4-22 DCINY.qxp_Carnegie Hall Rental 4/11/18 10:56 AM Page 1 Sunday Evening, April 22, 2018, at 8:30 Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage Celebrating DCINY’s 10th Anniversary Season! Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director presents THE KING’S SINGERS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION BOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor SIMON CARRINGTON, Guest Conductor THE KING’S SINGERS, Special Guests Patrick Dunachie, Countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright, Countertenor Julian Gregory, Tenor Christopher Bruerton, Baritone Christopher Gabbitas, Baritone Jonathan Howard, Bass DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL OUR LIFEBLOOD BOB CHILCOTT We are BOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor (continued) PLEASE SWITCH OFF YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES. 4-22 DCINY.qxp_Carnegie Hall Rental 4/11/18 10:56 AM Page 2 RENAISSANCE PIONEERS Selections featuring The King’s Singers LUDWIG SENFL Das G’läut zu Speyer JUAN VÁSQUEZ Lágrimas de mi Consuelo ORLANDUS LASSUS Dessus le marché d’Arras THE STORYTELLER ERIC WHITACRE Alone ERIC WHITACRE The Stolen Child SIMON CARRINGTON , Guest Conductor BOB CHILCOTT Thou, my love, art fair BOB CHILCOTT, Gues t Conductor HUBERT PARRY My Soul, There Is A Country SIMON CARRINGTON , Guest Conductor THE JOYS OF FOLKSONG Selections featuring The King’s Singers TRAD. ARR . Lamorna GOFF RICHARDS TRAD. ARR . Danny Boy PETER KNIGHT TRAD. ARR . Bobby Shaftoe GORDON LANGFORD Intermission THE VISIONARY BOB CHILCOTT High Flight BOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor ERIC BARNUM Moonlight Music SIMON CARRINGTON , Guest Conductor 4-22 DCINY.qxp_Carnegie Hall Rental 4/11/18 10:56 AM Page 3 BOB CHILCOTT En La Macarenita BOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor VIEWS OF OUR CHANGING WORLD NICO MUHLY To Stand in this House SIMON CARRINGTON , Guest Conductor THE MAGIC OF GREAT SONGWRITERS Selections featuring The King’s Singers Classic audience favorites and brand new surprises close-harmony style from the lighter side of The King’s Singers’ repertoire Selections Announced from the Stage We Want To Hear From You! Use #KingsSingers50 to post your intermission and post-concert photos and comments to @DCINY on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! DCINY thanks its kind sponsors in education: Artist Travel Consultants, VH-1 Save the Music, Education Through Music, High 5, and WQXR. For information about performing on DCINY’s series or about purchasing tickets, e-mail [email protected], call (212) 707-8566, or visit our website at www.DCINY.org. DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK 250 WEST 57th STREET, SUITE 1610 NEW YORK, NY 10107 (212) 707-8566 4-22 DCINY.qxp_Carnegie Hall Rental 4/11/18 10:56 AM Page 4 Notes ON THE PROGRAM Notes by Jonathan Howard (The King’s Singers’ Bass) Tonight’s concert at Carnegie Hall charts we travel upwards and into the a unique and far-reaching journey unknown; and Eric Whitacre’s The through the world of a cappella choral Stolen Child sets William Butler Yeats’ music, with works from the Renaissance poem of the same name, that imagines all the way through to the present day. fairies tempting human children away Many of these pieces have their roots in from their weary world to a fantastic New York City. One of them is Bob pastoral idyll, full of magic and bounty. Chilcott’s We are – the first piece in tonight’s programme written specifically These commissions join music from the for The King’s Singers’ 50th anniversary Renaissance in Germany, Spain, and – which sets a poem called The Human France, by Ludwig Senfl, Juan Vásquez, Family by Dr. Maya Angelou, who lived and Orlandus Lassus, as well as folk - in Harlem for much of her life. We are is songs that span the USA, Ireland, and a powerful affirmation of how similar we England. And of course, true to The all are as humans, in spite of our physical King’s Singers continuing commitment to or cultural differences. Another brand celebrate the diversity of music there is new work is Nico Muhly’s To stand in for all of us to enjoy, we’ll be surprising this House , which looks at the world you with some of our favourite songs through a number of different lenses, from across our close-harmony reper - past and present. The four movements toire, many of which also have links to combine prayers from the turmoil of New York City. medieval England with modern-day reflections on the state of our world and We are absolutely thrilled to be sharing our place within it