Noël! Noël! Featuring the Brandenburg Choir Noël! Noël! Featuring the Brandenburg Choir

Morgan Balfour (San Francisco) soprano 2019 Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Brandenburg Choir SYDNEY Matthew Manchester Conductor City Recital Hall Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director, Conductor Saturday 14 December 5:00PM Saturday 14 December 7:30PM PROGRAM Wednesday 18 December 5:00PM Mendelssohn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Wednesday 18 December 7:30PM Anonymous Sonata à 9 Gjeilo Prelude MELBOURNE Eccard Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier Melbourne Recital Centre Crüger Im finstern Stall, o Wunder groβ Saturday 7 December 5:00PM Palestrina ‘Kyrie’ from Missa Gabriel Archangelus Saturday 7 December 7:30PM Arbeau Ding Dong! Merrily on High Handel ‘Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion’ NEWTOWN from Messiah, HWV 56 Friday 6 December 7:00PM Head The Little Road to Bethlehem Gjeilo The Ground PARRAMATTA Tuesday 10 December 7:30PM Vivaldi La Folia, RV 63 Handel Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74 MOSMAN Traditional Deck the Hall Wednesday 11 December 7:00PM Traditional The Coventry Carol WAHROONGA Traditional O Little Town of Bethlehem Thursday 12 December 7:00PM Traditional God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Palmer A Sparkling Christmas WOOLLAHRA Adam O Holy Night Monday 16 December 7:00PM Gruber Stille Nacht Anonymous O Come, All Ye Faithful

CHAIRMAN’S 11 Proudly supporting our guest artists. Concert duration is approximately 75 minutes without an interval. Please note concert duration is approximate only and subject to change. We kindly request that you switch off all electronic devices prior to the performance. This concert will be broadcast on ABC Classic on 21 December at 8:00PM

NOËL! NOËL! 1 Biography From our Principal Partner: Macquarie Group Paul Dyer Imagination & Connection

Paul Dyer is one of Australia’s leading specialists On behalf of Macquarie Group, it is my great pleasure to in period performance. welcome you to the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s sixth concert series of 2019 – Noël! Noël!

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir, A traditional fixture on the annual Brandenburg including the 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010 concert calendar, Artistic Director Paul Dyer ARIA Awards for Best Classical Album. presents an energetic and vibrant repertoire of festive classics in Noël! Noël! Paul has performed with many international soloists including Andreas Scholl, Cyndia Sieden, This year is Macquarie’s twelfth year as the Marc Destrubé, Christoph Prégardien, Hidemi Brandenburg’s Principal Partner and what makes Suzuki, Manfredo Kraemer, Andrew Manze, this relationship so rewarding is our shared vision Yvonne Kenny, Emma Kirkby, Philippe Jaroussky of opportunity and our commitment to the very and many others. In 1998 he made his debut in highest standards of performance. Tokyo with countertenor Derek Lee Ragin, leading This year, the Brandenburg has yet again delighted an ensemble of Brandenburg soloists, and in audiences across Australia with a program August 2001 Paul toured the orchestra to Europe showcasing artistic excellence and innovation. with guest soloist Andreas Scholl. In 2015, he was As a proud partner of a truly unique and distinctive featured on the soundtrack of the James Bond institution within the cultural landscape of Australia, 007 movie, Spectre. Macquarie looks forward to celebrating Season 2020 Paul co-founded the Brandenburg in 1989 after A passionate cook, entertainer, foodie, teacher, with the Brandenburg. completing postgraduate studies at the Royal swimmer and traveller, he is friends with people and Congratulations to Bruce Applebaum, Paul Dyer, Conservatorium in The Hague, and has been artists from Istanbul to India and Japan to Italy, and the Orchestra and Choir for another memorable Artistic Director and conductor since that time. creates a unique platform for overseas performing concert year. We are proud to be supporting He is a performing artist comfortable in his unique artists to work with him and the Brandenburg the highest calibre of musicians who come from music arena – whether working in ancient music, in Australia. across Australia and continually deliver outstanding contemporary music, opera, with artists such as Among his list of achievements, Paul was awarded performances to audiences throughout the country. circus performers, contemporary dance, the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2013 or visual art. His busy performing schedule in We wish you a happy festive season, and we hope for his ‘distinguished service to the performing arts Europe, Asia, the USA and Canada over the years you enjoy Noël! Noël! in Australia’. Paul is Patron of St Gabriel’s School has synchronised perfectly alongside his bold for Hearing Impaired Children. In 2003 Paul was stage work in Australia. awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for Paul is an inspiring teacher and has been a staff his services to Australian society and the member at various conservatories throughout the advancement of music, and in 2010 Paul was world. In 1995 he received a Churchill Fellowship awarded the Sydney University Alumni Medal Sean West and he has won numerous international and for Professional Achievement. Head of Macquarie Wealth Management national awards for his CD recordings with the

2 AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA NOËL! NOËL! 3 26 FEBRUARY – 13 MARCH 10–19 SEPTEMBER Vivaldi’s Notre- Season Venice Dame

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The Brandenburg’s 30th Anniversary season has been a year-long celebration.

