With more than 100 members, The Vienna Boys Choir has delighted music lovers across the globe for six centuries with their purity of tone, distinctive charm, and diverse repertoire, which includes everything from medieval to contemporary to experimental music. These gifted musicians with voices of unforgettable beauty are part of four touring choirs that hail from dozens of nations and together give more than 300 concerts a year around the world.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Vienna Boys Choir can trace its history as far back as the 13th century, but it was formally established at Vienna’s Imperial Chapel in 1498 by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Today’s Vienna Boys Choir comprises talented young singers from all over the world, including boys from Austria, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the United States.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Together <\/span><\/i><\/b>Program<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Oliver Stech, conductor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCome, Ye Sons of Art\u201d (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary II), Z. 323 (1694) \u2014 Henry Purcell (1659\u20131695); words ascribed to Nahum Tate (1652\u20131715)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCantate Domino\u201d (\u201cSing to the Lord\u201d) \u2014 motet for four voices a cappella \u2014 Hans Leo Hassler (1564\u20131612)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDen Tod niemand zwingen kunnt\u201d (\u201cNo One Could Overcome Death\u201d) \u2014 versus 2, from: Cantata BWV 4, <\/span>Christ lag in Todesbanden<\/span><\/i>\u2014 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685\u20131750); words: Martin Luther (1483\u20131546)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMi lagner\u00f2 tacendo\u201d (\u201cI Languish in Silence\u201d), Notturno K. 437 (1783) from <\/span>Siroe <\/span><\/i>\u2014 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756\u20131791); words: Pietro Metastasio (1689\u20131782); arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAbendlied zu Gott\u201d (\u201cEvening Song for God\u201d), Hob. XXVc: 9 (1796) \u2014 Joseph Haydn (1732\u20131809); words: Christian F\u00fcrchtegott Gellert (1715\u20131769) \u2014 solo to be announced from the stage<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWiderspruch\u201d (\u201cContradiction\u201d), D. 86 \u2014 Franz Schubert (1797\u20131828); words: Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804\u20131875)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEsti dal\u201d (\u201cEvening Song\u201d) (1930) \u2014 Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly (1882\u20131967)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNigra sum sed Formosa\u201d (\u201cI am Black and Beautiful\u201d) (1942) \u2014 Pau Casals (1876\u20131973); words: Song of Songs 1:4<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cO salutaris hostia\u201d (\u201cO Saving Sacrifice\u201d) \u2014 \u0112riks E\u0161envalds (*1977); words: Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225\u20131274)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJoshua Fit the Battle of Jericho\u201d \u2014 spiritual, arr. Rollo Dilworth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2014INTERMISSION\u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cKaval sviri\u201d (\u201cA Kaval flute plays\u201d) (1979) \u2014 Bulgaria \u2014 Petar Liondev (1936\u20132018); arr. Tanya Parvanova<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cVem kan segla f\u00f6rutan vind\u201d (\u201cWho Can Sail Without Wind?\u201d) \u2014 Sweden; folk song from the \u00c5land Islands \u2014 arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDona, Dona\u201d (\u201cDos kelbl\u201d) (Hargail version; from the musical <\/span>Esterke<\/span><\/i>) (1940\u201341) \u2014 \u00a9EMI Mills Music Inc.; by kind permission of EMI Music Publishing Germany GmbH \u2014 Sholom Secunda (1894\u20131974), Aaron Zeitlin (1898\u20131973), Arthur Kevess, Sheldon Secunda, Teddi Schwartz<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLa Paloma\u201d (\u201cThe Dove\u201d) \u2014 Canci\u00f3n americana \u2014 Sebasti\u00e1n de Yradier (1809\u20131865); arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNi\u0161ka banja\u201d (\u201cThe Hot Springs of Ni\u0161\u201d) \u2014 jocular song from Serbia \u2014 arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWellerman\u201d (\u201cSoon May the Wellerman Come\u201d) \u2014 whaling shanty from New Zealand \u2014 arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWann du durchgehst durch\u2019s Tal\u201d (\u201cWhen You Walk Through the Valley\u201d) \u2014 Austria; love song from Carinthia \u2014 arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEs gibt schene Wasserl\u201d (\u201cThere are Beautiful Waters\u201d) \u2014 dance from M\u00fchlviertel, Upper Austria \u2014 arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWien, du Stadt meiner Tr\u00e4ume\u201d (\u201cVienna, City of My Dreams\u201d), op. 1 (1912) \u2014 Rudolf Sieczy\u0144ski (1879\u20131952); arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFeuerfest!\u201d (\u201cFireproof!\u201d) French polka, opus 269 \u2014 Josef Strauss (1827\u20131870); words: Rudolf Effenberger \/ Elke Wirth; arr. Gerald Wirth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWiener Blut\u201d (\u201cViennese Spirits\u201d) Waltz, op. 354 (1873) \u2014 Johann Strauss II (1825\u20131899); arr. Helmuth Froschauer<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Vienna Boys Choir has been delighting music lovers across the globe for six centuries with their purity of tone, distinctive charm, and diverse repertoire, which includes everything from medieval to contemporary to experimental music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":13926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[253],"tribe_events_cat":[255],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13904"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=13904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}