Vancouver Chamber ChoirStephen Smith, piano

Jon Washburn, conductor

With guest conductors:

Thomas Burton (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Anthony C. Graham (Fargo, North Dakota)

Elise Naccarato (Burlington, Ontario)

Kathryn Rolf (Fargo, North Dakota)

Cathrie Yuen (Langley, BC)

8pm Saturday, February 16, 2019 | Shaughnessy Heights United Church

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VA N C O U V E R C H A M B E R C H O I R

�e Vancouver Chamber Choir is one of Canada’s national treasures, an outstanding professional vocal ensemble noted for its diverse repertoire and performing excellence.

�e Choir has been performing to audiences at home in Vancouver and on tour across Canada since it was formed in 1971 by conductor Jon Washburn. International excursions have taken the Vancouver Chamber Choir to the USA, Mexico, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Finland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.

Honoured with the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence by Chorus America, the Vancouver Chamber Choir has to its credit countless performances and broadcasts, over 30 recordings and numerous awards. Foremost supporters of Canadian music, Jon Washburn and the Choir have commissioned and premiered more than 250 Canadian choral compositions. Over the years they have sung nearly 3,000 performances of 350 pieces by 120 Canadian composers in addition to their extensive international repertoire.

�e Choir’s award-winning educational programs include the National Conductors’ Symposium for advanced choral conductors, Interplay interactive workshops for choral composers, Focus! professional development program for student singers, OnSite visitations for school choirs, the biennial Young Composers Competition, and many on-tour workshops and residencies.

J O N WA S H B U R N , A R T I S T I C & E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R

Jon Washburn is the longtime Conductor and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Well known internationally for his mastery of choral technique and interpretation, he travels widely as guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and master teacher. He is also an active composer, arranger and editor and has had many compositions published, performed and recorded around the world.

In 2001 Mr. Washburn was named a Member of the Order of Canada (the nation’s highest civilian honour) and in 2002 received Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee Medal for his lifetime contribution to

Canadian choral art. Mr. Washburn received a Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors in the spring of 1996 and the Louis Botto Award from Chorus America in June 2000, in recognition of “innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in the development of a professional choral ensemble of exceptional quality.” He was given the Friends of Canadian Music Award 2000 by the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) and the Canadian League of Composers in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Canadian composers’ music. In the fall of 2009, he was named a CMC Ambassador and in 2010 received a star on the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame’s Starwalk. In 2012 Mr. Washburn received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In June 2014 he received the Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art, presented by Chorus America.

Board of DirectorsGeorge LaverockPresident

Dr. Jeanette Gallant (Oxford)Vice President

Kassia Grewal, C.P.A., C.A.Treasurer

Brent HunterSecretary

Janis HamiltonPast President

Matthew BairdJoAnne BarnumAnne BonnycastleCameron HaneyDr. Donna HoggeWendy KishEmily McClendonColin MilesLaurent MunierYuliya NeverovaDavid RosboroughDr. Robert RothwellCara VenturaMarianne WernerJennifer Wilnechenko

Honorary PatronsJohn BishopMaurice Copithorne, Q.C., LL.D.Dr. Stephen Drance, O.C. Sam Feldman Charles Flavelle Ben Heppner, O.C. Don Hudson Dr. John MacDonald, O.C. R. Murray Schafer

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The Vancouver Chamber Choir acknowledges that it operates and performs on the unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful for this privilege.

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VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR

Beth Buono

Emily CheungChristina Cichos

Lorraine ReinhardtMadeline Lucy Smith

Dinah Ayre

Fabiana KatzKaren MangDolores ScottKaryn Way Tom Ellis

Matt GaskinCarman J. Price

Eric SchwarzhoffGrant Wutzke

Steven BélangerCameron Haney

Paul NashGeorge RobertsWim Vermeulen

with the participation of Symposium singers:

Maria Koebsch (soprano)Bradley Krueger (tenor)

David Rosborough (bass)

Kathleen AllanFiona BlackburnGeorge RobertsCarrie TennantJoel Tranquilla

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VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIRJON WASHBURN, CONDUCTOR

STEPHEN SMITH, PIANOWITH

FIVE SYMPOSIUM CONDUCTORS

�e 39th annualNational Conductors’ Symposium Concert

MASTERPIECEFamous Choruses of Great Composers

PROGRAMME

ELISE NACCARATO – BURLINGTON, ON

Herr, unser Herrscher St. John Passion Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

THOMAS BURTON - ANN ARBOR, MI

Credo in unum Deum Mass in C minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Introit Requiem Healey Willan (1880-1968)

CATHRIE YUEN – LANGLEY, BC

Jubilate Deo, omnis terra Symphony of Psalms Imant Raminsh (b. 1943)

