Choirs Aotearoa NZ presents the New Zealand Youth Choir in concert at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House at 7.30pm, 21 April 2012.
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The internationally acclaimed choir will perform works by New Zealand and international composers ranging from Schumann to Tippett to David Hamilton and local Hawke’s Bay composer Stephen Lange.
The choir will be conducted by newly appointed Music Director, David Squire. Assistant Music Director James Tibbles. Vocal Consultant Morag Atchison.
Programme will be announced from the following repertoire:
Andrew Baldwin (NZ) Magnificat
Lajos Bárdos Libera me
Andrew Carter arr. (George Shearing) Lullaby of Birdland
Helen Caskie (NZ) Ten cent mixture
1. Underneath
2. Sunburn
3. Arriving
4. Lollies
5. Getting Acquainted
Stephen Chatman She’s Like the Swallow
Jakobus Gallus (Jacob Handl) Musica Musarum
David Hamilton (NZ) Didn’t it rain
Herbert Howells Take him, earth, for cherishing
Stephen Lange (NZ) He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven
Douglas Mews Two New Zealand Folk Songs of the Sea
Joaquin Pildain Mi mano amor
Robert Schumann Vier doppelchörige Gesänge
1. An die Sterne
2. Ungewisses Licht
3. Zuversicht
4. Talismane
Michael Tippett Five Negro Spirituals from ‘Child of Our Time’
