Ecco mormorar l’onde ………………………………………………………Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Canticle of the Brother Sun…………………………………………………………………Robert Kyr (b. 1952)

Mountains / Trees (from Due North)…………………………………… Stephen Chatman (b. 1950)

Unseen Buds……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “ soloists: Melanie Grube, Kristine Bryan, Jeffrey Pierce

The Peace of Wild Things……………………………………………………………………Joan Symko (b. 1957)

The Web of Life (from Native American Ambiances)……………Jackson Berkey (b. 1942) Native American flute - Marlin Saner

Little Birds………………………………………………………………………………………… Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

INTERMISSION

Missa Gaia (Earth Mass)……………………………………………Paul Winter, Jim Scott, Paul Halley,

Oscar Castro-Neves, Kim Oler Canticle of Brother Sun

Kyrie (soloist - William Paul) The Beatitudes (soloist - Debra Nielsen) Sanctus and Benedictus

Agnus Dei

The Blue Green Hills of Earth (soloist - Shannon Fix) Let Us Depart in Peace (reprise of Canticle of Brother Sun)

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W elcome to Earth Songs, the exciting finale of our 2011-12 season. Our

program celebrates the glories of the natural world and our deep human

connection to, and responsibility for, the environment. We are especially

pleased to feature a number of Northwest composers (and one Northwest “author”)

on the program.

We begin with an evocative depiction of dawn on planet Earth by one of the giants of

early Western music, Claudio Monteverdi. In his marvelous setting of an eloquent

text from the Italian Renaissance, Ecco mormorar l’onde (from the Second Book of

Madrigals - 1590) evolves, like dawn itself, almost imperceptibly from darkness to

the bright light of day.

Here the waves are murmuring, and the treetops gently rustle

as morning breezes stir among the branches.

On the verdant boughs the birds sing sweetly, and the eastern sky is smiling.

Now the dawn appears; mirrored deeply in the ocean, she brightens all the heavens,

turns the dewdrops to pearls, and bedecks the mountains with gold.

Oh, lovely and gracious dawn, the breeze is your herald, and you its envoy,

restoring each ardent and withered heart.

(Torquato Tasso)

Canticle of the Brother Sun is based on another early Italian text: the famous song

of praise by St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century preacher who became the patron

saint of animals and the environment. Addressing the sun, moon, wind, water, and fire

as Brother and Sister, the canticle expresses Francis’ deep sense of communion with

all of creation. Robert Kyr provides a beautifully lyrical setting with a chant-like

opening melody and medieval-flavored harmonies. Kyr is head of the composition de-

partment at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

(See next page for text and translation.)

PROGRAM NOTES

Altissimu, onnipotente, bon Signore,

Tue so’ le laude, la Gloria

Et l’honore et onne benedictione.

Laudato si’, mi’ Signore,

cum tucte le tue creature,

spetialmente messer to frate sole,

lo quale iorno et allumini noi per loi;

Et ellu è bellu a radiante cum

grande splendore:

de te, Altissimo, porta significatione.

Laudato si’, mi’ Signore, per sora luna

a le stelle;

in celu l’ài formate clarite et pretiose et belle.

Laudato si’, mi’ Signore, per frate vento

et per aere et nubilo et sereno et onne tempo,

per lo quale a le tue creature dai

sustentamento.

Laudato si’, mi’ Signore, per sora acqua,

la quale è multo utile et humile et pretiosa et

casta.

Laudato si’, mi’ Signore, per frate focu,

per to quale ennallumini la nocte;

ed ello è bello et iucundo et robustoso et

forte.

Laudato si’, mi’ Signore, per nostra

matre terra,

lo quale ne sustenta et governa

et produce diversi fructi con coloriti

fiori et herba.

Laudate.

In pace.

In luce.

Laudate.

(St. Francis of Assisi)

Most High, all-powerful, good Lord,

Yours are the praises, the glory,

the honor, and all blessing.

Praise to You, my Lord,

with all Your creatures,

especially Sir Brother Sun,

Who is the day and through whom You give us light.

And he is beautiful, and radiant with

great splendor;

and bears a likeness of You, Most High One.

Praise to You, my Lord, through Sister Moon

and the stars,

in heaven You formed them clear and precious and

beautiful.

Praise to You, my Lord, through Brother Wind,

and through the air, cloudy and serene, and every

kind of weather

through which you give sustenance to Your

creatures.

Praise to You, my Lord, through Sister Water,

which is very useful and humble and precious and

chaste.

Praise to You, my Lord, through Brother Fire,

through whom You light the night

and he is beautiful and playful and robust and

strong.

Praise to You, my Lord, through our sister

Mother Earth,

who sustains and governs us,

and who produces varied fruits with colored

flowers and herbs.

Praise.

In peace.

In light.

Praise.

