Bemidji Choir

The Bemidji Choir, founded in 1937 by Carl O. Thompson, has gained an international reputation for excellence. They have represented the United States five times at the international choral festival, The Europa Cantat: in France, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, and Spain. They have appeared in the Israel Festival and at the Zimriya, World Festival of Choirs in Israel. They have also performed at national and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference. Every three years The Bemidji Choir undertakes a foreign tour. In addition to concerts, tours, and recordings, for the past thirty-one years the choir has produced a series of Madrigal Dinners and Opera Nights in Bemidji and Minneapolis.

Membership in the choir is by audition. The Bemidji Choir, which rehearses daily for fifty minutes, is one of the most active and closely knit student groups on campus. It's purpose is to provide students from the general student body with an aesthetic experience through the medium of choral music as well as to provide audiences with a viable aesthetic experience through listing.

The Bemidji Choir has been under the direction of only three conductors since its inception: Mr. Carl O. Thompson 1937-1967, Dr. Paul Brandvik 1967-1998, and Dr. P. Bradley Logan since the fall of 1998.

Discography

Awakening

My Spirit Sang All Day - Finzi Cantate Domino - Byrd Our Father - Gretchaninoff Go Lovely Rose - Rue There Will Be rest - Ticheli Schaffe In Mir Gott (Psalm 51) - Brahms Something Has Spoken To Me In The Night - Fissinger Shakespeare Songs - Vaughan Williams Still With Thee - Pooler Words Of Love - Nice The Awakening - Martin Daniel, Daniel , Servant Of The Lord - Moore Drunken Sailor - Alice Parker Chantez a Dieu Nouvelle - Sweelnick Ah Dolente Parita - Montverdi Fair Phyllis I Saw - Farmer I Love Alas I Love Thee - Morley

With an international reputation for excellence going back to its founding in 1937 by Carl O. Thompson, and now under the direction of Dr. P. Bradley Logan, the mixed-voice Choir, Chamber Singers and all-male MusiKanten bring us a rich and varied collection on "Awakening." The Bemidji Choir begins with 7 a cappella religious songs, Gerald Finzi's "My Spirit Sang All Day," Wm. Byrd's "Cantate Domino," Alexander Gretchaninoff's soaring "Our Father," Michael Rue's "Go Lovely Rose," Frank Ticheli's "There Will Be Rest," Brahms' "Schaffe in mir, Gott (Psalm 51)" and "Something Has Spoken to me in The Night." Three dramatic "Shakespeare Songs" by Ralph Vaughan Williams follow, Marie Pooler's lovely "Still With Thee," Joshua Nice's "Words of Love," Joseph Martin's title tune and the rousing spiritual "Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord." The men's chorus MusiKanten gives us a spirited, richly-harmonied a cappella "Drunken Sailor," and then are four pieces from the Chamber Singers, including Jan Sweelinck's beautiful "Chantez a Dieu nouvelle (Psalm 96)," Monteverdi's "Ah Dolente Partita," John Farmer's "Fair Phyllis I Saw," and Thomas Morley's "I Love, Alas, I Love Thee." "Awakening" shows off the rich a cappella vocal talents of these three veteran, well-directed ensembles, and it is a joy to listen to throughout!

8606 CD $15.95

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A Diamond Glint on Snow

Miaabile Mysterium When David Heard Ave Maria Op. No. 6 Nocturnes Flowering Almond Tree Quiet Rain Early Spring In Rememberance Praire Scenes Passing Of Winter Dakota Dawn A Winter Night Prairie Winds Musikanten Judas Mercator Pesimus Dirait On Ave Maria Siepe Che Gli Orti Vaghi Dolcissime Colori Bonjour Mon Coeur La La La Je Ne L'ose Dire

