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Sydney and Melbourne December 2016 MEDIA PARTNER PRINCIPAL PARTNER Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director Madison Nonoa (New Zealand) Soprano Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Take control of your Brandenburg Choir PROGRAM Sydney City Recital Hall Nicolai Wachet auf! (1599) Wednesday 14 December, 5pm and 7pm (arr. Praetorius) Saturday 17 December, 5pm and 7pm financial future Anonymous Sonata à 9 Gauntlett Once, in Royal David’s City Melbourne Melbourne Recital Centre Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets Saturday 10 December, 5pm and 7:30pm in C major, RV 537 Allegro Vavilov Ave Maria Mosman (arr. A. Palmer) St Clement’s Anglican Church Friday 9 December, 7pm Traditional O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. A. Palmer) Paddington Ola Gjeilo The Spheres from Sunrise Mass St. Francis of Assisi Church Monday 12 December, 7pm Traditional Coventry Carol Tuesday 13 December, 7pm (arr. A. Palmer) Luys de Narváez Con qué la lavare Wollongong (arr. T. Coelho) St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Thursday 15 December, 7pm Traditional God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. A. Palmer) Parramatta Rittler Ciaccona à 7 in C major St. Patrick’s Cathedral Monday 19 December, 7:30pm Ēriks Ešenvalds O Salutaris Hostia The best decisions are made when you have all the facts Mendelssohn Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Newtown St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Macquarie financial advisers provide expert To access the tools, insights and expertise you Ben Folds The Luckiest Tuesday 20 December, 7pm guidance and keep you informed, so you need to help make important decisions contact (arr. Jim Clements) can take control of your financial future a Macquarie adviser today. Adolphe Adam Cantique de Noël Chairman’s 11 with confidence. (arr. A. Palmer) Proudly supporting our guest artists. Traditional Amazing Grace Call 1800 789 789 or visit macquarie.com.au/advice The duration of this (arr. A. Palmer) concert is approximately Gruber Stille Nacht 90 minutes without macquarie.com Anonymous O Come, All Ye Faithful interval. We kindly request (arr. Willcocks) that you switch off all This information is provided by Macquarie Equities Limited ABN 41 002 574 923 AFSL 237504 (MEL) and does not take into account your objectives, electronic devices during financial situation or needs. You should consider whether it is appropriate for you. MEL is not an authorised deposit-taking institution for the purposes the performance. of the Banking Act (Cth) 1959, and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) ABN 46 008 583 542. 1 MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of MEL.

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On behalf of Macquarie Group, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to Noël! Noël! Christmas for me is a feeling not a date. Summer holidays are in sight, the beach This is Macquarie Group’s ninth year as Brandenburg’s principal partner and Noël! Noël! is always a becomes irresistible, and everybody’s home highlight of the annual concert season. Artist Director Paul Dyer makes this such a special occasion or nobody’s home at all. Christmas has an by creating a program with a delightful mix of joyful traditions and wonderful surprises. It continues to unmistakable charm over people. We visit old be the perfect way to celebrate the end of the concert year. friends, we get festive with food and we let our guard down. Sun showers scorch the asphalt, It is a privilege to support the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. What makes this relationship so the dress code goes out the window and we rewarding is our shared vision of infinite possibilities and commitment to the highest standards, yearn for the southerly to hit. We travel, we underpinned by specialist skills and experience. The Brandenburg continues to inspire and engage volunteer, we cook. I call this magic in the audiences all across the country by showcasing exceptional local and international musical talent. air Noël! Noël!

Congratulations to Paul Dyer and the Orchestra for another magnificent year of concerts. A few things I love about Christmas