Wach’ auf! Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

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KATHRYN ROLF – FARGO, ND

And the children of Israel sigh’d Israel in Egypt George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Carman J. Price, tenor Fabiana Katz, alto

Come, lovely Spring �e Seasons Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Laudamus te Gloria Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

ANTHONY C. GRAHAM – FARGO, ND

Lauda, Jerusalem Marian Vespers of 1610 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen Ein deutsches Requiem Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

JON WASHBURN – VANCOUVER, BC

Agnus Dei Mass in C Major Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Lorraine Reinhardt, soprano Dolores Scott, alto Eric Schwarzhoff, tenor Wim Vermeulen, bass

Ave formosissima/O Fortuna Carmina Burana Carl Orff (1895-1982)

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VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR

THE 39th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONDUCTORS’ SYMPOSIUMFebruary 11-16, 2019

�e February 16 concert MASTERPIECE Famous Choruses of Great Composers concludes the six-day conducting symposium, hosted and organized by Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. �e advancement of Canadian choral music through workshops, seminars and conductor training has always been an important part of the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s role as a professional choir.

For the past 39 years, the National Conductors’ Symposium has given talented conductors from around the world the opportunity to work with a professional choir. Out of the many applications received, �ve conductors are chosen to work with Master Conductor Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir.

During the workshop, the selected conductors are observed in morning and evening rehearsals with the Choir. �ese rehearsals are complemented by sessions on score interpretation and choral techniques. Applicants may also participate in the Symposium as observers and have one opportunity to conduct if they wish, or they may also take part as singers.

�e National Conductors’ Symposium ful�lls an important educational function in Western Canada and is an intensive and practical addition to the formal training programs o�ered in Canadian educational institutions. �rough this Symposium, Conductor Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir hope to provide a vitally important stimulus to the growth of choral music in Canada.

2019 CONDUCTORS

�omas Burton (Ann Arbor, Michigan)Anthony C. Graham (Fargo, North Dakota)

Elise Naccarato (Burlington, Ontario)Kathryn Rolf (Fargo, North Dakota)

Cathrie Yuen (Langley, BC)

2019 OBSERVERSElizabeth Gilchrist (Surrey, BC) Michael Goco (Richmond, BC)

2019 SINGERSMaria Koebsch (Vancouver, BC)

Bradley Krueger (Brunswick, Maine)David Rosborough (Aldergrove, BC)

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�omas BurtonAnn Arbor, Michigan

Raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, �omas Burton  is active as a conductor, trombonist, and singer in the United States and Canada. A graduate of McGill University’s Orchestral Training Program, he has performed as a trombonist with such groups as the McGill Symphony Orchestra, and l’Orchestre Symphonique de l’Agora. He has enjoyed singing as a tenor with some of Canada’s �nest ensembles, including the acclaimed groups Voces Boreales, and the National Youth Choir of Canada. Mr. Burton has appeared as a conducting fellow with the Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra, the Chorus America Conducting Academy, and the Nova Scotia Choral Federation’s Sing Summer Choir Camps. He currently serves as Director of Music at Bethlehem United Church of Christ in Ann Arbor. A recipient of the Iwan Edwards Prize in Choral Conducting and the Kenneth Elloway prize in Classical Performance, Mr. Burton is pursuing a Masters degree in choral conducting with Jerry Blackstone and Eugene Rogers at the University of Michigan.

Anthony C. GrahamFargo, North Dakota

Anthony Graham received his BME in choral music education from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, AR and his MM in choral conducting from the University of Arkansas

PARTICIPATING CONDUCTORS

in Fayetteville. Currently he is pursuing his DMA in choral conducting at North Dakota State University in Fargo. His research interests include Italian choral music in the early 20th century and the music of the Yankee tunesmiths in 18th century New England. In addition to his academic pursuits, Mr. Graham is the music director at Fargo First United Methodist Church; the founder and artistic director of the River Valley Masterworks Chorus located in Russellville; and a member of Jargon, an ensemble that is dedicated to performing and studying music from early Yankee tunesmiths written between 1770 and 1810.

Elise NaccaratoBurlington, Ontario

An emerging conductor and singer originally from Vancouver, Elise Naccarato discovered a love for singing at an early age when her mother enrolled her in singing lessons, encouraging her to emerge from her shell. In 2005, a family move to Burlington, ON introduced her to the Hamilton Children’s Choir under the leadership of the inspirational Zim�ra Poloz, where she discovered her love of choral music. With such a passion for the choral art form, she embarked on her dream of becoming a conductor and in 2017, completed her Masters in Music (Choral Conducting) at the University of Toronto under Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt. As an emerging conductor, she has been

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privileged to participate in many conducting apprenticeships and masterclasses. Some highlights include: Apprentice Conductor for Arcady, Emerging Conductor with Michael Zaugg and Pro Coro Canada, one of two conducting apprentices chosen for the 2016 Ontario Youth Choir (OYC) under Robert Cooper, CM, and 2018 OYC under Jon Washburn. Currently, Ms. Naccarato is the Apprentice Conductor of Orpheus Choir of Toronto and Chorus Niagara under the leadership of Robert Cooper. She also conducts the choirs at St. Mildred’s-Lightburn girls school in Oakville, Myriad Women’s Ensemble and the Hamilton Estonian Choir. While she continues to embark on her conducting journey she is also exploring arts administration where she is the Administrative Director of Chorus Niagara Children’s Choir and Administrative Assistant with Orpheus Choir of Toronto.

