2020-2021 SEASON CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2021

On behalf of the Department of Music, we offer our congratulations and gratitude for your continued passion, dedication, and perseverance. This recital is the culmination of years of hard work and devotion to your instrument—and to a love of music that we hope you will continue to nurture always.

Even amid the many demands of a education, and the challenge of a global pandemic, you have found ways to prioritize a deep commitment to the arts. Thank you for that commitment, and for adding your voice to the shared harmony of a world that needs to hear it now more than ever.

We hope you feel proud of what you accomplished — we are certainly proud of you!

Wendy Heller Michael Pratt Scheide Professor of Music History Director, Program in Music Performance Chair, Department of Music Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 7:30pm Live-Streamed from Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE RECITAL

Dorian Pousant ’21, Voice

music.princeton.edu 1 Unattributed Medieval Maddalena Casulana Marian Hymn (c. 1544 – c. 1590) Ave Maris Stella Vagh’amorosi

Ishani Kulkarni ’22, Alto Ishani Kulkarni ’22, Alto Ashwin Mahadevan ’22, Tenor Ashwin Mahadevan ’22, Tenor Noel Peng ’22, Soprano Noel Peng ’22, Soprano

Jonathan Woody Ave, Maris Stella (c. 1494 – c. 1560) Virgo Sancta Katherina Ishani Kulkarni ’22, Alto Ashwin Mahadevan ’22, Tenor Gabriel Crouch, Bass Noel Peng ’22, Soprano Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, Alto Noel Peng ’22, Soprano

William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623) While That the Sun Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor, Alto Ishani Kulkarni ’22, op. 62 Tenor Ashwin Mahadevan ’22, 5. All’ meine Herzgedanken Noel Peng ’22, Soprano Gabriel Crouch, Bass 2 Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, Alto 1 Jacob Clemens Non Papa Ishani Kulkarni ’22, Alto 2 (c. 1515 – 1555) Ashwin Mahadevan ’22, Tenor Cueur Langoreux Noel Peng ’22, Soprano

Ishani Kulkarni ’22, Alto Ashwin Mahadevan ’22, Tenor Noel Peng ’22, Soprano

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DORIAN POUSONT ’21 is a senior from Greenfield, MA studying molecular biology with a certificate in Vocal Performance. He is a member of the Princeton Footnotes group, a volunteer tutor for Hatch Tutors, a patient care ambassador for Princeton Med- ical Center, a singer in Princeton, and a member of Dr. Bonnie Bassler’s biology lab. Next year, after graduation, Dorian will be working at a family medicine clinic in Greenfield, playing in a rock band with friends, applying to medical school, and continuing to sing in the church choir he has been singing with from a young age.

ISHANI KULKARNI ’22 is a junior from Edison, NJ studying Comput- er Science with certificates in Vocal Performance and Statistics and Machine Learning. On campus, she is the manager of the Princeton University Glee Club, a Peer Academic Adviser for Rocky college, a BSE Interactor for the School of Engineering, and a member of the Chamber Choir and the Competitive Club Tennis Team. In addi- tion to singing, Ishani loves playing tennis, playing piano, biking, and spending time with friends and family.

ASHWIN MAHADEVAN ’22 is a junior from Marlton, NJ concentrat- ing in the School of Public and International Affairs with certificates in South Asian Studies, the History and the Practice of Diplomacy, and Vocal Performance. On campus, he is the Tour Manager of the Princ- eton University Glee Club, a member of the Chamber Choir, the Vice President of the Undergraduate Student Government, a Residen- tial College Advisor in , and an Orange Key Tour Guide. Outside of singing and extracurriculars, Ashwin enjoys playing the piano and running.

3 NOEL PENG ’22 hails from the California coast. She grew up with music and other languages, and now spends most of her time work- ing with them. In addition to the Vocal Consort Program, Noel is a Spanish & Portuguese concentrator, and plans to pursue certificates in American Studies, Latin American Studies, and Creative Writing. She is the current Managing Editor for the Nassau Literary Review,

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Princeton’s oldest undergraduate student-run publication, and sings with the Glee Club and Chamber Choir.

