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MONTEVERDI VESPERS Tuesday, May 9 | 8pm St. Paul’s Chapel THE CHOIR OF TRINITY WALL STREET TRINITY BAROQUE ORCHESTRA TRINITY YOUTH CHORUS JULIAN WACHNER, CONDUCTOR TRINITY CHURCH WALL STREET VESPERS OF 1610 MUSIC BY CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) THE CHOIR OF TRINITY WALL STREET TRINITY BAROQUE ORCHESTRA TRINITY YOUTH CHORUS JULIAN WACHNER, CONDUCTOR Tuesday, May 9, 2017, 8pm St. Paul’s Chapel 1 2 THE CHOIR OF TRINITY WALL STREET SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS Elizabeth Bates Melissa Attebury Steven Fox Paul An Megan Chartrand Luthien Brackett Andrew Fuchs Christopher Dylan Herbert Jolle Greenleaf Tim Keeler Brian Giebler Steven Hrycelak Mellissa Hughes Clifton Massey Timothy Hodges Thomas McCargar Linda Lee Jones Timothy Parsons Scott Mello Edmund Milly Molly Netter Stephen Sands Jonathan Woody Molly Quinn Elena Williamson TRINITY BAROQUE ORCHESTRA CONCERTMASTER VIOLA LUTE DULCIAN Robert Mealy Kyle Miller Daniel Swenberg Dominic Teresi Jessica Troy Charles Weaver VIOLIN 1 RIPIENO Adam Cockerham CORNETTO Beth Wenstrom VIOLONCELLO Kiri Tollaksen, principal Paul Dwyer ORGAN & Alexandra Opsahl VIOLIN 2 HARPSICHORD Timothy Will Julie Andrijeski VIOLA DA GAMBA Avi Stein Beiliang Zhu James Kennerley TROMBONE VIOLIN 2 RIPIENO Wen Yang Liza Malamut, principal Johanna Novom RECORDER Motoaki Kashino BASS Priscilla Herreid, principal Garrett Lahr Heather Miller Lardin Rachel Begley TRINITY YOUTH CHORUS Erica D’Ancona Victoria Lee Laine Messier Elisa Sikula Lucy Edelstein Tiffany Lin Bonnie Nygard Josie Zenger Katie Fountain Willa McAbee Marcella Roy Mollie Garcia Jack Miles 3 TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS Vespers of 1610 – Monteverdi English Translation by John Kilpatrick (biblical sections based on King James Bible) Deus in adjutorium Deus, in adjutorium meum intende: Make haste, O God, to deliver me: Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina. make haste, O Lord, to help me. Gloria Patri et Filio Glory be to the Father and to the Son et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Holy Spirit. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. without end. Amen. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia —Psalms 70:1 Dixit Dominus Antiphon: O admirabile commercium, createor Antiphon: O wonderful gift: the creator of the human generis humani animatum corpus sumens, de virgini race, taking our flesh upon him, deigns to be born nasci dignatus est: et procedens homo sine semine, of a virgin; and, coming forth without seed of man, largitus est nobis suam deitatem. bestows his Divinity upon us. Dixit Dominus Domino meo: The Lord said to my Lord, Sede a dextris meis: donec ponam inimicos tuos sit at my right hand, until I make thine enemies scabellum pedum tuorum. thy footstool. Virgam virtutis tuæ emittet Dominus ex Sion: The Lord shall send out the rod of thy strength from dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Tecum principium in die virtutis tuæ At thy beginning in thy day of glory in splendoribus sanctorum: in the splendour of the holy places, ex utero ante luciferum genui te. before the first light I begat thee. Juravit Dominus, et non poenitebit eum: The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent: tu es sacerdos in æternum thou art a priest for ever secundum ordinem Melchisedech. after the order of Melchisedech. Dominus a dextris tuis The Lord at thy right hand confregit in die iræ suæ reges. shall destroy kings in the day of his wrath. Judicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas: He shall judge among the nations, fill them with the conquassabit capita in terra multorum. dead, and smash heads in many lands. De torrente in via bibet: He shall drink of the brook in the way: propterea exaltabit caput. thus shall he raise his head. Gloria Patri et Filio Glory be to the Father and to the Son et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Holy Spirit. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. without end. Amen. —Psalms 110 4 Nigra Sum (Molly Netter, soprano) I am a black but comely daughter of Jerusalem. Nigra sum sed formosa filia Jerusalem. Therefore the king hath delighted in me Ideo dilexit me rex and brought me to his chamber and said to me: et introduxit in cubiculum suum et dixit mihi: Arise, my love, and come. Surge, amica mea, et veni. For the winter is passed, the rain is over and gone; Jam hiems transiit, imber abiit, et recessit. Flowers have appeared in our land, Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra, the time of pruning is at hand. tempus putationis advenit. —Song of Songs 1:4; [2:3;] 2:11-12 Laudate pueri Domine Antiphon: Quando natus est ineffabiliter ex virgine, Antiphon: When thou wast born ineffably of the tunc impletae sunt scripturae: sicut pluvia in velus Virgin, the Scriptures were fulfilled. As dew upon descendisti, ut salvum faceres genus hamnum: te Gedeon’s Fleece, thou camest down to save mankind. laudamus deus noster O Lord, our God! we praise thee. Laudate, pueri, Dominum: Praise the Lord, ye servants: laudate nomen Domini. praise the name of the Lord. Sit nomen Domini benedictum, Blessed be the name of the Lord, ex hoc nunc, et usque in sæculum. from this time forth for evermore. A solis ortu usque ad occasum, From the rising to the setting of the sun, laudabile nomen Domini. the Lord’s name be praised. Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, The Lord is high above all nations, et super coelos gloria ejus. and his glory above the heavens. Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat, Who is like the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, et humilia respicit in coelo et in terra? Yet respecteth humbly what is in heaven and earth? Suscitans a terra inopem, He raiseth the simple from the dust, et de stercore erigens pauperem: and lifteth the poor from the mire. Ut collocet eum cum principibus, That he may set him with princes, cum principibus populi sui. even the princes of his people. Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, Who maketh the barren woman to keep house, matrem filiorum lætantem. a joyful mother of children. Gloria Patri et Filio Glory be to the Father and to the Son et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Holy Spirit. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. without end. Amen —Psalms 113 5 TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS Pulchra es (Scott Mello, tenor; Thomas McCargar, baritone) Pulchra es, amica mea, Thou art beautiful, my love, suavis et decora filia Jerusalem. a sweet and comely daughter of Jerusalem. Pulchra es, amica mea, suavis et decora sicut Thou art beautiful, my love, sweet and comely as Jerusalem, terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata. Jerusalem, terrible as an army arrayed for battle. Averte oculos tuos a me, Turn thine eyes from me, quia ipsi me avolare fecerunt. for they make me flee away. —Song of Solomon 6:3-4 Lætatus Sum Antiphon: Rubum, quem viderat Moyses incombustum, Antiphon: In the bush seen by Moses as burning yet conservatam agnovimus tuam laudabilem virginitatem: unconsumed, we recognise the preservation of thy Dei Genitrix, intercede pro nobis. glorious Virginity. O Mother of God, intercede for us. Lætatus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: I was glad when they said to me: in domum Domini ibimus. we will go into the house of the Lord. Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis, Jerusalem. Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas: Jerusalem, that is built as a city cujus participatio ejus in idipsum. that is at one with itself. Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, For thither the tribes go up, tribus Domini testimonium Isræl the tribes of the Lord, to the testimony of Isræl, ad confitendum nomini Domini. to give thanks to the name of the Lord. Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, For there are the seats of judgement, sedes super domum David. the thrones of the house of David. Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: et abundantia diligentibus te. they shall prosper that love thee. Fiat pax in virtute tua: Peace be within thy walls, et abundantia in turribus tuis. and plenty within thy palaces. Propter fratres meos, et proximos meos, For my brethren, and my companions, loquebar pacem de te: I will seek peace for thee. Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, For the house of the Lord our God, quæsivi bona tibi. I will seek to do thee good. Gloria Patri et Filio Glory be to the Father and to the Son et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Holy Spirit. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. without end. Amen. —Psalms 122 6 Duo Seraphim (Molly Netter, soprano; Luthien Brackett, alto; Melissa Attebury, mezzo-soprano) Duo Seraphim clamabant alter ad alterum: Two seraphim cried to one another: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Sabaoth. Plena est omnis terra gloria ejus. The whole earth is full of his glory. Tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in coelo: There are three who bear witness in heaven: Pater, Verbum et Spiritus Sanctus: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: et hic tres unum sunt. and these three are one. Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of Sabaoth. Plena est omnis terra gloria ejus. The whole earth is full of his glory. —Isaiah 6:3; John 1, 5:7-8 7 TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS Nisi Dominus Antiphon: Germinavit radix Jesse, orta est stella Antiphon: The Root of Jesse hath budded; the Star ex Jacob, Virgo peperit Salvatorem: Te laudamus, hath risen out of Jacob; a Virgin hath brought forth Deus noster.