Society for Universal Sacred Music har som mission at fremme skabelse og opførelse af musik, der fejrer fællesskabet og ubetinget kærlighed til Vorherre og det fundamentale broderskab og søsterskab, som vi alle deler som Guds børn. The mission of the Society for Universal Sacred Music is to foster the creation and performance of music that celebrates the unity and unconditional love of God, and the fundamental Brotherhood and Sisterhood we all share as eternal children of God. Bestyrelse Board of Directors Roger Davidson, grundlægger og præsident Roger Davidson, Founder and President Sue Graves, Vice President Sue Graves, Vice President Pablo Aslan, kasserer Pablo Aslan, Treasurer Ole Enghave Ole Enghave Maya Raviv Maya Raviv Søster Dorothy Steinfeld Sister Dorothy Steinfeld Personale Staff Edie Rosenbaum, administrerende direktør Edie Rosenbaum, Executive Director Harold Rosenbaum, Kunstnerisk leder Harold Rosenbaum, Artistic Director og dirigent and Conductor Edith Parkis, Offi ce Manager Edith Parkis, Offi ce Manager Associate Personale Associate Staff Chris Farrell, arkivar og bibliotekar Chris Farrell, Archivist and Librarian Robert Pape, Marketing og Design Associate Robert Pape, Marketing and Design Associate Foreningen for Universal Sacred Music The Society for Universal Sacred Music 275 E. Main Street, Suite 103 275 E. Main Street, Suite 103 Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 USA USA Telefon: 00-1-914-241-0303 Phone: 00-1-914-241-0303 Fax: 00-1-914-241-0311 Fax: 00-1-914-241-0311 www.universalsacredmusic.org www.universalsacredmusic.org Velkomstbrev af Roger Davidson, SUSM grundlægger og præsident Welcome Letter ffrom Rogerg Davidson, SUSM Founder and President The Society for Universal Sacred Music has, among other essential purposes, a mission of building bridges throughout the world - with the understanding that all human beings are fundamentally brothers and sisters. We are all eternal children of the same unconditionally loving God. Therefore our responsibility is to produce music that refl ects and promotes that fundamental unity, and a reverence for the divinity in all the universe and within each of us. Such values appear in the writings of many cultures, including poetry. The heart of Society for Universal Sacred Music har, this concert consists of four poems by Danish blandt fl ere vigtige, det formål, at bygge poets, which I set to music for mixed chorus a bro i hele verden - med erkendelsen af, at cappella; these pieces, the music of which was alle mennesker grundlæggende er brødre inspired by the highly musical and spiritual og søstre. Vi er børn af en Gud. Det er qualities of the poems themselves, are part of derfor vores ansvar at producere musik, a set of fi fteen such works, the title of which der afspejler og fremmer denne enhed, og is “Hilsen Til Danmark,” or “Greetings to ærbødighed for det guddommelige i os. Disse Denmark.” These fi fteen poems were produced værdier fi ndes i mange kulturer, herunder in 1915 and published by Vandrer Mod Lysets poesi. Forlag, the “Toward the Light Publishing House,” and although the names of the poets Fokus for denne koncert består af fi re will be familiar to everyone in Denmark, the digte, skrevet af danske digtere, som jeg poems themselves were written after their komponerede musik til for blandet kor a death and transmitted through thought cappella mellem 1988 og 1996. Disse stykker, inspiration in the same manner in which the hvor musikken var inspireret af de musikalske book associated with these poems, “Vandrer og åndelige kvaliteter digtene indeholder, Mod Lyset” or “Toward the Light,” was er en del af femten værker, med titlen: produced. The musical and spiritual qualities of “Hilsen Til Danmark”. De femten digte blev all these poems are so high that they inspired produceret i 1915 og udgivet af Vandrer Mod me to set them all to music, which I did lysets Forlaget. between the years 1988 and 1996. Vi præsenterer dette program som en bro We present this program as our bridge from mellem USA og Skandinavien, en bro lavet the United States of America to Scandinavia - a af Musikalsk leder Harold Rosenbaum og bridge which has been built by Music Director The New York Virtuos0 Singers, såvel som Harold Rosenbaum and The New York Virtuoso komponisterne. Singers every bit as much as by the composers. Den resterende del af programmet består The rest of the program consists of choral af kormusik fra vores repertoire, alle nyere music from our repertoire, all recently komponerede eksempler på hvad vi kalder composed examples of what we call “ universal “universal kirkemusik” – musik som bevidner sacred music” – music that refl ects the unity vores fælles kærlighed til Gud. and unconditional love of God. Society for Universal Sacred Music Roger Davidson, grundlægger og præsident / Founder and President presents The New York Virtuoso Singers Harold Rosenbaum Kunstnerisk leder og dirigent / Artistic Director and Conductor Musica Animam Tangens Joshua Shank Peace Mark Kilstofte To the Peacemakers Roger Davidson Hilsen til Danmark Roger Davidson Heden Roger Davidson Fader vor Roger Davidson Epilog Roger Davidson Tre