Historical May 1989 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The St. Charles Choral Society and the Grace United Methodist Church Choir will join forces, along with additional singers from the Missouri Ecumenical Choir, to present a concert of American sacred choral music at Grace United Methodist Church, 6199 Waterman Boulevard at Skinker, on Sunday, May 21, at 2:00 p.m. Dr. Kenneth G. Greenlaw will conduct the choirs in a program which includes early Colonial church music, anthems by contemporary American composers, and a set of spiritual arrangements.
The Missouri Ecumenical Choir, composed of members of the Choral Society and Grace Choir, as well as many other area community and church choirs, will take the same program to the Soviet Union in July when they embark on their third international tour, visiting Leningrad, Tallin, Minsk, Kiev, Odessa, and Moscow.
A freewill offering will be taken at the concerts to help defray expenses of the Soviet Union tour. Included in the repertoire of the concerts are arrangements of early American hymns: “Wondrous Love:’ “Morning Trumpet;’ William Billings’ “Easter Anthem:’ a Shaker tune “Welcome Here:’ three pieces by Randall Thompson: “Glory to God in the Highest:’ “The Best of Rooms:’ and “Alleluia:’ three pieces by Jean Berger: “The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee:’ “Speak to One Another:’ and “A Rose Touched By the Sun’s Warm Rays:’ Paul Manz’s “E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come:’ Charles Bryan’s “Who Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ;’ Healy Willan’s “Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One:’ and five spirituals: “Witness:’ “Steal Away:’ “There Is a Balm in Gilead:’ “Plenty Good Room:’ and “Let Me Fly:’
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1989.
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