The Weary World Rejoices - Program Book

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WELCOMEDear friends,We are grateful that you have come today toexperience the music and message of thisseason’s Christmas With Abendmusik: The WearyWorld Rejoices. As we find ourselves in the midstof a very hectic holiday season, as we arebombarded with the noise of the currentpolitical rhetoric, and as we face the real and truechallenges of our struggles in life, it becomes clearthat, even from the confines of our first worldprivileges, Christmas is not necessarily a time ofperfect peace or pure happiness. May this quiet moment today remind us, however, that God came to be among us at Christmas not to take away the trials and travails of life but, rather, to walk beside us and to struggle with us, offering us sure signs of grace and hope and love at every turn. Allow this moment when we pause to adore the child in the manger to reawaken our hope to the promise that each and every child among us brings to this world. May we on this day claim even a small portion of the joy that God came to offer us: “I have told you these things that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be full.” May your time with Abendmusik today end not at the applause but with a renewed hope for the joy that calls to you in the days to come. Grace and peace, and Merry Christmas! Tom Trenney, Artistic Director

GATHERING TO EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. TO ENRICH COMMUNITY AND INSPIRE COLLABORATION. James Keim - President Rob McMaster - Vice-President Loretta Hellmuth - Treasurer Linda Zabel - Secretary Lorrie Beadell-Love Lora Black Sally Buchholz Ryan Dobesh Jessica Dussault Matt Finkner Mary Fischer Ryan Luckey Jackie Mattingly Linda Schwartzkopf Jan Settell Jeremy Spale Susan Stuart Drew Duncan - Executive Director Tom Trenney - Artistic Director





THE WEARY WORLD AN ABENDMUSIK CHRISTMAS A gift to the community made possible by Lorraine Lau, Linda Schwartzkopf, Mike Fultz and Union Bank & Trust Plymouth Choir Plymouth Ringers Ariel Merivil and Christopher Boilesen, directors Abendmusik Festival Orchestra withNebraska Academy of Vocal Arts Children’s Choir Judy Welch, director Nebraska Youth Honor Choir Julia Marble, director Choristers from First-Plymouth Church Madeline Noonan, director Christopher Dickson, narrator Suzanne Jouvenat, narrator Patrick Messer, narrator Ariel Merivil, conductor and organist Tom Trenney, conductor and organist

To us this day it may not be clear, and we may not all agree whether what we do here is worship or performance, but, as a sign of appreciation and gratitude, applause is welcomed at intermission and following the program.WelcomeFantasia on “Greensleeves”................................................................................Ralph Vaughan WilliamsScripture CollageKeep Your Lamps………………………….......…….......……African-American spiritual/arr. André Thomas Keep your lamps trimmed and burning, the time is drawing nigh. Children, don’t get weary, the time is drawing nigh. Lo, the morning soon is breaking, the time is drawing nigh. Keep your lamps trimmed and burning, the time is drawing nigh.A reading from Isaiah 40: 28-32The Hills are Bare at Bethlehem………………………………………….........PROSPECT/ arr. Ralph JohnsonText: Royce J. Scherf, 1929-2017 The hills are bare at Bethlehem, no future for the world they show; Yet here new life begins to grow, from earth’s old dust a greenwood stem. The stars are cold at Bethlehem, no warmth for those beneath the sky; Yet here the radiant angels fly, and joy burns new, a fiery gem. The heart is tired at Bethlehem, no human dream unbroken stands; Yet here God comes to mortal hands, and hope renewed cries out: “Amen!”Mary’s Story................................................................................................................................John FergusonText: Luke 1: 26-33, 38a, 39-42, 46a Tom Kelly, trumpet

Canticle of the Turning..........................................STAR OF COUNTY DOWN/ arr. John Ferguson Please rise and join in singing. # 44 œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œœ&Choir: 1. My soul cries out with a joy - ful shout that the youHigh Voices: 2. Though I am small, my God, my all, not aAll: 3. From the halls of pow'r to the for - tress tow'r we re -All: 4. Though the na - tions rage from age to age, #& œ œœ œ œ˙ Œ œ œ œ œœœ œœ God of my heart is great, and my spir - it sings of the from the work great things in me, and your mer - cy will last for your de - stone will be left on stone. Let the king be - ware mem - ber who holds us fast: God's mer - cy must #&œ œœœ œœ œ œœœ œ ˙ Œ won - drous things that you bring to the ones who wait. be. depths of the past to the end of the age to throne. grasp. jus - tice tears ev - 'ry ty - rant from his liv - er us from the con - quer-or's crush - ing # œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œœ& You fixed your sight on your ser - vant's plight, and myLow Voices: Your ver - y name puts the proud to shame, and to hun - gry poor shall weep no more, for the The sav - ing word that our fore - heard is the This bears œ ˙ # œ œœœ Œ œœ œ œ œ& not spurn, you yearn, weak - ness you did - er earn; so from east to west those who would for us bound, food they can nev you will show your might, prom - ise which holds œœ œœ there are ta - bles spread, blest. Could the till the spear and rod flight for the # œ œ fed, for the œ œœœ œœ ˙ Œ&œ œ God, who is name be world be a - bout to turn? shall my strong to world is a - bout to turn.All: put the mouth be world is a - bout to turn. crushed by turn - ing the world a- round. ev - 'ry can beRefrain: #& œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œœAll: My heart shall sing of the day you bring. Let the # œ œœœ œ ˙ Œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ& burn. Wipe a - way all tears, for the fires of your jus - tice # œœœ œœ œ œœœ œ œ ˙.&œ draws near, and the world is a - bout to turn. dawn Please be seated.

