Founded in 1929 by Olaf C. Christiansen as the Oberlin A Cappella Choir, the Oberlin College Choir is a select ensemble of College and Conservatory students. Oberlin College Choir performs a wide variety of a capella and accompanied choral literature. In 1964, under the direction of Robert Fountain, the ensemble sang 39 concerts in the former Soviet Union and in Romania as part of the Cultural Exchange Program of the U. S. State Department. Since 1997, the choir has been conducted by Director of Choral Ensembles and Associate Professor of Choral Conducting Hugh Floyd.
A freewill offering will be accepted. Meet the musicians at a reception following the concert.
The program is as follows:
Psalm 100 (Jauchzet dem Hernn, alle Welt) by Felix Mendelssohn
Immortal Bach arranged by Knut Nystedt
Lobe den Herren by Hugo Distler
Os Justi (Psalm 37: 30-31) by Anton Bruckner
Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans by Claude Debussy
Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder!
Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin
Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain
This Marriage by Eric Whitacre
Four Shakespeare Songs by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Come Away, Death (Twelfth Night II:4)
Lullaby (A Midsummer Night’s Dream II:2)
Double, Double Toil and Trouble (Macbeth IV:1)
Full Fathom Five (The Tempest I:2)
She’s Like the Swallow arranged by Edward T. Chapman
Loch Lomond arranged by Jonathan Quick
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland is located at:
21600 Shaker Blvd.
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Office: 216-751-2320
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