TABLE OF CONTENTS About Seraphic Fire . 4 About Patrick Dupré Quigley . .. 5 About Elena Sharkova . 6 Program . 7 Text & Translations . 8 Artists . 15 Artist Biographies . 16 Administration . 24 Our Supporters . 27 Two-Time GRAMMY® Nominee Oct 2017 Nov 2017 Dec 2017 Jan 2018 Feb 2018 Mar 2018 "After celebrating 15 years, this next season provides an eclectic musical journey through masterworks of cultural significance like Brahms’ timeless Liebeslieder Waltzes, as well as through high-quality under-performed music like David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion. Our 16th Season continues to put South Florida at the center of artistic innovation with the country’s finest vocal artists performing history’s awe-inspiring repertoire." Apr 2018 May 2018 Patrick Dupré Quigley, Founder & Artistic Director Subscriptions Now on Sale! Subscribe at SeraphicFire.org or 305.285.9060 ABOUT SERAPHIC FIRE ABOUT PATRICK DUPRÉ QUIGLEY Led by Founder and Artistic Director Patrick Dupré appearance by conductor Elena Sharkova . The Quigley, Seraphic Fire brings top ensemble singers season also features collaborations with organist and instrumentalists from around the country to Nathan Laube and violinist Matthew Albert . perform repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant and Baroque masterpieces, to Mahler and newly Recognized as “one of the best excuses for commissioned works by this country’s leading living in Miami” (el Nuevo Herald) because of its composers . Two of the ensemble’s recordings, “vivid, sensitive performances” (The Washington Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem and A Seraphic Post), Seraphic Fire’s artistic accomplishments Fire Christmas, were nominated for 2012 have translated to chart-topping album sales . GRAMMY® Awards, making Seraphic Fire the The ensemble’s September 2014 release, only choral ensemble in North or South America Reincarnations: A Century of American Choral to be nominated that year and the only classical Music, soared to No .6 on the Billboard Traditional ensemble in the world to be nominated for two Classical Chart and the ensemble’s GRAMMY® separate projects . nominated recording of Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem debuted at No .7 on the Billboard Seraphic Fire puts South Florida at the center of Traditional Classical Chart . artistic innovation during its 15th Anniversary Season with eight world premieres by established Seraphic Fire has a partnership with Naxos of and emerging American composers, appearances America for the distribution of Seraphic Fire Media . with The Cleveland Orchestra, and a guest Seraphic Fire aims to present high-quality performances of under-performed music with cultural significance. Simultaneously, Seraphic Fire encourages the occupational advancement of musicians by providing a forum for the development and presentation of their talents, and promotes community well-being through musical education programs. Proclaimed “extraordinary” (Gramophone), Award nomination for his recording of Brahms’ “authoritative” (Philadelphia Inquirer), Romantic masterpiece Ein Deutsches Requiem . “inspirational” (Chicago Sun-Times), and displaying “transformative brilliance” (New This season, Quigley appears with San Francisco York Lucid Culture), Patrick Dupré Quigley Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Grand has established himself as an exemplary Rapids Symphony . Previous guest conducting conductor, creative programmer, and lauded arts engagements include appearances with New World entrepreneur whose skills as a musician transcend Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, traditional genre boundaries . Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and San Antonio Founder and Artistic Director of Seraphic Fire, Symphony . Quigley receives rave reviews for his work with the music of contemporary American composers; Quigley received his Master of Music in is celebrated for his exacting, historically- Conducting from the Yale School of Music and informed interpretations of Classical and Baroque his undergraduate degree in musicology from the repertoire; and was honored with a GRAMMY® University of Notre Dame . 4 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON RUSSIAN CHORAL TREASURES | 5 ABOUT ELENA SHARKOVA PROGRAM March 8-12, 2017 Russian-American conductor Elena Sharkova holds a graduate degree in conducting from Rimsky-Korsakov State Miami • Naples • Coral Gables Conservatoire . She enjoys a career as conductor, university Ft. Lauderdale • Miami Beach professor, lecturer, and music editor . Currently she is chorus master for Symphony Silicon Valley and Artistic Director of Cantabile Youth Singers, a choral organization with 300 singers . Sharkova regularly appears with professional Music of the Orthodox Church: From Byzantium to Russia (with love) ® artists: career highlights include directing GRAMMY Two Chants of Early Polyphony Traditional award winning male choir Chanticleer in 2012 and 2014, a 