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Monday Evening, March 10, 2014, at 7:00
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director
presents
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra Distinguished Concerts Singers International Lust & La Femme Mystique: Carmina Burana and Music in Celebration of International Women’s Day
HILARY APFELSTADT, Conductor Laureate VIOLETTA ZABBI, Accompanist We revere women in spiritual bliss: GUY FORBES Ave Maria
ELEANOR DALEY I Sing of a Maiden
We salute women in celebration: EDUARDO LAKSCHEVITZ Travessura
arr. MICHAEL SAMPLE Cancion de los Tsachilas
We listen to women in moments of reflection: JOAN SZYMKO Always Coming Home
JOCELYN HAGEN In the Lavender Stillness of Dawn
We honor women in observations of the world: NANCY TELFER The Blue Eye of God
STEPHEN CHATMAN The Half Moon
JOHN MUEHLEISEN Joy
Intermission
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VANCE GEORGE, Conductor Laureate PENELOPE SHUMATE, Soprano DILLON MCCARTNEY, Tenor KEITH HARRIS, Baritone
CARL ORFF Carmina Burana FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI 1. O Fortuna 2. Fortune plango vulnera
I. PRIMO VERE 3. Veris leta facies 4. Omnia sol temperat 5. Ecce gratum
UF DEM ANGER 6. Tanz 7. Floret silva nobilis 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir 9. Reie 10. Were diu werlt alle min
II. IN TABERNA 11. Estuans interius 12. Cignus ustus cantat 13. Ego sum abbas 14. In taberna quando sumus
III. COUR D’ AMOURS 15. Amor volat undique 16. Dies, nox et omnia 17. Stetit puella 18. Circa mea pectora 19. Si puer cum puellula 20. Veni, veni, venias 21. In trutina 22. Tempus es iocundum 23. Dulcissime
BLANZIFLOR ET HELENA 24. Ave formosissima
FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI 25. O Fortuna
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Notes on the Program programs and record liner notes used to be expurgated) and an easily accessible musical by Hilary Apfelstadt language that made Carmina Burana one of the most popular twentieth-century stage Music in Celebration of International productions. Like Richard Strauss, Orff Women ’s Day aimed, in this and in his later stage works, at Th e compositions on this program honor a Gesamtkunstwerk— an artistic synthesis in women in various ways. Guy Forbes’ Ave which text, music, scenery, and movement and Eleanor Daley’s Maria I Sing of a Maiden are unified and completely coordinated. are lyrical settings of familiar texts acknowl - edging the role of Mary as both the mother Carmina Burana was the title given in 1847 of the Christ Child and also intercessor on to an edited collection of mostly secular our behalf. Next, two lively South American songs (“ Carmina ”) from an early thirteenth- songs remind us of children’s play century manuscript discovered in 1803 in a ( ) and represent indigenous cele - Travessura Benedictine abbey located in Benedikt- brations of a community in Ecuador ( Cancion beuern, Bavaria (hence the Latinized form ). Both Joan Szymko and de Los Tsáchilas of the name, “burana”). The manuscript Jocelyn Hagen have set reflective texts by contains approximately 250 medieval women writers that present inspiring female poems and songs, including works in Latin, perspectives about life. Always Coming Middle High German, and French, the bulk and Home In the Lavender Stillness of Dawn of which do not appear in any other manu - both use strings in the accompaniment, scripts. They were assigned to categories: enhancing the expressive import of the clerical poems, love songs, drinking and poetry. The next three pieces reflect con - gaming songs, and two religious dramas. temporary settings of poetry by Barbara Powis, Christina Rossetti, and Sara Teasdale, Since early medieval musical manuscripts women poets whose inspired writing pro - contain no specific instrumental accompani - vides unique viewpoints on the world. Nancy ment or harmony, Orff’s settings have little or Telfer ( ) and Stephen The Blue Eye of God no harmonic development, and reply instead Chatman ( ) chose poetry The Half Moon on terse melodic motives and rhythms about nature, whereas Muehleisen’s compo - derived from the meter of the poems them - sition ( ) is based on two poems that Joy selves. All of the poetry is strophic, and Orff reflect the joy of human love. The program, creates stunning instrumental interludes and representing both North America and South accompaniments with variety and vivid tone America, gives contemporary expression to color that breaks the monotony of the simple women’s perspectives, whether through the melodies. Orff employs a large orchestra to poetry or the composi tions themselves, and give him a wide palette of timbre and tone is a fitting way to cel ebrate International color, but only occasionally uses the entire Women’s Day 2014. orchestra at one time for dramatic effect.
Carmina Burana Carmina Burana opens and closes with the CARL ORFF choral ode “ O, Fortuna ,” a paean to Born July 10, 1895, in Munich Fortune, Empress of the World, “change - Died there March 29, 1982 able as the moon.” Within this frame are three large sections. Each part explores the Perhaps it is the physical exuberance and fundamental human needs—nature, wine, freshness, coupled with a passionate and and sex—which, with Fortune on their side, sometimes racy text (a full translation in men and women can enjoy to the fullest. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 4
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Texts and Translations Ave Maria Guy Forbes Ave Maria, gratia plena: Hail Mary, full of grace: Dominus tecum, The Lord is with you, Benedicta tu in mulieribus blessed are you among women, Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesu. Jesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Holy Mary, Mother of God, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, pray for us sinners, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Amen.
