The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd — Sir Walter Raleigh THE WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL and If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd’s tongue, F. LAMMOT BELIN CONCERTS These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. at the Time drives the flocks from field to fold National Gallery of Art When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb; The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reck’ning yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy’s spring, but sorrow’s fall.... Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. But could youth last and love still breed, Had joys no date nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move To come with thee and be thy love. I Know a Bird — Dorothy Diemer Hendry 2096th Concert I know a bird that sings all night, NATIONAL GALLERY VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE Mad with love in the full moonlight. He steals his rolling roundelay GEORGE MANOS, Artistic Director and pianist From proper birds that sing by day. ROSA LAMOREAUX, soprano Chip, chip, cheerily, cheerily, coo-coo, coo-coo. BEVERLY BENSO, contralto How do I know he pours his song, SAMUEL GORDON, tenor Mad as moonlight, all night long? I myself the whole night through ROBERT KENNEDY, baritone Hear him while I long for you. Sunday Evening, October 17, 1993 at Seven O’clock West Building, East Garden Court Admission Free PROGRAM VI arr. Samuel Gordon Ole 'Time Religion (Spiritual Medley) I Jan Pictcrszoon Sweelinck Psalm 96: Chantez a Dieu Gimme Dat Ole Time Religion (1562-1621) from The Huguenot Psalms (1618) Don’t Touch-a My Garment Gimme Your Hand Pierre Certon La, la, la, je ne Pose dire (ca. 1515-1572) (1552) arr. Robert Hendrickson Mary Ann Clement Janequin Au joli ieu arr. John Carter She’ll Be Cornin’ Round the Mountain (1485-1558) II The NATIONAL GALLERY VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE presented Joseph Haydn Saper vorrei se m’ami (soprano and tenor) (1732-1809) from Due duetti di Nisa e Tirsi its debut performance in March of 1986 under the artistic direction of its founder George Manos. In the intervening years, it has brought enjoyment to An den Vetter its audiences and credit to the Gallery in many concerts, both in the United Der Greis Alles hat seine Zeit States and abroad. The ensemble has just returned from a fourth highly suc­ from Aus des Ramlers lyrischer Blumenlese cessful tour of Germany, where it sang at Wiesbaden’s Rheingau Music Festival and in Bonn’s Beethovenhalle to full houses and glowing reviews. III National Gallery Music Director George Manos is the founder and artis­ Felix Mendelssohn Die Nachtigall (1809-1847) from Im Griinen, Opus 59 tic director of the National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble and conductor of the National Gallery Orchestra. A native of Washington, Manos was already Herbstlied (soprano and contralto) conducting orchestras and choirs in this city at age seventeen. Three choral Ich wollt, meine Lieb’ ergosse sich (tenor and baritone) Volkslied (soprano and contralto) societies - the Hellenic, Washington, and National Oratorio Societies - owe from Sechs Duette, Opus 63 (1845) their existence to his efforts as founder and first conductor. He has taught Abschied vom Wald piano, conducting, and chamber music at Catholic University and has from Im Griinen, Opus 59 served as director of the Wilmingon, Delaware, School of Music. He is also artistic director of the Scandinavian Music Festival in Kolding, Denmark. Wie kann ich froh und lustig sein? (contralto and baritone) from Drei Volkslieder The quartet’s soprano, Rosa Lamoreaux, is well known to Washington audiences through her many appearances at the Smithsonian Concert Entflieh’ mit mir from Quartetten, Opus 41, No. 2 Series, the Kennedy Center, and, of course, at the National Gallery. She is a favorite oratorio soloist for many of the large choruses of Washington, and INTERMISSION was recently selected by Robert Shaw to perform as soloist in the Cincinnati May Festival. In addition, she has sung at the Marlboro IV Chamber Music Festival and the Aspen Festival. Byron Adams Echo Contralto Beverly Benso is also well known in Washington as a uniquely gifted singer in her range. The perfect match between her voice and that of Donald Waxman When as the Rye from Four Songs of the Seasons Rosa Lamoreaux for ensemble singing results in frequent invitations for both singers to perform as soloists in the same oratorio performance. Prior to her The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd Robert A. Harris 1990 debut at Carnegie Hall, Ms. Benso had already established