The Choral Art Society Robert Russell, music director presents at the Cathedral featuring The Choral Art Singers Portland Brass Quintet • Dan Moore, organist

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland, Maine Saturday, December 5, 2015, noon & 8 pm Sunday, December 6, 2015, 2:30 & 7:30 pm

Angelus ad virginem 13th c. Latin carol

Verbum caro factum est 14th c. Latin carol

Personent hodie voces puerulae (from , 1582) arr. Hoggard/Russell

In dulci jubilo Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Portland Brass Quintet All arranged by Richard Price Rejoice and be Merry Tautum Ergo Gloucestshire Wassail

Betty Rines and Tucker Barney, trumpet; John Boden, horn; Mark Manduca, trombone; Jobey Wilson, tuba

From Messiah George Frideric Handel Overture (1685-1759) And the glory of the Lord For unto us a child is born Hallelujah INTERMISSION

Intrada Alfred Reed (1921–2005)

Welcome all wonders Richard Dirksen (1921–2003) 1 Ave verum Karl Jenkins b. 1944 Sarah Bailey, & Andrea Graichen, mezzo-soprano

Christmas Day Gustav Holst (1874–1934)

Portland Brass Quintet All arranged by Jack Gale God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen O Little Town of Bethlehem We Wish you a Merry Christmas

Hark! the herald-angels sing Felix Mendelssohn We invite all to sing with us the first and third stanzas (please refer to program notes, page 11)

He Never Failed Me Yet Robert Ray b. 1946 Aileen Andrews,

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English traditional) arr. Arthur Warrell

Silent Night Franz Gruber (1787–1863) Soloists: Caroline Koelker and Heidi Seitz, (Saturday noon) Molly Harmon and Heidi Seitz, sopranos (Saturday evening) Ginny Pomeroy, mezzo-soprano and Molly Harmon, soprano (Sunday afternoon) Donna Smith, contralto and Molly Harmon, soprano (Sunday evening)

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4 Program Notes by Linda Russell Angelus ad virginem 13th c. Latin carol Popular since medieval times, this cheerful carol tells the story of the Annunciation. It was probably Franciscan in origin and brought to Britain by French friars in the thirteenth century. Originally it had twenty-seven verses, each starting with a consecutive letter of the alphabet. Chaucer mentions it in his Miller's tale when the scholar Nicholas sings it, accompanied by his psaltery.

Angelus ad virginem The angel came to the virgin Subintrans in conclave. in her chamber, Virginis formidinum dispelling the fears of Demulcens inquit "Ave. the virgin, and said: “Hail! Ave regina virginum, Hail, queen of virgins; Coeliteraeque dominum the Lord of earth and heaven Concipies you will conceive Et paries and bear, Intacta, chaste, Salutem hominum. the salvation of men; Tu porta coeli facta you have been made the gates of heaven, Medella criminum. the cleanser of crimes.”

“Quomodo conciperem, “How shall I conceive quae virum non cognovi? when I have known no man? Qualiter infringerem, And how shall I break quae firma mente vovi?” what I have vowed with a firm mind?” “Spiritus sancti gratia “The Holy Spirit by grace Perficiet haec omnia; will accomplish all these things; Ne timaes, do not be afraid, sed gaudeas, but rejoice, secura, safe quod castimonia because your chastity Manebit in te pura shall remain untouched within you Dei potentia.” by the power of God.”

Ad haec virgo nobilis To this the noble virgin Respondens inquit ei; replied and said to him: “Ancilla sum humilis “I am the humble handmaiden Omnipotentis Dei. of almighty God. Tibi coelesti nuntio, With you, the heavenly messenger, Tanta secreti conscio, I agree, and with so great Consentiens a mystery, Et cupiens And wish Videre to see factum quod audio, accomplished what I hear; Parata sum parere I am ready to obey Dei consilio.” the will of God.”

5 Angelus disparuit The angel disappeared, Etstatim puellaris and at once the girl’s Uterus intumuit womb swelled up Vi partus salutaris. by the power of the birth of Salvation. Qui, circumdatus utero He, having been contained in the womb Novem mensium numero, for nine months, Hinc Exiit came out from it Et iniit and entered Conflictum, the conflict, Affigens humero taking on his shoulder Crucem, qua dedit ictum the Cross, by which he gave Hosti mortifero. the blow to the mortal enemy.

Eia Mater Domini, Accordingly, mother of the Lord, Quae pacem reddidisti you who brought back peace Angelis et homini, to the angels and to man, Cum Christum genuisti; when you bore Christ; Tuem exora filium beseech your son Ut se nobis propitium that he might show mercy Exhibeat, upon us, Et deleat and blot out Peccata; our sins: Praestans auxilium and that he might help us Vita frui beta to enjoy a blessed life Post hoc exsilium. after this time of exile.

Verbum caro factum est 14th c. Latin Carol Found in the fourteenth-century Aosta manuscript, the text of this Latin carol comes from John 1:14 and was used as the final responsory of Christmas Matins.

Verbum caro factum est de The Word is made flesh by the virgine Maria. Virgin Mary.

Dies est leticie, This is a joyful day, Nam natus est hodie for today a Son Filius de virgine, is born of a virgin, De virgine Maria! of the Virgin Mary.