2016 residency with BBC Singers at the Barbican Center Let God Arise Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825) (Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil), as well as collaborations Blessed Are They Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and projects with Kronos Quartet, Houston Chamber Choir, from Ten Sacred Choruses Stanford Symphony, Ballet San Jose, and American actor The Eternal Counsel Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944) Ryan Gossling . Sharkova will appear again with the BBC in Rejoice, O Virgin from All-Night Vigil Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Glasgow, where she will share the stage with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s principal conductor Thomas Dausgaard in an all-Rachmaninoff program To You, the Victorious Leader in May 2018 . from All-Night Vigil Inexpressible Wonder Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998) Sharkova enjoys working with musicians of all ages and abilities, and has appeared as guest and from Inexpressible Wonder festival conductor with choirs and orchestras in 17 countries . She advocates passionately for the importance of informal singing and building communities through joyful and meaningful music making, and combining singing with movement and improvisation . In association with Carl Fischer Golden Age of Poetry: War and Peace (and all things elegant) Music Publishing, Sharkova edits and promotes 20th-21st century Russian choral music . The Fire of Longing Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Burns in My Heart Elegy Victor Kalinnikov (1870-1927) Behold, Darkness Has Fallen Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) Selections from A Pushkin Wreath Sviridov i. Mary ii. Natasha iii. Reveille Folk Song and Urban Romance The Stranger Yuri Falik (1936-2009) Before I leave you, let me say Andrey Petrov (1930-2006) In the Dark Forest Traditional Folk Song, arr . Alexander Svechnikov (1890-1980) Oh, How Full, How Full’s My Bundle Traditional Folk Song, arr . Constantine Shvedoff (1886-1954) 6 | SERAPHIC FIRE - 15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON This program is made possible through a generous gift by Sara Solomon. TEXT & TRANSLATIONS Let God Arise Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825) The Eternal Counsel Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944) Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, Sovet prevechniy Revealing to you the pre-eternal counsel, And let them flee, otkrivaya Tebe, Otrokovitse, Gabriel came and stood before you, O Maiden, Let those who hate Him all flee from His face . Gabriil predsta, Tebe lobzaya I veshchaya: and greeting you, he said: As the smoke vanishes, let them vanish; “Raduysia, zemle nenaseyannaya, “Rejoice, earth that has not been sown, As the wax melts before the fire, raduysia, kupino neopalimaya, rejoice, burning bush that remains unconsumed, let the sinners perish before the face of God . raduysia, glubino neudobozrimaya . rejoice, depth that cannot be fathomed . Raduysia, moste k nebese privodiay, Rejoice, bridge that leads to Heaven, But the righteous shall sing and be joyful, i lestvitse visokaya, yuzhe Iakov vide, rejoice, ladder raised on high that Jacob saw, They shall celebrate in God’s presence, raduysia, Bozhestvennaya stamno manni, rejoice, divine jar of manna, They shall delight exceedingly . raduysia, razresheniye kliatvi, rejoice, deliverance from the curse, Now unto God sing praises, raduysia, Adamovo vozvaniye, rejoice, restoration of Adam; Sing ye praises to His name . s Toboyu Ghospod .” The Lord is with you!” Our God we praise and glorify: Upon Israel rest His majesty and strength, Rejoice, O Virgin from All-Night Vigil Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) And His power is in the heavenly realms . Bogoroditse Devo, raduyasia, Rejoice, O Virgin, God is wondrous in His holy place, Blagodatnaya Mariye, Ghospod s Toboyu . Mary full of grace, the Lord is with You . God of Israel! Blagoslovenna Ti v zhenah, Blessed are You among women, i blagosloven Plod chreva Tvoyego, and blessed is the Fruit of Your womb, yako Spasa rodila yesi dush nashih . for You have borne the Savior of our souls . Blessed Are They Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) from Ten Sacred Choruses To You, the Victorious Leader Blazheni, Blessed are they, from All-Night Vigil yazhe izbral i priyal yesi, Ghospodi! whom Thou hast chosen and taken, O Lord! i pamiat ih v Their Remembrance is from Vzbrannoy voyevode pobeditelnaya, To You, the victorious Leader of triumphant hosts, rod i rod . generation to generation . yako izbavlshesia ot zlih, we Your servants, delivered from evil, Alliluiya, alliluiya, alliluiya . Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia . blagodarstvennaya vospisuyem Ti offer hymns of thanksgiving, rabi Tvoi, Bogoroditse: O Mother of God: no yako imushchaya derzhavu nepobedimuyu, Since You possess invincible might, ot fsiakih nas bed svobodi,