Large Ensemble Concert Series

NIU Choral Concert

NIU Concert Choir
NIU University Chorus
NIU Chamber Choir

Eric Johnson, director, NIU Chamber Choir and Concert Choir
Mary Lynn Doherty, director, University Chorus

Tuesday, March 3, 2025
7 p.m.
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

Concert Program

Program

Chamber Choir

Sechs Lieder, Op. 50
Ruhethal (no. 5)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21
Chorus no. 6 Was betrübst du dich, meine seele?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

University Chorus

Tshotsholoza (Go Forward) Traditional South African
arr. by Jeffrey Ames (b. 1969)
Brayden Dulen and Reign Bonnewell, soloists
Adoramus Te Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
J’Entends le Moulin (I Hear the Millwheel) Québecois Folk Song
arr. by Donald Patriquin (b. 1938)
From Trois chansons folklorique
The Bird’s Lullaby Sarah Quartel (b. 1982)

Concert Choir

 
Mass in G Minor Ralp Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
   Kyrie
   Gloria
 
Come, Sing to the Praise (from opera Christoph Gluck (1714-1787)
Joseph Quaynor, soloist
Mamayog Akun Traditional courting song from Mindano, Philippines
arr. Fabian Obospo (b. 1947)
Bahaari Baarish Shruthi Rajasekar (b. 1996)
Ong-Hye-Ya Folk song from Kkyeong-Sang-Do province, Korea
arr. Hye-Young-Cho (b. 1969)