presents

Westminster Cathedral Choir

London,

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 7:30 PM

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Westminster Cathedral Choir, London Martin Baker, Master of Music Peter Stevens, organ (Please withhold applause until the completion of each half of the program) Program

Ingrediente Domino George Malcolm 1917-1997 Ingrediente Domino in sanctam civitatem, As the Lord was entering the holy city, Hebræorum pueri the children of the Hebrews, resurrectionem vitæ pronuntiantes, cum ramis palmarum, proclaiming the resurrection of life and carrying palm hosanna, clamabant, in excelsis. branches, cried: Hosanna in the highest! Cumque audisset populus, quod Iesus veniret Ierosolymam, When the people heard that Jesus was entering exierunt obviam ei, cum ramis palmarum. Jerusalem, they went to meet him carrying palm branches.

Eram quasi Agnus Tomás Luis de Victoria 1548-1611 Eram quasi agnus innocens: I was like an innocent lamb; ductus sum ad immolandum, et nesciebam: I was led to be sacrificed and I knew it not: consilium fecerunt inimici mei adversum me, dicentes: my enemies conspired against me, saying: venite, mittamus lignum in panem eius come, let us put wood into his bread, et eradamus eum de terra viventium. and root him out of the land of the living. Omnes inimici mei adversum me cogitabant mala mihi: All my enemies contrived mischief against me, verbum iniquum mandaverunt adversum me, dicentes: they uttered evil speech against me, saying: venite, mittamus lignum in panem eius come, let us put wood into his bread, et eradamus eum de terra viventium. and root him out of the land of the living.

Iesum tradidit impius James MacMillan b. 1959 Iesum tradidit impius summis principibus sacerdotum, et An impious man betrayed Jesus to the chief priests and senioribus populi: Petrus autem sequebatur eum a longe, elders of the people: but Peter followed him from afar to ut videret finem. Adduxerunt autem eum ad Caipham see the end. And they led him to Caiaphas, the high-priest, principem sacerdotum, ubi scribæ et pharisæi convenerant. where the scribes and Pharisees had met together. Petrus autem sequebatur eum a longe, ut videret finem. But Peter followed him from afar to see the end.

Recessit pastor noster Tomás Luis de Victoria Recessit pastor noster, fons aquæ vivæ, Our shepherd, the source of living water, has departed. ad cuius transitum sol obscuratus est: At his passing the sun was darkened, Nam et ille captus est, for he who held the first man qui captivum tenebat primum hominem: captive is now taken captive himself. hodie portas mortis et seras pariter Today our Saviour has shattered the Salvator noster disrupit. bars and burst the gates of death. Destruxit quidem claustra inferni, He has torn down the barricades of hell et subvertit potentias diaboli. and overthrown the power of Satan.

Westminster Cathedral Choir is represented in the U.S.A. by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. www.concertorganists.com PLEASE TURN OFF ALARMS, PAGERS, AND CELL PHONES. NO PHOTOGRAPHY, AUDIO OR VIDEO TAPING PERMITTED. Program subject to change. O vos omnes Pablo Casals 1876-1973 O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam, attendite, et videte: O all you people who pass by, behold and see si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus. whether there is any sorrow like my sorrow. Attendite universi populi et videte dolorem meum. All peoples, behold and see my sorrow.

Christus vincit James MacMillan Christus vincit, Christ conquers, Christus regnat, Christ is King, Christus imperat. Christ is Lord of all. Alleluia. Alleluia!

Victimæ paschali arr. Andrew Reid [The lines in brackets are played on the Organ] b. 1971 Victimæ paschali laudes immolent Christiani. Christians, to the Paschal victim offer a sacrifice of praise. The Agnus redemit oves: Lamb has ransomed his sheep; Christus innocens Patri reconciliavit peccatores. the innocent Christ has reconciled sinners with the Father. [Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando: [Death and life confronted each other in a prodigious battle; dux vitæ mortuus, regnat vivus.] the Prince of life who died, now lives and reigns.] Dic nobis, Maria, quid vidisti in via? ‘Tell us, Mary: say what you saw on the way.’ [Sepulchrum Christi viventis: [‘The tomb the Living did enclose; et gloriam vidi resurgentis.] I saw Christ’s glory as he rose!] Angelicos testes, The angels there attesting, sudarium et vestes. shroud with grave-clothes resting. [Surrexit Christus spes mea: [Christ, my hope, has risen: præcedet suos in Galileam.] he goes before you into Galilee.’] Scimus Christum surrexisse a mortuis vere: We know that Christ is truly risen from the dead; tu nobis victor Rex, miserere. O victorious King, have mercy on us.