Ovos omnes, psallite! Sing praises, everyone; Pace facta credite, believe that peace has come, Angelo nunciante, through the message of an angel, De Virgine Maria! by the Virgin Mary.

Lux venit de Lumine The Light within a pure virgin In intacta Virgine; comes from the Light; Noë! Noë! Dicite sing Nowell! Nowell! De Virgine Maria! for the Virgin Mary.

6 Portam clausam graditus, He proceeds through the closed gate, Qui alcio geritur: he who is born from on high; Deus homo nascitur God is born a man De virgine Maria. by the Virgin Mary.

Fatur a pastoribus, It is told by the shepherds Dum natus est parvulus, that a little Child is born, Rex potens fortissimus, a great and mighty King is born De Virgine Maria. of the Virgin Mary.

O Jesu, quem credimus, O Jesu, in whom we believe, Da salute omnibus grant us all salvation Super in celestibus among those who dwell above in heaven, De Virgine Maria! through the Virgin Mary.

Personent hodie voces puerulae (from Piae Cantiones, 1582) arr. Hoggard/Russell Both the tune and text for our processional are found in Piae Cantiones, a collection of anonymous Latin school and religious songs compiled by a Finnish student in 1582. The songs spread to , where they were still sung in schools in the 1700s. They remained popular in Finland through much of the nineteenth century. Personent hodie voces puerulae, Let youthful voices resound today laudantes iucunde qui nobis est natus, praising joyously Him who is born to us, summo Deo datus, et de Virgineo ventre given of God on high and born of the procreatus. Virgin’s womb.

In mundo nascitur, pannis involvitur He is born on earth, is wrapped in cloths, praesepi ponitur stabulo brutorum, is placed in a manger, in the animals’ stable. Rector supernorum, Ruler of heaven, perdidit spolia princeps infernorum. prince of hell, he has done away with sin.

Magi tres venerunt, munera offerunt, Wise men three have come; they offer gifts, parvulum inquirunt, stellulam sequendo, they seek a babe by following a star, ipsum adorando, to worship him, aurum, thus, et myrrham ei offerendo. to offer him gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Omnes clericuli, pariter pueri, Let all priests and young men alike cantent ut angeli: sing as did the angels: advenisti mundo, laudes tibi fundo. You have come to earth. ideo Gloria in excelsis Deo. Glory to God in the highest.

In dulci jubilo Michael Praetorius The original melody, found in a 1570 German publication, is called “a very ancient song (uraltes Lied) for .” In parts of where people retain old customs, the song is used as a Christmas Eve processional. Lutheran composer Michael Praetorius’s setting of In dulci jubilo for voices and four-part brass choir is included in his nine-volume Musae Sioniae which contains 1,244 chorale settings. Praetorius’s setting of In dulci jubilo is a lilting dance in 3/4 meter; the text is in two languages—Latin and German.

7 In dulci jubilo, In sweet rejoicing, Nun singet und seid froh! now sing and be glad! Unsers Herzens Wonne Our hearts' joy Leit in praesepio; lies in the manger; Und leuchtet wie die Sonne And it shines like the sun Alpha es et O! You are the alpha and omega!

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and son of an art-loving banker, grew up in a wealthy and intellectual home. His excellence in a number of roles—pianist, conductor, educator, organizer of musical events—brought him an adoring public, but also created a public career that taxed his energies and contributed to an early death. The text for this hymn is a translation by Martin Luther of the Latin Da Pacem Domine. Mendelssohn set only one verse of the original hymn, with different combinations of voices in a lyrical, contemplative style, which reflects the peaceful text.

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich, Mercifully grant us peace, Herr Gott, zu unser'n Zeiten, Lord God, during our life on earth; Es ist doch ja kein andrer nicht, There is indeed no other, Der für uns könnte streiten, Who could fight for us Denn du, unser Gott alleine. Than you, our God, alone.

From Messiah - George Frideric Handel, arr. Travis Ramsey Overture (1685-1759) And the glory of the Lord For unto us a child is born Hallelujah

George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah premiered in 1741 and has become a musical landmark in the English-speaking world. Travis Ramsey graduated from the University of Southern Maine School of Music in 2003 and earned his Master of Music in Music Education from Boston University in 2011. He is also the founder of Kenmore Studios, a music publishing business. In 2007 The Choral Art Society commissioned Ramsey to create a brass quintet arrangement of several movements from Messiah.

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Isaiah 40:5

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the king- dom of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He shall reign for ever and ever. King of kings, and Lord of lords. Hallelujah!

8 Intrada Alfred Reed Alfred Reed, a prolific and frequently performed composer, was born in New York, and served in the Army Air Force Band during World War II, followed by study at Juilliard. A longtime faculty member at the University of Miami, he had composition commissions at the time of his death that would have taken him to the age of 115!

Welcome all wonders Richard Dirksen American musician and composer Richard Wayne Dirksen was organist and choirmaster of the Washington National Cathedral from 1977-1988. From 1969 until his retirement in 1991 he was the cathedral’s precentor with oversight of all worship services. Dirksen composed extensively, mostly choral and organ works. He composed the fanfare-like Welcome all wonders for chorus, organ, and brass for an NBC Christmas Day telecast live from the Cathedral in 1975.

