WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE OF RIDER UNIVERSITY

The 2019–2020 Season

An Evening of Readings and Carols

Friday, December 13, 2019 Saturday, December 14, 2019 Chapel Westminster Firsts A Classical Legacy

1920 1978 2005 Westminster Choir was established by John Finley Westminster Choir established its own recording label, Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Ravel’s William son at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in copyrighted “Westminster Choir,” and released its first Daphnis et Chloé (complete) for the first time with the Dayton, Ohio. recording: Six Motets of Johann Sebastian Bach, with guest Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel. 1926 conductor Wilhelm Ehmann. 2006 The Westminster Choir School was founded. 1980 Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in the New 1928 Westminster Choir was the first choir to be featured on the York Philharmonic’s first performance of Mozart’s Mass “ Live from Lincoln ” telecast series over National in C Major, K. 317 “Coronation,” conducted by Lorin Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made Public Television. The Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem Maazel. • Joe Miller appointed director of choral the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. activities and conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Station WLW. 1982 Westminster Symphonic Choir. 1929 Westminster Choir was part of the 10,000th performance 2007 Westminster Choir College was established and moved to of the New York Philharmonic. Rider University established Westminster College of the Ithaca College. 1988 Arts. • Westminster Williamson Voices presented the 1932 North American premiere of ’s : Westminster Choir sang Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J. The Oratorio. • Westminster Symphonic with the New York Philharmonic under the composer’s Choir opened the Carnegie Hall season performing 1934 direction in a performance at Carnegie Hall celebrating Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lucerne Festival As the first official American guests of the Soviet the 45th anniversary of Bernstein’s conducting debut with Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson. Union, with whom the United States had just resumed the orchestra. 2009 diplomatic relations, Westminster Choir made the first 1990 broadcast from Russia to the United States. Westminster Choir and Joe Miller released their first Westminster Symphonic Choir sang in the Leonard recording, Flower of Beauty. 1938 Bernstein memorial concert at the invitation of the Westminster Choir, with conductor and founder Dr. John Bernstein family. 2010 Finley Williamson, presented the first U.S. performance of 1991 Westminster Williamson Voices premiered James Joseph Haydn’s Passion (The Seven Last Words). The perfor- Whitbourn’s Requiem Canticorum, and the Westminster Symphonic Choir performed at Carnegie mance also featured a volunteer orchestra of Princetonians, Westminster Choir premiered Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s Hall’s 100th Anniversary Celebration. including Albert Einstein in the violin section. • The To a Locomotive in Winter. 1992 Choir sang at the dedication of the New York World’s Fair. 2012 Westminster Choir College merged with Rider 1939 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed with Gustavo University. • Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Westminster Choir sang for the first time with the New Dudamel and the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in “A Tribute to Riccardo Muti” with The Philadelphia York Philharmonic. Since then, it has set a record for the for the first time. Orchestra and Maestro Muti, a performance televised number of joint performances—more than 500—by a nationally on the Arts & Entertainment Cable Network. 2014 single choir and orchestra. 1993 The Westminster Williamson Voices’ and James Jordan’s 1957 recording of James Whitbourn’s Annelies, the first major Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Westminster Sym- Westminster Choir completed a five-month, globe- choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank, was nominated phonic Choir participated in The Philadelphia Orches- circling tour under the auspices of the U.S. State for a GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance. • tra’s firstperformance of Britten’s War Requiem. Department’s Cultural Exchange Program. The Choir Westminster Symphonic Choir performed the New York performed in 22 countries, traveled 40,000 miles and 1996 premiere of Christopher Rouse’s Requiem with the New appeared before 227,000 people. Westminster Choir, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert. 1964 traveled on a concert tour of Korea and Taiwan and per- 2015 formed in the Colmar Music Festival in Colmar, France. Westminster Choir sang on the Telstar World-Wide Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Leonard Telecast in the spring for the opening ceremonies of the 2001 Bernstein’s Mass: A Theater Piece for Singers, Players New York World’s Fair. This reportedly was the largest Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic, and Dancers for the first time with The Philadelphia audience ever to see a television show at that time. conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, performed the world Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 1971 premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Voices of Light, commissioned 2016 by Rider University to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Westminster Choir performed at the John F. Kennedy Westminster Kantorei performed in England and the founding of Westminster Choir College. Center for the Performing Arts during the inaugural week France. • Westminster Williamson Voices performed of concerts with the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra under 2002 Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokanjanen at The Metropolitan the direction of Nicholas Harsanyi. The work performed To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur. was The Dawn of Glory by Christian Latrobe. Westminster Choir was featured in the PRI national radio 2017 broadcast of “In the Shadow of the Towers.” They were 1972 Lumina, Westminster Kantorei’s first recording on joined by President George W. Bush and former New Westminster Choir began its first summer as the chorus- the Westminster Choir College label, was released. • York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. • Westminster Sym- in-residence for the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Westminster Choir represented the United States at the phonic Choir’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, at the invitation of Gian World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona. Symphony was broadcast nationally by PBS. Carlo Menotti. 2018 2004 1977 Westminster Choir College was inducted into the Westminster Choir premiered Arise My Love by Stephen Westminster Choir became the first chorus-in-residence American Classical Music Hall of Fame. • Westminster Paulus, a gift from the composer to celebrate Joseph at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., at the Choir performed at the International Students Choral Flummerfelt’s extraordinary career. • Westminster’s invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti. Festival in Beijing, China. artistic director, Joseph Flummerfelt, was named Musical America’s 2004 Conductor of the Year, the first choral conductor to be so honored. Christmas Tapestry James Jordan Joe Miller Steven Pilkington Kathleen Ebling Shaw Tom T. Shelton Jr.

