W E LC OMI NG T H E STR ANGER

MUSIC, GETT YSBURG! PR E S E N T S

WELCOMING THE STR ANGER

The full assembly is invited to sing the carol, #266 in the red hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, in the pews.

All Earth Is Hopeful Hy m n # 2 6 6

FIRST NARRATION
P rof. G eral d Ch ri sti a nson, Uni te d L ut he r a n S e mina r y
J ef f rey G abe l , F oundi ng Exe c ut ive Dir e c t o r o f t he M a je st ic The a t e r

Shiru | SEE PAGE THREE All an Nap l an

THE G ETT Y SB U R G C HIL DR E N ’ S C HO IR

The Little Creek | SEE PAGE THREE M a t t C ar l s o n ‘ 1 3

THE G ETTYSBURG C HIL DR E N ’ S C HO IR AN D C HAMB E R C HO R AL E

Canticle of the Turning R or y Coone y / I r i s h Fo l k S o n g

Wayn e H ill, bar it o n e
M ic h ae l M at sin ko , p ian o
SECOND NARRATION

A Spotless Rose | SEE PAGE THREE Paul Mealor

LUX

The Rune of Hospitality | SEE PAGE THREE Alf Houkom

TH E CHA M BER C HORA L E OF T HE G E T T Y SB U R G C HIL DR E N ’ S C HO IR AN D L UX

J am e s Day, gu it ar

THIRD NARRATION
O Magnum Mysterium | SEE PAGE FOUR M or t e n L au r i d s o n
LUX
Carol of the Children | SEE PAGE FOUR John Rutter

G ETTY SB U R G C HIL DR E N ’ S C HO IR
Eb y B u sc h e r ’ 1 9 , c o lle ge in t e r n
 Wit h t he deepest appr eci ati on f o r t he s uppo r t f r o m a ll who g iv e t o Mu s i c,
G e t tsyb urg!, we recei v e a fr ee wi l l o f f er ing , dur ing t he sing ing o f t his c a r o l , w i t h a
te xt comp o sed by M ar k Ol denb ur g f o r t his o c c a sio n, t o a His pa nic f o lk t u n e .

W e lcome, St range r | SEE P AG E FI VE

Il est né, le Divin Enfant. F r e nch Ca r ol , a r r . R obe r t Be as e r

Te r e sa B o we r s, f lu t e
J am e s Day, gu it ar
FOURTH NARRATION

Some Children See Him Al f r e d Bu r t

Christ in the Stranger’s Guise Al f r e d Bu r t
W ayn e H ill, bar it o n e
Mic h ae l M at sin ko , p ian o
FIFTH NARRATION

Elegy | SEE PAGE FOUR Da n i e l E l d e r

Elizabe t h B u sc h e r , so lo ist
Vict o r ia De lgado , so lo ist
Aman da De n sm o o r , so lo ist

TH E CH AMBER C HORA L E OF T HE G E T T Y SB U R G C HIL DR E N ’ S C HO IR AN D L U X

The Wings of God | SEE PAGE SIX Wayne L. Wold

TH E GETTYSB URG C HI L DREN’ S C HO IR AN D C HAMB E R C HO R AL E AN D LU X

Te r e sa B o we r s, f lu t e

SIXTH NARRATION

Nos Galan | SEE PAGE FOUR Frank Ferko

TH E GETTYSBURG C HI L DREN’ S C HO IR AN D C HAMB E R C HO R AL E AN D L U X

Eric Gabriel ‘22, percussion

We conclude the evening by standing to sing a beloved and joyous carol.

Joy to the World Hymn #267

Donors | SEE PAGE SEVEN

 THE GETT YSBURG CHILDREN’S CHOIR
T HI S EV ENIN G’S P ERFORM ERS
www.gettysburgcc.org

DR. B RENT C . T AL B O T , AR T IST IC DIR E C T O R

JAMIE BO WM A N, P I ANI ST AND MAN AG E R | E B Y B U SC HE R ’ 1 9, C O L L E G E I NT E R N
The Gettysburg Children’s Choir and Chamber Chorale is a community choir program for children in grades
three through twelve located at Gettysburg College. The CHILDREN’S CHOIR is for students in grades 3 through
8. The CHAMBER CHORALE is the ensemble for students in grades 9 – 12. The Choir is supported in part by the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. It is also supported in part by the Adams County Community Foundation,
Adams County Arts Council’s STAR Grant Program, which is funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the
Adams County Commissioners, the Borough of Gettysburg and the Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust.