Travessura Eduardo Lakschevitz Pula daqui, cai acolá Jump over here, fall over there Entra na roda e vem brincar Join the circle, come and play Pique bandeira, corrida ligeira Pique bandeira*, a fast run E pula daqui, cai acolá And jump over here, fall over there
Pula daqui, cai acolá Jump over here, fall over there Entra na roda e vem brincar Join the circle, come and play Chega da escola, já vai jogar bola Back from school, on to play ball E pula daqui, cai acolá And jump over here, fall over there
Pula daqui, cai acolá Jump over here, fall over there Entra na roda e vem brincar Join the circle, come and play Vento soprando, é pipa voando Wind is blowing, the kite is flying E pula daqui, cai acolá And jump over here, fall over there
Nunca deixe de sonhar (lindo sonho) Never stop dreaming (a beautiful dream) Tempo que logo vai passar Time will soon pass by Criando memórias Creating memories Lembrando histórias Remembering stories Feliz de quem aproveitar Happy is the one who enjoys it (Vamos brincar de carrossel, pessoal!) (Let’s play the carousel, everybody!)
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Cancion de Los Tsáchilas arr. Michael Sample Chiwipi Tsachi Nala Sona Beautiful woman of the “Chiguilpe” community Chiwipi Sona Somba Sona Woman strong woman Pa’Ko Mala Kemin Sona Woman that prepares the drink for the celebration Ku’chu Mala Kemin Sona Woman that prepares “chicha” (the beverage) for the celebration Mala Karin Ku’chila Kede We will always drink “chicha” Mala Karin Ku’chila Ke’sa We will always toast “chicha” Wa Furimbi Ku’chila Kede We will toast drinking a large cup Wa Furimbi Ku’chila Ke’sa We will drink in a large cup Kunta Pinda Flash of lightning Tsáchila True people Kasama New Year
Carmina Burana CARL ORFF FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI FORTUNE, EMPRESS OF THE WORLD 1. O Fortuna 1. O Fortune O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis, O Fortune, like the moon you are change - semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detesta - able, ever waxing and waning; hateful life bilis nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo first oppresses and then soothes as fancy mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem dis - takes it; poverty and power it melts them solvit ut glaciem. like ice.
Sors immanis et inanis, rota tu volubilis, Fate—monstrous and empty, you whirling status malus, vana salus semper dissolu - wheel, you are malevolent, well-being is bilis, obum brata et velata michi quoque vain and always fades to nothing, shad - niteris; nunc per ludum dorsum nudum owed and veiled you plague me too; now fero tui sceleris. through the game I bring my bare back to your villainy.
Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc con - Fate is against me in health and virtue, traria, est affectus et defectus semper in driven on and weighted down, always angaria. Hac in hora sine mora corde enslaved. So at this hour without delay pulsum tangite; quod per sortem sternit pluck the vibrating strings; since Fate fortem, mecum omnes plangite! strikes down the string man, everyone weep with me!
2. Fortune plango vulnera 2. I bemoan the wounds of Fortune Fortune plango vulnera stillantibus ocellis I bemoan the wounds of Fortune with quod sua michi muner a subtrahit rebellis. weeping eyes, for the gifts she made me fronte capillata, sed plerumque sequitur she perversely takes away. It is written in Occasio calvata. truth, that she has a fine head of hair, but, when it comes to seizing an opportunity she is bald. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 6
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In Fortune solio sederam elatus, prosperi - On Fortune’s throne I used to sit raised up, tatis vario flore coronatus; quicquid enim crowned with the many-colored flowers of florui felix et beatus, nunc a summo corrui prosperity; though I may have flourished gloria privatus. happy and blessed, now I fall from the peak deprived of glory.
Fortune rota volvitur: descendo mino - The wheel of Fortune turns; I go down, ratus; alter in altum tollitur; nimis exal - demeaned; another is raised up; far too tatus rex sedet in vertice caveat ruinam! high up sits the king at the summit—let Nam sub axe legimus Hecubam reginam. him fear ruin! For under the axis is written Queen Hecuba.
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PRIMO VERE SPRING 3. Veris leta facies 3. The merry face of spring Veris leta facies mundo propinatur, The merry face of spring turns to the hiemalis acies victa iam fugatur, in vestitu world, sharp winter now flees, van - vario Flora principatur, nemorum dul - quished; bedecked in various colors Flora cisono que cantu celebratur. reigns, the harmony of the woods praises her in song. Ah!
Flore fusus gremio Phebus novo more Lying in Flora’s lap Phoebus once more risum dat, hac vario iam stipate flore. smiles, now covered in many-colored Zephyrus nectareo spirans in odore. flowers, Zephyr breathes nectar-scented Certatim pro bravio curramus in amore. breezes. Let us rush to compete for love’s prize. Ah!
Cytharizat cantico dulcis Philomena, flore In harp-like tones sings the sweet nightin - rident vario prata iam serena, salit cetus gale, with many flowers the joyous avium silve per amena, chorus promit meadows are laughing, a flock of birds rises virgin iam gaudia millena. up through the pleasant forests, the chorus of maidens already promises a thousand joys. Ah!
4. Omnia sol temperat 4. The sun warms everything Omnia sol temperat purus et subtilis, The sun warms everything, pure and novo mundo reserat faciem Aprilis, ad gentle, once again it reveals to the world amorem properat animus herilis et April’s face, the soul of man is urged iocundis imperat deus puerilis. towards love and joys are governed by the boy-god.
