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Season of Events 2014.2015 SEASON OF EVENTS Path to Paradise: Miserere Mei Saturday, November 8, 2014 7:30 p.m. Trinity College Chapel The Coronation of King George II Sunday, November 9, 2014 7:30 p.m. Trinity College Chapel The Faculty of Music gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our presenting sponsors Saturday, November 8, 2014 Path to Paradise: Miserere Mei SCHOLA CANTORUM & THE CHOIR OF THE THEATRE OF EARLY MUSIC Daniel Taylor, conductor PROGRAM Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987) If Ye Love Me Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Jesus’ blood never failed me yet Gavin Bryars (b.1943) Danced by Coleman Lemieux & Company Original choreography by James Kudelka Ave Verum William Byrd (1540-1623) Remember Not O Lord Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Miserere Mei Deus Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) Soloists: Agnes Zsigovics, Rebecca Genge, Rebecca Claborn, David Roth Danced by Dancetheatre David Earle Original choreography by David Earle This evening’s concert has been made possible through a generous gift from Jean Edwards. This concert is presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and with the significant assistance of the Ontario Arts Council. an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario Translations Ubi Caritas - Maurice Durufle Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Where charity and love are, God is there. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Christ’s love has gathered us into one. Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur. Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. And may we love each other with a sincere heart. Ave Verum Corpus- William Byrd Ave, verum corpus natum Hail the true body, born de Maria Virgine: of the Virgin Mary: vere passum, immolatum You who truly suffered and were sacrificed in cruce pro homine: on the cross for the sake of man. cuius latus perforatum From whose pierced flank unda fluxit sanguine: flowed water and blood: esto nobis praegustatum, Be a foretaste for us in mortis examine. in the trial of death. O dulcis, O pie, O Jesu, Fili Mariae. O sweet, O merciful, O Jesus, Son of Mary. Miserere mei. Amen. Have mercy on me. Amen. O nata lux - Thomas Tallis O nata lux de lumine, Jesu redemptor saeculi, O Light born of Light, Jesus, redeemer of the dignare clemens supplicum laudes precesque world, with kindness deign to receive the praise sumere. Qui carne quondam contegi dignatus and prayer of suppliants. You who once deigned es pro perditis, nos membra confer effici tui to be clothed in flesh for the sake of the lost, beati corporis. grant us to be made members of your blessed body. Miserere Mei Deus - Gregorio Allegri 1 Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy great misericordiam tuam. goodness: 2 Et secundum multitudinem miserationum 2 According to the multitude of Thy mercies do tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam. away mine offences. 3 Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a 3 Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and peccato meo munda me. cleanse me from my sin. 4 Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: et 4 For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever peccatum meum contra me est semper. before me. 5 Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: ut 5 Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this iustificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum evil in thy sight: that Thou mightest be justified iudicaris. in Thy saying, and clear when Thou art judged. 6 Ecce enim in inquitatibus conceptus sum: et in 6 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin peccatis concepit me mater mea. hath my mother conceived me. 7 Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: incerta et 7 But lo, Thou requirest truth in the inward parts: occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi. and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 8 Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo, et mundabor: 8 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. be clean: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be 9 Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam: et whiter than snow. exsultabunt ossa humiliata. 9 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice. 10 Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: et 10 Turn Thy face from my sins: and put out all my omnes iniquitates meas dele. misdeeds. 11 Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: et spiritum 11 Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a rectum innova in visceribus meis. right spirit within me. 12 Ne proiicias me a facie tua: et spiritum 12 Cast me not away from Thy presence: and sanctum tuum ne auferas a me. take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 13 Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui: et spiritu 13 O give me the comfort of Thy help again: and principali confirma me. stablish me with Thy free Spirit. 