Enjoy a ‘Peace’-ful afternoon of choral music with RiverChor on Sunday, November 16, 2:00pm at Zion Lutheran Church, 439 3rd Ave S, in Clinton.  Admission is free, donations are welcome and appreciated.

After a hearty “Welcome Here”, the choir will weave through a number of musical styles by Monhardt, Handel, Undine Smith Moore, Lauridsen, concluding the first half with “The Last Words of David” by Randall Thompson.

The second half of the concert will feature Zion’s organ and several instrumentalists.  Pieces are the Telemann “Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes”, the contemporary “Cantata of Peace” by Daniel Moe (written while he was Director of Choral Music at University of Iowa), and concluding with John Rutter’s “A Gaelic Blessing”.

RiverChor Community Choir is made up of singers from Clinton, Morrison, Low Moor, Albany, Goose Lake, Tampico, and Davenport.  The director is Karl Wolf, the pianist/organist is Christine Holmer. 

Full Program:

Welcome Here – Shaker Tune arr. Robert DeCormier
Let The People Praise Thee – Maurice Monhardt
Hallelujah, Amen – G. F. Handel
We Shall Walk Through The Valley – Undine Smith Moore
Sure On This Shining Night – Morten Lauridsen
The Last Words of David – Randall Thompson
~Intermission~
Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes – Georg Philipp Telemann
Cantata of Peace – Daniel Moe
A Gaelic Blessing – John Rutter