UGA REPERTORY SINGERS
BRADEN RYMER, conductor
SHELBY LAIRD, conductor
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.
RAMSEY CONCERT HALL
UGA REPERTORY SINGERS
Monday, April 28, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
UGA Performing Arts Center
Braden Rymer, Conductor
Shelby Laird, Conductor
Greg Hankins, pianist
PROGRAM
AND TRANSLATIONS
Terre Neuve
Marie-Claire Saindon (b. 1984)
Terre
éclaboussée du cri d’un soleil aux couleurs d’océan de roc
fauve la falaise se brise craquements de glace goût frais de neige qui fait trembler la mémoire ensevelie se mêle de vent s’enroule au sel d’une joie
Neuve
Land
splattered with shrieks of sun with colours of ocean and rock
rust-red the cliff splits crackling ice a fresh taste of shivering snow stirs a shrouded memory mingles with the wind spirals vibrant with the salt of a joy New found
- Annick Perrot-Bishop
Weaving
Kahan Taraporevala (b. 1999)
I weave wearing cares into dreams, I cast away blinding dross, I bring forth the light that gleams, And put aside tinsel and gloss.
I weave straying leaves into forests And dewdrops into seas, I braid loose grass into bowers, And weeds transform into flowers.
O notte O cielo O mar
Maddalena Casulana (b. 1544-1590)
O notte, o ciel,’ o mar
O notte, o ciel’, o mar, o piagge, o monti, Che si spesso m’udite chiamar morte O valli, o selve, o boschi, o fiumi, o fonti, Che sost’alla mia vita fide scorte
O fere snelle che con liete fronti
Errando andate con gioiosa sorte
O testimon de miei si duri accenti
Dat’audientia insieme a miei lamenti.
O schöne Nacht
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
I sense the current of the heart, The smile that gleams in the eye, And with the mists that rise and fall Drape white clouds in the sky.
- Samuel Ullman
Oh night, oh sky, oh seas, oh shores, oh mountains, that so often hear me call upon death, Oh valleys, oh forests, oh woods, oh rivers, oh springs, that have been faithful aides in my life, Oh nimble beasts that with happy visages go wandering with joyful destiny, Oh witness my bitter complaints, Give audience together to my laments.
Soloists: Ange Sanchez Fuentes, Hope Unger, Will Pollard, Joshua Wagner
O schöne Nacht!
Am Himmel märchenhaft
Erglänzt der Mond in seiner ganzen Pracht; Um ihn der kleinen Sterne liebliche
Genossenschaft.
Es schimmert hell der Tau
Am grünen Halm; mit Macht
Im Fliederbusche schlägt die Nachtigall; Der Knabe schleicht zu seiner Liebsten sachtO schöne Nacht!
O lovely night!
In the heavens, the moon gleams magically in all its splendour; about it, the sweet comradeship of tiny stars.
The dew glimmers brightly on the green blades of grass; with great power, the nightingale sings out in the elder-bush; the young man steals quietly to his sweetheart O lovely night!
- Georg Friedrich Daumer
Praise the Lord
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
All is Well
Traditional Sacred Harp arr. Peter Amidon & Sam Amidon (b. 1981)
What’s this that steals, that steals upon my frame, Is it death, is it death?
That soon will quench, will quench this mortal flame, Is it death, is it death?
If this be death, I soon shall be From ev’ry pain and sorrow free, I shall the King of glory see, All is well, all is well.
Weep not my friends, my friends weep not for me, All is well, all is well, My sins forgiv’n, forgiv’n and I am free, All is well, all is well.
There’s not a cloud that doth arise to hide my Jesus from my eyes, I soon shall mount the upper skies, All is well, all is well.
Tune, tune your harps, ye saints, ye saints on high, All is well, all is well.
I too will strike my harp with equal joy, All is well, all is well. Bright angels are from glory come, They’re ’round my bed, they’re in my room, They wait to waft my spirit home, All is well, all is well.
- Charles Wesley
To Everything a Season
Daniel Knaggs (b. 1983)
II. To everything, a season (Ecclesiastes 3)
To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven: Time to be born, a time to die; A time to plant, a time to pluck up; A time to kill, a time to heal; Time to break down, a time to build; A time to weep, a time to laugh; A time to mourn, a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones;
I’ll Be On My Way
Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)
Time to embrace, time to refrain; A time to seek, a time to lose; A time to keep, a time to cast away; A time to rend, a time to sew; A time for silence, a time to speak; A time to love, a time to hate; A time for war, a time for peace.
Soloists: Grace Ann Miller, Avery Britt, Joshua Wagner, Hope Unger
When I am gone, don’t you cry for me, Don’t you pity my sorry soul. What pain there might have been will now be past And my spirit will be whole.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way, I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground, I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way. When I am gone, please forgive the wrongs That I might have done to you; There’ll be no room for regrets up there, High above, way beyond the blue. I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way, I’ll have laid my frown and all my burdens down, I’ll be puttin’ on my crown, I’ll be on my way. When I am gone, don’t you look for me
In the places I have been; I’ll be alive, but somewhere else, I’ll be on my way again!
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way, I will lift my wings, and soar into the air, There’ll be glory ev’rywhere, I’ll be on my way.
Soprano
Avery Britt
Zaria Doss
Lizzie Gesner
Victoria Goodnature
Paige Hall
Shelby Laird
Grace Ann Miller
Chloe Floyd
Ange Sanches Fuentes
Mikayla Schuster
Lauren Smith
Emily Taylor
Hope Unger
UGA REPERTORY SINGERS
Braden Rymer, Conductor
Shelby Laird, Conductor
Greg Hankins, pianist
Alto
Rylee Aguire
Anna Bossert
Ellie Dignam
Quinn DIllard
Olivia Durrence
Megan Ferro
Kathryn McWhorter
Brenna Pursley
Audrey Raynor
Ava Rogers
De’Nasia Thomas
Danielle Vegara
Elle Winings
Tenor
Daniel Bara
Colton Carter
Noah Colwell
Trey Heaton
Henry Heydinger
Rayvon Love
Will Pollard
Daniel Shafer
Victor Tirino
Sean Wilson
Bass
Dylan Bazzell
Thomas Dixon
Peter Dixon
Justin Herrin
Liam Mueller
Braden Rymer
Sam Son
Joshua Wagner
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