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Concert Program

AMERICAN SAMPLER

May 11, 2002 at 8:00 pm

Tuckerman Hall, Worcester

produced by
THE MASTER SINGERS OF WORCESTER
Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director and Conductor

featuring
Ru-Zelda Severin, soprano
and
Olga Rogach, accompanist

also featuring the
Worcester Youth Chorale
and the
Worcester Children's Chorus

Program
Three Early American Choral Works
1.MontagueTimothy Swan
2.WarrenAbraham Wood
3.RainbowTimothy Swan
Two Settings of Shaker TunesWilliam Cutter
1.I Will Go On My Way
2.Let Zion Move
67th PsalmCharles Ives
SongstreamAlice Parker
Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay
I.To KathleenVI.The Merry Maid
II.MariposaVII.Thursday
III.The PhilosopherVIII.Passer Mortuus Est
IV.The Spring and the FallIX.Lethe
X.Nuit Blanche

Intermission

The WakingDavid Conte
Three Spirituals
1.I Got A Home In-A Dat Rockarr. Moses Hogan
2.Deep Riverarr. Norman Luboff
3.Great Dayarr. Moses Hogan
Ru-Zelda Severin, soprano soloist
Four Choral Works by Aaron Copland
I.Zion's Wallsarr. Glen Koponen
Combined Choruses
II.Simple Giftsarr. Irving Fine
The Worcester Children's Chorus
III.Ching-a-Ring Chawtrans. Irving Fine
The Worcester Children's Chorus and
The Worcester Youth Chorale
IV.The Promise of Livingfrom The Tender Land
Combined Choruses; Matt Johnsen pianist