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THE CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HELEN D. SCHUBERT CONCERT SERIES 2010-2011 THE CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST 1007 SUPERIOR AVE (AT E 9TH ST), CLEVELAND OHIO 44114 HELEN D. SCHUBERT CONCERT SERIES - CLEVELAND OHIO Free admission; Free secure parking: Cathedral Garage on Rockwell Ave at E 9th. http://saintjohncathedral.com/Concerts Lobet den Herrn: German Music for Quire October 13 – Wednesday @ 7:30 pm University of Akron Brass with Organ (Akron OH) Tucker Jolly, director; Barbara MacGregor, organ Antiphonal Brass & Organ music, for double, triple and quadruple brass ensembles. November 3 – Wednesday @ 7:00 pm Cleveland Diocesan Gospel Choir (Cleveland OH) David Williams, Director; Tremell Yarbrough, Conductor Works by: Luboff, Freeman, Dickenson, Johnson, Robertson, Bradley, Watkins, Pace, Farris, Hilton, Hawkins November 14 – Sunday @ 3:00 pm Brian Wilson, organist Director of Music, St Vincent DePaul, Elyria Works by: Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Howells, Langlais, Widor December 3 – Friday @ 7:30 pm Daughters of St Paul Choir (Boston MA) Sr. Bridget Charles Ellis FSP, Director A King is Born: Christmas with the Daughters of St Paul February 6 – Sunday @ 3:00 pm Mignarda (Spencer NY) Donna Stewart, mezzo; Ron Andrico, lute Harmonia Caelestis: 16th century Spanish motets for voice and lute Quire Cleveland March 4 – Friday @ 7:30 pm Ross Duffin, artistic director Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus (Cleveland OH) Scott Metcalfe, guest conductor Baldwin Wallace Men’s Chorus (Berea OH) Frank Bianchi, Director Wednesday, 13 April 2011 April 13 – Wednesday @ 7:30 pm 7:30 p.m. Quire Cleveland (Cleveland OH) Artistic Director: Dr Ross Duffin; Guest Conductor: Scott Metcalfe Lobet den Herrn: German Music for Quire The Cathedral of St John the Evangelist http://quirecleveland.org Most Reverend Richard G. Lennon, Bishop of Cleveland May 12 & 13 – Thursday & Friday @ 8:00 pm Reverend Theodore Marszal, Pastor JUBILATION! Stuart Church Choir Festival (Northeast Ohio) Mr Gregory Heislman, Director of Music The annual WCLV Church Choir Festival, open to all church choirs in Northeast Ohio. Information on the WCLV website: http://www.wclv.com/page.php?pageID=868 Quire Cleveland Choral: Chorale: Preis, Ehr und Lob dem Höchsten Gott, Glory, honor and praise to the Most High God, Quire Cleveland is a professional choral ensemble, founded in 2008, to perform the glorious choral dem Vater aller Gnaden, der uns aus Lieb gegeben hat the Father of all grace, who has given us his son masterpieces of the late Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras, and beyond. Members of the sein Sohn für unsern Schaden, out of love for our woe, ensemble are soloists and choral leaders at many of the major churches in greater Cleveland. Under the den Tröster, heiligen Geist, the Comforter, Holy Spirit, artistic direction of Dr Ross Duffin, Quire Cleveland brings to northern Ohio a new professional von Sünd er uns reißt, zum Reich er uns heißt, from sin he draws us, to the kingdom he calls us, ensemble of unaccompanied voices. den Weg zum Himmel weist, pointing the way to heaven, der hilft uns fröhlich. Amen. he joyfully helps us. Amen. Artistic Director Ross W. Duffin was born in London, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Choir 2: Choir 2: Halt, was du hast, daß niemand deine Krone Wait, take stock, that no man take thy crown, and be Ontario. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from Stanford University where he specialized in nehme, und sei getreu bis in den Tod, faithful unto death, thus wilt thou inherit a glorious the performance practice of early music. He came to Case Western Reserve in 1978 to direct the so wirst du empfahen ein herrliches Reich und eine kingdom and a beautiful crown from the hand of the nationally recognized historical performance program. Duffin has made a name for himself as a scholar schöne Krone von der Hand des Herren. Lord. in a wide range of repertoires, publishing articles on music from the 13th to the 18th centuries. His Drum sei getreu bis in den Tod. So be faithful unto death. edition of DuFay chansons won the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society Choir 1 (Choral): Choir 1 (Chorale): for work of benefit to both scholars and performers, and his edition of Josquin motets was published in Jesu, meine Freude, meines Herzens Weide, Jesus, my joy, my heart's pasture, 1998 by Oxford University Press. Jesu, meine Zier, Jesus, my adornment, ach, wie lang, ach lange ist dem Herzen bange und ah, how long is the heart filled with anxiety and Members of Quire Cleveland are soloists and choral leaders at many of the major churches in greater verlangt nach dir. longing for you. Cleveland, including Church of the Covenant, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Cathedral of St. John, Gottes Lamm, mein Bräutigam, Lamb of God, my bridegroom, and Trinity Cathedral, among others. They have sung together in historically-informed ensembles, such außer dir soll mir auf Erden nothing else on earth as the Case Western Reserve University Early Music Singers and Apollo’s Singers of Apollo’s Fire: The nichts sonst lieber werden. could be better for me than you. Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. Collectively, they represent nearly 500 years of choral singing, which Weg mit allen Schätzen! Away with all treasures! makes it appropriate that they perform in concert five centuries of a cappella repertoire. Founding Du bist mein Ergötzen, Jesu, meine Lust. You are my delight, Jesus, my joy. Artistic Director Ross W. Duffin chooses programs that are appealing and accessible, showcasing the Weg, ihr eitlen Ehren! Ich mag euch nicht hören, bleibt Away, you vain glory! I do not hear you, timeless beauty of the music and the glorious choral sound. mir unbewußt! I remain unconscious! Elend, Not, Kreuz, Schmach und Tod Misery, distress, affliction, disgrace and death will be soll mich, wenn ich schon muß leiden, mine if I already have to suffer, Under the direction of guest conductor Scott Metcalfe, Quire Cleveland returns to the Cathedral of St. nicht von Jesu scheiden. not separate from Jesus. John, site of our celebrated début concert. In this program, Quire explores the rich heritage of German choral music, from sacred songs and polyphony by Renaissance masters, to thrilling baroque works by Both Choirs: Both Choirs: Schütz, Pachelbel, and Bach. Gute Nacht, o Wesen, das die Welt erlesen, Good night, o being, chosen by the world, mir gefällst du nicht, you do not please me, Gute Nacht, ihr Sünden, bleibet weit dahinten, kommt good night, you sins, get you behind me, come no nicht mehr ans Licht! more to light! Gute Nacht, du stolze Pracht! Dir sei ganz, Good night, proud beauty! To you, o life of iniquity, o Lasterleben, gute Nacht gegeben. be complete good night. Fürchte dich nicht, denn ich hab’ dich erlöst,_ich hab’ Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee dich bei deinem Namen gerufen, _du bist by name, thou art mine. Verily I say unto thee, today mein._Wahrlich, ich sage dir:_Heute wirst du mit mir thou shalt be with me in paradise, thou art mine. im Paradies sein, du bist mein. Sopranos: Sopranos: O Jesu du, mein Hilf und Ruh,_ich bitte dich mit O Jesus, thou, my help and peace, I ask thee with Tränen:_Hilf, dass ich mich bis ins Grab nach dir möge tears: Help me, that unto death I may yearn for thee. sehnen. Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden; preiset ihn, alle Völker! O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye Denn seine Gnade und Wahrheit waltet über uns in people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: Ewigkeit. Halleluja! (Psalm 117) and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Alleluia. Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Freuden ernten. Sie They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth Personnel gehen hin und weinen und tragen edlen Samen und forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall kommen mit Freuden und bringen ihre Garben. doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his Scott Metcalfe is a violinist and conductor whose career has taken him all Psalm 126: 5-6 sheaves [with him]. over North America and Europe. He is the music director of Blue Heron, a Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, Now come, Savior of the world,_ vocal ensemble based in Boston which specializes in music between 1400 der Jungfrauen Kind erkannt, recognized as the child of the Virgin,_ and 1600 and has been acclaimed by the Boston Globe as “one of the daß sich wunder alle Welt, so that all the world is amazed_ Boston music community’s indispensables.” Blue Heron presents a series Gott solch Geburt ihm bestellt. God ordained such a birth for him. of concerts at its home base in Cambridge, Massachusetts, performs 1 Ach, Herr, strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn und 1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither regularly throughout New England and in New York City, and has released züchtige mich nicht in deinem Grimm! chasten me in thy hot displeasure. two CDs, both of which have been greeted with critical praise in North 2 Herr, sei mir gnädig, denn ich bin schwach; heile 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O America and Europe. J. F. Weber, writing for Fanfare, hailed their 2007 mich, Herr, denn meine Gebeine sind erschrocken, Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. recording of Du Fay as “a revelation” and the recently-issued disc of 16th- 3 und meine Seele ist sehr erschrocken. Ach, du Herr, 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how century English music as “splendid” and “remarkable.” wie lange! long? 4 Wende dich, Herr, und errette meine Seele; hilf mir 4 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for Metcalfe has guest directed Emmanuel Music (Boston), Monadnock Music um deiner Güte willen! thy mercies’ sake.
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