Allendale High School
Chamber Choir
Led by Anna Bolton
Northview High School
Varsity Voices
Led by Jack Phillipson
Texts & Translations
Effortlessly Love Flows
Aaron Jay Kernis
Effortlessly,
Love flows from God into man,
Like a bird
Who rivers the air
Without moving her wings.
Thus we move in His world
One in body and soul,
Though outwardly separate in form.
As the Source strikes the note,
Humanity sings --
The Holy Spirit is our harpist,
And all strings
Which are touched in Love
Must sound.
-Mechthild of Madeberg (Tr. Jane Hirschfield)
Ascending to Heaven
Assumpta est Maria
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
David Bednall
Assumpta est Maria in coelum:
gaudent angeli,
laudantes benedicunt Dominum,
alleluia.
Mary is taken up into heaven,
the angels rejoice,
praising, they bless God.
Alleluia.
-Offertory for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Solfa: The Shape Note Tradition
Holy Manna
William Moore
Brethren, we have met together to worship,
And adore the Lord, our God;
Will you pray with all your power,
While we try to preach the word?
All is vain unless the Spirit
Of the Holy One comes down;
Brethren, pray and holy manna
Will be showered all around.
-George Atkin
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Jewett
R.F.M Mann
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Amazing grace! how sweet the sound!
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
Shout, shout for glory,
Shout, should aloud for glory;
Brother, sister, mourner,
All shout glory, hallelujah!
-John Newton
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Hallelujah
Arr. Shawn Kirchner
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And let this feeble body fail,
And let it faint and die;
My soul shall quit the mournful vale,
And soar to worlds on high:
Refrain
And I’ll sing hallelujah,
And you’ll sing hallelujah,
And we’ll all sing hallelujah
When we arrive at home.
Oh what are all my sufferings here,
If, Lord, Thou count me meet
With that enraptured host to appear,
And worship at Thy feet! Refrain.
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
Take life or friends away,
But let me find them all again,
In that eternal day. Refrain.
-Charles Wesley​
On Becoming
Kwaejina Ching Ching
Byunghee Oh
(sung in Korean)
쾌지나 ì¹ì¹…
Ching ching, the joyful sound
Bright moon in the sky
A universal loom
Carp for good luck
Let’s go to another realm
Sunset in the mountain
Ching, ching, the joyful sound!
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Links to the Future
Niska Banja
arr. Nick Page
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Niška banja, topla voda
zanislije živazjoda.
We shall go to the baths of Niš,
where we shall kiss, kiss, kiss.
-Romani Dance
Jordan's Angels
Rollo Dillworth
Lookin’ out over Jordan, all I could see:
A band of angels comin’ after me.
Gabriel was playing the trumpet.
David was playing the harp.
Someday my soul shall be free.
All night, all day, the angels keep a’watchin’ over me, my Lord.
All night, all day, angels watchin’ over me,
And I shall be free.
-Rollo A Dilworth
Wanting Memories
Ysaÿe M. Barnwell
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
You used to rock me in the cradle of your arms
You said you'd hold me
'Til the pains of life were gone
You said you'd comfort me in times like these
And now I need you
Now I need you, and you are gone
Since you've gone and left me
There's been so little beauty
But I know I saw it clearly through your eyes
Now the world outside is such a cold and bitter place
Here inside I have few things that will console
And when I try to hear your voice
Above the storms of life
Then I remember
All the things that I was told
- Ysaÿe M. Barnwell
How Good
Michael Engelhardt
Refrain
How good and pleasant it is
When we dwell together in unity.
All people, all around the world,
All sisters and brothers,
We’re born to be in one family.
Unique yet we’re unified,
One body, yet many.
Diversity; Oh, let it be our identity! Refrain.
It’s time we finally agree
We need one another.
In bonds of peace,
We are free indeed.
Nothing can separate us
From the love of the Father.
True unity, Oh, let it be a reality!
