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Digital Audio Producer / Engineer, Post-Production & Mastering: Frederick Hohman, Zarex HD Studio Founded in 1915, the Notre Dame Glee Club presents a wide-ranging repertory in several South Bend, Indiana, USA www.zarex.com formal campus concerts as well as in dozens of informal performances at University events. Recorded January 22, 2010, May 10, 2010, and May 23, 2011, Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, In recent years the Club has performed on tour in over 40 U.S. states and Puerto Rico; . internationally, the Club undertakes quadrennial European tours, and has performed in Canada, CD 7255 The Glee Club wishes to thank the generosity Israel, Central America, and Asia. Stereo Audio CD of Glee Club Alumni for their support of this project.

The Notre Dame Glee Club Crowley Hall of Music, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5643 574.631.6352; E-mail: [email protected]

Down Among the Dead Men The Rocky Road to Dublin http://gleeclub.nd.edu/ English Folk Song Irish Folk Song, arr. Randall Johnson arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Scott Boyle, bodhran Dulaman Michael McGlynn We begin our journey in London with the Joseph Edmonds, solo drinking song Down Among the Dead Men , Two other Pro Organo recordings featuring The Notre Dame Glee Club: in an arrangement by the great English Refrain: BEAUTIFUL RAIN (ITEM CD 7216) VIVE LA COMPAGNIE (ITEM CD 7164) Seaweed of the yellow cliffs, Gaelic seaweed. composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The text AVAILABLE AT WWW.PROORGANO.COM Seaweed of the ocean, Gaelic seaweed. is attributed to John Dyer (1700-1758), a “O gentle daughter, here come the wooing men. Welsh clergyman. “Dead men,” or “dead “O gentle mother, put the wheels in motion for me.” soldiers,” are empties strewn on the floor I would go to the tailor with the Gaelic seaweed, under a festive table. The original text probably “I would buy expensive shoes,” read “Here’s a health to the Queen,” in honor of said the Gaelic seaweed. Queen Anne; our presumably later version The Gaelic seaweed has beautiful black shoes, refers to King George I, and was included in the The Gaelic seaweed has a beret and trousers. 1726 volume of the popular songbook series There is a yellow gold head on the Gaelic seaweed. The Dancing Master . The tune was well- There are two blunt ears on the stately seaweed. known enough to have spawned a parody version, with quite the opposite political Avenging and Bright orientation; it appeared in James Hogg’s The Irish Folk Song, arr. David Mooney Jacobite Relics of Scotland (1819), a 2 11 CD3004 NDGC BOOK_4PP 6/29/12 3:48 PM Page 2

The Long Day Closes Audio on heard in this product collection of songs supporting Stuart restoration in Liverpool is set upon by local thugs, but Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was engineered on location in the struggle against William of Orange, who he fights them off with the aid of passers-by In addition to the enduring operettas produced with a MultiChannel DSD ® subjugated Ireland and Scotland the 1690s: who happen to be Galway countrymen. ® with librettist W.H. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan (Direct Stream Digital ) audio recorder made by “No hard fate can daunt a loyal spirit/ Ave Maria wrote instrumental works (mostly early in his Genex Audio, Inc., with analog input signals Till death shall remove our cares below; Plainchant (Liber Usualis) career) several art song collections, and a good having a full gain, in-phase bandwidth of from Then the delights that martyrs inherit/ Usurping tyrants never shall know. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. deal of sacred and secular choral music. The 0.25 Hz to 50,000 Hz, obtained from Zarex Sooner than sell our country for a pension,/ Blessed are you among women, equipment designed & developed by producer and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Long Day Closes is one of only a handful for Down among the dead men let us lie.” men’s voices; it has long been a fixture in the Glee Frederick Hohman. DSD recording offers a Holy Mary, Mother of God, intercede for us Club’s repertory. sampling rate of 2,822,400 one-bit samples per Irish composer Michael McGlynn is the founder now and in the hour of our death. Amen. of the choral group Anúna, and a founding second per channel, and offers superior Missa Ave Maria – Kyrie Notre Dame, Our Mother participant in the Riverdance production. performance compared to all existing PCM (Pulse Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553) O’Donnell/Casasanta, arr. Isele Dúlamán is his original musical setting of Code Modulation) digital audio recording Lord have mercy. The Notre Dame Victory March a traditional Irish poem on courtship that uses methods, including extended frequency response Christ have mercy. John F. Shea/Michael Shea, C.S.C. as a metaphor the practice of gathering Lord have mercy. We conclude with the two signature songs of up to 40,000 Hertz. Superior fidelity of DSD edible seaweed as a hedge against famine. Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) the University of Notre Dame. Joseph Casasanta audio is most apparent in high-definition audio Avenging and Bright is a poem by Franz Biebl (1906-2001) directed the Notre Dame Marching Band as well products such as SACD (Super Audio Compact Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Ireland’s national Scott Robinson and Dominic Go, solos as the Glee Club during his 19 years at the Disc), which uses DSD as its native audio format; poet, set to an old Irish air. Moore uses the University (1923-42); David Isele led the Glee however, DSD’s benefits are also evident to pre-Christian Gaelic legend of Deirdre and The angel of the Lord appeared to Mary Club from 1973-1979. Brothers John Shea discerning ears when multichannel DSD the betrayal of the sons of Uisnech by the King and she conceived by the Holy Spirit. (‘06/’08) (lyrics) and Michael Shea (’05) (music) recordings are mastered and distributed in a of Ulster as an allegory for George IV’s refusal Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, are the authors of the most recognizable conventional CD. to proceed with Catholic emancipation. David blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. collegiate fight song in the nation. Mooney’s inventive arrangement is full of cross-rhythms and polyphonic writing. Mary said: "Behold, the maidservant of the Lord, DSD, Direct Stream Digital. let it be done to me according to your word." Super Audio Compact Disc, Finally, on to The Rocky Road to Dublin , a Hail Mary... SACD and their logos lively 19th-century brawling song with words And the Word was made flesh, Oo are trademarks of Sony & Philips. by D.K. Gavan, the “Galway Poet”, in Randall and lived among us. Hail Mary... Johnson’s fine arrangement. A young man Holy Mary, Mother of God, intercede for us leaves home in search of his fortune, has his now and in the moment of our death. Amen. belongings pinched in Dublin, and upon arrival

