... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSJLbH_Heac

About Shenandoah, the composer shares, “Shenandoah has haunted me since I first heard it sung by Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians seventy-five years ago. My arrangement pays tribute to what I remember of his.” There are few melodies as recognizable as that of the poignant American folk song Shenandoah. The tune exists in many iterations, including that of a sea shanty. Getty himself has penned multiple versions of his setting of the song. Getty’s original arrangement was written for Lisa Delan’s 2016 Pentatone release, Out of the Shadows (recorded with Kevin Korth and Matt Haimovitz). San Francisco Symphony and Chorus premiered the choral version in 2019 (after it was released in 2018 on Pentatone’s second album featuring Getty choruses, Beauty Come Dancing). Delan premiered Getty’s arrangement for solo voice and chorus with the Young People's Chorus of NYC on their 2020 gala, which is the version you will hear tonight. Shenandoah Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you, Away, you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Away, I’m bound away across the wide Missouri. Missouri, she’s a mighty river, Hi-o, you rolling river. When she rolls down, her topsails shiver, Away, I’m bound away across the wide Missouri. Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter, Away, you rolling river. I hear her voice across the water, Away, I’m bound away across the wide Missouri. For sev’n long years I’ve heard you calling, Away, you rolling river. For sev’n long years I’ve heard her calling, Away, I’m bound away across the wide Missouri. -Traditional, adapted by Gordon Getty ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE7PliEhijE