andris nelsons, ray and maria stata music director bernard haitink, lacroix family fund conductor emeritus seiji ozawa, music director laureate thomas adès, deborah and philip edmundson artistic partner Boston Symphony Orchestra 138th season, 2018–2019

Friday, January 11, 9:40pm A special post-concert “Casual Friday” performance by the tanglewood festival chorus james burton, conductor

As part of tonight’s “Casual Friday” program, immediately following the BSO concert, the audience is invited to pick up refreshments at Symphony Hall’s first-floor lounge spaces and then return to the concert hall for a special performance by the BSO’s own Tanglewood Festival Chorus, led by its conductor James Burton, of Ildebrando Pizzetti’s “Messa di Requiem” for unaccompanied chorus. Alternatively, audience members may choose to attend the post-concert reception in Higginson Hall, tonight featuring live music with the Tucker Antell Quintet. pizzetti “messa di requiem,” for a cappella chorus I. Requiem (Introitus and Kyrie) II. Dies irae III. Sanctus IV. Agnus Dei V. Libera me

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Born in Parma, Italy, Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) at first showed a preference for the theater, only later, in 1895, entering Parma Conservatory to study music. With Italian opera at its height, Pizzetti began trying to combine his two interests, eventually collaborating with the famous writer Gabriele D’Annunzio on two operas and writing incidental music for his plays. Pizzetti was director of the Milan Conser- vatory, then taught at Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia, retiring in 1958. He taught such important composers as Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Franco Donatoni, and Reginald Smith Brindle. As a composer he shared with his contemporaries Respighi and Malipiero an interest in models from the Italian Renaissance and Baroque. In addition to his D’Annunzio collaborations, Pizzetti wrote a number of operas, the most famous of which was Assassinio nella cattedrale (1957), based on T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. Pizzetti composed his Requiem in 1922 on a commis- sion from the Accademia Filarmonica, and it was premiered in the Pantheon in Rome in 1924. Its five movements omit several sections of the standard Requiem Mass. The first

“casual friday” 1 movement combines the Introit and Kyrie; this is followed by the Dies irae, the Sanctus, the Agnus Dei, and the Libera me. Mimicking Medieval practice, each movement blos- soms from a chant-like phrase (that in the Dies irae being the actual, familiar plainchant melody) before moving on to rich, freely composed contrapuntal settings of the text. Robert Kirzinger Composer/annotator robert kirzinger is the BSO’s Associate Director of Program Publications.

ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI “Messa di Requiem” I. Requiem (Introitus and Kyrie) Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Grant them eternal rest, Lord, et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them. Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion, A hymn is fitting for you, God in Zion, et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem. and a vow will be paid to you in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam: Hear my prayer: ad te omnis caro veniet. to you all flesh will come. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Grant them eternal rest, Lord, et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.

II. Dies irae Dies irae, dies illa, The day of wrath, that day Solvet saeclum in favilla: will dissolve the earth in ashes Teste David cum Sibylla. as David and the Sibyl bear witness. Quantus tremor est futurus, What dread there will be Quando iudex est venturus, when the judge will come Cuncta stricte discussurus! to judge all things strictly. Tuba mirum spargens sonum A trumpet, spreading a wondrous sound Per sepulcra regionum, through the graves of all lands, Coget omnes ante thronum. will drive mankind before the throne. Mors stupebit et natura, Death and Nature will be astonished Cum resurget creatura, when all creation rises again Iudicanti responsura. to answer to the judge. Liber scriptus proferetur, An inscribed book will be brought out In quo totum continetur, in which is contained everything that is, Unde mundus iudicetur. out of which the world is to be judged. Iudex ergo cum sedebit When therefore the judge takes his seat, Quidquid latet apparebit: whatever is hidden will reveal itself: Nil inultum remanebit. nothing will remain unavenged.

2 Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? What will I say then, wretch that I am? Quem patronum rogaturus? What advocate entreat to speak for me? Cum vix iustus sit securus. When even the righteous may hardly be secure. Rex tremendae maiestatis, King of amazing majesty, Qui salvandos salvas gratis, you who graciously save those needing salvation, Salva me, fons pietatis. save me, you source of holiness. Recordare, Iesu pie, Remember, holy Jesus, Quod sum causa tuae viae: that I am the cause of your pilgrimage. Ne me perdas illa die. Do not forsake me on that day. Quaerens me, sedisti lassus: Seeking me you sat down, weary, Redemisti crucem passus: you redeemed me, suffering the cross: Tantus labor non sit cassus. let not such toil be in vain. Iuste iudex ultionis, Just and avenging judge, Donum fac remissionis grant remission Ante diem rationis. before the day of reckoning. Ingemisco tamquam reus: I groan like a guilty man, Culpa rubet vultus meus: my face reddens with guilt: Supplicanti parce, Deus. spare a suppliant, God. Qui Mariam absolvisti, You who absolved Mary Et latronem exaudisti, and gave the thief a hearing, Mihi quoque spem dedisti. to me also you have given hope. Preces meae non sunt dignae: My prayers are not worthy: Sed tu bonus fac benigne, but you who are good, mercifully grant Ne perenni cremer igne. that I not burn in everlasting fire. Inter oves locum praesta, Offer a place among your sheep Et ab haedis me sequestra, and separate me from the goats, Statuens in parte dextra. sitting me at your right hand. Confutatis maledictis, When the accursed have been confounded Flammis acribus addictis: And given over to the bitter flames, Voca me cum benedictis. Call me together with those who have been blessed. Oro, supplex et acclinis, I beg, a suppliant and bowed down, Cor contritum quasi cinis: my heart crumbling as if made of ashes: Gere curam mei finis. take care of my end. Lacrymosa dies illa, Mournful is that day Qua resurget ex favilla when from the dust shall rise Iudicandus homo reus. guilty man to be judged. Huic ergo parce, Deus, Therefore spare this man, God, Pie Iesu Domine, Holy Lord Jesus, Dona eis requiem. Amen. grant them peace. Amen.

