Hodgson Singers present tour send-off concert May 15

Conductor Daniel Bara and the University of Georgia Hodgson Singers will present a European Tour Send-Off Concert on Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 pm in Hodgson Concert Hall. 

The group, which serves as the flagship choral ensemble for the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will present selections from their upcoming European tour on the road to the 2014 International Choral Competition Ave Verum in Baden, Austria. The performance will showcase a wide variety of art song including sacred texts and folk songs of love and loss from Lithuania, England, and America.

Tickets for the performance, whose proceeds will be used to defray travel expenses, are $10 or $5 with UGA student ID, and are available by visiting pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400.

Program to be selected from the following:



I.

Praise and Petition



DAMIJAN MOCNIK (b. 1967)        Christus est natus



HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983)        Salve Regina



WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623)        Sing Joyfully



GEORG SCHUMANN    (1866-1952)        Das ist ein köstliches Ding, Op. 52, No. 2





II.

Lenten Reflection



TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)    Vere languores nostros

PAWEL LUKASZEWSKI (b. 1968)        Two Lenten Motets





III.

Folk Songs of Love & Loss



BOB CHILCOTT (b. 1955)            Marriage to My Lady Poverty



MICHAEL HENNAGIN, Arr. (1936-1993)    Walking on the Green Grass



VACLOVAS AUGUSTINAS (B. 1959)        Tykus Tykus





IV.

Americana



JAKE RUNESTAD (b. 1986)            Nyon Nyon



JEFFREY AMES, Arr. (b. 1969)        I’ve Been in the Storm so Long



SHAWN KIRCHNER, Arr. (B. 1970)        Unclouded Day