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NCE ORMA EXCEL ERF LEN P CE OR A F N Y D IT M N U U S M IC M A O P C P R A E G C I N A I T D I L O I th N U B 45 SEASON 1974-2019 Salisbury Singers present MAGNIFICENT MOZART With the Bach Consort of Worcester Saturday April 6, 2019 Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St., Worcester, MA Board of Trustees President Naome M. Fearing Vice President Kirk A. Carter Secretary Kathleen A. Powers Treasurer Martin J. Pellegrino Stephen Beaton III Theodore E. Haringa, Ex Officio Debra Leach Bernard J. Conlin, Emeritus Charles J. Manero Kathleen Martin-Estus, Emeritus Samuel K. Stewart Joyce Messinger, Emeritus Founder Malama Robbins Collinsworth Artistic Staff Artistic Director Michelle Graveline Assistant Conductor Bradford Dumont F Accompanist William Ness Vocal Assistant Margaret M. Tartaglia Chorus Council Council President Maria Laverty Treasurer/Librarian James Monroe Secretary Carolyn Farley Ticket Sales Debra Leach Communications Dianne Smith Concert Facilitator Margaret Tartaglia Venue Coordinator Andrew Tomaski Member-at-Large Kathleen Powers Section Leaders Chris Adams Marla Hirsch Donald Adams Joseph Horton Mary Eichholz Janet Knowlton Victoria Heidorn Business Staff Graphics & Program Patricia Burns Fiore, P.S. Communications Publicity Tyler Alderson Web Hosting Eva Alvarez-Vigneault, Dynamic Design Online MAGNIFICENT MOZART Featuring F Salisbury Singers With The Bach Consort Of Worcester Michelle Graveline, Artistic Director Bradford Dumont, Assistant Conductor William Ness, Pianist Soloists for the Mozart Mass sponsored by a generous grant from the Fletcher Foundation This program is funded in part by: Even and Malama Collinsworth Advised Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation George E. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation UniBank Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Greater Worcester Community Foundation 1 NCE ORMA EXCEL From the President ERF LEN P CE OR A F N Y D IT M We welcome you tonight to share in the music of N U U S M IC M A Salisbury Singers during our 45th season. Research done O P C P R A E G C I N A under the auspices of Chorus America and by leaders I T D I L O I th N U in the field of choral music validates the increase in B choruses around United States and their important 45 benefits to the community. No matter the size of the SEASON community, where arts programs flourish, there is a 1974-2019 measurable economic impact as well as the ability to bring people together from diverse walks of life. We hope that the opportunities for both participants and audiences at Salisbury Singers concerts this season will create an occasion to connect with family and friends as well as others in our community through the beautiful music being performed. Salisbury Singers continues on these many years because of the support from each of you, both financially and through your presence here tonight. Thank you for coming. Please visit our web site at www.salisburysingers.org to learn more about us and our 45th season programs. Naome Fearing, President From the Artistic Director Tonight, in addition to the professional soloists we have singing the Mass, we are pleased to showcase some of the talent within the Salisbury Singers. The four soloists for the Regina Coeli are drawn from the ranks of the chorus, and we thank them for their willingness to perform in the solo quartet. Next month, our Assistant Conductor, Brad Dumont, will receive the Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting and we congratulate him on this achievement. Salisbury Singers has been the beneficiary of his talent, skill, and passion for choral music these last two years. We look forward to continued association with him and to great performances from him in the future! As we look forward to our final concert of the year on June 8, I’d like to point out that two days before, June 6, is the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a day so instrumental in changing the course of WWII, and a sober reminder of what we owe to our veterans. Our June 8 program, D-Day meets Broadway, will feature music from musicals that emerged at that time that helped a war-weary public escape their troubles: South Pacific, Oklahoma! and Carousel. We will also honor our veterans and servicemen and women with a musical tribute. I hope to see you there! Michelle Graveline, Artistic Director 2 SALISBURY SINGERS WITH THE BACH CONSORT OF WORCESTER Michelle Graveline, Artistic Director Present MUSIC OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 REGINA COELI, KV276 Conducted by Bradford Dumont Soloists Sarah Mombourquette, Soprano Brooke David Workman, Tenor Mega, Mezzo-soprano Andrew Tomaski, Bass BRIEF INTERMISSION GRAND MASS IN C MINOR, KV427 Conducted by Michelle Graveline Soloists Diana McVey, Soprano Jonas Budris, Tenor Pamela Dellal, Mezzo-soprano James Demler, Bass 1. Kyrie eleison chorus, soprano 2. Gloria chorus 3. Laudamus te mezzo-soprano 4. Gratias chorus 5. Domine Deus soprano/mezzo-soprano duet 6. Qui tollis chorus 7. Quoniam soprano/mezzo-soprano/tenor trio 8. Jesu Christe/Cum Sancto chorus 9. Credo chorus 10. Et incarnatus est soprano solo 11. Sanctus/Osanna chorus 12. Benedictus/Osanna solo quartet/chorus Please hold your applause until the end of the entire Mass. This concert is being recorded for archival purposes. Please silence all electronic devices. 