Rerum tanta novitas in solemni vere et All this rebirth in spring’s festivity and veris auctoritas jubet nos gaudere; vias spring’s power bids us to rejoice; it shows us prebet solitas, et in tuo vere fides est et paths we know well, and in your springtime probitas tuum retinere. it is true and right to keep what is yours.
Ama me fideliter, fidem meam noto: de Love me faithfully! See how I am faithful: with corde totaliter et ex mente tota sum pre - all my heart and with all my soul, I am with sentialiter absens in remota, quisquis you even when I am far away. Whosoever amat taliter, volvitur in rota. loves this much turns on the wheel. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 7
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5. Ecce gratum 5. Behold, the pleasant spring Ecce gratum et optatum Ver reducit Behold, the pleasant and longed-for spring gaudia, purpuratum floret pratum, Sol ser - brings back joyfulness, violet flowers fill the enat omnia. Iamiam cedant tristia! Estas meadows, the sun brightens everything, redit, nunc recedit Hyemis sevitia. sadness is now at an end! Summer returns, now withdraw the rigors of winter. Ah!
Iam liquescit et decrescit grando, nix et Now melts and disappears ice, snow and the cetera; bruma fugit, et iam sugit Ver rest, winter flees, and now spring sucks at Estatis ubera; illi mens est misera, qui nec summer’s breast: a wretched soul is he who vivit, nec lascivit sub Estatis dextera. does not live or lust under summer’s rule. Ah!
Gloriantur et letantur in melle dulcedinis, They glory and rejoice in honeyed sweet - qui conantur, ut utantur premio Cupidinis: ness who strive to make use of Cupid’s simus jussu Cypridis gloriantes et letantes prize; at Venus’ command let us glory and pares esse Paridis. rejoice in being Paris’ equals. Ah!
UF DEM ANGER IN THE MEADOW 6. Tanz 6. Dance
7. Floret silva nobilis 7. The noble woods are burgeoning Floret silva nobilis floribus et foliis. The noble woods are burgeoning with Ubi est antiquus meus amicus? Hinc equi - flowers and leaves. tavit, eia, quis me amabit? Where is the lover I knew? Ah! He has ridden off! Oh! Who will love me? Ah!
Floret silva undique, nah min gesellen ist The woods are burgeoning all over, I am mir we. pining for my lover.
Gruonet der walt allenthalben, wa ist min The woods are turning green all over, why geselle alse lange? Der ist geriten is my lover away so long? Ah! He has hinnen, o wi, wer sol mich minnen? ridden off, Oh woe, who will love me? Ah!
8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir 8. Shopkeeper, give me color Chramer, gip die varwe mir, die min Shopkeeper, give me color to make my wengel roete, damit ich die jungen man cheeks red, so that I can make the young an ir dank der minnenliebe noete Seht men love me, against their will. Look at mich an, jungen man! Lat mich iu me, young men! Let me please you! gevallen!
Minnet, tugentliche man, minnecliche Good men, love women worthy of love! frouwen! minne tuot iu hoch gemout lat Love ennobles your spirit and gives you iuch in hohen eren schouwen Seht mich honor. Look at me, young men! Let me an jungen man! lat mich iu gevallen! please you!
Wol dir, werit, daz du bist also freuden - Hail, world, so rich in joys! I will be obe - riche! ich will dir sin undertan durch din dient to you because of the pleasures you liebe immer sicherliche. Seht mich an, afford. Look at me, young men! Let me jungen man! lat mich iu gevallen! p l e ase you! 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 8
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9. Reie 9. Round dance Swaz hie gat umbe, daz sint alles Those who go round and round are all megede, die wellent an man die wellent maidens, they want to do without a man all an man allen disen sumer gan! summer long. Ah! Sla!
Chume, chum, geselle min, ih enbite Come, come, my love, I long for you, I long for harte din, ih enbite harte din, chume, you, come, come, my love. Sweet rose- red chum, geselle min. Suzer rosenvarwer lips, come and make me better, come and munt, chum un mache mich gesunt chum make me better, sweet rose-red lips. un mache mich gesunt, suzer rosen - varwer munt.
Swaz hie gat umbe… T h o s e w h o g o r o u n d a n d r o u n d …
10. Were diu werlt alle min 10. Were all the world mine Were diu werlt alle min von deme mere Were all the world mine from the sea to unze an den Rin des wolt ih mih darben, the Rhine, I would starve myself of it so daz diu chunegin von Engellant lege an that the queen of England might lie in my minen armen. arms.
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IN TABERNA IN THE TAVERN 11. Estuans interius 11. Burning Inside Estuans interius ira vehement in amaritu - Burning inside with violent anger, bitterly I dine loquor mee menti: factus de materia, speak to my heart: created from matter, of cinis elementi similis sum folio, de quo the ashes of the elements, I am like a leaf ludunt venti. played with by the winds.
Cum sit enim proprium viro sapienti supra If it is the way of the wise man to build petram ponere sedem fundamenti, foundations on stone, then I am a fool, like stultus ego comparor fluvio labenti, sub a flowing stream, which in its course never eodem tramite nunquam permanenti. changes.
Feror ego veluti sine nauta navis, ut per I am carried along like a ship without a vias aeris vaga fertur avis; non me tenent steersman, and in the paths of the air like vincula, non me tenet clavis, quero mihi a light, hovering bird; chains cannot hold similes et adiungor pravis. me, keys cannot imprison me, I look for people like me and join the wretches.