Throughout the year I have been reminded of The 2020 Season opens in February with the return the power of friendship and family. I have been of extraordinary French harpist Xavier de Maistre performing with some of my colleagues for who will star in Vivaldi’s Venice. If you haven’t more than 30 years, but have also shared the subscribed already, I encourage you to do so stage for the first time with new members of the before the Christmas rush to secure the best seats. Brandenburg during this special year. Friendships I’m delighted that in Melbourne we will be adding like these have been the foundation of the a regular Thursday night performance to our Brandenburg since our first concert at the Sydney existing schedule. Opera House in 1990 and continue to catapult us A special thank you to the people who have forward with creative energy. supported this Brandenburg throughout the year. The Brandenburg’s 30th Anniversary season has Thank you to my Co-Founder Bruce Applebaum and been a year-long celebration. The Brandenburg to the entire Brandenburg team for making this year stage was shared by 91 musicians, 16 associate something extremely special. To my instrumentalists, artists and 194 energetic young singers who share choristers, soloists and technicians, you are all a collective love of Baroque music. amazing. When creating the programme for this 20th Wishing you all a joyful and safe festive season! Noël! Noël! series, I was thinking of friendships, of family and of traditions. I was also captivated by the agility and purity of enchanting young Australian soprano Morgan Balfour’s voice. Morgan received first prize at the 7th annual Handel Aria Competition in the United States in Paul Dyer AO June this year, and she will make her Brandenburg Co-Founder & Artistic Director debut performing a selection of exquisite aria and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra songs with my gorgeous Choir and Orchestra.

PHOTO6 CREDIT: STEVEN GODBEE AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA NOËL! NOËL! 7 From our 30th Anniversary Presenting Partner: APA Group Biography Connecting Australia to Baroque Music Morgan Balfour

APA Group is proud to support the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Australian soprano Morgan Balfour, “blessed with a name, a voice and as 30th Anniversary Presenting Partner of Noël! Noël! a stage presence destined to go far” (ADELAIDE NOW) is quickly garnering We are delighted to welcome you to this performance. attention in both the United States and here at home.

This year, APA celebrates the Brandenburg’s On the operatic stage, Morgan has performed the 30th Anniversary and our 18-year relationship roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Frasquita in as one of the Orchestra’s longest corporate sponsors. Carmen, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and Nella in Gianni Schicchi. Her oratorio work comprises the Our partnership began in 2001, the year after soprano solo in Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat we started as a business. Since then, both and Vivaldi’s Gloria, as well as the role organisations have grown, through vision of Merab in Handel’s Saul. and commitment, from humble beginnings to national importance. Morgan was the recipient of the Dame Nellie Melba Opera Trust 2015 - Amelia Joscelyne While we have worked tirelessly to connect Memorial Scholarship. In the same year, Morgan energy sources across Australia, enabling regional travelled to Hawaii to undertake a Professional and national growth, season after season the Fellowship at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Brandenburg breathes fresh life into music, supported by a grant from the American-Australian infusing it with dynamism and brilliance. Association Dame Joan Sutherland Fund. She then APA Group is one of Australia’s leading energy attended the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School infrastructure businesses, and through sponsorship on a full scholarship. of the Brandenburg, we value the opportunity to bring Soprano Morgan Balfour holds a Bachelor of Morgan has been a finalist and prizewinner Baroque music to audiences in the metropolitan and Music in Advanced Performance from the in the IFAC Australian Singing Competition, regional communities where Queensland Conservatorium of Music as well as Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto we operate. a Master’s Degree in Voice from the San Francisco Award, Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship, It is a significant privilege to be part of the Conservatory of Music. German-Australian Opera Grant, Joan Carden Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s journey. We wish Award and in 2019, she won the Handel Aria Morgan has appeared at several music festivals you a joyful evening and hope you enjoy the concert. Competition (USA) and will perform including the 2016 Brisbane Baroque Festival in a solo recital at the 2020 London Handel Festival. Purcell’s King Arthur and Vivaldi Women of the Pieta, the 2016 Coriole Music Festival in which reviewers For the 2019/20 season, Morgan joins the Lyric said: “with a lovely, highly listenable voice and Opera of Kansas City as a Resident Artist and she outstanding responsiveness to word and mood, will also be performing as a soloist with California she was thoroughly wonderful…” (The Australian) Bach Society (USA), Cantata Collective (USA) and Rob Wheals and the 2015 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival. the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (AUS). APA Group Managing Director and CEO

8 AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA NOËL! NOËL! 9 Biography Musicians Matthew Manchester Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Originally hailing from country NSW, Matthew Manchester Morgan Balfour (San Francisco) soprano Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is one of Australia's leading performers of Renaissance Brandenburg Choir & Baroque music. Matthew Manchester, Conductor Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director, Conductor

