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April 20, 1986

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THE PROGRAM MAGAZINE OFTHE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

February 22,1986April 20, 1986

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Margaret D. AnkenytDuane BellDixon Bond

t Arland D. BrusvenJames L. DavisThelma HunterJon N. Kietzer

tTerry S. KnowlesMichael W. McCarthyEstelle SellBoake A. SellsMary K. SteinkeJohn R. ThomasJames R. Treanor

tDale Warland

t Executive Committee

SOPRANORolaine Green

"Sigrid JohnsonJoanna JohnstonDenise KonicekDeborah J. LoonBarbara NelsonSandra OltmanLea Anna Sams-

McGowanMarie Spar

"Linda Steen

"Section leader

ARTISTIC STAFF

Dale WarlandMusic Director

Sigrid JohnsonAssistant Conductor

Jerry RubinoRehearsal Accompanist

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Patrick RomeyGeneral Manager

Amy ThirstenAssistant Manager

Paul William GerikeLibrarian

ALTORoxanne L. Bentley

"Joanne HalvorsenVicki R. HultineKaren M. JohnsonLois LaitinenChristine LudwigMary Maiden MullerJoan Quam-

MacKenzieKay E. SandeenRica VanDenise Wahlin

TENORPaul J. AndersonLarry BachJames FiskumPaul William Gerike

"John WilliamHenley

Tim JohnsonJohn T. OpsataSteve PearthreeDavid Reece

BASSDavid BensonRonald J. BraceSteve BurgerWaynne

HornickeArthur LaRueFredrick Lokken

"Jerry RubinoJulian SellersFrank SteenPaul A. Theisen

Today's performance is being recorded. No cameras or recording devices may beused during performances. Please turn off any electronic beeping devices (watch'pagers, etc.) or leave them with an usher prior to the performance. Latecomers vbe seated at the discretion of the house manager. As a courtesy to other patrons,please be aware that the excellent acoustics of this hall magnify sounds such asrustling programs; cellophane wrappers, and whispering.

Published 1986 by The Dale Warland Singers, Inc., P.O. Box 16207/Elway Station,St. Paul, Minnesota 55116 612/292-9780

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DALE WARLAND

Dale Warland, founder and musicdirector of The Dale Warland Singers. isProfessor of Music at Macalester Collegein St. Paul and music director for theRapid City Festival Chamber Singers. Agraduate of St. Olaf College. Warlandreceived his master of arts degree fromthe University of Minnesota and hisdoctor of musical arts degree from theUniversity of Southern California. Hisacademic honors include a TanglewoodScholarship. a Ford Foundation grantwhich enabled him to study choralmusic in England. Sweden. and Norwayduring 1971, and a 1984 BushFoundation grant to research Englishchoral literature.

Dr. Warland is in demand as a clini-cian. lecturer. and guest conductor. Hehas conducted the Swedish Radio Choir(Stockholm), the Danish Radio Choir(Copenhagen). and many All-StateChoral Festivals throughout the UnitedStates and Canada. This season he will~rve as guest conductor with theouston Concert Chorale. the Danish

Radio Choir. the choirs of the Universityof Ohio. and will prepare the LosAngeles Master Chorale for its perfor-mance of Krzysztof Penderecki's ThePassion According to St. Luke with the

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.During the summer of 1985 he waschoral clinician for the Great RiverFestival of Arts (University ofWisconsin-LaCrosse). Haystack '85(Portland State University). and thePacific Lutheran University Workshopfor Choral Conductors.

Under his leadership. Dale Warland'schoirs have received national and inter-national acclaim and have concertizedin Romania. Sweden. Norway. Poland.and Germany. He appears frequentlywith The Dale Warland Singers onNational and American Public Radio.including the popular "A Prairie HomeCompanion Show" with GarrisonKeillor. To date. he has produced tenrecordings with his Singers and hasdistinguished himself as a composerand arranger. He is a member of theAmerican Society of Composers.Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). andformer co-chair of the National Endow-ment for the Arts Choral and RecordingPanels. Dr. Warland is currently amember of the board of directors for theAssociation of Professional VocalEnsembles (APVE), and is a lifemember of the American ChoralDirectors Association (ACDA).