Mihi cordis gravitas res videtur gravis; The heaviness of my heart seems like a iocis est amabilis dulciorque favis; quic - burden to me; it is pleasant to joke and quid Venus imperat, labor est suavis, que sweeter than honeycomb; whatever Venus nunquam in cordibus habitat ignavis. commands is a sweet duty, she never dwells in a lazy heart.
Via lata gradior more iuventutis inplicor et I travel the broad path as is the way of vitiis immemor virtutis, voluptatis avidus youth, I give myself to vice, unmindful of magis quam salutis, mortuus in anima virtue, I am eager for the pleasures of the curam gero cutis. flesh more than for salvation, my soul is dead, so I shall look after the flesh. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 9
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12. Cignus ustus cantat 12. The Roast Swan Olim lacus colueram, olim pulcher extit - Once I lived on lakes, once I looked beau - eram, dum cignus ego fueram. tiful when I was a swan.
Miser, miser! Nodo niger et ustus fortiter! Misery me! Now black and roasting fiercely! Girat, regirat garcifer; me rogus urit for - The servant is turning me on the spit; I am titer; propinat me nunc dapifer, burning fiercely on the pyre: the steward now serves me up.
Miser, miser! … Misery me!
Nunc in scutella iaceo, et volitare nequeo Now I lie on a plate, and cannot fly any - dentes frendentes video: more, I see bared teeth:
Miser, miser! Misery me!
13. Ego sum abbas 13. I am the abbot Ego sum abbas Cucaniensis et consilium I am the abbot of Cockaigne and my meum est cum bibulis, et in secta Decii assembly is one of drinkers, and in the order voluntas mea est, et qui mane me que - of Decius I wish to be, and whoever meets sierit in taberna, post vesperam nudus me at the tavern (over dice), after Vespers he egredietur, et sic denudatus veste clam - will leave naked, and thus denuded he will abit: Wafna, wafna! Quid fecisti sors tur - call out: Woe! Woe! What have you done, passi Nostre vite gaudia abstulisti omnia! vilest Fate? The joys of my life you have taken all away!
14. In taberna quando sumus 14. When we are in the tavern In taberna quando sumus non curamus When we are in the tavern, we do not think quid sit humus, sed ad ludum proper - how we will go to dust, but we hurry to amus, cui semper insudamus. Quid gamble, which always makes us sweat. What agatur in taberna ubi nummus est pin - happens in the tavern, where money is host, cerna, hoc est opus ut queratur, si quid you may well ask, and hear what I say. loquar, audiatur.
Quidam ludunt, quidam bibunt, quidam Some gamble, some drink, some behave indiscrete vivunt. Sed in ludo qui loosely. But of those who gamble, some morantur, ex his quidam denudantur are stripped bare, some win their clothes quidam ibi vestiuntur, quidam saccis indu - here, some are dressed in sacks. Here no untur. Ibi nullus timet mortem sed pro one fears death, but they throw the dice in Baccho mittunt sortem. the name of Bacchus.
Primo pro nummata vini, ex hac bibunt lib - First of all it is to the wine-merchant the lib - ertini; semel bibunt pro captivis, post hec ertines drink, one for the prisoners, three bibunt ter pro vivis, quater pro Christianis for the living, four for all Christians, five for cunctis quinquies pro fidelibus defunctis, the faithful dead, six for the loose sisters, sexies pro sororibus vanis, septies pro mil - seven for the footpads in the wood, itibus silvanis. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 10
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Octies pro fratribus perversis, nonies pro Eight for the errant brethren, nine for the monachis dispersis, decies pro navigan - dispersed monks, ten for the seamen, tibus undecies pro discordaniibus, duode - eleven for the squabblers, twelve for the cies pro penitentibus, tredecies pro iter penitent, thirteen for the wayfarers. To the agentibus. Tam pro papa quam pro rege Pope as to the king they all drink without bibunt omnes sine lege. restraint.
Bibit hera, bibit herus, bibit miles, bibit The mistress drinks, the master drinks, the clerus, bibit ille, bibit illa, bibit servis cum soldier drinks, the priest drinks, the man ancilla, bibit velox, bibit piger, bibit albus, drinks, the woman drinks, the servant drinks bibit niger, bibit constans, bibit vagus, with the maid, the swift man drinks, the lazy bibit rudis, bibit magnus. Bibit pauper et man drinks, the white man drinks, the black egrotus, bibit exul et ignotus, bibit puer, man drinks, the settled man drinks, the wan - bibit canus, bibit presul et decanus, bibit derer drinks, the stupid man drinks, the wise soror, bibit frater, bibit anus, bibit mater, man drinks, The poor man drinks, the sick bibit ista, bibit ille, bibunt centum, bibunt man drinks, the exile drinks, and the mille. stranger, the boy drinks, the old man drinks, the bishop drinks, and the deacon, the sister drinks, the brother drinks, the old lady drinks, the mother drinks, this man drinks, that man drinks, a hundred drink, a thousand drink.
Parum sexcente nummate durant, cum Six hundred pennies would hardly suffice, immoderate bibunt omnes sine meta. if everyone drinks immoderately and Quamvis bibant mente leta, sic nos immeasurably. However much they cheer - rodunt omnes gentes et sic erimus fully drink we are the ones whom egentes. Qui nos rodunt confundantur et everyone scolds, and thus we are desti - cum iustis non scribantur. tute. May those who slander us be cursed and may their names not be written in the book of the righteous.
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COUR D’AMOURS IN THE COURT OF SEDUCTION 15. Amor volat undique 15. Cupid flies everywhere Amor volat undique, captus est libidine. Cupid flies everywhere seized by desire. Iuvenes, iuvencule coniunguntur merito. Young men and women are rightly coupled.
