Israel in Egypt

Jeanne Lamon and Daniel Taylor, conductors , tenor University of Toronto Schola Cantorum and Collegium Musicum Choir of the Theatre of The Clarion Choir

Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:30 pm St. Patrick’s Church, 131 McCaul Street

The Historical Performance area concerts are made possible in part by a generous gift from Ethel Harris.

This concert made possible in part by a generous gift from Richard Phillips Baroque Oratorio Fund.

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. PROGRAM

Israel In Egypt; HWV 54

Part 1: The Lamentation Of The Israelites For The Death Of Joseph Sinfonia Chorus: The Ways Of Zion Do Mourn Chorus: How Are The Mighty Fall’n

Part 2: Exodus Recitative: Now There Arose A New King Over Egypt Charles Daniels, tenor Solo and Chorus: And The Children Of Israel Sighed Nicholas Burns, counter tenor Recitative: Then Sent He Moses, His Servant Charles Daniels, tenor Chorus: They Loathed To Drink Of The River Air: Their Land Brought Forth Frogs Nicholas Burns, counter tenor Chorus: He Spake The Word Chorus: He Gave Them Hailstones For Rain Chorus: He Sent A Thick Darkness Over The Land Chorus: He Smote All The First-Born Of Egypt Chorus: But As For His People, He Led Them Forth Like Sheep Chorus: He Rebuked The Red Sea, And It Was Dried Up Chorus: But The Waters Overwhelmed Their Enemies Chorus: And Israel Saw The Great Work Chorus: And Believed The Lord And His Servant Moses

Intermission

Part 3: Moses’ Song Chorus: Moses And The Children Of Israel Sung This Song Chorus: I Will Sing Unto The Lord Duet: The Lord Is My Strength And My Song Michaela O’Connor & Anna-Julia David, sopranos Chorus: He Is My God Chorus: And I Will Exalt Him Duet: The Lord Is A Man Of War Alexander Halliday & Adam Kuiack, bass-baritones Chorus: The Depths Have Covered Them Chorus: Thy Right Hand, O Lord, Is Become Glorious Chorus: And In The Greatness Of Thine Exellency Chorus: Thou Sentest Forth Thy Wrath Air: The Enemy Said, I Will Pursue Charles Daniels, tenor Air: Thou Didst Blow With The Wind Rachel Allen, soprano Chorus: Who Is Like Unto Thee, O Lord Chorus: The Earth Swallowed Them Duet: Thou In Thy Mercy Hast, Led Forth Thy People Ian Sabourin, counter tenor Charles Daniels, tenor Chorus: The People Shall Hear, And Be Afraid Air: Thou Shalt Bring Them In Ryan McDonald, counter tenor Chorus: The Lord Shall Reign For Ever And Ever Recitative: For The Horse Of Pharaoh Went In Charles Daniels, tenor Chorus: The Lord Shall Reign For Ever And Ever Recitative: And Miriam The Prophetess Charles Daniels, tenor Solo and Chorus: Sing Ye To The Lord Emily Wang, soprano ARTISTS

Jeanne Lamon THE CLARION Keith Lam and Daniel Taylor, CHOIR Graham Robinson conductors Steven Fox, conductor Michael Uloth Sopranos: SCHOLA Fotina Naumenko ORCHESTRA CANTORUM Nola Richardson Jeanne Lamon, leader Kailey Richards, Sopranos: Altos: Rachel Allen Joe Lanza, violin I Hannah Baslee Stephen Marvin, Saige Carlson Kristen Dubenion-Smith Alex Caroll Molly Evans, Anna Julia David Tenors: Sarah Wiebe, violin II Loren Graziano John Ramseyer Matthew Antal, viola I Roanna Kitchen Emerson Sieverts Jimin Shin, viola II Michaela O’Connor Basses: Felix Deak, cello I Nikki Puchkov Jeff Goble Joel Tangjerd, cello II Kayla Ruiz Michael Hawes Ruth Denton, oboe I Nevalea Tkachuk Kira Shiner, oboe II Emily Wang CHOIR OF THE Stephen Tam, flute I Sinéad White THEATRE OF EARLY Jessica Leung, flute II MUSIC Nadina Mackie Jackson, Altos: bassoon I Annie Bird Sopranos: Kevin Harris, bassoon II Rina Khan Brenda Enns Christopher Bagan, Ryan McDonald Carrie Loring organ Danielle Nicholson Ellen McAteer Louise Hung, Kurtis Ny Clarisse Tonigussi Adrian Ross, Ian Sabourin Agnes Zsigovics harpsichord Erica Simone Altos: Ed Reifel, percussion Tenors: Nicholas Burns Carlene Brown, Josh Clemenger Rebecca Claborn trumpet I Arieh Sacke Simon Honeyman Brian McAuley, Jacob Thomas Claudia Lemcke trumpet II Nick Veltmeyer Peter Mahon Megan Hodge, David Walsh Tenors: trombone I Basses: David Arnot-Johnston Brayden Friesen, Alex Halliday Robert Kinar trombone II Wesley Hui Chistopher Mahon Jan Owens, Adam Kuiak Asitha Tennekoon trombone III Matthew Li Juliane Bruckmann, Basses: double-bass Jonathan Wong Joel Allison Burak Yamen Alexander Dobson BIOGRAPHIES artist training programmes. Jeanne is the Artistic Director of the Health Arts Society of Ontario, an organization dedicated to providing seniors in long-term care and retirement homes with quality concerts, a project to which she is passionately devoted. She also volunteers at Bridgepoint Health Centre playing music for patients in palliative care. Jeanne Lamon stepped down as full-time Music