Spirituals / Three Spirituals Traditional Deep River arr. by Nancy Wertsch This Little Light of Mine arr. by John Work Ezekiel Saw de Wheel arr. by William Dawson The New York Virtuoso Singers Sopraner / Soprano Alter / Alto Tenorer / Tenor Basser / Bass Eileen Clark Katharine Emory Sean Fallen James Gregory Elaine Lachica Mary Marathe Alex Guerrero Steven Hrycelak Katherine Wessinger Guadalupe Peraza Mukund Marathe Thomas McCargar Sarah Hawkey Abigail Wright Timothy O’Connor John Rose Nancy Wertsch, choral contractor The New York Virtuoso Singers, blev The New York Virtuoso Singers, founded grundlagt i 1988 af dirigent Harold in 1988 by conductor Harold Rosenbaum, Rosenbaum, er blevet USA’s førende has become the United States of America’s eksponent for moderne kormusik. Selv leading exponent of contemporary choral om koret udfører musik fra alle perioder, music. Although the chorus performs music of er vægten på kommissionering, udførelse all periods, its emphasis is on commissioning, og optagelse af musik af amerikanske performing and recording the music of komponister. American composers. Fra sine tidlige dage i 1988, som en From its early days in 1988, as an off shoot udløber af et kor skabt specifi kt til of a chorus-in-residence created expressly Brooklyn Filharmonika, indtil i dag, med for the Brooklyn Philharmonic, until the selvproducerede koncerter, optagelser, present day, with self-produced concerts, provisioner og ture, har NYVS skabt en unik recordings, commissions and tours, NYVS has niche for sig selv i den musikalske verden. carved a unique niche for itself in the musical NYVS er en professionel korsang ensemble world. NYVS is a twelve to sixteen-member på 12-16 medlemmer (nogle gange udvidet professional choral ensemble (sometimes til 24 eller mere) dedikeret til at præsentere expanded to 24 or more) dedicated to både sjældent hørte værker af tidligere og presenting both seldom-heard works by nutidige mestre samt premierer af nutidens past and contemporary masters, as well as komponister. Harold Rosenbaum har lagt premieres by today’s composers. Harold særlig vægt på at støtte amerikanske Rosenbaum has placed a special emphasis on komponister. NYVS er blevet præsenteret supporting American composers. NYVS has mange gange i radio og tv. I august 1993 been featured many times on radio and TV. var gruppen som det første gæstekor In August 1993, the group appeared as the nogensinde på Tanglewood Music Centers fi rst-ever guest chorus at Tanglewood Music årlige Festival for Nutidens Musik (de var Center’s annual Festival of Contemporary tilbage igen i 2003), og i 2010 gjorde NYVS sin Music (returning in 2003), and in 2010, NYVS tredje optræden på Juilliard School. made its third appearance at the Juilliard School. NYVS har vundet den prestigefyldte ASCAP- Kor Amerika “ Award for Adventuresome NYVS has won the prestigious ASCAP- Programming of Contemporary Music “ tre Chorus America “Award for Adventuresome gange, og har fået Kor Amerikas “American Programming of Contemporary Music” three Choral Works Performance Award.” Koret times, and has been given Chorus America’s optræder på mere end 20 kommercielle “American Choral Works Performance CD’er: Sony Classical, Soundbrush, Albany, Award.” It appears on over 20 commercial CRI, Bridge, Koch International, Capstone, CDs: SONY Classical, Soundbrush, Albany, KASP, og DRG. NYVS opførelse af Andrew CRI, Bridge, Koch International, Capstone, Imbrie’s Requiem, med The Riverside KASP, and DRG. NYVS’s performance of Symphony under George Rothman, modtog Andrew Imbrie’s Requiem, with The Riverside en Grammy-nominering i 2000 og blev Symphony under George Rothman, received valgt som ’Årets bedste’ af Fanfare som a Grammy nomination in 2000 and was voted kritikkernes valg. by Fanfare as Critic’s Choice, Best of Year. Med støtte fra Mary Flagler Cary Charitable With grants from The Mary Flagler Cary Trust, The Koussevitzky Foundation of the Charitable Trust, The Koussevitzky Foundation Library of Congress og andre kilder, har The of the Library of Congress and other New York Virtuoso Singers bestilt 50 værker sources, The New York Virtuoso Singers af komponister, herunder Mark Adamo, Bruce has commissioned 50 works by composers Adolphe, William Bolcom, John Corigliano, including Mark Adamo, Bruce Adolphe, Richard Danielpour, Roger Davidson, David William Bolcom, John Corigliano, Richard Del Tredici, David Felder, John Harbison, Danielpour, Roger Davidson, David Del Stephen Hartke, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Tredici, David Felder, John Harbison, Stephen Jay Kernis, David Lang, Fred Lerdahl, Thea Hartke, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Musgrave, Shulamit Ran, Joseph Schwantner, David Lang, Fred Lerdahl, Thea Musgrave, Steven Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas, Joan Shulamit Ran, Joseph Schwantner, Steven Tower, George Tsontakis, Richard Wernick, Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas, Joan Tower, Chen Yi, Yehudi Wyner og Ellen Taaff e Zwilich. George Tsontakis, Richard Wernick, Chen Yi, The New York Virtuoso Singers har uropført Yehudi Wyner and Ellen Taaff e Zwilich.