Westminster Alumni Choir Westminster Chapel Choir Westminster Concert Bell Choir Westminster Symphonic Choir

Guest Artists Ken Cowan, organ Teresa Hui ’04, reader Joseph F. Whall, reader Solid Brass

Please note the unauthorized use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited by law. Out of courtesy to the performers and everyone in the audience, please refrain from using cell phones and electronic devices.

† We invite all who are willing and able to stand and join in singing

The audience is asked to withhold all applause until after the recessional.

-3- PRELUDE Refrain: Wassail Song Ralph Vaughan Williams Rejoice! Rejoice! Solid Brass (1872–1958) Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. arr. Douglas D. Haislip Men: Piae Cantiones arr. Michael J. Glasgow O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free Gaudete Thine own from Satan’s tyranny; Westminster Concert Bell Choir From depths of hell thy people save, And give them victory o’er the grave: Judas Maccabeus G. F. Händel Refrain Hallelujah, Amen (1685–1759) Solid Brass arr. Douglas D. Haislip Women: O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer Good Christian Friends, Rejoice In Dulci Jubilo Our spirits by thine advent here; Westminster Concert Bell Choir with Antioch Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, arr. Goeller/Strepka And death’s dark shadows put to flight: Refrain Variations on a Noël Marcel Dupré Ken Cowan, organ (1886–1971) All: O come thou Key of David, come, OPENING And open wide our heav’nly home; READING: The Grace of Christmas John W. Brigham Make safe the way that leads on high, Joseph F. Whall And close the path to misery: Senior Vice President, PNC Financial Services Group Refrain

I Wonder as I Wander John Jacob Niles O come, O come, thou Lord of Might, Westminster Chapel Choir (1892–1980) Who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height, Summer Rae Kuhns, soloist arr. Steven Pilkington In ancient times did give the law In cloud and majesty and awe: Missa Carolae * James Whitbourn Refrain Introit and Kyrie (b. 1963) Westminster Alumni Choir PART II Westminster Symphonic Choir READING: Christmas Tapestry Patricia Polacco Solid Brass; Ken Cowan, organ Teresa Hui ’04 Lillie Judge, soprano; Mary Fetterman, soprano Roy DeMarco, piccolo; Samuel Scheibe, percussion I Thank You God Gwyneth Walker Westminster Symphonic Choir sopranos and altos (b. 1947) PART I Christina Han, piano READING: Christmas Tapestry Patricia Polacco Teresa Hui ’04 Go Where I Send Thee! Gospel Spiritual Westminster Chapel Choir arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory Now May We Singen Cecelia McDowall Tyler Weakland, piano Westminster Symphonic Choir (b. 1951) Plaudite Omnis Terra Giovanni Gabrieli Gloria Tom T. Shelton Jr. Westminster Symphonic Choir (1557–1612) Westminster Chapel Choir (b. 1966) Solid Brass Maryrose Canevari, soloist CAROL: Sleepers, wake! (Wachet Auf) † Hans Sachs Change Ring Prelude on Divinum Mysterium 13th c. plainsong (1494–1576) Westminster Concert Bell Choir arr. Fred Gramann arr. J. S. Bach All: CAROL: O come, O come Emmanuel † 15th c. French melody “Sleepers, wake!” A voice astounds us, arr. Andrew Carter the shout of rampart-guards surrounds us: All: “Awake, Jerusalem, arise!” O come, O come, Emmanuel Midnight’s peace their cry has broken, And ransom captive Israel, their urgent summons clearly spoken: That mourns in lonely exile here, “The time has come, O maidens wise! Until the Son of God appear: Rise up, and give us light; the Bridegroom is in sight. Alleluia!

-4- Your lamps prepare and hasten there, Refrain that you the wedding feast may share. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning, Zion hears the watchmen singing; Jesu, to thee be glory giv’n. her heart with joyful hope is springing, Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing: she wakes and hurries through the night. Refrain Forth he comes, her Bridegroom glorious in strength of grace, in truth victorious: PART IV her star is risen, her light grows bright. READING: Christmas Tapestry Patricia Polacco Now come, most worthy Lord, Teresa Hui ’04 God’s son, Incarnate Word, Alleluia! I Saw Three Ships Traditional We follow all and heed your call Westminster Alumni Choir arr. Mack Wilberg to come into the banquet hall. Westminster Concert Bell Choir Ken Cowan, organ Lamb of God, the heavens adore you; let saints and angels sing before you, Festival First Nowell Dan Forrest as harps and cymbals swell the sound. Westminster Alumni Choir (b. 1978) Twelve great pearls, the city’s portals: Westminster Chapel Choir through them we stream to join the immortals Westminster Symphonic Choir as we with joy your throne surround. Solid Brass No eye has known the sight, Ken Cowan, organ no ear heard such delight: Alleluia! Silent Night Franz Gruber Therefore we sing to greet our King; Westminster Alumni Choir (1787–1863) forever let our praises ring. Westminster Chapel Choir arr. Ryan James Brandau Westminster Symphonic Choir PART III READING: Christmas Tapestry Patricia Polacco Ringing in the Season Traditional Teresa Hui ’04 Westminster Concert Bell Choir

The Darkest Midnight in December Stephen Main CAROL: Joy to the World † Traditional Westminster Symphonic Choir tenors and basses (b. 1963) arr. Ken Cowan Qichen Lyu, celeste All: Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Bach let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, Westminster Concert Bell Choir arr. Donald E. Allured and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing. Even When He is Silent Kim André Arnesen Westminster Symphonic Choir (b. 1980) Joy to the world the Savior reigns; let men their songs employ, while fields and floods, CAROL: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis) † J. F. Wade rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, (c. 1711 – 1786) repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy. arr. Sir David Willcocks All: He rules the world with truth and grace, O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, O Come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, Come and behold him born the King of Angels: and wonders, and wonders of his love.