T HE CH ILDR EN’ S C HOI R T HE C HIL DR E N ’ S C HO IR (C O N T INU E D )

Jezebel Abma Rebekah Reaver

Caroline Bannak Sarah Rice
Lily Bannak Maria Royer
Afia Baryeh Charlotte Ruff-Miller
Dempsey Bodan Conor Ruff-Miller
Maylin Boden Savannah Schneider
Kaya Jean Bugler Tuff Smith
Finn Clarke Anna Strauss
Addison Deardorff Audrey Trax
Aubree Deardorff Rachel Wessell
Eliza Dreves Colin Wilson
Addison Dunlop Matthew Wonders
Brody Granger
Hannah Green T HE C HAMB E R C HO R AL E
Olivia Hall
Evangeline Hollabaugh Alek Hopkins
Gabriel Hollabaugh Gaven Jones
Audrey Hunt Cheyenne Lehman
Aubrey McClosky Grace McDannell
Faith McDannell Rebecca Negro
Destiny McDannell Helen Reaver
Kellen Mikesell Abbigail Robinson
Seneca Mikesell Liam Ruff-Miller
Ilana Miller Angelina Sanders
Adeline Nelson Bella Smith
Carmen Oshunrinade Justis Taylor
Sofia Oshunrinade Maxwell Wolfe
Connor Peterman Joshua Wotring

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LU X

Garnering praise from such composers as Eric Whitacre and Paul Mealor, Lux is a semi-professional
chamber choir that specializes in contemporary choral music. Founded in 2014 by member Robby Napoli,
this exciting ensemble performs with a burning dedication to excellence, innovation, and accessibility in
choral performance, bringing their youth to light through their undying excitement for vocal art music.

Their CD is available for sale in the narthex following the concert.

For more information visit www.ChoirLux.com.

Elizabeth Buscher Chris Holben Logan Santiago

Ciaran Cain Hannah Kolarik Zach Taylor
Victoria Delgado John Mullan John-Paul Teti
Amanda Densmoor Robby Napoli Abigail Winston
Nicole Densmoor Thomas Rust Beth Ann Zinkievich

WAYNE L . WOL D , organist, is Professor, Organist, and Chair of the Music Department at
Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and Director of Music Ministry at First Lutheran Church of Ellicott
City, Maryland. From 1996-2013 he served as Director of Chapel Music at Camp David. He holds degrees
from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, Wittenberg University, and Shenandoah Conservatory
Over 350 of his compositions have been published, and they include works for adult and children’s choirs,
organ works, a children’s musical, recorder suites, hymns, and other liturgical music

JA ME S DAY , guitarist, is Director of the Sunderman Conservatory of Music and Associate

Professor of Music at Gettysburg College. Day joined Gettysburg College in July 2018. As a teacher and
scholar, Day has served as a guest professor at Goethe Universität in Frankfurt, Germany and as an
Endeavor Award fellow at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships, University of Melbourne, Australia. His
performances and presentations have spanned venues across North America, Europe, and Australia. A
member of the steering committee of Music, Gettysburg!, this is his premiere performance at one of our
concerts.

TE RESA BOW ERS , flutist, is an assistant adjunct professor at the Sunderman Conservatory
of Music at Gettysburg College where she teaches flute, performs in the resident faculty ensemble, the
Sunderman Woodwind Quintet, coaches chamber music and serves as chair of the woodwind area. She will
next perform on Music, Gettysburg on March 31 as part of Baroque Brillante.

