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.

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!

Keep your dates on Facebook? Here’s a link to the Facebook Event.

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.

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