Matthew holds a Bachelor of Music Orchestra (Music Education) Honours, a Master of Music (Performance), and is currently completing BAROQUE VIOLIN BAROQUE BASS PERCUSSION CONDUCTOR his PhD at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Matt Bruce* (Sydney) Rob Nairn*2 (Adelaide) Brian Nixon (Sydney) Paul Dyer* (Sydney) Associate Concertmaster Dec 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 18 BAROQUE TRUMPET THEORBO / As a specialist early wind and brass player, Ben Dollman* (Adelaide) Matthew Manchester (Sydney) Leanne Sullivan (Sydney) BAROQUE GUITAR most notably on cornetto and Baroque trumpet, Dec 14, 16 BAROQUE VIOLA Tommie Andersson* (Sydney) SACKBUT Matthew is in demand throughout Australia and Monique O’Dea1 (Sydney) in Europe as a soloist, ensemble musician, and Keal Couper (Basel) CHAMBER ORGAN BAROQUE CELLO Nigel Crocker (Sydney) Heidi Jones3 (Sydney) conductor. He has performed with many leading Rosemary Quinn (Sydney) Ros Jorgensen (Sydney) international ensembles including the Gabrieli Consort and His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, and can be regularly heard playing with Australian ensembles including the Australian Brandenburg Choir Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera, and his own ensemble SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS Camerata Antica. Matthew has featured in Adria Watkin Chris Hopkins Brendan McMullan Andrew O'Connor# numerous ABC Classic broadcasts, and his Anna Sandström Mark Nowicki Jonathan Borg Craig Everingham discography includes dozens of recordings Jennifer Rollins Paul Tenorio Miguel Iglesias Hayden Barrington in both the UK and Australia. Josie Ryan Philip Butterworth Richard Sanchez Rodney Smith Lauren Stephenson Robert Adam Spencer Darby Sébastien Maury Matthew is also a passionate music educator. Samantha Ellis He has been engaged as guest director with Wei Jiang the Sydney Conservatorium Early Music Ensemble and as Artist-in-Residence at the Australian National University, and the University of Melbourne. Matthew teaches pre-Baroque performance practice and cornetto at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, conducts the NSW Schools Symphonic Wind Orchestra, and is the director of the acclaimed Fort Street High School Instrumental Music Program. * Denotes Brandenburg Core Musician # Soloist in Crüger: Im finstern Stall, o Wunder groβ 1 Monique O’Dea appears courtesy of Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney (staff) 2 Rob Nairn appears courtesy of The Conservatorium of Melbourne (staff) 3 Heidi Jones appears courtesy of SCEGGS, Sydney (staff) Organ and Harpsichord preparation by Joanna Butler.

10 AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA NOËL! NOËL! 11 Biography Musicians Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, led by charismatic Artistic Director Paul Dyer, celebrates the music of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with excellence, flair and joy.

Comprising leading specialists in informed supported by the Australia Council for the Arts. performance practice from all over Australia, The Orchestra began regular touring to Queensland PAUL DYER MATTHEW MANCHESTER MATT BRUCE BEN DOLLMAN the Brandenburg performs using original edition in 2015. Conductor Conductor Baroque Violin Baroque Violin scores and instruments of the period, breathing Since its beginning, the Brandenburg has been fresh life and vitality into Baroque and classical popular with both audiences and critics. In 1998 masterpieces – as though the music has just The Age proclaimed the Brandenburg “had reached sprung from the composer’s pen. the ranks of the world’s best period instrument The Orchestra’s name pays tribute to the orchestras”. In 2010 the UK’s Gramophone Magazine Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach, whose musical declared “the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra genius was central to the Baroque area. Celebrating is Australia’s finest period-instrument ensemble. their 30th Anniversary in 2019, the Brandenburg Under their inspiring musical director Paul Dyer, continues to deliver exhilarating performances. their vibrant concerts and recordings combine MONIQUE O’DEA ROSEMARY QUINN ROB NAIRN LEANNE SULLIVAN historical integrity with electrifying virtuosity and Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Baroque Bass Baroque Trumpet The Brandenburg has collaborated with such a passion for beauty”. acclaimed and dynamic virtuosi as Andreas Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, Kristian Bezuidenhout, The Australian proclaimed that “a concert with the Emma Kirkby, Andreas Staier, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is like stepping Genevieve Lacey, Andrew Manze and more. back in time, as the sounds of period instruments resurrect Baroque and classical works with Through its annual subscription series in Sydney reverence and authority”. and Melbourne, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra performs before a live audience in excess The Brandenburg’s 20 recordings with ABC Classics of 58,000 people, and hundreds of thousands more include five ARIA Award winners for Best Classical KEAL COUPER NIGEL CROCKER ROS JORGENSEN BRIAN NIXON through national broadcasts on ABC Classic FM. Album (1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010). In 2015 Sackbut Sackbut Sackbut Percussion The Orchestra also has a regular commitment to the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra was the performing in regional Australia. Since 2003 the recipient of the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Group Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has been a Award and in 2016 the Helpmann Award for Best member of the Major Performing Arts Group, which Chamber Concert. comprises 28 flagship national arts organisations Discover more at brandenburg.com.au

“...what stands out at concert after concert is the impression that this bunch of musicians is having a really good time. They look at each other and smile and laugh... there’s a warmth and sense of fun not often associated with classical performance.” TOMMIE ANDERSSON HEIDI JONES SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Theorbo / Baroque Guitar Chamber Organ

12 AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA NOËL! NOËL! 13 Biography Musicians Brandenburg Choir Brandenburg Choir

The Brandenburg Choir is renowned for its astonishing vocal blend and technical virtuosity.