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This most famous of Gregorian chant melodies Du du liegst mir im Herzen Die Rose stand im Tau Die Rose stand im Tau , the most familiar song was in circulation as early as the eighth century German folk song, Gebt mir zu trinken! of the collection, and the lively drinking song CE; the current form of the prayer text, with the arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw from Ritornelle in canonischen Weisen, Gebt mir zu trinken! Finally, Richard Strauss’s final petition to the Virgin (“Sancta Maria…”), You weigh on my heart, op. 65 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) five-part Traumlicht , from his late set (1935) of first appeared in print in 1495 in Girolamo you weigh on my mind. The rose stood covered with dewdrops, three men’s choruses, is a harmonically lustrous Savonarola's “Esposizione sopra l’Ave Maria,” You cause me much sorrow; they were as grey pearls. setting of a beautiful love lyric by the 18th- and was codified in the Roman Breviary of you don’t know how good I am to you. When the sun shone upon them, century poet Friedrich Rückert. Just as I love you, so love me too. 1568, but the practice of appending a petition they turned to rubies. The most tender feelings do I feel Hymns and Spirituals Give me a drink! What stands in the stars, to the main prayer in musical settings began at now for you alone. one cannot change, but one forgets this Been in the Storm least two centuries before, as musicologist Still should I trust you, in the gleam of the glass! arr. Wendell Whalum (and 1997 Glee Club alumnus) Michael you so fickle in mind? Anderson has discovered. You can rely on me. Traumlicht (Dreamlight), Garren Bryant and Harold Melia, solos You do know how good I am to you. Cristóbal de Morales, a Spanish composer who from Drei Männerchöre Farewell My Friends And when I am far away, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Attr. John G. McCurry (1842), arr. Curtis Heard spent many years in the Papal Choir in Rome, your visage appears to me. A light visited me in a dream, it had hardly Michael Clark, solo uses the chant melody both as a long-note Then fondly I wish that love unite us. cantus firmus and as a source for the imitative drawn near when it fled. The look you gave Ride the Chariot me struck deep while I slept. writing in the other parts. Munich composer L’ultimo dì de Maggio arr. William Henry Smith Sebastiano Festa (c.1490-1524) Your bright and shining glimmer follows me Franz Biebl set the prayer for two choirs, with through my waking day. Come often, Kyle Nieman and Dominic Go, solos The last day of May, three intervening solos marking the hours O star, during my repose! As its director for over thirty years, Wendell at cool dawn of a beautiful day, each day when the Angelus is said. For you I gladly close my eyes. the lovely girl went into the garden, Whalum (1931-1987) established a national Fogarty’s Cove accompanied by twenty pretty young maids-- reputation for the Morehouse College Glee Though the dates of composition of these Stan Rogers (1949-1983) arr. Ron Smail each one in love, Gentle, demure, and lovely. Club and produced many of their spiritual Tandaridondella. Alas, it is she northern European songs span almost a arrangements, one of which is the powerful And So It Goes who has chained my heart, century, all share a common Romantic musical Billy Joel, arr. Bob Chilcott ballad Been in the Storm. Curtis Heard, a Los who has captured me language. Edvard Grieg’s Sangerhilsen Angeles-based conductor, pianist, and Sean Leyes and Tim Scully, solos with the beauty of her shining visage. (“Greeting to the Singers”) leads his 1880 composer, draws on the American 19th-century Ramkali Indian raga, arr. Ethan Sperry collection of songs, which in Howard Luna de Xelajú (Moon of Xelajú) shape-note literature for Farewell My Friends . I am entirely devoted to you my lord. McKinney’s adaptation and translation has Paco Pérez (1917-1951), arr. NDGC Finally, William Henry Smith’s arrangement of At least heed my plea, my love. become a standard work for America’s men’s Ride the Chariot is familiar to chorus singers I hope to be united with you, my love. Moon, silver gardenia, in my serenade you choruses. Schumann’s set of eight canons dates and audiences everywhere. Peace of mind is not mine, my love. become a song, you who saw me singing from 1847; we’ve chosen the haunting five-part today you see me weeping in my desolation. 4 9 CD3004 NDGC BOOK_4PP 6/29/12 3:48 PM Page 4

