MAY WE BE YOUR MUSIC from The Masque of Angels Dominick Argento All languages, all silences Massed Choir All leaves and flames and blossoms and rains and wings Biennial Choral Festival All voices we have ever longed to hear Philip Brunelle, conductor Choirs of Downtown Minneapolis Churches Andrew Hackett, organ Help us to know ourselves always worthy of Your love (sung in Latin) Throughout the centuries composers have set the Ordinary credo, alpha, omega (Greek: beginning, end) Glória in excélsis Deo, Glory to God in the highest, of the Mass in countless beautiful and creative ways. et in terra pax homínibus and peace to God’s To know how we deserve Your joy in us This year’s festival is based on this set of liturgical texts: bonae voluntátis. people on earth. credo corazon (Spanish: heart) Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei Laudámus te, We praise You, Help us to heal our world’s divided houses benedícimus te, we bless You, credo sangha (Sanskrit: community) adorámus te, we adore You, Help us restore and bless and release Welcome glorificámus te, we glorify You, grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam, We give You thanks credo sunyata (Sanskrit: emptiness) glóriam tuam, for your great glory, Hymn “Let the Whole Creation Cry” (hymnal) 876 Lead us from the real to the unreal Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis. Lord God, heavenly King, Abwoon d’bwashmaya (Aramaic: Our Father) Please stand at the conclusion of the organ introduction. Deus Pater, omnípotens. O God, almighty Father. stanzas 1 & 2 in harmony; 3 in unison May we sing out in every holy tongue Dómine Fili Unigénite, Iesu Christe, Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Mark Sedio, organ credo neshamah (Hebrew: breath, spirit) Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, And freed from every fear qui tollis peccáta mundi, You take away the sins of the world, credo noli timere (Latin: do not be afraid) miserére nobis; have mercy on us; KYRIE noli timere súscipe deprecatiónem nostram. hear our prayer; noli timere Reading “True Prayer Is a Song” Abraham Joshua Heschel Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, You, seated at the Father’s right hand, miserére nobis. have mercy on us. May we be Your mouth Quóniam tu solus Sanctus, For You alone are holy, May we be Your music Kyrie from Requiem for the Living Dan Forrest tu solus Dóminus, You alone are the Lord, ―Michael Dennis Browne from “Credo (Noli Timere)” Choir of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church tu solus Altíssimus, You alone are the Most High, homage to Seamus Heaney William Mathis, conductor Iesu Christe, cum Sancto Spíritu, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, Andrew Hackett, organ in glória Dei Patris. Amen. in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Offering “Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux” François Couperin Lynn Trapp, organ from Messe solennelle Louis Vierne Massed Choir CREDO Monies gathered during the offering will assure continuance of the biennial choral Teri Larson, conductor festival. Checks may be made out to Central Lutheran Church. Melanie Ohnstad, organ Reading “Closed Rooms” Susan Palo Cherwien from Missa Luba Congolese, Anthem “All the Beautiful Names” Timothy C. Takach SANCTUS arr. Guido Haazen World Premiere Commission Reading “Banner Scraps” Gertrud Mueller Nelson Choir of Plymouth Congregational Church Massed Choir Dan Dressen, solo Mark Sedio, conductor Hosanna “Hosanna to the Son of David” Thomas Weelkes Philip Brunelle, conductor We know we belong to You. Choir of St. Mark’s Cathedral (Episcopal) (sung in Greek) When we lose heart, when we despair, Raymond Johnston, conductor Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy. Whenever we tremble Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy. tremble Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy. Sanctus “Sanctus” Ola Gjeilo tremble, Choir of Westminster Presbyterian Church It means we have forgotten You. Jere Lantz, conductor GLORIA Bring us home with every breath, With every beat of the heart from Requiem Maurice Duruflé We in You and You in us, Reading “God of Gold” Jan Berry Massed Choir and remember William