About 100
A Spring Concert by The Michael Teolis Singers
Holiday Song
Motet pour 4 voix mixtes Op. 28, No. 4 Messe Breve I. Kyrie II. Gloria Michael Shawgo, organ O Pulchritudo Motet from Missa "O Pulchritudo" Susan Woltz, soprano Sidni Kiely, alto W. Kim Lyons, tenor Walter Shalda, bass Sure on This Shining Night Negro Mother* *Midwest Premiere Alfreda Burke, soprano Johnny Appleseed O Lady Moon Allen Sterwalt, clarinet Michigan Morn From the folk opera, Michigan Dream Fred Schwaneke, tenor Susan Woltz and Mary Hobein, sopranos Guys and Dolls (medley) Mark Stickney Carl Janas Mark Peterson Erik Johnson (May 16) Shelley Greenwood Cam McAra Nancy Greco Ben Beach Sing, Sing, Sing Jim Teolis, bass Aldo Mazzotti, drums |
William Schuman (1910-1992)
Jean Martinon (1910-1976) Text by St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Nino Rota (1911-1979) Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Text by James Agee Alex North (1910-1991) Text by Langston Hughes Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991) Words by Rosemary Benet Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Words from "A Japanese Micellany" by Lafcadio Hearn H. Owen Reed (b. 1910) Words by John Jennings Frank Loesser (1910-1969) Arranged by Mac Huff Louis Prima (1910-1978) Arranged by Philip Kearn Popularized by B. Goodman (1909-1986) |
Our spring concert on May 1, 2010, About 100, celebrates composers whose centenary year is 2009, 2010, or 2011. Music of Gian Carlo Menotti, Elie Siegmeister, Nino Rota, Alex North, Jean Martinon, William Schumann, and Samuel Barber will be featured. The centerpiece will be "Negro Mother" by film composer Alex North with text by Langston Hughes. This will be the Midwest premiere of this amazing, insightful, and jazzy work, written in 1940. The program closes with a rollicking version of Louis Prima’s Sing, Sing, Sing, popularized by Benny Goodman.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 7:30PM
First United Methodist Church of Oak Park
324 N. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
First United Methodist Church of Oak Park
324 N. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302