Refrain: RECESSIONAL AND POSTLUDE O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, L’année d’or Joel Phillips O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord! Ken Cowan, organ (b. 1958) Solid Brass God of God, Light of Light, Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Fugue on “Sleepers, Wake!” (Op. 52, No. 2) Max Reger Very God, begotten, not created: Ken Cowan, organ (1873–1916) Refrain

Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above; * included on Carolae: Music for Christmas recording Glory to God in the highest: Readings from Patricia Polacco’s Christmas Tapestry used with permission.

-5- F About Westminster Choir College of Rider University F RIDER UNIVERSITY is a private co-educational, Westminster Choir College, The School of Fine and student-centered university that emphasizes engaged Performing Arts, and Westminster Conservatory of Music, learning and purposeful connections between academic a community music school. Westminster College of the Arts study and real-world learning experience. Rider alumni appear in Broadway productions, sing at New York’s prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong Metropolitan Opera and hold leadership positions in the independent learners, and to be responsible citizens arts and entertainment industry. They also teach in schools, who embrace diversity, support the common good and perform on stages, serve in churches and lead arts programs in contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work. Rider University’s WESTMINSTER communities around the world. Partnerships with Princeton COLLEGE OF THE ARTS inspires and empowers Ballet, Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary innovative artists and leaders to transform their communities and the , as well as collaborations with through the arts. Based in Princeton and Lawrenceville, The Philadelphia Orchestra and New York Philharmonic New Jersey, the College consists of three divisions: enrich the on-campus experience.

An Evening of Readings and Carols: F A Holiday Tradition F Westminster Choir College’s An Evening of Readings and Carols is a fusion of two great Christmas traditions from England and the United States. The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Cambridge, which began in 1918, has proved to be one of the most influential liturgical events of the 20th century with iterations being mounted in churches, chapels and cathedrals around the world. When James Jordan first established Westminster Choir College's An Evening of Readings and Carols in 1992, it was based on the King’s College service and performed in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus. In response to the growing demand for tickets, Westminster’s Readings and Carols moved to the Princeton University Chapel, and the synergy with King’s College grew deeper. When Princeton University’s chapel was completed in the 1920s, it stood as the second largest collegiate chapel in the world, sitting behind only King's College Chapel in its dimensions. Its choir stalls are hewn from English oak, and its design is set in the Gothic tradition of medieval English architecture. — James Whitbourn

Over the past 27 years, the music and readings that are performed at Westminster’s An Evening of Readings and Carols have evolved to represent the rich diversity of our community. These concerts have become a musical milestone for all Westminster Choir College students and a holiday tradition for many Princeton-area residents and music lovers worldwide who listen to the annual broadcasts on WWFM The Classical Network.

An Evening of Readings and Carols will be recorded and broadcast internationally on WWFM The Classical Network on Monday, December 23 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 25 at 3 p.m. To learn more, go to: wwfm.org

