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Henry Purcell: Hear My Voyce Psalms & Anthems for the Chapel Royal Segal THE CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIst HELEN D. SCHUBERT CONCERts CLEVELAND OHIO Henry Purcell: Hear My Voyce Psalms & Anthems for the Chapel Royal SEGAL BETH Ross W. Duffin, Artistic Director Friday, 6 October 2017 The Cathedral of St John the Evangelist Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez, Bishop of Cleveland Reverend Sean Ralph, Administrator Mr Gregory Heislman, Director of Music Quire Cleveland Ross W. Duffin,Artistic Director Henry Purcell: Hear My Voyce Psalms & Anthems for the Chapel Royal All Works by Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Please hold your applause until the end of each half. I will sing unto the Lord (Psalm 104) Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei (Ps. 3) Blow up the trumpet in Sion (Joel 2) Beati omnes qui timent Domini (Ps. 128) Remember not, Lord, our offences (Litany) Funeral Sentences Man that is born of woman (Job 14) In the midst of life (Book of Common Prayer) Thou knowest, Lord (BCP) — intermission — O God, thou hast cast us out (Ps. 60) Lord, how long wilt thou be angry (Ps. 79) Miserere mei Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (BCP) O Lord God of Hosts (Ps. 80) Hear my prayer (Ps. 102) Save me, O God (Ps. 54) O be joyful in the Lord (Jubilate) (Ps. 100) I was glad (Ps. 122) About Quire Cleveland Quire Cleveland is a professional chamber choir established in 2008 to explore the vast and timeless repertoire of choral music over the last 9 centuries. Quire’s programs introduce audiences to music not heard in the modern era — including modern premieres of works newly discovered or reconstructed — breathing life into the music of our shared heritage. With highly-trained professional musicians — who collectively represent 500 years of choral singing — the ensemble has earned both popular and critical acclaim. Now in its 10th season, Quire Cleveland has presented more than 60 concerts and produced seven CDs of music from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Artistic Director Ross W. Duffin, a prize- winning musicologist, creates unique editions for Quire, and plans programs that are imaginative, appealing, and accessible, showcasing the beauty of the music and the glorious sound of voices raised in harmony. In addition to live and recorded broadcasts on classical radio, Quire recordings have been included in the Oxford Recorded Anthology of Western Music (OUP) and Listening to Music (Schirmer). An education program, initiated in 2014, offers workshops and lectures. Quire Cleveland’s concert videos posted on YouTube have had a global reach, attracting more than 680,000 views from 210 countries. Personnel SOPRANOS: Sarah Coffman, Donna Fagerhaug, Megan Kaes Long, Elena Mullins, Lisa Rainsong, Gail West ALTOS: John McElliott, Joseph Schlesinger, Beverly Simmons, Jay White TENORS: Evan Bescan, Nathan Dougherty, Bryan Munch, Corey Shotwell, Brian Wentzel BAssES: Ian Crane, Daniel Fridley, Nathan Longnecker, Brian MacGilvray, Michael McKay, Daniel Singer ORGAN: Peter Bennett Ross W. Duffin, artistic director Quire Cleveland’s founding Artistic Director, Ross W. Duffin, is an award-winning scholar, specializing in the performance practice of early music. Director since 1978 of the nationally recognized Historical Performance Practice Program at Case Western Reserve University, where he is Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music and a Distinguished University Professor, he has trained and nurtured many of today’s leading performers and researchers in the field. His weekly radio show, Micrologus: Exploring the World of Early Music, was broadcast on 140 NPR stations throughout the United States. His books, How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) and Shakespeare’s Songbook (both published by W. W. Norton), have gained international renown. In addition to many of the works on this concert, Ross has edited Cantiones Sacræ: Madrigalian Motets from Jacobean England (A-R Editions), which Quire recorded complete as Madrigalian Motets (qc103); A Josquin Anthology; A Performer’s Guide to Medieval Music; and the St. Matthew Passion by Richard Davy, recorded by Quire Cleveland for a CD just released (qc107). Texts & Translations Psalm 104 6. The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee: that 33. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. praise my God while I have my being. 7. Yea, that thou shalt see thy children’s children: and 34. And so shall my words please him: my joy shall be in peace upon Israel. the Lord. 35. As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the Anglican Litany (Book of Common Prayer) earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end: praise Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our thou the Lord, O my soul, praise the Lord. forefathers: Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be Psalm 3: Jehova quam multi (Tremellius Psalter) not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. 1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me: many are they that rise against me. Anglican Burial Prayer at the Graveside 2. Many one there be that say of my soul: There is no (Job 14:1-2, BCP) help for him in his God. 1. Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to 3. But thou, O Lord, art my defender: thou art my live, and is full of misery. worship, and the lifter up of my head. 2. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth 4. I did call upon the Lord with my voice: and he heard as it were a shadow, and ne’er continueth in one stay. me out of his holy hill. 5. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again: for the In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek Lord sustained me. for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly 6. I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people: displeased? that have set themselves against me round about. Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy 7. Up, Lord, and help me, O my God: for thou smitest and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter all mine enemies upon the cheekbone; thou hast pains of eternal death. broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: and thy blessing is Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy upon thy people. merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most Joel 2 worthy judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any 15. Blow up the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a pains of death, to fall from thee. solemn assembly: 16. Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble Psalm 60 the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the 1. O God, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad: breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, thou hast also been displeased; O turn thee unto us and the bride out of her closet. again. 17. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep 2. Thou hast moved the land, and divided it: heal the between the porch and the altar, and let sores thereof, for it shaketh. them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine 11. O be thou our help in trouble: for vain is the help of heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over man. them: wherefore should they say among the people, 12. Through God will we do great acts: for it is he that Where is their God? shall tread down our enemies. Psalm 128: Beati omnes (Vulgate) Psalm 79 1. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: and walk in his 5. Lord, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy ways. burn like fire for ever? 2. For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is 8. O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, thee, and happy shalt thou be. and that soon: for we are come to great misery. 3. Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy thine house. Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for 4. Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy thy Name’s sake. table. 14. So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, 5. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth the shall give thee thanks for ever: and will alway be Lord. shewing forth thy praise from one generation to another. Miserere mei 6. An offering of a free heart will I give thee, Have mercy on me, O Jesu, have mercy on me. and praise thy Name, O Lord: because it is so comfortable. Anglican Burial Prayer at the Graveside (BCP) 7. For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble: and Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, Psalm 100: Jubilate Deo thou most worthy judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last 1. O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. 2.
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