Siqua sine socio, caret omni gaudio; tenet The girl without a lover misses out on all plea - noctis infima sub intimo cordis in cus - sures, she keeps the dark night hidden in the todia: fit res amarissima. depth of her heart; it is a most bitter fate.
16. Dies, nox et omnia 16. Day, night and everything Dies, nox et omnia michi sunt contraria; Day, night and everything is against me, virginum colloquia me fay planszer, oy the chattering of maidens makes me suvenz suspirer, plu me fay temer. O weep, and often sigh, and, most of all, sodales, ludite, vos qui scitis dicite michi scares me. O friends, you are making fun mesto parcite, grand ey dolur, attamen of me, you do not know what you are consulite per voster honur. Tua pulchra saying, spare me, sorrowful as I am, great facies me fay planszer milies, pectus is my grief, advise me at least, by your 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 11
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habet glacies. A remender statim vivus honor. Your beautiful face, makes me weep fierem per un baser. a thousand times, your heart is of ice. As a cure, I would be revived by a kiss.
17. Stetit puella 17. A girl stood Stetit puella rufa tunica; si quis eam A girl stood in a red tunic; if anyone tetigit, tunica crepuit. Eia. touched it, the tunic rustled. Eia!
Stetit puella tamquam rosula; facie splen - A girl stood like a little rose: her face was duit, os eius fioruit. Eia. radiant and her mouth in bloom. Eia!
18. Circa mea pectora 18. In my heart Circa mea pectora multa sunt suspiria de In my heart there are many sighs for your tua pulchritudine, que me ledunt misere. beauty, which wound me sorely. Ah! Manda liet, Manda liet min geselle chumet Manda liet, manda liet, my lover does not niet. come.
Tui lucent oculi sicut solis radii, sicut Your eyes shine like the rays of the sun, splendor fulguris lucem donat tenebris. like the flashing of lightening which brightens the darkness. Ah! Manda liet… Manda liet…
Vellet deus, vallent dii quod mente pro - May God grant, may the gods grant what I posui: ut eius virginea reserassem vin - have in mind: that I may loose the chains of cula. her virginity. Ah!
Manda liet… Manda liet…
19. Si puer cum puellula 19. If a boy with a girl Si puer cum puellula moraretur in cellula, If a boy with a girl tarries in a little room, happy felix coniunctio. Amore suscrescente is their coupling. Love rises up, and between pariter e medio avulso procul tedio, fit them prudery is driven away, an ineffable ludus ineffabilis membris, lacertis, labii. game begins in their limbs, arms and lips.
20. Veni, veni, venias 20. Come, come, O come Veni, veni, venias, ne me mori facias, Come, come, O come, do not let me die, hyrca, hyrce, nazaza, trillirivos… hycra, hycre, nazaza, trillirivos!
Pulchra tibi facies oculorum acies, capil - Beautiful is your face, the gleam of your eye, lorum series, o quam clara species! your braided hair, what a glorious creature!
Rosa rubicundior, lilio candidior omnibus Redder than the rose, whiter than the lily, formosior, semper in te glorior! lovelier than all others, I shall always glory in you!
21 . In trutina 21. In the balance In trutina mentis dubia fluctuant contraria In the wavering balance of my feelings set lascivus amor et pudicitia. Sed eligo quod against each other lascivious love and video, collum iugo prebeo: ad iugum modesty. But I choose what I see, and tamen suave transeo. submit my neck to the yoke; I yield to the sweet yoke. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 12
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22. Tempus es iocundum 22. This is the joyful time Tempus es iocundum, Tempus es This is the joyful time, O maidens, rejoice iocundum, o virgines, modo congaudete with them, young lads. vos iuvenes.
Oh, oh, oh, totus floreo, iam amore vir - Oh! Oh! Oh! I am bursting out all over! I ginali totus ardeo, novus, novus amor est, am burning all over with first love, new, quo pereo. new love is what I am dying of.
Mea me confortat promissio, mea me I am heartened by my promise, I am down - deportat cast by my refusal
Oh, oh, oh … Oh, oh, oh …
Tempore brumali vir patiens, animo ver - In the winter man is patient, the breath of nali lasciviens. spring makes him lust.
Oh, oh, oh… Oh! Oh! Oh! Mea mecum ludit virginitas, mea me My virginity makes me frisky, my simplicity detrudit simplicitas. holds me back. Oh, oh, oh… Oh! Oh! Oh!
Veni, domicella, cum gaudio, veni, veni, Come, my mistress, with joy, come, come, pulchra, iam pereo. my pretty, I am dying!
Oh, oh, oh… Oh! Oh! Oh!
23. Dulcissime 23. Sweetest one Dulcissime, totam tibi subdo me! Sweetest one! Ah! I give myself to you totally!
BLANZIFLOR ET HELENA BLANCHEFLEUR AND HELEN 24. Ave formosissima 24. Hail, most beautiful one Ave formosissima, gemma pretiosa, ave Hail, most beautiful one, precious jewel, hail, decus virginum, virgo gloriosa, ave mundi pride among virgins, glorious virgin, hail, light luminar, ave mundi rosa, Blanziflor et of the world, hail, rose of the world, Helena, Venus generosa! Blanchefleur and Helen, noble Venus!