Kathryn RolfFargo, North Dakota

Kathryn Rolf is a choral conductor, teacher, and church musician currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting at North Dakota State University, where she also received her Masters degree. At NDSU she studies conducting with Jo Ann Miller and Michael Weber. Ms. Rolf graduated summa cum laude from Concordia University, St. Paul, MN, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Church Music with concentrations in Choral Conducting and Organ. While at Concordia, she received the Pro Artibus Award in Music. Ms. Rolf teaches Ear Training classes at NDSU and serves as the Director of Parish Music at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fargo. Prior to moving to Fargo, she served as the Director of Parish Music at Zion Lutheran Church in Hopkins, MN. While there, her choir joined with other Minneapolis-area choirs in 2007 to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City, directed by Lynn Trapp. 

Cathrie YuenLangley, BC

Cathrie Yuen is currently the Associate Conductor of the Trinity Western University Choral Program, Artistic Director of the MGV Lyra Men’s choir in Vancouver, and a member of the Aurora Chamber Choir. She received a Masters degree in Choral Conducting at UBC, and her undergraduate degree

in Percussion at Trinity Western University. Ms. Yuen has performed with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in major cities in Europe, including London and Dublin. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she began her music education at a young age as a percussionist and singer. She is an active performer in China and Hong Kong, and regularly tours Asia with her choirs, passionately connecting the choral communities between Hong Kong and Vancouver.________________________ * ________________________

STEPHEN SMITH PIANO

Listeners, critics, and audience members alike know Stephen Smith as “a sensitive and dynamic performer” with a “highly poetic touch” and “superb musicianship which illuminates everything he plays.” Renowned pianist Jane Coop has called her former student “an extremely intelligent and perceptive musician who has great facility and strength in his technique”; and Simon Carrington, a founding member of the King’s Singers, has called him “a magni�cent pianist,” adding that “it’s a privilege to hear such beautiful playing!”

Mr. Smith grew up in rural Nova Scotia, where he sang and played the piano from an early age. A�er initial studies in his home province in both piano and organ, he attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. While there, he participated in national and international competitions, and won numerous awards and distinctions. Since 1990, he has lived in Vancouver, obtaining a Doctoral degree in piano performance from the University of British Columbia, and becoming a �xture of the city’s choral scene, regularly accompanying the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Vancouver Men’s Chorus, Vancouver Bach Choir, Elektra Women’s Choir, and many other ensembles.

He is also a published composer who has been commissioned by such organizations as the CBC, the National Youth Choir, and the BC Choral Federation, and whose music is recorded and performed with great frequency by choirs all over North America and beyond. His work as both accompanist and composer can be heard on dozens of CDs in commercial release, and he has also produced a solo album entitled Kaleidoscope, available on iTunes.

The Vancouver Chamber Choir acknowledges the

Alan & Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation

for their generous support of the 39th annual National Conductors’ Symposium

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P R O G R A M M E N O T E S , T E X T S & T R A N S L A T I O N S

ELISE NACCARATO BURLINGTON, ON

Johann Sebastian Bach Herr, unser Herrscher St. John Passion

Herr, unser Herrscher is the opening chorus from Bach’s St. John Passion, one of his two passion settings which have survived to the modern day. A passion is a type of sacred oratorio — a dramatic retelling of Jesus’ last days and su�ering as found in the Gospels. �is one, using texts from the Book of John, was composed in 1724, Bach’s �rst year in charge of the music in Leipzig’s Lutheran churches. It was intended for the Vespers service on Good Friday, and was used frequently in subsequent years. Traditionally, the opening chorus of a passion is the longest and most musically expansive movement in the whole work. Here Bach obliged with a profound and brooding chorus which dedicates the whole work and its performance to the edi�cation of the performers and worshippers.

Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm Lord, our Ruler, Whose famein allen Landen herrlich ist! In all the world is glorious!Zeig’ uns durch deine Passion, Show us through your Passion,

dass du, der wahre Gottessohn, �at You, the true Son of God,zu aller Zeit, �rough all time,auch in der gröβten Niedrigkeit, Even in the greatest humiliation, verherrlicht worden bist. Have become transfigured!