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THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

Paul J. Anderson is a chartermember of the Singers. A graduate ofMankato State University. he holds abachelor of science degree in musiceducation and history. and a master'sin guidance and counseling.

Larry Bach teaches at North CentralBible College and conducts the college'schorale. which toured Europe lastsummer. He holds a vocal performancedegree from West Virginia WesleyanCollege. has studied at the AmericanInstitute for Musical Studies in Graz,Austria. and is working to complete amaster of music degree in conductingat the University of Minnesota. In addi-tion to his musical pursuits. Larry is anavid golfer.

David Benson is a graduate of TrinityCollege in Deerfield. Illinois. where hereceived a bachelor of arts degree inmusic education. He is presentlypursuing a graduate degree in choralconducting at the University ofMinnesota. He teaches vocal music atWatertown High School. and directs thechoir at Cross of Glory Baptist Churchin Hopkins. In his spare time, Davidenjoys reading. sketching. andcomposing.

Roxanne Bentley has been a memberof The Dale Warland Singers for sixyears. She has been an alto soloist forseveral Twin Cities churches as well asfor the Macalester College FestivalChorale. the Bemidji Oratorio Society,the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. andthe Europa Cantat in Lucerne.Switzerland.

Ronald J. Brace is a graduate of theUniversity of Wisconsin-River Falls andholds a bachelor of music educationdegree. Currently a teacher at AllianceChristian Academy in Elk River. Ron isinterested in computer programming.farming. and photography.

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Steve Burger has been featured as asoloist with the S'ngers as well as withthe Minnesota Chorale. A graduate ofLuther College. he continued hisstudies with Donald Hoiness at St. OlafCollege. During 1973-74. Steve traveledthrough Europe as a member of theSeventh Army Chorus while he wasstationed in Germany.

James Fiskum is the vocal musicdirector at Big Lake High School in BigLake. He holds a bachelor of sciencedegree in vocal music education fromBemidji State University. and is thechoir director at Trinity LutheranChurch. He has sung with the BemidjiChorale under the direction of LyleJewell, and has served as the assistantconductor of the Bemidji State Univer-sity Choir. Jim has attended the EuropaCantat in Namur, Belgium.

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Paul William Gerike works as a free-lance musician, performing, arranging,and composing. He also is the directorof music at Lake Nokomis LutheranChurch in Minneapolis and sings withCantante di Camera and Adelphoi. Paulreceived a bachelor of music degreefrom Hartt College of Music in Hartford,Connecticut, and an associate of artsdegree from St. Paul's College inConcordia, Missouri. He is also thelibrarian and stage manager for TheDale Warland Singers.

Rolaine Green received a bachelor ofarts degree in piano from HendrixCollege in Arkansas, and a master ofnustc education and vocal performanceom Louisiana State University. The

recipient of a Rotary Fellowship for ayear's study in Graz, Austria, Rolaineteaches voice in the Twin Cities area. Amember of Playworks Theatre Co., shehas appeared in community and dinnertheatre productions, and was chosen asa member of the cast for a comedywhich is being filmed locally. A bikeenthusiast, Rolaine also enjoys knitting,baking, and reading.

Alto section leader Joanne Halvorsenholds a bachelor of arts degree in musiceducation from Hamline University. Shehas been a soloist at St. Paul's UnitedChurch of Christ, the Oratorio Societyof Hamline University, and the SaintPaul Chamber Orchestra. Joanne hasalso performed with the LakeshorePlayers, Patchwork Theatre, MasquersTheatre, and is currently singing withParagon, a variety dance band, and thequartet Fourte ..