Scripture CollageWake, Awake, for Night is Flying..........................................................................................WACHET AUFText: Philipp Nicolai; translation by William Cook Philipp Nicolai/arr. F. Melius Christiansen Wake, awake, for night is flying: the watchmen on the heights are crying, Awake, Jerusalem, arise! Midnight’s solemn hour is tolling, His chariot wheels are nearer rolling; He comes; prepare, ye virgins wise. Rise up; with willing feet, go forth, the Bridegroom meet, Hallelujah!Bear through the night your well-trimmed light, speed forth to join the marriage rite. Hear Thy praise, O Lord, ascending from tongues of men and angels blending With harps and lute and psaltery. By thy pearly gates in wonder We stand and swell the voice of thunder, in bursts of choral melody: Hallelujah! No vision ever brought, no ear hath ever caught such bliss and joy: We raise the song, we swell the throng, to praise Thee ages all along. Hallelujah!A reading from Luke 2: 1-5

CAROL: O Little Town of Bethlehem.....................................FOREST GREEN/arr. Grant Cochran # 44 œ Please remain seated and join in singing. ˙ Œœ& œ œ œ œ œœœœœ œ œ œœœ œ A- whileHigh voices 1. O lit - tle town of Beth - le - hem, how still we see thee lie!Low voices 2. For Christ is born of Mar - ry; and gath - ered all a - bove, SoChoir 3. How how si - lent - ly, the won - drous gift is giv'n! whereChoir 4. Where si - lent - ly, and hap - py pray to the bless - ed child, castAll 5. O chil - dren pure of Beth - le - hem, de - scend to us we pray; ho - ly child5# œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœœ œ ˙ Œ œœ&œ Yet bove thy deep and dream - less sleep the si - lent stars go by. O mor - tals sleep, the an - gels keep their watch of won - d'ring love. No God im - parts to hu - man hearts the bless - ings of his heav'n where mis - er - y cries out to thee, Son moth - er mild; We out or sin, and en - ter be of the us to - day. in: born in9# œ. œJ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ‰ ˙& in thy dark streets shin - eth the ev - er - last - ing light; the morn - ing stars, to - geth - er pro - claim the ho - ly birth, and ear may hear his com - ing, but, in this world of sin, where char - i - ty stands watch - ing and faith holds wide the door, the hear the Christ - mas an - gels the great glad ti - dings tell; O#13 œ œ œ œœœœœ œ œ œœœ œ w&œ hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee to - night. prais - es sing to God the king, and meek souls will re - ceive him, still the peace to all on earth. dark night wakes, the glo - ry breaks, and come to us; a - bide with us, our dear Christ en - ters in. Christ - mas comes once more. Lord Em - man - u - el!A reading from Luke 2: 6-7Infant Holy, Infant Lowly..............................................................................................arr. Barlow BradfordText: Polish carol, translated by Edith M. G. Reed Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle stall; Oxen lowing, little knowing Christ the Babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging angels singing, bells are ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the Babe is Lord of all! Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new. Saw the glory, heard the story, tidings of a gospel true. Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, praises voicing, greet the morrow: “Christ the Babe was born for you!”

A reading from Luke 2: 8-14CAROL: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing..............................MENDELSSOHN/ arr. David Willcocks Please rise and join in singing. Please be seated.

