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James McCarthy conductor

014 Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion

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Bass Dale Potter . Soprano Kevin DeVany Alto Damon Stinson Organ Ronald Isaacs Harpsichord Clifford Gilmore Boys and Mens Chorus Brooklyn 41.f Sopranos Altos The place Mark Christmas Gregory DeVany Guy Costley Donnell Fulton Marc Covitz Terrance Hynes Ralph Crowder Earl Lambert to come... Kevin DeVany, soloist Willie Martin Gerald Drummond Horace McGrady Timothy Edwards Lindsey McKinney Franklin Ferguson Byron Peyton for low-cost, James Herrera Wendell Platts Robert Johnson Shelly Rudolph Scott Marsh Ronald Singletary high-quality Gregory Mose Anthony Spruill Charles Nankivell Damon Stinson, soloist Sheldon Porter Ronald Vannoy Trevor Rudolph family protection! James Servedio Basses Peter Sierra John Alston Andre Williams Warren Alston Michael Williams Wendell Carroll William Williams DeCosta Dawson, soloist Michael McConnell The Tenors Curtis Parrish John Anderson Dale Potter, soloist John DesChamps Burdell Phinizy Christopher DeWeiss Dan Rubinate, Jr. Williamsburgh Drew Elliott Ronald Stencil Steve Elliott Cliff Townsend, soloist Savings Fred Gillespie Frank Krueger Douglas Nuetzman Bank Fred Ransom, soloist Incorporated 1851 John Roach, soloist Duane Smith

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About The Program.. . the bottom and to a third from the middle of it-all alone, in the midst of the greatest din made by all participants and al- There are many points of view to consider when looking crit- though he is executing the most difficult parts himself, noticing ically at the St. John Passion, especially as it might be compared at once whenever and wherever a mistake occurs, holding every- to the further excellence of the St. Matthew Passion. one together, taking precautions everywhere and repairing any unsteadiness, full of rhythm in every part of his body-this one The St. John was written in haste, revised considerably by Bach, man taking in all the harmonies with his keen ear and emitting has choruses that are musically repeated as often as four times with his voice alone the tone of all the voices." (a most unusual practice for Bach) and is written to a very in-

ferior libretto, and yet even with these problems and limitations, Another account by an old widow upon hearing the Passion . it is a monumental work of art. Why? music proclaimed, "God save us and my children! It's first as if Vr1 one were at an Opera Comedy!" Without getting overly involved with flowery verbalism about Bach, the quality inherent in the St. John, like the quality in- How frail and inadequate the judgements of any man, no matter herent in most of his music, is a musical, technical, and spiritual pro or con, over the works and life of Sebastian Bach. result that defies real understanding. We can only guess and wonder about what it is that makes it so "monumental". We invite you to join us in this two hour celebration of the wonderful music of the St. John Passion. The Passion music was very close to Bach's soul and spirit. (He wrote four musical settings to the four evangelical accounts of the death of Jesus). He believed in those events he so stunningly set to music, perhaps because such events were of such con- Romanticism lives! That image of what Damon Runyon's sequence and meaningfulness to him-perhaps because his faith "Big Apple" was and what Brooklyn Heights should be. was most real when he wrote music.The ultimate reality of Brownstone lined streets, the best views of Lower Manhattan Bach's faith was confirmed by the enjoinment of that spirit and the Battery from our Promenade with its with his extraordinary creative powers. Dionysian seduction to stroll Sunday afternoons. leisurely away. Friend ship, old and warming,

new and exciting . . One restaurant, Henry's We that two thirds of Bach's entire musical output was find End, reflects all that. Re member what it's like service the Lutheran Church, a religiously written in the of to discover a wonderful place and share it with musical expression of both his beliefs and his talents! While his others. Fresh soups, entrees sandwiches, and desserts great faith may only be measured and understood by a God created to sooth and satisfy the wounded palate. Be- that he believed in, his extraordinary talent is a rich legacy left coming famous as: to all of us.

