Sunday, June 9
4:00 pm
Duke Chapel
$10 General Admission
Students free with ID
Tickets through
Duke Box Office
(919) 684-4444 or www.tickets.duke.edu
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THERE WILL BE REST
Stephen Chatman Dryads' bells
- sung bell sounds by this Canadian composer, written in 1999
Dan Locklair Bond and Free
- world premiere of NC composer Dan Locklair’s 2012 setting of a Robert Frost poem that explores two sides of life: the intellectual and the emotional
James MacMillan A Child's Prayer
- written by Scottish composer James MacMillan to honor the victims of the 1996 killing at the Dunblane Primary School, which took the lives of 16 children and one adult; performed in this concert to honor the victims of the killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December
Steven Sametz On the death of a friend
- 2003 composition, with a text from a sermon prior to 1910 burial of King Edward VII
Francis Poulenc Vinea mea electa
- one of French composer Poulenc’s 4 Lenten motets from 1939; based on Isaiah and Jeremiah texts about a beloved vine that has turned bitter
Herbert Howells Take him, earth, for cherishing
- massive and powerful work written in memory of President John F. Kennedy; performed in this concert to mark the 50th anniversary of his 1963 assassination
Ned Rorem Lift up your heads
- written for Ascension Day in 1963, in memory of composer Francis Poulenc
Dale Warland There will be rest
- a Sara Teasdale poem, in a choral setting with harp and flute, composed for the Dale Warland Singers in 2003
Dan Forrest Amen
- 8-voice final movement from SC composer Dan Forrest’s Words of Paradise, 2007
Ēriks Eŝenvalds Northern Lights
- 2012 composition by this Latvian composer; including a Latvian folk song and the words of two Arctic explorers who encountered the wondrous sight of the Northern lights; with tuned water glasses and chimes!
Arvo Pärt Nunc dimittis
- highly expressive 2001 setting by this beloved Estonian minimalist composer; “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace”
Jaako Mäntyjärvi Psalm 150 in Grandsire Triples
- this Finnish composer’s 1999 piece that includes sung bell patterns in the specific change-ringing style called Grandsire Triples
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