Competition schedule and program – Friday 25 September
Venue: Bergen Domkirke

15.00-16.45
FOLK MUSIC      

SSE Riga Choir, conductor Lauris Goss

  • Uguns rituāls (Fire ritual), latvian folk song, Irina Mihailovska,
  • Es Gulu, Gulu (I lie asleep), Latvian folk song arr. Arijs Skepasts
  • Pērkontēvs (Father thunder), latvian folk song, Laura Jekabsone

Stavanger Studentsangforening, conductor Åsta Sirnes

  • Vé no velkomne med æra, trad. Geir Tveitt/ Håkon Berge
  • Bestelanden, Trad/ Ørjan Matre, Paal-Helge Haugen
  • Som den gyldne sol frembryter, Trad/ H. Ødegaard, T. Kingo

Female choir Usmev, conductor Daniela Januchova

  • Dve dievcenske piesne zo Zemplina (Two girls’ songs from Zemplin), folk songs arr. by Ivan Hrusovsky, slovak lyrics,
  • Isli hudci horou (Through woods went musicians), Maria Jasurdova, slovak lyrics (based on folk ballad)
  • Dindaru dandaru, Laura Jekabsone, latvian lyrics (based on latvian traditional singing game)

Korensemblet Stas, conductor Rannveig Skillingstad

  • Bruremarsj frå Valsøyfjord/Aure – trad., arr. H. Sommero / G. Pedersen
  • Jag blåse i min pipa, trad., arr. Rannveig Skillingstad
  • Amen! Jesus han skal råde, trad., arr. Henning Sommero
  • Ndikhokhele Bawo – Trad South African, arr. Hodge

Choir of the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, conductor Alan Urbanek

  • Na ciepłej niebieskiej łące – Romuald Twardowski
  • Powiadają, żem jest ładna – arr. M. Krzynski
  • Nie chcę cię, Kasiuniu – Stanisław Wiechowicz

Bergens Kvinnelige Studentersangforening, conductor Regine Cornelia Forthun

  • Annan Polska , Anna-Mari Kähärä / Elokuun Iopussa
  • Springdans fra Vestfold
  • Som den gylne sol frembryter, trad./ H. Ødegaard, T. Kingo

16:45 – 21.45
SACRED MUSIC

Skule Choir, conductors, Amanda Yu, Lauren Levorson-Wong, Elaine Wang  

  • I Sing Because I’m Happy, Charles H. Gabriel, Civilla D. Martin
  • So Is Life – H. Belafonte. R. Freedman, arr. L. Levorson-Wong
  • Hold Me Rock Me, Brian Tate

Acta Musicae, conductor Irina Ødegaard Korchuganova          

  • Cantate Domino – Josu Elberdin / Josu Elberdin
  • Eg veit i himmerik ei borg – trad., arr. Irina Ødegaard Korchuganova

Young Voices, conductor Zuzana Dirbáková

  • Ave Generosa – Ola Gjeilo
  • Cantate Domino – Charlote Botha
  • Agnus Dei – Anna Kurekova 

Dysonans Chamber Choir, conductor Magdalena Wdowicka-Mackiewicz

  • Alessandro Scarlatti – Exsultate Deo
  • Marek Raczyński (2012) – Ave Regina Caelorum
  • Robert Howells – III. Requiem aeternam (1)

Sandefjord Vokalensemble, conductor Erlend Leinan Lund

  • I denna ljuva sommartid – Kim André Arnesen / J. von Düben
  • Ave Regina – Ko Matsushita
  • O Salutaris – André Caplét

Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, conductor Sindre Hugo Bjerkestrand

  • My soul, there is a country, no1 from Songs of Farewell – Charles H. H. Parry
  • Peace I leave with you, op 43, no 2 – Knut Nystedt
  • This little babe, from A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28 – B. Britten.
  • Karin Boyes aftonbön – Egil Hovland

Fjellkoret, conductor Jan L. Jacobsen

  • Ave Maria – Trond Kverno
  • Hymn to Freedom – O. Peterson /H. Hamilton, arr.: Jim Clancy
  • O Love – Elaine Hagenberg, Georg Matheson

18.45

Cantus vokalensemble, conductor Birgitta Urbán

  • Laudi, sats 3 – Ingvar Lidholm, Psalm 116,
  • Even when He is silent – Kim André Arnesen
  • Exsultate Deo – Michael Waldenby, Psalm 81

Kammerpikene, conductor Hege Monica Eskedal       

  • Torø Liti – trad./Knut Nystedt
  • Ave Verum Corpus – Francis Polenc
  • Regina Caeli – Cecilia Mc Dowall
  • Northern Lights – Ola Gjeilo

Brilliant Harmony, conductor Ko Matsushita

  • Horae – Orbán György
  • Agnus Dei – Ivo Antognini
  • Tantum ergo – Ko Matsushita

Cantabo, conductor Tove Annette Holter

  • O Magnum Mysterium – W. Byrd/Tove Holter
  • Even when He is silent – Kim André Arnesen
  • O come, let us sing, Egil Hovland

Ole Bull Kammerkor, conductor Halldis Rønning

  • Bogoróditse Djévo, trad Church Slavonic lyrics from the Orthodox Book of prayers, composer Arvo Pärt
  • Jerusalem, lyrics Lucas 19, 42-44, composer Egil Hovland
  • Crucifixus, lyrics John 19:18, composer Antonio Lotti
  • Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen, lyrics Psalm 91, 11-12, composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Duration

Os Vocalis, conductor Ørjan Hartveit            

  • I am the rose of Sharon – Høysangen kap. 2, arr. Søren Møller
  • Å leva – Anders Vassbotn, arr. Sparre Olsen
  • Som den gyldne sol frembryter – Trad., H. Ødegaard, T. Kingo

20.30

Carl Johans kammarkör, conductor David Molin

  • Until the daybreak – Sven-David Sandström, Song of songs
  • Canticum novum – Ivo Antognini, Psalm 96:1-2
  • Lux Aeterna, Ērik Ešenvalds, Requem mass
  • Data est mihi omnis potestas, James MacMillan, Matthew 28:18-19

Salhuskoret, conductor Jan L. Jacobsen

  • Vitae Lux – Frode Alnæs, Ivar Dyrhaug
  • Blå salme – Henning Sommero, Erik Bye
  • Jerusalem – Hubert Parry, William Blake

Choir of the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, conductor Alan Urbanek

  • Błogosławi Dusze Moja Gospoda – Jelena Junek
  • Chwalitie Imia Gospodnie – Dobij Christow
  • Otcze Nasz – Romuald Twardowski
  • Alleluja – Romuald Twardowski

 

E STuudio Girls` Choir, conductor Külli Lokko

  • Ave verum corpus, from Tria Cantica Sacrae Mariae – Kurt Bikkembergs
  • Peace upon uou, Jerusalem – Arvo Pärt, Psalm 122 (121)
  • Biegga Luohte – Jan Sandström/ Ulrika Emanuelsson

Studentersangforeningen i Bergen, conductor Ole-Andreas Førde         

  • Bön, kärlek och tro, Knut Nystedt
  • Sanctus – Friedrich Silcher
  • Ubi Caritas – Ola Geilo
  • Soon-ah will be done – William L. Dawson