Established by Artistic Director Paul Dyer in 1999 so popular, the Brandenburg has already released ADRIA WATKIN ANNA SANDSTRÖM JENNIFER ROLLINS JOSIE RYAN LAUREN STEPHENSON Soprano Soprano Soprano Soprano Soprano to perform in the first-ever Noël! Noël! Brandenburg four live recordings of their Noël! Noël! concerts, the Christmas concert, the Choir has become a regular last of which was recorded in 2016 at St Francis of part of the Brandenburg year. The first Noël! Noël! Assisi Church, Paddington, Sydney. These beautiful concert combined medieval chant and polyphony as collections of festive music are available in leading well as carols from around the world in their original music stores. settings and languages. In addition to the annual Noël! Noël! concerts,

“Music from earlier centuries often requires the the Choir now regularly performs as part of the SAMANTHA ELLIS WEI JIANG CHRIS HOPKINS MARK NOWICKI PAUL TENORIO sound of the human voice. I wanted to put a group of Brandenburg’s annual subscription season. Bach Soprano Soprano Alto Alto Alto excellent singers together adding a rich complement Cantatas, Handel's Coronation Anthems, and to our period instruments. Our Choir is a ravishing Mozart’s great Requiem and Coronation Mass are blend of radiant Sydney singers”, says Paul Dyer. among the best loved performances of the Choir. Their performance of Handel’s Ode for St Cecilia’s Originally 13 voices, the Choir joined our Orchestra Day received critical acclaim, with The Sydney and wowed audiences with truly beautiful Morning Herald declaring: “[The Brandenburg Choir renditions of both familiar Christmas favourites is] one of the finest choruses one could put together and rarely-heard sacred works, performing music PHILIP BUTTERWORTH ROBERT ADAM BRENDAN MCMULLAN JONATHAN BORG MIGUEL IGLESIAS in this town”. from the eleventh century to the Baroque. It was an Alto Alto Tenor Tenor Tenor instant success, combining musical, literary and The current members of the Brandenburg Choir scholarly performances that thrilled audiences are all professional singers, many of whom also and critics alike. hold music degrees, but they do not all sing full time. From music teachers to lawyers, business managers The 2017 Noël! Noël! CD release was two years ago, to medical doctors and nurses, each member looks AND we have released FOUR Christmas albums, not forward to the opportunity to perform with the three... Perhaps this paragraph should be changed Brandenburg throughout the year. RICHARD SANCHEZ SPENCER DARBY ANDREW O'CONNOR CRAIG EVERINGHAM HAYDEN BARRINGTON to something like this: "Noël! Noël! has proven to be Tenor Tenor Bass Bass Bass

“There was vigour and passion in this performance just as there was great subtlety and finely shaded nuances of feeling and colour.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

“The Brandenburg Choir was polished and responsive, powerfully conveying the work’s celebratory magnificence in their full-voiced climaxes sung in unison.” RODNEY SMITH SÉBASTIEN MAURY THE AUSTRALIAN Bass Bass

14 AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA NOËL! NOËL! 15 Program Notes Noël! Noël! Discover the Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Tales of Baroque HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING Originally written as a Hymn for Christmas-Day in 1739, this well-known adaptation of Charles Podcast Wesley’s famous hymn combines the modern Oxford University Press text with a tune by Felix Mendelssohn that has also been adapted from an earlier source. ‘Vaterland, in deinen Gauen’ EPISODE FOUR: Noël! Noël! and looking forwards from Mendelssohn’s Festgesang was composed in 1840 for male chorus and brass orchestra to 2020 with Paul Dyer (including an ophicleide) as part of a commission for the 400th anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press. After five wonderful and varied concert series this year celebrating thirty years of Baroque music Hark! the herald angels sing Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! excellence with the Brandenburg, Paul Dyer joins Glory to the newborn King; Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Hugh Ronzani on Tales of Baroque for the first time Peace on earth and mercy mild, Light and life to all he brings, to talk about the year that has been, Noël! Noël!, God and sinners reconciled: Risen with healing in his wings; and what to look forwards to in Season 2020. Joyful all ye nations rise, Mild, he lays his glory by, A very special and festive episode indeed! Join the triumph of the skies, Born that man no more may die, With the angelic host proclaim, Born to raise the sons of earth, Christ is born in Bethlehem: Born to give them second birth: Hark! the herald angels sing Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King. Glory to the newborn King. Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold him come, Offspring of a virgin's womb! Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity! PAUL DYER HUGH RONZANI Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel: Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.