Welcome all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span. Summer in winter, day in night, Heaven in earth, and God in man.

Ave verum Karl Jenkins Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, whose father was a church organist, studied classical music in Wales and England, but in his early musical career he composed advertising jingles and performed in jazz and rock bands. More classical compositions date from 1995 and later. His Ave Verum is a gently rocking setting of the fourteenth-century Eucharistic hymn composed for - Bryn Terfel. An optional second voice part by Jenkins creates a “hauntingly beautiful duet.”

Ave verum corpus Hail, true body, Natum de Maria Virgine. Born of the Virgin Mary, Vere passum, immolatum Truly suffered, sacrificed In cruce pro homine. On the cross for mankind. Cujus latus perforatum Whose pierced side Fluxit aqua et sanguine. Flowed with water and blood. Esto nobis praegustatum Be for us a foretaste Mortis in examine. In the trial of death. Jesu dulcis! Jesu pie, Sweet Jesus! Blessed Jesus, Fili Mariae. Son of Mary. Amen. Amen.

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9 Christmas Day Gustav Holst English composer Gustav Holst studied at the Royal College of Music. The music of Grieg, Wagner, Richard Strauss, and Vaughan Williams influenced Holst’s early style; however, the combined influ- ence of Ravel, Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes freed him to forge his own path. Holst composed Christmas Day for his students at Morley College. “After conventional settings of Good Christian men, rejoice and God rest ye merry, gentlemen, Holst takes the unusual step of presenting Come, ye lofty, come, ye lowly and The first Nowell simultaneously. The music drifts away to the same gentle alto line that began, giving the impression of a group of neighborhood carolers who, having passed by, bid a warm farewell for the season.” (Gary D. Cannon)

1. Good Christian men, rejoice See, in Mary’s arms reposing, With heart, and soul, and voice; Christ by highest heav’n adored; Give ye heed to what we say: Come, your circle round him closing, News! News! Pious hearts that love the Lord. Jesus Christ is born today: Ox and ass before him bow, 6. The first Nowell the angels did say, And he is in the manger now. Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as Christ is born today! they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their 2. God rest you merry, gentlemen, sheep, Let nothing you dismay, On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Remember Christ our Saviour Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Was born on Christmas day, Born is the King of Israel. To save us all from woe and sin, When we were gone astray. 7. Come, ye poor, no pomp of station O tidings of comfort and joy. Robes the child your hearts adore: He, the Lord of all salvation, 3. In Bethlehem, in Jewry, Shares your want, is weak and poor: This blessed Babe was born, Oxen, round about behold them; And laid within a manger, Rafters naked, cold and bare, Upon that holy morn; See the shepherds, God has told them The which his mother, Mary, That the Prince of Life lies there. Did nothing take in scorn. O tidings of comfort and joy. 8. Come, ye children, blithe and merry, This one child your model make; 4. Good Christian men, rejoice Christmas holly, leaf and berry, With heart, and soul, and voice; All be prized for his dear sake; Now ye hear of endless bliss: Come, ye gentle hearts, and tender, Joy! Joy! Come, ye spirits, keen and bold; Jesus Christ was born for this! All in all your homage render, He hath oped the heav’nly door, Weak and mighty, young and old. And man is blessed evermore. Christ was born for this! 9. High above a star is shining, And the Wisemen haste from far: 5. Come, ye lofty, come, ye lowly, Come, glad hearts, and spirits pining: Let your songs of gladness ring; For you all has risen the star. In a stable lies the Holy, Let us bring our poor oblations, In a manger rests the King; Thanks and love and faith and praise: Come, ye people, come, ye nations, All in all draw nigh to gaze.

10 10. Now to the Lord sing praises, 11. Good Christian men, rejoice All you within this place, With heart, and soul, and voice; And with true love and brotherhood Now ye need not fear the grave: Each other now embrace; Peace! Peace! This holy tide of Christmas Jesus Christ was born to save! All others doth deface. Calls you one, and calls you all, O tidings of comfort and joy. To gain his everlasting hall: Christ was born to save!

Hark! the herald-angels sing Felix Mendelssohn The words to this familiar , written by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739. The original opening line, “Hark! how all the welkin rings,” became the current familiar wording. Felix Mendelssohn composed the tune as part of Festgesang (1840), a cantata honoring printer Johann Gutenberg and commemorating the invention of the print- ing press. William Cummings put text and tune together.

The audience is invited to sing the first and third stanzas 1. Hark! The herald-angels sing, 3. Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! "Glory to the newborn King;" Hail the Son of Righteousness! Peace on earth and mercy mild, Light and life to all He brings God and sinners reconciled; Ris'n with healing in His wings; Joyful all ye nations rise, Mild He lays His glory by Join the triumph of the skies, Born that man no more may die, With th’angelic host proclaim, Born to raise the sons of earth, "Christ is born in Bethlehem." Born to give them second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing, Hark! The herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King!" "Glory to the newborn King!"

2. Christ, by highest heav'n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time behold him come Offspring of a virgin's womb: Veiled in flesh the God-head see, Hail th'incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! the herald-angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King."