John William Henley is the tenorsection leader. He has studied music atSt. Olaf College, UCLA, the AspenSchool of Music, and the University ofMinnesota. He is currently performing

Gustine's in the Amfac Hotel.

Waynne B. Hornicke holds a bach-elor of arts degree in music education'from Augsburg College in Minneapolis,and has furthered his vocal training at

the MacPhail Center for the Arts withLeRoy Lehr. Waynne has sung with theBach Society and the MinnesotaChorale, and is frequently called uponas a guest artist throughout the TwinCities. Presently with the Edina SchoolDistrict, Waynne is a soloist at Grace-Trinity Community Church inMinneapolis. He has been a member of.The Dale Warland Singers since 1976.

Vicki R. Hultine received a bachelorof arts degree in music education fromSt. Olaf College and has served as a.music specialist with the MinneapolisPublic Schools. Vicki conducts the adultchoir at Our Redeemer LutheranChurch. She has received a master ofdivinity degree from Luther TheologicalSeminary, and is currently finishing amaster of theology degree, and enjoysphotography as a hobby.

Karen M. Johnson is a chartermember of The Dale Warland Singers.She has been featured as a soloist, andhas also sung with The Dale WarlandChamber Singers and Family Singers.Karen studied voice with her father,Edwin G. Amundson, Paul J.Christiansen of Concordia College,Moorhead, and at Bemidji State College.She has been a soloist with churchchoirs, has appeared in oratorio produc-tions, and currently serves as altosoloist with the Twin Cities CatholicChorale at The Church of St. Agnes inSt. Paul.

Sigrid Johnson is the assistantconductor of The Dale Warland Singersand also serves as a soprano sectionleader. A resident of Northfield, Sigridteaches at St. Olaf College where sheconducts the Manitou Singers. A gradu-ate of St. Cloud State University whereshe received a bachelor of musicdegree.Bigrtd completed her master ofmusic degree in the area of vocal perfor-mance at the University of Michigan.

Tim Johnson is a graduate ofMacalester College and has sung invarious Wariand ensembles for the

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past fifteen years. An accomplishedwoodworker. Tim is also an antiquedealer.

Joanna Johnston is currentlycompleting a bachelor of music degreeat the University of Minnesota, andsings at Gustine's in the Amfac Hotel inMinneapolis. Joanna was a finalist inthe 1985 Metropolitan Opera DistrictAuditions, and was a soloist in therecent Sommerfest performance of"Turandot" under the direction ofLeonard Slatkin. .

Denise Konicek holds a bachelor ofmusic degree from the University ofMinnesota and a master's degree inpublic affairs from the Humphrey Insti-tute. Denise is a member of the vocalquartet Fourte and has been active incommunity theatre and opera. Sheenjoys roller-skating, arranging vocalmusic, and playing piano and violinduets with her husband. Denise hasalso presented recitals at theMinneapolis Institute of Arts and atPlymouth Church.

Lois Laitinen received a bachelor ofscience degree in music at theUniversity of Minnesota-Duluth anddirected choral music for seven years inWisconsin and Minnesota. Lois hasbeen active in musical theatre anddance, and currently studies voice withBarbara Kierig. Lois traveled more than1000 miles by bicycle through six Euro-pean countries during the summer of1984, and also enjoys camping andcanoeing.

Arthur LaRue recently moved to theTwin Cities from Oregon where he sangin the Portland Opera chorus. Amember of Cantante di Camera, he alsosings at Unity Church in St. Paul.Arthur is also a violist and is studyingchoral conducting.

Fredrick Lokken holds a bachelor ofmusic degree in vocal performancefrom the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a master of arts degree in

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theology from Fuller Theological Semi-nary, and a master of divinity degreefrom Luther Northwestern TheologicalSeminary. Fred has directed choirs inCalifornia and St. Paul, and has sungwith the Minnesota Chorale. He iscurrently a soloist at Holy TrinityLutheran Church in Minneapolis.