-6- F About the Artists F Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller, conductor Scott AuCoin and Matthew Lee, graduate assistant conductors Eric Plutz, rehearsal accompanist Jocelyn Alam, Mendham, NJ Mallory Hagen, Wanaque, NJ Kira Paul, Norwood, NJ Laura Albrecht, San Jose, CA Christina Han, Bayside, NY Madeline Payment, Kent, WA Jordan Samuel Allen, Lawrenceville,GA James Harris, Bristow, VA Paige Pendleton, Pennsville, NJ Raoul Carlo F. Angangco, Quezon City, Philippines* Jonathan Hartwell, Middletown, DE Anthony Pinkerton, Orlando, FL Lindsay Armstrong, Coeur d’ Alene, ID Krista Hastings, Hedgesville, WV Kyra Pitagno, Babylon, NY Hayley Ashe, Quakertown, PA David Helmer, Gilbertsville, PA Betsy Podsiadlo, San Diego, CA Natalie Atkinson, Georgetown, DE Shai Herrington, Colorado Springs, CO Juliet Rafanelli, Westbury, NY Scott AuCoin, Baltimore, MD Chelsea Holbrook, Quakertown, PA Aaron Ramsey, Manhattan, NY Robyn Baker, Red Bank, NJ Mary-Kate Hometchko, Upper Black Eddy, PA Melissa Redway, Coconut Creek, FL Devon Barnes, Camden, NJ Leigh Huber, Bridgewater, NJ Lydia Reifsnyder, Mount Desert, ME Alicia Barry, Huntingdon Valley, PA Charlie Ibsen, San Jose, CA Elizabeth Reyna, Lubbock, TX* Felicia Betts, Mays Landing, NJ Eunbae Jeon, Seoul, South Korea* Jorddy Romero, Newark, NJ Azhaneet Blackwell, Trenton, NJ Kalif Jones, Huntington, NY Rebecca Ruescher, Malverne, NY* Meghan Blackwood, Clemmons, NC Lillie Judge, Charlotte, NC Alison Rummel, Quakertown, PA Ryan Block, Canton, OH* Allyssa Jurgens, Allentown, NJ Sam Scheibe, Moorestown, NJ Jade Tiara Blocker, Great Neck, NY Mymoena Kalinisan-Davids, New York, NY Alexis Schmidt, Flanders, NY Victoria Borrelli, Cherry Hill, NJ Anastasia Kantilierakis, Edison, NJ Kevin Schneider, South Windsor, CT Madison Bowling, Columbia, MD Wakako Kawasaki, Hokkaido, Japan Hannah Schreffler, Hamburg, PA Elizabeth Boyle, Drexel Hill, PA Jacob Keleman, Larchmont, NY Enrique Silva Gil, Guayaguil, Ecuador* Noah Bram, Westfield, NJ Joseph Kelley, Sanatoga, PA Bethany Sims, Champaign, IL Amy Brandt, Sellersville, PA Rebecca Kirk, Lumberton, NJ Kathryn Smith, Lumberton, NJ Max Brey, Tallahassee, FL Christian Koller, Cape Coral, FL Ellie Smolyaninova, Brooklyn, NY Karina Bruno, Westfield, MA Seuli Koo, Seoul, South Korea Bennett Spotts, Rising Sun, MD William Butron, New York, NY Jillian Krempasky, Schnecksville, PA Kyle St. Sauveur, Simsbury, CT Haley Califano, Long Island, NY Leah Kun, Easton, PA Victoria Stanley, Havre de Grace, MD Annamaria Caputo, Medford, NJ Shannon Lally, Haddonfield, NJ Hannah Steele, Schneeksville, PA Michaela Carey, York, PA Gianna LaMantia, East Stroudsburg, PA Jason Steiner, Maplewood, NJ Karl B. Cepeda, Guam, USA William Landis, Wilmington, DE Andrew Sullivan, Swedesboro, NJ Morgan Cerbone, Sayreville, NJ Amia Langer, Fanwood, NJ Sarah Swahlon, Carlisle, PA Emily Chant, Shamong, NJ Nathan Lazurus, Saratoga, NY Alexandra Thomas, State College, PA Shuyi Chen, Kunming, Yunnan Matthew Lee, Fort Worth, TX Aleisha Thompson-Heinz, Spotsylvania, VA Songju Chi, Seoul, South Korea Joshua Lisner, Bridgewater, NJ Emily Tiberi, Pittsburgh, PA Chris Clark, Staten Island, NY Yingxi Liu, Jinan, China Marcus Timpane, Berkeley, CA Chloe Crosby, Bridgewater, NJ Samantha Lobasso, West Babylon, NY Corinne Vance, Odenton, MD Taylor Cullen, Moorestown, NJ Darla Lowe, Severn, MD John Kushala Vandevert, Dearborn, MI Wendy Darr, Little Rock, AR John Lucado, Frederick, MD Victoria Vazquez, Long Beach Island, NJ Laura Delgado Vargas, Santo Domingo, DR Qichen Lyu, Jiangmen, China* Destiny Velez, Cherry Hill, NJ Roy DeMarco, Woodbridge, NJ Michael Martin, Copper City, FL Olivia Venier, Gardiner, NY Marissa DeMarzo, West Islip, NY Julianna Massielo, Yardley, PA Felicia Villa, Mineola, NY Amanda Duspiva, Holbrook, NY Anna Matone, Bridgewater, NJ Caroline Voyack, Moorestown, NJ Valerie Dzielski, State College, PA Bryan McClary, Robbinsville, NJ Chelsea Warner, Livermore, CA Destiny Elazier, Carmichael, CA Emily McDonald, Mahwah, NJ Mala Weissberg, Givatuyim, Israel Sarah Engel, Rochester, NY Natasha McFarland Rhoads, Spring City, PA Casey Wichman, Herndon, VA Mary Fetterman, Bayertown, PA Alexander Miller, Dingman Ferry, PA Lindsey Wildman, Santa Cruz, CA Francesca Fioravanti, Wilmington, DE Laura Millon, Reston, VA Kate Willey, Stockton, NJ Chris Drago Fistonich, San Pedro, CA James Morris, Elizabeth, NJ Gabriel Woods, Dryden, NY Abigail Flanagan, Scotch Plains, NJ Timothy Morrow, Basking Ridge, NJ Rachel Woody, Greeneville, TN Christopher Fludd, Freeport, NY Jonathon Mount, Perth Amboy, NJ Luke Wroblewski, Millburn, NJ Julianne Fournier, North Attleboro, MA Emma Moyer, Lansdale, PA Kelly Ye, Hangzhou, China Thaddeus Franzén, Westminster, MD James Moyer, Yardley, PA Tae Hag Yoon, Alpine, NJ Kayla Freedman, Maplewood, NJ Maddie Murphy, Levittown, PA Yiran Zhao, Beijing, China Colleen Gilgan, Sayreville, NJ Kaitlyn N. Newman, Cortland, NY Kelly Zuzic, Waretown, NJ Christina Griffin, Derwood, MD Jillian Newton, Muskegon, MI* Morgen Zwicharowski, Hagerstown, MD Rosemary Gurak, Pennington, NJ Joel Noonan, River Vale, NJ Nadia M. Guzmán, Hamilton, NJ Guillermo Pasarin, Factoryville, PA * Section Leader All rosters approved 9/18/19