He Never Failed Me Yet Robert Ray Composer and conductor Robert Ray is in demand as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor. For many years he lead the St. Louis Symphony and Chorus in A Gospel Christmas concert. With its driving rhythms He Never Failed Me Yet is a powerful gospel song which depicts the trust people have in God by recounting miracles from the Old Testament. I will sing of God’s mercy, He is my God and I’ll serve Him, Every day, every hour, He gives me power. No matter what the test. I will sing and give thanks to Thee Trust and never doubt, For all the dangers, toils and snares Jesus will surely bring you out, That He has brought me out. He never failed me yet. 11 I know God is able to deliver in time of storm. Didn’t my God deliver Moses from King And I know that He’ll keep you Pharaoh? Safe from all earthly harm. And didn’t He cool the fiery furnace One day when my weary soul is at rest, For Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? I’m going home to be forever blessed. When I think of what my God can do, Trust and never doubt, He delivered Daniel, Jesus will surely bring you out, I know He will deliver you. He never failed me yet. Trust and never doubt, Jesus will surely bring you out, He never failed me yet.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English traditional) arr. Arthur Warrell We Wish You a Merry Christmas is a sixteenth-century carol from the West Country of England. Groups of traveling carolers entertained for pay or food, perhaps singing this song.

Silent Night Franz Gruber On Christmas Eve, 1818 the Austrian organist Franz Gruber composed his one published work, the music for the poem Stille Nacht by the local curate, Josef Mohr. The church organ was out of commission due to recent flooding, so Gruber and Mohr first performed the carol with guitar accompaniment.

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13 Robert Russell, with Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, music director Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, USM Dr. Robert Russell Wind Ensemble, Musica de Filia and many cannot remember a other regional organization stand out. time when he did not sing. The Baptist His work as music educator—at USM, as tradition in Roanoke, guest musician for festival choruses, and as Virginia during his clinician with individual high school formative years choruses—has been deeply satisfying. In offered singing retirement Bob will reside in Portland, living instruction in choirs for children as early as and traveling with his wife Linda, a pianist first grade. Bob started piano lessons in and author of numerous program notes for second grade, and the combination of those his choral concerts. He will continue as music lessons plus the numerous opportunities to director The Choral Art Society and perform in church as a singer, pianist and welcomes invitations to work with your choir. conductor laid the groundwork for a career as a musician. Dan Moore, At Wake Forest University Bob sampled accompanist music, math, and physics before choosing Mr. Moore has been religion as a major. At the University of North the accompanist for Carolina he studied with Dr. Lara Hoggard, The Choral Art an associate of Fred Waring and one of the Society since 2001. pioneers in choral singing in America. Further Dan plays full-time at graduate study at the University of Colorado the Mount Washington Hotel. He also does a with Dr. Lynn Whitten in choral literature wide variety of freelance work in many different and performance and Dr. Barbara Doscher in musical styles. When not earning a living vocal pedagogy prepared him for a career as playing the piano, Dan likes to bust his knuckles a choral conductor and teacher of choral- disassembling old rust bucket vehicles in order vocal pedagogy. to let out the evil spirits. He has studied music with Russell Hayton, Phillip Steinhouse, Geno Bob came to Portland in 1979 as professor of Haggerty, and Clarence Snyder, among others. music at the University of Southern Maine Dan currently lives in North Bridgton with his and music director of The Choral Art Society. wife Nan Beury, along with four cats, more He concluded a 36-year tenure at USM in chickens, and even more bees. 2015 and was named professor emeritus. His time in Portland has been rich, the highlights Portland Brass Quintet is one of the many. CAS has presented numerous concerts area's most versatile chamber music with orchestra, many under the auspices of ensembles. Critically acclaimed for its high the Portland Symphony Orchestra. quality performances and wide-ranging repertoire, the group presents concerts in a Notable performances include Verdi’s relaxed, personable style, making the quintet Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Bach’s Mass an ideal choice for newcomers to chamber in B Minor, Bach’s Passion According to St. John, music. The quintet is committed to Maine's Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and the Brahms Requiem young people, offering innovative and diverse several times, including a riveting performance educational programs for all ages. in 1991 with distinguished guest conductor Robert Shaw. Several collaborative concerts with Portland Ballet, including a dynamic Carmina Burana in 2003, as well as concerts

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18 The Choral Art Society Robert Russell, music director presents An Epiphany Celebration featuring The Choral Art Camerata

Williston-Immanuel United Church, Portland, Maine Sunday January 3, 2016, 2:30 pm

O magnum mysterium Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)

Deutsches Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)

Alma Redemptoris Mater Johannes Ockeghem (1410–1497)

Tota pulchra es, Maria Ola Gjeilo b. 1978

Ave Maria Javier Busto b. 1949

Magnificat—“The Advent” James Kallembach Elisabeth Marshall, soprano

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Adam lay ibounden Hubert Bird b. 1939

Joseph, lieber Joseph mein Seth Calvisius (1556–1615)

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen German Christmas Carol Molly Harmon, soprano

A Spotless Rose Paul Mealor b. 1975 19 Five Carols Sing we the Virgin Mary John Jacob Niles (1892–1980) Sarah Bailey, soprano and Patrick Martin,