Deborah J. Loon is a graduate of St.Olaf College-where she received a bach-elor of arts degree in political science.As a member of the St. Olaf Choir, shewas a soloist and section leader, as wellas a soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra.In addition to her musical activities,Deborah is very active in the area ofpublic affairs.

Christine Ludwig teaches at Christthe King School in Minneapolis. Anactive member of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, she receivedher bachelor of arts degree in elemen-tary education and music from theCollege of St. Catherine. Chris alsosings in the music program at theChurch of the Annunciation in southMinneapolis and plays recorder withCantante di Camera.

Mary Maiden Muller is a graduate ofCornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowawhere she received a bachelor of artsdegree in both vocal and flute perfor-mance. Mary has participated in anumber of church choirs and commu-nity bands, and most recently has sungwith the Normandale Choral Society.Her non-musical interests includesquare dancing and camping.

Barbara Nelson is a graduate ofLuther College and holds a bachelor ofarts degree in music education.Formerly a professional singer with theMinnesota Chorale, she has been aguest soloist for many local organiza-tions and churches, and served as asoloist in the Sommerfest 1985 perfor-mance of "Turandot" under the direc-tion of Leonard Slatkin. Barbara worksas a private piano and voice instructor.

Sandra Oltman holds a bachelor ofscience degree in music education fromBemidji State University, and a masterof music degree in vocal performancefrom Indiana University. Sandy hastaught voice privately, and currentlysings with the choir of Hope Presby-terian Church in Richfield. She has alsocoached several amateur musicalproductions.

John T. Opsata is the director of vocalmusic at St. Anthony Village HighSchool and the choral director at FaithUnited Methodist Church. He holds abachelor of arts degree in music educa-tion from Bethel College. .

teve Pearthree received a bachelorof music degree after studying at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Superior andthe University of Minnesota. Followinghis graduation he traveled to Norway asa Fulbright Scholar. In addition to hiswork with the Singers, Steve also singsat the Church of St. Patrick in Edina.

Joan Quam-MacKenzie is completinga degree in music at Macalester Collegewhere she studies voice with CharlotteStraka and piano with Celeste O'Brien.She has been a member of theMacalester Concert Choir and hasappeared as a soloist with thatensemble. Joan also sings at MountZion Temple in St. Paul. She hasworked as a rehearsal and performancepianist for several musicals and is pres-ently employed as a liturgical pianist inWaconia.

David Reece graduated from IllinoisState University with a degree in vocalperformance. He was a soloist with theRockford, Illinois Chorale, and hasperformed in theatre and musicalproductions. He currently works as afree-lance musician, and has sung with

re Paul Kaye Singers and at St. Olafhurch in Minneapolis. During the past

summer, David was a soloist in theSommerfest performance of "Turandot"under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.

Bass section leader Jerry Rubino is agraduate of the Curtis Institute of Musicand Temple University, and is currentlyworking to complete a graduate degreeat the University of Minnesota. In addi-tion to his activities as a free-lancemusician in the Twin Cities, he main-tains a private voice and piano studioand has served as pianist for theHawaiians, a contemporary gospelrecording and performing group thatperforms nationally and internationally.

Lea Anna Sams·McGowan isworking toward a degree in musiceducation and performance atMacalester College. Lea Anna singswith the Zion Lutheran Church choir inCottage Grove and has given privatevocal instruction to elementary schoolstudents.

Kay E. Sandeen received a bache-lor of arts degree in music educationfrom Hamline University in St. Paul.She has taught music for nine years,has sung with the Handel OratorioSociety, and has worked extensivelywith Masquers Theatre Company as aperformer, costumer, and instrumen-talist. Kay is a free-lance soloist andorganist, and has performed in manyarea churches.

Julian Sellers holds a bachelor of artsdegree in German from Florida Presby-terian College. An active soloist, Julianhas sung with the Munich Bach Choir,Pro Musica of Salt Lake City, and otherchoral groups in Florida and Minnesota.Julian's other interests include orni-thology and tallgrass prairie, and herecently established his own prairiegarden.

