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Concert Chorale

Psalm 90 
by Charles Ives

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Text from Psalm 90

Rejoice in the Lamb
By Benjamin Britten

Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues;
Give the glory to the Lord,
And the Lamb.
Nations, and languages,
And every Creature
In which is the breath of Life.
Let man and beast appear before him,
And magnify his name together.
Let Nimrod, the mighty hunter,
Bind a leopard to the altar
And consecrate his spear to the Lord.
Let Ishmail dedicate a tyger,
And give praise for the liberty
In which the Lord has let him at large.
Let Balaam appear with an ass,
And bless the Lord his people
And his creatures for a reward eternal.
Let Daniel come forth with a lion,
And praise God with all his might
Through faith in Christ Jesus.
Let Ithamar minister with a chamois,
And bless the name of Him
That cloatheth the naked.
Let Jakim with the satyr
Bless God in the dance,
Dance, dance, dance.
Let David bless with the bear
The beginning of victory to the Lord,
To the Lord the perfection of excellence.
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah for the heart of God,
And from the hand of the artist inimitable,
And from the echo of the heavenly harp
In sweetness magnifical and mighty.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
For I will consider my cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the living God.
Duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance
Of the glory of God in the East
He worships in his way.
For this is done by wreathing his body
Seven times round with elegant quickness.
For he knows that God is his saviour.
For God has bless'd him
In the variety of his movements.
For there is nothing sweeter
Than his peace when at rest.
For I am possessed of a cat,
Surpassing in beauty,
From whom I take occasion
To bless Almighty God.
For the Mouse is a creature
Of great personal valour.
For this is a true case--
Cat takes female mouse,
Male mouse will not depart,
but stands threat'ning and daring.
If you will let her go,
I will engage you,
As prodigious a creature as you are.
For the Mouse is a creature
Of great personal valour.
For the Mouse is of
An hospitable disposition.
For the flowers are great blessings.
For the flowers are great blessings.
For the flowers have their angels,
Even the words of God's creation.
For the flower glorifies God
And the root parries the adversary.
For there is a language of flowers.
For the flowers are peculiarly
The poetry of Christ.
For I am under the same accusation
With my Savior,
For they said,
He is besides himself.
For the officers of the peace
Are at variance with me,
And the watchman smites me
With his staff.
For the silly fellow, silly fellow,
Is against me,
And belongeth neither to me
Nor to my family.
For I am in twelve hardships,
But he that was born of a virgin
Shall deliver me out of all,
Shall deliver me out of all.
For H is a spirit
And therefore he is God.
For K is king
And therefore he is God.
For L is love
And therefore he is God.
For M is musick
And therefore he is God.
And therefore he is God.
For the instruments are by their rhimes,
For the shawm rhimes are lawn fawn and the like.
For the shawm rhimes are moon boon and the like.
For the harp rhimes are sing ring and the like.
For the harp rhimes are ring string and the like.
For the cymbal rhimes are bell well and the like.
For the cymbal rhimes are toll soul and the like.
For the flute rhimes are tooth youth and the like.
For the flute rhimes are suit mute and the like.
For the bassoon rhimes are pass class and the like.
For the dulcimer rhimes are grace place and the like.
For the clarinet rhimes are clean seen and the like.
For the trumpet rhimes are sound bound and the like.
For the trumpet of God is a blessed intelligence
And so are all the instruments in Heav'n.
For God the Father Almighty plays upon the harp
Of stupendous magnitude and melody.
For at that time malignity ceases
And the devils themselves are at peace.
For this time is perceptible to man
By a remarkable stillness and serenity of soul.
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah for the heart of God,
And from the hand of the artist inimitable,
And from the echo of the heavenly harp
In sweetness magnifical and mighty.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.

Text drawn from “Jubilate Agno,” by Christopher Smart (1722-1771), public domain

Look Up, Look Down
by John Wykoff

Look up, look down that lonesome road
Hang your head and cry. 
True love, true love, what have I done
To make you treat me so? 
You cause me to walk that lonesome road
I’ve never walked before.
The longest train I ever saw
Was on that Georgia line. 
The engine went down at six o’ clock,
The cab went down at nine. 
True love, true love my one true love
Was standing on behind.
The whistle blew, the bell did ring,
The engine rolled ahead. 
The train did wreck, in a mile of town,
And killed my true love dead. 
If I had wings like Noah’s dove,
I’d fly to my true love’s door. 
I’d walk the porch from post to post, 
Hang down my head and cry. 
Look up, look down, that lonesome road
Hang down your head.

Traditional Appalachian folk song, unknown author, public domain

Cindy
By Carol Barnett

You ought to see my Cindy,
She lives a way down south.
She is so sweet the honey bees
Swarm around her mouth.

I wish I was an apple
A-hangin’ from a tree,
And every time my Cindy passed
She’d take a bite of me.

Oh get along home, Cindy,
I’ll marry you some day.

She told me that she loved me,
She called me sugar plum,
She throwed her arms around me
And I thought my time had come.

When Cindy went to preachin’,
She shouted all around.
She got so full o’ glory,
She knocked that preacher down

Oh get along home, Cindy,
I’ll marry you some day.

She took me to her parlor,
She cooled me with her fan,
She told me I’z the purtiest thing
In the shape of mortal man.

Oh Cindy got religion,
She had it once before,
But when she hear the banjo,
She’uz the first one on the floor.

Oh get along home, Cindy,
I’ll marry you some day.

Traditional American folk song, unknown author, public domain
 

To Be Sung on the Water
by Samuel Barber

Text not available for reprint.
 

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TENOR BASS CHORUS

Widerspruch
By Franz Schubert

Wenn ich durch Busch und Zweig
When I go through bushes and branches,

Brech auf beschränktem Steig,
Breaking things off on the narrow path as I climb,

Wird mir so weit, so frei,
I feel that everything is so expansive, so free,

Will mir das Herz entzwei.
My heart wants to break in two.

Rings dann im Waldeshaus
Then around me in my house in the forest

Rücken die Wänd’ hinaus,
The walls recede,

Wölbt sich das Laubgemach
The foliage of the room becomes a vault

Hoch mir zum Schwindeldach,
High above me, forming a dizzyingly high roof,

Webt sich der Blätter schier
Nearly all of the leaves weave themselves

Jedes zur Schwinge mir,
Into a pair of wings for me,

Dass sich mein Herz so weit
So that my heart, so expansive,

Sehnt nach Unendlichkeit.
Longs for infinity!

Doch wann im weiten Raum,
But when I am out in the open spaces

Hoch am Gebirgessaum,
High up on the edge of the mountains,

Über dem Tal ich steh,
I stand above the valley,

Nieder zum Tale seh,
I look down into the valley,

Ach, wie beschränkt, wie eng
Oh! how confined, how narrow

Wird mir’s im Luftgedräng.
Everything seems to me in the oppressive air;

Rings auf mein Haupt, so schwer
Around my head, so heavy,

Nicken die Wolken her,
The clouds nod down,

Nieder zu stürzen droht
I feel the threat of collapse

Rings mir das Abendrot,
With the sunset around me,

Und in ein Kämmerlein
And into a little room –

Sehnt sich mein Herz hinein.
That is where my heart longs to go!

Text by Johann Seidl (1804-1875), public domain
Translation © Malcolm Wren from schubertsong.uk, used by permission

Song of Peace
By Vincent Perischetti

Peace, O Lord. 
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
These tears are the night.
O God, let us walk in Thy light.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
O God, give us Peace. 
Fear not, my soul. 
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Peace, O Lord.

Text by anonymous author, public domain

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand
By Margaret Bonds

He’s got the whole world in His hand.
He’s got the woods and the waters in His hand.
He’s got the sun and the moon right in His hand.
He’s got the whole world in His hand.

He’s got the whole world in His hand. 
He’s got the birds and the bees right in His hand. 
He’s got the beasts of the field right in his hand. 
He’s got the whole world in His hand.

He’s got the whole world in His hand. 
He’s got you and me right in His hand. 
He’s got everybody in His hand.
He’s got the whole world in His hand.

Traditional African-American Spiritual, public domain

O Magnum Mysterium
By Evan Ramos

O magnum mysterium,
O great mystery,

et admirabile sacramentum,
And wonderful sacrament,

ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
That animals should see the newborn Lord

iacentem in praesepio!
Lying in a manger!