Lullay, my liking Gustav Holst (1874–1934) Nate Menifield, baritone—Dawn Anderson, mezzo-soprano Ginny Pomeroy, alto —Stuart Bailey, tenor

Puer nobis nascitur (Unto us is born a Son) arr. by Keyte and Parrott

I wonder as I wander Appalachian Carol John Adams, bass-baritone

All my heart this night rejoices Jonathan David b. 1965 Premiere performance Winner 2015 New England Carol Contest

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21 Program Notes by Linda Russell O magnum mysterium Tomás Luis de Victoria Tomás Luis de Victoria delete dates if included on program page, the most noted Spanish composer of the Renaissance, began his musical career as a choirboy at the Cathedral in Avila. While studying for the priesthood in Rome, it is possible that he studied with Palestrina, whom he succeeded as musical director of the Collegium Romanum in 1571. He wrote exclusively sacred compositions: approximately 60 motets and 20 masses. Most of his masses are “imitation” or “parody” compositions based on a pre- existing polyphonic work, usually a motet. Victoria based the Missa O magnum mysterium (1592) on his motet setting (1572) of this Christmas responsory. “Its haunting beauty and mystic awe over Christ’s birth have appealed to generation after generation of singers.” (Collins)

O magnum mysterium, et admirable O great mystery and wondrous sacramentum, sacrament, Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, That animals should see the Lord born Jacentem in praesepio! And lying in a manger! O beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare O blessed virgin, whose womb was worthy Dominum Jesum Christum. Alleluia! to bear The Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Deutsches Magnificat, Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 494 Heinrich Schütz On his deathbed, the great Venetian master, Giovanni Gabrieli, gave his signet ring to his favorite pro- tégé, the young Heinrich Schütz delete dates if included on program page. This gesture marked the start of Schütz's long successful career. Heralded in his time by musicians as Northern Europe's greatest composer, and prized by royalty as the finest of court musicians, his music is rarely heard or performed today. The music of Schütz represents the stylistic transition between the polyphony of the Renaissance and the stile moderno of the early Baroque.

Schütz composed six settings of the Magnificat, five in German and one in Latin; only three German settings and the Latin setting survive. Mary sings this song during her visit to Elizabeth as recorded in Luke 1:39-56. Schütz composed the Deutsches Magnificat in 1671, shortly before his death. He returned to the earlier double choir, antiphonal style of Gabrieli and the Venetian school.

This comparative austerity was a direct consequence of the Thirty Years War, the devastating effects of which were still being acutely felt more than twenty years after its cessation. In such times of hardship, excessive musical extravagance would have been inappropriate, and in any case the financial and human resources were simply no longer available. (Bawden)

Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, My soul doth magnify the Lord: Und mein Geist freuet sich Gottes, meines and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Heilandes. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand Denn er hat die Niedrigkeit seiner Magd maiden. angesehen. For behold, from henceforth: all generations Siehe, von nun an werden mich selig preisen shall call me blessed. alle Kindeskind. He hath showed strength with his arm: Denn er hat grosse Ding’ an mir getan, He hath scattered the proud in the imagination Der da mächtig ist und des Name heilig ist. of their hearts. Er übet Gewalt mit seinem Arm He hath put down the mighty from their seat: Und zerstreut, die hoffärtig sind in ihres and hath exalted the humble and the lowly. Herzens Sinn.

22 Er stösset die Gewaltigen vom Stuhl He hath filled the hungry with good things: Und erhöhet die Niedrigen. and the rich he hath sent empty away. Die Hungerigen füllet er mit Gütern, He remembering his mercy hath holpen his Und lässet die Reichen leer. servant Israel: Er denket der Barmherzigkeit as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham Und hilft seinem Diener Israel auf, and his seed, for ever. Wie er gered’t hat zu unsern Vätern, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to Abraham und seinem Samenin ewiglich. the Holy Ghost; Ehre sei dem Vater und dem Sohn und auch As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever dem Heiligen Geiste, shall be, world without end. Amen. Wie es war im Anfang, jetzt und immerdar und von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen.

Alma Redemptoris Mater Johannes Ockeghem Considered the most famous composer of the late fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish School, Johannes Ockeghem was also renowned as a singer, choirmaster, and teacher; his most famous student was Josquin des Prez. Ockeghem was not a prolific composer and some of his compositions are lost. He composed twelve masses, a Credo sine nomine, ten motets, and twenty-one chansons.

Alma Redemptoris Mater is a four-voice motet based on an eleventh-century Marian antiphon, a responsory sung during Advent. John Ehrlich states that Alma Redemptoris Mater shows “Ockeghem’s characteristic and groundbreaking expansion of the range of voice parts, especially the bass. What one remembers most, though, is this composer’s wonderful gift for melodic expression, with each voice part a beautiful melody of its own.”

Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo. Tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem, Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.

Loving Mother of the Redeemer, who remains the gate by which we mortals enter heaven, and star of the sea, help your fallen people who strive to rise. You who gave birth, amazing nature, to your sacred Creator, Virgin prior and following, taking from the mouth of Gabriel that Hail, have mercy on our sins.