Marie Spar holds a bachelor of artsdegree in vocal music education fromSt. Olaf College where she was a soloistwith the St. Olaf Choir and Orchestra.She has sung with the MinnesotaChorale, and traveled with thatensemble to the Casals Festival in SanJuan, Puerto Rico in June 1985. Mariecurrently teaches junior high choir inthe West St. Paul Public Schools.

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Frank Steen is a graduate ofConcordia College, Moorhead, and theUniversity of Minnesota, He hasappeared as a soloist with the Singers,and has also been a soloist with churchchoirs and in oratorio productions.

Soprano section leader Linda Steen isalso a member of the HutchinsonFamily Singers, a vocal quintet whichrecreates concerts of the 1850s. She is asoloist at the Cathedral of St. Markwhere she recently appeared under thedirection of Sir David Willcocks. A grad-uate of Concordia College, Moorhead,Linda has also studied at theChautauqua Institute in New York andat Indiana University.

Paul A. Theisen is the liturgical musicdirector at the Church of St. Theresewhere he is also a cantor. He hasstudied voice privately, and sang withthe Minnesota Chorale before joiningthe Singers in 1982. In addition to hismusical interests, Paul is a high-perfor-mance auto and audio enthusiast.

Rica Van is a charter member of TheDale Warland Singers and is a graduateof Macalester College where she earneda degree in music education. A memberof the choir and a soloist' at theMacalester Plymouth PresbyterianChurch, Rica works in the area of earlychildhood education.

Denise Wahlin holds a bachelor ofarts degree in English and art fromConcordia College, Moorhead, whereshe was a soloist with the ConcordiaChoir. She currently teaches at thesecondary level in Buffalo, and isworking toward a master's degree in arthistory at the University of Minnesota.

Thursday, March 13, 19868pmWalker Art Center, Minneapolis

The Minnesota Composers Forumpresents another program inThe Year of the Ear concertseries, featuring clarinettistTimothy Paradise and members ofthe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,performing works by:Dale W1arland, Libby Larsen,Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,Janika Vandervelde andRobert Maderich. Call 375-7622for reservations.

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AMERICANA:The Spiritual, Gospel, Jazz (African Roots)

Saturday, February 22, 1986 - 8 p.m.Orchestra Hall

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I.Folk Music

, dear! What can the matter be?He's goin' away

Gail KubikGail Kubik

Joanne Halvorsen, altoFrank Steen, bass

The Drunken Sailor Sea Chanty(Robert Sund)Appalachian

(Stuart Churchill)Sea Chanty(James Erb)

Revivalist Song(Aaron Copland)

Black Is The Color of My True Love's Hair

Shenandoah

Zion's Walls

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

II.Spirituals

Ainta That Good NewsGod A 'Mighty

William DawsonHoward Roberts

Victor W. Graham, BaritoneI Wanna Be Ready James Miller

Victoria Burnett, SopranoPaul A. Smith, Tenor

Let Me Fly Robert De CormierDenis Hawkins, Baritone

o Mary, Don't You Weep~ -ctous Lord, Take My Hand

Dolores Davis, Soprano

Albert McNeilRoland Carter

It's All Over Me

o Happy DayVirginia L. White, Contralto

THE ALBERT McNEIL JUBILEE SINGERS

Jester HairstonLarry Farrow

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III.from Gospel Mass Robert Ray

Kyrie (Lord Have Mercy)Gloria (Glory To God In The Highest)

Colleen Browning, ContraltoPaul A, Smith, Tenor

Virginia L. White, ContraltoCredo (I Believe In God)

Colleen Browning, Contralto

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERSand

THE ALBERT McNEIL JUBILEE SINGERS

Intermission

IV.Umngomo Zulu Folk Song

(Semanya-Farrow)Zulu Folk Song

(Semanya-Farrow)Calypso

(Leonard de Paur)Children's Plantation Song

(Jester Hairston)

THE ALBERT McNEIL JUBILEE SINGERS

Virginia L. White, ContraltoHareje

Colleen Browning, ContraltoMarry A Woman Uglier Than You

Denis Hawkins, BaritoneSwing A Lady Gum Pum

v.Ellingtonia (a medley)' Duke Ellington

(Ellington-Farrow)

THE ALBERT McNEIL JUBILEE SINGERS

VI.

