Lord of the Dance, arr. Joel Raney Shaker Tune, 19th c. Michael Diorio & Thomas Gaynor
I. Allegro con brio, Sonate no. 4, op. 65 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
III. Allegretto
Praeludium in G, BuxWV 147
Duomi Liu
Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)
Claire Fritz
Toccata, Op. 9 Jean Guillou (1930-2019)
Zixi Deng
III. “La Nuit”, Trois Impressions, Op. 72 Sigfried Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Jiayun Gao
“Naïades”, Suite No.4, op. 55 Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Nick Marsola
“Impromptu”, Suite No.3, op. 54 - 24 Pièces de fantaisie Louis Vierne
Zixi Deng
Ich ruf zu dir, BWV 639
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ricky Salazar
Komm Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 631
Max Brey
I. Allemande, Suite 5 in G BWV 816
Oliver Hu
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Berceuse, Op. 31 Louis Vierne
Maya Cooper
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
Carlo Ciliberti
Johann Sebastian Bach
I. Allegro, Symphonie II, Op. 20 Louis Vierne
Malik Jardine
Light reception to follow at the back of the chapel.
About Rider University & Westminster Choir College
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.
The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Culturally vibrant and historically rich, Westminster Choir College has a legacy of preparing students for thriving careers as well-rounded performers and musical leaders on concert stages, in schools, universities, and churches, and in professional and community organizations worldwide. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, the college is home to internationally recognized ensembles, including the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with virtually all of the major orchestras and conductors of our time. In addition to its choral legacy, Westminster is known as a center for excellence in musical pedagogy and performance.
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: Richard and Heather Frye-Ginsberg & Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
Upcoming Performances
ARTBEAST
Friday, May 2, 3 p.m.
Rider University
SENIOR DANCE CAPSTONE SHOWCASE
Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, 2 p.m.
Yvonne Theater
WESTMINSTER CHOIR: THE SENSE OF SENSES
Saturday, May 3, 5 p.m.
Gill Chapel
RACHMANINOFF WITH NATASHA PAREMSKI FEATURING WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR
