Chanticleer

Friday
February 2, 2018
7:30 pm
Kaul Auditorium

Past Event - February 2

Note to our Chanticleer ticket buyers: We sincerely apologize for our technical difficulties relating to the sound on our live stream concert with Chanticleer. After working hard to put this together in less than 24 hours, we are heartbroken that the quality of the video did not meet our standards. To make this up to you, we are recording the virtual concert that Chanticleer prepared for our Portland audiences. We will email you the link within the next few days.

Due to inclement weather, we made the difficult decision to cancel the Chanticleer concert on Friday, February 24. Chanticleer ticket holders have the following options to choose from:

• Convert the value of your Chanticleer ticket(s) into a donation.
• Exchange your tickets for a different concert later in our 2022-23 season.
• Request a full refund on your tickets.

Please let us know which option you choose by filling out our ONLINE FORM. Then, we will process your request as soon as we can. We are so sorry to disappoint all of our dedicated Chanticleer fans, but the safety of our audience, artist, and staff is our top priority. Thank you for your understanding.

Chanticleer is known throughout the world for its seamless blend of twelve male voices ranging from soprano to bass. Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker, Chanticleer offers engaging programs that continue to dazzle audiences year after year.

“These men are phenomenal: as fresh as a blade of grass, tightly focused and keenly expressive.” The New York Times

Program: Friday, February 2

“Heart of a Soldier”
This program will feature early music of war and peace from Byrd, Tomkins, Janequin, and Dufay. Stirring martial music from Russia includes works by Glinka and traditional songs sung by ordinary soldiers. Contemporary works are contributed by Mason Bates, John Musto, and Jennifer Higdon, along with lighthearted music from the home front.

I.
William BYRD Haec dies

Henry PURCELL Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

William BYRD Civitas sancti tui

Thomas THOMPKINS O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

II.
Thomas RAVENSCROFT We Be Soldiers Three

Clément JANEQUIN La guerre

Guillaumae DUFAY Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae constantinopolitanae

Trad. Troubadour Song L’homme armé

III.
Matthias Hermann WERRECORE La bataglia ‘taliana

IV.
Trad. Russian Soldier Song Battle of Borodino
arr. Vladimir Mantulin

Trad. Russian Soldier Song Nightingale, You Little Bird

Mikhail GLINKA My Blood Is Blazing With Desire

V.
Mason BATES Drum-Taps (after poetry by Walt Whitman)
Composed by Mason Bates through a commission by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Chanticleer, whose participation was funded by Russ Irwin.

Jennifer HIGDON Our Beautiful Country (from Cold Mountain)

VI.
Murray GRAND Comment allez-vous?
arr. Evan Price

Walter DONALDSON My Buddy
arr. Vince Peterson

Hughie PRINCE & Don RAYE Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
arr. Brian Hinman
Arrangement commissioned by James R. Shay, 2017

Pete SEEGER Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
arr. Adam Ward

VII.
John MUSTO “...a silence that speaks” (after poetry by Archibald Macleish)
Commissioned for Chanticleer in 2016 by Susanne Durling

Charles Hubert Hastings PARRY My Soul, There Is a Country (from Songs of Farewell)

Program subject to change

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