O beata virgo, cuius viscera
O blessed virgin, whose womb

meruerunt portare
Was worthy to bear

Dominum Christum.
The Lord Jesus Christ.

Alleluia!

Traditional Latin text and translation, public domain

Time 
By Jennifer Lucy Cook

You can spend it
When you spend it
Then you’re running out of
Time
You can save it
But to save it is to take a little
Time
In a minute
When you’re in it
Can you feel the passing 
Time
Is an illusion
There’s confusion 
When they tell you now it’s
Time
To get older

Time
To work and
Time to waste and there’s no
Time
Left to hold her
Time
To tell him how you feel 
While there’s still
Time
Three two one, eleven thirty
Two AM, then dinner
Time
Now to kill
I said I will, and still
It flies and flies, oh
Time

Text by Jennifer Lucy Cook ©2023, used by permission

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TREBLE CHORUS

Stabat Mater 
by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Stabat mater dolorósa
The sorrowful mother was standing

juxta Crucem lacrimósa,
beside the Cross weeping,

dum pendébat Fílius.
while the Son was hanging.

Traditional Latin text, public domain 
Translation by Edward Caswall (1814-1878), public domain

She Weeps Over Rahoon 
by Eric Whitacre

Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling,
Where my dark lover lies.
Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling,
At grey moonrise.
Love, hear thou
How soft, how sad his voice is ever calling,
Ever unanswered, and the dark rain falling,
Then as now.
Dark too our hearts, O love, shall lie and cold
As his sad heart has lain
Under the moongrey nettles, the black mould
And muttering rain.

Text from Pomes Pennyeach by James Joyce (1882-1941), public domain

Ergen Deda (Translation)
by Peter Lyondev

The old bachelor, red-faced old man,
like this and like that, (nonsense syllables)
wearing his peasant hat sideways,
like this and like that, etc.
tipped up and down,
He went to the village, 
and joined the circle dance, 
to dance next to the maidens,
All the maidens ran away, 
only the youngest one stayed,
the youngest one, Angelina.

Translation by Peter Lyondev, used with permission

Nigra Sum 
by Pablo Casals

Nigra sum sed formosa, filiae Jerusalem.
I am black but comely, daughters of Jerusalem

Ideo dilexit me Rex et introduxit me in cubiculum
Therefore the king chose me and brought me into his chamber

suum, et dixit mihi: "Surge amica mea et veni,
and said to me: “Rise up and come, my friend,”

iam hiems transiit imber abiit et recessit.
or lo, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra
The flowers appear on our earth.

Tempus putationis advenit.”
the time of the pruning is come"..

Alleluja
Alleluia

Text from Song of Solomon, KJV
Translation by Pietro Lignola, © 2024, used with permission
 

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About the Artists

 J.D. Burnett

Dr. J.D. Burnett enjoys a varied career as a conductor, singer, and teacher. In the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas, he serves as director of choral activities, conducts the UT Concert Chorale, and teaches courses in graduate choral conducting and literature. Additionally, he is the founding artistic director of Kinnara, the premier professional chamber choir in Atlanta, Georgia. In March 2021, he was named artistic director of Orpheus Chamber Singers in Dallas, and assumed the role on January 1, 2022. Formerly, he was associate professor of music and associate director of choral activities at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music. He has served as assistant director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, conductor of the New Jersey Youth Chorus Young Men’s Ensemble, associate conductor of the Masterwork Chorus of New Jersey, and acting director of choral activities at Montclair State University.

Charles F. Henry

Charles F. Henry is a first-year D.M.A. choral conducting student and the assistant conductor for Concert Chorale. After graduating cum laude from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and studying with Dr. Philip Copeland, Charles taught high school choir for 16 years, consistently earning superior ratings at state and regional contests, and thrice being invited to perform for the Alabama Music Educators’ Association. As a recipient of the Patricia and Carl S. Hoveland Fellowship in Choral Music, Charles earned the Master of Music in choral conducting from the University of Georgia where he studied with Dr. Daniel Bara. Charles is also the founder and artistic director of Iron City Singers, a community choir based in Birmingham, Alabama. Iron City Singers has given an invitational performance for the Alabama Summer ACDA Conference, and in 2024 was selected to perform for the Southern Regional ACDA Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

Julie Jisun Park

Julie Jisun Park is a collaborative pianist and Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin, where she is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Collaborative Piano under the guidance of Dr. Colette Valentine. She previously earned her Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from UT Austin. Julie has performed extensively with singers and instrumentalists and has also been active as an ensemble pianist in chorale, wind, and jazz settings. She currently serves as pianist for the UT Concert Chorale and is the Music Minister at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Austin, where she leads and accompanies the choir. Through her roles as performer, educator, and church musician, she strives to share expressive collaboration and meaningful artistry in every musical setting.