WAYNE H IL L , baritone, is one of Music, Gettysburg’s favorite voices, and is a frequent

performer of a breathtaking spectrum of vocal music. A graduate of Susquehanna University, Wayne
has performed the baritone solo parts in the Brahms Requiem and Mahler’s “Songs of the Wayfarer and
theatrical performances of Amahl and the Night Visitors and Man of La Mancha, as well as themed solo
concerts throughout the eastern U.S.

M IC HAE L M ATSINKO, pianist, is a distinguished performer and retired member of the

Gettysburg College faculty, where his responsibilities included teaching music history and literature and
keyboard studies. Matsinko is a frequent performer at the keyboards of Music, Gettysburg!, to the delight
of Gettysburg audiences.

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 LYRICS & TR ANSL ATIONS
| SHIRU
Sing a new song
Sing, shout all the earth
Break forth,sing aloud, and play music
Shout all the earth
Sing all the earth
Sing a new song
Let the heavens rejoice
Let the earth be glad
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it
Let the field exult, and all that is in it
Let the trees of the forest sing for joy
Let the rivers clap hands
Let the mountains sing for joy
Sing a new song
Sing, shout all the earth
Sing a new song; SING!
| THE LITTLE CREEK
Come with me to the little creek
Where my thoughts are running free.
They might run swift or they might run deep,
But these waters wind their way through me.
When we reach the hill, we’ll follow it down.
Cross the rough and rocky ground.
Get a little bit lost and a little bit found,
But it evens out when we hear that sounds.
Why are we so scared to search our centers?
It may seem so, but every door you enter,
You find a piece of something inside you never
knew. Keep moving through.
You’ve got your pain, I’ve got mine.
It’s hard to say it’ll workout fine.
But we can share the load when we share a sigh
At the creek our dreams are by design
It flows in you, and it flows in me.
Some days you will find it.
Some days it’s hard to see.
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| THE LITTLE CREEK (CONTINUED)
There’s twist and there’s turns and there’s
lessons to learn by the creek.
Take a breath and think.
Please don’t be so scared to search your center.
Let those seeds grow ‘cause every door you
enter, You find a piece of something inside you
never knew.Keep moving through. Believe it’s
true. I know that you will keep moving through.
Make a little change at the little creek.
| A SPOTLESS ROSE (PAUL MEALOR)
A Spotless Rose is growing,
Sprung from a tender root,
Of ancient seers’ foreshowing,
Of Jesse promised fruit;
Its fairest bud unfolds to light
Amid the cold, cold winter,
And the dark midnight.
The Rose which I am singing,
Whereof Isiah said,Is from its sweet root
springingIn Mary, purest Maid;
Through God’s great love and might,
The Blessed Babe she bare us
In a cold, cold winter’s night.
| THE RUNE OF HOSPITALITY
I saw a stranger yestereen;
I put food in the eating place,
Drink in the drinking place,
Music in the listening place;
And in the sacred names of the Triune
He blessed me and my house,
My cattle and my dear ones.
And the lark said in her song
Often, often, often.
Goes the Christ in the stranger’s guise.
 | O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
(MORTEN LAURIDSEN)
O magnum mysterium, et admirabile
sacramentum ut animalia viderent
Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata
Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare
Dominum Christum. Alleluia!
O great mystery, and wondrous sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord,
lying in their manger!
Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy
to bear our Lord Christ. Alleluia!
| CAROL OF THE CHILDREN
| NOS GALAN
Hear the bells on Christmas morning,
Ring out joyfully, Christ is born.
Children, set your voices singing,
Sing out joyfully, Christ is born.
Look with love on one another,
Sing out joyfully, Christ is born.
Strangers greet as sisters, brothers,
Sing out joyfully, Christ is born.
Beat the drum and strike the cymbal,
Sing out joyfully, Christ is born.
Fingers on the harp be nimble,
Sing out joyfully, Christ is born.

