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Dale Warland, Music Director and Conductor Jerry Rubino, Associate Conductor Carol Barnett, Composer in Residence Richard Dirlam - Soprano Saxophone with special guests - james sewell ballet James Sewell, Artistic Director

8 PM Saturday, April 1, 2000 The Basilica of Saint Mary , Music Director and Conductor

The 1999-2000 season marks founder Dale Warland's twenty-eighth season as Music Director of the . Warland has devoted his professional life to attaining the highest artistic level in choral singing. Through musicianship and attention to detail, he has built one of the finest choral ensembles in the United States. Under Warland's leadership, the Dale Warland Singers has thrilled choral music enthusiasts, not just in its Twin Cities home, but throughout North America and Europe.

Warland's outstanding achievements in the field of choral music were recognized in June 1995, when he received the Michael Korn Founder's award at the annual Chorus America Conference in Seattle. This award, the highest honor for a choral conductor in the United States, has previously been given to outstanding choral conductors such as , Margaret Hillis, and Roger Wagner.

In addition to his active schedule as Music Director of the Dale Warland Singers, Warland is in demand as a guest conductor, lecturer, composer, and clinician. He has conducted the Swedish Radio Choir, the Danish Radio Choir, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and Israel's Cameran Singers. He had also rehearsed and prepared choirs for performances of major works in collaboration with notable conductors including Robert Shaw, Edo de Waart, Leonard Slatkin, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. At Kryzstzof Pederecki's request, he has prepared the St. Luke Passion for major choruses in Los Angeles, Caracas, Stuttgart, and the Oregon Bach Festival. In 1990, he also prepared Penderecki's Polish Requiem, the culminating event of the Second World Symposium on Choral Music held in Helsinki. Most recently, Warland has been featured as a guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the Zimriya Festival in Jerusalem, and with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. He has also served on the faculty of the All Japan Chorus League National Competition in Fukuoka, Japan, and has lectured on American music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.

Warland is an active composer and a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). He has served as co-chair of both the choral and recording panels of the National Endowment for the Arts and has received major grants from the Ford Foundation, the Bush Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Before devoting himself full-time to the Singers, Warland maintained an academic career which mcluded 19 years as Director of Choral Music at , St. Paul. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College, the and the University of Southern California, and has received distinguished alumni awards from two of the institutions. Warland also holds an honorary doctorate from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 3 Jerry Rubino, Associate Conductor

Jerry Rubino has contributed many of his talents to the Dale Warland Singers during his 20-year relationship with the ensemble. His past and present efforts include singer, pianist and arranger for the Dale Warland Singers, and music coordinator of the Singers' education programs. Recently, he was appointed associate conductor of the Singers.

Rubino is a versatile musician, giving solo and chamber performances, serving as organist and choir director at Spirit of Hope Methodist Church, and appearing with the Twin Cities-based New Music Theater Ensemble and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra He frequently serves as a choral clinician and adjudicator. Rubino began his professional studies as a cellist at the Curtis Institute of Music and went on to earn degrees in piano, music education and conducting from Temple University and the University of Minnesota. A published arranger with Jenson, Word and Hinshaw, he was named in International Who's Who in 1995. Carol Barnett, Composer in Residence Carol Barnett works in the Twin Cities as a free-lance composer, copyist, and flutist. She is a charter member of the American (formerly Minnesota) Composers Forum, and currently serves on its board of directors. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where she studied with , Paul Fetler, and Bernhard Weiser. The Women's Philharmonic, the Dale Warland Singers, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Westminster Abbey Choir, and the Ankor Children's Choir of Jerusalem, Israel, are among the ensembles which have performed her works. In 1991, she was a fellow at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, and since 1992 she has been Composer-In-Residence with the Dale Warlan Singers. james sewell ballet james sewell ballet creates and presents traditional and contemporary ballet, and performs annually in St. Paul, Rochester, and throughout the United States. The essential elements of the company's work are the choreography of Artistic Director James Sewell, performances by the dancers, the process of education, and the engagement of audiences and students. Since 1990, the dancers have visited 40 Minnesota communities, 24 states, and Bermuda twice. Since moving to Minnesota from New York, james sewell ballet has: worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Children's Theatre Company, and Plymouth Music Series.

