Varsity Men's Glee Club - Dad's Day Concert

A meditation on what we carry through the dark—the fear of battle, the ache of goodbye, the hope of a home beyond—and the fathers, sons, and friends who walk beside us into the morning.

Program

Alford: March of the Fighting Illini (Procession)

I. the jaws of iron
Tormis: Varjele, Jumala, soasta

II. toward the unknown region
Gounod: The Soldier's Chorus
Valverde: Darest, O Soul
arr. Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove

III. black night doth take away
Ran: Sonnet 73
arr. Dawson: Soon Ah Will Be Done
arr. Copland: At the River

IV. souls have crossed before me
Butterworth: With Rue My Heart is Laden
Sheehan: With the Souls (from Ukranian Requiem)
Sibelius: This Is My Song (Finlandia)

V. after rain
Thomspon: The Last Words of David

VI. The Other Guys
Selections TBD

VII. Brothers, Sing On!
Grieg: Brothers, Sing On!
Traditional Gaudeamus igitur
arr. Bill Buhr: The Big Ten Medley
arr. Krueger/Griffith: Illinois State Song
Traditional: Hail to the Orange (Alma Mater)
Alford: March of the Fighting Illini (Recessional)