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Ad Astra Music Festival

2016 High School Honor Choir

Psalm for Greensburg - Max Holman
John Irving, conductor
Max Holman, piano

"Psalm for Greensburg" commemorates the town in Kansas that suffered a horrific tornado outbreak in May 2007. The piece's three-part structure, set with words from the National Weather Service Warning, Psalm 54, and Siegfried Sassoon's "Storm and Sunlight," does not lament the storm's effects; rather, it progresses from despair to hope, culminating with an optimistic chorale. While each section creates a different atmosphere, the storm's warning signal–heard in the piano–thematically unites the triptych, and encourages the listener to persevere.

July 2, 2016
St. John Lutheran Church
Russell, Kansas