Seeing the Christmas lights on as I approach home You have almost certainly heard the Hallelujah The glamour and glitter of the decorations, chorus but you may not have experienced the including the tacky ones rest of Handel’s ubiquitous Messiah. Initially Piling into the car and heading straight headed for failure, Handel worked cleverly with to the beach for a swim philanthropist Thomas Coram to stage a series of The Christmas ads and jingles benefit concerts in Foundling Hospital for orphans on TV in the 1750s. The act of charity turned quickly Seeing cases of mangoes and cherries into commercial success and the rest is history. for sale on the roadside Messiah exploded onto the London scene. I am thrilled to be opening the 2017 concert season Waking on Christmas morning and feeling with this keystone of the baroque repertoire which completely peaceful is arguably one of the greatest and most popular masterworks ever written. Resplendent young New Zealand soprano Madison Nonoa makes her Brandenburg Do not miss Handel’s Messiah. Go to the debut during this Noël! Noël! series. I will Brandenburg website, call the box office and never forget the first time I heard this glorious buy your ticket now! young voice. Merry Christmas. Switch your TV to Foxtel Arts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and tune into a broadcast concert of Noël! Noël! recorded live at St Francis of Assisi in Paddington, Sydney. This is the start of a fabulous partnership with Foxtel Arts who Bill Marynissen share a commitment to musical excellence and to 2 Head of Wealth Management, Banking and Financial Services PRINCIPAL PARTNER bringing the Brandenburg to the widest possible Paul Dyer AO 3 audience across Australia. Artistic Director and Conductor NOËL! NOËL!

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Baroque Violins Baroque Trumpet Timpani/Percussion Matt Bruce* Leanne Sullivan Brian Nixon Associate Concertmaster Rainer Saville Ben Dollman* Theorbo/Guitar Sackbut Tommie Andersson* Baroque Viola Ros Jorgensen Monique O'Dea1 Nigel Crocker Chamber Organ Brett Page Heidi Jones2 Baroque Cello Rosemary Quinn Harpsichord Paul Dyer*

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Soprano Alto Bass Samantha Ellis Jonathan Borg Craig Everingham Wei Jiang Phil Butterworth Nick Gilbert Belinda Montgomery Chris Hopkins Sébastien Maury Amy Moore Mark Nowicki Philip Murray Josie Ryan Paul Tenorio Rodney Smith Anna Sandström Lauren Stephenson Tenor Adria Watkin Spencer Darby Hester Wright Miguel Iglesias Brendan McMullan Eric Peterson SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR 2017 Richard Sanchez What I think of when I think of baroque * Denotes Brandenburg Core Musician 4 1 Monique O’Dea appears courtesy of Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney (staff) 2 Heidi Jones appears courtesy of SCEGGS Darlinghurst brandenburg.com.au | 1300 782 856 Paul Dyer and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra would like to warmly thank the Austrian Period Orchestra Concerto Stella Matutina for generously providing the music for the Sonata à 9 5 PRINCIPAL PARTNER MADISON AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG NONOA ORCHESTRA

“...What stands out at concert after concert is the impression that this bunch of musicians is having a really good time. They look at each other and smile and laugh... there’s a warmth and sense of fun not often associated with classical performance.” Sydney Morning Herald

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, led by 28 flagship national arts organisations supported charismatic Artistic Director Paul Dyer, celebrates by the Australia Council for the Arts. The Orchestra the music of the sixteenth, seventeenth and began regular touring to Queensland in 2015. eighteenth centuries with excellence, flair and joy. Comprising leading specialists in informed Since its beginning, the Brandenburg has performance practice from all over Australia, the been popular with both audiences and critics. Brandenburg performs using original edition scores In 1998 The Age proclaimed the Brandenburg and instruments of the period, breathing fresh life “had reached the ranks of the world’s best and vitality into baroque and classical masterpieces period instrument orchestras”. In 2010 the UK’s – as though the music has just sprung from the Gramophone Magazine declared “the Australian composer’s pen. Brandenburg Orchestra is Australia’s finest period-instrument ensemble. Under their inspiring The Orchestra’s name pays tribute to the musical director Paul Dyer, their vibrant concerts Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach, whose and recordings combine historical integrity with musical genius was central to the baroque area. electrifying virtuosity and a passion for beauty”. Celebrating their 27th anniversary in 2016, the Madison Nonoa is a soprano of Samoan-New Winner 2015, 3rd Place Winner New Zealand Brandenburg continues to deliver exhilarating The Australian proclaimed that “a concert with the Zealand and European descent. She has Young Performer of the Year 2014, Beatrice performances. Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is like stepping recently embarked on a solo international career, Webster Prize for Excellence: Most Promising back in time, as the sounds of period instruments beginning with her performances in Australia Senior Vocalist 2015, Lexus Song Quest The Brandenburg has collaborated with such resurrect baroque and classical works with with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Finalist 2016. acclaimed and dynamic virtuosi as Andreas reverence and authority”. Madison has studied classical singing, violin and Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano since five years of age and is passionate Madison has performed with the Auckland Emma Kirkby, Andreas Staier, Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Brandenburg’s 19 recordings with ABC about opera and French, German and Samoan Opera Factory, New Zealand Opera Company, Genevieve Lacey, Andrew Manze and more. Classics include five ARIA Award winners for languages. Madison is currently a student at New Zealand Youth Choir and the Auckland Best Classical Album (1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 University of Waikato where she is completing Opera Studio. She counts her roles in Puccini’s Through its annual subscription series in and 2010). In 2015 the Australian Brandenburg her Postgraduate studies in French and German Gianni Schicchi, Handel’s Oreste and Mozart’s Sydney and Melbourne, the Australian Orchestra was the recipient of the Sidney Myer and received her Bachelor of Music (First Class The Magic Flute as career highlights and is Brandenburg Orchestra performs before a Performing Arts Group Award and in 2016 the Honours) from the University of Auckland where looking forward to more opportunities to explore live audience in excess of 51,000 people, and Helpmann Award for Best Chamber Concert. she majored in Classical Voice Performance. the world of opera. hundreds of thousands more through national broadcasts on ABC Classic FM. The Orchestra Discover more at brandenburg.com.au Still at the beginning of her career, Madison has also has a regular commitment to performing many accomplishments and received many in regional Australia. Since 2003 the Australian awards including recipient of the Sir Edmund Brandenburg Orchestra has been a member of 6 Hillary Scholarship 2015/16, Christchurch Aria the Major Performing Arts Group, which comprises 7 BRANDENBURG NOËL! NOËL! CHOIR

