Vivaldi: Gloria and Magnificat
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33rd SEASON Vivaldi: Gloria And Magnificat Monica Huggett Debra Nagy oboe Kris Kwapis trumpet Friday 22 December 2017 Alix Goolden Hall Concert Season Legacy of the Fugue A Telemann Celebration 13 January 2018 Saturday 8pm 24 March 2018 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall Alix Goolden Hall Diderot String Quartet NEW YORK La Rêveuse FRANCE When Leipzig composer Felix Mendelssohn A master of instrumental music, Telemann revived Bach’s music, it finally received universal enjoyed more fame and adoration in his time admiration. The Diderot String Quartet performs than even the lauded J.S. Bach. Open to French excerpts from The Art of Fugue alongside and Italian influences as well as the new galant Mendelssohn’s No. 4 Fugue for String Quartet, style that flourished in Germany, he excelled in Op. 81 and his much-loved String Quartet No. 2, chamber music, creating a charming synthesis Op. 13, in a beautiful nod to Bach, the of European styles at the crossroads between Baroque master. Baroque and Classicism. Bach and Sons War and Peace 10 February 2018 Saturday 8pm 22 April 2018 Sunday 3pm Alix Goolden Hall Alix Goolden Hall Elinor Frey, viola da gamba The Tallis Scholars UK Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord MONTREAL Peter Phillips, music director Two of Canada’s leading exponents of historically- To commemorate the centenary of the end of informed performance bring to life masterpieces World War I, Peter Phillips has put together a of high Baroque chamber music by Johann stirring program with masses on the theme of Sebastian Bach and his sons Johann Christoph the Armed Man (L’homme armé), =chansons Friedrich and Carl Philipp Emanuel. describing a battle (La Batalla), movements from Victoria’s Requiem Mass, and deeply moving funeral motets: Tavener from the funeral of Princess Diana, Mouton from the funeral of Anne of Brittany, and Lobo from the funeral of Philip II of Spain. Vivaldi: Gloria And Magnificat Chorus Kathleen Allan, Emily Cheung, Arwen Myers, Margaret Obenza soprano Danielle Sampson, Jane Long, Cassie Webster alto Liz Hamel, Laura Pudwell, Vicki St. Pierre tenor Christina Stelmacovich, Laura Beckel Thoreson, Debi Wong bass Vicki St. Pierre chorus master Orchestra Monica Huggett musical direction and violin solo Debra Nagy oboe Kris Kwapis trumpet Linda Melsted, Christi Meyers, Angela Malmberg violin I Chloe Meyers, Chloe Kim, Elyssa Lefurgey Smith, Noemy Gagnon-Lafrenais violin II Mieka Michaux, Joanna Hood violas Beiliang Zhu, Marina Hasselberg cello Natalie Mackie violone Katrina Russell bassoon Deborah Fox lute Christina Hutten organ, harpsichord A Northwest Baroque Masterworks project with special thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts for touring support. 3 Vivaldi: Gloria And Magnificat Laetatus Sum RV 607 Concerto for Oboe and Trumpet in D major, RV 563 Debra Nagy oboe solo Kris Kwapis trumpet solo 1. Allegro 2. Grave 3. Allegro Magnificat RV 610 1. Magnificat 2. Et exultavit 3. Quia respexit Jane Long alto Debi Wong bass 4. Et misericordia 5. Deposuit potentes 6. Esurientes implevit 7. Suscepit Israel 8. Sicut locutus 9. Gloria INTERMISSION Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B flat major. RV 548 Debra Nagy oboe solo Monica Huggett violin solo 1. Allegro 2. Largo 3. Allegro Gloria RV 589 1. Gloria in excelsis Deo 2. Et in terra pax 3. Laudamus te Arwen Myers soprano I Danielle Sampson soprano II 4. Gratias agimus tibi 5. Propter magnam gloriam 6. Domine Deus Arwen Myers soprano I 7. Domine, Fili unigenite 8. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei Laura Pudwell tenor 9. Qui tollis peccata mundi 10. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Vicki St. Pierre tenor 11. Quoniam tu solus sanctus 12. Cum Sancto Spiritu 4 Texts and Translations Laetatus Sum RV 607 Laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi: I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: in domum Domini ibimus. We shall go into the house of the Lord. Stantes erant pedes nostri: Our feet were standing: in atriis tuis Ierusalem. in thy courts, O Jerusalem. Ierusalem quae aedificatur ut civitas: Jerusalem, which is built as a city: cuius participatio eius in idipsum. that is compact together. Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: testimonium Israel the testimony of Israel, ad confitendum nomini Domini. to praise the name of the Lord. Quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicio: Because their seats have sat in judgment: sedes super domum David. seats upon the house of David. Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Ierusalem: Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem: et abundantia diligentibus te. And abundance for them that love thee. Fiat pax in virtute tua: Let peace be in thy strength: et abundantia in turribus tuis. and abundance in thy towers. Propter fratres meos et proximos meos: For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors: loquebar pacem de te. I spoke peace of thee. Propter domum Domini Dei nostri: For the sake of the house of the Lord our God: quaesivi bona tibi. I have sought good things for thee. Gloria Patri et Filio : Glory be to the Father and to the Son et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Holy Spirit. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper: As it was in the beginning, now, and forever: et in secula seculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen. Magnificat RV 610 1. My soul doth magnify the Lord 1. Magnificat anima mea Dominum 2. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 2. Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillæ suæ: For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent call me blessed. omnes generationes. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, and holy is his Name. et sanctum nomen eius. 3. And his mercy is on them that fear him: 3. Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies throughout all generations. timentibus eum. 4. He hath showed strength with his arm: 4. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo, He hath scattered the proud in the imagination dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. of their hearts. 5 5. Deposuit potentes de sede 5. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: et exaltavit humiles. and hath exalted the humble and meek. 6. Esurientes implevit bonis 6. He hath filled the hungry with good things: et divites dimisit inanes. and the rich he hath sent empty away. 7. Suscepit Israel puerum suum recordatus 7. He remembering his mercy hath holpen misericordiæ suæ, his servant Israel: 8. Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, 8. As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham et semini eius in sæcula. Abraham and his seed, forever. 9. Gloria Patri, et Filio, 9. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, et Spiritui Sancto: and to the Holy Ghost; Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen. Gloria RV 589 1. Gloria in excelsis Deo 1. Glory be to God on high 2. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. 2. And in earth peace, goodwill towards men, 3. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, 3. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorificamus te, glorify thee, 4. Gratias agimus tibi, 4. We give thanks to thee, 5. Propter magnam gloriam tuam, 5. For thy great glory, 6. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater 6. O Lord God, Heavenly King, God the Father omnipotens, Almighty. 7. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe, 7. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesu Christ; 8. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, 8. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, 9. Qui tollis peccata mundi, 9. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, miserere nobis; have mercy upon us. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Thou that takest away the sins of the world, suscipe deprecationem nostram. receive our prayer. 10. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, 10. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, miserere nobis. have mercy upon us. 11. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, 11. For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe, Thou only, O Christ, art most high 12. Cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris. 12. with the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Amen. 6 Programme Notes The Ospedale della Pietà (Hospice of Mercy), an of twenty to twenty-five stringed instruments with a orphanage for girls which specialized in musical training, harpsichord or organ playing the basso continuo. The was one of four charitable orphanages in Venice that women at the Pietà also played wind instruments such as educated and cared for homeless or unwanted children. those featured in the concertos in tonight’s program, and First as violin teacher and later as musical director, Vivaldi seems to have habitually adjusted his concertos Vivaldi worked on and off at thePietà until 1740. to suit the players on hand. The festive Concerto in D Because of him, their music program became exceptional. major RV 563 survives as a concerto for two trumpets Each Sunday, the orchestra and choir offered public or two oboes; tonight’s version is one trumpet and one performances of Vivaldi’s music for the city’s elite. oboe. Both concertos are in three-movement concerto Eventually, these outstanding musical events became form, with contrasting fast–slow–fast movements that one of the city’s main attractions, often featuring the Vivaldi helped establish and which later became standard composer himself on violin.