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Concert for Peace Celebrating the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr Monday Evening, January 18, 2010, at 7:30 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director Presents Concert for Peace Celebrating the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International Distinguished Concerts Singers International JONATHAN GRIFFITH, DCINY Principal Conductor KARL JENKINS Requiem (55:00) Accompanied by the film “Requiem” ERIKA GRACE POWELL, Soprano CHERRY DUKE, Mezzo-Soprano GERAINT LLYR OWEN, Treble JAMES NYORAKU SCHLEFER, Shakuhachi 1. Introit 2. Dies Irae 3. The Snow of Yesterday 4. Rex Tremendae 5. Confutatis 6. From Deep in My Heart 7. Lacrimosa 8. Now As a Spirit 9. Pie Jesu 10. Having Seen the Moon 11. Lux Aeterna 12. Farewell 13. In Paradisum Intermission Please hold your applause until the end of the last movement. Avery Fisher Hall Please make certain your cellular phone, pager, or watch alarm is switched off. Lincoln Center KARL JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace (63:00) Accompanied by the film “The Armed Man” ERIKA GRACE POWELL, Soprano CHERRY DUKE, Mezzo-Soprano ADAM RUSSELL, Tenor MARK WATSON, Bass-Baritone IMAM SHAMSI ALI, Muazzin 1. The Armed Man 2. A Call to Prayer 3. Kyrie 4. Save Me from Bloody Men 5. Sanctus 6. Hymn Before Action 7. Charge! 8. Angry Flames 9. Torches 10. Agnus Dei 11. Now the Guns Have Stopped 12. Benedictus 13. Better is Peace Please hold your applause until the end of the last movement. Notes on the Program Requiem of the haiku movements—“Having Seen KARL JENKINS the Moon” and “Farewell”—which incorpo - Born: February 17, 1944, Neath, Wales, UK rate the Benedictus and the Agnus Dei Accompanied by the film “Requiem” produced and respectively. Both are intoned by male edited by Hefin Owen voices in a monastic style as a counterpoint A Requiem is a mass for the souls of the to the Japanese text sung by females. dead. In general, I have set the usual Latin The instrumentation of these haiku settings movements but, in keeping with my usual includes the ancient Japanese wind instru - trait of drawing from other cultures, I have ment, the shakuhachi. Elsewhere, as usual, also set five Japanese haiku “death” l have used some ethnic drums, e.g., Arabic poems. Such poems are usually about darabuca, Japanese daiko, frame drums, nature, have a single idea, and consist of 17 and even a hip-hop rhythm in the Dies lrae! syllables divided 5-7-5 over three lines. As one can see from the text, the Japanese The work is dedicated to my late father, a view nature’s water cycle (precipitation) as musician and an inspiration. being synonymous with life. I have com - —Note by Karl Jenkins bined the Western and Eastern texts in two Text of Requiem 1. Introit Requiem aeternam dona eis, Grant them eternal rest, O Lord. Domine, Et lux perpetua luceat eis. And may light eternal shine upon them. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion. It is fitting that a hymn should be raised Et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Unto Thee in Sion. Exaudi orationem meam. And a vow paid to Thee in Jerusalem: Ad te omnis caro veniet. Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, Unto Thee all flesh shall come at last. Lincoln Center 2. Dies lrae Dies irae, Dies illa, This day, this day of wrath, Solvet saeclum in favilla, Shall consume the world in ashes, Teste David cum Sibylla. As foretold by David and the Sibyl. Quantus tremor est futurus What trembling there shall be Quando judex est venturus When the judge shall come Cuncta stricte discussurus! To weigh everything strictly! Tuba mirum spargens sonum The trumpet, scattering its awful sound Per sepulchra regionum Across the graves of all lands Coget omnes ante thronum. Summons all before the throne. Mors stupebit et natura, Death and nature shall be stunned, Cum resurget creatura When mankind arises Judicanti responsura. To render account before the Judge. Liber scriptus proferetur The written book shall be brought In quo totum continetur In which all is contained Unde mundus judicetur. Whereby the world shall be judged. Judex ergo cum sedebit, When the judge takes his seat Quidquid latet apparebit: All that is hidden shall appear: Nil inultum remanebit. Nothing will remain unavenged. Quid sum miser tunc dicturus, What shall I, a wretch, say then. Quem patronum rogaturus, To which protector shall I appeal, Cum vix justus sit secures? When even the just man is barely safe? 3. The Snow of Yesterday (haiku by Gozan) Hana to mishi The snow of yesterday Yuki wa kinouzo that fell like cherry blossoms Moto no mizu. is water once again. 