Barksdale Treble Chorus
Our Fall 2023 Repertoire
Dixit Dominus (Pslam 110)
Dixit Dominus is sung in Latin and was written by Baldassare Galuppi (1701-1785). It has three movements: I. Dixit Dominus, II. Juravit, and III. Judicabit. Joining us with the piano accompaniment is the lovely Professor Judy Zwelling. Our wonderful soprano soloists in movement three are Sophie Morris-Suzuki and Mary Laun.
I Am In Love (2019)
I am in Love is an American folk song from the southern United States and it is arranged by Faith Morgan (b. 1997). Professor Judy Zwelling accompanies the chorus on the piano! As a choir we agreed to change the last stanza (the italicized section) to be more open and inclusive for us and for our audience.
Lyrics:
I am in love, and I dare not own it, The very pain lies on my breast;
I am in love, and the whole world knows it,
That a troubled mind can know no rest.
Oh, love is warming, love is charming,
and love is handsome while its new;
But as love grows older, love grows colder,
And fades away like the morning dew.
I truly wish, I had never seen them,
Or in their youth they had gone away;
To think that I should still adore them
and be in love until this day.
Spes"Hope" (2020)
Spes translates to "hope". The song is sung in Latin and Sami and is written by Maria Makaroff (b. 1970)
Translated Lyrics:
Who is like the wise? Who knows the nature of things?
I belong to the wind, but I live, maybe that's the meaning of life. I live here and now... I won't be alive tomorrow. That is the way --- and so what.
As no one has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has power over the time of their death.
A person's wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance.
-- Ecclesiastes 8:1-8; Nils Aslak Valkeapää (1943-2001)
Song of Night (2021)
Song of night is written by Shawn Kirchner (b.1970).