A reading from Luke 2: 15-17Noel....................................................................................................................Todd Smith/arr. Brad Holmes Noel! Noel! Jesus has come to live with us. If you want to know the Child, you have to come kneel.A reading from Luke 2: 18-20All is Well....................................................Michael W. Smith and Wayne Kirkpatrick/arr. Ronn Huff All is well. all is well. Let everyone rejoice! For tonight darkness fell into the dawn of love’s light. Sing Alleluia! All is well. all is well. Let there be peace on earth Christ is come; go and tell that he is in the manger. Sing Alleluia! All is well, all is well! Lift up your voice and sing. Born is now Emmanuel. Born is our Lord and Savior. Sing Alleluia! Sing Alleluia! All is well.Scripture CollageLight Dawns on a Weary World............................................................................................Mack WilbergText: Mary Louise Bringle Light dawns on a weary world when eyes begin to see all people’s dignity. Light dawns on a weary world: the promised day of justice comes. The trees shall clap their hands; the dry lands gush with springs; the hills and mountains shall break forth with singing! We shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace, as all the world in wonder echoes shalom.Love grows in a weary world when hungry hearts find bread and children’s dreams are fed. Love grows in a weary world: the promised feast of plenty comes. Hope blooms in a weary world when creatures, once forlorn, find wilderness reborn. Hope blooms in a weary world: the promised green of Eden comes. Intermission (15 minutes)

Offertory: Joyous Noel....................................................................................................Steven Amundson An offering will be collected to benefit the mission and outreach of AbendmusikA reading from Isaiah 60: 4-6Songs of joy from around the world: Weihnachten (Christmas)...................................................................................Felix Mendelssohn Pengyou, ting (Listen, friend!)...................................Chinese melody/arr. Carolyn Jennings He Came Down......................................................................................................Cameroon melody Angels We Have Heard on High.................................................French carol/arr. Alice ParkerCAROL: O Come, All Ye Faithful...................................VENITE ADOREMUS/arr. David Willcocks Please rise and join in singing. Please be seated.

Scripture CollageCAROL: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear..........................................arr. Craig Phillips/James Biery Please remain seated and join in singing.

Scripture CollageO Holy Night.............................................................................................Adolphe Adam/arr. John RutterText: Cappeau de Roquemaure Drew Duncan, tenor O, holy night, the stars are brightly shining; it is the night of the dear Savior’s birth! Long lay the world in sin and error pining, till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices! O night divine, O night when Christ was born! O night divine. Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His Gospel is peace. Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother, and in His Name all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we. Let all within us praise His holy Name! Christ is the Lord, then ever, ever praise we, His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim! His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!Scripture CollageNo More Sorrow....................................................................................................................................Will ToddText from the Book of Revelation And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither anymore pain, for the former things are passed away.Scripture CollageAntiphon (Five Mystical Songs) ......................................................................Ralph Vaughan WilliamsText: George Herbert Let all the world in ev’ry corner sing, My God and King. The heav’ns are not too high, His praise may thither fly: The earth is not too low, His praises there may grow. Let all the world in ev’ry corner sing, My God and King. The church with psalms must shout, No door can keep them out: But above all, the heart must bear the longest part. Let all the world in ev’ry corner sing, My God and King.Scripture collage

Joy to the World..................................................................................ANTIOCH/ arr. Steven Amundson Please rise and join in singing. Merry Christmas and Blessings upon the New Year!

Soprano Alto Tenor BassLorraine Beadell-Love Jessica Brauer Christopher Boilesen James CarrDeanne Hyde Boilesen Christina Emra Buchholz Dane Bowder Foster CollinsSally Buchholz Dori Bush Matthew Clegg David CrewsLisa Caha Peggy Campbell Todd Depue Brett EppersonDiane Dinnel Catherine Corbet Drew Duncan Ian FralickSarah Frederichson Adrienne Dickson Kevin Gunter Marques GarrettSarah Gauger Julia Doerr Ed Holbrook John HeinemanLindsey Hanson Jessica Dragoo Michael Jensen Jason J. HellmuthLaura Hiser Vickie Ehly Ryan Luckey Dave HeshkeJackie Josten Ann Finkner Corbyn Mellinger Rodney HiserMichelle Lisec-Talarico Mary Fischer Ariel Merivil Charlie HornerIna Sivits Luhring Susan Goodrich Jon Michelsen Jeff KeeleMelissa McCoy Amanda Hellmuth Andy Miller Ryan KnollenbergJane Mehrens Loretta Hellmuth John W. Reinert Tom LesiakMolly Mellinger Alison F. Knudsen Max Rooney Rob McMasterStephanie Meredith Patty Kramer Sebastian Sorensen Patrick McNallyLaurelin Moeller Carolyn Brown Kramer JC Sronce Jesse MoellerCynthia Stadler Mohr Joan Michelsen Stephen V. Talarico Ciaran MulliganLaurel A. B. Muff Maureen Ose Rich York Dennis NewmanSapphire Munford Phyllis Owen Cesar PestanaJulie Nordlee Stephanie Pollock Daniel ProettJessica Rajewich Barbara Rader Jack J. RinkeOlivia Reininger Jennifer Rutt Russ RobertsPaula Rhian Megan Schaefer Kyle SandallAutumn Schafer Rebecca Shane Ken WinstonAbi Shelbourn Susan StuartJennifer Tynner Wendy VanTami Wilson Shelby WhiteArica Worsham Amy Wright Linda ZabelChristopher Boilesen First Violin Bass French HornDeanne Boilesen Kim Osborne Salistean Mike Swartz Alan MattinglyEugene Boilesen Summer BrackhanJane Boilesen Rose Hunter Flute TromboneKaren Braaten Betsy Bobenhouse Mark MendellDiane Dunkerson Second Violin Tim DickmeyerLinda Kroon Donna Carnes OboeNancy Leavitt Kristie Pfabe William McMullen TimpaniMichelle Lisec-Talarico Lisa Myers Anthony FalconeJane Mehrens ClarinetAriel Merivil Viola Diane Barger PercussionAmanda Messersmith Cindy Ricker Jason VargaErin Mulder Sarah Curley BassoonPhyllis Owen Karen Sandene HarpJenn Rutt Cello Heidi BeranCarol Wells Tracy Sands Trumpet Karen Becker Thomas Kelly Michael Thompson Deborah Bouffard





