Southwestern Michigan Vocal Festival : 56th annual festival program

Recorded during a live performance at Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 17, 1994, 7:00 p.m., the 336th concert of the School of Music’s 1993-1994 season.Ann Howard Jones, guest conductor ; Greg Jasperse, piano ; Leonard Langrick, organ ; The Festival Chorus (1st-2nd & 11th works) ; The Honors Choir (4th-6th works) ; The University Chorale, Craig S. Arnold, conductor (7th-10th works) ; vocal soloists (in the 10th work): Michael Burgess, Christopher Bray, and Holly Shaw ; with in part, University Symphonic Band brass and timpani, prepared by Robert Spradling ; The University Symphony Orchestra, Robert Whaley, conductor.Sacred and secular vocal music for mixed chorus with various accompaniment or unaccompanied.Information from performance program.O clap you hands / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Frostiana. Road not taken ; Pasture (men’s chorus) ; Girl’s garden (women’s chorus) ; Choose something like a star / Randall Thompson -- Roman carnival overture, op. 9 / Hector Berlioz -- Come, lovely spring from The seasons / Franz Joseph Haydn -- Cantique de Jean Racine / Gabriel Fauré -- My spirit sang all day / Gerald Finzi ; [text from a poem by Robert Bridges] -- Coleos ascendit hodie : double choir / Charles Villiers Stanford -- Alleluia / Ralph Manuel -- Jubilant song / René Clausen ; [text from Song of joys by Walt Whitman] -- Great day / Spiritual ; arranged by Warren Martin -- Ching-a-ring chaw / Aaron Copland