Dr. Logan directs Bemidji, MN's Bemidji State U's Bemidji Choir, Chamber Singers and MusiKanten in this lovely Winter/Christmas collection. Beginning with 16 selections by the Choir, including Andrea Gabrieli's "Magnificat," Thomas Weelkes' "When David Heard," the 3-part "Nocturnes" by Hildor Lundvvik, Edwin Fissinger's 4-part "Prairie Scenes," Eric Whitacre's "A Boy and a Girl" and Benjamin Britten's "A Hymn to the Virgin;" "Snow" continues with 3 pieces by MusiKanten, Tomas Luis de Victoria's "Judas, Mercator Pessimus," Lauridsen's "Dirait on" and Biebl's "Ave Maria;" and concludes with 6 selections by the Chamber Singers, including Wm. Hawley's "Siepe, Che Gli Orti Vaghi" and "Dolcissimi Colori," David Conte's "Ave Maria" and Orlando di Lasso's "Bonjour, mon Coeur." The beautiful, highly-trained voices easily handle this difficult, sometimes eclectic material. "A Diamond Glint on Snow" is a very special collection of sacred and secular music from the longstanding, excellent tradition (founded in 1937) of the Bemidji Choir, Chamber Singers and MusiKanten.

8315 CD $15.98

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O Light of Light

Miaabile Mysterium Anima Christi Ubi caritas Tota pulchra es Tu es Petrus Tantum ergo Lux Aeterna O Light of Light This Little Light of Mine Glory Be To God The Call Psalm 67 I will Wade out Reincarnations: Amor De Mi Alma Little Potato Honor! Honor! Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer's Day? Your Love Surrounds Me Adoro Te Devote Every Bush New Springing Vita de la Mia Vita Ore, Fermate II Volo She Walks in Beauty Duerme Negrito

The 42-strong, mixed voice Bemidji (MN) Choir, founded in 1937, has a well-deserved reputation for excellence. Comprised of undergraduate students at Bemidji State University, and directed by Dr. P. Bradley Logan, the choir has represented the U.S. in international choral festivals, toured extensively and appeared at numerous ACDA national and regional conventions. "O Light of Light" features the Choir and two elite groups within it, the Men's Chorus, who sing Paul Brandvik's "Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer's Day" and "Your Love Surrounds Me" by Andrew Miller, and the Chamber Singers have 6 pieces, including Edwin Fissnger's "Adoro Te Devote," two by Wm. Hawley, "Vita de la Mia Vita" and "Ore, Fermate Il Volo," and Eric Barnum's "She Walks In Beauty." 26 songs in total, all a cappella. Some favorites are the four "Quatre Motets Sur Des Themes Gregoriens," by Durufle, the title cut, by David White, Moses Hogan's "This Little Light of Mine," Jean Berger's "Glory Be To God," Eric Whitacre's lovely "I Will Wade Out," the traditional songs "Little Potato" and "Honor, Honor" and the Wm. Dawson-arranged spiritual "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit." A varied and beautiful collection of sacred and traditional Christian music from the spirited and talented collegiate singers of the Bemidji Choir!

Surgens Jesus (Peter Philips) Sei, lieber Tag, willkommen (Johann Michael Bach) Ave Verum Corpus (Robert Lau) The Lamb (Eric Barnum) The Tyger (Eric Barnum) The Spendor Falls on Castle Walls (Edwin Fissinger) Sing We and Chant It (Thomas Morley) Hence, Care, Thou Are Too Cruel (Thomas Weelkes) Consture My Meaning (Giles Farnaby) Come Away, Sweet Love (Thomas Greaves) Quel augellin che canta (Claudio Monteverdi) Come, Love We God (16th Century English) Hark! Hark What News the Angels Bring (Smith 1732) This Endris Night (Edwin Fissinger) Past Life Melodies (Sarah Hopkins) Pilgrim's Hymn (Stephen Paulus) Nelly Bly (Edwin Fissinger) Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Edwin Fissinger) The Gift To Be Simple (Bob Chilcott) Lock Lomond (Jonathan Quick) Sleep (Eric Whitacre)

