03.03.2022 ENS Winter Choral Festival

WINTER CHORAL FESTIVAL David P. DeVenney, Ryan Kelly, Directors

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022 MADELEINE WING ADLER THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 8:15 PM

PROGRAM MUSIC, THOU SOUL OF HEAVEN .................................................................... Daniel Pinkham (1923 - 2006) LET’S IMITATE HER NOTES ABOVE............................................................. George F. Handel (1685 - 1759) HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING? ............................................................... Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)

Women’s Chorus Sándor Kádár, piano David P. DeVenney, director

INTROITUS (MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS) ............................................................... Giuseppe Pitoni (1657 - 1743) Simon Perez-Torres, cello THE OLD CHURCHYARD.................................................................................. arr. Ruth Moody (b. 1975) Simon Perez-Torres, cello VLČÍ STOPA ............................................................................................................... Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928) Stephen Ng, tenor THOU FAMISHED GRAVE ...................................................................................... Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)

Cantari Donne Sándor Kádár, piano Ryan Kelly, director

MUSIC FOR THE STAGE STOUTHEARTED MEN (THE NEW MOON) ...................... Sigmund Romberg, arr. Scotson (1887 - 1951) PLAIN WE LIVE (PLAIN AND FANCY)............................................................ Albert Hague (1920 - 2001) Madz Letterle, solo BELLY UP TO THE BAR (THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN) .............. Meredith Willson (1902 - 1984)

Men’s Chorus Sándor Kádár, piano David P. DeVenney, director

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Translations Introitus Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and may perpetual light shine on them. A hymn, O God, praises you in Zion, and a vow is paid to you in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer; all flesh shall come before you.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and may perpetual light shine on them.

Vlčí Stopa Dark the night! The old captain seeks the wolf’s trail. Strangely, the trail turns into the manor grounds! The following night, until dawn, the captain, alone and in silence, keeps watch with his loaded gun. All around is thick fog as far as the eye can see. The captain, lost in his thoughts, twirls his grey whiskers. “Damn it, this wasted night, I’d rather be home!”

And there in the snow glints a bright light! Terrible thoughts seize the captain, thoughts dreadful as hell, endlessly bombarding him, like a flock of vultures around a corpse! Is that the wolf howling, or is it the icy wind through the trees? Again… do I hear the wind, or a window opening? “The devil!

That’s the bedroom window where my wife sleeps!”

His young wife, lovely as a rose, his young wife, a joyful dove… Could she be untrustworthy? Could she? His wife, so lovely, could she be untrustworthy, his joyful dove? Look, in the light, those two shadows playing; see, two white hands opening the window. Look, one dark shadow leans in, and the other leans into an embrace! Look at the union of those impassioned lips!

The captain can hardly restrain his frenzied grief, his eyes full of tears, he checks his gun. He lifts the rifle to his trembling cheek. Ah! A loud gunshot! Perhaps the kiss is eternal! Today the captain tracked down the wolf!

Women’s Chorus David P. DeVenney, director Abigail Agulnick Barrilyn Bender Bonnie Calhoun, secretary/treasurer Jessica Edwards Stephanie Feyh Emily Gaughan Sarah Higgins-Benz Erika Hopkins Natalie Hornkohl Lorelai Ingram Woori Kogh Emily Lucas Alyssa Manzano Ashley Mariani Lauren Tennant Olivia Wallace Mia Yocco Xiomara Young

Cantari Donne Ryan Kelly, director Brooke Baumeister Kora Bosko Emma Convery Liz DeLoach Amanda Erno, president Olivia Flickinger Violet Gottlieb Anna Gutzler Abby Jennings Mikayla Piechotta Sarah Renz Eve Rhoden Sarah Richie Hannah Ruffner Mina Santiago Mely Silva Kayla Walter Julia Webster Loryn Whistler Yihan Xie

Men’s Chorus David P. DeVenney, director Patrick Angelo Lewis Arscott Thomas Bak Jeffrey Barlow, president Matthew Beinlich Christopher Caprio Dominick Conte Raymond Dessereau Benjamin Ernst Thomas Fitzpatrick Jonathan Fragale Dominick Gargiulo Riley Heaton Ryan Henkels Jacob Hepler Thomas Hsu Thomas Kuhns Benjamin Kutay, secretary/treasurer Donovan Leary Madison Letterle Thomas Lloyd James Lobb Michael Loughran Andrew Mannion Freddy Medina Logan Miller Nicholas Morales Joseph Murphy James Pacanowski III Dakota Palumbo Eddie Teah Simon Perez Torres Tristan Roebuck Joseph Sutton Jason Spiegelman Jonah Wagner Luke Watkins Matthew Whitcomb, Jr.

UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Saturday, March 5, 2022, 8:00 AM *Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia's 8th Flute Fair Kimberly Reighley, faculty liaison Swope Music Building & Performing Arts Center

Monday, March 7, 2022, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: Ovidiu Marinescu, cello Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

Monday, March 21, 2022, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: Stephen Ng, tenor Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 8:15 PM Guest Artist Recital: Eric Rieger, tenor and JJ Penna, piano Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

Friday, February 25, 2022, 32nd Annual WCU Jazz Festival www.wcupa.edu/music/jazzfest.aspx Jonathan Ragonese Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

Sunday, March 27, 2022, 3:00 PM Wind Ensemble Concert Andrew Yozviak, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 8:15 PM New Music Series Concert ft. Methods Body Jacob Cooper & Van Stiefel, directors Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 8:15 PM Flute Ensemble Concert Kimberly Reighley, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

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