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Anonymous Johannes Eccard (1553 – 1611) SONATA À 9 ICH STEH AN DEINER KRIPPEN HIER Although uncredited, this work was first performed by the Brandenburg in 2016 and comes to us Johannes Eccard is a little-known German composer of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque from the rich tradition of ensemble music in Central Europe, linked to a vast collection created by periods. He composed exclusively vocal works, highly regarded for their excellent command of the prince-bishop Carl von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn in Moravian Kromeriz. Liechtenstein employed polyphonic writing – a style featuring two or more overlapping parts, each following an independent many excellent musicians in his court, including Heinrich Biber between 1668-70. melodic line. Eccard’s tune was not paired with Paul Gerhardt’s 1653 text until well after his death. The text, which translates as ‘I stand beside your crib here’, is a well-known Christmas hymn, and its In this sonata, there are nine distinct parts written for a combination of trumpets, trombones, most famous setting was by JS Bach in 1736. violins, timpani and basso continuo. However, as per the convention of the period no part was composed for the timpani. Drummers were expected to improvise their parts instead, plying a Ich steh an deiner Krippe hier, I stand beside your crib here, trade learnt by ‘apprenticeship’ with a master, from whom certain patterns would be copied to O Jesu du mein Leben; O Jesus, you, my life; suit different types of music. Ich komme, bring und schenke dir, I come, bring and give to you Was du mir hast gegeben. What you have given to me. Ola Gjeilo (1978 – ) Nimm hin, es ist mein Geist und Sinn, Take it, it is my spirit and mind, Herz, Seel und Mut, nimm alles hin Heart, soul and courage, PRELUDE Und laß dir's wohlgefallen. take it all and delight in it. Having emerged as a formidable choral composer in recent years, Ola Gjeilo is a Norwegian composer now based in New York City. His works are highly regarded for their flowing melodies and Ich lag in tiefster Todesnacht, I lay in the deepest night of death, this piece, in keeping with its title, was conceived by Gjeilo as a concert opener. In simple ABA form, Du warest meine Sonne, You were my sun, the joyful celebratory starting and closing sections frame a more serene middle part. Gjeilo writes of Die Sonne die mir zugebracht The sun that has brought me his work, “Prelude synthesizes ideas from two of my earlier choral works, Nya Vägar and Exsultate, Licht, Leben, Freud und Wonne. Light, life, joy and bliss. Jubilate. I reworked my favorite parts from each of the compositions and created, what I hope, is a O Sonne, die das werte Licht O sun, who has sparked in me strong and moving piece”. Des Glaubens in mir zugericht't, The worthy light of faith, Wie schön sind deine Strahlen. How beautiful are your rays. Exsultate, Jubilate Rejoice, resound with joy. O vos animae beatae O you blessed souls, Ich sehe dich mit Freuden an I look at you with joy Exsultate, Jubilate Rejoice, resound with joy, Und kann mich nicht satt sehen; And cannot tire of seeing you; Summa Trinitas revelatu The Great Trinity is revealed Und weil ich nun nichts weiter kann, And because I cannot do anything else, Et ubique adoratur, And everywhere adored; Bleib ich anbetend stehen. I will remain in adoration. Date gloriam, Give glory, O daß mein Sinn ein Abgrund wär O, if my mind were an abyss Summa Trias adoratur, The Great Triad is adored, Und meine Seel ein weites Meer, And my soul were a wide sea, Date illi gloriam. Give It glory. Daß ich dich möchte fassen. I could hold onto you. Tu virginum corona, You, o crown of virgins, Eins aber hoff ich wirst du mir, One thing I hope that you will not Tu nobis pacem dona. Grant us peace, Mein Heiland, nicht versagen: Withhold from me, my saviour: To consolare affectus, Console our feelings, Daß ich dich möge für und für That I might carry you Unde suspirat cor. From which our hearts sigh. In meinem Herzen tragen. henceforth in my heart. Alleluia. Alleluia. So laß mich doch dein Kripplein sein; So let me be your little crib; Komm, komm und lege bei mir ein Come, come and stay with me, Dich und all deine Freuden. You and all your joys

