Choral Concert

‘ACROSS RIVERS’ CHORAL CONCERT

“Across Rivers” is a graduate choral conducting recital given by Master of Music student Ethan Murphy, our choir director, featuring the University Singers and Chamber Singers from the University of Minnesota.

Repertoire in this concert includes music by Black composers paired with music by Western European composers of a similar style or era. Composers include W.A. Mozart (Austria), Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia (Brazil), Edward Elgar (England), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (England), Heinrich Schütz (Germany), Shavon Lloyd (United States), and Remel Derrick (United States).

The title of the recital is influenced by Langston Hughes’ poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, acknowledging the contribution of Black musicians throughout time and across the globe.

Program

Requiem Aeternam from “Requiem in D Minor” by W. A. Mozart (with Organ) Kyrie from “Requiem in D Minor” by Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia (with Organ) The Shower by Edward Elgar
The Lee Shore by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Jauchzet Dem Herren by Heinrich Schütz (with Organ)
Alleluia by Shavon Lloyd
May You Walk Gently Through the World by Remel Derrick

Friday, February 25, 2022, 7:30pm Bethlehem Covenant Church