Dic nobis Maria Giovanni Bassano 1558-1617 Dic nobis, Maria, quid vidisti in via? Tell us, Mary: say what you saw on the way. Sepulchrum Christi viventis, The tomb the Living did enclose; et gloriam vidi resurgentis, I saw Christ’s glory as he rose! angelicos testes, The angels there attesting, sudarium et vestes. shroud with grave-clothes resting. Surrexit Christus spes mea, Christ, my hope, has risen: Our shepherd, the source of living water, has departed. præcedet vos in Galileam, alleluia. he goes before you into Galilee, alleluia. At his passing the sun was darkened, for he who held the first man captive is now taken captive himself. INTERMISSION Today our Saviour has shattered the bars and burst the gates of death. Ave virgo sanctissima Francisco Guerrero He has torn down the barricades of hell 1528-1599 and overthrown the power of Satan. Ave Virgo sanctissima, Hail, holy Virgin, Dei Mater piissima, maris stella clarissima. most blessed Mother of God, bright star of the sea. Hail, Salve, semper gloriosa, margarita pretiosa, sicut lilium ever glorious, precious pearl, beautiful as the lily, excelling formosa, nitens, olens velut rosa. and giving perfume like the rose. Vidi speciosam Tomás Luis de Victoria Vidi speciosam sicut columbam, I saw her, beautiful as a dove, ascendentem desuper rivos aquarum, ascending above the streams of water. cuius inæstimabilis odor Her garments were fragrant erat nimis in vestimentis eius. with her priceless scent. Et sicut dies verni As in spring days, circumdabant eam flores she was surrounded with flowers rosarum et lilia convallium. of roses and lily of the valley. Quæ est ista, Who is she quæ ascendit per desertum who goes up through the desert sicut virgula fumi like a shaft of scented smoke ex aromatibus myrrhæ et thuris? from the burning of myrrh and incense?

Ave verum corpus Colin Mawby b. 1936 Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine: Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary; vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine: which truly suffered, offered on a cross for mankind; cuius latus perforatum, fluxit aqua et sanguine; whose pierced side flowed with water and with blood: Esto nobis prægustatum mortis in examine. be for us a foretaste in the trial of death. O Jesu dulcis! O Jesu pie! O Jesu Fili Mariæ. O sweet, gracious Jesus, son of Mary.

Great is the Lord Edward Elgar 1857-1934 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness; beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge. For, lo! the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together; they saw, then were they amazed; they were dismayed, they hasted away; trembling took hold of them there, pain as of a woman in travail, as with the east wind that breaketh the ships of Tarshish. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever, for ever. We have thought on thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. As is thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth; thy right hand is full of righteousness: we have thought on thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. Let mount Sion be glad, let the daughters of Judah rejoice. Let mount Sion be glad, because of thy judgements; walk about Sion and go round about her, tell the towers thereof, mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation following. For this God is our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide even unto death: for this God is our God. Amen.

PHOTO BY SIMON TOTTMAN Westminster Cathedral Choir, October 2011 U.S. Tour personnel

CHORISTERS GENTLEMAN Trebles Counter-Tenor Alexander Hopkins - Head Chorister David Allsopp Arthur Campbell - Deputy Head Chorister Stephen Burrows Henry Kirk Tenor Thomas Dean Jonathan Bungard Louis Hockton Nicholas Keay Benedict McGonigal David Knight Louis de Satgé John McMunn Benedict Turner-Berry Bass Benjamin Wootton Michael Bundy Peter Costello William Gaunt Nicolas Garcia-Peguinho Stephen Kennedy Lennie McShane Reuben Thomas Corran Stewart Geore Wignall Alto STAFF Thomas Auger Matron, Anne Conway Thomas Picceri Headmaster, Neil McLaughlan James Harding Housemaster, Robert O’Brien Liam Gray Music Administrator, Aoife Daly Tour Manager, John McElliott

PHOTO BY SIMON TOTTMAN Westminster Cathedral Choir, London Biography Westminster Cathedral Choir is acclaimed as one of the world’s great choirs. Since its foundation in 1903 it has occupied a unique and enviable position at the forefront of English church music, not least because of the ground-breaking work of its first Master of Music, Richard Terry, who revived the great works of the English and continental Renaissance composers. The choir’s fame grew under Terry as it presented this forgotten music, revolutionizing attitudes to the repertoire. Innovation continued under George Malcolm who pioneered the development of the choir’s sound along continental lines, resulting in a choir that was truly revolutionary in both what and how it sang. The choir continues these traditions under its present Master of Music, Martin Baker, and it remains the only Catholic Cathedral choir in the world to sing daily Mass and Vespers. More recent holders of the post have included Colin Mawby, Stephen Cleobury, David Hill and James O’Donnell.

