Masterpiece and CapePOPS! Series Title Sponsor MAGNIFICENT MOZART November 3 & 4, 2018 CAPE SYMPHONY Jung-Ho Pak, Conductor MUSICA SACRA Mary Beekman, Artistic Director Chelsea Basler Krista River Michael Kuhn Thomas Jones Soprano Alto Tenor Bass EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1. Allegro (Bright) 2. Romanze: Andante (Romance: Walking) 3. Menuetto: Allegretto (Minuet: Briskly) 4. Rondo: Allegro (Rondo: Lively) BEHIND THE NOTES OF MOZART’S REQUIEM Intermission REQUIEM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Completed and edited by Robert D. Levin INTROITUS 1. Requiem aeternam 2. Kyrie SEQUENZ 3. Dies irae 4. Tuba mirum 5. Rex tremendae 6. Recordare 7. Confutatis 8. Lacrimosa Amen OFFERTORIUM 9. Domine Jesu 10. Hostias SANCTUS 11. Sanctus 12. Benedictus AGNUS DEI 13. Agnus Dei COMMUNIO 14. Lux aeterna Cum sanctis tuis 18 capesymphony.org Mozart’s FINAL MOMENTS The movie poster for Amadeus claims “The Man…The Music… The Madness…The Murder…The Motion Picture…Everything You’ve Heard is True.” Great marketing, The truth, however, is hard to but false advertising! confirm. Commissioned to write Many tales have been told about a requiem, and increasingly ill, Mozart’s colorful life and his death. Mozart came to believe that he Most of us know about his final was writing the music for his own years from watching the Academy funeral – at least, according to Award-winning Best Picture of his wife. There’s no evidence that 1984. Antonio Salieri is portrayed Mozart was poisoned or in any as Mozart’s rival who drove him to other way murdered, but he did death and even confesses to his die in December 1791, only 35 murder. What a great movie! But it’s years old, leaving the Requiem an definitely fiction. unfinished masterpiece. SEASON 2018/2019 19 Walking in Mozart’s Shoes Many well-meaning composers and musicologists have tried to complete Mozart’s Requiem. Today, we’ll perform the Robert Levin edition, considered one of the best. Levin, a foremost Mozart expert, called the Requiem “one of the central works of our civilization,” speaking to Harvard Magazine in 1995. He first worked on the Requiem completion in 1968 as part of his senior thesis at Harvard! In what the New York Times called “an audacious creative act,” he later completed his edition of the Requiem in 1991 before returning to Harvard as a professor in 1995. 20 capesymphony.org MUSICA SACRA From a choral repertoire spanning five centuries, Musica Sacra performs works both familiar and rare, with a crisp passion that awakens the listener to yearnings and joys, sorrows and delights—all that defines and inspires the best in human lives. Since 1959, Musica Sacra has been performing choral music with the highest standards of musical excellence and a sound that has been called "gifted," "breathtaking," and "uncommonly fresh and direct." Mary Beekman, Director since 1979, continues to thrill Musica Sacra's singers and audiences with a varied and engaging repertoire. CHELSEA BASLER GRAMMY Award-nominated soprano Chelsea Basler continues to make her mark in an extensive array of operatic roles due to her unique combination of vocal appeal and artistry. Praised for her "luminous voice" with its "easy soaring range", she has also been noted for her "wonderful acting" and ultimately deemed "simply superb." In September 2017, Chelsea joined the Cape Symphony as a soloist in “Opera's Greatest Moments,” in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera. THOMAS JONES From opera galas to evenings of Broadway, Thomas Jones is at home with a vast array of musical styles, performing across North America and Europe. Thomas has been teaching voice and vocal performance practice through the Office for the Arts and the Holden Choirs at Harvard University for the past 27 years and conducts the choir and music program at Old Cambridge Baptist Church near the Harvard campus in Harvard Square. MICHAEL KUHN Michael Kuhn is a versatile singing-actor with a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory. Michael performed in the nationally-broadcast world premiere of Illuminessence: prayers for peace, an oratorio performed at The New England Conservatory’s ten-year memorial concert for September 11th. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in April 2018 with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. Michael is from Crofton, MD and currently lives in New York City. KRISTA RIVER Krista River won the 2004 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. The New York Times praised her debut recital at Carnegie Hall, lauding “her shimmering voice...with the virtuosity of a violinist and the expressivity of an actress." A contemporary music advocate, Krista has premiered works by numerous composers. Boston-based Krista actually began her career as a cellist. Musica Sacra: A. Riesenfeld. Basler: M. Mattox. Jones: Curtis Studio. Kuhn: T. Marshard. River: E. Christie. SEASON 2018/2019 21 COMING SOON Holiday On The Cape NOV 30, DEC 1 & DEC 2 New Year’s Day Party! JAN 1 Opera WITHOUT WORDS JAN 19 & JAN 20 BOX OFFICE: 508.362.1111 • 1060 Falmouth Road, Hyannis • capesymphony.org.