Founded in Minnesota in 1937, the 39-strong mixed-voice Bemidji Choir has been directed since 1998 by the renowned Dr. P. Bradley Logan, who also directs the BSU Chamber Singers, a 14-voice ensemble chosen by audition from the Choir. On "Beneath" we hear 6 songs by the full choir, 8 by the Chamber Singers and then 7 more by the choir. Sacred music like Peter Phillips' "Surgens Jesus," Johann Michael Bach's "Sei, lieber Tag, wilkommen," "The Lamb" and "The Tiger" by Eric Barnum, "Come, Love We God," and "Hark, Hark What News the Angels Bring" coexist nicely with traditional and folk music like Edwin Fissinger's "Nelly Bly," "This Endris Night" and "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair," Bob Chilcott's "The Gift to be Simple" and Jonathan Quick's "Loch Lomond." Sweet, beautiful music that touches the heart, sung with feeling by the wonderfully-led Bemidji Choir!

6948 CD $15.98

Almost A Cappella

Exultate Deo Sing to the Lord The Rose of Sharon A Spotless Rose Of a Rose is All My Song The Rose Of A Rose Sing We Jesus Christ the Apple Tree By the Waters of Babylon Timor et tremor Vinea mea electa Tenebrae factae sunt Tristis est anima mea To Daffodils The Succession of Four Sweet Months Marsh Flowers Evening Primrose Green Broom Done Made My Vow to the Lord Precious Lord, Take My Hand I Gondolieri La Passaggiata

From the 5000 students enrolled at Bemidji State University, on 76 acres of wooded campus on the shore of Lake Bemidji, MN, comes one of the best student choirs we've heard, The Bemidji Choir, founded in 1937. "almost Acappella" is a best-of CD, including 22 songs, from Palestrina's "Exultate Deo" and a group of 5 rose-related songs (Wm. Billings' "The Rose of Sharon," Howells' "A Spotless Rose," Leighton's "Of A Rose is All My Song," John Paynter's "The Rose" and the English Carol "TheRose"), Poulenc's 4 "Motets for the Season of Lent," Benjamin Britten's ''Five Flower Songs," the spiritual "Done Made My Vow to the Lord," and finishing with a pair of piano-accompanied tunes by Gioacchino Rossini, "I Gondolieri" and "La Passaggiata." Spirited, wonderful music, from one of the best in the world!

7147 CD $15.98

Love Like Spring

Bemidji Choir: Alma Redemptoris Mater (G.P. da Palestrina) Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Thomas Weelkes) O Magnum Mysterium (jeff Enns) Spring Grass (Robert Kreutz) Thoughts on Love: (Joseph Testa) - Love and Time - Love and Age Lux Aurumque (Eric Whitacre) Och jungfrun hon gar I ringen (Hugo Alfven) Panis Angelicus (Eric Barnum) Silent, O Moyle (arr. Alice Parker) Songs of Innocence: (Earl George) - Piping Down the Valleys Wild - The Shepherd - Infant Joy - Laughing Song - Shall I Compare Thee - Tonight Eternity Alone - If Music Be the Food of Love Chamber Singers: Shoot False Love, I Care Not (Thomas Morley) April Is In My Mistress' Face (Thomas Morley) Io mi son giovinetta (Domenico Ferrabosco) Of the Father's Love Begotten (Edwin Fissinger) She Walks In Beauty (Michael Montgomery)

Founded in 1937 by Carl O. Thompson, the 41-strong, mixed-voice Choir, comprised of undergraduate students at Bemidji (MN) State University, has earned an international reputation for excellence. Touring internationally every three years, representing the US in international choral festivals like "The Europa Cantat," the Choir regularly appears at local and national ACDA conventions. Included on "Love like Spring" are 16 cuts by the whole Choir, and 5 by the Choir's elite Chamber Singers. Particularly nice are Palestrina's "Alma Redemptoris Mater," Robert Kreutz' powerful, surprising "Spring Grass," "Silent, O Moyle," and four "Songs of Innocence" by Earl George, "Piping Down the Valleys Wild," "The Shepherd," "Infant Joy" and "Laughing Song." By the Chamber Singers, we really liked Thomas Morley's "Shoot False Love, I Care Not" and "April Is In My Mistress' Face," and the harmonious "Of the Father's Love Begotten." "Love like Spring" is a joy from start to finish!

7148 CD $15.98

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