"There was vigour and passion in this performance just as there was great subtlety and Philipp Nicolai (1556 – 1608), arr. Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621) finely shaded nuances of feeling and colour.” Sydney Morning Herald Wachet auf!

Nicolai was a Lutheran pastor who witnessed the devastating effects of the bubonic plague in "The Brandenburg Choir was polished and responsive, powerfully conveying the work's north-western Germany at the end of the sixteenth century. More than 1,300 people died in his small celebratory magnificence in their full-voiced climaxes sung in unison." town, and at times he was called on to conduct thirty or more burials a day, yet at the same time he The Australian wrote this joyful hymn, which is still sung today. Its text refers to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins from the Gospel of Matthew, in which Jesus advises his followers to prepare for the coming of God: ‘Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.’ The Brandenburg Choir is renowned for its This beautiful collection of festive music is available astonishing vocal blend and technical virtuosity. in leading music stores. In addition to the annual Nicolai’s hymn has been used by many other composers, most famously by J S Bach in his cantata Established by Artistic Director Paul Dyer in 1999 Noël! Noël! concerts, the Choir now regularly BWV 140. The version sung in this concert is by Michael Praetorius, German composer and music to perform in the first-ever Noël! Noël! Brandenburg performs as part of the Brandenburg’s annual theorist, whose version was published not long after Nicolai’s own, in 1607. Christmas concert, the Choir has become a regular subscription season. Bach Cantatas, Handel part of the Brandenburg year. The first Noël! Noël! Coronation Anthems, and Mozart’s great Requiem Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ‘Wake up’, call the voices concert combined medieval chant and polyphony and Coronation Mass are among the best loved Der Wächter sehr hoch auf der Zinne, Of the watchmen on the tower; as well as carols from around the world in their performances of the Choir. Their performance of Wach auf, du Stadt Jerusalem! ‘Awake, city of Jerusalem!’ original settings and languages. Handel's Ode for St Cecilia's Day received critical Mitternacht heißt diese Stunde, It is midnight, acclaim, with the Sydney Morning Herald declaring: Sie rufen uns mit hellem Munde: They call us with brilliant cries: "Music from earlier centuries often requires the "[The Brandenburg Choir is] one of the finest Wo seid ihr klugen Jungfrauen? ‘Where are you, wise virgins? sound of the human voice. I wanted to put a choruses one could put together in this town". Wohlauf, der Bräut’gam kömmt, Hurry, the Bridegroom comes, group of excellent singers together adding a rich Steht auf, die Lampen nehmt! Get up, bring your lamps; complement to our period instruments. Our Choir The current members of the Brandenburg Choir Halleluja! Hallelujah! is a ravishing blend of radiant Sydney singers", are all professional singers, many of whom also Macht euch bereit zu der Hochzeit, Get ready for the marriage, says Paul Dyer. hold music degrees, but they do not all sing full Ihr müßet ihm entgegengehn! You must go to meet Him.’ time. From music teachers to lawyers, business Originally 13 voices, the Choir joined our Orchestra managers to medical doctors and nurses, each Zion hört die Wächter singen, Zion hears the watchmen singing, and wowed audiences with truly beautiful member looks forward to the opportunity to Das Herz tut ihr vor Freuden springen, Her heart leaps with joy, renditions of both familiar Christmas favourites perform with the Brandenburg throughout the year. Sie wachet und steht eilend auf. she wakes and rises in haste. and rarely-heard sacred works, performing music Ihr Freund kommt vom Himmel prächtig, Her friend comes from heaven in splendour, from the eleventh century to the baroque. It was Von Gnaden stark, von Wahrheit mächtig, strong in mercy, mighty in truth, an instant success, combining musical, literary and Ihr Licht wird hell, ihr Stern geht auf. her light burns bright, her star rises. scholarly performances that thrilled audiences and Nun komm, du werte Kron’, Now come, you worthy crown, critics alike. Herr Jesu, Gottes Sohn! Lord Jesus, Son of God! Hosianna! Hosanna! Noël! Noël! has proven to be so popular, the Wir folgen all’ zum Freudensaal We all follow to the hall of joy, Brandenburg have released their second live Und halten mit das Abendmahl. and join in the Lord’s supper. recording of the concert at City Recital Hall. A Celtic Christmas was recorded in 2013. 8 9 NOËL! NOËL!