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Johann Crüger (1598 – 1662) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594) IM FINSTERN STALL, O WUNDER GROβ ‘KYRIE’ FROM MISSA GABRIEL ARCHANGELUS Another German composer of the early-Baroque period, throughout his life Johann Crüger travelled across Kyrie eleison, a prayer which translates as “Lord, have mercy”, is both a prayer sung to ask for mercy Germany for study and work and became one the most important composers and editors of hymns for from God and the traditional opening movement of a choral mass setting. Palestrina composed at least the Lutheran church. He had at least 19 children, although many died in infancy or due to plague, as was one hundred choral settings for various masses, and this one is named after the Archangel Gabriel who unfortunately common for the period. This hymn comes to us from Crüger’s 1649 collection of ‘Spiritual announced Mary’s pregnancy to her. The publication of this work dates to 1554 as part of Palestrina’s Chruch Melodies’, and is strikingly similar to Johannes Eccard’s tune heard in Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier. first book of masses, the first ever by an Italian composer. Im finstern Stall, o Wunder groß, In a dark stable, oh great wonder, A wonderful example of Renaissance polyphony, all four voices (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) have des Himmels Licht liegt nackt und bloß, the Light of Heaven lies naked and bare, roughly equal prominence in the music, although the ear may be drawn to a certain voice at particular der ew'ge Fürst des Lebens. the eternal Prince of life. times; balancing these moments is one of Palestrina’s greatest skills. O göttlich Wort, O divine Word, o Himmelspfort, O Heavenly gate, das tust du nicht vergebens. you do not do that in vain. Denn durch die blosse Armuth dein Because through your sheer poverty, räumst du das Himmelreich uns ein you grant the Kingdom of Heaven to us, und machst uns da zu Fürsten; and you make us there like princes. auch neue Kraft Also your hunger and thirst dem Herzen schafft create new power dein hungern und dein dürsten . for our hearts. O Menschenkinder, freuet euch! O human children, rejoice! dies nackte Kiudlein macht euch reich, this naked little child makes you rich, und führet eure Seele and leads your souls zur Himmelsfreud, to heavenly joy, die euch bereit which is prepared for you nach dieser Trübsal Höhle. after this cave of suffering. Drum lasst die Herzen wacker sein So let your hearts be awake singt mit den lieben Engelein, sing with the dear angels, laset eure Stimm erschallen: let your voice sound: Gott, Dir sei Ehr! God, praise be to you! Bei uns sich mehr May your peace and favour der Fried und Dein Gefallen. be evermore with us. Du aber, zartes Jesulein, But you, tender little Jesus, kehr auch bei uns zur Herberg ein, come home with us, too, erwärm die kalten Herzen; warm the cold hearts; des Glaubens Licht don’t let the light Frontispiece of the missal of Giovanni Pierluigi da Excerpt of the ‘Branle de l’Official’, from the second lass ausgehn nicht, of faith go out, Palestrina. He presents to Pope Julius III a work edition of Thoinot Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1596) zünd an die Liebeskerzen. light the candles of love. dedicated to him. (1554)

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Thoinot Arbeau (1520 – 1595) ARR. ALEX PALMER Michael Head (1900 – 1976) DING DONG! MERRILY ON HIGH THE LITTLE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM This popular carol was first published with its now well-known text by Anglican priest George While his name may be largely forgotten today, Michael Head’s music is an integral part of the Ratcliffe Woodward in 1924, but the melody dates back to the Renaissance. The Branle de l’Official rich tradition of early twentieth-century English song. A gifted singer himself, this work is the most who used the anagrammatic pen name Thoinot Arbeau. Tabourot/Arbeau was most famous for his famous and enduring of his output, deftly setting Margaret Rose’s beautiful recount of the Nativity Orchésogaphie, an in-depth study of late sixteenth-century French social dance that may, or may in a deeply touching and masterly combination of text and music. not, have sat well with his superiors in the church. A video of a recreation of the dance can also be I walked down the road at set of sun, Across the air the silver sheepbells ran. found on YouTube. The lambs were coming home one by one. “The lambs are coming home,” sweet Mary sang. Ding dong! Merrily on high, Pray you, dutifully prime I heard a sheep bell softly calling them, “Your star of gold, is shining in the sky, In heav'n the bells are ringing: Your matin chime, ye ringers, Along the little road to Bethlehem. So sleep, my little King, go lullaby.” Ding dong! Verily the sky May you beautifully rhyme Beside an open door, as I drew nigh, I walked down the road at set of sun, Is riv'n with angel singing Your eve'time song, ye singers I hear sweet Mary sing a lullaby. The lambs were coming home one by one. Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! She sang about the lambs at close of day, I heard a sheepbell softly calling them, Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! And rocked her tiny King among the hay. Along the little road to Bethlehem. E'en so here below, below, Let steeple bells be swungen, Ola Gjeilo (1978 – ) ARR. ALEX PALMER And "Io, io, io!" THE GROUND By priest and people sungen Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! Ola Gjeilo based The Ground on a chorale from the last movement of his Sunrise Mass (2008), Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! composed according to him “to convey a sense of having ‘arrived’ at the end of the Mass; to have reached a kind of peace and grounded strength”. Citing the famed American choral composer Eric Whitacre as an influence, Gjeilo describes himself as a ‘populist’ composer, saying he wants his music George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) to “reach out to … and hopefully touch as many people as possible”. ‘REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER OF ZION’ FROM MESSIAH, HWV 56 Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, It only took Handel seventeen days to compose one of the greatest and most enduring Osanna, Osanna in excelsis. Dona nobis pacem. 'oratorios' of all time. Taken from the fifth scene of Messiah, this aria expresses the great joy of man in response to the deeds of the Messiah. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Osanna, Osanna in excelsis. Rejoice greatly, Rejoice, O daughter of Zion, Shout! O daughter of Jerusalem, Antonio Vivaldi Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: LA FOLIA, SONATA IN D MINOR, OP.1 NO.12, RV 63 He is the righteous Savior, Based on a dance with its roots in the Iberian Peninsula, the folia was enormously popular And He shall speak peace unto the heathen. throughout Europe. Folia means ‘madness’ in Spanish, reminiscent of the frenzied movements and feverish speeds of the dance. While originally an improvisatory form, by Vivaldi’s time it had Rejoice, greatly, become characterised by a specific progression of chords. These chords are the basis for Vivaldi’s Rejoice, O daughter of Zion, nineteen variations and, as you will hear with this selection, each one differs masterfully in speed, Shout! O daughter of Jerusalem, rhythm, style and mood. Behold thy King cometh unto thee.

