Category Archives: Performances

Join us for “Holidays with the Symphony”

Please join us this Saturday, December 14, at 7:30 in Vernon Cook Theater at Clinton High School for a wonderfully festive collaboration between the Clinton Symphony Orchestra and RiverChor. Concert and ticket information are available at https://ClintonSymphony.org .

Program

A Most Wonderful Christmas (medley); arr. Robert Sheldon

Skater’s Waltz; Émile Waldteufel

Festive Sounds of Hanukkah (medley); arr. Bill Holcombe

Messiah And the Glory * For Unto Us * Hallelujah!; George Frideric Handel  With RiverChor

Fanfare to La Péri ; Paul Dukas

The Nutcracker Marche * Arabe * Waltz of the Flowers * Trepak; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

How Great Our Joy; arr. John Rutter  With RiverChor

Lua, Lua, Lua ; Esther Scliar  RiverChor

Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2.; Georges Bizet

Pizzicato Polka; Johann Strauss, Jr. and Josef Strauss

Christmas Memories; Rosephanye Powell  With RiverChor

A Christmas Festival; LeRoy Anderson  Carol Sing-along with audience and RiverChor

Vox Femina – RiverChor Fall 2019 Concert

Join RiverChor on Sunday, November 17, at 3:00 PM (note the new time!) at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. The fall concert of our 16th season will feature the choral music of women composers and arrangers, dating from the 12th century to contemporary. The choir consists of 50 members ranging in age from 15 to 70 that come from eight communities within the Gateway Area of eastern Iowa and western Illinois. Our directors are Karl Wolf and Chris Marple; our pianist is Christine Holmer. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Repertoire:

TitleComposer/
arranger		Text
Jubilate DeoEmily CrockerPsalm 100
Lua, Lua, Lua Esther Scliar Lucia Candall
Three Madrigals
“O Mistress Mine”
“Take, O Take”
“Sigh no more, Ladies” 		Emma Lou Diemer Shakespeare
Ave Maria Angelina Figus Traditional
I Thank You God Gwyneth Walker e.e. cummings
I Will Be Earth
Featuring our Women		 Gwyneth Walker May Swenson
I see the Heaven’s
Glory Shine
Featuring our Men		 Andrea Ramsey Emily Bronté
My Very Own Susan LaBarr Song of Solomon
Arise, Beloved! Rosephanye Powell Song of Solomon
O frondens virga Carlotta Ferrari Hildegard von
Bingen
Gondoliera Clara Schumann Emanuel Geibel
Daniel, Daniel,
Servant of the
Lord 		Undine S. Moore Trad. Spiritual

RiverChor to Present Concert April 7th

RiverChor is in rehearsals for their spring concert, which will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in Zion Lutheran Church, 439 3rd Ave S, Clinton, Iowa. This spring, the group is under the direction of Chris Marple, Kathy Janicek, Mark Kapusinski, and Karl Wolf; our pianist is Christine Holmer.

The program will be:

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal – Shaw/Parker

Ubi Caritas – Gjeilo

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place – Brahms

When Jesus Wept/Lamb of God – Billings/Christiansen

All Through the Night – Luboff

Song of Triumph – Grotenhuis

The Pasture – Stroope

In Dat Great Gittin’ Up Mornin’ – Hairston

—-Intermission—

Stomp Your Foot – Copland

Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye – Parker/Shaw

One Hand, One Heart – Bernstein/Sondheim

Blue Skies – Zegree

In Flanders Field – Jacobson/Emerson

Bridge Over Troubled Water – Shaw

Mark your calendars for April 7th! The concert is free, donations are appreciated.

Shout and Be Joyful – RiverChor’s Fall 2018 Concert

Join RiverChor in celebrating its 15th season on Sunday, November 11, 2:00 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, IA.  We will be presenting a variety of choral music crossing multiple genres.  As a special treat, we will be having a brass group join us on three pieces.  The concert is free.

Program:

When in Our Music God is Glorified; arr Mary McDonald

Jam Sol Recedit; Horatio W. Parker

Psalm 100; Heinrich Schutz

Te Deum; Robert Wetzler

O God Our Help; unknown

At Last; arr. Jay Althouse (featuring the women)

When Meteor Lights Dance O’er the Fen; arr. Thea Engelson (also featuring the women)

Hard Times Come Again No More; Stephen Foster (featuring the men)

Pirate Song; Tim Jones (also featuring the men)

Irish Tune from County Derry; Percy Grainger

His Eye is on the Sparrow; arr. Shane Warby

Let Me Fly; arr. Robert DeCormier

The Happy Wanderer; arr. Norman Luboff

 

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RiverChor Performs Haydn’s “Creation” with CSO and MCC on April 28

Don’t miss this treat!  RiverChor will be performing Haydn’s “The Creation” on April 28, at 7:30pm at Clinton High School’s Vernon Cook Theater.  The concert is in conjunction with the Clinton Symphony Orchestra, and the Muscatine Civic Chorale will join us, rounding the choir out to about 70.