an interna­ Emma Lou Diemer I Know A Bird tional reputation through her performances in the Bach Tricentennial in V Leipzig, the 1989 Salzburg Festival, and the 1986 Mahler Festival in Canada. Stephen Foster Portraits of America’s Sentimental Age Samuel Gordon, the tenor of the National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble, (1826-1864) is Professor of Music and Head of the Music Department at the University Laura Lee of Maryland, Baltimore County, and has many solo appearances to his credit, Oh! Susanna Gentle Annie both here in the United States and in many countries of Europe. Dr. Gordon The Glendy Burke is an award-winning conductor as well as a singer, and his compositions for Come, Where My Love Lies Dreaming four voices have frequently been featured by the Vocal Arts Ensemble. Baritone Robert Kennedy provides the florid bass lines on which the TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS quartet’s beautiful sound is built. He, too, is much in demand as a soloist, both as a recitalist and for his fine interpretations of operatic roles. Some in Chantez a Dieu (Psalm 96) tonight’s audience may remember the delightful twist he gave to the role of Colas in the National Gallery concert production of Mozart’s Bastien und Sing to the Lord a New Song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! Bastienne, which was presented in the context of the 1991 Washington Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation all the day. Mozart Festival. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all peoples. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come CONCERTS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART into his courts. October and November 1993 OCTOBER La, la, la, je ne Lose dire 24 Mallarme Chamber Players Jan Bach: Eisteddfod Ooh, la, la! I dare not tell this - but I will, anyway. Music for flute, viola, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata for There is a man in our village who is very jealous of his wife. harp, and cello Cello and Harp He’s not jealous without cause, because he is constantly cuckolded! Dan Locklair: Dream Steps When he takes her to the market, she pays attention to everyone but him. 31 Sharon Robinson, cello Beethoven: Seven Variations on a liana Vered, piano Theme from “The Magic Flute” Au jolijeu (At the Pleasing Game) Shostakovich: Sonata, Opus 40 Rachmaninoff: Sonata, Opus 19 While out looking for amusement the other day, I met a lovely girl. I tried to kiss her but she objected, wriggling about. What a fuss! NOVEMBER But I press on with the game. 7 National Gallery Orchestra Music for lower strings and winds George Manos, Conductor by J.S. Bach, Brahms, and Dvorak Saper vorrei se m ’ami — Carlo Badini Haydn: Quartet, Opus 77, No. 1 14 T he Maggini String Quartet Nisa: Tell me if you love me, if you desire me, if you live only for me, David Juritz and David Karol Szymanowski: Quartet No. 1 that I may live only in you. Angel, violins Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet Tirsi: Is that what you want to know? Everything knows the answer: the Martin Outram, viola (1993) Michal Kaznowski, cello plants, the mountains, the air, the birds, the fountains — only you don’t know what my soul is! 21 Oleg Volkov, pianist Bach: French Suite No. 2, BWV 813 Nisa: I know, but I want to hear it from you! Beethoven: Sonata, Opus 2, No. 3 Both: We present a beautiful harmony together. Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2, Op.36 Nisa: You begin, and I will follow, like a canon. Both: I love you more than my eyes can see. I will adore you forever. 28 Ney Salgado, pianist Beethoven: “Waldstein” Sonata Claudio Santoro: Sonata No. 5 Chopin: Grand Polonaise, Opus 22 Der Greis (The Old Man) — Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim My strength is gone, I am old and weak; only jokes and wine can revive me a little. Concerts from the National Gallery are broadcast in their entirety at 7:00 p.m. on The red in my cheeks is long gone; death knocks at my door. But I open Sundays on radio station WGTS, 91.9 FM,four weeks after the live performance. to him unafraid. Thank heaven! The use of cameras or recording equipment during the performance is not allowed. My life was a harmonious song. Thank heaven! For the convenience of concertgoers, the Garden Cafe remains open until 6:30 p.m. Alleshatseine Zeit{Everything In Its Own Good Time) — Greek poem Abschiedvom Wald (Farewell to the Woods) — Joseph von Eichendorff Live, drink, make happy noises, bedeck thyself, and revel with me when O valleys wide, O heights, O fine green wood, you of my pains and joys in I revel. the hallowed abode! With thee, I am clever again.