A Year in MUSIC 2019-20 “Sometimes, when words fail and silence is inadequate, music opens our hearts and reconnects us to ourselves, to each other, to God.”
Stephan Casurella | Canon Precentor & Director of Music Christ Church Cathedral Welcome to a Year in Music at Christ Church Cathedral
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All programming is subject to change. See the website (cincinnaticathedral.com) for updated information.
3 “Behind each note written by great composers is a story that takes the audience on a musical journey. I am honored to be the vehicle for that experience.”
Jiao Sun | Pianist
SEPTEMBER2019 Music Live@Lunch Tuesdays, 12:10 PM
September 3 James Meade (guitar)
September 10 Sounds of Spain: A mostly Joaquin Rodrigo program
September 17 Steel Away: Steel drum band
September 24 Jenny Hu (Chinese zither)
An Intimate Concert with Piano Recital Ken Stringfellow
Saturday, September 21 | 7:00 PM Wednesday, September 25 | 7:00 PM Jiao Sun performs music by Beethoven, Brahms, Best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and Carl Vine. and the re-formed Big Star, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and Music Live@Lunch No admission charge. producer Ken Stringfellow has a discography of Music Live@Lunch is a free, weekly concert more than 200 albums. series featuring a variety of music on Ticket information: eventbrite.com Tuesdays. Bring your own lunch or buy one Learn more: kenstringfellow.com at the cathedral. When Cincinnati Public Schools close due to inclement weather, Music Live@Lunch will also be cancelled. 5 “. . . the process of compromise achieved from [our] diversity [as] six individual artists can create deeply impactful experiences for [our] audiences …”
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OCTOBER2019 Choral Evensong Indigenous Peoples’ Celebration Sunday, October 6 | 5:00 PM The Fifth Service – Thomas Tomkins Sunday, October 13 | 10:00 AM Praise the Lord, O Ye Servants – Thomas Tomkins Janice Trytten (Native flutes) Southern Drum (Native drum and dance) Let Us Walk Softly on the Earth – Connor J. Koppin Music Live@Lunch Tuesdays, 12:10 PM CCO + VAE: October 1 Slavic Voices: From Folk The Cathedral Concert Miami University Chamber Singers Song to Art Song* Friday, October 18 | 7:30 PM October 8 Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Sunday, October 13 | 4:00 PM Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra join forces The Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band Slavic Voices is an ensemble of local musicians who under the baton of Eckart Preu to present a new promote and present concerts of vocal music from arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on October 15 Eastern Europe and Slavic speaking cultures. a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Fauré’s Requiem, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Martha Folts (harpsichord) No admission charge. Suggested $10 donation. Ticket information: vaecinci.org October 22 Midnight Rose Trio Variant 6 in Recital* Hildegard von Bingen’s October 29 Ordo Virtutum PM The Southbank Quartet Sunday, October 20 | 4:00 Philadelphia-based vocal sextet Variant 6 makes Sunday, October 27 | 4:00 PM its Ohio debut in a performance of Baroque music Collegium Cincinnati presents a sacred drama by for voices, violins, and continuo by Charpentier, twelfth-century nun Hildegard von Bingen whose Barbara Strozzi, and others. mystical texts and mesmerizing chants portray the No admission charge. struggle for a human soul between the Virtues and the Devil. Ticket information: collegiumcincinnati.org 7 “Viva la musica italiana! What a privilege to perform the music I love on the perfect instrument, Christ Church Cathedral’s new Fisk organ.”