Tota pulchra es, Maria Ola Gjeilo Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo delete date if included on program page moved to the United States in 2001 to begin composition studies at Juilliard. He especially enjoys composing for choir, orchestra and symphonic winds, and the piano. Tota pulchra es, Maria consists of three contrasting sections, all on the beautiful Maria text, each section with its own style.

Tota pulchra es, Maria, et macula originalis non est in te. Vestimentum tuum candidum quasi nix, et facies tua sicut sol. Tu gloria Jerusalem, tu laetitia Israel, tu honorificentia populi nostri, Maria.

You are all beautiful, Mary, and the original stain [of sin] is not in you. Your clothing is white as snow, and your face is like the sun. You are the glory of Jerusalem, you are the joy of Israel, you give honor to our people, Mary.

23 Ave Maria Javier Busto Basque composer Javier Busto delete date if included on program page graduated university as a medi- cal doctor, but he is a self-taught musician who is internationally known as a composer and choral con- ductor. In 1995 he founded a women's choir, Kanta Cantemus Korua. His choirs have won first place awards in , Italy, and Germany.

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. , full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, Blessed art thou among women, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Holy Mary, Mother of God, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, pray for us sinners, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. now and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Magnificat “The Advent” James Kallembach James Kallembach holds a doctorate of music degree in choral conducting from Indiana University and is currently Director of Choral Activities at the University of Chicago. He chose two texts for his com- position: The Advent, a poem by Alice Christina Thompson, set for soprano soloist above a choral setting of the familiar Gregorian Magnificat text. The University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers pre- miered the Magnificat in 2014.

No sudden thing of glory and fear Was the Lord's coming; but the dear Slow Nature's days followed each other To form the Saviour from his Mother one of the children of the year.

The earth, the rain, received the trust, The sun and dews, to frame the Just. He drew his daily life from these. According to his own decrees Who makes man from the fertile dust.

Sweet summer and the winter wild, These brought him forth, the Undefiled. The happy Springs renewed again His daily bread, the growing grain, The food and raiment of the Child.

My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

24 Adam lay ibounden Hubert Bird Composer, conductor, and tenor soloist Hubert Bird if included on program page was on the faculty of the Music Department of Keene State College from 1967-1997. Adam lay ybounden is a fifteenth-century English text of unknown authorship, perhaps sung by a wandering minstrel.

Adam lay ybounden, Ne had the apple také been, Bounden in a bond; The apple také been, Four thousand winter, Ne hadde never our Lady, Thought he not too long. Abeen heav'ne queen.

And all was for apple, Blessed be the time An apple that he took. That apple také was. As clerkes finden, Therefore we moun singen. Written in their book. Deo gratias!

Joseph, lieber Joseph mein Seth Calvisius From 1594 until his death German music theorist, composer, and teacher Seth Calvisius was Cantor of the St. Thomaskirke in Leipzig (J.S. Bach’s post in the eighteenth century). The text and music of Joseph, lieber Joseph mein appear in manuscripts as early as the fourteenth century, possibly originating as a folk song. It was often used in musical dramatizations of the Christmas story in many German churches. Calvisius chose a combination of German and Latin words for his six-voice version of the carol.

Joseph lieber, Joseph mein, Joseph, my dear Joseph, Hilf mir wiegen mein Kindelein. Help me rock my little child. Schlafe, liebes Kindelein. Sleep now, my darling child. Eia, eia, eia! Hey, hey, hey!

Sunt impleta quae praedixit Gabriel. It is as was foretold by Gabriel. Eia, eia, eia! Hey, hey, hey!

Virgo Deum genuit, The Virgin has given birth to God Quod divina voluit clementia. As He wished in His divine mercy.

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen German Christmas Carol Es ist ein Ros entsprungen is a Christmas carol and Marian hymn of German origin. The text is an anony- mous sixteenth-century poem, the most familiar tune first appeared in 1599, and German composer Michael Praetorius composed the familiar harmonization in 1609. Catherine Winkworth translated the first two verses of the hymn as A Spotless Rose.

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, A rose has sprung up, aus einer Wurzel zart, from a tender root, wie uns die Alten sungen, as the old ones sang to us, von Jesse war die Art its lineage was from Jesse und hat ein Blümlein bracht and it has brought forth a floweret mitten im kalten Winter, in the middle of the cold winter, wohl zu der halben Nacht. well at half the night.

25 A Spotless Rose Paul Mealor Welsh composer Paul Mealor delete date if included on program page has taught at the University of Aberdeen since 2003. Performance of Ubi Caritas at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April, 2011 catapulted him to international attention. A Spotless Rose is the fourth madrigal in his set Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. Mealor uses rich, dense chords to convey the image of Jesus’ birth.

A Spotless Rose is growing, The Rose which I am singing, Sprung from a tender root, Whereof Isaiah said, Of ancient seers’ foreshowing, Is from its sweet root springing Of Jesse promised fruit; In Mary, purest Maid; Its fairest bud unfolds to light Through God’s great love and might Amid the cold, cold winter The Blessed Babe she bare us And the dark midnight. Amid the cold, cold winter And the dark midnight.

Now sleeps the crimson petal. Amen.

