About The Meistersingers
The Meistersingers are Boise State’s premier choral ensemble and represent the finest in choral excellence at Boise State. Membership is open to all interested Boise State students with a passion for quality choral literature. This auditioned group performs music from all historical periods and various nationalities. In addition, the Meistersingers perform three to four times a year, including regional/national tours and at the annual Boise State Holiday Concert. Auditions for the Meistersingers are held at the beginning of each academic year.
Director: Dr. C. Michael Porter
Audio Samples
Sing Joyfully: William Byrd
Lyrics:
Sing joyfully unto God our strength.
Sing loud unto the God of Jacob.
Take the song and bring forth the timbrel,
the pleasant harp and the viol.
Blow the trumpet in the new moon,
even in the time appointed and at our feast day.
For this is a statute for Israel,
and a law of the God of Jacob
Si ch’io vorrei morire: Claudio Monteverdi
English lyric translation:
Yes, I would like to die,
now that I’m kissing, sweetheart,
the luscious lips of my darling beloved.
Ah! dear, dainty tongue,
give me so much of your liquid
that I die of delight on your breast!
Ah, my love, to this white breast
ah, crush me until I faint!
Ah mouth! Ah kisses! Ah tongue! I say again:
Yes, I would like to die!
The Coolin: Samuel Barber
Lyrics:
Come with me, under my coat,
and we will drink our fill
of the milk of the white goat,
or wine if it be thy will.
And we will talk,
until talk is a trouble, too,
out on the side of the hill;
And nothing is left to do,
but an eye to look into an eye,
and a hand in a hand to slip;
and a sigh to answer a sigh;
And a lip to find out a lip!
What if the night be black!
And the air
on the mountain chill!
Where all but the fern is still!
Stay with me, under my coat!
and we will drink our fill
of the milk of the white goat,
out on the side of the hill!
Deep River: arr. R. Clausen
Lyrics:
Oh, deep river, my home is over Jordan,
Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campground.
Oh, don’t you want to go to that gospel feast,
That promised land where all is peace?
Oh don’t you want to go to that promised land,
That land where all is peace?
Deep river, my home is over Jordan,
Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campground.
