There were 216 men registered for Sangerfest 2016. The program featured a variety of Scandinavian and American music as
well as a piece written by Sioux Fall composer Deanna Wehrspann.
Dr. David Judisch from Decorah, IA is the Director in Chief .
Terry Walter from Sioux Falls, SD and director of the Minnehaha
Mandskor is the Associate Director. The group was accompanied by Deanna Wehrspann and 25 instrumentalists from the
Sioux Empire. The featured soloist was Dr. Russell
Svenningsen, professor of music at Augustana University. |
Norwegian Singers Association of
America
Grand Concert – June 11, 2016, 7:00 PM
Exhibit Hall 1 and II, Sioux Falls Convention Center
Dr. David Judisch, Director-in-Chief
Terry Walter, Associate Director-in-Chief
Deanna Wehrspann, Accompanist
Ja, vi elsker dette landet
Star Spangled Banner |
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Bjørnstjerne
Bjørnson/Rickard Nordraak
Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith |
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I |
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Fanevagt
En Sangers Bøn
You Raise Me Up
Stars I Shall Find
Vikingarne |
Kenneth Michaels - Tenor
Hans Peterson - Violin
Julian Ronning - Baritone |
Ole Olsen
Friedrch August Reissiger
Lovland-Graham, Arr. Teena Chinn
David Dickau
F. A. Frieberg |
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II |
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Dr. Russell Svenningsen – Guest Tenor
Soloist
Terry Walter - Piano
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III |
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Hil Dig Norge
Stå opp, Guds menighet
The Lost Chord
Tonerna
Salute to our Patriots |
World premiere; music composed for 2016
Sangerfest
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Rudolph Magnus Forwald
Deanna Wehrspann
Arthur Sullivan
Carl Leopold Sjöberg
Arr. Terry Walter, Collected by Ruth Beck |
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Dr. Russell Svenningsen – Guest Tenor
Soloist
Terry Walter - Piano |
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V |
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The Awakening
Set Down Servant!
Climb Ev’ry Mountain
Landkjending |
Jim Svanoe – Tenor, Hunter Friesen - Bass
Gordon Jensson – Tenor, William Fried - Baritone
Soloist: Dr. Russell Svenningsen |
Joseph Martin
Arr. Robert Shaw
Richard Rodgers
Edvard Grieg |
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