Gloria sei dir gesungen ‘Gloria’ shall be sung to you Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) Mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen, with the voices of people and angels, Mit Harfen und mit Zimbeln schon. with harp and cymbal. Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major, RV 537 Von zwölf Perlen sind die Pforten The gates of your city are decorated with twelve An deiner Stadt, wir sind Konsorten pearls, we are the consorts Allegro Der Engel hoch um deinen Thron. of the angels around your throne. Kein Aug hat je gespürt, No eye has seen, As with many of Vivaldi’s works, we do not know when this double trumpet concerto was composed or Kein Ohr hat mehr gehört no ear has ever heard for what occasion, although the bright character of the work suggests that it may have been composed Solche Freude, such joy for a festive or celebratory occasion. In this period the trumpet was a solo, not an orchestral instrument, Des sind wir froh, i-o, i-o, as our happiness, i–o, i–o, and had strong associations with hunting and the military. Vivaldi exploits the traditional strengths of the Ewig in dulci jubilo. forever in dulci jubilo. natural trumpet, using the two instruments to imitate each other in fanfare-like patterns or play together in close harmony, creating cascades of sound. Anonymous Vladimir Vavilov (1925 – 1973), arr. Alex Palmer Sonata à 9 Ave Maria This work, composed in the seventeenth century, is from the rich tradition of Italian and Austrian ensemble music. As its title suggests, it is in nine parts, for trumpets, trombones, violins, timpani and This song first appeared on an album of Renaissance lute music released in 1970 by the USSR’s state basso continuo. In this period the composer did not often compose music for the timpani, but expected owned record company. Its composer was listed as being unknown, but in fact it, and most of the other the drummers to improvise their parts. Drummers were apprenticed to a master, from whom they learnt works on the album, had been composed by the performer, Russian guitarist Vladimir Vavilov, who drumming patterns suitable for different types of music. Drums were especially used with trumpets in thought this was the only way he could have his music heard by a wider audience in Soviet Russia. When fanfares and ceremonial music. the song was recorded by the great Russian singer Irina Arkhipova in 1987, it was attributed to the early Baroque composer Caccini, but its long lyrical melodic lines bear no relation to anything Caccini might Henry John Gauntlett (1805 – 1876) have composed.

