.”
- “What delightful and fresh music.”
- “The readings were so thought-provoking and reflective.”
- “What a great way to welcome in Advent!”
Past Concerts
To view information about our Christmas 2007 concerts, click here.
To view information about our Spring 2007 concerts, click here.
To view information about our Advent 2006 concerts, click here.
Song Samples
Click any of the links below to hear brief samples of InVocation in performance.
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