(Translation by Robert Kyr)

Canticle of the Brother Sun

Next, we offer three picturesque tone poems of nature by Vancouver, B.C. composer

Stephen Chatman. Mountains and Trees are the first two movements of a suite of

choral pieces called Due North, written in 1986. With simple texts (in the latter

piece, just the names of different varieties of trees) and economical but effective

musical materials — parallel open 4ths and 5ths echoing each other in jagged melodic

contours, or simple repeated patterns that slowly shift and transform like light seep-

ing through a canopy of trees — Chatman creatively evokes the mountain grandeur

and the silence and majesty of the deep forests of our Northwest landscape.

Unseen Buds (2008) uses a typically transcendental poem of the 19th century Ameri-

can writer Walt Whitman. With its dazzling array of soft, delicately shimmering

textures and vocal colors, the piece almost palpably vibrates with the possibilities of

new life always and everywhere ready to emerge on earth.

Unseen buds, infinite, hidden well,

Under the snow and ice, under the darkness, in every square or cubic inch,

Germinal, exquisite, in delicate lace, microscopic, unborn,

Like babes in wombs, latent, folded, compact, sleeping;

Billions of billions, and trillions of trillions of them waiting,

(On earth and in the sea - the universe - the stars there in the heavens,)

Urging slowly, surely forward, forming endless,

And waiting ever more, forever more behind.

(Walt Whitman)

About the choral music of Joan Szymko it has been said that, “abundant lyricism,

rhythmic integrity and vigorous attention to text are hallmarks of (her) diverse and

distinctive choral writing.” Those qualities are certainly evident in her moving work

The Peace of Wild Things, composed in 2006. Its poignant text comes from prolific

American author, academic, activist, cultural and economic critic, and farmer Wendell

Berry (b.1934). Formerly a conductor of church and women’s choirs in Seattle in the

1980s, Szymko is now based in Portland.

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

(Wendell Berry)

A former accompanist for the famed Norman Luboff Choir, and co-founder of the

popular instrumental group Mannheim Steamroller, Jackson Berkey composed a suite

of choral pieces interspersed with readings and instrumental interludes entitled Na-tive American Ambiances in 1992, of which The Web of Life is the finale. Beginning

with an extended solo for Native American flute with taped percussion and natural

environmental sounds, the choral material continues with a haunting interpretation of

part of a speech once given by Seattle’s namesake, Chief Sealth. Together they pro-

vide an inspiring expression of the environmental awareness intrinsic to the Native

American world view.

This we know. The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth.

All things are connected like the blood that unites one family.

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.

We did not weave the web of life; we are only a strand in it.

Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

(Chief Sealth)

Originally written for womens’ voices, Little Birds was later arranged for mixed chorus by

composer Eric Whitacre in 2001. One of the

popular superstars of contemporary choral mu-

sic, Whitacre describes this piece as an homage

to French composer Gabriel Fauré; with its deli-

cate piano part and fluid, sensual melodies, the

music is, indeed, quite different than the dense

clusters of sound so common to much of Whita-

cre’s music. With the surrealist poetry of

Mexican writer Octavio Paz (1914-1988) as its

basis, the piece describes one sublime moment

of time in nature, captured forever in a kind of

impressionist painting of words and music… with

an unexpected conclusion!

Light unblinking,

time empty of minutes,

a bird stopped short in the air.

Light flung down,

the columns awake

and, without moving, dance.

The time is transparent:

even if the bird is invisible,

let us see the color of his song.

(Octavio Paz)

Founded in 1967, the Paul Winter Consort (led by soprano saxophonist Winter) was an

early exponent of musical “fusion”. Mixing elements of jazz, classical, and world mu-

sic with a pervasive focus on environmentalism, they developed a unique musical style

sometimes described as “Earth Music” or "ecological jazz".

In 1980 the ensemble was invited to be artists-in-residence at the Cathedral of St.

John the Divine in New York, and a year later Winter was asked by the Dean of the

Cathedral to create a new, contemporary setting of the Mass. The result was Missa Gaia (Earth Mass), composed by Winter and several of his Consort colleagues, along

with the then-organist of the Cathedral, Paul Halley. Using traditional liturgical

texts interspersed with other hymns (including the Canticle of Brother Sun by St.

Francis), biblical texts, and newly-written material, and incorporating recorded animal

sounds, Missa Gaia was, as Winter states, a unique “celebration that was both ecu-

menical and ecological, one that would embrace all life on Earth”. Premiered on Moth-

er’s Day in 1981, the piece has subsequently enjoyed annual performances at the Ca-

thedral on the Feast Day of St. Francis (October 4), with the participation of choirs

from all over the world.

The opening and closing Canticle which frames the Missa combines St. Francis’ text

with lines from Job and a concluding adaptation of the familiar 13th-century chant

tune “Adore te devote”. Consort guitarist Jim Scott provided the music, a long as-

cending melodic/harmonic arch full of hopeful rhythmic energy.

