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Music for Royal Occasions Music for Royal Occasions The Grand Rapids Choir of Men & Boys Dr. Martin Neary - Guest Director Dr. Kenneth Bos - Organ Diane Penning - Soprano Jonathan Karnes – Trumpet Scott Bosscher – GRCMB Director of Music St. Andrew’s Cathedral - Grand Rapids, Michigan Friday, November 5 – 2010 7 P.M. Reflections…Martin Neary Tonight’s ‘Music for Royal Occasions’ was inspired by some of the great events in British history, ranging from the jubilant excitement of Coronations and Royal Weddings to the outpouring of grief after the death of a much loved Princess. For over 1000 years, since Edgar was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 973, music has played an increasingly important role. My own life in music, since at the age of eight I became one of the Children of His Majesty’s Chapels Royal, has enabled me to take part first as a chorister and later as Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey in some unforgettable occasions. While I have comparatively little memory of my first services in St. James’s Palace Chapel, I do remember the time it took me to get into the Children’s uniform - of black stockings, red breeches, red frock coat and white ruff. Martin Neary, 1953 Chorister at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Wearing this unusual outfit, with the design dating from the age of Charles II, helped make me aware of the tradition into which I was entering. But I had no idea what this might involve. Later I was to discover that “my” choir of the Chapel Royal, used to accompany the King to war, as at Agincourt in 1415 when Henry V’s army defeated King Charles of France, or to impress, as in 1520 at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, when Henry VIII made his ill-fated attempt to forge an alliance with François I. But to get back to this evening’s program, I should admit straightaway that the opening anthem, Let the people praise thee, O God, composed by the Welsh composer, William Mathias’ in 1981 for the Marriage in St. Paul’s Cathedral of the Prince and Princess of Wales, like you along with 750 million others around the world, I merely watched on television! That service also included the exhilarating last two movements from Handel’s oratorio, Samson, and it is a great pleasure to have Diane Penning as the soprano soloist in Let the bright Seraphim. As a chorister, at the Queen’s Coronation in 1953, I loved singing Samuel Sebastian Wesley’s miniature Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, and, even more, Zadok the priest, where Handel exploited brilliantly the vast spaces of Westminster Abbey in the prelude before the exultant first choir entry. Our next wedding anthem, Laudate Dominum for soprano soloist and choir comes from Mozart’s ‘Vespers solenne de confessore’, and was sung in Westminster Abbey at the Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1997. Royal weddings and Coronations are not just musical celebrations however. But if Horace Walpole’s celebrated comment of 1761, after the Coronation of George III: “What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation, What do people most talk about? A Coronation” was equally true in 1953, it is a sobering thought that the second question would have certainly drawn alternative answers in September, 1997. It was essential that the musical elements in the funeral service should retain the dignity and tradition of past ceremonies, while also reflecting if possible something personal to Princess Diana. And so the service began with the Burial Sentences, from the Book of Common Prayer, set by William Croft (Organist of Westminster Abbey, 1708 -27) who in homage to his predecessor but one, Henry Purcell, included Purcell’s unsurpassed setting of Thou knowest, Lord the secrets of our hearts, for reasons which every thinking musician will understand. Purcell had composed this for the funeral of his beloved Queen Mary on March 5th 1695, only for it to be sung at his own funeral in November the same year. The final piece of choral music at Princess Diana’s Funeral, on the other hand, had been set only four years earlier, in 1993. The British composer, John Tavener, had written Song for Athene in memory of a young Greek actress, who had been tragically killed in a car accident. Tavener’s setting reflects Athene’s love of music and of the Orthodox Church, with texts chosen from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, as well as part of the Orthodox Funeral Service. I loved the music, not least because it conveyed so strongly the Christian message of hope even at times of extreme tragedy. And so our programme appropriately concludes on a triumphant note of Thanksgiving, with Vaughan Williams’ (1953 Coronation) setting of The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, which was originally scored for all available trumpets, full orchestra, a choir of 400, and a congregation of over 6000! Believe it or not, after nearly 1000 years, this was the first time (after nearly 1000 years) at a Coronation, that the congregation had had a chance to sing anything other than the Veni Creator and the National Anthem. I hope tonight, with the help of our instrumentalists and you, our audience, that we will raise the roof! Sincerely, Martin Neary Music for Royal Occasions A musical tribute by the Grand Rapids Choir of Men and Boys to mark the occasion of the Princess Diana Exhibition in Grand Rapids Introduced and directed by Dr. Martin Neary, who sang as a chorister at the Queen’s Coronation, and when Organist of Westminster Abbey, directed the music at the Queen’s Royal Golden Wedding and Princess Diana’s Funeral in 1997 ~ Music from the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana (St. Paul’s Cathedral, London – July 29, 1981) Princess Diana enters St Paul’s Cathedral on her wedding day 1981 Let the People Praise Thee, O God William Mathias Text: Psalm 67 (1934-1992) Let the people praise thee, O God: Yea, let all the people praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad: For thou shalt judge the folk righteously, And govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, O God: Yea, let all the people praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad: Then shall the earth bring forth her increase, And God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him. God be merciful unto us and bless us, And shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God: Yea, let all the people praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad: Glory be to Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end, Amen. ~ Let the bright seraphim from Samson Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Let the bright Seraphim in burning row, Their loud uplifted Angel-trumpets blow: Let the Cherubic host, in tuneful choirs, Touch their immortal harps with golden wires. Diane Penning – Soprano Jonathan Karnes - Trumpet ~ Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite from Samson Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Let their celestial concerts all unite Ever to sound his praise in endless morn of light. Music from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (Westminster Abbey, London – June 2, 1953) Dr. Martin Neary sang as a boy chorister in the choir at this coronation. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Portrait 1953 Organ solo Toccata (Symphonie No 5) Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Martin Neary organ Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace Samuel Sebastian Wesley Text: Isaiah 26:3 (1810-1876) Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. The darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day. The darkness and the light to thee are both alike. God is light and in him is no darkness at all. Oh let my soul live and it shall praise thee. For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory, for evermore. ~ Zadok the Priest Georg Friderick Handel Text: 1st Kings 1 (1685-1759) Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King. And all the people rejoic’d, and said: God save the King! Long live the King! May the King live forever, Amen, Allelujah. Westminster Abbey by Canaletto (1749) Music from the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip (Westminster Abbey, London – November 20, 1997) Choristers of Westminster Abbey, London May the Grace of Christ our Saviour Martin Neary Text: John Newton (1725-1807) (b. 1940) May the grace of Christ our Saviour And the Father’s boundless love With the Holy Spirit’s favor, Rest upon us from above. Thus may we abide in union With each other and the Lord, And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford. Music from the Royal Wedding of Duke & Duchess of York (Westminster Abbey, London – July 23, 1986) Choristers of Westminster Abbey, London Laudate Dominum Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Text: Psalm 117 (1756-1791) Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Praise the Lord, all nations: Laudate eum, omnes populi Praise Him, all people. Quoniam confirmata est For He has bestowed Super nos misericordia eius, His mercy upon us, Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
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