Kimberly Marshall | Organist
NOVEMBER2019 Music Live@Lunch Organ Recital: European Tuesdays, 12:10 PM Dances and Follies
November 5 Sunday, November 17 | 4:00 PM University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Kimberly Marshall explores cross-European Music harpsichord students influences during the Renaissance and Baroque period with a program featuring music by November 12 Frescobaldi, Cabezón, Ferrabosco, and Muffat on C. B. Fisk Opus 148 in Centennial Chapel. The Rabbit Hash String Band No admission charge. November 19 Walnut Hills Senior Vocal Ensemble
November 26 The Bromwell Diehl Band All Saints’ Day (Observed)
Sunday, November 3 | 10:00 AM O quam gloriosum – Tomás Luis de Victoria O King All Glorious – Healey Willan
Commemoration of All Faithful Departed (Observed)
Sunday, November 3 | 5:00 PM Mass for Four Voices – William Byrd Justorum animae – William Byrd
9 Music Live@Lunch YPCC Fa’s and La’s Tuesdays, 12:10 PM Saturday, December 14 | 4:00 PM December 3 Young Professionals Choral Collective (YPCC) presents a festive program of holiday music. Doors Ricky Nye (piano), Bekah Williams (voice) open at 3:00 PM for family activities with YPCC’s holiday arts partner. December 10 Ticket information: ypccsing.org Darren Goodman (voice): holiday favorites
December 17 Christ Church Cathedral Choir: Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols A Ceremony of Carols
Handel’s Tuesday, December 17 | 12:10 PM The sopranos and altos of the Christ Church PM Saturday, December 7 | 7:00 Cathedral Choir are joined by harpist Elizabeth Sunday, December 8 | 4:00 PM Motter to present Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony Guest conductor Kent Tritle joins Collegium of Carols. Cincinnati for its annual performance of No admission charge. Handel’s Messiah. Ticket information: collegiumcincinnati.org Lessons and Carols Concert
Saturday, December 21 | 7:00 PM Local singer-songwriters offer readings and Christmas carols in a variety of styles. DECEMBER2019 No admission charge. An Advent Procession with Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols Tuesday, December 24 Sunday, December 1 | 5:00 PM Holy Eucharist | 4:00 PM Let My Prayer Come Up as the Incense – In the Bleak Midwinter – Harold Darke Peter Hallock Softly – Will Todd The Great “O Antiphons” – Mode 2 plainchant and Peter Hallock Carols before the Eucharist | 10:30 PM O virtus sapientiae – Hildegard von Bingen Resonemus laudibus – arr. David Willcocks O Come, Divine Messiah – arr. Howard Helvey Softly – Will Todd A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells I Saw Three Ships – arr. Andrew Carter Canite tuba – Francisco Guerrero Sussex Carol – arr. David Willcocks Infinite Light – arr. Paul Halley The Infant King – arr. David Willcocks Dominus dabit benignitatem – James MacMillan I Wonder as I Wander – arr. John Rutter A Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten Festal Eucharist | 11:00 PM Missa super “Dixit Maria” – Hans Leo Hassler A Festival of Nine Lessons What Sweeter Music – John Rutter and Carols O magnum mysterium – Tomás Luis de Victoria Sunday, December 22 Pre-Service Music | 4:30 PM Lessons and Carols | 5:00 PM Christmas Day Resonemus laudibus – arr. David Willcocks Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Elizabeth Poston Wednesday, December 25 | 10:00 AM I Wonder as I Wander – arr. John Rutter The Angel’s Message – Peter Pindar Stearns O Come, Divine Messiah – Howard Helvey I Saw Three Ships – arr. Andrew Carter A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells A Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten The Infant King – arr. David Willcocks Sussex Carol – arr. David Willcocks Here Is the Little Door – Herbert Howells In the Bleak Midwinter – Harold Darke
11 “The Boar’s Head Festival has been my Christ Church passion for the last 55 years, 40 of them as the director. It is truly in my DNA.” Robert Beiring | Director Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival
JANUARY2020 Music Live@Lunch An Epiphany Procession Tuesdays, 12:10 PM Sunday, January 12 January 7 Pre-Service Music | 4:30 PM PM Michael Chertock (piano) An Epiphany Procession | 5:00 Magi veniunt ab oriente – Clemens non Papa The Magi’s Dream – James Whitbourn January 14 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day – The Faux Frenchmen Richard Shephard Set Me as a Seal – René Clausen Cana’s Guest – Richard Allain January 21 Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life – Jill Jantzen (piano), Rebecca Culnan (violin) Philip Tomblings Tribus miraculis – Luca Marenzio January 28 Cincinnati Recorder Consort
The 80th Annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival
Saturday, January 4 | 5:00 PM Sunday, January 5 | 2:30 & 5:00 PM The annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival is a beloved Cincinnati tradition. Ticket information: 513.621.BOAR (2627) or boarsheadfestival.com
13 Collegium Cincinnati Collegium Cincinnati, the cathedral’s ensemble-in-residence, is a vibrant organization that serves the Greater Cincinnati region. From the Passions of Bach to world premieres, Collegium presents events that surprise, move, and captivate audiences. More information: collegiumcincinnati.org. Collegium Cincinnati receives generous support from ArtsWave, the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and Christ Church Cathedral’s Ensign Harry J. Coombe Fund and Friends of Music Fund.