A recording of a female tundra wolf provides the musical theme for the following

Kyrie. The repeated four-note call includes a characteristic tri-tone; often consid-

ered the most dissonant of intervals, Winter describes it in this case as evoking “the

mystery of the living Earth”. Organist Halley wove the theme and a celebrative syn-

copated rhythm from West Africa together to form this joyous movement.

Next, a paraphrase of a part of Christ’s biblical Sermon on the Mount often called

The Beatitudes (blessings) is given a powerful and poignant setting in a contemporary

gospel style by Jim Scott. The following Sanctus/Benedictus opens with a recording

of a song of a humpback whale, a repeated sequence of four phrases: a high ascending

two-note call, a mid-range descending groan, an ascending two-note call in a lower

range, and a contrabass growl-moan. From these themes Brazilian Consort member

Oscar Castro-Neves came up with a harmonic background set to a lively Brazilian

rhythmic pattern called “baião”, and Halley contributed the choral material.

The inspiration for the Agnus Dei came from the writings of a medical missionary to

Labrador in the early 20th century, who described translating the phrase “lamb of

God” (Agnus Dei) as “seal pup” in order to better communicate with the indigenous

peoples. Winter and Scott took a previous instrumental piece of theirs called “Seal

Eyes” and adapted it for the Mass, including the sounds of harp seal pups recorded

near Magdalen Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The Blue Green Hills of Earth was an addition to the Missa for the first recording

done later in 1981. Based on the title of Robert Heinlein’s science fiction classic “The

Green Hills of Earth”, the text and folk-ballad style music by Kim Oler provide an ap-

propriately inspirational setting.

Some thirty years after its creation, Missa Gaia still provides a powerful contempo-

rary experience, both secular and sacred, of celebrating Mother Earth. Together

with our band of incredible instrumentalists, Bellevue Chamber Chorus is pleased and

excited to present it as the climax of Earth Songs. Enjoy…

Missa Gaia (“Earth Mass”) Canticle of Brother Sun: Text adapted from “Canticle of Brother Sun” by St. Francis of Assisi and the Book of Job.

All praise be yours through Brother Sun, all praise be yours through Sister Moon, by Mother

Earth my Lord be praised, by Brother Mountain, Sister Sea, through Brother Wind and Brother

Air, through Sister Water, Brother Fire; the stars above give thanks to thee: all praise to

those who live in peace.

All praise be yours through Brother Wolf, all praise be yours through Sister Whale, by Nature’s

song my Lord be praised, by Brother Eagle, Sister Loon, through Brother Tiger, Sister Seal,

through Sister Flower, Brother Tree, let creatures all give thanks to thee, all praise to those

who live in peace.

Ask of the beasts and they shall teach you the beauty of the earth. Ask of the trees and they

shall teach you the beauty of the earth. Ask of the winds and they shall teach you the beauty

of the earth. Ask of the flow’rs and they shall teach you the beauty of the earth.

Text by F.S. Pierpont; Tune: Adore te Devote (13th Century plainsong) For the beauty of the Earth, sing, oh sing today.

Of the sky and of our birth, sing, oh sing always.

Nature, human and divine, all around us lies.

Source of all, to thee we raise grateful hymns of praise.

Kyrie: Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. (Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us.)

The Beatitudes: Rejoice, rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven.

Remember us, O Lord, when Thou comest into Thy kingdom. (In thy kingdom, O Lord remember us.)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for

they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth. Blessed are those who

hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. And blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall

see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are those

who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Rejoice, rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven.

Sanctus and Benedictus: Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. (Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.) Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. (Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.) Osanna, osanna in excelsis. (Hosanna, hosanna in the highest.) Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, in excelsis. (Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.)

Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Dona nobis pacem. (Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Grant us peace.)

The Blue Green Hills of Earth: For the earth, forever turning, for the skies, for ev’ry sea, To our Lord we sing, returning home to our blue green hills of earth.

For the mountains, hills and pastures, in their silent majesty, For all life, for all of Nature, sing we our joyful praise to Thee.

For the sun, for rain and thunder, for the land that makes us free, For the stars, for all the heavens, sing we our joyful praise to Thee.

For the earth, forever turning, for the skies, for ev’ry sea, To our Lord we sing, returning home to our blue green hills of earth.

