05-25 DCINY Celebration 1_AFH 5/12/14 4:53 PM Page 1 Sunday Evening, May 25, 2014, at 7:00 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director presents Celebration & Reflection, Part 1 DIsTINGUIsheD CoNCeRTs oRChesTRA DIsTINGUIsheD CoNCeRTs sINGeRs INTeRNATIoNAl WolFGANG AmADeUs mozART Mass in C Major, K.317 (“ Coronation Mass” ) I. Kyrie II. Gloria III. Credo IV. sanctus V. Benedictus VI. Agnus Dei AImee BeCKmANN-CollIeR, DCINY Debut Conductor RAChel e. CoPelAND, Soprano RAChel ARKY, Mezzo-soprano shAWN mlYNeK, Tenor JeRemY GAlYoN, Bass Intermission BRADleY ellINGBoe Star Song (World Premiere - orchestral Version) I. We Are made of star stuff II. music III. Ring out, Ye Crystal spheres IV. symphony of the heavens V. o Pastor Animarum VI. Take me By The hand VII. looking at the stars VIII. everyone sang IX. The song of the stars X. Kadosh Adonai XI. Questions About Angels XII. The mystic Trumpeter BRADleY ellINGBoe , Guest Conductor DANN CoAKWell , Tenor Please hold your applause until after the last movement. We Want To Hear From You! Upload your intermission photos and post-show feedback to Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! #CelebrationandReflection | @DCINY Avery Fisher hall Please make certain your cellular phone, pager, or watch alarm is switched off. 05-25 DCINY Celebration 1_AFH 5/12/14 4:53 PM Page 2 lincoln Center Notes on the Program Mass in C Major, K.317 around the planets and the planets wheel (“ Coronation Mass” ) around the stars and everything works WolFGANG AmADeUs mozART together in perfect harmony. What if we could hear that harmony? mozart’s Mass in C Major —nicknamed “Coronation” because it is thought that this Nothing in the universe can be added or sub - work was performed for a coronation in tracted. Atoms and molecules combine, and Prague, either that of leopold II in 1791 or eventually the things they make decay and Franz II in 1792 —was written in 1779 and was change into new things, but the atoms are most likely premiered on easter sunday in always there. The atoms that make you and the salzburg Cathedral. mozart had recently me and the stars themselves are immeasur - returned from a trip to Paris and mannheim ably old. They were something before they and was greatly influenced by the dynamic were us, and they will be something else contrasts of which the orchestra in the latter after we are gone. The stars —and the atoms city was capable. he explored such contrasts, we share —were my muse. This is the central as well as rapid shifts between major and premise of Star Song . It is a big concept, and minor tonalities, in this mass, which was the something I have pondered for a long time first of his sacred works to be published. and probably always will, until the atoms that comprise me are off being something else. —Program note by Aimee Beckmann-Collier The 11 poems that comprise Star Song are undeniably great. They say, better than I ever Star Song could, what it is I mean to express. I com - BRADleY ellINGBoe pare these poems to great paintings. Yet even a masterpiece can be enhanced by I have been pondering the idea that “every - how it is framed. my contribution, then, has thing vibrates ” for quite awhile. We know been to assemble these texts, which repre - sound vibrates; we can hear those vibra - sent different eras and peoples and belief tions—though our human ears do not allow systems, but all of which wrestle with the us to hear all sounds—but light also idea of the music of the spheres. I then vibrates, as do the atoms that make up this “framed ” these texts with music of varied program. What if we could hear those vibra - styles, in hopes of bringing out the “colors ” tions, too? Would they be musical? of each poem. It is my wish that you will find something in Star Song that resonates The poets of the Age of enlightenment within you this evening. talked about “the music of the spheres.” This was the idea that the moons revolve —Program note by Bradley Ellingboe 05-25 DCINY Celebration 1_AFH 5/12/14 4:53 PM Page 3 lincoln Center Texts and Translations Mass in C Major, K.317 (“ Coronation Mass” ) WolFGANG AmADeUs mozART I. Kyrie Kyrie eleison. lord have mercy. Christe eleison. Christ have mercy. Kyrie eleison. lord have mercy. II. Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo, Glory to God in the highest, Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. And on earth peace to men of good will. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. We praise you, we bless you. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. We adore you, we glorify you. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam We give thanks to you for your great gloriam tuam. glory. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Pater omnipotens. almighty. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. lord, the only begotten son, Jesus Christ. