Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024  •  5 p.m.

Weigel Auditorium
Columbus, OH 
 

MEN'S GLEE CLUB and OHIO STATE CHORALE
Robert J. Ward, conductor
Casey L. Cook, associate conductor and collaborative pianist
Christopher R. Dent, doctoral student in choral conducting

Personnel
 

Program

Chorale

Magnificat
Charles Theodore Pachelbel

Christopher R. Dent, conducting

My soul doth magnify the Lord, 
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. 
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 
And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations.
He hath shewed strength with his arm. 
He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 
He hath put down the mighty from their seat 
and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things. 
And the rich he hath sent empty away. 
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel 
as he promised to our forefathers Abraham, and his seed forever. 
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.
Amen.

Alleluia
Eurydice V. Osterman

Miniyama Nayo
Paul John Rudoi

Greg Smith, soloist

Fern Hill
John Corigliano

Martha J. Hart, mezzo soprano

Known for her stylistic interpretation of music spanning the Baroque to contemporary, Ms. Hart has sung to critical acclaim throughout North America and France for her performances of oratorio, art song and chamber music. Martha has sung with the symphony orchestras of Montreal, Atlanta, Lansing, Phoenix, Grand Rapids, Omaha, and St. Louis with notable conductors Helmuth Rilling, Simon Preston, Craig Jessop, and Robert Shaw. She recorded solos of the Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, and is a featured soloist on Schubert Songs for Male Chorus with the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, both on the Telarc label. Other recordings include music of Charles Ives with the St. Olaf Choir, Linn Records, and a solo CD with pianist J. J. Penna titled Summer Journey: Songs of Darius Milhaud. She made her solo debut performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall singing the Duruflé Requiem with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and returned to sing Schubert’s Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major. In addition to her performance credits, Ms. Hart is a respected vocal pedagogue who has served on the faculties of Graceland University, The Ohio State University, the Bay View Music Festival, and recently retired from the position of Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Studies at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.
 

Men's Glee Club

O Beata Trinitas
Jacob Gallus

Love was My Lord and King
Gwyneth Walker

A Sentinel
Crossing the Bar

O Saya
arr. Ethan Sperry

Sam Sherer, Matt Hanson, Haydn Veith, percussion

That Little Church in the Wildwood
Brant Adams