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“casual friday” 3 III. Sanctus Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Holy, holy, holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Lord God of hosts. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest. Benedictus qui venit Blessed is he who comes in nomine Domini. in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.

IV. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, dona eis requiem. grant them rest. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, dona eis requiem sempiternam. grant them rest eternal.

V. Libera me Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, Free me, Lord, from eternal death, in die illa tremenda: on that terrifying day: Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra when the heaven shall be moved and the earth, Dum veneris iudicare saeculum when you will come to judge the per ignem. age in the fire. Tremens factus sum ego et timeo. I am made to tremble and am afraid. Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et That day, a day of anger, of disaster miseriae, and of misery, dies magna et amare valde. a great day, and one truly bitter. Dum veneris iudicare saeculum When you will come to judge the per ignem. age in the fire. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Grant them eternal rest, Lord, et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.

4 Artists Tanglewood Festival Chorus James Burton, BSO Choral Director and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus John Oliver (1939-2018), Founder

The Tanglewood Festival Chorus joins the BSO this season for performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (October 25-30), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (November 29-December 1), Puccini’s Suor Angelica (February 21 and 22), and Dvoˇrák’s Stabat Mater (February 28-March 2) all under Andris Nelsons, and Estévez’s Cantata Criolla (April 11-13) with guest conductor . Also in October, the TFC performed Maija Einfelde’s Lux aeterna with James Burton, BSO Choral Director and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, mak- ing his subscription-series conducting debut. Originally formed under the joint sponsorship of Boston University and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the all-volunteer Tanglewood Festival Chorus was established in 1970 by its founding conductor, the late John Oliver, who stepped down from his leadership position with the TFC at the end of the 2015 Tanglewood season. In February 2017, following appearances as guest chorus conductor at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood, and having prepared the chorus for that month’s BSO performances of Bach’s B minor Mass led by Andris Nelsons, James Burton was named the new Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, also being appointed to the newly created position of BSO Choral Director. Mr. Burton occupies the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Chair on the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra roster.

Though first established for performances at the BSO’s summer home, the Tanglewood Fes- tival Chorus was soon playing a major role in the BSO’s subscription season as well as BSO concerts at Carnegie Hall; the ensemble now performs year-round with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. It has performed with the BSO on tour in Hong Kong and Japan, and on two European tours, also giving a cappella concerts of its own on those two occasions. The TFC made its debut in April 1970 at Symphony Hall, in a BSO performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Leonard Bernstein conducting. Its first recording with the orchestra, Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust with Seiji Ozawa, received a Grammy nomination for Best Choral Per- formance of 1975. The TFC has since made dozens of recordings with the BSO and Boston Pops, with Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Colin Davis, Keith Lockhart, and John Williams. In August 2011, with John Oliver conducting and soloist Stephanie Blythe, the TFC gave the world premiere of Alan Smith’s An Unknown Sphere for mezzo-soprano and chorus, commissioned by the BSO for the ensemble’s 40th anniversary. Its most recent recordings on BSO Classics, all drawn from live performances, include a disc of a cappella music marking the TFC’s 40th anniversary; Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloé (a 2009 Grammy-winner for Best Orchestral Performance), Brahms’s German Requiem, and William Bolcom’s Eighth Symphony for chorus and orchestra (a BSO 125th Anniversary Commission). On July 4, 2018, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus joined Keith Lockhart for the “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular” on the Charles River Esplanade.

Besides their work with the BSO, TFC members have also performed with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic and in a Saito Kinen Festival production of Britten’s Peter Grimes under Seiji Ozawa in Japan. The ensemble had the honor of singing at Sen. Edward Kennedy’s

“casual friday” 5 funeral; has performed with the Boston Pops for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics; and can be heard on the soundtracks of Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River, John Sayles’s Silver City, and Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. TFC members regularly commute from the greater Boston area and beyond to sing with the chorus in Boston and at Tanglewood. For more information about the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and upcoming auditions, please visit www.bso.org/tfc.