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“MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE WORLD that Inspires BECAUSE IT CAN CHANGE PEOPLE” -BONOSUNDAY WE WILL RISE! Winner of the 2016 American Choral Prize, the WartburgNOV 4 Choir from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, joins the Plymouth Choir in an uplifting program designed by Abendmusik’s own Tom Trenney in celebration of3:00 PM his tenth anniversary at First-Plymouth. FREE CONCERT - Freewill OfferingSUNDAY “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”NOV 25 MESSIAH COMMUNITY SING-ALONG! George Frideric Handel’s4:00 PM iconic Messiah gives us reason enough to gather to sing together. But for this specialDEC 14 community sing we have the opportunity also to support Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach in their mission to defeat hunger and homeless and to restore hope. FREE CONCERT7:00 PM Hat/Glove/Scarf Drive & Freewill Offering to benefit Matt Talbot Kitchen & OutreachDEC 16 “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm.”4:00 PM THE WEARY WORLD REJOICES An Abendmusik Christmas Hear the Christmas story through inspirational lessons and magnificent song, opening your heart to the hope and joy that the season promises to brings. FREE CONCERT - Freewill Offering “A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices. For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.”MONDAY LAST BLAST! with the Plymouth Brass Ring in the New YearDEC 31 with a beloved Lincoln tradition featuring the Plymouth Brass, the University of Nebraska Husker7:00 PM Horn Choir, and First-Plymouth’s magnificent Lied Organ. $20 Adults | $15 Seniors | $10 Students “Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.” - Jason MrazTHURSDAY MY FUNNY VALENTINES: 2 ½ TENORSFEB 14 An Abendmusik Fundraiser Back by popular demand, this year’s Valentine7:00 PM fundraiser once again features Tom Trenney and the Great American Songbook, but this time he will be (joyfully!) upstaged by two real tenors: Drew Duncan and Ariel Merivil.SUNDAY $40 – Concert followed by ReceptionFEB 24 “If music be the food of love, play on.” - William Shakespeare4:00 PM NEW YORK POLYPHONY One of the foremost vocal chamber ensembles active today, New York Polyphony gives vibrant, modern voice to repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant to cutting-edge compositions. The two-time GRAMMY nominated artists will perform newly commissioned work, Missa Charles Darwin: a multi-movement mass based on the standard five-movement structure, but the sacred texts have been replaced with text of Charles Darwin. $20 Adults | $15 Seniors | $10 Students “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”- Charles DarwinMONDAY Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria Youth Masterworks FestivalFEB 25 More than 200 of Lincoln’s most talented high school singers and instrumentalists join professional soloists and orchestral section leaders in a side-by-side performance of a7:00 PM timeless masterwork: Vivaldi’s Gloria. FREE CONCERT - Freewill Offering “I don’t sing because I’m happy. I’m happy because I sing.”- William JamesSUNDAY Baylor A Cappella Choir Brian Schmidt, conductorMAR 10 Baylor University’s A Cappella Choir makes its Nebraska debut, singing to express the joys and struggles of the Christian journey in music of Herbert Howells, Felix Mendelssohn,4:00 PM Will Todd, Moses Hogan, and Marques Garrett. $15 Adults | $10 Seniors | $5 Students “Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.”SUNDAY A German Requiem by Johannes BrahmsAPR 14 Baylor University’s A Cappella Choir makes its Nebraska debut, singing to express the joys and struggles of the Christian journey in music of Herbert Howells, Felix Mendelssohn,4:00 PM Will Todd, Moses Hogan, and Marques Garrett. $15 Adults | $10 Seniors | $5 Students “Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.”SUNDAY Red, White & Brass featuring the Plymouth BrassJUN 25 Celebrate the gift of freedom and independence with a toe-tapping and heart-pounding program of Patriotic favorites, featuring the engaging and entertaining Plymouth Brass.4:00 PM $20 Adults | $15 Seniors | $10 Students “Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing”- John Philip Sousa