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George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) Traditional ‘ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT DIVINE’ FROM ODE FOR THE BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN ANNE, HWV 74 DECK THE HALL Having settled in London in the autumn of 1712, the secular cantata this aria comes from was As with many famous Christmas carols, the melody of Deck the Hall is an ancient one originally one of the first works Handel wrote in England, and perhaps contributed to Queen Anne awarding paired to a different text. The melody is Welsh dating to at least the sixteenth century but was him a generous life pension of two hundred pounds per annum barely a year before her own death. not published before 1794, where it was set to the text of Welsh winter carol Nos galan, meaning As suggested by its titled, it was composed in celebration of Queen Anne’s birthday, although “New Year’s Eve”. The English-language setting comes to us from Scottish musician Thomas strangely there is no record of its first performance. Far more recently however, the aria was Oliphant, and first appeared in the second volume of Welsh Melodies published in 1862. Although heard as the bridal entry music for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. in English, it retained the famous ‘Fa la la la la...’ passages from the original Welsh setting.

Eternal source of light divine! Deck the halls with boughs of holly Fast away, the old year passes With double warmth thy beams display, 'Tis the season to be jolly Hail the new, ye lads and lasses And with distinguish'd glory shine, Don we now our gay apparel Sing we joyous all together, oh To add lustre to this day. Troll the ancient Yuletide carol Heedless of the wind and weather Fa la la la la, la la la la! Fa la la la la, la la la la (hey) See the blazing yule before us Deck the halls with boughs of holly Strike the harp and join the chorus 'Tis the season to be jolly Follow me in merry measure Don we now our gay apparel While I tell of Yuletide treasure Troll the ancient Yuletide carol Fa la la la la, la la la la! Fa la la la la, la la la la

George Frideric Handel, Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74 (c.1712) CREDIT © BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD, R.M.20.G.2. F. 1V

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Traditional Traditional THE COVENTRY CAROL GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN While the music for this English carol as we know it today comes from the late sixteenth century, Groups of wassailers, going from door-to-door singing in return for something to drink to the good The Coventry Carol is the second of three songs originally performed by the city’s guilds as part health of those they visited, have long regaled in this secular English carol dated to the sixteenth of a mystery play recounting the nativity story. Entitled The Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors, century (or earlier). Clearly they were not always well-received, as noted by Charles Dickens in his references to Coventry guild pageants can be found from 1392 onwards. Although depicting the 1843 work, A Christmas Carol: “…at the first sound of ‘God bless you, merry gentlemen! May nothing mothers of Bethlehem singing to quieten their children (for fear of Herod’s men slaughtering them), you dismay!’ Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action that the singer fled in terror, leaving traditionally the vocal parts would have been sung by men. the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost.”

Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Herod the King By, by, lully, lullay. In his raging Alex Palmer (1992 – ) Charged he hath this day O sisters two, A SPARKLING CHRISTMAS His men of might How may we do This work for string quartet was commissioned by Paul Dyer for the 2018 Noël! Noël! performances In his own sight For to preserve this day of the young London-based composer Alex Palmer. The work takes melodies from four famous All young children to slay. This poor youngling Christmas carols: Ding! Dong! Merrily on High, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, God Rest Ye Merry, For whom we do sing: That woe is me, Gentlemen and Joy to the World. It begins with a rapid rhythmic introduction that becomes the ‘By, by, lully, lullay?’ Poor child, for thee accompaniment for a lively rendition of each of the four carols. These are then gradually layered on And ever morne* and say top of each other to create a whimsical and effervescent combination of Christmas favourites. For thy parting Neither say nor sing: Adolphe Adam (1803–1856) ARR. ALEX PALMER ‘By, by, lully, lullay.’ CANTIQUE DE NOËL (O HOLY NIGHT) Adolphe Adam is best known for his ballet Giselle (1841) and composed this carol in 1847. Traditional ARR. ALEX PALMER The original French text was penned by wine merchant and poet Placide Cappeau (1808 – 1877), O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM an abolitionist who likened the redemption of Jesus to freedom from slavery. Due to Cappeau’s American priest Phillips Brooks wrote the text for this beloved carol, inspired after visiting the town socialist beliefs, the church leadership banned the carol, but its great popularity ensured of Bethlehem in 1865. In the Commonwealth it is usually sung to the older tune known as Forest Green, continued performances throughout France. collected in 1903 by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams from a Mr. Garman, resident in the After hearing the carol in 1855, the American abolitionist John Sullivan Dwight was inspired to write town of Forest Green, Surrey. Vaughan Williams harmonised and published the tune in 1906, which is the English version of the text that you will hear. This carol is also believed to be the second song ever the best-known version in Australia today. This version is an arrangement of the tune for three sackbuts broadcast on radio, when Canadian inventor Reginald Fassenden played the piece in an experimental and Baroque trumpet. Sackbuts are forerunners to the modern trombone and prevailed during the AM radio program on Christmas Eve, 1906. Renaissance and Baroque eras. O holy night! The stars are brightly shining, Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth. O night divine, O night when Christ was born; Long lay the world in sin and error pining, O night divine, O night, O night Divine. Till He appear'd and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