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legacy of the great maestros he has known Meet the Artists as protégé and colleague, especially Kurt Masur, John Nelson, Helmut Rilling, Robert Shaw, Julius Herford, Margaret Hillis, Robert Page, Otto Werner-Mueller, and Mary Oyer. During his 23 years with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, he accepted two Grammy Awards for Best Performance of a Hilary Apfelstadt Choral Work, for Orff’s Carmina Burana and Hilary Apfelstadt is professor and director of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem . Two choral activities at the University of Toronto more Grammys were awarded to the cho - where she directs two choirs and teaches rus and orchestra for Stravinsky’s conducting. She is also artistic director of Perséphone and Mahler’s Third Symphony. Exultate Chamber Singers of Toronto. She Mr. Vance ’s television and film credits has conducted many honor choirs through - include an Emmy Award for Sweeney Todd out Canada, the United States, and Europe, in 2002 and soundtracks for Amadeus, The and frequently presents master classes and Unbearable Lightness of Being , and The workshops. Ms. Apfelstadt will conduct the Godfather: Part III. This is his third time 2014 National Youth Choir of Canada at conducting on the DCINY concert series. Podium, the biannual conference of the Association of Canadian Choral Communities (ACCC) in May. She is past national president of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and a member of the DCINY Advisory Board. This is her third time con - ducting on the DCINY concert series. Penelope Shumate Recently praised by the New York Times for singing with “appealing bell-like clarity and surpassing sweetness,” Penelope Shumate has sung with orchestras across the country, including Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, the Vance George Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Vance George is internationally recognized Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Her operatic as one of America’s leading choral conduc - performance career spans a wide variety of tors. He has conducted throughout the roles, including Violetta, Fiordiligi, and United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia— Konstanze. Des Moines Metro Opera, Utah most recently in Salzburg, Sydney, Festival Opera, and Opera Saratoga are Minneapolis, and Indianapolis. He has among the many opera companies with received great acclaim for his unique knowl - which she has performed. She has won edge of musical styles, languages, mastery numerous vocal awards from many organiza - of vocal colors, and synthesis of the choral- tions, including the Gerda Lissner Foundation orchestral tradition. His work embodies the and the MacAllister Awards. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 14
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season, and he return s this season for their production of Werther . He will also perform Valentin in Faust with Toledo Opera.
Recent performances include the title role in Karsa’s Brundibar with the Phoenix Dillon McCartney Symphony, L’elisir d ’amore with New York Dillon McCartney is a versatile concert City Opera, Marullo in Rigoletto with singer, actor, and recording artist possessing Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Count numerous international credits in theater, Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with the Bar opera, film, and television. The “Roasted Harbor Music Festival, and Silvio in Swan” in Carmina Burana has become Pagliacci with Opera Tampa. His appear - something of a specialty role of his, having ances with the Lyrique en Mer festival in performed it more than any other orchestral France include Belcore in L’elisir d ’amore , and choral work in his repertoire. He has Iago in Otello, Ford in Falstaff, as well as sung the role numerous times with the roles in Les contes d ’Hoffmann and La Pittsburgh Symphony, Pittsburgh Ballet, New Traviata . Not a stranger to musical theater, York Philharmonic, Mendelssohn Choir of Mr. Harris has performed Billy Bigelow in Pittsburgh, and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carousel, Anthony in Sweeney Todd , venues including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Harold Hill in The Music Man, and Pirate Hall, Heinz Hall, and the Benedum Center, Bras Pique in Naughty Marietta . with conductors such as Yves Abel, Robert Page, Paul Nadler, Charles Barker, and Distinguished Concerts Kristjan Järvi. International New York Founded by Iris Derke (general director) and Jonathan Griffith (artistic director and principal conductor) Distinguished Concerts International is driven by passion, innova - tive vision, a total belief in its artists, and unwavering commitment to bringing forth unforgettable audience experiences. DCINY Keith Harris is a creative producing entity with unmatched Praised for the distinctive warmth of his integrity that is a talent incubator, a star- voice , clear diction, and exceptional musi - maker, and a presenter of broadly accessible, cianship, American baritone Keith Harris is world-class musical entertainment. For more captivating audiences with his performances information about performing on DCINY’s on both operatic and concert stages. Mr. series and upcoming DCINY musical events Harris made his Metropolitan Opera debut in around the world, please visit: DCINY.org or Verdi’s Don Carlo , which opened the 2010–11 call 212-707-8566. 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 15