Let Us Depart in Peace (Reprise of “Canticle of Brother Sun”): (see text for “Canticle of Brother Sun”)

Program notes by Fredrick Lokken

Bellevue Chamber Chorus consists of profes-sional and avocational musicians of diverse back-grounds, performing choral literature with varied accompaniment from all musical periods. Throughout its 28-year history, the Chorus has collaborated with other vocal and instrumental musicians of all ages, as well as dance troupes and visual artists, to present major works or unusual repertoire, including specially commissioned piec-es by local composers such as Alan Hovhaness and John Muehleisen. For thirteen years, Bellevue Chamber Chorus joined with the Bellevue Philhar-monic Orchestra for a Baroque chamber-style per-formance of Handel’s complete Messiah during the holiday season. The Chorus also performs at

galas and other community activities such as the Argosy Christmas Ship, has performed twice at the Leavenworth Choral Festival, and was selected as one of the regional participants in the American Masterpieces Choral Festival in Seattle in 2007. In July 2008, the Chorus was awarded first prize in the Adult Mixed Choir division at the prestigious Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in Powell River, B.C. Other performances include New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Salzburg, Austria Church Mu-sic Festival, the International Choral Festival in Sydney, Australia, and festival concerts in spectacular venues in Switzerland, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic. The Chorus has released two CDs: "Timeframes” and “Retrospective”, and is currently in production for a third CD of music to encom-pass winter and Christmas favorites from previous seasons.

The Bellevue Chamber Chorus is a non-profit organization, which receives its support from the generous donations of people interested in fine musical experiences on the Eastside.

BELLEVUE CHAMBER CHORUS

Tenor

* Mike Grube

Lee Huffman

Mark Liebendorfer

Bill Paul

Jeff Pierce

Matt Smith

David Williams

Soprano ** Maria Bayer

** Kristine Bryan

*** Debra Defotis

Laurie Dietz

Heidi Fivash

Shannon Fix

* Debra Nielsen

** Kathie Patten

Alto

Louise Baldwin

Mindy Freeland

* Melanie Grube

** Susan Liechty

Jennifer Marshall

** Amy Reed

Pam Younghans

Bass ** Allan Chartrand

Dennis Defotis

** Bill Freeland

James McTernan

Chris Meierding

** Pat Rice

* Frank Trujillo

* denotes section leader ** denotes Board member

*** denotes Executive Director

Conductor of collegiate, community, and church choirs in Minnesota, California, and the Seattle area for over twenty years, Dr. Fredrick Lokken is in his twelfth season as music director and conductor of the Bellevue Chamber Chorus. Under his direc-tion the Chorus has gained a growing reputation for exciting per-formances of diverse and innovative programs from the tradition-al classics to contemporary music from around the world. He re-ceived his doctoral degree in choral conducting from the Univer-sity of Washington, where he studied under Abraham Kaplan and Joan Conlon. He has done further study with renowned choral conductors Joseph Flummerfelt, Helmuth Rilling, and Jon Wash-burn, and spent several years in the Netherlands doing choral re-search and writing. Dr. Lokken also holds a degree in vocal per-formance from the University of Wisconsin and sang with the professional Dale Warland Singers. In addition to his work with the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, Dr. Lokken serves as Director of Choral Music and Instructor of Voice at Shoreline Community College.

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Instrumentalists:

Keyboards: Kristine Anderson (Sponsored by Frank Trujillo)

Soprano sax: Doug Reed (Sponsored in part by Mary Fran Lyons)

Oboe/English horn: Natalie Twigg

Native American flute / guitar: Marlin Saner

Cello: Joe Bichsel

Bass: Dennis Staskowski

Drums: Don Berman

Percussion: Sam Alamillo (Sponsored in part by Mindy Larrison)

Assistant Director ...................................................................................................... Frank Trujillo

Rehearsal Accompanist ..................................................................................... Kristine Anderson

Rehearsal Midi File generation ........................................................................... David Williams

Score Management/Music Librarian ....................................................................... Kathie Patten

Sound Engineer & Recording ........................................................................................ Kim Hofer

Stage Manager and Volunteer Coordination ....................................................... Lee Huffman

Printed Materials .......................................... Kristine Bryan, Pam Younghans, Sonja Delafosse

Website Management ......................................................... Sonja Delafosse, Mark Liebendorfer

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FELIZ NAVIDAD! AN HISPANIC CHRISTMAS Celebrate the Christmas season with an Hispanic flair in a program featuring larger works by Conrad

Susa (“Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest”) and Ariel Ramirez (“Navidad Nuestra”), and other songs from various Hispanic cultures from the Renaissance to today.

March 2013

SEASONS OF LOVE Explore love in all its dimensions with music from Gesualdo to Brahms (“Neue Liebeslieder”) to the

Beatles, plus the regional premiere of a newly-commissioned work from Eric Whitacre!

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IN PRAISE OF MUSIC We sing the praises of the most sublime of the arts in works from di Lasso to Rutter (settings of

“Musica Dei Donum Optimi” [Music, Highest Gift of God]), Vaughan Williams (“Serenade to Music”) to Britten (“Hymn to St. Cecilia”), and local composers John Muelheisen (“That Music Always Round

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