Once, in Royal David's City Traditional, arr. Alex Palmer

The tune of Once, in Royal David's City was composed in 1849 by the English organist, organ designer and O Little Town of Bethlehem music critic Henry John Gauntlett, who composed over a thousand hymn tunes and was a renowned player of J S Bach’s organ music. The words were written by Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander, wife of the Anglican The words for this well-loved Christmas carol were written by Phillips Brooks, an American clergyman Primate of Ireland and a prolific author of children’s hymns, including All things bright and beautiful. who visited Jerusalem in 1865 and on Christmas Eve stood in the field where the angels were thought to have appeared to the shepherds, announcing the birth of Christ. The tune exists in three different Once, in royal David’s city, And His cradle was a stall; versions. The best known is this one by Vaughan Williams, which he based on an English folk ballad. In Stood a lowly cattle shed With the poor, and mean, and lowly, this concert it will be performed in a new arrangement for trumpets and sackbuts. A sackbut is an early Where a mother laid her baby Lived on earth our Saviour holy. slide trombone. Its unusual name is from the French sacqueboute, meaning to shove violently, probably In a manger for his bed: describing the movements of the player! Mary was that mother mild, Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by, Jesus Christ her little child. We shall see him; but in heaven, He came down to earth from heaven Set at God’s right hand on high; 10 Who is God and Lord of all, When like stars his children crowned 11 And His shelter was a stable All in white shall wait around. NOËL! NOËL!

Ola Gjeilo (1978 – ) Attr. Luis de Narváez (fl. 1526 – 1549), arr. Tristan Coelho

The Spheres from Sunrise Mass Con qué la lavare

Ola Gjeilo was born in Norway, and moved to the United States in 2001 to study at the Juilliard School Narváez was a Spanish composer and player of the vihuela, an early Spanish stringed instrument similar in New York. ‘The Spheres’ is the first movement in his Sunrise Mass, first performed in Oslo in 2007. to a guitar. This song was published in his collection of vihuela music in 1538, although it is also found Gjeilo wrote: “I wanted the musical evolution of the Mass to go from the most transparent and spacey in other song collections from the same period. It was also set by twentieth century Spanish composer to something completely earthy and grounded, from heaven to earth, so to speak. So in The Spheres, Joaquin Rodrigo as part of his cycle Cuatro madrigales amatorios (Four Madrigals of Love), based on I used a kind of overlapping fade-in fade-out effect to give a sense of floating in space, in darkness and sixteenth-century poems. relative silence, surrounded by stars and planets light-years away.” ¿Con qué la lavaré What shall I use Kyrie eleison, Lord, have mercy, la flor de la mi cara? to wash my face? Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy. ¿Con qué la lavaré What shall I use, que vivo mal penade? I who live so badly afflicted? Traditional, arr. Alex Palmer Lávanse las casadas The married women bathe themselves con agua de limones, with lemon water; Coventry Carol lávome yo cuytada I am wretched, and bathe myself con penas y dolores with anguish and pain This song comes from a fourteenth-century Coventry mystery play. It tells the Christmas story and concludes with the ‘Slaughter of the Innocents’ ordered by King Herod when he was told of the birth of Traditional, arr. Alex Palmer a child who would become the most powerful ruler in the world. The song comes at the end of the play and is sung by the mothers of Bethlehem to quieten their children, so Herod’s men will not hear them and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen murder them. This was a wassail song, an English secular carol sung by groups of wassailers who went from door to Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, That woe is me, door, singing in return for something with which to drink to the good health of those they visited. This was By, by, lully, lullay. Poor child, for thee not a practice everyone enjoyed: “… at the first sound of ‘God bless you, merry gentlemen! May nothing And ever morne* and say you dismay!’, Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action that the singer fled in terror, leaving the O sisters two, For thy parting keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost.” (in A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens How may we do Neither say nor sing: in 1843). For to preserve this day ‘By, by, lully, lullay.’ This poor youngling Phillip Jakob Rittler (c. 1637 – 1690) For whom we do sing: *grieve and sigh ‘by, by lully, lullay?’ Ciaccona à 7 in C major

Herod the King Rittler was a German composer and violinist who worked primarily in Austria and Bohemia (now the In his raging Czech Republic). The ciaccona originated in the late sixteenth century as a dance-song popular amongst Charged he hath this day servants, slaves and native Americans in the Spanish dominions of the New World. Its driving rhythm and His men of might short, powerful pattern of only four basic harmonies made it an ideal ground bass on which to create In his own sight variations. Rittler’s version dates from 1678 and is for an unusual combination of instruments – two All young children to slay. 12 trumpets, four string players, and continuo. 13 NOËL! NOËL!