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THOMAS BURTON ANN ARBOR, MI

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Credo in unum Deum Mass in C minor

�ere are only four choral compositions attributed to Mozart’s maturity, when he had settled in Vienna. One is the famous Requiem and another the even more substantial Mass in C minor; both were unfortunately le� un�nished at his death. �e Mass in C minor was begun in 1872, about the time that Mozart married the singer Costanze von Weber. �e work itself owes its origin to a vow he made to Costanze before the wedding: to compose a thanks-o�ering to be performed in Salzburg in the summer of the next year. However, when the Mozarts le� Vienna in the spring of 1873 the Mass was still un�nished and destined to remain so. Mozart’s work on this piece came at a time when he had just become acquainted with the music of Bach. �is, and the occasional use of a massive choral style reminiscent of Handel, lends the work an air of Baroque power and earnestness. Although Mozart intended to treat the Credo portion of the mass text as a series of contrasting movements which alternate between soloists and choir, he completed only the �rst two sections including this opening chorus, which gives us an indication of the choral glories that might have been had he completed his initial plan.

Credo in unum Deum, I believe in one God,Patrem omnipotentem, Father almighty,factorem cœli et terræ, maker of heaven and earth,visibilium omnium et invisibilium; of all things visible and invisible;et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, and in one Lord, Jesus Christ,Filium Dei unigenitum only-begotten Son of God,et ex Patre natum ante omnia sæcula, born of the Father before all time,Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, God from God, light from light,Deum verum de Deo vero, true God from the true God,genitum non factum, born and not created,consubstantialem Patri one substance with the Fatherper quem omnia facta sunt, by whom all things were created,qui propter nos homines et propter who for mankind and for our salvationnostram salutem descendit de cœlis. descended from heaven.

Healey Willan Introit Requiem

Healey Willan is the beloved Canadian musician who was this country’s �rst major choral composer. �is Requiem, like Mozart’s, is a major work which came to light only a�er the composer’s death. �e original manuscript — which had been le� un�nished — was discovered among Willan’s papers at the National Library in Ottawa by his student and biographer F.R.C. Clarke, who subsequently completed and published it. (However, there is no visit by a mysterious stranger - at least, that we know of!) �e Introit is its opening movement, characterized by sonorous eight-voice textures and rich Willanesque harmonic progressions.

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord: et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.Te decet hymnus Deus in Zion: A hymn, O God, becometh �ee in Zion;et tibi redetur votum in Jerusalem: and a vow shall be paid to �ee in Jerusalem:exaudi orationem meam: o hear my prayer:ad te omnis caro veniet. to �ee all flesh shall come.

Roman Catholic liturgy

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CATHRIE YUENLANGLEY, BC

Imant RaminshJubilate Deo, omnis terra Symphony of Psalms

Imant Raminsh is a British Columbian composer, violinist, teacher and conductor of Latvian heritage. He has written for all the major musical forces, yet it is his singular gi� for choral music that has become the hallmark of his career. His distinctive choral textures, lush harmonic palette, lyrical melodic sense and prodigious output have earned him accolades as British Columbia’s most outstanding composer in the choral idiom, including the recent awarding of the Order of Canada. His expansive Symphony of Psalms in its original SSAA guise was commissioned in 2001 by Atlanta’s Lourdes Singers and premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York. � e next year he prepared a mixed voices version of this truly monumental work. Its nine movements present settings of psalms in nine di� erent languages. Tonight we hear the � rst movement, Jubilate Deo, omnis terra, a wonderful Old Testament song of praise which Raminsh chose as the Latin language representation in this exuberant work.

Jubilate Deo, omnis terra: O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands:servite Domino in lætitia. serve the Lord with gladness.Introite in conspectu ejus, in exultatione. Come before his presence with a song.

Scitote quoniam Dominus ipse est Deus: Be ye sure that the Lord he is God;ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos. it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves. Populus ejus, et oves pascuæ ejus. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Introite portas ejus in confessione, O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving,atria ejus in hymnis: and into his courts with praise; confi temini illi. be thankful unto him.

Laudate nomen ejus, Speak good of his Name,quoniam suavis est Dominus: for the Lord is gracious, in æternum misericordia ejus, his mercy is everlasting; et usque in generationem and his truth endurethet generationem veritas ejus. from generation to generation.

Psalm 100

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Richard WagnerWach’ auf! Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Act III of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg o� ered Wagner opportunity for a marvellous chorus. � e mastersingers have processed into the meadow of the Festival grounds while the townspeople assemble as well to listen to the song contest. When the competition’s patriarch

- cobbler and poet Hans Sachs - appears, the crowd spontaneously honours him by singing one of his own compositions, this Wach’ auf! � e text, which praises the dawn (metaphorically Luther’s Reformation!) was actually written by the historical Hans Sachs, on whom the opera‘s character is based.

Silentium! Silence! Macht kein Reden und kein Gesumm’! No talking and no murmuring!