Richard Dirlam - Soprano Saxophone Richard Dirlam earned First Prizes and Medals of Honor in Saxophone Performance and Chamber Music from the Conservatoire National de Musique de Bordeaux in France while in the studio of Jean-Marie Londeix. Dirlam has performed in Europe, North America, and Japan as a recitalist, soloist, in chamber ensembles and orchestras. He has performed and recorded with the Minnesota Orchestra and at the World Saxophone Congresses in Italy, Spain, and Germany For the next Congress in Montreal this summer, Dirlam will be premiering a new work by Minnesota composer Mark Engebretson for four baritone sax phones entitled The Bear. Recordings include the solo album/CD "Pure Saxophone" on the Innova label of the American Composers Forum. As well as teaching chemistry and physics, Mr. Dirlam is on the music faculty of College of Saint Benedict and St. John's University

4 The Dale Warland Singers

Now in its twenty-eighth season of concerts, tours, radio broadcasts, and critically acclaimed recordings, the Dale Warland Singers is recognized as one of the world's foremost a capella choral ensembles The 40 voice professional choir is based in /St.Paul.

The Dale Warland Singers has earned a reputation for its commitment to commissioning and performing new choral music. The ensemble has kept the choral genre fresh and alive by commissioning works from Dominick Argento, , , Carol Barnett, Brent Michael Davids, Mary Ellen Childs, Augusta Read Thomas, , George Shearing, Peter Schickele, and Bernard Rands, among others. The Dale Warland Singers' New Choral Music Program solicits works from emerging composers, and through this program, over $100,000 in commissions has been awarded to forty-eight talented musicians.

In 1992, the Dale Warland Singers became the first-ever recipient of the Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence. The organization shares this honor only with Chanticleer and the Vancouver Chamber Choir among professional choirs. The group's extraordinary efforts on behalf of composers and new music resulted in ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming in 1992,1993,1996, and 1999.

In addition to a subscription season in the Twin Cities, the Dale Warland Singers tours throughout the United States and abroad. In 1990, the ensemble traveled to Stockholm and Helsinki to represent North America at the Second World Symposium m Choral Music. During the 1999-2000 concert season, the group will tour the Southeastern United States. It has appeared on Garrison Keillor's original A Prairie Home Companion and is featured regularly on Public Radio International's Saint Paul Sunday. The annual Echoes of Christmas and Cathedral Classics broadcasts reach listeners nationwide. The First Art and Performance Today often feature the Dale Warland Singers.

The Dale Warland Singers also performs in collaboration with other Twin Cities arts organizations such as the james sewell ballet, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra. For many of these collaborations, the ensemble joins with volunteer singers from around the area to form the Warland Symphonic Chorus. The Symphonic Chorus has worked under the batons of Edo de Waart, Leonard Slatkin, Hugh Wolff, the late Robert Shaw, Bobby Mcferrin, Roger Norrington, and David Zinman.

The Dale Warland Singers record primarily on the American Choral Catalog label, and the choir released a new recording on this label during the 1999-2000 season. Featuring Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, it joins some 20 other Dale Warland Singers recordings including Blue Wheat, a collection of American folk music. The Seattle Times calls Blue Wheat, "the loveliest choral disc to emerge in a long time ... sung by what is probably America's best chorus." Also among the Singers' lauded releases is December Stillness, which BBC Music Magazine gave its highest lting for performance and sound, calling it, ". .. splendid, melting stuff." The South Jersey's Courier-Post called the 1994 release, Cathedral Classics, "an unmatched musical experience," and The Oregonian stated Simply, "peerless." Earlier recordings by the Singers include, Fancie, A Rose in Winter, Christmas Echoes, and Carols for Christmas as well as Choral Currents and 12 others.

5 Dale Warland Singers Roster

Dale Warland, Conductor Jerry Rubino, Associate Conductor

SOPRANO Beth AIthof Marie Spar Dymit * TENOR Lynette Johnson Jared L. Anderson Catherine McCord Larsen Joel Beyer Lori R. Lewis Joel C. Fischer Deborah Loon Osgood Bryan Fisher Eeva Savolainen Eric Hopkins Naomi Staruch Chris Jackson Monica Stratton Brian Kremer J. David Moore * Hal Snyder Steven Staruch ALTO Gregory Tambornino Devjani Banerjee-Stevens Sara Boos Cindee Chaffee BASS Erin E. Colwitz Bruce Broquist Joanne Halvorsen * Matthew Culloton Anne Holmes Ryan French Linda Kachelmeier Dave Jacobson Shelley Kline Tim O'Brien Kathleen Robinson Bob Peskin * Jim Ramlet Terry Sheetz Brian L. Steele Michael Winikoff Woody Woodward * Section Leader

6 CAtHEDRflL CLASsics~ Saturday, April 1, 2000 Spm The Basilica of Saint Mary

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Sanctus Jan Sandstrom

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Mass in G Major Francis Poulenc Kyrie Gloria Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei

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Verba Ultima Carol Barnett Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers with funding provided by Perry Phillips in honor of Elaine Philips' 49th birthday. Richard Dirlam, soprano saxophone

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Agnus Dei Samuel Barber

With the james sewell ballet Choreography by James Sewell. Costumes by Mary Hansmeyer. Performed by Jesse Hammel, James Sewell, Hitomi Yamada

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Amen Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki

We Hymn Thee (from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) Sergei Rachmaninoff 1 PROGRAM NOTES BY BRIAN NEWHOUSE

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Sanctus. Jan Sandstrom

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth Lord God of Hosts. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua Heaven and earth are full of your glory Hosanna in excelsis, Hosanna in the highest.

