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ISU Choirs Holiday Concert ‘Songs of the Season’ set Dec. 4 at the First Presbyterian Church in Pocatello

December 1, 2015
ISU Marketing and Communications

POCATELLO 鈥 色花堂app Choirs Holiday Concert 鈥淪ongs of the Season鈥 will be presented Dec. 4 in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church in Pocatello at 7:30 p.m.

ISU Director of Choral Activities Scott Anderson will conduct the 20-voice ISU Chamber Choir and Professor Kathleen Lane will lead the ISU Women鈥檚 Choir.

鈥淭he wonderful atmosphere of the First Presbyterian Church provides a perfect venue to present a wide variety of choral music celebrating the traditions associated with the Christmas season,鈥 Anderson said. 鈥淎udiences will hear representative choral works from the 1500s to the present day; ancient to modern expressions of uplifting texts and unique carol settings.鈥

The ISU Women鈥檚 Choir
The ISU Women鈥檚 Choir will open the concert with a newly published 14th-century processional chant, 鈥淥 Virgo Splendens.鈥 This evocative chant will be followed by the 鈥淲inter鈥 portion of the Ralph Vaughan Williams cantata, 鈥淔olks Songs of the Four Seasons.鈥 These modern settings celebrate some of the oldest holiday tunes and celebrations in English history, including a joyful 鈥淲assail Song,鈥 and a hymn of blessing, 鈥淕od Bless the Master of this House.鈥 Robert Wilson will be featured as violin soloist on 鈥淯sh鈥檓or tseiteinu,鈥 a Hebrew Sabbath song. Carol Hotrum returns as piano accompanist for the Vaughan Williams and the Hebrew hymn.

The ISU Chamber Choir will perform the King鈥檚 Singers arrangement 鈥淕audete,鈥 featuring the solo voices of Jason Dyer, Lakota Terrace, Trey Croft and Brett Friedman. The men of the Chamber Choir will sing the plainchant 鈥淎lma Redemptoris Mater,鈥 upon which the Palestrina鈥檚 motet of the same name is based. The choir will present Johann Sebastian Bach鈥檚 chorus 鈥淓hre sei Gott鈥 followed by the haunting setting of William Blake鈥檚 鈥淭he Lamb鈥 by English composer John Tavener. Pianist Natalia Lauk will be featured in the choir鈥檚 performance of 鈥淲hat Sweeter Music鈥 by John Rutter. The singers will present the joyous 鈥淣oel Ayisyen鈥 by Emile Desamours in Haitian Creole, and will end their performance with a rousing setting of 鈥淲e Wish You a Merry Christmas.鈥

Admission to the 7:30 p.m. performance is a suggested donation of $5 at the door; however, any amount will be accepted. The church is located at 202 S. Seventh Ave., Pocatello

For more information please contact Julie Hillebrant at hilljuli@isu.edu or visit http://www.isu.edu/sopa/music.shtml.


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