Magnum Chorum

Christopher Aspaas, conductor

 

presents,

 

 

Spring is reborn, unleashing our spirits in this magnificent musical mosaic of life and rebirth, yearning and love, both earthly and divine.  Your soul will swoon to Clausen’s sparking Canticle of Praise, a jubilant fanfare celebrating all creation, and the soaring Blue Bird by Stanford along with his Three Motets.  Awaken your senses to a moody Quiet Rain by Lundvik and fragrant Prairie Songs by Paulus.  You’ll savor the surprising colorful opulence of Whitacre’s A Boy and a Girl, as his flavorful suspensions illuminate the wistful poetry of Octavio Paz.  From the heart of our tradition, Celestial Spring by F.M. Christiansen uplifts the reawakening soul – “soul arise, you’re heavenly born” – in The Spirit’s Yearning, Exaltation, Regeneration, and Glorification.  An evocative new work, Prayer, based on the words of Mother Teresa, rounds out a splendid serenade at Nativity of Our Lord Church.

 

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Canticle of Praise, Rene Clausen
The King of Love, Paul J. Christiansen
Easter Anthem, William Byrd

Prayer, Rene Clausen
This is the Day, Stanford Scriven
Christ the Apple Tree, Stanford Scriven

Three Motets, Charles Villiers Stanford
  Justorum Anime
  Beati Quorum Via
  Coelos Ascendit

Nocturnes, Hildor Lundvik

Prairie Songs, Stephen Paulus
   Grass
   The Sound of Silence
   The Old Church

The Blue Bird, Charles Villiers Stanford

An Elizabethan Spring, Stephen Chatman
   Spring, the sweet spring
   There is a Garden in Her Face
   the Urchins' Dance

A Boy and a Girl, Eric Whitacre

Celestial Spring, F. Melius Christiansen
   The Spirit's Yearning
   Exaltation
   Regeneration
   Glorification