In addition, we welcome special guest soloists, two of which are from the area; Alisa Magallon, graduate of Northeast High School, and Michael Jorgensen, graduate of Clinton High School.  The three soloists sparkle on the intricate passages presented by Haydn.

RiverChor is excited to present this oratorio in Clinton, we traveled to Muscatine earlier this month to perform the work with the Muscatine Symphony, and it was quite spectacular.  We expect it to be even better in Clinton!

RiverChor presents Fall Concert on November 12

RiverChor, the Gateway Area’s Premier Chorus, will present their fall concert entitled “The King Shall Rejoice” at 2:00pm on Nov 12, in Zion Lutheran Church of Clinton, IA.  The concert is free. In addition to the featured work by Handel, the forty member choir will sing pieces of many genres selected from the following:

All That Hath Life & Breath Praise Ye the Lord!  ….. Rene Clausen

Salvation is Created ……  Paul Tschesnokoff / N.L. Norden

O Lord God …..  Paul Tschesnokoff / N.L. Norden

Nunc Dimittis (The Song of Simeon)  …… Alexander Gretchaninoff  / N.L. Norden

O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf ……. Johannes Brahms

The King Shall Rejoice ….. George Frideric Handel

O Sing to the Lord  ….. Dan Davison   (Featuring the men)

Shout for Joy!  …. Dan Davison  (Featuring the women)

Abide with Me …..  arr. Moses Hogan

Saints Bound for Heaven ….. arr. Parker/Shaw

Give Me Jesus …. arr. Larry Fleming

King Jesus is a Listenin’ ….. arr. Ken Berg

 

Please mark your calendars and plan to spend a lovely afternoon in song!!

 

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RiverChor’s “Spring Potpourri” Concert to be April 23rd

 

RiverChor has been working hard this winter on a large variety of music.  We invite you to enjoy it with us on Sunday, April 23, at 2pm in Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa.  The concert is free.

Repertoire will include:

All That has Life and Breath Praise Ye the Lord! ……… Rene Clausen

Ave Verum Corpus ……….. Camille Saint-Saens

Zadok the Priest ……….  G. F. Handel

The Evening Primrose  ……… Benjamin Britten

To My Cousin ……. F. J. Haydn; arranged by our own Dr. Thea Engelson

When the Saints Go Marching In ……. arr. Norman Luboff

Do Lord  ……………. arr. Norman Luboff

Camptown Races  …………  arr. Jack Halloran

Old West Medley …….. arr. Mark Hayes

Down to the River to Pray ……. arr. Mack Wilberg

Go and Tell John …… Lloyd Pfautsch

Witness ……. arr. Jack Halloran

 

Mark your calendar today and plan to join us on April 23rd!

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RiverChor and Clinton Symphony Orchestra present Holiday Pops

Clinton Symphony with RiverChor

Looking for a way to get in the Christmas spirit?  Join us for an evening of music and carols!  We’ll get on the Polar Express, dance with the Sugarplum Fairies, enjoy a Sleigh Ride, and learn to ‘Let It Go’.

After intermission, RiverChor will join the Symphony to present the lighthearted Star Carol by John Rutter, followed by a Christmas on Broadway medley.  The concert will conclude with several “Messiah” choruses, and a hearty carol sing-a-long.

All students are admitted free, and the start time is a little earlier, so bring the whole family out to Vernon Cook Theater for a lovely evening on December 10th!

RiverChor to Present Fall Concert

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RiverChor is nearly ready to present their fall choir concert, which will include the following pieces:

Cantate Domino – Sweelinck

Justorum Animae – Stanford

I Am the Rose of Sharon – Billings

The Poor and Needy – Sateren

Song of Triumph –  Grotenhuis

Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened – Handel

Gypsy Song – Bizet, arr. Engelson  (Debut of this new arrangement, featuring the women)

Hard Times Come Again No More – Foster (featuring the men)

The Terrible Tale of Tom Gilligan – Rutter

Wondrous Love – Clemens

How Can I Keep from Singing – Davis

Bile Them Cabbage Down – arr. Wilberg

 

Mark your calendar now for Sunday, November 13th for an afternoon of great choral music!