One for the star in the sky over Bethlehem;
Two for the hands that will rock him to sleep.
Three for the kings bringing gold, myrrh,
incense. Four for the angels that watch over his
bedside.
Blue for the robe of the sweet Virgin Mary;
White for the dawn of the first Christmas Day;
Red for the blood that he shed for us all on
Good Friday; Black for the tomb where he
rested till Easter. Lullaby! See Jesus asleep.
Angels and shepherds their watch on him keep.
Lullaby! He soon will awake, For the oxen are
stirring and morning will break.And one for the
heart that I give as my offering to Jesus.
On this day put care behind you,
Sing out joyfully, Christ is born.
Let the joy of Christmas find you,
Sing out joyfully, Christ is born.
Deck the hall (the traditional carol is sung here)
Who is this who stops beside you,
Poor and broken and forlorn?
Loving kindness gently guide you,
You know well why Christ was born.
May the new year sorrow banish,
You know well why Christ was born
May all war and hatred vanish,
You know well why Christ was born.

| ELEGY

Day is done, gone the sun; From the lakes, from Thanks to the Christmas Offering Planning
the hills, from the sky. Team: Teresa Bowers, Gerald Christianson,
Wayne Hill, and Mark Oldenburg.
All is well, safely rest: God is nigh. Fading light
dims the sight and a star gems the sky, gleaming
bright. From afar, drawing nigh; Falls the night.

Thanks and praise for our days;

Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky. As
we go, this we know; God is nigh.

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 WELCOME, STR ANGER

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Tonight represents the world premiere of “The Wings of God.” The text, tune, and arrangement
of this new choral work are all by this evening’s organist, Wayne L. Wold. The arrangement
includes the Swedish hymn, “Thy Holy Wings,” the third stanza of which the audience is invited
to sing.

T he wings of God s tretc h h i g h an d b r oa d a nd sw e e p t o sa f e t y w e a k a nd sm a l l ,

then close t o form a nd c on sec rate a sa nc t ua r y f r e e t o a ll.
T he heart of God sounds c l e a r a nd st r o ng t o t hose w it hin G od ’ s c lose e mb r a c e;
e ach b eat ren e ws th e c ove na nt o f la st ing lo ve a nd ge n’ r ous gr a c e .
T he warmt h of God g i ves c om fort , r e st ; a ge nt le t ouc h a nd so f t c a r e ss
m ake holy spa c e , a h a ve n s a fe , a he a ling p la c e f o r w e a r ine ss.
B ut some refu se to kn ow th e l ove t ha t a lw a y s se e k s o ut t hose w ho r o a m,
a nd some w il l try to c l i p th os e wings t ha t long t o ho ld a nd w e lc o me ho me .

“Thy holy wings, O Savior, spread gently over me,

and let me rest securely through good and ill in thee.
Oh, be my strength and portion, my rock and hiding place,
and let my ev’ry moment be lived within thy grace.

Oh, let me nestle near thee, within thy downy breast

where I will find sweet comfort and peace within thy nest.
Oh, close thy wings around me and keep me safely there,
for I am but a newborn and need thy tender care.”

T he warmt h, the h e a rt, th e wi n gs of G od a r e our s t o c la im a nd o ur s t o sha re.

L et ‘Sanct ua ry!’ be our c a l l ti l l pe a c e is t hr iving e v’ r y w he r e .

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T HI S EVENIN G WA S M A DE P OSSI BL E B Y T HE SIG N IF IC AN T SU P P O R T O F :
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BUILDER
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Wayne & Sue Hill
R. Lynne Kiick
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The Revs. Martin & Angela Zimmann
FOUNDER
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David E. Flesner
Jeffrey Gabel
Jean S. LeGros
Bill & Judy Leslie
Jim & Susan Roach
William L. & Elizabeth D. Speer
SUSTAINER
Gina Arnold
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Margaret B. Curtis
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Mr. Carl & Mrs. Julie Falk
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SUSTAINER (CONTINUED)
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Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Lady
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Bill Ritter
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 ACK NOWLEDGEMENT
“Thy Holy Wings” Text: Carolina Sandell Berg, st. 1, 3: Gracia Grindal; st. 2, tr. Composite.
©1983 Gracia Grindal, admin Selah Publishing Co., Inc. Reprinted by permission under
OneLicense.net # A-726733.

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