Even More!
Concert Program, May 2026

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Island Voices

Merry May – Roberts

Alleluia Chorale & Fugue – J.S. Bach

Alleluia – Ralph Manuel

Let My Love Be Heard (Alfred Noyes) – Jake Runestad

Angels where you soar Up to God’s own light
Take my own lost bird On your hearts tonight
And as grief once more Mounts to heaven and sings
Let my love be heard Whispering in your wings

Daemon Irrepit Callidus (The devil crawls in) – György Orbán

Daemon irrepit callidus
The devil crawls in
Daemon ponit fraudes
The demon sneaks expertly
Allicit cor honoribus.
Tempting the honourable heart.
Daemon ponit fraudes inter laudes, cantus, saltus.
He sets forth trickery amidst praise, song and dance
Quid quid amabile Daemon dat
However amiably the Demon acts
Cor Jesu minus aestimat
It is still worth less than the heart of Jesus
Caro venatur sensibus
The flesh is tempted by sensuality.
Sensus adhaeret dapibus
Gluttony slings to our senses
Ine scatur, impinguatur, dilatatur
It overgrows, it encroaches, it stretches
Quid quid amabile caro dat
However appealing the Flesh is
Cor Jesu minus aestimat
It is still worth less than the heart of Jesus
Adde mundorum
Though they Universe may confer
Milia mile, milena gaudia
Thousands upon thousands of praises
Cordis aestum non explebunt, non arcebunt
They neither fulfill nor put out the desire of the heart.
Quid quid amabile todum dat
However appealing the whole universe is
Cor Jesu minus aestimat
It is still worth less than the heart of Jesus.

Breathe – Coleman Peterson

Come shelter in my arms my dear. I will assist you through your fear.
Though I may not defeat your worry, you and I can breathe.
Together we shall face the world, whatever terrors may unfold.
Though poisoned skies may cloud your journey, still, with you,
I’ll breathe.

Breathe, and know the wind will roar.
Do not fear the air. Take it all in deep.
Feel the breath we share.

Miss Me a Little (Glyn Shipton?) – John Hooper

When I come to the end of the road and the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room, Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not for long And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that once we shared. Miss me, but let me go.
For this journey that we all must take And each one must go alone,
It is all part of the master plan, a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at heart, Go to the friends we know.
Laugh at the things we used to do. Miss me, but let me go.

Quick We Have but a Second – Stanford/Rutter

When I come to the end of the road and the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room, Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not for long And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that once we shared. Miss me, but let me go.
For this journey that we all must take And each one must go alone,
It is all part of the master plan, a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at heart, Go to the friends we know.
Laugh at the things we used to do. Miss me, but let me go.

Timbre! Choir (Saturday)

Memories from “Songs of a Prospector” – arr. Stephen Chatman

The Old Mill (Thomas Dunn English) – Kenneth Riggs

Lakeside Lullaby – Jacob Naverud 

A Day in the Life of A Fool (Carl Sigman) – Luiz Bonfa, arr. Kirby Shaw

The Glory of Love – Billy Hill, arr. Jay Althouse

Discovery Singers (Sunday)

Our House – arr. Ed Lojeski

And so it Goes – arr. Audrey Snyder

Unwritten – arr. Roger Emerson

Crowded Table arr. Andrea Ramsey 
 Violin: Ellie Smith

Island Voices

O Earth, Loving Mother (Archibald Lampman 🍁) – Mark Sirett 🍁

O earth, loving mother,
Nurture us, breathe in us
Something of your beauty,
Your wisdom and your light.

Your ancient mountains, gleaming seas
Fill our hearts with care;
Through blazing sun and darkest night,
Breathe in us, breathe in us.

O earth, who was long before our time
And after many remains.
Careless and blind we wander from you.
Breathe in us, breathe in us.

O earth, O loving mother,
Breathe in us, breathe in us.
Something of your wisdom, of your beauty,
Of your wisdom and your light.

The Bat – Leslie
Espiritu de Dios arr. Brian Tate 🍁

Espiritu de Dios, llena mi vida, llena mi alma, llena mi see
Spirit of God, fill my life, fill my soul, fill my very being
Y llena me, con tu presencia, con tu poder, con tu amor.
And fill me with your presence, with your power, with your love

Combined Choirs

Watching the Apples Grow – Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
Let the Life I’ve Lived Speak for Me – Gwyneth Walker

Let the life I’ve lived speak for me
When I come to the end of the road,
and I lay down my heavy load,
let the life I’ve lived speak for me.
Let the friends I’ve made,
let them speak for me.

Lay down your burden,
and rest with the setting sun.
All the beauty of your life
will shine when your day is done.

Let the love I’ve shared speak for me.
Let the love that I’ve tried to share,
and the burdens I’ve struggled to bear,
all this life of joy and care speak for me.


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Discovery Singers, Campbell River


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