Concert: For the Beauty of the Earth - The Wayne Gilpin SINGERS

Past Concert

For the Beauty of the Earth

Celebrating the Divine in song

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Date & Time

Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 8:00 p.m.

Location

St. John the Evangelist Church (Anglican)
23 Water St. N., Kitchener, ON, N2H 5A4

Conductor

Wayne Gilpin

Accompanist

Andrew Gilpin

Guest Artists

Wilson Laurencin, Denis Rondeau, Andrea Weber Steckly.

Repertoire

* indicates performance by guest artist(s)

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Mrs. C.F. Alexander (arr. John Rutter)

O Holy Jesus

St. Richard of Chichester, Jonathan Willcocks

For the Beauty of the Earth

John Rutter, F.S. Pierpoint

* A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief

George Coles (arr. Kurt Bestor)

* Beautiful Savior

Silesian Folk Song (arr. Crawford Gates)

* Heavenly Sunlight

George Harrison Cook (arr. Mark Hayes, Andrew Gilpin)

The Lord is My Shepherd

Howard Goodall

Love Divine

Howard Goodall

~ Intermission ~

Love Divine

Charles Wesley, Joel Raney

Every Valley

Patti Drennan

Then Sings My Soul/How Great Thou Art

Stuart K. Hine (arr. Mary McDonald)

* Just As I Am/Amazing Grace

John Newton, William B. Bradbury, C. Elliott (arr. Andrew Gilpin)

* There Is a Balm in Gilead

Traditional Spiritual (arr. Mark Hayes)

* I Need Thee Every Hour

Robert Lowry (arr. Sam Cardon)

* When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

James Black, Emily D. Wilson (arr. Mark Hayes, Andrew Gilpin)

How Great Thou Art & Majesty

Stuart K. Hine, Jack Hayford (arr. Joel Raney)

What a Friend

Charles C. Converse, Joseph Scriven (arr. Mary McDonald)

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

L. van Beethoven, Henry Van Dyke (arr. Lloyd Larson)

Choir Members

Soprano

Sandra Armstrong, Mary Blott, Connie Burton, Karen Fischer, Kristie Fontaine, Florence Hall, Margaret Lennox, Donna Russo, Jennifer Shahi, Margaret St. Pierre, Sylvia Stahle, Lynn (Lathey) Vannatter, Dianna Weltz, Catherine White-Onukywycz.

Alto

Cheryl (Soltysiak) Bruder, Ginny Ehrlich, Carol Gilpin, Anne Lowe, Lynn Souliere, Pat Townsend, Rita Witt.

Tenor

Paul Boadway, Kevin Donelson, Donna Kechnie, Tim Miller, John-Michael Pocsai.

Bass

Joe Bruder, Philip Cochrane, Neil Hunt, Brian Walters.