DR. JACQUELINE HORNER-KWIATEK Program Director, Certificate in Performance in Vocal Consort

Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, mezzo-soprano, is a singer, con- ductor, educator, and composer. She was a member of the world-renowned vocal quartet Anonymous 4 from 2000-2015. She recorded twelve award-winning CDs with the group, including Ameri- can Angels, which twice topped Billboard’s classical music charts, and The Cherry Tree, one of the top-selling classical CDs of 2010. Anony- mous 4’s performance of the Irish lament “Caoineadh” on Christopher Tin’s album Calling All Dawns, with Jacqueline as a featured soloist, led to a Grammy for Best Classical Music Crossover Album. She is currently Artistic Director of ModernMedieval Voices, a women’s ensemble dedicated to creating programs that combine early music with new commissions. Dr. Horner-Kwiatek has been a guest soloist with many renowned ensembles and opera companies, including English National Opera, Washington Bach Consort, Royal Opera Covent Garden, The Folger Consort, Ensemble Modern Frankfurt, and Ensemble InterContemporain , performing at many of the world’s leading venues, including Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and Disney Concert Hall.

As a composer, Dr. Horner-Kwiatek has had her music performed by Locrian Chamber Ensemble, The Folger Consort, ModernMedieval 4 ABOUT THE ARTISTS THE ABOUT

Voices, Early Music Princeton, and Constellation Men’s Ensemble, amongst others.

Dr. Horner-Kwiatek holds a DMA from The Juilliard School. She is also on the voice faculty at NYU Steinhardt and teaches music his- tory at The Juilliard School. She is in demand as a clinician and gives masterclasses and ensemble technique workshops all over the U.S., including her Vocal Pedagogy for Composers seminars which have been presented at universities and conservatories all over the US, including Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, Duke University, Montclair University, and SUNY Binghamton.

GABRIEL CROUCH Program Director, Certificate in Performance in Vocal Consort

Gabriel Crouch is Director of Choral Activities and Senior Lecturer in Music at Princeton University. He began his musical career as an eight-year-old in the choir of Westminster Abbey, where he per- formed a solo at the wedding of HRH Prince Andrew and Miss Sarah Ferguson. After completing a choral scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was offered a place in the renowned a cappella group The King’s Singers in 1996. In the next eight years he made a dozen recordings on the BMG label (including a Grammy nomination), and gave more than 900 performances in almost every major concert venue in the world. Special collaborative projects saw him working and performing with some of the world’s most respected artists, including percussionist Evelyn Glennie, pianists Emanuel Ax and George Shearing, singer Barbara Hendricks and Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. In 2008 he was appointed musical director of the British early music ensemble Gallicantus, with whom he has released four recordings under the Signum label to rapturous reviews, garner- ing multiple ‘Editor’s Choice’ awards in Gramophone and Early Music Review, and, for the 2012 release ‘The Word Unspoken’, a place on BBC Radio’s CD Review list of the top nine classical releases of the 5 year. His most recent recording, of Lagrime di San Pietro by Orlan- dus Lassus, was nominated for a Gramophone Award in 2014. When the academic calendar allows, Gabriel maintains parallel careers in singing and record production, crossing the Atlantic frequently to appear with such ensembles as Tenebrae and The Gabrieli Choir, and in the US, performing recitals of lutesong with such acclaimed

ABOUT THE ARTISTS lutenists as Daniel Swenberg and Nigel North. As a producer his lat- est credits have included Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Gabrieli Consort and Tenebrae. His work as a singer, coach and musical direc- tor has led to his name appearing in the London Times’ list of ‘Great British Hopes’.

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UNATTRIBUTED MEDIEVAL MARIAN HYMN Ave Maris Stella

Ave Maris Stella is a Marian Hymn—that is, a Christian hymn devoted to Mary—from the medieval period. Its authorship is unknown, but it likely originated in the 9th century. It was very popular and influential during the middle ages and long after, kept alive through settings by many famous composers from to modern.