Holly Dalrymple

Dr. Holly Dalrymple is the associate director of choral activities at The University of Texas at Austin. She earned a doctorate in choral conducting with a related field in voice performance from the University of North Texas, a master’s degree in choral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor degree in music education from Texas State University. Dalrymple served as the director of choral activities at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY (2013-2022) and Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX (2022-2024). While at the University of Wyoming, the Bel Canto Treble Choir received performance invitations from the Wyoming Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Northwest conference in Portland, Oregon. Bel Canto was featured in the PBS Documentary, The State of Equality: Women Get the Vote. Dalrymple has conducted region and honor choirs across the country and is an active clinician in Texas choral classrooms.  She has been an invited guest to several artist-in-residencies in the United States and abroad.

Hunter Mullen

Hunter is beginning his Master of Music in choral conducting at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is studying under Dr. J.D. Burnett and Dr. Holly Dalrymple. New to Texas, he recently moved from Columbus, Georgia, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance. Prior to his move, Hunter served as a conducting scholar at St. Thomas Episcopal church and is excited to now serve as a choral scholar at Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church in Austin. He is especially looking forward to all that comes with attending a large university, with the opportunities and challenges of this vibrant community. Above all, he is excited to grow and learn alongside his wonderful colleagues.
 

Steve Dugdale 

Stevie Dugdale, a Missouri native, is pursuing a D.M.A. in choral conducting. Prior to UT, Dugdale earned  bachelor’s and master’s degrees from BYU. He has directed several community, church, and collegiate ensembles, including serving as the interim conductor of the 180-voice BYU Women’s Chorus, and co-founding Mountain West Voices, an award-winning barbershop chorus. Additionally, Dugdale actively sings professionally in a variety of projects and over many genres. Recently, he was the tenor soloist with Conspirare Symphony Chorus’ performance of Rachmaninoff’s All Night Vigil. Some of his more memorable experiences as a singer include Penderecki’s Credo with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles with Brevitas Choir, recording the soundtrack to the video game Guild Wars 2, Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Victoria Bach Festival, and singing in Ireland with BYU singers in competition at the Cork International Choral Festival. He is passionate about vocal pedagogy and has taught private voice for 15 years and counting. He lives in Austin with his wife and three children. 

Yoojin Choi

Yoojin Choi is a collaborative pianist specializing in vocal, instrumental, and choral music. She graduated from Michigan State University and is now a first-year doctoral student in Collaborative Piano and a teaching assistant at UT Austin.  

Gregory Eaton

Gregory Eaton is a conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and recorderist active in both sacred and secular music. After an early start at the keyboard, he was privileged to study for five years with Dr. Leslie Spelman in organ. Dr. Spelman was himself a pupil of Joseph Bonnet and Charles-Marie Widor in Paris. He has served as Lecturer in Organ and Harpsichord at the Butler School of Music, The University of Texas at Austin, since 2019. Mr. Eaton is the organist/choirmaster at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, in Austin, TX, where he has been since November of 2014. Gregory is on the Board of La Follia, and was president of the Board of Ensemble VIII from 2017–2024. Mr. Eaton is a member of the American Guild of Organists, and has served as Dean of both the Austin and Brooklyn Chapters of the Guild, and as District Coordinator for Central Texas. He currently adminsters the Certification programs of the AGO for the greater Austin region. Prior to Austin, Gregory was in New York from 1984 to 2014, where he served on of the music staff at Trinity Church, Wall Street; served as director of music for the Church of the Epiphany 1987-1993; served as lecturer in church music at the General Theological Seminary for 24 years; concurrently as director of music at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church for 21 years. At St. Ann’s, he founded a weekly organ concert series on the church’s historic EM Skinner organ, on which he played over 600 concerts in a 15-year span, with a repertoire of more than 650 works.
 

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