Mathis, conductor remember Gloria from Missa Kenya Paul Basler remember Melanie Ohnstad, organ Choir of Central Lutheran Church The freedom of our belonging to You. Roy Heilman, solo All flesh comes to You Mark Sedio, conductor All the beautiful names are in You All rivers and veins and sinews of the sea PARTICIPANTS Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy, Domine Deus Sabaoth! Lord God of hosts! The Basilica of Saint Mary Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua Heaven and earth Teri Larson, conductor are full of your glory. Kelli Kester, reader Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest! Benedictus qui venit Blessed is the one who comes Central Lutheran Church in nomine Domini. in the name of the Lord. Mark Sedio, conductor and organist Jane Lien, assistant organist Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest. The Rev. D. Foy Christopherson, welcome The Rev. Peter Nycklemoe, benediction AGNUS DEI Bob Boldt, cover design Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church Agnus Dei “Lamb of God” Jeffrey Van William Mathis, conductor Choir of Saint Olaf Catholic Church Andrew Hackett, organist and From Age to Age, choir in residence Glenna Dibrell, reader Lynn Trapp, conductor Plymouth Congregational Church Philip Brunelle, conductor Reading “Candles in Babylon” Denise Levertov The Rev. Jeffrey Sartain, reader Agnus Dei from the Mass for Five Voices William Byrd Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral Raymond Johnston, conductor and organist Massed Choir John Nuechterlein, reader Lynn Trapp, conductor Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, Saint Olaf Catholic Church and From Age to Age (choir in residence) qui tollis peccata mundi, you take away the sin of the world. Lynn Trapp, conductor and organist Douglas Anderson, reader miserere nobis. Have mercy on us. Dona nobis pacem. Grant us peace. Westminster Presbyterian Church Jere Lantz, conductor Reading “The Candlemas Procession” Thomas Merton Melanie Ohnstad, organist Joan Wright, reader Nunc dimittis from the All Night Vigil Sergei Rachmaninoff Choir of the Basilica of Saint Mary List of Commissioned Works Donald Krubsack, solo for the Downtown Churches Choral Festival Teri Larson, conductor 1999 Stephen Paulus “When in Our Music God Is Glorified” (sung in Church Slavonic) 2001 no commission Nyne otpushchayeshi raba Lord, 2003 Gerald Near “lumen de lumine” Tvoyego Vladyko now let your servant go in peace 2005 Gwyneth Walker “Dazzling as the Sun” po glagolu Tvoyemu s mirom; according to your word. 2007 Mark Sirrett “All Nature Listened” Yako videsta ochi moi spaseniye Tvoye, My eyes have seen your salvation 2009 David Conte “The Light of the Lord” yezhe yesi ugotoval which you have prepared 2011 Ysaye Barnwell “In These Times (Sing La La)” pred litsem vsekh lyudei, before the face of all people, 2013 Rosephanye Powell “Great Is the Lord!” svet vo otkroveniye yazykov, to be a light to the nations, 2015 Timothy Takach “All the Beautiful Names” I slavu lyudei Tvoikh Izrailya. and to be the glory of your people Israel. THIS YEAR’S COMMISSION POET & COMPOSER Benediction “A Prayer” Susan Palo Cherwien Timothy Takach is a full-time composer living in the Twin Cities. In addition to “All the Beautiful Names” commissioned by the downtown churches for this Hymn “Let All Things Now Living” (hymnal) 881 concert, he has received commissions from VocalEssence, the St. Olaf College Band, Cantus, Pavia Winds, The Singers – Minnesota Choral Artists, and the University of Mark Sedio, organ Notre Dame DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Please stand at the conclusion of the organ introduction. Author, librettist and poet Michael Dennis Browne came to the United States in 1965 from England, where he was born, of mostly Irish ancestry, in 1940. After graduating from the University of Iowa, he taught at Iowa, Columbia, Bennington, Following the concert please join us and the University of Minnesota. He is now a professor emeritus at the University Sunday, February 15, 2015 for a reception and refreshments in the south commons. of Minnesota, where he taught for thirty-nine years, and was a member of the Central Lutheran Church Academy of Distinguished Teachers. .