Five Carols

Sing we the Virgin Mary John Jacob Niles Niles collected this carol in Kentucky in 1933 and published it in 1948. The New Oxford Book of Carols states: “If true, this would appear to be a near-miraculous survival of the fifteenth-century English carol text I Sing of a Maiden That Is Makeless.”

Sing we the Virgin Mary, When Jesus was a-borning Sing we that matchless one; To earth came heaven down, See how the angels attended her To lie upon a manger When she birthed God's own Son. Away in Bethlem’s town.

So silently came our Jesus Ah, blessed Maiden Mother, Unto his sweet Mary, Beknown to prophecy: As dew in April falleth Now Jesus is a-borned On flower so tenderly. And all men knoweth thee.

Lullay, my liking Gustav Holst English composer Gustav Holst, best-known for his composition The Planets, studied music at the Royal College of Music in London. He wrote a considerable amount of accompanied and unaccompanied choral music, including Lullay, my liking a Christmas partsong.

Refrain That Eternal Lord is he Lullay, my liking, that made alle thing; my dear son, my sweeting; Of alle lordes he is Lord, Lullay, my dear heart, Of every king he's King. mine own dear darling. There was mickle melody I saw a fair maiden at that Childes birth: sitten and sing: Though the songsters were heavenly She lulled a little child, they made mickle mirth. a sweete lording.

26 Angels bright they sang that night Pray we now to that Child and saiden to that Child: As to His Mother dear “Blessed be thou and so be she God grant them all his blessing that is so meek and mild!” that now maken cheer!

Puer nobis nascitur (Unto us is born a Son) arranged by Keyte and Parrott The familiar fourteenth-century German Christmas carol Puer nobis nascitur was first published in the 1582 Finnish songbook Piae Cantiones. Robert Cummings notes, “Its text speaks of the birth of Christ and of his mission on Earth. The melody is glorious in its triumphant character and ecstatic devotional sense...a radiant hymn of strong appeal, brighter and more colorful than most of the chants emerging from and before the fourteenth century.”

Puer nobis nascitur Unto us is born a son, Rector angelorum Ruler of the Angels In hoc mundo pascitur The Lord of Lords Dominus Dominorum. Is nurtured in this world.

In presepe ponitur He is placed in a manger Sub feno asinorum Where asses feed Cognoverunt Dominum They recognized the Lord Christ, Christum Regem Celorum. King of Heaven.

Qui natus ex Maria You who were born of Mary Die hodierna On this day Perduc nos cum gracia Lead us joyfully Ad gaudia superna. To the highest joys.

O et O et O et O O and O and O and O Benedicamus Domino Let us bless the Lord.

A et A et A et A A and A and A and A Thanks be to God. Deo dicamus gracias.

I wonder as I wander (Appalachian carol) arr. Carl Rütti The Christmas folk hymn, I Wonder as I Wander, was composed by American folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) from a song fragment he collected in 1933. An American composer, singer, and collector of traditional music, Niles is called the “Dean of American Balladeers” and greatly influenced the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.

I wonder as I wander out under the sky How Jesus, the Saviour, did come for to die For poor ornery people like you and like I; I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

When Mary birthed Jesus, 'twas in a cow's stall With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all. But high from God's heaven a star's light did fall, And the promise of ages it then did recall.

27 If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing: A star in the sky or a bird on the wing; Or all of God's angels in heaven to sing, He surely could have had it, 'cause he was the King!

All my heart this night rejoices Jonathan David Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) who ranks next to Martin Luther as the most gifted hymn writer of the Lutheran Church, wrote the hymn text Fröhlich soll mein herze springen. In the mid-nineteenth century Catherine Winkworth translated many German hymns. American composer Jonathan David composed the “gently dancing” arrangement of All my heart this night rejoices sung by The Choral Art Society Camerata in this premiere performance, as we recognize Mr. David as the winner of the 2015 New England Carol Contest, sponsored by CAS.

All my heart this night rejoices, As I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices; “Christ is born,” their choirs are singing, Till the air, everywhere, now with joy is ringing.

Hark! a voice from yonder manger, Soft and sweet, does entreat, “Flee from woe and danger; Brethren, come; from all that grieves you You are freed; all you need I will surely give you.”

Come then, let us hasten yonder; Here let all, great and small, kneel in awe and wonder. Love Him who with love is yearning; Hail the star that from far bright with hope is burning.

You who pine in weary sadness, Weep no more, for the door now is found of gladness. Cling to Him for He will guide you Where no cross, pain or loss, can again betide you.

You, dear Lord, with heed I'll cherish; Live to you, and with you, dying, shall not perish; But shall dwell with you forever, Far on high, in the joy that can alter never.

Lully, lully, lu.

Esto les digo (San Mateo 18:19-20) Kinley Lange Kinley Lange, composer, arranger and clinician, began his musical studies with his mother and received his undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Hawaii and doctorate in composition and choral conducting at the University of Texas at Austin. Lange comments, “Making music with and for other people is the finest kind of community—an intimacy that makes us more than we are individually, connects us to each other in powerful ways and illuminates before us the path to feeling and passion.” Esto les digo is a simple homophonic setting of Matthew 18:19-20.