Photo credit: Sian Richards Director of Tafelmusik in June, 2014, served as Chief Artistic Jeanne Lamon, Advisor until June of 2016, and conductor / leader is now Music Director Emerita. Music Director of Tafelmusik from She plans to devote more time to 1981 to 2014, Jeanne Lamon playing chamber music, teaching, has been praised by critics in guest directing, and pursuing Europe and North America for various hobbies. her strong musical leadership. She has won numerous awards, including honorary doctorates from York University, Mount Saint Vincent University, and University of Toronto, and the prestigious Molson Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2000, Jeanne Lamon was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, and in 2014, a Member of the Order of Ontario. She is in demand as guest director of symphony orchestras in North America and abroad. She is an enthusiastic teacher of young professionals, Daniel Taylor which she does as Adjunct “Beauty of his voice will stop you Professor at the University of in your tracks” (Gramophone Toronto and through Tafelmusik’s Magazine, UK) A Sony Classical artist, conductor/ and Chris Noth. Daniel Taylor Daniel Taylor is was recently named Head Vocal sought-after for his portrayals on Consultant and Chorus Master the and concert stage, on at the Opera Atelier, and is Head cd/dvd and in film. Appearing on of Historical Performance and more than 120 recordings, his Associate Professor, Early Music, projects have been recognized Opera and Voice Studies, at the by a Grammy as well as with University of Toronto. the Juno, Opus and ADISQ prizes. Daniel has appeared at Glyndebourne, Rome Opera, Welsh National, Canadian Opera, Opera North, in Munich and at the Metropolitan Opera. He has joined leading orchestras including the San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, , Lisbon, Cleveland, the New York Philharmonic, Gothenburg, Scottish National. Daniel has performed for Canadian Prime Ministers, for the Queen of England, for the King and Queen Photo credit: Annelies van der Vegt of Sweden and for the King and Charles Daniels Queen of Spain; he recently sang The tenor Charles Daniels is at the investiture ceremony of best known as an interpreter of Her Excellency Governor General , but his narrative of Canada Julie Payette at the gifts have been praised for music Senate’s Red Chamber for an as diverse as Machaut Virelais from estimated audience of 5 million. the 1360s and Graham Treacher’s His devotion to sacred music has Divine Madness (2016). He was been recognized by the award of born in Salisbury and studied at the Queen’s Jubilee Medal. Daniel King’s College Cambridge and has appeared with the Dahlai under Edward Brooks at the Royal Lama, Salman Rushdie, Ryuiichi College of Music. Sakamoto, Dame , Jonathan Miller, , His extensive discography includes Joyce Didonato and Gerald Finley, Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with the as well as actors Ralph Fiennes, Bach-Stiftung, Monteverdi L’Orfeo Jeremy Irons, Malcolm McDowell with , Handel and Schütz’ Christmas Story with the Gabrieli Consort, is married with two daughters and ’s Missa Pro Pace is an avid cyclist. with the Warsaw Philharmonic, much Purcell and Bach, and more intimate discs such as Senfl Tenorlied with , Heracleitus with the Bridge Quartet, Lambert airs with Fred Jacobs.

