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669012-13 bk Hanson 3/20/07 10:58 AM Page 16 AMERICAN OPERA CLASSICS Also available: Howard HANSON Merry Mount Flanigan • MacNeil Zeller • Austin Marley Northwest Boychoir Seattle Girls’ Choir Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz 8.559251 2 CDs 8.669012-13 16 669012-13 bk Hanson 3/20/07 10:58 AM Page 2 Howard HANSON (1896-1981) Also available: Merry Mount, Op. 31 Opera in Three Acts and Six Scenes Libretto by Richard L. Stokes, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, The Maypole of Merry Mount Lady Marigold Sandys . Lauren Flanigan, Soprano Sir Gower Lackland . Walter MacNeil, Tenor Wrestling Bradford . Richard Zeller, Baritone Praise-God Tewke . Charles Robert Austin, Bass Plentiful Tewke . Louise Marley, Mezzo-soprano Thomas Morton . Byron Ellis, Bass-baritone Jack Prence . Paul Gudas, Tenor Myles Brodrib . Barry Johnson, Baritone Peregrine Brodrib . Christopher Bristol, Tenor Love Brewster . Diana Huber, Soprano Bridget Crackston . Rosy Freudenstein, Alto First Puritan . Fred K. Dent, Baritone 8.559047 Second Puritan . Daniel Jessup, Bass Desire Annable . Nan Beth Walton, Alto Jonathan Banks . Gino Luchetti, Tenor Faint-Not Tinker . Joachim Schneider, Baritone Jewel Scrooby . Gene Buchholz, Bass Seattle Symphony Chorale • Northwest Boychoir • Seattle Girls’ Choir Abraham Kaplan, associate conductor for choral activities Joseph Crnko, director, Northwest Boychoir Dr. Jerome Wright, director, Seattle Girls’ Choir Seattle Symphony 8.559072 Gerard Schwarz 8.669012-13 215 8.669012-13 669012-13 bk Hanson 3/20/07 10:58 AM Page 14 Seattle Symphony CD 1 45:13 Founded in 1903, Seattle Symphony (www.seattlesymphony.org) is one of the oldest and largest cultural Act 1: The Village (Midday) institutions in the Pacific Northwest. Gerard Schwarz has been Music Director since 1985. In 1998, the orchestra began performing in the acoustically superb Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. The Seattle Symphony is 1 Prelude 3:01 recognized for its adventurous programming and tradition of performing music by contemporary composers. Since 2 Be as a lion, dread Jehovah ... From plots of Hell and witcheries the 1980s, Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony have released more than 100 compact discs for Naxos, Delos, (Puritans, Bradford, Bridget, Plentiful, Myles Brodrib, Tewke, Desire) 8:09 Artek, EMI, Koch International, MMC, CRI, New World, JVC, Nonesuch, Reference Recordings and RCA. From 3 Ah - I deny thy Christ (Bradford, Banks, Tewke, Puritans) 3:51 September through July, the orchestra is heard live by more than 315,000 people annually in its main concert series, 4 A savoury discourse, good Master Bradford (Bradford, Tewke) 2:49 and by over a quarter of a million in its broadcasts on Classical KING FM 98.1 and at www.king.org. 5 Last night came One that paced a-down the stairway of the sky (Bradford) 2:37 6 My son, Thou’rt over-ripe for marriage! (Tewke, Bradford) 1:44 7 The willow keep to thatch our sleep (Plentiful, Bradford) 3:42 8 Plentiful Tewke hath catched the preacher! Gerard Schwarz (Love, Bradford, Peregrine Brodrib, Prence, Children) 4:48 9 Gi’ you good night, sir... Gerard Schwarz, Music Director of Seattle Symphony since 1985, is also Principal Conductor of the Eastern Music (Prence, Myles Brodrib, Marigold, Bradford, Tinker, Morton, Puritans, Cavaliers) 4:59 Festival, as well as Conductor Emeritus of New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, having served there as Music 0 Scratch a Roundhead, find a rebel ... Thrones of Earth be idle things 2:15 Director from 1984 to 2001. He stepped down as Music Director of the New York Chamber Symphony in 2002, ! Right rev’rend priest, our holy joy ... Respect the Sabbath day taking the orchestra he founded in 1977 through its 25th anniversary. Gerard Schwarz served as Music Director of (Prence, Scrooby, Tewke, Bradford, Puritans, Cavaliers) 2:41 the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for five seasons. A graduate of The Juilliard School, he began his @ Marigold! Lady! ... Let us be lions of Jehovah conducting career in 1966. Within ten years, he was appointed Music Director of the Erick Hawkins Dance (Bradford, Marigold, Lackland, Myles Brodrib, Tewke, Puritans, Cavaliers) 4:37 Company, the Eliot Feld Dance Company, the Waterloo Festival and the New York Chamber Symphony, as well as the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. In 1981 he established the Music Today contemporary music series in New York City and served as its Music Director through 1989. Gerard Schwarz has led the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in débuts at the Tanglewood and Ravinia Festivals, and from 1991 to 1999 he conducted the Mostly Mozart Festival in Tokyo. From 1994 to 1999, he served as Artistic Advisor to Tokyu Bunkamura’s Orchard Hall, conducting six programmes annually with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has guest-conducted major orchestras throughout North America and