Ha! Sachs! ‘s ist Sachs! Ha! Sachs! It’s Sachs! Seht, Meister Sachs! Look, Master Sachs! Stimmt an! Begin!

“Wach’ auf, es nahet gen den Tag; “Awake! the dawn is drawing near;

ich hör’ singen im grünen Hag I hear singing in the green grove, ein’ wonnigliche Nachtigall, a blissful nightingale,ihr’ Stimm’ durchdringet Berg und Tal; its voice rings through hill and valley;die Nacht neigt sich zum Okzident, night is sinking in the west,der Tag geht auf von Orient, the day arises in the east,die rotbrünstige Morgenröt’ the ardent red glow of morningher durch die trüben Wolken geht.” approaches through the gloomy clouds.”

Heil! Heil Nürnbergs teurem Sachs! Hail! Hail Nuremberg’s beloved Sachs!Heil dir, Hans Sachs! Hail to you, Hans Sachs!

Richard Wagner and Hans Sachs

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KATHRYN ROLF FARGO, ND

George Frideric Handel And the children of Israel sigh’d Israel in Egypt

When Handel landed in London in 1712 he made possible the famous thumbnail sketch: a German composer writing Italian operas for English audiences. Composing and producing opera in the Italian language was his main focus until the mid-1730s when English appetite for it began to wane. Handel cleverly introduced a new sort of sacred opera called oratorio, which used libretti based on the stories of Biblical heroes and heroines in rather operatic fashion and created a new wave of popularity among the London public. Only two of his oratorios used actual Biblical verses for the text: Messiah and Israel in Egypt. Perhaps it is no coincidence that these are also the oratorios in which Handel used the chorus most widely and e�ectively – especially Israel in Egypt, in which the chorus is undoubtedly the main protagonist. �e main story is that God chooses Moses to deliver the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt through the Red Sea to safety in the Holy Land. And the children of Israel sigh’d is the opening chorus of the whole oratorio, depicting the Israelites’ burdens and oppression before the full story of plagues and exodus unfolds.

(Recitative) Now there arose a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph; and he set over Israel taskmasters to afflict them with burdens, and they made them serve with rigour.

(Chorus) And the children of Israel sigh’d by reason of the bondage, and their cry came unto God. �ey oppressed them with burdens, and made them serve with rigour; and their cry came up unto God.

Exodus 1 and 2

Franz Josef Haydn Come, lovely Spring �e Seasons

Haydn was an Austrian composer of the 18th century; he and Mozart — though their lives were so di�erent in almost every way — are the composers who de�ned and dominated the so-called Classical era in music. Haydn was very important in the development of instrumental forms such as the piano trio, string quartet and symphony. Known a�ectionately as “Papa Haydn”, he was a mentor to Mozart, tutor to Beethoven and older brother to the accomplished composer Michael Haydn. He spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. �is isolation meant that he was “forced to become original”, in the composer’s words. Eventually his music was circulated widely and he became famous throughout all of Europe. Like most major composers of the time, Haydn composed his fair share of large choral works, including several substantial concert masses and two famous oratorios: �rst the universally-acclaimed �e Creation (1798) and then, soon a�er, �e Seasons (1801), which was really the last substantial composition undertaken by the ailing composer. As one might expect, the massive work has four sections named for the four times of year, each containing arias, recitatives and choruses. Haydn’s year starts in Spring, and this gentle, rustic paean to the earth’s awakening is the �rst chorus of the work, sung by a gathering of “country people”

Come, lovely Spring, O bounteous Goddess, come!And from her wint’ry grave awaken slumb’ring earth. Come nearer now, O lovely Spring, that all may feel thy quick’ning touch, that ev’rything may live again.Be joyful, yet remember still that deep in mist and fog conceal’d, the winter walks the night, and touches tiny shoots with deadly frost.Come, lovely Spring, O bounteous Goddess, come!Descend, revive our fields again.Come, lovely Spring, and bless the waiting world.

English version by Alice Parker and �omas Pyle, based on James �omson’s original and Baron von Swieten’s German translation.

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Francis PoulencLaudamus te Gloria

Francis Poulenc was the brilliant and iconoclastic Parisian composer of this century who � rst came to attention in 1918 as a member of the group Les Six, which also included Milhaud and Honegger. In� uenced by Satie and Ravel, and by his own pianistic virtuosity, Poulenc’s early works - piano pieces, incidental music and chamber works - aimed at sophisticated entertainment, earning him somewhat of an “enfant terrible” reputation. Notable were his songs on poems by Ronsard, Apollinaire, Éluard and others, where the piquant yet lyrical melodies were out� tted with accompaniments in his idiomatic keyboard style. His sacred choral music, however, shows other aspects of his personality, ranging from the brooding to the ecstatic. Poulenc wrote this Gloria for choir and orchestra in 1959-60 – near the end of his life – and it was premiered the following year by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Laudamus te is the second movement, calling on us to praise, bless, adore and glorify the Lord. It � nds Poulenc in a playful, almost jaunty mood — causing the choir and accompaniment to exchange a series of short, jaunty phrases, yet pausing for a typically Poulenc-style moment of moody rumination right in the middle of all the ebullience.