Spiritual Roots (a collage)Go Down, Moses

Larry Farrow

Carver Cossey, BaritoneEv'ry Time I Feel The Spirit

Deep RiverDolores Davis, Soprano

When The Saints Go Marchin' InPaul A. Smith, Tenor

Virginia L. White, ContraltoVictor W. Graham, Baritone

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERSand

THE ALBERT McNEIL JUBILEE SINGERS

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Flute/PiccoloSusan Hedling

ClarinetShelley Hanson

TrumpetDavid BaldwinThomas RolfsLynn Erickson

TromboneJames ten BenzelDouglas ReaderDavid Stevens

TubaRalph Hepola

PercussionDavid John OlsenFred OpieScott Simpson

Piano/OrganLarry FarrowJerry RubinoByron Smith

Orchestra ContractorSteve Lund

This program is presentedin conjunction with the Black Music Educators+ the Twin Cities (BMETC),

ecial thanks to the Holiday Corporation and Holiday Inn, Minneapolis, fortheir assistance in providing accommodations for the Albert McNeil JubileeSingers.

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THE ALBERT McNEIL JUBILEE SINGERS

The historical roots of today's JubileeSingers go back more than 100 years tothe Emancipation Proclamation inJanuary 1863, which ended slavery inthe United States. The year 1863 wascalled the "Jubilee Year" and a choralgroup called the Fisk University JubileeSingers began introducing audiences inthe United States and Europe to Negrospirituals long before the advent of thephonograph or radio. In 1870 they sangfor Queen Victoria at the Court of St.James in London.

The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singershave garnered international acclaimand focused world-wide attention on thevast body of music termed Afro-American. Featuring a repertoire drawnfrom the tribal music of the earliestslaves through their spirituals, to thepatois and calypso of the Caribbean andspirituals pertaining to their years ofenslavement, as well as the work songs,jazz and gospel of more recent times,the Jubilee Singers have become one ofAmerica's finest exponents of the richand vital body of music that is such anintegral part of the Black experience.

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Ten years ago the Singers undertooktheir first European concert tour, andsince that time have evoked standingovations in the great concert halls ofnineteen nations. On their latest over-seas tour, they ventured beyond thetraditional European circuit to travel toNorth and West Africa, Egypt, Iran,Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Singershave represented the U.S.A. at theSagra Musicale Festival of Italy, atDubrovnik, Ohrid and LjubljanaFestivals of Yugoslavia, the FestivalMusical International of Hainaut,Belgium, the Ein-Gev Festival of Israel,and the Mundial del Folklore Festival ofGuadalajara where they won the firstGold Medal ever awarded. Their perfor-mances for U.S. servicemen abroadhave earned them the Department ofDefense's Certificate of Esteem and theGold Lion, the insignia of the Southerr-Command stationed in Italy. TheJubilee Singers have collaborated withthe Alvin Ailey Dance Company, theLos Angeles Philharmonic under ZubinMehta, and they were chosen bySamuel Goldwyn to record the sound

track for his original film version of"Porgy."

A graduate of Fisk University.Professor McNeiljoined the teachingstaff of the University of California atDavis in 1969. and presently heads theDepartment of Music Education whichtrains music teachers for public schoolsand colleges. He also teaches courses onAfro-American music and directs theUniversity concert choir.

