A NOTE FROM WCU PRESIDENT, MARY STEPHANIWhen approached for this commission by Mr. Mohn, Ola Gjeilo already had a strong desire to compose a Mass. In the case of the Sunrise, from

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A NOTE FROM WCU PRES IDENT, M ARY STEPHANI

Dear Friends,

We’ve come to the end of our 40th Anniversary Year, and we thank you all for joining us on the ride to our 41st Season and beyond! It has been of year of extraordinary music, unbelievable weather, emotional upheaval and significant organizational development. We treasure you and each other, and look forward to sharing our talents and blessings through the rich musical programming Ernie has in store next Season! Plan to be on hand in 2014-2015 for each of our “The World Sings!” concerts.

We will happily greet you and thank you at the 40th Anniversary Celebration Reception which follows tonight’s program. Your encouragement, support, and financial assistance sustain us, and provides the Choral Union with the foundation to bring beautiful choral works to the Greater Waukesha Community!

My thanks to the Board of Directors, our great Staff, and the entire WCU Membership for their contributions this Season. Sing On!

Mary Stephani, Waukesha Choral Union President

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FROM AND ABOUT THE COMPOSER AND HIS WORK

“I think people naturally and instinctively want to experience transcendence, resolution and the feeling of redemption, joy and peace that the resolving of discord can yield.” -Composer Ola Gjeilo (pronounced Yaylo)

Kira Zeeman Rugen, DMA, described Sunrise: Symphonic Mass for Choir and String Orchestra in her research paper entitled ABOUT OLA GJEILO’s SUNRISE MASS:

“ …. (It) was commissioned in 2007 by the combined Majorstua and Nova chamber choirs. The world première took place on November 2, 2008 in Oslo, and included a 24 piece string orchestra, conducted by Tore Erik Mohn.

When approached for this commission by Mr. Mohn, Ola Gjeilo already had a strong desire to compose a Mass. In the case of the Sunrise, from the initial point of conception, the forces at his disposal were the greatest source of inspiration. One of his preferred sonorities is the combination of choir and orchestra, and with that palate in mind, the inspiration for Sunrise came easily.’ In her summary Rugen declares: “ … Gjeilo’s Mass certainly creates a beautiful journey that from beginning to end suggests sadness, pain, chaos, drama and conflict. “

In the paper Maestro Gjeilo concludes:

“The music of the Sunrise Mass goes from dark and dreamlike, to more emotional and dramatic, and eventually warm and grounded. It’s important to me that there is a positive evolution in artistic expressions, to move everything forward. That it has the capacity to help bring us deeper into ourselves rather than the other way. I really do think that’s the main point of art. I don’t know if I in any way am one of them, but I think true artists have the ability to share something very important; to express a deeper connection with something sacred; soul, or God, or nature, or whatever we perceive it as, through art. And I always believed that gift should be used to uplift and remind ourselves of who we really are and what’s truly important in our lives, whatever that may be.”

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Ģērbies, saule, sudrabota arr. Anita Kupriss with ensemble (1958)

Noriet saule vakara arr. Jānis Norvilis (1906-1996)

Northern Lights Ola Gjeilo (1978)

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Sunrise Mass Ola Gjeilo1. The Spheres2. Sunrise3. The City4. Identity & The Ground

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A NOTE FROM WCU PRESIDENT, MARY STEPHANIWhen approached for this commission by Mr. Mohn, Ola Gjeilo already had a strong desire to compose a Mass. In the case of the Sunrise, from