Esto les digo, si dos de ustedes se ponen, 28 se ponen en acuerdo aquí en, en la tierra para pedir, pedir algo en oración, mi padre que está en el cielo, se lo dará. Porque donde dos o tres se reúnen en mi nombre, allí estoy yo, en medio de ellos.

This I say to you, if two of you are put, are put in accord here in, in the earth to ask, to ask anything in prayer, my Father which is in heaven, will give it to you. Because where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in the midst of them.

Linda Russell, an active member of Maine Music Teachers Association and an independent piano teacher, lives in Portland with her longtime spouse.

“In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.” - Gustav Mahler

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29 Choral Art Camerata Robert Russell, music director Sopranos Altos Tenors Basses Dawn Anderson Andrea Graichen Stuart Bailey John D. Adams Sarah Bailey Ginny Pomeroy Patrick Martin Jim Bucknam Molly Harmon Barbara Sutcliffe Jesse Wakeman Trevor Lavenbein Heidi Seitz Nate Menifield Robert Stoddard

Jonathan David was Elisabeth Marshall has born in 1965 in New been praised by Haven, CT, and raised NEWS for her “radiant in New York City. He soprano” in James currently lives in Kallembach’s Four Romantic Chapel Hill, NC. Songs on the Brooklyn Art Song Society’s studio album Most recently, David’s All My Heart This Night New Voices (Roven Records, 2015). In demand Rejoices is the winning work in the 2nd Annual as a concert soloist, Ms. Marshall made her New England Carol Contest, sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Center debut in Messiah Choral Arts Society (Portland, ME). In February, (Apollo Chorus), has performed Bach’s 2015, his treble work, Tears, Apples and Stones, was Mattëuspassion under Helmuth Rilling at the featured in an installation by Zsuzsanna Ardo at Oregon Bach Festival, Beethoven’s Choral Westminster Palace in London. He is currently Fantasia with CBE Raymond Leppard working on Sederunt for the Depauw University (Indianapolis Symphony), and Mozart’s Requiem Chamber Singers, which will premiere the work at Rochester Cathedral (England). Equally at in Indiana in January, 2016, before touring it in home on the opera stage, she has been hailed for France. her “precision” and “technical skill” as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute David has been commissioned by the New York in London, and has also been seen as Rosalinde Treble Singers, Duke University, Marble in Die Fledermaus, Elisetta in Il matrimonio segreto, Collegiate Church, the Manhattan Wind and Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella. Ms. Ensemble, soprano Amy Bartram, and baritone Marshall has sung professionally with the Daniel Neer, among others. Wexford Festival Opera, the London Philharmonia Chorus, and Carmel and Oregon David has served as Composer-in-Residence for Bach Festivals, and under many conductors The Greenwich Village Singers, Music Director including Leonard Slatkin, Constantine for the chamber chorus, Howl!, and was a Kitsopoulos, and Bruno Weil. A Fulbright grant founding member of the pioneering new music recipient to the Hochschule für Musik und chorus, C4, the Choral Composer/Conductor Theater in Leipzig, Germany, Ms. Marshall Collective. He serves on the judging panel for holds advanced degrees from Indiana University, the Annual ASCAP/Deems Taylor Awards. where she studied with Carol Vaness, and From 2005-2011 he was the Classical Editor for currently serves on the voice faculty at the the internet music service, Napster. Jonathan’s University of Southern Maine School of Music. music is published by Oxford University Press and See-A-Dot Music, and is also available through his website, www.jonathandavidmusic. com

30 Williston-Immanuel United Church Dedicated during Easter St. John the Baptist, and the Four Evangelists. Week 1928 as the new Sanborn’s other work includes the windows church home of Immanuel above the great altar of Washington’s National Baptist Church, the Cathedral, and the windows of the Bapst Art Portland Press Herald Library and John J. Burns Library at Boston described the building as College. With one exception, the sanctuary’s photo credit: Doug Cruger “...a perfect example of the clerestory windows and the windows on the later English Gothic architecture…built of main level are the work of the Charles J. Weymouth seam-face granite, with stone Connick Associates of Boston. Connick trimmings and heavy buttresses at the front of Associates windows are composed of very small the building and leading into a most attractive pieces of glass stained or colored in the making, narthex.” The architect, Edward Leander the design being brought out in the glass itself, Higgins, was already well-established in Maine and the painter’s brush employed only for the as a designer of churches in the modified delineation of faces, clothing or other parts not English Gothic style. The windows are of easily made in sections. In addition to depictions special interest to students of stained glass of Saints Peter and Paul, the Women of the design and construction. The work of noted Bible, Christ with the Children, and a window young stained glass artist Harry Wright dedicated to the Prophets of the Old Testament, Goodhue is seen in the restored Rose Window the clerestory windows are ecumenical in both (1928), which depicts the Twelve Apostles design and spirit. The Great Christian Musicians surrounded by the Dove of Peace. The Great Window, for example, features Johann Sebastian North Window, also installed in 1928, is the Bach, George Frederic Handel, Felix work of Edward Earl Sanborn. Its central panel Mendelssohn, Isaac Watts, Giovanni Pierluigi depicts the Risen Christ surrounded by Moses, da Palestrina, and Charles Wesley.

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