-7- Westminster Chapel Choir Tom T. Shelton, Jr., conductor Rebecca Ruescher and Enrique Silva Gil, graduate assistant conductors Tyler Weakland, accompanist Kevin Alcoforado, Pawling, NY Samuel Day, Narragansett, RI Craig Peters, Palmerton, PA John Arlievsky, New City, NY Desiree Demelfi, Shirley, NY Ashley Reinhardt, Stroudsburg, PA Savannah Beale-McConnell, Cape Coral, FL Anthony Dutkiewicz, Sewell, NJ Rebecca Ripley, Jim Thorpe, PA Samantha Belinski, Yardley, PA Isabel Garcia, Lancaster, NY Grace Rykaczewski, Moorestown, NJ Francesca Bliss, Flagstaff, AZ Jordan Klotz, Rochester, NY * Richard Saber, South Orange, NJ Hannah Broomhall, Lexington, KY * Summer Rae Kuhns, Anchorage, AK Courtney Schreier, Quakertown, PA Maryrose Canevari, Pawling, NY Shayna Lee, Brea, CA Madelynn Shores, Winchester, VA * Andrew Chojnacki, Delran, NJ Jordan Mongell, North Andover, MA Cassandra Sutter, Riverdale, NJ Grace Comeau, Bristow, VA Gregory Nappa, Newton, NJ * Orry Walter, Middleburg, PA Julia Costello, Upper Black Eddy, PA Sophia Obando, Wharton, NJ Arseniy Vasilyev, Green Brook, NJ Evan Davis Sharon, MA Fabiana Pesantes, Cape Coral, FL Westminster Choir College Alumni Choir James Jordan, conductor Karl B. Cepeda, graduate assistant Jonathan Palmer Lakeland, rehearsal accompanist Emmanuel Acosta ’15 Amelia E. Garbisch ’03 Deborah White McEniry ’79 Alexa L. Agourides ’15, ’17, ’18 Noreen G. Goldberg ’15 Joyce Richardson Melech ’79, ’81 Meryem R. Ahmadian ’10 Ian Good ’14 Gerald S. Metz ’70 Shannon R. Aloise ’11 Sabrina A. Gutwilik ’17 Kathryn Thomas Moyer ’86 Michael Thaddeus Banks Lauren E. Handy ’16 Steven L. Nolen ’10 Nora Land Berlinger ’70 Ashley E. Hansell ’17 Margaret M. O’Neill ’14 Lloyd R. Blain ’80 Laura A. Harmon ’04 Cristina Orlando ’10, ’18 Emily Shick Bolles ’02 Elaine Harned ’97 Myra K. Ortega ’01 Alyssa Brode ’09 R. Douglas Helvering ’02 Sarah E. Palermo ’15 Lucas C. Brown ’17 Tod W. Hicks Gianna A. Pannullo ’15 Alicia Brozovich ’17 Shelley I. Huston ’94 Alyssa Rebecca Pereira ’16 Kathleen A. Carreras Pereira ’16 Michela A. Imbesi ’11 Pamela Zubow Poe ’80 Esther D. Chen ’12 Liska H. Jetchick ’17 Rebekah Poklemba ’12 Lane M. Cheney ’91 Susan Cadwalader Johnson ’01 Cecelia Reilly ’89, ’03 Christopher M. Christiana ’08 Rachael L. Jungkeit ’03 Ildiko Rozs ’03 Martha Cook Davidson ’74, ’81 Janine Dunlap Kiah ’02 Melissa Denton Schenck ’01 Marianne Van Campen Decker ’63 James A. Kinzel ’18 David J. Smith ’69 Giancarlo A. D’Elia ’12 Christina Spear Koller ’98 Kathryn Barr Smith ’69 Michael J. Diorio III ’00 Kristen E. Kozub ’09, ’12 Rebecca A. Smith ’19 Christine M. Dorantes ’14 Sarah Mae R. Lagasca ’13 Justin F. Su’esu’e ’14 Brian R. Duane ’96 Dominic Lam ’15 Catherine Tlusty ’91 Patricia A. Dunkin ’73 Tatiana Love ’76 Jody Doktor Velloso ’97 Kathryn R. Elliott ’17 Alexa T. Lucchesse ’19 Julia K. Walsh ’06 Richard J. Farris ’80 Christina G. Luthke ’03 Samaad K. Werner ’08 Marie A. Fosket ’08 Rebecca L. Mack ’18 Ryan A. Wilson ’14 Elizabeth R. Frasciello ’14 Erin L. MacKenzie ’16 Mary Johnson Fuller ’77 Edgar K. Mariano ’15

