Vienna Waits for You

1. Gregorian Chant
Veni Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit)
Sequence for Whitsun

2. Jacobus Gallus (~1550 - 1591)
Confirma hoc Deus (Confirm this, oh God)
Text: Psalm 68(67):29
Offertory for Whitsun for four voices a capella

3. Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1756)
De torrente in via bibet (From the stream by the path he will drink)
Text: Psalm 110:8
from: Dixit Dominus HWV 232; Arr. Oliver Stech

4. Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)                                       Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (The Heavens tell the glory of God) Text: Gottfried van Swieten (1733 - 1803) No. 13 from: The Creation, Hob. XXII:2; Arr. Oliver Stech

5. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847)
Ich harrete des Herrn (I waited for the Lord)
Text: Psalm 40
from: Lobgesang (Song of Praise) MWV A 18

6. Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Goldner Schein deckt den Hain (A golden sheen covers the bosk) D. 357
Text: Friedrich von Matthison (1761 - 1831)

7. Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Widerspruch (Contradiction), opus 105/1 (D. 865)
Text: Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875)

8. Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Der 23. Psalm (Psalm 23), opus 132 (D. 706)
Text: Biblical

9. John Mochnick (*1942)
Ave Maria (Hail Mary)

10. Traditional Spiritual
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
Arr. Rollo Dilworth (*1970)

Intermission

11. John Kander (*1927), music; Fred Ebb (1928 -2004), lyric                                                                                 New York, New York                                                       Arr. Frank Metis

12. Angela Hunte and Jane't Sewell-Ulepic
Sylvia Robinson, Bert Keyes, Shawn Carter,
Alicia Augello-Cook, Al Shuckburgh
Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
Arr. Ben Parry

13. Billy Joel (*1949)
Vienna
Arr. Bomi Kim

14. Folk Song from Upper Austria
Es gibt schene Wasserl (There are beautiful waters)
Arr. Gerald Wirth

15. Folk Song from Carinthia
Wia schean is, wann i siag die Sunn aufgehn
(How beautiful it is to see the sun rise)
Arr. Gerald Wirth

16. Florian Maierl (*1985)
Da Ådler (The Eagle)

17. Hermann Leopoldi (1888 – 1959)
Schön ist so ein Ringelspiel (Such a merry-go-round is wonderful)
Text: Peter Herz (1895 – 1987); Arr. Bomi Kim

18. Rudolf Sieczyński (1879 - 1952)
Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams)
Opus 1 (1912)
Arr. Gerald Wirth

19. Josef Strauss (1827 – 1870)
Feuerfest! (Fireproof)
Text: Rudolf Effenberger / Elke Wirth, Arr. Gerald Wirth
French polka, opus 269

20. Josef Strauss (1827 – 1870)
For Ever!
Text: Tina Breckwoldt, Arr. Gerald Wirth
Fast polka, opus 193

21. Johann Strauss II (1825 – 1899)
Wiener Blut (Viennese Spirits)
Waltz opus 354 (1873)

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