Video Information

• Choir: CWU Chamber Choir
• Piece: Abendlied
• Composer:  Josef Rheinberger
• Conductor:  Gary Weidenaar
• Voices:  SSATTB
• Genres: Classical
• Abendlied (Rheinberger) is sung by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) in Ordizia, Spain in the Church of Santa Maria de la Asuncion.
  
  TEXT (and Translation):
  Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend we...  moreAbendlied (Rheinberger) is sung by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) in Ordizia, Spain in the Church of Santa Maria de la Asuncion.
  
  TEXT (and Translation):
  Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden,
  und der Tag hat sich geneiget,
  
  -Lukas 24:29 Stay with us, for it is toward evening
  and the day is now far spent
  Luke 24: 29
  
  ABOUT THE WORK:
  Abendlied
  Composer Josef Rheinberger has crafted a beautiful setting of the text, with the six voice parts alternating roles between homophonic and contrapuntal writing.
  ABOUT THE CHOIR:
  Since 2009, the CWU Chamber choir has held annual recording sessions to create videos specifically designed for YouTube. All are under the baton of Dr. Gary A. Weidenaar, who has been the director of the choir since 2006.
  
  As of Fall, 2016; there are 26 videos. Ten of those feature the music of Ola Gjeilo and are the result of working with Mr. Gjeilo in 3 recording sessions over a 5 year period. On most of them, he is at the Piano. His first visit was in the spring of 2011 and yielded 5 videos of his music, a wide-ranging interview with the composer and other bonus material. It also resulted in a DVD entitled "In the Moment", available for purchase at http://goo.gl/Xld0o.
  
  The CWU Chamber Choir also has recorded videos of music by Byrd, Gretchaninoff, Monteverdi, Muehleisen, Singh, Victoria, and Rautavaara- as well as CWU Alum Daniel Schreiner.
  
  To follow the choir on Facebook (page includes selected audio clips and URL's to all videos):
  
  https://www.facebook.com/CWU.Chamber....
  
  OR - -
  
  A complete listing of the videos of the CWU Chamber Choir and other CWU Music Ensembles can be found at:
  
  less