High Spirits Choir - A Light of Song

High Spirits Choir with director Ieva Wool presents our Spring 2026 concert "A Light of Song" at St. Stephen's United Church in Vancouver, BC. Music director Ieva Wool, with Accompanist Zsuzsanna Lukacs. With special guests Todd Biffard on drums, Mark LeBourdais on bass, and Keegan Parkhurst on clarinet. 00:02:00 Oggun Belele trad. Yoruba from Trinidad, arr. Brian Tate 00:06:52 Penny Lane John Lennon & Paul McCartney 00:10:06 Earth Song Frank TIcheli 00:14:20 Maquerúle trad. Colombian, arr. Julián Gómez Giraldo Solist: Krystal Esau 00:20:00 Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair trad. American arr. René Clausen Clarinet: Keegan Parkhurst 00:25:42 Auass (“Child” in the Innu language) Alex Vollant 00:31:52 The 23rd Psalm Bobby McFerrin 00:36:35 Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News Charlie Smalls arr. Larry Shackley Soloists: Alaric Posey, Kira Gerwing 00:42:36 Pirate Song Tim Y. Jones 00:46:16 The Witches’ Trio Libby Larsen text from Macbeth by William Shakespeare 00:51:28 A Boy and a Girl poem by Octavio Paz (1914 – 1998) music by Eric Whitacre 00:56:53 Charleston Alley Edgar M. Sampson, lyrics by Jon Hendricks arr. Darmon Meader Soloists: Alaric Posey, Jonathan Chaplan, Kira Gerwing 1:01:31 Três Cantos Nativos Dos Indios Kraó arr. Marcos Leite Soloist: Caroline Sniatynski 01:12:11 Irish Blessing Joyce Eilers Bacak, trad. Irish text 01:14:54 If We Only Have Love Jacques Brel English words by Mort Shuman and Eric Blau arr. Mac Huff