The St. John is a religious opera and cannot be compared either as musically or form-ally to anything of its time. It was written The Home of the . a witness to Bach's faith and so moving and convincing is its Chocolate Decadanc character that it is, like other great religious works, a sensitive reminder of our own humanity even with all its beauties and its flaws. We can all cry or rejoice as we behold the wonder that Bach has left us in the St. John. henry's end Its chorales (meditatives on the drama by the congregation) 44 henry street, brooklyn, ny 212 834.1776 choruses (dramatic portrayal of the action of the people) arias (personal reflections of the "spirit" in the music) recitatives (narration by the evangelist, voices of Jesus, Peter, servants, Pilate) all serve to enliven the totality of the whole drama that the evangelist St. John wrote so long ago. The Conductor.. .

The St. John Passion contains a huge centerpiece of symmetric- ally arranged matching choruses, surrounding the recitative in James McCarthy attended Los Angeles State College and grad- which Pilate questions Jesus. Bach was not satisfied with the ac- uated in 195Q, with a Bachelor of Music degree and a Teacher's complishment of unity in single movements-he was intensely Certificate in music. He began graduate work at the University interested in the problems of form and the asymetrical propor- of Southern California majoring in conducting and organ. In tions of the St. John were revised many times before Bach was 1960, he left U.S.C. to accept a full-time position as organist- .. satisfied with what we know today as the St. John Passion. choirmaster at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Detroit. In that position he developed his first boy choir ensemble. Under All of Bach's Passions were heard at. St. Thomas in an actual his direction the choir worked with Sixten Ehrling and the service. It is possible to visualize the surroundings. The perfor- Detroit Symphony Orchestra. While in Detroit Mr. McCarthy mers were placed in the organ gallery at the west end of the nave. recorded the premiere of a choral piece by Halsey Stevens as The gallery also contained a clovier. Grouped right and left were well as Benjamin Britten's, A Ceremony of Carols, which re- the singers and instrumentalists with Bach in the middle. A con- ceived considerably fine reviews. temporary, accounting of the master "at work" describes him thusly, "...with all the fingers of both hands running over the In 1963, Mr. McCarthy left Detroit to assume similar responsib- keys of the organ, and with his feet, producing by himself the ilities at Saint Gabriel's Church in . Again, in Boston, his most various and at the same time mutually agreeable combin- most successful accomplishment was the creation of a musically ation of sounds in orderly procession-like a citharoedist, sing- sophisticated boys chorus. There he worked on three major pro- ing with one voice, while playing his own part, yet watching ductions with Sarah Caldwell including her renowned Boris over everything and bringing back to the rhythm and the beat, Goudanov, three performances with Erich Leinsdorf and the out of thirty or even forty musicians, the one with a nod, an- Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the premiere performance of other by tapping his foot, the third with a warning finger, giving Jack Beeson's opera, Lizzie Borden, for National Education the right note to one from the top of his voice, to another from Television. continued on next page ... Performing Forces . .. continued