14 Docebo iniquos vias tuas: et impii ad te 14 Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the wicked: convertentur. and sinners shall be converted unto Thee. 15 Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus 15 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, Thou salutis meae: et exsultabit lingua mea that art the God of my health: and my tongue iustitiam tuam. shall sing of Thy righteousness. 16 Domine, labia mea aperies: et os meum 16 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my annuntiabit laudem tuam. mouth shall shew Thy praise. 17 Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem 17 For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I utique: holocaustis non delectaberis. give it Thee: but Thou delightest not in burnt- offerings. 18 Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: cor 18 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a contritum, et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies. broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt Thou not despise. 19 Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua 19 O be favorable and gracious unto Sion: build Sion: ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem. Thou the walls of Jerusalem. 20 Tunc acceptabis sacrificium iustitiae, 20 Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifice oblationes, et holocausta: tunc imponent of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and super altare tuum vitulos. oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon Thine altar. SCHOLA CANTORUM & THE CHOIR OF THE THEATRE OF EARLY MUSIC Soprano Chelsea Pringle-Duchemin Patricia Auchterlonie Cameron Alexander Shahbazi Athena Babayan* Anna Sharpe Eliza Cassey Jessica Wright Erin Cooper-Gay* Rebecca Genge Tenor Jardena Gertler-Jaffe David Arnot* Emma Hannan Larry Beckwith* Janelle Lapalme Daniel Webb* Jennifer Madronich Paul Ziade* Megan McCarthy Bronwyn Thies-Thompson* Bass Clarisse Tonigussi Joel Allison* Agnes Zsigovics AJ de Boer Jacob Feldman Alto Andrew Lieflander Alexandra Asher Paul Oros* Rebecca Claborn* David Roth* Simon Honeyman* Peter Mahon* Asterisk (*) denotes member of Theatre of Ryan McDonald Early Music Choir Sunday, November 9, 2014 The Coronation of King George II SCHOLA CANTORUM & THE CHOIR OF THE THEATRE OF EARLY MUSIC Daniel Taylor, conductor Cristina Zacharias, violin solo YORK UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR Lisette Canton, conductor PROGRAM Trumpet Fanfare Procession of Drums I was Glad Sir Hubery Parry (1848-1918) A Grand Instrumental Procession George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) The King Shall Rejoice Handel Drop, Drop Slow Tears Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Remember Not O Lord Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Jerusalem Arr. John Taverner (1944-2013) Zadok the Priest Handel Drum Solo Worthy is the Lamb (from Messiah) Handel The Coronation of King George II The Hanoverian King of England George I died ‘Before I left Lambeth, I got into my hands the on 11 June 1727 whilst on his way back to his Original Book of Archbishop Sancroft, all written native Germany. His only son was proclaimed by Himselfe, by wch He Crown’d King James & king three days later by the Privy Council. Every Queen Mary ... But the King’s Religion obliged monarch since William the Conqueror had been Him to omit the whole Communion Service ... crowned at Westminster Abbey, in a tradition My immediate predecessor Archbp Tenison, who stretching back to 1066. To crown England’s Crown’d both Q Anne and his late Matie King new King George II a magnificent coronation George, took great pains to settle this Office in a service full of pomp, ceremony and fine music better method than had ever been done before: was required. and indeed he has succeeded so well in it, that The Privy Council met three days after the in my Opinion a better form cannot be framed death of the king but, with a new monarch for the Coronation of His Majestie. But in that on the throne, there would have been many there is nothing of the Queen’s Coronation: That pressing matters of state to which to attend. So part of the Office therefore may with very little it was nearly two months later, on 11 August, change of some expressions be taken out of that the coronation was first officially discussed. Sancroft’s form.’ October 4th was proclaimed as the date for the These suggestions do not seem have been service. More detailed discussion was probably passed to Handel who, without firm indications limited because the Archbishop of Canterbury from the bishops, turned to the most complete was away, convalescing from illness in account he could find, the excellently detailed Tunbridge Wells. In his absence, it seems likely description by Sandford of the 1685 coronation that the Lord Chamberlain and the Dean of the of James II.
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