When the Dale Warland Singers decided to create a special Thanksgiving concert, it became a huge hit. As America's premier a cappella choir for more than 30 years, the Dale Warland Singers crafted a beautiful hour of newly arranged favorites, quiet and simple Shaker tunes and rousing folk songs. With brief, evocative poems by John Keats and Meridel LeSueur interspersed among the songs, Harvest Home is the perfect dessert to set before your guests.
Program Rundown:
TRADITIONAL: Simple Gifts (Dale Warland, arr.)
Linda Chatterton, harp; Nikki Christopher, fluteKEVIN SIEGFRIED (arr.): "Peace" and "Lay Me Low" from Five Shaker Songs
WM. HAWLEY (arr.): Not One Sparrow Is Forgotten
POEM: "Communal Global Day" by Meridel LeSueur
(Tom Crann, narrator)STEPHEN PAULUS: "We Gather Together" and "The Old Church" from Prairie Songs
JOSEPH JENNINGS (arr.) We Shall Walk Through the Valley
CAROL BARNETT: An American Thanksgiving
"Webster," "McKay," and "Psalm 93" from The Sacred HarpMATTHEW CULLOTON (arr.): My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Linda Chatterton, flute; Nikki Christopher, harpPOEM: "Ode to Autumn" by John Keats
(Tom Crann, narrator)STEPHEN PAULUS (arr.): The Road Home
Marie Spar Dymitt, sopranoCAROL BARNETT (arr.): By and By
Joel C. Fischer, tenor
Jack Nelson, baritone
Lynette Johnson, mezzo-sopranoSTEPHEN PAULUS: "Pilgrim's Hymn," from The Three Hermits

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