Westminster Concert Bell Choir Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor Hannah Steele, student assistant Laura Albrecht, San Jose, CA Charlie Ibsen, San Jose, CA Jason Steiner, Maplewood, NJ Jordan Allen, Lawrenceville, GA Anastasia Kantilierakis, Edison, NJ Andrew Sullivan, Swedesboro, NJ Michaela Carey, York, PA Nathan Lazarus, Saratoga, NY Lauren Tannen, Davie, FL Valerie Dzielski, State College, PA Gregory Robert Nappa, Newton, NJ Qingyang (Kelly) Ye, Hangzhou, China Destiny Elazier, Carmichael, CA Hannah Steele, Schnecksville, PA David Sherman, Marlboro, NJ, percussion The Westminster Concert Bell Choir is grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells and the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments from Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA. On the web: www.malmark.com * Section Leader All rosters approved 9/18/19 -8- Regarded as one of North America’s finest concert organists Grammy® nominated conductor JAMES JORDAN has been and praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique praised throughout the musical world as one of America’s pre- and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, eminent conductors, music psychologists, writers and pedagogical KEN COWAN maintains a rigorous performing schedule innovators in choral music. The most published performing that takes him to major concert venues in America, Canada, musician in the world, he has written more than 60 books exploring Europe and Asia. both the philosophical and spiritual basis of musicianship, as well as aspects of choral rehearsal teaching and learning. His Recent feature performances have included appearances at book Evoking Sound was praised by the Choral Journal as a “must Verizon Hall in Philadelphia with the Philadelphia Orchestra, read.” He is senior conductor and professor of conducting at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Segerstrom Center Westminster Choir College and conductor the internationally for the Arts in Costa Mesa California, Spivey Hall, Maison acclaimed Westminster Williamson Voices. Dr. Jordan is also Symphonique in Montreal and Walt Disney Concert Hall, as director of the Westminster Conducting Institute and co-director well as concerts in Germany and Korea. of the Choral Institute at Oxford (www.rider.edu/oxford). His most recent recordings are Dynamic Duo, (Pro Organo), A comprehensive listing of his publications and recordings can featuring Mr. Cowan and Bradley Welch in a program of original be found at www.giamusic.com/jordan. works and transcriptions for duo organists, performed on the Director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of monumental Casavant organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Rider University, JOE MILLER is conductor of the Westminster Fort Worth, Texas; Ken Cowan plays The Great Organ (Pro Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Dr. Miller is Organo), recorded on the newly-restored organ at the Cathedral also artistic director for choral activities for the Spoleto Festival of St. John the Divine, New York City; Works of Franz Liszt (JAV), USA and director of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. His recorded on the Michael Quimby organ at First Baptist church in 2019-2020 season with the Westminster Choir includes a Jackson Mississippi; and Ken Cowan Plays Romantic Masterworks concert tour of the western United States; a performance (Raven), recorded on the 110-rank Schoenstein organ at First of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Baldwin Wallace Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Conservatory of Music’s Bach Festival 2020; a 100th Anniversary concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio, In 2012, Mr. Cowan joined the keyboard faculty of the Shepherd and their annual residency at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. He will School of Music at Rice University as associate professor and lead Berkshire Choral International’s program in Amsterdam head of the organ program. He is additionally organist and artist- in July. Recent seasons have included concert tours in Beijing, in-residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, China and Spain and participation in the World Symposium on Texas. Previous positions have included associate professor of Choral Music in Barcelona. organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and associate organist and artist in residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Associate professor of Sacred Music at Westminster Choir Church in New York City. College, STEVEN PILKINGTON has taught every aspect of TERESA HUI graduated from Westminster Choir College in the church music curriculum for 25 years. His teaching is known 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, and minors for its breadth, depth and creative attention to the complexities in Musical Theatre and Piano. At Westminster she studied voice of making sacred music in postmodern times. His lecturing has with Amy Zorn. She was a member of the Westminster Symphonic taken him from Korea to Oxford University, where he lectures Choir, as well as Westminster Singers and Jubilee Singers, and annually for Westminster’s Choral Institute. As an active church performed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, New musician, he has been director of music and organist at Christ Church, United Methodist in New York City for over two York Pops, Cleveland Orchestra, and the Royal Concertgebouw decades. Additionally, Dr. Pilkington is a published author and Orchestra. She also participated in the New York Philharmonic’s composer of organ and choral music including an arrangement performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, starring Kristin of I Wonder As I Wander, which has been performed around the Chenoweth and Patti Lupone, which was broadcast on PBS’s world hundreds of times. Great Performances. An actress and singer based in New York City, her recent appearances include Off-Broadway’s The Big Bang KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW is conductor of the Westminster Theory: A Pop Rock Musical Parody, First Wives Club on BET+, Seven Concert Bell Choir, a Westminster Choir College alumna Seconds on Netflix, Difficult People on Hulu, and in the upcoming and a member of Westminster’s sacred music department, CBS drama Tommy starring Edie Falco, and Power Book II: Ghost where she teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a on Starz. In 2017, she was selected to premiere a new holiday second handbell choir. Well-known as a handbell clinician, choral piece by Wesley Whatley on the Singing Christmas her 2019–2020 workshop engagements include: Nassau County, Tree Float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which was N.Y., and Low Country, S.C., Chapters of American Guild broadcast on NBC. Ms. Hui is a National Anthem singer for of Organists, as well as appearances in China, Hong Kong, the TCS New York City Marathon with the New York Road Germany and the UK. Choirs under her direction have Runners, Knicks, and the . performed at Carnegie Hall and the World Financial She has performed at numerous cabaret venues and comedy Center’s Festival of Light and Sound and have been featured clubs in New York City. Teresa Hui also placed third in Amateur on Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s Today show, Mister Rogers’ Night in Showtime at the Apollo at the Apollo Theater. Learn Neighborhood and NBC’s nationally televised lighting of the more at www.teresahui.com. Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. -9- Conductor of the Westminster Chapel Choir, TOM T. 2019–2020 season includes An Evening of Readings and Carols, SHELTON, JR. is associate professor of Sacred Music at a spring concert in Princeton and hosting Westminster’s High Westminster Choir College, where he focuses on children’s and School Invitational Chamber Choir Festival. youth music and teaches classes in conducting, sacred music, Hailed for its virtuosity, the WESTMINSTER CONCERT music education. He is also conductor and coordinator of the Westminster Neighborhood Children’s Choir, a partnership with BELL CHOIR performs on the largest range of handbells in the the Princeton Family YMCA; director of Children’s and Youth world — 8 octaves, from C1 to C9 — as well as a six-octave set Choirs at Princeton United Methodist Church and conductor of Malmark Choirchime® instruments from C2 to C8 — the of two ensembles with the Princeton Girlchoir Organization. widest range in existence. The ensemble has appeared on Public He taught middle school choral music in Winston-Salem/ Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and NBC’s Today show. Forsyth County for 18 years, and he is the recipient of the North Most recently, it joined singer Josh Groban for NBC’s nationally- Carolina Music Educators Association’s North Carolina Middle televised lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. School Music Teacher of the Year award. Professor Shelton has It has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas conducted choral festivals and presented workshops in 21 states season and it joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and as well as in Hong Kong and Jakarta, Indonesia. the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the critically acclaimed 15-city tour titled “A Royal Christmas.” The Choir has made Established for the 2019 An Evening of Readings and Carols nine recordings; the most recent releases are Let Freedom Ring and performances, the WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE An English Christmas. In May 2020 it will embark on a national ALUMNI CHOIR is composed of alumni volunteers from 16 concert tour. states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its members span 56 years of Westminster education: representing Recognized as one of the world’s leading choral ensembles, the classes from 1963 through 2019 and professions that include WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR has recorded and education, church music, arts administration and performance. performed with major orchestras under many internationally acclaimed conductors for the past 85 years. It is composed of all The WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR takes its name from Westminster Choir College juniors, seniors and half of the graduate Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred students. The ensemble’s 2019–2020 season includes a series of music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today its performances with The Philadelphia Orchestra: J.S. Bach’s Mass in repertoire includes both sacred and secular works. Composed of B Minor, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin in December; Ravel’s students in their first year of study at Westminster Choir College, L’Enfant et les sortilèges, conducted by Stéphane Denève, in February this ensemble is a defining choral experience that remains with and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, conducted by Yannick Nézet- Westminster alumni throughout their lives. The Chapel Choir’s Séguin, in Philadelphia and New York in April.

