The Augustana College Choir

              The Augustana College Choir
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS

Henry Veld CONDUCTOR

ORCHESTRA HALL
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Monday, April 25, 8:15 p.m.


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Henry Veld Conductor

ACCLAIMED AS THE LEADING EXPONENT OF THE MODERN CHORAL SCHOOL IN AMERICA
The Augustana College Choir
They sing an eight-part arrangement of a Bach double fugue on the hair-line of accuracy, ... ending as they began on absolute pitch ... and, amid all this technical splendor, mingling their voices in combined tones of extraordinary loveliness....  One has not heard a college choir like this one.


The Critics Say....

EUGENE STINSON, Chicago Daily News
—In the beautifully voiced performance of the Bach selections I heard more of the spirit of reverence in the face of mystery than I have ever before happened to be aware of in such music.


JANET GUNN, Chicago Herald and Examiner
—The softer moments of massed song were marked by a tonal quality of rare beauty.


HERMAN DEVRIES, Chicago American
—One of those enterprising and artistic organizations to which the musicians of the United States are indebted.


CECIL M. SMITH, Chicago Tribune
—Mr. Veld's love for long lines of melody expressively phrased keeps him from essaying the effects of flashy, snappy theatricalism.


RUSSELL MCLAUGHLIN, Detroit News
—One of the finest choral instruments ever to visit Detroit.


WALTER W. FARMER, Worcester Evening Gazette
—A dynamic conductor ... superlative results.


MARTIN W. BUSH, Omaha Bee-News
—Especially fine were the antiphonal effects.


Philadelphia Inquirer
—A new and individual note in choral singing.



The Program....

PART I


Wohin
Schubert


The Shepherdess' Sunday
Ole Bull


Floods of Spring
Rachmaninoff



JENNY LIND CHORUS



PART II


Nu Herrans dag det är
Kreutzer


Hälsning till hemlandet
Kromer


The Northland
Lester



WENNERBERG CHORUS



PART III


* Song of Praise
Schütz


* Adoramus te Jesu Christe
Handl


* Echo Song
di Lasso


Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund
Nicolai


Komm, süsser Tod
Bach


All Breathing Life, Sing and Praise Ye the Lord—Finale from the Motet, Sing Ye to the Lord
Bach



* Double Chorus
AUGUSTANA CHOIR



PART IV


O Fader vår, barmhärtig, god
Kirchenampt


Tonerna
Sjöberg-Lundholm


Sverige
Stenhammar


Rarely Comest Thou
Cain


Fireflies
Russian Folk Song


Evening
Kodály


Nunc Dimittis and
Tschesnokoff


Gloria
Cain



AUGUSTANA CHOIR





The Choir...
Several years ago the Jenny Lind Chorus, composed of women, and the Wennerberg Chorus, composed of men, were merged to form the Augustana College Choir.  Each chorus presents its own distinctive portion of the concert, and this trilogy of style in choral programs has served to add a note of interest and variety which has been generally approved by music lovers and critics wherever the choir has appeared.

Since Augustana College has been a leader in translating the rich heritage of Swedish culture to American soil, it is fitting that the Augustana Choir should assist in inaugurating the New Sweden Tercentenary Celebrations through its extensive concert appearances.



The Conductor...
Few will question that the well-merited success of the Augustana Choir must be credited in large measure to the genius of its conductor, Mr. Henry Veld.  His thorough training, sympathetic understanding of vocal technique, and skillful interpretation of choral masterpieces have made it possible for him to inspire his youthful singers to a perfection of performance which has led one of America's great music critics to say that we have discovered one of America's greatest choirs.



The 1938 Itinerary...
The Swedish-American Tercentenary Tour includes the following cities: LaPorte, Ind.; Cleveland, Ohio; Warren and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Washington, D. C.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Carnegie Hall, New York, N. Y.; Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, Conn.; Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass.; Albany, N. Y.; Orchestra Hall, Detroit, Mich.; Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha, Nebr.; Galesburg, Rock Island, and Rockford, Ill.; and Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Ill.



ORCHESTRA HALL, Chicago, Ill.
Monday, April 25, 1938   8:15 p.m.
Tickets: $1.50, $1.00, 75c

On sale at:

Orchestra Hall Box Office (after April 18)
Augustana Book Concern, 58 E. Washington St.
Members of Augustana Synod Lutheran Choirs and Luther Leagues


Auspices: Augustana College and the Augustana Lutheran Ministerial Association of Chicago