Ave, maris stella, Hail, star of the sea, Dei mater alma, Nurturing Mother of God, atque semper virgo, And ever Virgin felix cœli porta. Happy gate of Heaven

Sumens illud «Ave» Receiving that “Ave” (hail) Gabrielis ore, From the mouth of Gabriel, funda nos in pace, Establish us in peace, mutans Evæ nomen. Transforming the name of “Eva” (Eve)

Solve vincla reis, Loosen the chains of the guilty, profer lumen cæcis, Send forth light to the blind, mala nostra pelle, Our evil do thou dispel, bona cuncta posce. Entreat (for us) all good things.

Monstra te esse matrem, Show thyself to be a Mother: sumat per te precem Through thee may he receive prayer qui pro nobis natus Who, being born for us, tulit esse tuus. Undertook to be thine own.

Virgo singularis, O unique Virgin, inter omnes mitis, Meek above all others, nos culpis solutos Make us, set free from (our) sins, mites fac et castos. Meek and chaste.

Vitam præsta puram, Bestow a pure life, iter para tutum, Prepare a safe way: ut videntes Jesum That seeing Jesus, semper collætemur. We may ever rejoice.

Sit laus Deo Patri, Praise be to God the Father, summo Christo decus, To the Most High Christ (be) glory, Spiritui Sancto To the Holy Spirit tribus honor unus. Amen (Be) honour, to the Three equally. Amen. 7 JONATHAN WOODY Ave, Maris Stella

Jonathan Woody is a celebrated American Bass-Baritone and composer who specializes in early and new music. In this beautiful setting of the above Marian Hymn, we begin with the familiar tune in the soprano which is trans- posed as more voices enter and further embellished with frequent 3 against 2 polyrhythms and other more modern compositional techniques. ABOUT THE PROGRAM THE ABOUT

Ave, maris stella, Hail, star of the sea, Dei mater alma, Nurturing Mother of God, atque semper virgo, And ever Virgin felix cœli porta. Happy gate of Heaven

Sit laus Deo Patri, Praise be to God the Father, summo Christo decus, To the Most High Christ (be) glory, Spiritui Sancto To the Holy Spirit tribus honor unus. Amen. (Be) honour, to the Three equally. Amen.

WILLIAM BYRD (c. 1540 – 1623) While That the Sun

William Byrd was an English composer of the Renaissance period. Because most of his compositions were sacred music—first Anglican, and then Ro- man Catholic—While That the Sun is a rarer example of Byrd’s secular music. Tonight, we will sing only the first verse of the four-verse piece.

Whyle that the Sunne with his beames hot, scorched the fruits in vale & mountaine: Philon the shepherd late forgot, sitting besides a Christall fountaine, in shadow of a greene Oke tree, uppon his pipe this song plaid hee: untrue love, untrue love, untrue love, adew love, adew love, your minde is light, soone lost for new love. 8 ABOUT THE PROGRAM

JACOB CLEMENS NON PAPA (c. 1515 – 1555) Cueur Langoreux

Jacob Clemens non Papa—the epithet “non Papa” having been fused to his name by a publisher, possibly to avoid confusion with Pope Clement VII or the poet Jacobus Papa —was a Renaissance composer from the Nether- lands. Cueur Langoreux is composed in French, though not modern French, which is shown below for comparison.

ORIGINAL TEXT ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Cueur langoreux, banny de toy liesse, O languishing heart, ban all playfulness, crye, gemys, lamente amerement cry out, groan and weep bitterly for your fate. ioyeusete et tous esbas de liesse Leave all joy or playful outbursts. iecte souspirs voire profondement Be quick to die and surrender, eslonge toy de tous esbatement reason demands it, a brief parler soys et mort et deffaict since losing my dame and mistress raison le veulx is more painful than I can bear. car par trop mallement envers madame’ et maistresse forfaict.

MODERN FRENCH

Coeur langoureux, bannis de toi liesse, crie, gémis, lamente-toi amèrement. Jette joie et tous ébats de liesse et soupier profondement, éloigne-toi de tout ébat, à court terme soit et mort et défait, raison le veut, car le forfait envers ma dame et maîtresse me fait trop mal.

