2007 - 2008 Concert Season

November 2007
The Grand Tour

Take a musical journey with World Voices as it begins its 2007-2008 concert season with music from some of the great cultural centers of Europe, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Leipzig, Rome and Venice. Well-known classical composers will be juxtaposed with contemporary composers.  You will enjoy the vocals as well as music accompanied by a string quartet, oboe, brass, timpani and organ.  Some of the composers include Pavel Chesnokov, Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel, and Antonio Vivaldi, to name a few.  Join us for this moving musical experience!!

December 2007
World Voices:
Peace on Earth

World Voices presents its eighth annual concert of “World Voices: Peace On Earth.”  Come share the hope for peace with 370 children and the singers and instrumentalists of World Voices as they perform songs and carols of Peace from around the World.  John Rutter’s “Gloria” will once again thrill your ears with its combination of voices, brass, percussion and full organ played by Dr. Lynn Trapp from St. Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis.  Each children’s choir will be highlighted by singing two selections.   Dancers from Saint Anthony Sacred Dance will add their graceful interpretation for several pieces.   There will also be carols sung from several countries with audience participation.  The climax of the evening will be the singing of “He’s Got the Whole World” including choirs, audience, brass and organ.  You won’t want to miss this festive evening celebrating the concept of Peace!
The children’s choirs participating with World Voices are:

1. Ascension School Choir, Minneapolis; Stephanie Isola, Director
2. Community of Peace Academy Choir, St. Paul; John Sorlien, Director
3. FAIR School, Crystal :  Melissa Brunkan, Director
4. Elementary Honors Choir, Forest Lake Public Schools: Heidi Sapa and Terry Burk, Directors
5. Robbinsdale All-District Elementary Choir; Patti Arntz, Director

February 2008
World Voices:
A Global Palette

Take a musical journey with World Voices on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 3 p.m. as the Chorale highlights music from a variety of cultures including Africa, China, Norway, Austria, Middle East, Russia, England and the United States. Hear the rich romantic harmonies of Alexander Gretchaninov’s “Our Father” and the familiar F. Melius Christiansen’s “Praise to the Lord” sung by World Voices joined by the adult choir at Faith Lutheran!

You will enjoy the African-American spirituals, the exhilarating Latin American percussion in “Santo” and “Gloria” with Mexican dancers and the rhythm of South African drums in “Sahayta”, a song where the audience participates led by the Chorale and the Forest Lake Elementary Honor Choir! The popular “Hope for Resolution” will touch your soul.

Tickets are available through Faith Lutheran Church by calling the church office at 651-464-3323. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 youth. Information about the concert is at www.faithfl.org. Directions to Forest Lake and Faith Lutheran Church, 886 North Shore Drive, Forest Lake, MN 55025 can also be found by clicking on the link for Directions on the Home page for the website. This concert is not part of our Season Ticket Concert Series so tickets need to be purchased through Faith Lutheran Church.
Come and join us!

April 2008
The American Fabric

Follow the musical threads that create the fabric of America in our April concert.  Through the music you will recall many of the varying cultural influences that were woven together by immigrants to make America what it is today.   World Voices will celebrate music by American immigrant composers which will enable audiences and performers alike, to deepen their sense of appreciation for the songs – for the music – that touch each of our lives.  For today’s immigrants, singing their songs lifts their spirit when they discover that their songs are valued and heard in their new American setting, their songs are theirs and become ours. 

Featured in the performance will be the “Chichester Psalms” composed by Leonard Bernstein, sung in Hebrew accompanied by harp, percussion, organist Dr. Lynn Trapp from St. Olaf Catholic Church and a boy soprano from the Minnesota Boychoir. Other music includes “Circus Band”, written for mixed chorus and piano fourhands by Charles Ives in his unique style of composing and “Agnus Dei” which Samuel Barber himself transcribed for voices and organ from its original form, “Adagio for Strings” for orchestra. Come and let your spirits soar as you remind yourself of your heritage.