Lyyra Ensemble with Greg Zelek, organ: Concert Overture 20th Organ Season

Lyyra, a brand novel all-female vocal group created by the Voces8 Foundation, will sing a diverse program of songs arranged for their distinct voices. I will have the pleasure of accompanying several pieces on our concert overture organ, and I look forward to sharing this spectacular novel ensemble with our Madison audience. – Grzegorz Żelek

The program includes:

Don MacDonald, When the Earth Stands Still

Leonora d’Este, Haec dies

Vienna Teng ed. Kerry Marsh, Hymn of Acxiom

Samuel Barber, Heaven’s Haven

William Byrd, Sing Joyfully

Ellen Gilson Voth, Flying Gold

JVKE adj. Emily Drum, Golden Hour

Greg Zelek, Solo organ playing

Alexander L’Estrange, Angel Bread

Leslie Bricusse, ed. Matthew Nielsen, Pure Imagination

adj. Gene Puerling, The Nightingale Sung in Berkeley Square

Warren and Gordon ed. Kerry Marsh, Finally

London Grammar ed. Cecille Elliott, Lose Your Head

Marvin Fisher ed. Anna Crumley, When the Sun Gets Blue

Leslie Savoy Burrs, Arise My Love

conventional binding Anthony Trecek-King, I’m trying to get home

Peter Eldridge ed. Erik Jacobson, Darkness in the Night

Paul Simon, Bridge Over Troubled Water

Irving Berlin ed. Michael Wheaton, Blue Sky