James Burton James Burton was appointed Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and to the newly created position of BSO Choral Director, in February 2017. He made his BSO subscription- series conducting debut in October 2018, leading the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Maija Einfelde’s Lux aeterna. Born in London, Mr. Burton holds a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Frederik Prausnitz and Gustav Meier. He began his training at the Choir of Westmin- ster Abbey, where he became head chorister, and was a choral scholar at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He has conducted concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Hallé, the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Royal Northern Sinfonia, BBC Concert Orchestra, and Manchester Camerata. He made his debut with the Boston Pops in December 2017 and returns to the Pops podium this coming December. He is a regular guest of the Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional of Mexico and returns this season to lead performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Opera credits include performances at English National Opera, English Touring Opera, Garsington Opera, and the Prague Summer Nights Festival, and he has served on the music staff of the Metropolitan Opera and Opéra de Paris. Mr. Burton’s extensive choral conducting has included guest invitations with professional choirs including the Gabrieli Consort, the Choir of the Enlightenment, Wrocław Philharmonic, and the BBC Singers, with whom he performed in the inaugural season of Dubai’s Opera House in 2017. From 2002 to 2009 he served as choral director at the Hallé Orchestra, where he was music director of the Hallé Choir and founding conductor of the Hallé Youth Choir, winning the Gramophone Choral Award in 2009. He was music director of Schola Cantorum of Oxford from 2002 to 2017. Mr. Burton is well known for his inspirational work with young musicians. In 2017 he was director of the National Youth Choir of Japan; he has recently conducted the Princeton University Glee Club, Yale Schola Cantorum, and Univer- sity of Kentucky Symphony. In 2018 he founded the Boston Symphony Children’s Choir. Mr. Burton has given conducting master classes at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the Tanglewood Music Center, and founded a scholarship for young conductors at Oxford. His growing composition portfolio includes works for commissioners including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the 2010 World Equestrian Games, the Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and the Exon Festival, where he was composer-in-residence in 2015. In July 2019, Mr. Burton will conduct the Boston Symphony Children’s Choir and Boston Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of his The Lost Words, as part of next summer’s gala Tanglewood on Parade concert. His works are published by Edition Peters. As BSO Choral Director and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton occupies the Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky chair, endowed in perpetuity.

6 Tanglewood Festival Chorus James Burton, BSO Choral Director and Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus John Oliver (1939-2018), Founder

(Pizzetti Requiem, January 11, 2019)

In the following list, § denotes membership of 40 years or more, * denotes membership of 35-39 years, and # denotes membership of 25-34 years. sopranos

Aimée Birnbaum • Catherine C. Cave # • Anna S. Choi • Tori Lynn Cook • Emilia DiCola • Mary A.V. Feldman* • Jodie-Marie Fernandes • Diana Gamet • Bonnie Gleason • Jillian Griffin • Hannah Grube • Cynde Hartman • Alyssa Hensel • Donna Kim # • Greta Koning • Lizabeth Malanga • Lisa Nielsen • Kathleen O’Boyle • Kimberly Pearson • Laura Stanfield Prichard • Livia M. Racz # • Johanna Schlegel • Pamela Schweppe # • Stephanie Steele • Dana R. Sullivan • Sarah Telford # • Nora Anne Watson • Alison L. Weaver • Sarah Wesley • Lisa Wooldridge • Susan Glazer Yospin mezzo-sopranos

Virginia Bailey • Martha Reardon Bewick • Betsy Bobo • Lauren A. Boice • Sarah Cohan • Abbe Dalton Clark • Olivia de Geofroy • Melanie Donnelly • Debra Swartz Foote • Amy Spound Friedman • Irene Gilbride* • Mara Goldberg • Julie Hausmann • Betty Jenkins • Susan L. Kendall • Yoo-Kyung Kim • Nora Kory • Sarah Labrie • Gale Tolman Livingston* • Anne Forsyth Martín • Tracy Elissa Nadolny • Kendra Nutting • Fumiko Ohara* • Andrea Okerholm Huttlin • Roslyn Pedlar # • Christina Wallace Cooper # • Marguerite Weidknecht # • Karen Thomas Wilcox tenors

Stephen Chrzan • Andrew Crain # • John Cunningham • Keith Erskine • Len Giambrone • David J. Heid • Timothy O. Jarrett • Blake Leister • Lance Levine • Daniel Mahoney • Mark Mulligan • Miguel A. Rodriguez • Arend Sluis • Joseph Y. Wang • Hyun Yong Woo • Benjamin Woodard basses

Scott Barton • Stephen J. Buck • Matthew Buono • Eric Chan • Jeff Foley • Tevan Goldberg • Jim Gordon • Jay S. Gregory # • Will Koffel • Bruce Kozuma # • Timothy Lanagan # • Daniel Lichtenfeld • Martin F. Mahoney II • Greg Mancusi-Ungaro • Michael Prichard # • Steven Rogers • Peter Rothstein§ • Jonathan Saxton • Scott Street • Charles Sullivan • Alexander Teplansky • Stephen Tinkham • Yen Kuei (Peter) Tu • Jonathan VanderWoude • Matt Weaver • Alex Weir • Andrew S. Wilkins

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