The choir’s reputation is ever-expanding and it continues to reach new audiences through its series of acclaimed recordings on the Hyperion label, the two most recent being the Palestrina Lamentations and a sequence of music from Advent to Epiphany featuring music written specially for the choir. In 1998 the choir was awarded the Gramophone Awards for “Best Choral Recording of the Year” and “Record of the Year” for the performance of Frank Martin’s Messe and Pizzetti’s Requiem.

The choir has a history of commissioning and performing new music, famous examples being Britten’sMissa brevis for boys’ voices, the Mass in G minor by Vaughan Williams and compositions by Wood, Holst and Howells. Within the last decade the choir has commissioned new Masses from James MacMillan, Peter Maxwell Davies, Judith Bingham, John Tavener, Matthew Martin and Stephen Hough, all of which were first performed in the context of the regular liturgies at Westminster Cathedral.

Westminster Cathedral Choir features frequently on radio and television. When its busy liturgical schedule permits it takes its music further afield. In addition to regular concerts around the UK, recent tours have included Hungary, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Italy and the USA.

Martin Baker, Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral

Born in in 1967, Martin Baker studied at the Royal Northern College of Music Junior School, Chetham’s School of Music and Downing College, Cambridge, then held positions at London’s Westminster and St Paul’s Cathedrals before being appointed to at the age of 24. During his eight years at the Abbey, initially as Sub-Organist and subsequently as Acting Organist and Master of the Choristers, his performances on broadcasts and recordings with the Abbey Choir received wide critical acclaim.

Martin Baker is recognized as a dynamic choral conductor. Since his appointment to Westminster Cathedral as Master of Music in 2000, the choir has maintained its high profile both in the Roman Catholic Church and in the musical world in general. He has commissioned and directed the choir in the premieres of a number of new choral masses, including works by composers such as James MacMillan, Peter Maxwell Davies, Judith Bingham and John Tavener. The choir has continued its series of acclaimed recordings on the Hyperion label, the most recent releases being recordings of the service of Vespers of the Nativity, the Palestrina Lamentations and a sequence of music from Advent to Epiphany featuring music written specially for the choir. Forthcoming releases include two Palestrina Masses, Missa Te Deum laudamus and Missa Tu es Petrus. Under his direction the choir has given concerts regularly in the UK, participating in many prestigious festivals such as South Bank’s Messiaen and Maxwell Davies celebrations, and toured in the USA, Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Norway and Italy. In 2005 Martin Baker was invited to address the Congregation for Divine Worship at the Vatican on the Liturgical Role of the Choir. In 2006 he founded the Conference of Catholic Directors of Music, an association which brings together the leading catholic cathedral and church musicians in the UK and Ireland, and which aims to promote and foster quality of music in Roman Catholic worship. In November 2009 he attended a meeting of Pope Benedict and a select group of artists from all over the world in the Sistine Chapel, to mark the tenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s Letter to Artists.

As an organist, Martin Baker is much in demand all over the world. Performing regularly in the UK, he has recently given concerts in France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, the USA, and Russia. The winner of the St Alban’s Improvisation competition in 1997, improvisation features regularly in his recital programs. Peter Stevens, Assistant Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral

Peter Stevens was born in Bury, Lancashire, in 1987. He spent his sixth form years at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, where in his final year he also held the Junior Organ Scholarship at Manchester Cathedral. On leaving school, he spent a year as at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where he played for services at which members of the Royal Family were present, including the service to mark HM The Queen’s 80th birthday.

Peter spent four years as Organ Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, accompanying the famous Chapel Choir in their daily services, broadcasts and recordings, as well as studying for BA and MusB degrees. He played three times for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast live on Christmas Eve to a worldwide audience of millions. After graduating, Peter moved to Westminster Cathedral as Organ Scholar, before being appointed Assistant Master of Music in January 2011. In addition to working with the Cathedral Choir, he organises and gives many of the Cathedral’s organ recitals. Since summer 2010, Peter has been Organist of the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy. His organ teachers have included Thomas Trotter, Colin Walsh and David Briggs.

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