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, lord God, lamb of God, son of the Father, Qui tollis peccata mundi, You who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy on us. Qui tollis peccata mundi, You who takes away the sins of the world, suscipe deprecationem nostram. hear our prayers. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, You who sits at the right hand of the Father, miserere nobis. have mercy on us. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu For you alone are holy. You alone are solus Dominus. lord. Tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe. You alone, Jesus Christ, are most high. Cum Sancto Spiritu, Together with the holy spirit, in gloria Dei Patris. in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Amen. III. Credo Credo in unum Deum, I believe in one God, Patrem omnipotentem, the Father almighty, factorem coeli et terrae, creator of heaven and earth, visibilium omnium et invisibilium. and all things seen and unseen. Et in unum Dominum, And in one lord, Jesum Christum, Jesus Christ, Filium Dei unigenitum, the only begotten son of God, Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula. born of the Father before all ages. Please turn the page quietly. 05-25 DCINY Celebration 1_AFH 5/12/14 4:53 PM Page 4 lincoln Center Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, God of Gods, light of lights, Deum verum de Deo vero. true God of true Gods. Genitum, non factum, Begotten not made, consubstantialem Patri: of one being with the Father: per quem omnia facta sunt. by whom all things were made. Qui propter nos homines Who for all men et propter nostram salutem and for our salvation descendit de coelis. came down from heaven. Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto And was made flesh by the Holy Spirit ex Maria Virgine: of the Virgin Mary: Et homo factus est. And was made man. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub He was crucified also for us by Pontius Pontio Pilato: Pilate: passus, et sepultus est. died, and was buried. Et resurrexit tertia die, And on the third day He rose again secundum Scripturas. according to the Scriptures. Et ascendit in coelum: And he ascended into heaven, sedet ad dexteram Patris. and sits at the right hand of the Father. Et iterum venturus est And he will come again cum gloria judicare vivos et mortuos. in glory to judge the living and the dead. Cujus regni non erit finis. Of His kingdom there will be no end. Et in Spiritum Sanctum, And I believe in the Holy Spirit, Dominum et vivificantem: Lord and giver of life: Qui ex Patre Filioque procedit. Who continues with the Father and the Son . Qui cum Patre, et Filio simul adoratur Who with the Father and the Son et conglorificatur: together is worshipped and glorified: Qui locutus est per Prophetas. Who was spoken of by the Prophets. Et unam, sanctam, catholicam And in one holy, universal, and apostolic et apostolicam ecclesiam. church. Confiteor unum baptisma I acknowledge one baptism in remissionem peccatorum. for the remission of sins. Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum And I await the resurrection of the dead et vitam venturi saeculi. and life everlasting. Amen. Amen. IV. Sanctus Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, holy, holy, holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. lord God of hosts. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. heaven and earth are filled with your glory. Osanna in excelsis. hosanna in the highest. 05-25 DCINY Celebration 1_AFH 5/12/14 4:53 PM Page 5 lincoln Center V. Benedictus Benedictus qui venit Blessed is he who comes in nomine Domini. in the name of the lord. Osanna in excelsis. hosanna in the highest. VI. Agnus De Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, lamb of God, who takes away the sins of miserere nobis. the world, have mercy on us. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, lamb of God, who takes away the sins of dona nobis pacem. the world, grant us peace. Star Song BRADleY ellINGBoe I. We Are Made of Star Stuff (orchestral introduction) II. Music (Tenor solo) Text: “music,” by Juhan liiv (1864–1913), from Snow Drifts, I Sing , ed. Jüri Talvet Translation: Jüri Talvet and h. l. hix (Guernica editions, 2013) It must be somewhere, the original harmony, somewhere in great nature, hidden. Is it in the furious infinite, in distant stars’ orbits, is it in the sun’s scorn, in a tiny flower, in treegossip, in heartmusic’s mothersong or in tears? It must be somewhere, immortality, somewhere the original harmony must be found: how else could it infuse the human soul, that music. III. Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres (Mixed chorus divisi ) Text: John milton (1608–74) Ring out, ye crystal spheres, once bless our human ears, (If ye have power to touch our senses so) And let your silver chime move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven’s deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony make up full consort to the Angel-like symphony.