Recent concert appearances include Lawes songs with Les Voix Humaines in Utrecht, St Matthew Passion semi-staged in the York Early Music Festival, Handel Chandos Anthems in their Photo credit: Isabelle Provost original setting of the Canons Estate church, domestic music The Clarion Choir of Bach for the Nederlandse One of America’s leading Bach Vereniging, previously professional vocal ensembles, unheard Vivaldi in Venice with La The Clarion Choir has performed Serenissima and the Academy on some of the greatest stages of Ancient Music’s radical look at of North America and Europe. Purcell King Arthur. The group was featured on PBS’s NYC-Arts program in 2014, and He is delighted to collaborate their debut recording, released frequently with Canadian August 2016, received 2017 and musicians and besides these 2019 GRAMMY nominations concerts, future projects for Best Choral Performance, a include the St Matthew Passion nomination for the BBC Music in Halifax N.S. and a tour of Magazine Choral Award in an ornithologically themed England, and ‘5 Diapasons’ in programme with Les Voix Diapason in France. The Choir’s Humaines. Lincoln Center debut at the Charles’ completion of Purcell’s 2011 White Light Festival was Ode Arise my Muse was described by The Wall Street performed in Montreal in 2009 Journal as ‘superb...the choristers and his reconstructions of sang with purity of tone and Gesualdo’s Sacrae Cantiones ensemble precision. ‘In 2014, the à6 have been performed in choir gave the New York premiere Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw. He of Passion Week by Maximilian Steinberg, praised as ‘a stunning performance’ by The New York Times. In October 2016, the Choir premiered this same work in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where it was written in 1923, and in London. The Russian premiere, made possible by the United States Department of State, was hailed on Russian television (Vesti Rossiya 24) as ‘one of the best examples of cooperation between our countries;’ and the London performance at the Royal Academy of Music was called ‘a Theatre of Early Music beautiful UK premiere... expertly The Theatre of Early Music (TEM) paced by the conductor Steven are sought-after interpreters of Fox, the singing was fluid and magnificent yet neglected choral full of light and shade’ by The repertoire from four centuries. Times (UK). In the spring of 2018 Their appearances include The Clarion Choir, together with stunning a cappella programs, brass players from The Clarion with practices and aesthetics of Orchestra, performed their third former ages informing thought- Renaissance program as part of provoking, passionate, and the Met Live Arts program in the committed reconstructions of music Medieval Sculpture Hall of the Met for historical events and major Museum. On May 7, 2018, the works from the oratorio tradition. choir performed with Madonna at Through their concert performances the Met Gala in a three-song set and recordings, the TEM offers that included the world premiere a purity and clarity in their sound of her new song ‘Beautiful Game.’ which has resulted in invitations In its 2018-2019 season, The from an ever-widening circle of the Clarion Choir performed on world’s leading stages, appearing tour in Washington, D.C. with in approximately 30 concerts each Maestro Leonard Slatkin and The year. With Daniel Taylor, the TEM Orchestra of St. Luke’s in the fall, are building an exciting discography and will perform in nine cities with in partnership with Sony Classical The English Concert and Maestro Masterworks, to date recording Harry Bicket in the spring. three discs. The core of the TEM consists of an ensemble based in Canada, primarily made up of group using period instruments and young Canadian soloists. historically informed performance practices to reveal the beauty of Baroque and early repertoire. In 2012, the Schola Cantorum made its inaugural performance with the famed Tallis Scholars. The ensemble also performed and toured central Canada presenting Handel’s Coronation Anthems and recorded early German works including Buxtehude’s Jesu meines Lebens Leben. The ensemble also appeared in concert touring with the Gabrieli Consort, presented Purcell’s on four evenings to capacity audiences, offered a The University of Toronto Schola reenactment of the coronation Cantorum ceremony of King George II and The University of Toronto Schola made their debut at the Stratford Cantorum aims to present the Summer Music Festival. The group brilliant early choral and instrumental presented Heinrich Schütz’s three- repertoire from across the centuries movement Musikalische Exequien to a new audience. The group’s in concert, accompanied by the interpretations strive to recreate the Theatre of Early Music orchestra. original performances of musical works — interpretations led by the The Toronto Star wrote: “St. energy and insights of the gifted Paul’s Basilica at Queen & students themselves — in the Power was packed with eager belief that historical performance listeners, attracted no doubt ideals and knowledge of the old by Tallis Scholars’ wonderful world are essential for creating discography, but also perhaps music anew. The Schola Cantorum aware of the new kids in town, includes students from all levels of Taylor’s two ensembles that study (bachelor in music, master shared the program and are now in music and doctoral candidates), also recording for Sony... Tonight with students representing many felt like a kind of affirmation of voice studios in the Faculty. permanence in the face of change Canada has many university choral and disorder in the world.” ensembles, however the Schola Cantorum is the only large-scale FRIENDS OF EARLY MUSIC The Early Music Program is grateful to the many donors who support us. We are pleased to acknowledge those donors who have made annual gifts of $500 or more between May 1, 2017 – March 1, 2019: Anonymous The M.H. Brigham Foundation Jean Patterson Edwards Robert and Mary Gore Ethel Harris William and Nona Heaslip Foundation Janet and Charles Lin William Acton and Susan Loube Jerry and Joan Lozinski Chris and Tracy Makris Michael Nairne Richard Phillips J. Barbara Rose Elizabeth Smyth Catherine Ukas

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