Laudamus te. We praise thee.Bendicimus te. We bless thee.Adoramus te. We adore thee.Glorifi camus te. We glorify thee.Gratias agimus tibi propter We give thee thanks magnam gloriam tuam. because of thy great glory.

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Claudio Monteverdi Lauda, Jerusalem Marian Vespers of 1610

�e Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi was one of the great innovators and geniuses of music. A successor to Giovanni Gabrieli at St. Mark’s in Venice, he was largely responsible for establishing the style of early Baroque music and the shape of the brand new dramatic art form called opera. �is setting of Psalm 147, Lauda, Jerusalem, is a movement from his famous Vespers of 1610, a seminal work which can be considered the �rst great full-length choral/orchestral masterpiece. It appears towards the end of that long work as a brilliant seven-voice chorus con�gured in three groups - two equal SAB choirs and an antiphonal cantus �rmus group sung by the tenors.

Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum; Praise the Lord, O Jerusalemlauda Deum tuum, Sion. praise your God, O Sion.Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum; Because he has strengthened the bolts of your gates,benedixit filiis tuis in te. he has blessed your children within you.

Qui posuit fines tuos pacem, Who has placed peace in your borders: et adipe frumenti satiat te. and fills you with the fat of corn. Qui emittit eloquium suum terræ: Who sends forth his speech to the earth velociter currit sermo ejus. his word runs swi�ly.

Qui dat nivem sicut lanam; Who gives snow like wool: nebulam sicut cinerem spargit. scatters mists like ashes. Mittit crystallum suam sicut buccellas: He sends his crystal like morsels: ante faciem frigoris ejus quis sustinebit? who shall stand before the face of his cold?

Emittet verbum suum, et liquefaciet ea; He shall send out his word, and shall melt them:flabit spiritus ejus, et fluent aquæ. his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run. Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob, Who declares his word to Jacob:justitias et judicia sua Israel. his justices and his judgments to Israel.

Non fecit taliter omni nationi, He has not done in like manner to every nation:et judicia sua non manifestavit eis. and his judgments he has not made manifest to them.Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen.

Psalm 147

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Johannes Brahms Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen Ein deutsches Requiem

Between 1856 and 1866 a number of events occurred which profoundly moved Johannes Brahms - the death of his friend and mentor Robert Schumann, the death of his mother, and the Austro-Prussian War. His German Requiem was completed in the summer of 1866. �e title Ein deutches Requiem was used simply because the text is in the German language, with no suggestion of nationalism implied in the name nor the music. Brahms selected the text from Luther’s Bible with great care. Unlike Latin requiems, no prayer is o�ered for the departed nor is the name of Christ used. His sole object was the consolation of the living. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen is the fourth movement of seven in the work, a lyrical oasis at the heart of the more dramatic whole. Its sweeping phrases are indeed heavenly, growing ever more ecstatic until the culminating counterpoint of the last few pages.

Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth! How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of hosts!Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich My soul desires and longsnach den Vorhöfen des Herrn; for the courts of the Lord:mein Leib und Seele freuen sich my body and soul cry outin dem lebendigen Gott. for the living God.Wohl denen, die in deinem Haus wohnen, Blessed are they who dwell in your house:die loben dich immerdar! they praise you evermore!

Psalm 84:1-2,4

14th Biennial Young Composers’ Competition

Entry deadline: March 22, 2019

Young composers aged 8–22 have the opportunity to compose for Canada's premier choir, have their compositions

performed in the choir concert series, and receive cash awards!

The competition is open to young composers from any country. Entries will be judged in three age categories

with special awards for the best submissions by BC residents.Entries will be assessed on originality, craftsmanship

of the music and, where appropriate, the words. Finalist compositions will be performed at the

Vancouver Chamber Choir concert Youth & Music 2019 onFriday, May 10, 2019 at Shaughnessy Heights United Church

in Vancouver, BC.

For more information about the Young Composers’ Competitionand our other outreach programs, please visit

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8pm Friday, March 15, 2019

Shaughnessy Heights United Church1550 West 33rd Avenue at Connaught Drive

Vancouver Chamber ChoirJon Washburn, conductor

The Farewell Tour will be performed across Canada andfeatures our all-time Top Ten List (by number of performances

over the last 48 years) including Bach’s Lobet den Herrn,Debussy’s Trois chansons, and Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia.There’s also music by Kodály, Raminsh, Schafer, Foster, and

McKennitt. This concert marks Jon Washburn’s 92nd domesticor foreign tour with the Vancouver Chamber Choir!