"The place where we meet to seek the highest is holy ground." These words open the service of one Twin Cities congregation on Sunday mornings, and you may find them helpful, too, settling in for a sacred-music concert on Saturday night. Jan Sandstrom's 5anctus creates this tone by proclaiming holiness from its first word: "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts, heaven and earth are full of his glory" This is the seraphim's cry (from Isaiah 6:3) while attending the Lord high upon his throne. These are also some of the first words fourth-century Christians selected for the Eucharistic service. In Sandstrom's setting the mood is quiet, the harmonies lush yet simple. He wrote the music for Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral where it was first performed in 1994. He created long pauses between nearly every phrase so the sound could blossom but also clear in that famously echoey space - and this one. There's perhaps a deeper meaning to those silences, though, as they also allow us a second or two to reflect on this moment, this holy ground.

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Mass in G Major ...... Francis Poulenc

Kyrie

Kyrie Eleison Lord, have mercy Christe Eleison Christ, have mercy Kyrie Eleison Lord, have mercy

Gloria

Gloria in excelsis deo Glory to God in the highest Et in terra pax And on earth peace hominibus bonae voluntatis to all those of good will. Laudamus teo Benedicimus teo We praise you. We bless you. Adoramus teo Glorificamus teo We worship you. We glorify you. Gratias agimus tibi We give thanks to you propter magnam gloriam tuam. according to your great glory Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Lord God, Heavenly King, Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father almighty Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei Lord God, Lamb of God, Filius Patris, Son of the Father qui tollis peccata mundi, who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy upon us. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Who takes away the sins of the world, suscipe deprecation em nostram. receive our prayer. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Who sits at the right hand of the Father, miserere nobis. have mercy upon us. Quoniam tu solus sanctus. For you alone are holy

8 Tu solus Dominus. You alone are the Lord. Tu solus Altissimus, jesu Christe. You alone are the most high, Jesus Christ. Cum Sancto Spiritu With the Holy Spirit in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Sanctus

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth Lord God of Hosts. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest

Benedictus

Benedictus qui venit Blessed is He who comes in nomine Domini in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in excelsis Hosanna in the highest.

Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi: who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis have mercy upon us.

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi: who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis have mercy upon us.

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi: who takes away the sins of the world, dona nobis pacem. grant us peace.

Francis Poulenc's Mass in G Major is dedicated "to the memory of my father." Poulenc's father was the devout one in the family (also head of the company that became Europe's largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Rhone-Poulenc), while his mother was devil-may-care. Their son had streaks of both in him. After a boyhood in the Catholic church, Poulenc left it and for years never darkened a cathedral door, preferring to while away his teens and twenties in Paris' smoky night spots playing piano.

That ended, though, with the 1936 death of a composer friend, Pierre Ferroud, in a car accident. Poulenc said, "The horrible snuffing-out of this musician so full of vitality absolutely stupefied me. Ruminating on the frailty of our human condition, I was once again attracted to the spiritual life. Now you know the inspiration for my religious works."

His father had once told Poulenc of a remarkable feeling of serenity he'd experienced while viewing the black stone carving of the Virgin in the chapel at Rocamadour in southern France. Poulenc made a pilgrimage. Overnight, the composer of witty little cabaret piano songs changed tack and devoted himself to the creation of probing sacred choral works. Near the end of his life, looking back over hundreds of piano pieces, symphonic works, and operas, he said, "I've put the best and most genuine part of myself into my choral music."

His Mass in G is the best of his best, the music of the prodigal son now back in his father's home feeling serene and strong. It was finished in August, 1937, nearly a year to the day after his spiritual reawakening. It has a convert's fervor, even militancy, but also the quiet grace of someone old in the faith. There> 'vidence of both in the designations he made to the singers, from "animated and very rhythmic" and "very violent", to "sweetly joyous" and, one of the score's last directions, "very calm but without sadness." In that final movement, the Agnus Dei, the solo soprano opens and closes the music with gorgeous chant- like melodies. Poulenc said these symbolized to him "the Christian soul,confident of a life after death."

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Verba Ultima . . Carol Barnet

Filiae...