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Distinguished Concert Singers International
Performing Music in Celebration of International Women ’s Day: Brunswick Women’s Choir (Australia), Cathy Nixon, Director Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir (Canada), Kelly Galbraith, Director Collegium Cantorum (Brazil), Helma Haller, Director Encore! Women’s Choir (Canada), Christine Dandy, Director Encore! Women’s Choir (TX), Patti Milford, Director Kassia Women’s Choir (Hong Kong), Ms Bethan Greaves, Director Kingsway-Lambton United Church Adult Choir (Canada), Hilary Apfelstadt, Director Münchner Frauenchor (Germany), Katrin Wende-Ehmer, Director Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Chorale & Madrigals (IN), Michael B. Boswell, Director University of Toronto Women’s Chamber Choir (Canada), Hilary Apfelstadt, Director
Performing Carmina Burana: American International School Choir (Austria), Kathy Heedles, Director Brooklyn Youth Chorus (NY), Diane Berkun, Director Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo (CA), Dr. Bryan Baker, Director NorthWood High School Concert Choir (IN), Jeffrey S. Cramer, Director Penn High School Symphonic Choir (PA), Brent Holaway and Andrew Nemeth, Directors Santa Barbara Choral Society (CA), Jo Anne Wasserman, Director And individuals from around the globe
DCINY Administrative Staff
Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Danuta Gross, Director of Finance and Administration Jeffery R. Thyer, Director of Program Development Kevin Taylor, Program Development Jason Mlynek, Program Development Matthew Oltman, Program Development Andrea Macy, Marketing & Promotions Edmundo Montoya, Production Manager Laura Toppi, Concert Operations Karen Cohn, Website and Graphics DeAnna Choi, Finance and Accounting Emily Nelson, Program Development Assistant Joshua Grace, Program Development Assistant Maria Braginsky, Program Development Assistant
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Performing Arts Partners DCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with their financial support, have made this performance possible. Nikki Adams Gilletta Cheng Ann Fryer Maki Ishida Mary-Grace Ahearn Yee Man Linda Cheng Kelly Galbraith Colleen Ivory Ferdinand Ahorner Corina Desiree Chevalier Pamela Gallagher Caitlin Jackson LeAnn Ailes Mary Christidis Mary Gallinger Fiona James Khalid Albassam Andrew Claeys Emily Garry Colleen Jenkins Beth Allard Marsha Clarke Jamie Lynne Gaudin Bobby Jensen Sarah Allen Jessica Claycomb Jardena Gertler-Jeffe Saira John Catherine Alulio Rachel Clow Carolyn Gilbert Brianna Jondle Summer Alvey Fiona Collie Helen Gilbride Andrea Julian Tina Andersen Austin Conrad Louise Gillespie Josh Jurgensen Chase Andreae Terri Cook Kirstan Golba Matt Kastens Mary Ann Archer Alexandra Cosentino Kimberly Goldstein Sarah Keating Laura Argento Ryan Craker MariaLúcia Gomes Joyce Kenno Melissa Armstrong Connie Croker Deborah Gonsalves Roswitha Kiermaier Macenzie Ash Susan Culver Olivia Goodall Haeun Kim Erin Aults Judi Cushing Stephanie Karen Gower Cindi King Rachel Autherson Lucy Dallich Cecilia Gray Fran Kirby Karen Bacus Christine Dandy Bethan Joan Greaves Abbigale Kirchner Sydney Baedke Trish Dandy Alexa Grendys Lory Kitamura-Tintor Bryan Baker Marina Davis Heather Gridley Maria Christine Carol Levente Baljer Maria Bonna Fe De Guia Julia Gries Domingo Klitsie Elizabeth Balogh Jacquie de Jong-Seinen Darian Grigsby Deborah Koen Broderick Balsley Rachel D. DeVries Kolleen Grunawalt Antonia Kofler Leann Barber Grant DeLaPaz Lorraine Hakes Julia Konieczniak Dave Barman Patricia Dietderich Helma Haller Cassandra Koors Katelyn Barr Benjamin Dietderich Robin Hansen Jenna Kovatch Cynthia Bayne Audrey Dixon Krista Hanson Heather Kulchecki Sara Beattie Nora DIxon Jennifer Harewood Vera Kurnev Chayla Bellman Sara Dobbins Lynn Harman Leanna Kurs Margaret Belt Maria Donati Laura Harmon Kathryn Landon Logan Berger Bailey Dugas Andrea Lynn Harper Jennifer Latella Emma Bergin Eimear Duggan Julie Ann Harris Adam Lein Anne Bergman Barbara Dumond John Harrison Tao Liu Carol Berzina Aliyah Zoe Dunbar- Jacqueline Hayden Deborah LoCascio Charlotte Marianne Hussain Catherine Heagerty Monica LoCasco Bilney Mary Dan Eades Phyllis Hechim Linda Locke Lisan Bischofs Autumn Eagan Kathy Heedles Nikki Losievski Gregory Blackley Jennifer Lyn Egsgard Emma Heedles Deborah Losoya Kirsten Blair Margaret Elder Monica Heinrichs Ben Love Annett Blechstein Collin Elek Sarah Henstra Rebecka Marta Nicole Bliss Rachel Engelberg Christina Heppelle Persdotter Lundin Nathan Blucker Lynette Evans Maria Herrmann Yuriy Lutchak Andrew Bolt Tamieka Evans Paige Hershberger Naomi Lyden JaLynn Borkholder Gabriela Farias Allison Hill Heather MacGregor Sarah Bosworth Paige Fath Cassandra Hilton Amanda Manis Jessica Bowen Julia Fears Erin Hinchman Koleah Mantle Sara Brandenburg Sharon Ferreira Pam Hjorth Natalie Mark Meredythe Broadway Edcea Ferreira Donna Hobbs Judith Marsh Kylie Bruetman Michele Figueiredo Elisabeth Hofer John Martin Natalie Bryan Ruth Fincher Zachary Holdeman Kalee Masterson Sherry Bube Alison Fincher-Johnson Beverley Holmes Yukiko Masuda Becky Burad Laura Finlan David Hooper Allison Mattingly Jamie Burkett Catherine Firestone Alison Hope Devyn Maugel Anne Dadosky Cahill Brooks Firestone Jodie Hopkins Nolan McBride Marianna Caleca Garret Flowers Taiylor Horn Kenna McCafferty Taylor Carr Rosanair Franco Destiny Hossler Lauren McCarthy Malcolm Catchatoorian Brandon Fraser Rebecca Howland Christine McClymont Amanda Chamberlin Shelby Frick Justin Hueni Hilary McCrimmon Jacquelyn Chang Tanya Friese Kim Hughes Conner McGuire Sheung Yee Betty Cheng Ina Fritz A.J. Ikene Elizabeth McKinnon 03-10 DCINY NEW_GP 2/28/14 1:06 PM Page 17