9 MADDALENA CASULANA (c. 1544 – c. 1590) Vagh’amorosi

Maddalena Casulana was a Renaissance composer from Italy. She was the first female composer of western music to have a whole book of her works published. Her first book of is dedicated to Isabella de’ Medici with the inscription: “[I] want to show the world, as much as I can in this profession of music, the vain error of men that they alone possess the gifts

ABOUT THE PROGRAM THE ABOUT of intellect and artistry, and that such gifts are never given to women.” She later published a second book of madrigals, in which we findVagh’amorosi .

Vagh’ amorosi augelli Lovely, amorous birds che, sovra gli arbuscelli, which, above the saplings rinovate gl’antichi vostri amori, renew your former loves, cantate tra bei fiori, sing, among the pretty flowers, gl’occhi e le bionde chiome of the eyes and blonde locks che fur si dolce nod’ a le mie some, which bound me so sweetly, e di mia Clori a l’onde, and by these beloved shores in quest’ amate sponde, hear the harmony che puo sol’ a dolcir la pena mia. of my Chloris in the waves, udite l’armonia which alone can sweeten my torment.

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NICOLAS GOMBERT (c. 1494 – c. 1560) Virgo Sancta Katherina

Nicolas Gombert was a Flemish Renaissance composer known for working with dense, imitative . He is often seen as the successor to Jos- quin and the predecessor to Palestrina. Virgo Sacta Katherina is an appeal to St. Katherine of Alexandria, perhaps because Gombert was evidently seeking royal pardon from a sentence of hard labor: rowing in the galleys.

Virgo sancta Katherina, Holy virgin Katherine, Grecie gemma, Grecian gem, urbe Alexandrina, was daughter of King Costas Costi Regis erat filia. in the city of Alexandria.

O filia, scholarum gaudium, O daughter, joy of scholars, pudoris lilium, lily of modesty, virgo Katherina. virgin Katherine.

O mater nostra, Our mother, thrice holy and ter sancta quaterque four times blessed, holy virgin beata, virgo sancta Katherina, Katherine, receive the prayers famularun suscipe vota. Amen. of your servants. Amen.

11 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897) Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor, op. 62 5. All’ meine Herzgedanken

Brahms is a bit of an outlier in this program, a Romantic composer in a Renaissance and medieval program. Brahms was born in Germany. As a young man, he befriended Clara and Robert Schumann, the latter of whom championed him as a traditionalist who would return to true romanticism,

ABOUT THE PROGRAM THE ABOUT eschewing the program music and virtuosity that Robert Schumann so dis- liked. In some ways he was a traditionalist, in part in order to stay relevant in a time when concerts featuring the works of past composers were becoming popular, but he was also innovative. I chose this piece not because it has any place on a program of , but because I jumped at the opportunity to sing the music of one of my favorite composers with a top- notch group of musicians.

All’ meine Herzgedanken Wher e’er I go or wander my thought sind immerdar bei dir; still flies to thee; das ist das stille Kranken, oft I in silence ponder how dear das innen zehrt an mir. thou art to me. Da du mich einst umfangen hast, Since thee within my arms I press’d ist mir gewichen Ruh’ und Rast. my heart no more has peace or rest.

Der Maßlieb und der Rosen Nor eglantine nor roses pluck begehr’ ich fürder nicht, for my summer wreath; wie kann ich Lust erlosen, wenn if hope before me closes, Liebe mir gebricht! oh let me rest in death! Seit du von mir geschieden bist, While we are parted, oh my love, hab’ ich gelacht zu keiner Frist. no gleam of pleasure can I prove.

Gott wolle die vereinen, Hearts in true love united should die füreinander sind! ne’er asunder stray! Von Grämen und von Weinen wird Our vows in sorrow plighted, sonst das Auge blind. can death itself unsay? Treuliebe steht in Himmelshut, A faithful love to Heav’n is dear, es wird noch alles, alles gut. oh that our meeting were but near!

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2•0•2•1 SENIOR VIRTUAL RECITALS Lawrence Chiang ‘21 Dorian Pousant ‘21 Voice April 30, 2021 May 11, 2021 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Linus Wang ‘21 Alexandra Lee Rice ‘21 French Horn Piano May 2, 2021 May 12, 2021 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

Ben Alessio ‘21 TJ Li ‘21 Jazz Percussion Voice May 5, 2021 Non-Streamed 7:30 PM Recording

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