3 TEXTS AND TRANSLTIONS REGINA COELI Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. Quia, quem meruisti, portare, alleluia. For he whom you merited to bear, alleluia. Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia. He has risen, as he said, alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. MASS IN C MINOR KYRIE KYRIE Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have eleison. mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. GLORIA GLORIA Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax Glory to God in the highest, and on hominibus bonae voluntatis. earth peace to men of good will. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. adore Thee, we glorify Thee. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam We give Thee thanks for Thy great gloriam tuam. glory. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus Pater O Lord God, heavenly King, God the omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite, Father almighty. O Lord Jesus Christ, Jesu Christe. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, the only-begotten Son! O Lord God, Filius Patris. Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere Who takest away the sins of the world nobis. have mercy upon us. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe Who takest away the sins of the world, deprecationem nostram. receive our prayer. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere Who sittest at the right hand of the nobis. Father, have mercy on us. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus For Thou only art holy. Thou only art Dominus. Tu solus Altissimus, Lord. Thou only, Jesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spiritu, O Jesus Christ, art most high together with the Holy Ghost, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. in the glory of God the Father. Amen. We invite you to join us for a Reception in Jeppson Hall after the concert. Please visit our archives table and enjoy a retrospective of Salisbury Singers’ 45 years of performances. 4 TEXT CREDO CREDO Credo in unum Deum, Patrem I believe in one God, the Father omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, almighty maker of heaven and earth, visibilum omnium et invisibillium. and of all things visible and invisible. Credo in unum Dominium Jesum I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum. Et ex only begotten Son of God, born of the Patre natum ante omnia saecula. Deum Father before all ages; God of God, de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum light of light, true God of true God; de Deo vero. Genitum, non factum, begotten not made; consubstantial with consubstantialem Patri: per quem the Father; by Whom all things were omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos made. Who for us men, and for our homines et propter nostram salutem salvation, came down from heaven; descendit de coelis. Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost, Maria Virgine: of the Virgin Mary; Et homo factus est. and was made man. SANCTUS SANCTUS Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts. Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Osanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest. Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Blessed is He that cometh in the name Domini. Osanna in excelsis. of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. PROGRAM NOTES The Regina Coeli KV276 is based on a liturgical chant, one of the Marian antiphons sung at the end of Compline during the church year. This particular text with its alleluias would have been used during the Easter season. Mozart composed three settings of this text. KV276 was his last, composed in 1779 while he was still in the employ of the Archbishop of Salzburg, and probably for use in Salzburg Cathedral. The music for the chorus and solo quartet alternates frequently throughout the piece, and each line of text ends with a full choral Alleluia. We know Mozart was studying the works of Bach and Handel during this period, and if one listens closely, one can hear a direct quote of a famous Handel work. The piece is filled with youthful exuberance and a joyful spirit. Of all Mozart’s choral works, two stand head and shoulders above the rest: his Requiem and the great Mass in C minor.