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Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 – 1863) Traditional STILLE NACHT (SILENT NIGHT) O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL A true Christmas favourite, this carol was first performed on Christmas Eve in 1818. At the time of its Not only does 2019 mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, but also composition, Franz Xaver Gruber was the organist and choirmaster at St Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, twenty-years since the formation of the Brandenburg Choir. Following its performance in the original Austria, where he had met local priest Father Joseph Mohr and had become his good friend. Mohr, Latin as Adeste fideles in the first Noël! Noël! series of concerts, O Come, All Ye Faithful has been a having written the words to Stille Nacht sometime earlier in 1816, needed a carol for his midnight mass regular part of the Brandenburg festive tradition. and Gruber spent just a few hours composing the melody. As they say, ‘the rest is history’. The hymn has been attributed to various composers, and while the earliest surviving manuscript Upon hearing it in 1834, it was an immediate favourite of King Frederick William IV of Prussia, and by of the work bears the name of King John IV of Portugal (1604 – 1656), it is likely that the tune is even 1939 it had been performed as far as New York City. The current English version dates to 1859, and today older. The text has been translated countless times; the version you will hear is the most famous the church where it was first performed is known as the Stille-Nacht-Kapelle (Silent Night Chapel). English translation by the English priest Frederick Oakeley in 1852. Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! Silent night! Holy night! O come, all ye faithful, God of God, Alles schläft; einsam wacht Everything sleeps, only awake is joyful and triumphant, Light of Light, Nur das traute hoch heilige Paar. The holy betrothed couple. O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem! Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb: Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, Lovely boy with curly hair, Come and behold him, very God, begotten, not created. Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh! Sleep in heavenly peace! born the King of Angels! Sing, choirs of angels! O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! Sing in exultation! Douce nuit! Sainte nuit! Silent night! Holy night! Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above: Dans les cieux, l’astre luit. In the heavens, the star shines. “Glory to God in the highest.” Le mystère annoncé s’accomplit. The foretold mystery is coming to pass. Cet enfant sur la paille endormi, This child asleep on the straw, C’est l’amour infini! Is the infinite love! Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light. Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus, Lord at Thy birth!

The image featured in this year’s Noël! Noël! marketing is of a stained-glass window in the southern porch of All Saints’ Church at Woollahra. The window depicts an angelic choir, with the text from the Venite ‘O come let us worship’ written below. The majority of the stained glass windows in All Saints’ Church were made by the world-renowned English company Heaton, Butler and Bayne that produced stained-glass windows from 1862 to 1953. Examples of their work can be found in Westminster Abbey, London, Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, Fraumünster, Zürich, and St. Matthew's Cathedral in Wyoming, USA.

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PATRON His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC, Governor of New South Wales

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR THE BOARD Paul Dyer AO David Zehner, Chairman John C Fast MANAGING DIRECTOR Alison Harrop, Deputy Chair Susan Hilliard Bruce Applebaum Aidan Allen Glenice Maclellan Bruce Applebaum John Pickhaver THE BRANDENBURG COUNCIL David Baffsky AO Sheryl Weil Jillian Broadbent AC Paul Dyer AO Greg Hutchinson AM Max Suich

HEAD OF MARKETING HEAD OF ARTISTIC HEAD OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS & CUSTOMER RELATIONS PLANNING & MANAGEMENT Ian Creevey Tom Morgan Ashley Giles EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER ORCHESTRA MANAGER Susan Duffy Shiki Chan Valérie Morgan-Pertus ACCOUNTANT CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER ARTISTIC PLANNING John Scott Kateryna Collier COORDINATOR AUDITORS Joanna Butler BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST BDO East Coast Partnership Thomas Chiu MUSIC RESOURCES REPERTOIRE ADVISORS Hugh Ronzani ASSISTANT BOX OFFICE (HONORARY) MANAGER HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT Charles Gwynn Nastassia Laptev Aislinn Giugni Andrew O’Connor RECEPTIONIST/TICKETING PHILANTHROPY MANAGER Christopher Price ASSISTANT Andrew Brook PRE-CONCERT TALKS Ewelina Ellsmore PHILANTHROPY & EVENTS Dr Alan Maddox* MANAGER Freya McGahey CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER Madeline O’Dwyer

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