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-10- Readings andCarols Westminster Recordings $15 Special Holiday Offer 2 for$25 Available at the Box Office after the Concert

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Patron Committee

Joseph G. and Sara R. Beck Micaela de Lignerolles Christina Callaway Joseph and Nancy Maggio Brian D. Fix Marshall and Susan Onofrio Karin and Christopher Klim James and Deborah Peters Marsha Gaynor Lewis

Readings and Carols Sponsor

Patron Contributors Mr. and Mrs. David Atkinson P. Randolph Hill Joseph G. and Sara R. Beck Pamela S. & John F. Kelsey III Gregg and Nicole Doyle* Micaela de Lignerolles Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Eckert Joseph and Nancy Maggio Brian D. Fix* Howard and Clare McMorris II Dr. Alix Gerry Liza & Schuyler Morehouse Jan and John Gramer James D. and Deborah C. Peters* Sam Greco Judith Scheide* Cathy & Frank Greek Mr. and Mrs. Robin Schott, Sr. David Grossman Bob Thomson Bill & Leita Hamill * Denotes Table Patron List as of December 5, 2019

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Support for this concert has come from the Magdalena Houlroyd Concert Endowment. Westminster Choir College of Rider University is grateful to Miss Houlroyd for establishing this fund.

-13- F Appendix F I Wonder as I Wander Now May We Singen I Thank You God John Jacob Niles (1892–1980) Cecelia McDowall (b. 1951) Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) arr. Steven Pilkington This Babe to us that now is born, Text: e.e. cummings I wonder as I wander out under the sky Wonderful works He hath y-wrought, i thank You God for most this amazing How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die. He would not loss what was forlorn, day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees For poor on’ry people like you and like I; But boldly again it brought; and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything I wonder as I wander out under the sky Refrain: which is natural which is infinite which is yes When Mary birthed Jesus ‘twas in a cow’s stall And thus it is Forsooth y-wis, (i who have died am alive again today, With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all He asketh nought but that is His, and this is the sun’s birthday;this is the birth But high from God’s heaven, a star’s light did fall Now may we singen, day of life and love and wings:and of the gay And the promise of ages it then did recall. now may we singen as it is. great happening illimitably earth) If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing Quod puer natus est nobis. how should tasting touching hearing seeing A star in the sky or a bird on the wing (That child is born to us) breathing any—lifted from the no Or all God’s Angels in heaven to sing This bargain loved He right well, of all nothing—human merely being He surely could have it, ‘cause he was the King. The price was high and bought full dear. doubt unimaginable You? Missa Carolae Who would suffer and for us feel (now the ears of my ears awake and Introit and Kyrie As did that Prince withouten peer? now the eyes of my eyes are opened) James Whitbourn (b. 1963) Refrain Guillô play your tambourin, His ransom for us hath y-paid; Go Where I Send Thee! Robin with your flute begin, Good reason have we to be His. Gospel Spiritual Play your pipe and play your drum, Be mercy asked and He be prayed, arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory Tu-re-lu-re-lu, Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Who may deserve the heavenly bliss. Play your pipe and play your drum. Refrain Children go where I send thee! Children how shall I send thee? Sing Nowell to all and some! To some purpose God made man; I’m gonna send thee one by one, Man of ancient days, he sings I trust well to salvation. one for the little bitty baby, In praise of the King of kings, What was his blood that from him ran the baby boy born in Bethlehem. When you hear the pipe and drum, But fence against damnation? Tu-re-lu-re-lu, Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Refrain Children go where I send thee! Children how shall I send thee? When you hear the pipe and drum Almighty God in Trinity, I’m gonna send thee two by two, You will know that the Saviour’s come. Thy mercy we pray with whole heart, two for Paul and Silas, For unto us a child is born, Thy mercy may all woe make fell one for the little bitty baby, Unto us a Son is given: And dangerous dread from us to start. the baby boy born in Bethlehem. And the government shall be upon his shoulder: Refrain Children go where I send thee! And his name shall be called Gloria Children how shall I send thee? Wonderful, Counselor, Tom T. Shelton, Jr. (b. 1966) The mighty God, I’m gonna send thee six by six, The everlasting Father, Let all mortal flesh keep silence, six for the days when the world was fixed, The Prince of Peace. and with fear and trembling stand; five for the bread they did divide, ponder nothing earthly minded, four for the Gospel writers, Dance and sing and leap with joy for with blessing in his hand, three for the Hebrew children, At the birth of the infant boy. Christ our God to earth descendeth, two for Paul and Silas, Dance with pipe and dance with drum. our full homage to demand. one for the little bitty baby, Tu-re-lu-re-lu, Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! the baby boy born in Bethlehem. Dance with pipe and dance with drum Refrain: For to us is born a Son. Gloria, in excelsis Deo. Children go where I send thee! Glory to God in the highest! Children how shall I send thee? The people that walked in darkness have seen a great I’m gonna send thee twelve by twelve, light: Angels from the realms of glory, twelve for the twelve disciples, They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, wing your flight o’er all the earth; ‘leven of ‘em singin’ in heaven, Upon them hath the light, the light shined. You who sang creations story, now proclaim Messiah’s birth. ten for the ten commandments, Kyrie eleison. Refrain nine for the angel choirs divine, Christe eleison. eight for the eight the flood couldn’t take, Kyrie eleison. Born your people to deliver, born a child, and yet a King, seven for the day God laid down his head, Lord, have mercy upon us. Born to reign in us forever, six for the days when the world was fixed, Christ, have mercy upon us. Born your gracious realm to bring. five for the bread they did divide, Lord, have mercy upon us. four for the Gospel writers, Rejoice! Rejoice! three for the Hebrew children, Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Israel. two for Paul and Silas, one for the little bitty baby, the baby boy born in Bethlehem.

