Our spring concert is coming up fast….join us for a selection of RiverChor’s greatest hits, solos and small groups from our choir, and special guests STAMVOJA, jazz choir from St. Ambrose. All this on March 4th, 2pm, at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton! The concert is free.
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!!
PromoPosterNov2017 <—–PDF version of the concert poster for printing and posting!
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.
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!
Keep your dates on Facebook? Here’s a link to the Facebook Event.
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 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!
RiverChor will present a blend of choral music taking you on a number of delightful journeys. Visit the Gypsies with Brahms, experience an ocean and a river community, relive your childhood with updated nursery rhymes, and Fly Away while Awakening to the music! The concert will be on May 1, 2016, at 2:00 pm, in Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. It is open to all, and is free.
Repertoire presented will be selected from the following:
Come to the Music……Joseph M. Martin
O Clap Your Hands …. Maurice Green
Festival Te Deum ….. R. Vaughn Williams
Zigeunderlieder ….. Johannes Brahms
Monday’s Child, and Sing a Song of Sixpence ……. arr. John Rutter
Away from the Roll of the Sea ….. Allister MacGillivray
Song for the Mira ……. Allister MacGillivray
Do I Hear a Waltz? (Medley) …… Rodgers/Hammerstein/Sondheim/Hart
I’ll Fly Away …. Albert Brumley
All Through the Night …… arr. Norman Luboff
The Awakening …… Joseph M. Martin
Mark your calendar for May 1, we’ll see you there!
Did you miss our Messiah performance, or want to see/hear it again? Here it is!
Merry Christmas from RiverChor!
RiverChor is in final rehearsals for their fall concert, “O, To Be in England”. Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 1, 2:00 pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. The concert will feature the following pieces:
When in Our Music God is Glorified ….. Charles Villiers Stanford
Remember, O Lord, What is Come Upon Us ….. T. A. Walmisley
Jerusalem, DLM ….. William Blake
I Was Glad ….. C. H. H. Parry
featuring David Gaulrapp, organist
Hosanna to the Son of David ….. Orlando Gibbons
There Shall a Star from David ….. Felix Mendelssohn
Advent Motet ….. Gustav Schreck
Lay Up Your Treasures in Heaven ….. Pepper Choplin
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot ….. arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
I’ll Fly Away ….. Albert E. Brumley/arr. Joel Raney
We look forward to seeing you in the audience this Sunday!
Save the date! RiverChor will present their fall concert on Sunday, November 1, at 2pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton. Entitled ‘O, To Be In England’, the concert will feature works by English composers.
If you’d like to help us promote the concert, simply click the link below for a PDF of our poster, which you can print and post.
Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV 4 is an early cantata of Johann Sebastian Bach, and was likely intended for an Easter performance in 1707. It is a chorale cantata, with music and text based on the hymn of the same name by Martin Luther. There are seven movements, and it will be accompanied by strings.
RiverChor is also excited to present Robert Schumann’s Er, der Herrlichste von allen. This piece has been newly arranged for three part women by Dr. Thea Engelson.
Making up the balance of the concert are various songs of the sea, of love, and spirituals as follows:
He’s Gone Away American Folk Song arr. Shaw/Parker
The Sailor and Young Nancy arr. E.J Moeran
I Love My Love Cornish Folk Song arr. Gustav Holst
The Jolly Tar and the Milkmaid George & Ira Gershwin
Where is Love? Lionel Bart arr. Kirby Shaw
I Love That Old Barbershop Style Einar Pedersen arr. Val Hicks
Let Me Fly arr. Robert DeCormier
I’ll Never Turn Back No More R. Nathaniel Dett
King Jesus is A-Listenin’ arr. Ken Berg
Saints Bound for Heaven Traditional arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Mark your calendar now so you don’t miss this concert! It will be Sunday, April 19, 2015, at 2:00P.M. in Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton. The concert is open to the public, a free will-offering will be taken to defray the cost of music and musicians.