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Peter McNamee Sarah Parcell Kate Scott Kathleen Tapp Mock Tereza McNamee Marcy Parkin Claudia Scott Michelle Teasel Abbey McNeill Shelby Partin Cassy Searer Minako Terahira Robyn McQualter Sarah Patrick Anita Seehof Miranda Teters Ron Megre Megan Peffley Kelli Seida Lana Thompson Ariadne Melchioretto Camila Pereira Elsa Shafer-Raval Carolyn Thompson Dakota Mickley Mark Perry Angelica Sharp Bridget Thoreson Patricia Milford Laura Peterhans Sara Shaw Clarisse Tonigussi Constance Miller Angela Martha Peters Alton Shick Jonah Toppen Brenna Miller Marshall Peterson Linda Shobe Bruce Tozier Chad Miller Andrea Piche Charlotte Siegel Aonia Traxler Hannah Miller Erin Marguerite Polakoff MariaCristina Silva Yi Chien Tsai Catherine Mills Kristin Pool Christine Simms Brianna Tuttle Katie Mills Jessica Powell Margot Simpson Bryson Tuttle Julia Minerva Elizabeth Christine Asa Skaggs Kelsie Uselman Kari Minnich Powers Marilyn E. Smith Catalina Vajiac Tangi Moala Alex Price Dwight Smith Patrik Vajo Camille Moody Mary Prime Riley Smith Karen Vitale Stella Moore Maximilian Puchta Camden Smith Gudrun Voelker Polly Moore Elaine Quan Allen Smithee Theodore Wallace Tristen Moore Nila Rajagopal Sierra Smith-Swickard Emily Wang Maddie Moore Teresa Randall Jacob Snider Paul Warner Jennifer Müller Jan Reabe Zachary Snider Joanna Wasiak Angela Mullins Courtney Reasonover Hunter Snider Kirsten Webb Vivane Munari Michael Reddy Haley Snyder Laura Webster Jennifer Munro Jenny Reed Phoebe Anne Sorgen Bill Welch Stefan Munteanu Joan Renehan Alex Spector Callie Welstead Bailey Murphy Hannah Renglich Holly Spiritoso Sariah West Gita Murthy Brian Richman Jasmine Stahl Kathy Whaley Elise Harriet Muscroft Maria Ridewood Lani Stanistreet Louann Wieand Diane Musgrave Ian Riggs Robert Stevenson Aleah Wieland Karina Nascimento Artishmie Robbins Jean Ann Stewart Ruth Wilkins Edmee Nataprawira Catherine Anne Roe Debra Stewart Kassidy Wilson Avalon Neale Susanna Russo Hailey Stoddard Mark Winovich Marisa Neff Carolyn Ryan Cody Stone Tracy Wong Hailee Neverman Sue Ryan Morgan Stouder Chuck Wong Lindsay Newman Trent Sauceda Sierra Stout Kathleen Wooder Lauren Nidea Alexis Schleer Alana Strycker Alienna Worthen Cathy Nixon Hannah Schlorke Christine Stuart Dane Wysong Melanie Noviss Madison Schmucker Elizabeth Jane Louise Ann Yelland Jane Nunn Karin Schnitzlein Sullivan SunHye Yoon Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gabrielle Schulte Deborah Sumner Christina Zaher O’Connor Claudia Schwab Stephanie Tacit Daniel Zillner Winnie Omodt Jennifer Schwartz Daphne Tan Irene Louise Ott Alanna Scott Mallory Tanis
The Performing Arts Partners list includes names supplied by choral directors as of February 10, 2014. Any questions regarding missing or misspelled names should be addressed to the individual directors.
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2014 DCINY Concert and Artist Series Please join us for one of our other events:
Friday Evening, March 21, 2014 at 8:00 Weill Recital Hall / Carnegie Hall a cappella NEXT Ad Astra Singers, John Paul Johnson, Director NOTUS: IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Dominick DiOrio, Director UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Marika Kuzma, Director
Sunday Afternoon, March 30, 2014, at 2:00 Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center DEFYING GRAVITY: THE MUSIC OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ AND ERIC WHITACRE Eric Whitacre, Composer/Conductor Stephen Schwartz, Special Guest Artist , Composer of Wicked , Godspell, and many other Broadway classics Ashley Brown, Soloist, Broadway’s original Mary Poppins Tali Tadmor, Pianist Featuring Distinguished Concerts Singers International
Saturday Evening, April 12, 2014, at 7:00 Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center VOCAL COLORS Timothy Powell, Director Timothy Powell: St. George and the Dragon (World Premiere) Libretto by poet Charles Anthony Silvestri Scott Buchanan, Director Indiana State University and Indiana Festival Chorus Horace Carney, Director Alabama A&M University Concert Choir
Sunday Evening, April 13, 2014 at 8:30 Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall THE DROP OF DAWN Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Christopher Tin: Calling All Dawns (Carnegie Hall Premiere) Christopher Tin: The Drop that Contained the Sea (World Premiere) Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Singers International
Tuesday Evening, April 22, 2014, at 8:30 Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE University of Southern Denmark Symphony Orchestra Saul Zaks, Director Hershey Symphony Orchestra Sandra Dackow, Director
Dates, repertoire, and artists subject to change. For a full season listing, visit www.DCINY.org.