FEBRUARY2020 Music Live@Lunch “Shrove Sunday” Tuesdays, 12:10 PM Jazz Mass
February 4 Sunday, February 23 | 10:00 AM University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Nidaros Jazz Mass – Bob Chilcott Music organ students Jazz Alleluia – Craig Curry
February 11 Moyen Age
February 18 Les Fleur de Lys
February 25 Organ Recital* Lagniappe Sunday, February 9 | 4:00 PM Roberta Gary performs music from seventeenth- century England, Italy, the Netherlands, and Choral Evensong Germany on C. B. Fisk Opus 148 in Centennial Chapel. Sunday, February 2 | 5:00 PM The Cathedral Choir and the Parish Choir of St. Thomas No admission charge. An Evening with The (Terrace Park) Turtledoves O Gracious Light – Howard Helvey Canticles in D Minor – Thomas Attwood Walmisley Saturday, February 29 | 7:00 PM O nata lux (Morten Lauridsen) On the Voice Local husband and wife duo Ashley and Alex McGrath explore the balance between lo-fi Sunday, February 16 | 4:00 PM electronics and acoustic instruments to create Vocalists of Collegium Cincinnati perform arias harmonically rich soundscapes. and art songs with pianist Marie-France Lefebvre. No admission charge. Ticket information: collegiumcincinnati.org Learn more: turtledoves.bandcamp.com
15 “ … a pleasure singing such challenging, gratifying and gorgeous music.” Cathedral Chorister
MARCH2020 About Our Choirs The Cathedral Choir is an ensemble of Music Live@Lunch auditioned volunteer and professional choristers who sing throughout the year. Tuesdays, 12:10 PM Auditions are held each summer. March 3 High School Choral Scholars are high Ben Flanders (baritone) & Lauren McAllister school students who apprentice with the (mezzo-soprano): A song cycle by Kile Smith Christ Church Cathedral Choir.
Christ Church Singers is a non-auditioned March 10 ensemble singing several times a year. Wei-Shuan Yu (cello & viola da gamba)
Cathedral Choir of Children and Youth March 17 (CCCY) is a citywide program open to children Danielle Hundley (flute) grades two and up that fosters a lifelong appreciation of sacred music. Learn more: cincinnaticathedral.com/choirs March 24 Clark and Jones Trio
March 31 Alan Rafferty, Sarah Kim (cello)
Choral Evensong Sunday, March 1 | 5:00 PM Short Evening Service (in the Dorian Mode) – Thomas Tallis Peccantem me quotidie – Orlando di Lasso
17 Music Live@Lunch Tuesdays, 12:10 PM April 7 Music for Holy Week
April 14 Boutique
April 21 Wild Carrot
April 28 Della Enns (piano)
Monteverdi Vespers Mozart’s Mass in C Minor Sunday, April 19 | 4:00 PM Sunday, April 5 | 4:00 PM The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Chamber Choir and Concert Artistic director Christopher Eanes conducts Orchestra are joined by The Dark Horse Consort Collegium Cincinnati in Mozart’s monumental and other guest artists under the baton of Earl mass scored for double chorus and orchestra. Rivers to perform Monteverdi’s large-scale Vespers Ticket information: collegiumcincinnati.org of 1610. The performance features rarely heard Baroque instruments such as cornetti, sackbuts, and plucked/bowed continuo instruments. Ticket information: 513.556.4183 or ccm.uc.edu/ Music for Holy Week boxoffice Tuesday, April 7 | 12:10 PM Cathedral musicians perform vocal and APRIL2020 instrumental music for Holy Week. Sunday of the Passion: The Great Vigil of Easter Palm Sunday Saturday, April 11 | 8:12 PM (sunset) Sunday, April 5 | 10:00 AM Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem – Charles Villiers Stanford Hosanna filio David – Tomás Luis de Victoria Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One – Healey Willan O Saviour of the World – John Goss Were You There? – arr. Bob Chilcott Easter Day Maundy Thursday Sunday, April 12 | 10:00 AM Thursday, April 9 | 7:00 PM Communion Service in C Major – Charles Villiers Stanford The Mandatum – Robert Lehman Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Anthem – A New Commandment – Thomas Tallis Howard Helvey Ubi caritas – Ola Gjeilo Now the Green Blade Riseth – arr. Simon Lindley Tantum ergo – Malcolm Archer