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 – 1847) Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977 – )

O Salutaris Hostia Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

The text of this chant was written in the thirteen century by St Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential Charles Wesley’s great Christmas hymn has been through many stages of development since the words medieval philosophers and theologians. It is sung in the Catholic mass at the consecration of the bread were first written in 1739. The melody by Mendelssohn began life to a different text, as a movement in and wine in preparation for communion, and has been set by many composers including Palestrina, his Festgesang for men’s voices and trumpet (1840), which was commissioned for the celebration of the Beethoven, and Gounod. This setting is by contemporary Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds and features 400th anniversary of Gutenberg’s invention of printing. It was joined with Wesley’s text, which by that time two female soloists, whose parts float over the choir’s almost static chords. The word ‘host’ in the first was much altered, in 1856. line of the text refers to the communion bread, which symbolises the body of Christ. Hark! the herald angels sing Hail the incarnate Deity! O salutaris Hostia, O health-giving host, Glory to the newborn King; Pleased as man with men to dwell, Quae caeli pandis ostium: who opens the gate of heaven, Peace on earth and mercy mild, Jesus, our Emmanuel: Bella premunt hostilia, Our enemies press on us from every side God and sinners reconciled: Hark! the herald angels sing Da robur, fer auxilium. give us strength, bring us aid. Joyful all ye nations rise, Glory to the newborn King. Uni trinoque Domino To the Lord, three in one, Join the triumph of the skies, Sit sempiterna gloria, may there be everlasting glory, With the angelic host proclaim, Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Qui vitam sine termino who life without end Christ is born in Bethlehem: Hail the Son of Righteousness! Nobis donet in patria. Amen. may he grant to us in his kingdom. Hark! the herald angels sing Light and life to all he brings, Glory to the newborn King. Risen with healing in his wings; Mild, he lays his glory by, Christ, by highest heaven adored, Born that man no more may die, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Born to raise the sons of earth, Late in time behold him come, Born to give them second birth: Offspring of a virgin’s womb! Hark! the herald angels sing Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Glory to the newborn King.

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Ben Folds (1966 – ), arr. Jim Clements Minuit, chrétiens, c’est l’heure solennelle Midnight, Christians, it is the solemn hour Où l’Homme-Dieu descendit jusqu’à nous, when the man–God descended to us The Luckiest Pour effacer la tache originelle, to wipe away the stain of original sin, Et de son Père arrêter le courroux. and to end the anger of His Father. Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He was the vocalist and pianist Le monde entier tressaille d’espérance, The entire world quivers with hope, with the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five, but has also performed his own piano concerto with the À cette nuit qui lui donne un Sauveur. on this night which gives us a saviour. Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He lived in Adelaide for four years (and wrote a song about it!). Peuple, à genoux, attends ta délivrance People, on your knees, wait for your deliverance Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël! I don’t get many things right the first time, I love you more than I have Voici le Rédempteur! Here is the Redeemer! In fact, I am told that a lot, Ever found a way to say to you. Now I know all the wrong turns and stumbles Le Rédempteur a brisé toute entrave, The Redeemer has broken all barriers, And falls brought me here. Next door there’s an old man who lived to his La Terre est libre et le Ciel est ouvert. the world is free and heaven is open. And where was I before the day nineties and, one day Il voit un frère où n’était qu’un esclave, He sees a brother where there was only a slave, That I first saw your pretty face, Passed away in his sleep. L’amour unit ceux qu’enchaînait le fer. love unites those who iron enchained. That I see every day? And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days, and Qui lui dira notre reconnaissance? Who will tell Him of our gratitude? And I know passed away. C’est pour nous tous qu’il naît, It is for us all that He was born, That I am the luckiest. And I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell qu’il souffre et meurt. that He suffered and died. you that I know we belong, Peuple, debout! Chante ta délivrance. People, stand up! Sing your deliverance! But what if I’d been born fifty years before you That I know Noël! Noël! Chantons le Rédempteur! Noël! Noël! Let us sing of the Redeemer! In a house on the street That I am the luckiest. Where you lived? Traditional, arr. Alex Palmer Maybe I’d be outside as you passed on your bike; would I know? Amazing Grace And in a white sea of eyes I see one pair that I recognise. The words of Amazing Grace were written by John Newton, an English sailor turned slave trader, whose And I know morals and behaviour were so bad that he was imprisoned on board ship and was enslaved himself for a That I am the luckiest. time at Sierra Leone. His conversion to Christianity began during a violent storm at sea when his ship nearly capsized. He became an Anglican clergyman at the age of forty, and wrote the words for many hymns. Adolphe Adam (1803 – 1856), arr. Alex Palmer Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares, Cantique de Noël That sav’d a wretch like me! I have already come; I once was lost, but now am found, ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, Cantique de Noël (Song of Christmas) was a poem written by minor French poet Placide Cappeau and Was blind, but now I see. And grace will lead me home. set to music in about 1847 by Adolphe Adam, a French composer best known today for his music for the ballet Giselle. Cappeau was not religious; in fact he held socialist views, and his support for the abolition ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, of slavery is reflected in the words of the final verse. It is more commonly known under its English title, And grace my fears reliev’d; O Holy Night, which appeared in 1855. It was written by John Sullivan Dwight, an American minister of How precious did that grace appear religion who was also an abolitionist. It was not a direct translation: much of what Dwight wrote was quite The hour I first believ’d! different to the original, although it kept the reference to slavery. 16 17 NOËL! NOËL!