Europe. In 1994, he was named Conductor of the Year by Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts. He also has received the Ditson Conductor’s Award from Columbia University, an honorary Doctorate of Music from The Juilliard School, and honorary doctorates from Fairleigh Dickinson University, University of Puget Sound, Seattle University and Cornish College of the Arts. In May 2002, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awarded him special recognition for his efforts in championing the works of American composers and the music of our time. In 2003, the Pacific Northwest Branch of the National Arts and Sciences gave him its first “IMPACT” lifetime achievement award. He was also named an Honorary Fellow at John Moores University, Liverpool. In 2004 he was appointed to the NEA’s National Council on the Arts. 8.669012-13 14 3 8.669012-13 669012-13 bk Hanson 3/20/07 10:58 AM Page 4 CD 2 78:49 Gino Lucchetti Act II, Scene 1: The Maypole (Afternoon) Lyric tenor Gino Lucchetti of Seattle is well-known for his distinguished artistry. He has appeared as Don José in Lyric Opera Northwest’s production of Carmen, as Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana with Concert Opera of Seattle, 1 Prelude - I wind and I wind, My true love to find (Men and Women) 3:48 and as the tenor leads in Tacoma Opera’s production of Donizetti’s Viva la Mamma and Black Box Theater’s 2 From forth the hill ... I christen ‘Merry Mount’ - Maypole Dance productions of Ned Rorem’s Three Sisters and Bertha. He has performed rôles for Seattle Opera and the Seattle (Lackland, Men and Women) 3:56 Symphony, and is a regular performer for the Seattle Opera Guild, where his rôles have included Faust, Duke of 3 Long Live the Lady (Men and Women) 0:53 Mantua, Manrico, Rodolfo, Nemorino, Don José, Des Grieux (Puccini and Massenet), Macduff, Pollione, Florestan, 4 Marigold! When the morning stars together sang Calaf and King Kaspar. His oratorio repertoire includes Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Rossini’s Stabat (Lackland, Marigold, Men and Women) 4:23 Mater, and Handel’s Messiah and Judas Maccabeus. A past member of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, 5 Methinks I see th’infernal rendezvous of Satan and his bond-slaves he was selected by Seattle Symphony as one of only three Pacific Northwest singers to participate in a public (Bradford, Men and Women, Morton, Tewke, Puritans) 6:36 master-class taught by Jane Eaglen. He also has recorded La Serenata, a collection of popular Italian songs and arias, appears in the popular Gabriel Knight series of video games produced by Sierra On-line, and sings frequently Act II, Scene 2: The Forest (Twilight) for festivals and private events. 6 O pity me! Thou alone of women Canst heal this tortured heart (Bradford, Marigold, Lackland, Tewke, Puritans) 3:05 Seattle Girls’ Choir 7 Let them strike twice, And I will come to thee! (Marigold) 2:38 8 Hale her to the village, A prisoner... (Tewke, Bradford) 0:40 Seattle Girls’ Choir is renowned internationally for its elegance and artistry. The Choir was founded in 1981 by its 9 Almighty Father, My King and my God (Bradford, Mystic Voices) 3:11 distinguished conductor, Dr. Jerome L. Wright. He envisioned a "junior conservatory" where young ladies grades 0 Chorus of Mystic Voices 3:11 one through high school could attend after school to study music theory, sight-singing and voice pedagogy. The Choir has performed in major choral festivals all over the world and has recorded four professional CDs. Act II, Scene 3: Bradford’s Dream: The Hellish Rendezvous ! Alleluia! Alleluia! (Bradford, Lucifer, Monsters, Witches and Demons) 14:23 Northwest Boychoir @ Now thou art mine (Lucifer, Monsters, Witches and Demons, Bradford) 1:47 # Rise up, my love my fair one (Bradford, Marigold as Astoreth) 4:33 The Northwest Boychoir’s musical sophistication, dedication to exacting perfection and extensive performance schedule have established its reputation as one of the nation’s premier boychoirs. In its 35 years, the Northwest Act III: The Village (Night) Choirs, led by music director Joseph Crnko, has trained thousands of young singers and shaped the lives of youth by teaching important lessons in personal commitment and the value of teamwork. Among the Northwest Boychoir’s Scene 1: The Forest notable achievements are collaborations with the leading musicians and organizations as well as film and video game soundtrack credits. $ Prelude 7:30 Scene 2: The Village Seattle Symphony Chorale % Gird you with Sackcloth (Tewke, Puritans) 2:56 The Seattle Symphony Chorale, official chorus of the Seattle Symphony, was founded as the Seattle Chorale in ^ Never more shall prayer ravish these lips!... (Bradford, Chorus) 3:37 1953 by Leonard Moore. The Chorale began its affiliation as official chorus of the Seattle Symphony in 1976, and & Woe, woe! Lost sheep are we (Puritans then Bradford and Myles Brodrib) 1:47 now consists of approximately 130 members who collectively volunteer more than 24,000 hours each year.