Eli nostri, Iili nostri Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for youselves, and for your children

Crucifige, crucifige illum I Crucify, crucify himl

Sanguis eius super nos et super Iilios nos- His blood be on us and on our children I trosl

Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

Si tu es Christus, salvum fac tenet ipsum If you are the Christ, save yourself and us! et nos. Domine, memento mei cum Jesus, remember me when you come into your v,:neris in regnum tuum. kingdom. Truly, today you shall be with me in Paradise. Hail, King of the jewsl

Qui destruit tempum et in triduo illud You who would destroy the temple and build readificat, salbva temet ipsum. it in three days, save yourself!

Si Filius Dei is, deseen de de cruce. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Alios salvos fecit, se ipsum non potest He saved others, himself he cannot save. savlum facere.

Confidet in deo, liberet nunc eum. He trusted in God; let God deliver him now.

Eli, eilie, lama sabachthanil My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mel

Erat autem fere hora sexta, et tenebrae It was now about the sixth hour. This man factae sunt in universa terra usque in calls for Elijah. Now leave him along. Let us noman horam, et velum temple scissum see whether Elijah will come to save him. est medium. And there was darkness all over the earth until the ninth hour, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain.

Consummatum est. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit. It is finished.

Surely this was a righteous man.

Composer-in-residence Carol Barnett writes of her newest creation: Verba Ultima is a choral mini-drama portraying the intense, chaotic emotions of the crucifixion. Thus the text includes not only the last words of Christ, but elements that move the action along: the words of the crowd as it turns into a bloodthirsty, taunting mob; the statements of the two thieves, one despairing, one hopeful; and the austere narrative passage "erat autem fere hora sexta" (It was now about the sixt hour ... ). The crowd sections often build to climaxes which are interrupted by the soprano saxophone an the tenor section, who for the most part share the role of Christ. The saxophone also intensifies the emotion of the crowd, occasionally supporting and doubling the voice parts.

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\gnus Dei Samuel Barber

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi: who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis have mercy upon us.

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi: who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis have mercy upon us.

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi: who takes away the sins of the world, dona nobis pacem. grant us peace.

After finishing the slow movement of his String Quartet, 28-year-old Samuel Barber wrote to a friend, "It's a knockout!" Boxing allusions may not be the most apt for such a poignant work, but Barber's assessment was prophetic. The score made his name overnight, and it came to be played at the funerals of FDR, Albert Einstein, ]FK, Princess Grace of Monaco and countless others. Composer Ned Rorem said this music dispels two myths, "that what is popular is necessarily junk, and the late improves upon the early. If Barber later aimed higher, he never reached deeper into the heart." In 1967, Barber recast this music for unaccompanied voices using the text of the Church, Agnus Dei (Lamb of God), words that close the Mass with peace and reassurance. This is now a signature work of the Dale Warland Singers, thanks t.o the success of the 1994 Cathedral Classics recording.

The life reminiscenses and present realities of a dying spouse's caregiver become entwined in "Suspended Breath," the closing movement of a four-part ballet, Good Mourning.

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Amen Henryk Mikolaj G6recki

After composing quietly for three decades, Poland's Henryk Gorecki was discovered by the record- buying public in 1992 when conductor David Zinman and soprano Dawn Upshaw recorded his haunting Third Symphony. The disc perched on top of the classical charts for months, and was even a crossover hit with non-classical buyers. A surprise, because the Third is a setting of songs about death, including the true-story Gestapo murder of a Polish girl - brooding yet absolutely luminous music. In 1975, a few months before beginning the Third, G6recki wrote this double-choir setting on the word Amen. He used the same basic architecture here as he would in the Third's first movement, a slowly built arch rises from the shadows and achieves radiant peaks, then returns to the darkness from which it came.

We Praise Thee (from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) . Sergei Rachmaninoff

Tebe poyern We hymn Thee, Tebe blagoslovim we bless Thee, Tebe blagodarfm, Ghospodi, we give thanks to Thee, 0 Lord, I molimtisia, Bozhe nash. and we pray unto Thee, 0 our God.

Rachmaninov's motet, We Hymn Thee, is taken from his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, which stirred hornet's nest of controversy when it was unveiled in 1910 Moscow. The Orthodox Church scorned an composer who harmonized the ancient Russian chants, particularly Rachmaninov who did it so lushly. Also, the composer never said whether this was to be performed in a church or concert hall, even though the texts are all liturgical. Perhaps this is its perfect venue then, a concert in a church. We salute this important Russian musician on his birthday (the only great composer born on April Fool's) with a hushed benediction to our evening together.

Upcoming Dale Warland Singers Events

May 12 An American Classic 8:00 PM at Bethel College, Benson Great Hall Call the Dale Warland Singers at 612/339-9707 for tickets and information!

May 25-27 Ode to Joy: Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Selections from the Missa Solemnis with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Call the SPCO at 651/291-1144 for tickets and information!

June 6 New Choral Music Reading Session 7:00 PM at Hamline University, Sundin Hall Admission free to the public! Call 612/339-9707 for details!

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