PROGRAM

Cease Sorrows Now

Thomas Weelkes (ca. 1575-1623)

Vier Lieder aus dem Jungbrunnen
   1. Nun stehn die Rosen in Blüte
   2. Die Berge sind spitz
   3. Am Wildbach die Weiden
   4. Und gehst du über den Kirchhof

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
   The Sprig of Thyme
   The Unquiet Grave

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Five Sacred Songs
   3. The Sorrows of Death

Grayston Ives (b. 1948)

Seven Part-Songs
   4. When first we met
   5. Sorrow and joy

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

INTERMISSION

Alleluia

Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

The Winged Joy
   II. The Message
   IV. A Farewell
   V. Love came back at fall o’ dew
   VI. Red May
   VII. You say there is no love

Kirke Mechem (b. 1925)

Hosanna

Knut Nystedt (b. 1915)