The Hebrew children, carrying olive branches, The first of three contemporary classics is a Streets bathed in moonlight, which were the contradictory, since raga performance is went to meet the Lord, calling out and saying: 1991 setting of the dirge from Shakespeare’s cradle of my youth, I come to sing to my improvisational by nature, but the chromatic Hosanna in the highest.went to meet the Lord, Cymbeline by Conrad Susa, a composer and beloved, the silver moon of Xelajú. bends of his melody coming in and out of phase calling out and saying: Hosanna in the highest. teacher at the San Francisco Conservatory. Moon of Xelajú, that illumined my nights of with the drone notes and the vocal percussion These two short motets are examples of the In the play, the dirge is sung for a character pain over a dark-haired girl so sweet to gaze are both faithful reflections of Indian musical 16th-century repertory suitable for men’s whom the audience knows is still alive; in upon; moon of Xelajú, you gave me inspiration, style, and are great fun to hear and to sing. the song I sing today, washed in tears from my chorus (often termed “paribus vocibus,” or “for his use of the solo trumpet as a kind of musical heart. In my life there will not be one fonder We take a detour to German lands for the folk equal voices,” in their sources.) Jakob Handl, persona in dialogue with the chorus, perhaps than you, my love, for you are not faithless, song Du, du liegst mir im Herzen , an Alpine- Slovenian by birth, was active in both Vienna Susa is reflecting on how the departed are my silver moon, moon of Xelajú; moon that sounding waltz (though probably of North and Prague. Canite tuba , a setting of a always present within us. A final trumpet shone on my nights of love, today console my German origin) arranged by two deans of pain over the brunette who abandoned me. Christmas psalm text, was contained in his interlude is a free variation of “Taps.” American choral music, and to Renaissance Italy Magnum opus musicum , a collection of Byron Adams’ setting of a William Butler Yeats We continue with a series of songs from for Sebastian Festa’s L’ultimo dì de Maggio , a almost 400 motets for the entire church year. verse also dates from 1991. Yeats based his several cultures and musical styles, and widely-circulated example of the Venetian folk Palestrina is the best–known Italian-born poem on the life of Major Robert Gregory, exploring different facets of romance. Stan genre known as the villotta, an important composer of the era, serving at major Roman killed in WW I; the composer terms his work a Rogers, an icon of Canadian folk music, died precursor style to the Italian madrigal. Finally, churches and the papal chapel, and was “meditation on war and the inexcusable waste tragically in a cabin fire on Air Canada Flight Luna de Xelajú , written in 1944, celebrates lionized as the paragon of Counter-Reformation of noble lives.” The ruin of war also courses 797 at age 33. Fogarty’s Cove was the title songwriter Paco Pérez’s home town of church music. Pueri Hebraeorum is a charm - through the brutal, sardonic Five Ways to Kill track of his debut album in 1976; the text Quetzaltenango (also known as “Xela”) and ing setting of a Palm Sunday text; the final a Man , Bob Chilcott’s setting of a poem by takes up his familiar theme of life in the recounts a sad romantic experience; it has “Hosanna in excelsis” aptly portrays the varied Edward Brock. Over a marching percussion Maritime provinces, and includes some rather achieved status as Guatemala’s second shouts from the crowd of children. ostinato, the chorus recites a litany of futile backhanded affection for his “Sally.” Ron national anthem. Pérez and several other Dirge from Cymbeline death in dense textures of up to 8 parts; Smail’s arrangement was for the great musicians died in a plane crash in 1951. Vancouver-based ensemble Chor Leoni. Billy Conrad Susa (b. 1935) particularly creepy are the dry, ruminative chord Canite tuba Joel’s famous rock ballad And So It Goes was Matthew Swanson, trumpet clusters out of which nuclear war is unleashed. Jacob Handl (Gallus) (1550-1591) taken up anew by The King’s Singers in member An Irish Airman Foresees His Death The final admonition, delivered in a bluesy Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, Bob Chilcott’s six-part arrangement. Byron Adams (b. 1955) canon: “Simpler, and much more neat, is to see call together the nations, that he is living in the middle of the 20th century “Raga” as a musical concept includes elements tell it out among the people, and say: Five Ways to Kill a Man —and leave him there.” of scale form and melodic structure, but also Behold, God our Savior cometh. Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) has emotional and spiritual connotations, and Mark Wurzelbacher and Brothers Sing On Pueri Hebraeorum can be associated with times of day as well; Andrew Fotsch, percussion Edvard Grieg, ed. Howard McKinney Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Ramkali , for example, is an early morning raga. Ethan Sperry’s wonderful version is on one level 8 5 CD3004 NDGC BOOK_4PP 6/29/12 3:48 PM Page 5 CD3004 NDGC BOOK_4PP 6/29/12 3:48 PM Page 6

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