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Feb 22, 7:30pmRobertson Wesley United Church,

Edmonton, AB(Presented by Richard Eaton Singers)

Feb 24, 2:30pm

Bella Concert Hall, Calgary, AB

(Presented by �e Festival Chorus)

Feb 25, 7:30pmSouthminster United Church,

Lethbridge, AB(Presented by the University of Lethbridge)

Feb 26, 7:30pmChrist Lutheran Church,

Regina, SK(Presented by the Prairie Chamber Choir)

Mar 1, 7:30pmEglinton St. George’s United Church,

Toronto, ON(Presented by the Elmer Iseler Singers)

Mar 3, 7:30pmAnglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,

St. John’s, NL(Presented by the Bruneau Centre for Excellence in Choral Music)

Mar 6, 7:00pmSt. Andrews United Church,

Halifax, NS(Presented by Cecilia Concerts)

Mar 7, 8:00pmSt. Ninian’s Cathedral,

Antigonish, NS(Presented by Antigonish Performing Arts Series)

Mar 8, 7:30pmConvocation Hall,

Wolfville, NS(Presented by Acadia Performing Arts Series)

Mar 9, 7:30pm Trinity St. Stephen’s United Church,

Amherst, NS(Presented by Music at Trinity)

Mar 10, 3:00pm St. John’s Anglican Church,

Lunenburg, NS(Presented by Musique Royale)

Mar 15, 8:00pmShaughnessy Heights United Church

Vancouver, BC

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& JON WASHBURN, CONDUCTORBe sure to tell your friends across the country

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JON WASHBURNVANCOUVER, BC

Ludwig van BeethovenAgnus Dei Mass in C Major

In 1806 Beethoven was commissioned by Prince Nicholas Esterházy to compose a mass. � e work, published later as Opus 86, was � nished in 1807 and given its � rst performance in September of that year at the Esterházy castle in Eisenstadt. Outwardly the C Major Mass appears to follow the traditional classical mode of Mozart and Haydn. A closer look reveals that Beethoven’s approach to this hallowed text was much more subjective than that of his predecessors. Particularly striking is his use of dynamics and other expressive details to transform the familiar texts of the Latin mass into a highly personal interpretation. He must have consciously intended such a result, for in one of his letters to his publishers Breitkopf und Härtel he stated that he had treated the text of the mass in a completely new and unheard-of way. � e Mass is liturgically complete and suitable for use in church, but Beethoven must have meant for it to have a concert life as well, as evidenced by the precedent he set by including it in his famous 1808 Vienna concert and by his desire to have it published with a German translation as well as the liturgical Latin. � is Agnus Dei is the � nal movement, featuring dramatic alternation between the chorus and solo quartet up to the � nal 16 measures, which recapitulate the theme and mood of the opening Kyrie movement, to the great satisfaction of the listener of the whole work.

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi, who taketh away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy on us. Agnus Dei, Lamb of God, qui tollis peccata mundi, who taketh away the sins of the world, dona nobis pacem. grant us peace.

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8pm Friday, April 19, 2019The Orpheum

Vancouver Chamber Choir & OrchestraPacifica Singers

Vancouver Youth ChoirJon Washburn, conductor

Jon Washburn draws all his soloists, choirs,

alumni and orchestra together for a

wonderful evening of music to celebrate the

passage of his 48 years as leader of the

Vancouver Chamber Choir. The music is

resplendent - J.S. Bach's marvellous

Missa brevis in G minor, Tarik O'Regan’s

mystic and evocative Solitude Trilogy,

a premiere performance of Jon Washburn's

Two Canadian Folksongs and a celebratory

massed performance of

Ralph Vaughan Williams' glorious

Five Mystical Songs.

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Carl Orff Ave formosissima/O Fortuna Carmina Burana

Carmina Burana is a landmark choral work of the 20th century. Composed in 1935-36 by German stage music genius and educator Carl Or� , it is a rhythmic and colouristic tour-de-force. Called by Or� a “scenic cantata,” it is sung in a combination of Medieval Latin and Old German. � e sometimes exquisite, sometimes rowdy poems of fate, spring, love and drink come from a 13th-century manuscript discovered 500 years later at a Benedictine monastery in the Bavarian Alps. � ese are the last two movements of the work, including the reprise of its famous opening chorus.

Ave formosissima, Hail to thee, most beautiful,gemma pretiosa, most precious gem,ave decus virginum, hail, pride of virgins,virgo gloriosa, most glorious virgin.ave mundi luminar, Hail light of the world,ave mundi rosa, hail rose of the world.Blanzifl or et Helena, Blanzifl or and Helena,Venus generosa! noble Venus!