Good Friday Friday, April 10 Good Friday Liturgy | 12:00 PM The Passion According to John – David Price Salvator mundi I – Thomas Tallis Vere languores nostros – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Choral Evensong | 7:00 PM Magnificat & Nunc dimittis – Caleb Burhans There Is a Green Hill Far Away – Philip Stopford
19 An Evening of Wellness through Music Saturday, May 30 | 8:00 PM Global Music & Wellness, Yamaha Music & Wellness Institute, and Christ Church Cathedral present pianist Mike Garson and violinist Drew Tretick in a benefit concert. Proceeds will provide active music-making for children, at- risk youth, older adults, refugees, and individuals recovering from mental illness in our community. Hors d’oeuvres and silent auction preceding the concert at 6:30 PM. MAY2020 Ticket information: cincinnaticathedral.com/performances Music Live@Lunch Ascension Day Tuesdays, 12:10 PM Thursday, May 21 | 7:00 PM May 5 God Is Gone Up – Gerald Finzi All People Clap Your Hands – Thomas Weelkes Red Cedars
May 12 Consort in the Egg The Day of Pentecost May 19 Sunday, May 31 | 10:00 AM Ron Esposito (Tibetan bowls) O Glorious Spirit – Walter Kendall Stanton Listen Sweet Dove – Grayston Ives May 26 The Brussels Sprouts
Organ Recital Choral Evensong Sunday, May 17 | 4:00 PM Sunday, May 3 | 5:00 PM Cathedral organists Stephan Casurella and Canticles in E-flat (No. 1) – Charles Wood Shiloh Roby perform a diverse program on The Lord Is My Shepherd – Charles Villiers C. B. Fisk Opus 148 in Centennial Chapel. Stanford No admission charge.
21 “There is such joy in the act of singing together. No matter your background or your skill level, SummerSing is the time that we all come together and build a more connected community through the act of making music with each other.” Christopher Eanes | Artistic Director Colleigum Cincinnati
JUNE/JULY2020 Summer Music Camp Cathedral Music Staff Monday, June 22 – Friday, June 26 Stephan Casurella, Canon Precentor & Director of Music Children ages 8 to 14 sing, play instruments, create Shiloh Roby, Associate Director of Music art, and explore faith. Christopher Wheeler, Associate Musician for Learn more: cincinnaticathedral.com/camps Children and Youth Stella O’Neill, Organ Scholar Music Committee The Very Rev. Gail E. Greenwell, Dean SummerSing 2020 Harold Byers, Chair Dan Lakamp, Vestry Liaison July 16-25 Drew Abbott Collegium Cincinnati invites singers of all ages and Cecile Allyn abilities to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday by Merrilee Atkins performing his Mass in C. Robert Beiring Dawn Bruestle Registration information: collegiumcincinnati.org Janet Hauck Isaiah Hyman, Jr. Kim Taylor Michael Unger Collegium Cincinnati Ensemble-in-Residence Christopher Eanes, Artistic Director Manami White, Associate Director
Photo Credits The photographs throughout this brochure are primarily courtesy of the performers, as well as cathedral members David Thomson and C.K. Wang. The choir photo on page 2 is by Lindsay Tatman; the Ken Stringfellow photo on page 5 is by Olli Tumelius; the Kent Tritle photo on page 10 is by Brian Hatton; the stained glass photo on page 11 is by Xavier Chiffelle.
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