by pre-eminent the stage with so many singers from alumni from our spiritual home, King’s across the world this evening, through College, Cambridge. It is our great plea - the support of DCINY. We are particu - sure to perform this work in Nico’s home larly delighted that they are being city, to show how ancient prayers and directed by two of our illustrious prede - contemporary thoughts from our birth - cessors in The King’s Singers: Bob place are just as resonant in your home as Chilcott and Simon Carrington. We they are in ours. These two very recent cannot think of a better way to celebrate works sit alongside two pieces commis - our 50th anniversary than being here sioned for the 40th anniversary of The with you at Carnegie Hall this evening. King’s Singers ten years ago. Bob Chilcott’s High Flight is an ode to the realms of possibility typified by flight, as 4-22 DCINY.qxp_Carnegie Hall Rental 4/11/18 10:56 AM Page 5 Texts & TRANSLATIONS We are BOB CHILCOTT (b. 1955) Text: The Human Family, Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014) (3 minutes) I note the obvious differences Mirror twins are different In the human family. Although their features jibe, Some of us are serious, And lovers think quite different Some thrive on comedy. Lying side by side. Some declare their lives are lived We love and lose in China, As true profundity, We weep on England’s moors, And others claim they really live And laugh and moan in Guinea, The real reality. And thrive on Spanish shores. The variety of our skin tones We seek success in Finland, Can confuse, bemuse, delight, Are born and die in Maine, Brown and pink and purple, In minor ways we differ, Tan and blue and white. In major we’re the same. I’ve sailed upon the seven seas I note the obvious differences And stopped in every land, Between each sort and type, I’ve seen the wonders of the world, But we are more alike, my friends, Not yet one common man. Than we are unalike. I know ten thousand women We are more alike, my friends, Called Jane and Mary Jane, Than we are unalike. But I’ve not seen any two Who really were the same. We are more alike, my friends, Than we are unalike. Das G’läut zu Speyer (The Ringing at Speyer) LUDWIG SENFL (1486 - 1543) Text: Anonymous (2 minutes) Nun kumbt hierher all Now everyone come here und helft mir einmal and help me once in diesem Saal, in this hall, wem’s Läuten g’fall, whoever likes ringing, und ziecht an bald, Soon start pulling, treibt wenig G’schall. make a little noise. GLING GLANG GLING GLING GLANG GLING Ziecht an, ziecht an, Start pulling, wer mag und kann. whoever can and likes to. Mur, maun, mur, maun MUR, MAUN, MUR, MAUN Zue dem Fest At the Feast tue das Best. Do your best. 4-22 DCINY.qxp_Carnegie Hall Rental 4/11/18 10:56 AM Page 6 Drumbich bitt, So I’m asking you, spar euch nit. Not sparing you. Jedermann soll hergon. Everyone should come here. Nun kumbt, ihr Knaben all, Now come on, all you boys, greift an und läutt einmal, Get a hold and just have a ring, daß Glock schall. So the bell sounds out! Mar, mir, mur. MAR, MIR, MUR Ziecht an, lieben Gesellen, Start pulling, my dear fellows, die mit mir läuten wöllen. You who want to ring with me. Laßt aufgahn, Let’s rise (the sound), nicht klagt‘ an, No complaining, noch nicht fliecht, Don’t run away yet! Nit irret mich, Don’t confuse me, sunst hör‘ auf ich. Otherwise I’m stopping. Flux fu der dich. Quick, hurry up! Laßt mehr angehn, If you let more have a go, da müeßt ihr zue mir her stehn. Then you must stand by me. Nu zue diesem Fest tuct allsambt das Best, Now at this celebration all do your nehmt hin Strick und Seil ziecht an resch best. mit Eil. Take it, let the rest start pulling quickly. Streck an, was ein je der mit der Macht kann. Stretch out, whatever your strength So tuet zammstehn allows. lasts wohl auf gehn, Do it together like this, daß so viel zwen. Let it indeed go up, So that it swings a lot like this. So Hans und Paul, So Hans and Paul ziecht, seid nit faul. Pull like this, don’t be lazy. Bitt ich mir sag, Please tell me: wan ist für Tag, What sort of day is this was hab‘ wir heut, What have we got today daß man so läut. That people are ringing like this. Mit unsern Glocken With our bells laßt zammen locken Let’s draw people together ziecht unerschrocken. Let’s pull fearlessly. Wie schnauft ihr mit dem Maul? Why are you gasping for air? Jetzt klingt’s wohl und geht ganz recht. Now it’s sounding good and it’s going Seht zue mit really well. und klenkt mit. Watch with me And ring with me. Wiewohl zwar Andacht bloß, Although it’s only a Service, Gott’s dienst ist groß, The worship is great.