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The Dale Warland SingersApril 25, 1981-8:15 p.m.

Center for the Arts AuditoriumMoorhead State University

The Dale Warland SingersDale Warland, Conductor

Wayne M. Kivell, Assistant ConductorDiana J. Leland, General Manager

George Berglund, Assistant Manager

Soprano

Tenor

Bass

Rosemary L. Barnez·Ruth BrewsterVictoria DeanSue Boxrud DonaldsonSigrid JohnsonElizabeth MillerMary L. OlsonMarie SathrumSue ShepardLinda Steen

Roxanne BentleyThea Sikora EngelsonJoanne HalvorsenElizabeth HolmesLynn Carol JonesChris LudwigMichaela Mahady

·Dianne PrieditisKay SandeenMarilyn SieberRica Jane VanRuth Warland

Alto Paul AndersonGeorge BerglundCraig Edwall

• Rob EngelsonJames GoodrichTim JohnsonJoel LillethunPaul LohmanMichael MillerJerry D. NelsonA. Douglas NodlandWilliam Rollie

David BriggsSteve BurgerCary John FranklinLarry Lee HenselLloyd HjelleWaynne B. HornickeJack JaegerJerry RubinoFrank Steen

·Clyde ThompsonPaul van HoutenJohn Woodward

·section leaders

Program notes by George Berglund

The Dale Warland SingersThe Dale Warland Singers, now in its ninth season, is a 46-voicemixed professional choral ensemble comprised of singers fromthe Minneapolis-St. Paul area which has received extensivenational and international critical acclaim.While building an extensive repertoire of standard a cappellachoral music, The Dale Warland Singers ensemble has made oneof its most significant contributions with artistic performances of20th-century music. The long list of composers represents a widevariety of nationalities and musical styles.The Dale Warland Singers appear regularly with The Saint PaulChamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera.In addition, they concertize throughout the central portion of theUnited States and broadcast regularly over public radio. In 1977The Dale Warland Singers toured Scandinavia at the request ofthe Swedish and Norwegian governments (Rikskonserter), andrecorded for both Swedish and Norwegian Radio.Continually active in recording projects, The Dale WarlandSingers may currently be heard on three recently-released digitalrecordings: Echoes of Christmas (Augsburg), Choral Mosaic(Augsburg), and La Fiesta de la Posada (Columbia; with DaveBrubeck and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra). Two albums ofScandinanvian choral music, Gloria and Swedish Chroral Ballads,have just been released by Walton Music Corporation. A newdigital Christmas album, Carols of Christmas, will be released byAugsburg Publishing House in summer 1981.

IRegina coeli, K. 276 (1779) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

(sung in Latin) (1756-1791)

Linda Steen, sopranoRica Jane Van, alto

Larry Lee Hensel, tenorFrank Steen, bass

Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia;Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia:Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia!For He whom thou didst merit to bear, alleluiaHath risen, as He said, alleluia.Pray for us to God, alleluia.This setting of the Regina coeli (an antiphon to the Blessed VirginMary) is a typical example of Mozart's early churchcompositions, most of which were written between 1772 and1777 while he was Court Violinist and Concert Master at theArchiepiscopal Court of Salzburg in the service of ArchbishopColloredo. Although difficulties with the Archbishop and severelystraitened financial circumstances forced Mozart to resign onAugust 1, 1977, the Regina coeli - written two years later -brilliantly illustrates the elements of small scale, compact style,and fine construction that were formulated and developedextensively during his Salzburg tenure.

IIMass in G Minor (1923) Ralph Vaughan Williams

(sung in Latin)Victoria Dean, soprano

Dianne Prieditis, altoWilliam Rollie, tenorJack Jaeger, bass

I. KyrieII. GloriaIII. CredoIV. Sanctus-Osanna I-Benedictus-Osanna IIV. Agnus DeiRalph Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor is considered by manyto be one of the masterpieces of English church music in ourtime. Dedicated to Gustav Holst and his Whitsuntide Singers, it isessentially a liturgical work inspired by the great polyphonicliturgy of the English Renaissance-particularly the masses ofWilliam Byrd and Thomas Tallis. Scored for double chorus andsolo quartet, the Mass abounds with massive sonorities andantiphonal effects. Its second performance was in London'sWestminster Cathedral under the direction of Sir Richard Terry; ithas been sung at the most solemn liturgical observances thereever since.

INTERMISSION

IIIRELIGIOUS MOTETS

Sicut cervus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina(sung in Latin)

Sicut cervus desiderat ad tomesaquarm: ita desiderat anima mea ad teDeus.

Like as the hart desireth thewaterbrooks. so longeth my soul afterthee. 0 God.