-14- F Appendix F Plaudite Omnis Terra I Saw Three Ships Festival First Nowell Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612) Traditional Dan Forrest (b. 1978) arr. Mack Wilberg arr. John Michael Trotta The First Nowell the angel did say Plaudite, I saw three ships come sailing in, Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; psallite: On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, In fields as they lay, keeping their sheep, Jubilate Deo omnis terra, (alleluia), I saw three ships come sailing in, On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. On Christmas Day in the morning. benedicant Dominum, omnes gentes, Refrain: collaudantes eum, (alleluia), I saw three ships come sailing in, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, quia fecit nobiscum Dominus misericordiam suam, (alleluia), On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, Born is the King of Israel. I saw three ships come sailing in, Et captivam duxit captivitatem, They looked up and saw a star On Christmas Day in the morning. admirabilis et gloriosus in saecula (alleluia). Shining in the east beyond them far, And what was in those ships all three? Translation: And to the earth it gave great light, On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, And so it continued both day and night. Clap your hands! And what was in those ships all three? Refrain Sing this psalm! On Christmas Day in the morning. All the earth give thanks to God (alleluia). Then let us all with one accord Our Savior Christ and His lady, Sing praises to our heavenly Lord; Let all the nations bless the Lord, On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, That hath made heaven and earth of naught, praising him together (alleluia), Our Savior Christ and His lady, And with his blood mankind hath bought. because he has shown his mercy upon us On Christmas Day in the morning. Refrain (alleluia), Pray whither sailed those ships all three? and because he has led captivity as a hostage, Silent Night (Stille Nacht) On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, Franz Gruber (1787 – 1863) this worthy and ever shining (Lord). (alleluia). Pray whither sailed those ships all three? arr. Ryan James Brandau The Darkest Midnight in December On Christmas Day in the morning. Silent night, holy night! Stephen Main (b. 1963) O, they sailed in to Bethlehem, All is calm, all is bright The darkest midnight in December, On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, round yon virgin, mother and child. No snow nor hail nor winter’s storm, O, they sailed in to Bethlehem, Holy infant so tender and mild, shall hinder us to remember, On Christmas Day in the morning. Sleep in heavenly peace, The Babe that on this night was born. And all the bells on earth shall ring, Sleep in heavenly peace. ‘Twas pure love that from above On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, Silent night, holy night! Brought Him to save us from all harms; And all the bells on earth shall ring, shepherds quake at the sight; Then let us sing and welcome Him, On Christmas Day in the morning. glories stream from heaven afar; The God of Love in Mary’s arms. And all the angels in Heav’n shall sing, heav’nly hosts sing alleluia! No costly gifts can we present Him, On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, Christ, the Savior, is born, No gold nor myrrh nor odors sweet; And all the angels in Heav’n shall sing, Christ, the Savior, is Born! But if with our hearts we can content Him, On Christmas Day in the morning. Silent night, holy night! We humbly lay them at His feet. All the souls on earth shall sing, Son of God, love’s pure light With Shepherds we are come to see On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, radiant beams from Thy holy face, This lovely Infant’s glorious charms; And all the souls on earth shall sing, with the dawn of redeeming grace, Born of a maid as prophets said, On Christmas Day in the morning. Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, The God of Love in Mary’s arms. Then let us all rejoice amain! Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth. Even When He is Silent On Christmas Day, on Christmas day, Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980) Then let us all rejoice amain! I believe in the sun even when it’s not shining. On Christmas Day in the morning. I believe in love even when I feel it not. I believe in God even when He is silent.

-15- Recordings from Westminster The Perfect Holiday Gift! Noël An English Christmas Christmas with the Westminster Choir Westminster Concert Bell Choir Westminster Choir Joe Miller, conductor Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor Westminster Choir Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano Holiday favorites performed on the Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor Ken Cowan, organ world’s largest range of handbells Traditional holiday favorites with Classic French Christmas music organ and brass

Lumina Christmas at Westminster Carolae: Westminster Kantorei Westminster Concert Bell Choir Music for Christmas Amanda Quist, conductor Kathleen Ebling Shaw, director Westminster Williamson Voices Choral masterworks exploring light’s Arrangements of holiday classics James Jordan, conductor presence in our life journey. from Silent Night to White Christmas Eric Rieger, tenor Daryl Robinson, organ James Whitbourn’s Missa Carolae and much more! Available at the box office after tonight’s concert

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