Felix Gruber (1787 – 1863) Anonymous, arr. David Willcocks

Stille Nacht O Come, All Ye Faithful

Stille Nacht (Silent Night) was composed for the Christmas Eve mass in 1818 in the Bavarian (now Despite being such a well known and loved Christmas hymn, the origins of O Come, All Ye Faithful are Austrian) village of Oberndorf. For two voices and guitar, the music was by the parish organist Felix uncertain, although it is clear that both tune and text come from England in the middle of the eighteenth Gruber, the words by parish priest Joseph Mohr, and they wrote it for the available musicians – century. It certainly started life as a hymn sung in Latin at the Roman Catholic Portuguese embassy themselves. Gruber later arranged it for more instruments and added a choir. chapel in London, which caused it for some time to be referred to as ‘The Portuguese Hymn’. The tune was probably written by Thomas Arne, mainly remembered now as the composer of ‘Rule! Britannia’. The Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! Silent night! Holy night! text is believed to have been written by John Francis Wade, an English Catholic scholar, and it originally Alles schläft; einsam wacht Everything sleeps; only awake are consisted of four verses in Latin with the title Adeste Fideles. It went through a number of English Nur das traute heilige Paar. The holy betrothed couple. translations throughout the nineteenth century, before arriving at the version we know. Holder Knab im lockigen Haar, Lovely boy with curly hair, Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh! Sleep in heavenly peace! O come, all ye faithful, God of God, joyful and triumphant, Light of Light, Po marie, po aroha Silent night, holy night O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem! Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb: Kei te moe nga tangata All is calm, all is bright Come and behold him, very God, begotten, not created. E titiro atu ana Round yon Virgin Mother and child born the King of Angels! A Maria me Hohepa Holy infant so tender and mild Sing, choirs of angels! Ki te kaiwhakaora Sleep in heavenly peace O come, let us adore him! Sing in exultation! Ke a hehu aroha Sleep in heavenly peace O come, let us adore him! Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above: O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! “Glory to God in the highest.” Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light. Glories stream from heaven afar. Heavenly hosts sing ‘Alleluia!’ Christ the Saviour is born!

© Program notes Lynne Murray 2016 18 Translations Lynne Murray 19 AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA CHOIR

Paul Dyer Artistic Director Samantha Ellis Wei Jiang Belinda Montgomery Amy Moore Josie Ryan Harpsichord Soprano Soprano Soprano Soprano Soprano

Matt Bruce Ben Dollman Monique O’Dea Rosemary Quinn Anna Sandström Lauren Stephenson Adria Watkin Hester Wright Jonathan Borg Associate Concertmaster Baroque Violin 2 Baroque Viola Baroque Cello Soprano Soprano Soprano Soprano Alto

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Brett Page Brian Nixon Tommie Andersson Heidi Jones Miguel Iglesias Brendan McMullan Eric Peterson Richard Sanchez Craig Everingham Sackbut Timpani/Percussion Theorbo/Guitar Organ Tenor Tenor Tenor Tenor Bass

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