musically from a purist In 1966, realizing that his ambitions as a musician and choral While this series has not been undertaken excessive or detailed stylistic an- director would be far too limited within the organization of point of view with respect to factors of the day, the perform- present-day American Churches, he decided to search the New alysis and performance practice and planned to present a reasonable York City area for musical and financial interest in his dream. ances have been prepared accepted as good performance The Symphony understood. And out of that meeting adherence to what is generally grew the Newark Boys Chorus and School which Mr. McCarthy practice of this day. founded and directed for eight years. This setting allowed the constructed instruments that are artistic flowering of the youngsters and Mr. McCarthy. It led We will pot use the specially the of Bach's music (strings, Leonard Bernstein, in 1973, for the Chorus available today for performance to the invitation by make is not winds, and horns) because I believe the sound they to accompany him to Rome, where he conducted his Chichester etc., and gentle, I believe, as what modern violins, Psalms in celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of Pope Paul the as beautiful, can produce. VI's Ascendancy to the Papacy. This performance was televised world-wide via satellite. However, one notable performance practice exception is made- all music will be performed by choral forces of boys and mens Over these eight years the Chorus appeared with the New Jersey including all the difficult soprano and alto solos being Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and the voices, taken by specially trained boys. Both soprano and alto choral Orchestra, co-operating with such noted conductors as Pierre parts will be sung by boys and the tenor and bass parts by men. Boulez, Eugene Ormandy, Michael Tilson Thomas and Leonard soloists are drawn from the Chorus. Bernstein. In 1974, Mr. McCarthy founded the American Boys All Chorus and in the Spring of 1975, they were invited by Harvey of the Brooklyn Lichtenstein to become a Resident Company The Brooklyn Boys Chorus Academy of Music. ex- The treble chorus (sopranos and altos only) has performed as Brooklyn Boys Chorus, they began, in as Now known the tensively in many hundreds of solo concerts over the years, September, their school program which is necessitated by inclu- well as in concert with major orchestras and conductors and performance schedules. Boys, their rigorous rehearsal ding the NewYork Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, the parents, wished to provide the artistic who, along with their National Symphony with conductors Bernstein, Ormandy and commuting daily from the Newark area to transition, began Boulez. They have recently returned from Washington, D. C. from Brooklyn. The school is advan- join the new members where, with Leonard Bernstein, they officially opened the nat- on the Brooklyn campus of Long Island tageously located ion's own Chichester Psalms. The Chorus will re-open the new Learning Center Library. University in their acoustically renovated Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center next October with the New York Philharmonic in a series of special 1976, the Chorus performed once more with In January, concerts, featuring all the Mahler Symphonies. Next season they Leonard Bernstein, who, along with Andre Watts, is Honorary are also scheduled to perform with the New York Philharmonic of the Board. Traveling to Washington, D. C. in Co-Chairman at Carnegie Hall. The active performance schedule of the Chorus January, they gave four concerts with the National Symphony has taken them three times across the and once in the Kennedy Center, to celebrate the opening of our to Europe. Country's Bi-Centennial. This concert features the newly developed tenor/bass section of Brooklyn Boys Chorus is the direct heir of the long ex- The the Chorus. They perform here in their third public concert talent of James McCarthy. They perience and the immense with the sopranos and altos. present themselves with an outstanding, secure, musical excel- lence. Before this year is over they will be appearing with the The Chorus is a resident company of The Brooklyn Academy Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of James New York of Music with education, musical and administrative offices the Mahler Symphony series planned to inaugurate Levine, in located at Long Island University's Learning Center, in Brooklyn. the new acoustical treatment of Avery Fisher Hall. Several con- certs in Carnegie Hall, a Bach Series, the United Nations and performances in schools and towns throughout New York ( State will also be part of their busy schedule. The impact of the children's energy and joy makes a stunning, positive state- Id gpg "We have captured ment of hope for humanity whenever the Chorus performs. 0, stiv., cp the style, grace & ambience s k of a europeon kOt 0 -\° Patisserie Café"

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Lukas Foss, the The In a conversation that I had recently with Conductor of the Brooklyn Phi lharmonia., he expressed the . life veryfamous restaurant view to me that people who surrounded Bach in his daily as singers and instrumentalists were more than likely very W Brooklyn. accustomed to his style and were very used to singing all of his difficult music. After all they were in daily musical contact In 1879 Brooklyn was a separate city and we began a with Bach, a great teacher and performer as well as composer. New York dining tradition The distinction of the food. the unhurried service and the elegant atmosphere attracted patrons Chorus School from far and wide Now we are a Landmark. a nostalgic I see my young singers at the Brooklyn Boys example 91 a golden era in New York's history Today. as having little trouble negotiating the runs, trills and otherwise in the Oast our patrons arrive with anticipation and occasionally problematic sections of much of the music we leave warm and happy Its our claim to fame sing. They are conditioned andused to singing Bach with Brooklyn s Landmark Seafood and Steak House (Est 1879) much time (3 hours) spent in rehearsing, and their familiarity - with the style of Bach reduces the technical complexities of GAGE&TOLLNER being occasionally tricky rather than difficult. At least that 372 Fulton Street Inc Boro Hall) 875 5181. Lunch and Dinner except Sunday. is what most of them say. Ames. Diners & Master Charge. Americans are not singers like the English or German or Italians who learned to enjoy the sound of their own voices. Nor do we have the centuries of choral traditions to draw upon. Our special interest in Bach's music has given us a comfortable familiarity, however, which has made us richer for singing and performing it. These performances are given iii Bach's entire output in that spirit-a spirit that characterized and which he expressed once to a friend as, "for his own pleasure of performance, for the edification of the listener _ - -- R E STA V R.------and "for the honor and glory of God." Certainly the music

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