4. Rex Tremendae Rex tremendae majestatis. King of awful majesty. Qui salvandos salvas gratis. Who freely saves those worthy of salvation. Salva me, fons pietatis! Save me, fount of pity! 5. Confutatis Confutatis maledictus When the damned are cast away Flammis acribus addictis, And consigned to the searing flames, Voca me cum benedictis. Call me to be with the blessed. Oro supplex et acclinis. Bowed down in supplication I be to Thee. Cor contritum quasi cinis: My heart as though ground to ashes: Gere curam mei finis. Help me in my last hour. 6. From Deep in My Heart (haiku by Issho) Kokoro kara From deep in my heart Yuki utsukushi ya How beautiful are Nishi no kumo. the snow clouds in the west. Lincoln Center 7. Lacrimosa Lacrimosa dies illa. On this day full of tears Qua resurget ex favilla When from the ashes arises Judicandus homo reus Guilty man to be judged: Huic ergo parce. Deus. O Lord, have mercy upon him! Pie Jesu Domine Gentle Lord Jesus. Dona eis requiem Grant them rest Amen. Amen. 8. Now As A Spirit (haiku by Hokusai) Hitodama de Now as a spirit Yukuki sanjiya I shall roam Natsu no hara. the summer fields. 9. Pie Jesu Pie Jesu Domine. Blessed Lord Jesus. Dona eis requiem. Grant them rest. Sempiternam requiem. Rest everlasting. 10. Having Seen the Moon (haiku by Kaga-no-Chiyo) Tsuki mo mite Having seen the moon Ware wa konoyowo even I take leave of this life Kashiku kana. with a blessing. Benedictus Blessed is he Qui venit in nomine Domini. Who cometh in the name of the Lord. Osanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest. 11. Lux Aeterna Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine. Let eternal light shine on them, O Lord: Cum sanctis tuis in aeternam, quia pius es. With thy saints forever, for Thou art merciful. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord. Et lux perpetua luceat eis. And may light perpetual shine on them. 12. Farewell (haiku by Banzan) Mame de iyo Farewell. Miwa nara washino I pass, as all things do Kusa no tsuyu. Like dew on the grass. Agnus Dei O Lamb of God Qui tollis peccata mundi: That taketh away the sins of the world. Dona eis requiem. Grant them rest. Lincoln Center 13. In Paradisum In Paradisum deducant te Angeli, Into Paradise may the Angel lead thee: In tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres. At thy coming may the Martyrs receive thee, Et perducant te in civitatem sanctam And bring thee into the holy city Jerusalem. Jerusalem. May the Choir of Angels receive thee. Chorus Angelorum te suscipiant And with Lazarus, once poor, Et cum Lazaro quondam pauper May thou have eternal rest. Aeternam habeas requiem. The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace War is now inevitable. “Charge!” opens KARL JENKINS with a seductive paean to martial glory Accompanied by the film “The Armed Man” which is followed by the inevitable conse - produced by Hefin Owen, edited by Chris Lawrence quence—war in all its uncontrolled cacophony of destruction, then the eerie The Armed Man: A Mass For Peac e is the silence of the battlefield after the battle result of a special millennial commission and, finally, the burial of the dead. Surely from the Royal Armouries and the latest in nothing can be worse than this? But think a six century-old tradition of “Armed Man” again. At the very center of the work is masses that take the 15th-century French “Angry Flames,” an excerpt from a poem song “L’Homme Armé” as their starting about the horrors of the atom bomb attack point. The theme that the armed man must on Hiroshima. be feared, which is the message of the song, seemed painfully relevant to the 20th The Agnus Dei, with its lyrical chorale century and so the idea was born to com - theme, reminds us of Christ’s ultimate sac - mission a modern “Armed Man Mass.” rifice. The Benedictus heals those wounds in its slow and stately affirmation of faith The Mass begins with the beat of drums, and leads us to the final, positive climax of the orchestra gradually building to the the work. This begins back where we choir’s entrance, singing the 15th-century started in the 15th century with Lancelot theme tune “The Armed Man.” After the and Guinevere’s declaration, born of bitter scene is set, the style and pace change, experience, that peace is better than war. and we are prepared for reflection by first the Muslim Call to Prayers (Adhaan) and The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace then the Kyrie . Next, to a plainsong setting, received its world premiere in April 2000 at we hear words from the Psalms asking for London’s Royal Albert Hall. In a rapturous God’s help against our enemies. The performance, by turns visceral and ethe - Sanctus that follows is full of menace, and real, the Mass was “a fire bomb of orches - has a primeval, tribal character that adds to tral and human voices” (The London Times) its power.
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