Sanctus (from A Mass of Textures) Joseph Ott(sung in Latin)

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.Hosanna in the highest!

Joseph Ott is currently composer-in-residence at Kansas StateTeachers College, Emporia, Kansas, and was a faculty memberat Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin, from 1965-1972.

Schaffe in mir, Gott (op, 29, No. 2) Johannes Brahms(sung in German)

Create in me, God. a pure heart. and give me a new, firm spirit. Do not banish mefrom your sight. and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Comfort me again withyour help. and may I receive your joyful spirit.

-Psalm 51:10-12

IVDance Set, Opus 32 (1980) Libby Larsen

Jerry Rubino, piano (1950- )Loreen Dimmick. clarinetBarbara McMeen. cello

Allen Brown. percussionI. Two-step and DragII. Her First WaltzIII. Polka

Written especially for The Dale Warland Singers under theauspices of the Minnesota State Arts Board individual FellowshipGrant and dedicated to Dale Warland, Dance Set, for wordlesschorus and instruments, is a reflection on American dance musicfrom the turn of the century. I am intrigued by the vitality of thismusic (the cake walk, fox trot, etc.) and have combined itsrhythmic vigor with a choral sound. I chose three dance forms-the two-step and drag, waltz, and polka-to make this set. InTwo-Step and Drag, the couple begins dancing in duble meter;suddenly, the rhythm changes, in an attempt to fool the couple,creating a whimsical effect. Her First Waltz evokes the image ofa young girl shyly dancing; she begins tentatively, then whirlsgrandly into an elegant waltz. The Polka is a rhytmic, raucous,and jaunty country dance.

-Libby Larsen

VFOLK MUSIC

Little Bird, Little Bird Traditional (Stuart Churchill)(Gail Kubik)

He's Gain' Away American(Gail Kubik)

Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair AppalachianThe Water is Wide American

(Stephen Paulus)Zum gal i Israeli

(Maurice Goldman)

This residency in Fargo-Moorhead is jointly sponsored by the Series for thePerforming Arts and the Music departments of North Dakota State University andMoorhead State University.

This appearance is part of a series of regional concerts to be presented duringthe 1980-81 season, a project which is supported in part by a grant from theNational Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC, a federal agency.

This program is supported jointly by the Minnesota State Arts Board from fundsappropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature, and a grant from the nationalEndowment for the Arts.

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance.The Series for the Performing Arts is an activity which is, in part, subsidized byfees paid by the students of Moorhead State University.

For more information about The Dale Warland Singers, contactThe Dale Warland Singers

1643 Wellesley AvenueSt. Paul, Minnesota 55105

(612) 292-9780

Dale Warland, Professor of Choral Music atMacalester College, received his BA fromSt. Olaf College, MA from the University ofMinnesota, and D.MA from the Universityof Southern California. His academic honorsinclude a Tanglewood scholarship and aFord Foundation grant which made possiblea nine-month study of choral music inEngland, Sweden, and Norway. He is anactive composer and arranger, a member ofthe American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and hashis own choral series with JensonPublications. Dr. Warland was recentlyappointed Chorus Master for MinnesotaOpera and awarded an Individual ArtistGrant by the Minnesota State Arts Board towork with Robert Shaw, Music Director ofthe Atlanta Symphony. In January 1981 heappeared as Guest Conductor of TheSwedish Radio Choir (Stockholm) in a seriesof rehearsals and broadcasts.

The Arts at MSU

MusicMay 1,Wind Ensemble Concert, Center for the Arts Auditorium, 8: 15p.m.May 8Stage Band Concert, Weld Auditorium, 8: 15 p.m.May 10Snowfire pop choir concert, Weld Auditorium, 3:00 p.m.May 12Festival Choir, Brass Quintet, and Women's Chorus, WeldAuditorium, 8:15 p.m.

Gallery ExhibitionsTonightStudent exhibition of ceramics and glass by Robert E. Larsen,exhibition of opaque water colors by Dan Johnson.April 29-May 2261 st Annual Art Student Exhibit

TheatreJune 24 throught August 8A parade of the finest plays of the past several decades willhighlight the eighteenth season of The Straw Hat Players fromlate June through early August. Information will be available soonfrom the Box Office, 236-2271.SERIES FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 1981-82 SEASONBeginning next September, the Series will once again offer avaried and talent-filled program of fine professional artists from "-the world of dance, music and theatre. We hope that you will bejoining us for a delightful season which includes events fromShakespeare to bluegrass music-with a dash of fifty Romanianfolk dancers!Thank you for your continuing support,Robert S. BadalSeries Director