O Fortuna, velut luna O Fortune, variablestatu variabilis, as the moon,semper crescis aut decrescis; always dost thou wax and wane.vita detestabilis Detestable life,nunc obdurat et tunc curat fi rst dost thou mistreat us, and then, whimisically,ludo mentis aciem, thou heedest our desires.egestatem, potestatem As the sun melts the ice so dost thou dissolvedissolvit ut glaciem. both poverty and power.

Sors immanis et inanis, Monstrous and empty fate,rota tu volubilis, thou turning wheel,status malus, vana salus art mean, voidingsemper dissolubilis, good health at thy will.obumbrata et velata Veiled in obscurity,michi quoque niteris; thou dost attack nunc per ludum dorsum nudum me also. To thy cruel pleasurefero tui sceleris. I bare my back.

Sors salutis et virtutis � ou dost withdrawmichi nunc contraria, my health and virtue,est aff ectus et defectus thou dost threatensemper in angaria. my emotion and weakness with torture.Hac in hora sine mora At this hour, therefore, let uscorde pulsum tangite; pluck the strings without delay.quod per sortem sternit fortem, Let us mourn together,mecum omnes plangite! for fate crushed the brave.

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works recorded in 2018 for the composer’s 85th birthday: the title piece for choir and orchestra, plus �e Star Princess and the Waterlilies and Narcissus and Echo.

�e Healing Series� Music for Healing Box Set All of the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s remarkable healing CDs in

one collection, including the original 2-disc “Family Set” of volume II. � Finding the Still Point music for healing * A healing ambience of calm, warmth and

consolation projected through 15 beloved choral favourites with interconnecting Gregorian chants.� Unexpected Gi�s music for healing II * Familiar folk music in choral arrangements with

several meditations for harp based on the same themes.� A Quiet Place music for healing III * An outstanding collection of choral treasures

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�e Masters Series� BaroqueFest Festive music of Bach, Purcell, Handel and Monteverdi from a gala Expo 86

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� Bach - �e Six Motets * Jesu, meine Freude; Komm Jesu, komm; Singet dem Herrn; Der Geist hil� unser Schwachheit auf, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden and Fürchte dich nicht.

� Missa Brevis Four contrasting short masses by Haydn Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, Fauré Messe basse, von Weber Jubelmesse and Christoph Bernhard Missa Durch Adams Fall.

� Music to Hear Renaissance, Classical and Modern vocal chamber music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Shearing, Beckwith, Janequin, Crequillon and de Sermisy.

� Simple Gi�s Canadian, American and Scottish folksongs in a variety of attractive modern settings by Imant Raminsh, Mack Wilberg, Louis Applebaum, Aaron Copland and Ian McDougall.

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�e Canadian Composer Series� A Garden of Bells * R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 1: Early choral works including Miniwanka,

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� Imagining Incense* R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 3: Recent choral works including Magic Songs, �ree Hymns, Rain Chant, Alleluia, Beautiful Spanish Song, Imagining Incense and other works.

� Songs of the Lights Imant Raminsh, Vol. 1 Magnificat, Ave verum corpus, Ave Maria, �e Great Sea and more.

� Earth Chants Imant Raminsh, Vol. 2 Missa Brevis in C Minor, Earth Chants & smaller works.� Due West Stephen Chatman, Vol. 2 With oboist Roger Cole and pianist Linda Lee �omas. � Due East Stephen Chatman, Vol. 3 �e Canadian composer’s latest pieces since 2000.� Rise! Shine! * Music of Jon Washburn Including �e Star, A Stephen Foster Medley, Chinese

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Canticle of Peace, R. Murray Schafer Magic Songs and Imant Raminsh In the night we shall go in.

�e Christmas Recordings� A Dylan �omas Christmas * �e Vancouver Chamber Choir’s signature performance

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NEW RELEASE!

�e Love that Moves the UniverseR. Murray Schafer, Vol. 4

�e title piece for choir and orchestra is a magni�cent setting of selected cantos from Dante’s Paradiso in which the poet tries to look into the face of God. Featured is �e Star Princess and the Waterlilies, a delightful creation allegory for alto solo, narrator, women’s chorus and percussion. Also Narcissus and Echo, based on the story as told by the Latin poet Ovid, set for a cappella chorus with baritone and soprano soloists.

�is latest addition to the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s outstanding series of Schafer choral works was recorded in 2018 as a special celebration of the composer’s 85th birthday, funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter program.

Artists include�e Vancouver Chamber Choir and Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, Steven Bélanger (baritone), Fabiana Katz (alto), Christina Cichos (soprano), George Roberts (narrator), Brian Nesselroad and Jonathan Bernard (percussion) and the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s long-time conductor and artistic director, Jon Washburn.

Available at the CD table in the lobby, on iTunes, at www.vancouverchamberchoir.com or by calling 604-738-6822.

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