Refrain.
-Michael Engelhardt
These Roots Have Never Forgotten
Ezekiel
arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Refrain
Ezekul saw de wheel way up in de middl’ of de air,
Ezekul saw de wheel way in de middl’ of de air.
Yes, Ezekul saw de wheel way up in de middl’ of de air,
Ezekul saw de wheel way in de middl’ of de air.
De big wheel run by faith, wheel in a wheel,
Yes, don’ you know dat litl’ wheel run by da grace of God,
Yes, wheel in a wheel, way in de middl’ of de air.
You better mind, my brothuh, how you walk on de cross,
Yo’ foot might slip an’ yo’ soul get los’,
Don’ you know satan wears a club-fit shoe,
Watch, if you don’ min’ he’ll slip it on you. Refrain.
Some go to church for to sing an’ shout,
Before six months dey’s all turn’d out,
Some go to church for to sing an’ shout,
Before six months dey’s all turn’d out.
Ezekul saw de wheel, yes, de wheel was a turnin’,
Wheel in a wheel, it was a turnin’ in de air. Refrain.
-Traditional Spiritual
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Zanaida Robles
Veni, Sancte Spiritus,
et emitte caelitus
lucis tuae radium.
Come, Holy Spirit,
and send out from heaven
the ray of your light.
Veni, pater pauperum,
veni, dator munerum,
veni, lumen cordium.
Come, father of the poor,
come, giver of gifts,
come, light of hearts.
Consolator optime,
dulcis hospes animae,
dulce refrigerium.
Greatest comforter,
sweet guest of the soul,
sweet consolation.
In labore requies,
in aestu temperies,
in fletu solatium.
In labor, rest,
in heat, temperateness,
in tears, solace.
O lux beatissima,
reple cordis intima
tuorum fidelium.
O most blessed light,
fill the inmost heart
of your faithful.
Sine tuo numine,
nihil est in homine,
nihil est innoxium.
Without the nod of your head,
there is nothing in man,
nothing that is harmless.
-Sequence for Pentecost
To Propagate a Home
Ayanna Woods
We must have uncommon strength to face the wound
and refuse to let it wither.
We must have uncommon faith to plunge our hands into the land
And nurture an abandoned place.
They say it’s a lost cause—
They haven’t seen the new roots
Weaving through the dark.
They say it isn’t worth it—
They haven’t watched with joy
As each new bud emerges.
When they cut off a branch that they say is dying,
It takes uncommon faith to grow.
These roots have never forgotten
How to grab hold of the soil.
This branch has never forgotten
How to reach up toward the sky.
-Ayanna Woods
all becomes the infinite
Derrick Skye
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A seed embraced by earth and rain,
blossoms with strength, yet feels the strain
of seeking space in land, taking root
becoming one with grained rock.
A river's journey, winding long,
Converging with the sea's strong song,
Two Souls entwined, their love is fearless
Belonging found, where love is bold.
A flame ignites, from a source it springs,
Rising high, its radiance brings
a tale of growth, of love and pain,
The path to becoming whole.
In molten core, the metal stirs,
transformed by heat, its essence melds
Finding shape as it transforms
Electric as it churns
All becomes the infinite
-Derrick Skye​
Together We Ascend
Fly to Paradise
Eric Whitacre
And all she ever thinks about
Is being any other place than this,
‘Cause she remembers having wings
But she’s forgotten what it’s like to feel a paradise of bliss.
And all I want to do is fly,
Just fly,
And all I want to do is fly,
Just fly…
To paradise!
And all she ever thinks about
Is memories of soaring through the sky,
‘Cause she remembers having wings
But she’s forgotten what it feels like to fly.
And all I want to do is fly,
Just fly,
And all I want to do is fly,
Just fly…
To paradise!
-David Norona & Eric Whitacre
DONORS & SPONSORS
Anonymous
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and other contributions we received from our past concerts.
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