SOPRANODolores DavisVictoria BurnettAndrea McCreary

ALTOColleen BrowningVirginia White'harlotte Neveu

Aleta Braxton

TENORDarryl TaylorChris GambolPaul SmithRichard Wyatt

BARITONEDenis HawkinsCarver Cossey

BASSVictor W. GrahamEric Browning

ACCOMPANISTSByron SmithLarry Farrow

CHOREOGRAPHYCharlotte Neveu

INSTRUMENTALARRANGEMENTS

Larry Farrow

ASSISTANTDIRECTOR

Paul Smith

DIRECTORAlbert J. McNeil

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applaud The Dale Warlandand Albert McNeil Singersin their performance of tra-ditional and contemporarymusic by Black composers,one of BMETC's goals.

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PROGRAM TEXTS

Gospel Massby Robert Ray

KyrieLord Have Mercy

Oh Lord have mercy on me. Send us a Savior. set my soul free. Give us Your wordand teach us to pray. I want to praise and serve you always. Lord God of Abraham.Isaac and Jacob look down. have mercy upon us.

Oh Christ have mercy on me. Send us Your comfort, grant us Your peace. You arethe way. the truth and the light. I love You more each day and each night. Jesus theRock of salvation. the Light of the world. have mercy upon us.

h Lord have mercy.Oh Christ have mercy.Oh Lord have mercy.

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GloriaGlory to God in the Highest

Glory to God in the highest, peace to all men of good will. We praise Thee, we blessThee, we adore Thee, we glorify Thee. We give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory ...Lord God, King of heav'n, Father, Almighty One. Glory be to Jesus Christ, Lamb ofGod, the Father's only Son.

Thou who takes away all the sins of the world, have mercy on us.Thou who takes away all the sins of the world, receive our prayers.Thou who sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty in heav'nhave mercy on us.

Only Thou art holy, only Thou art the Lord.Only Thou art holy, only Thou art most high.

We come to praise Your name today, we want to serve You in every way. Let theloud hosannas ring, shouting the praises to God our King. In the name of the Father.In the name of the Son. In the name of the Holy Ghost. The Blessed Three in One.Amen!

CredoI Believe in God

I believe in God the Father Almighty. Maker of heaven and earth. And in JesusChrist His only Son our Lord. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost. Born of theVirgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, crucified, died and was buried: Hedescended into hell. On the third day He arose. He ascended into heaven, from deathHe was set free. Now He sits at the right hand and He's waiting for you and me. Hewill judge all the world. He will judge you and me.

I believe in the Holy Spirit and the Church Universal on earth.I believe Lord in one baptism for the remission of sin and rebirth.I believe in the resurrection and the communion of saints in this world.I believe when my life is over I'm going home just to live with my God.I believe in God and in the Holy Ghost. I believe in God.

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Spiritual Roots

Go Down, Moses

Go down, Moses, 'way down in Egypt'sland,

Tell ole pharaoh to let my people go.

When Israel was in Egypt's land,Oppressed so hard they could not standOh! Go down, Moses, 'way down in

Egypt's land.

Let my people go, free my people.Thus satth the Lord, bold Moses said,"If not I'll smite your first-born dead."We need not always and moan, go,And wear these slavery chains forlorn.

;v'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

Ev'ry time I feel the Spirit movin' in myheart I will pray.

On the mountain my Lord spoke, outHis mouth came fire and smoke.

In the valley on my knees, ask my Lordhave mercy please.

Jordan river chilly and cold, chills thebody, not the soul.

Great day, the righteous marchin'round me looks so shine,

ask my Lord if all was mine.

Deep River

Deep river, my home is over Jordan.Deep river, Lord. I want to cross over

into campground.

o don't you want to go to that gospelfeast, that promised land, where all ispeace?

When the Saints Go Marchin' In

Oh when the saints go marchin' on in,oh when the saints gomarchin' in,Oh Lord I want to be in that number,oh when the saints go marchin' in.

Oh when the sun refused to shine,'h when the sun refused to shine,h Lord I want to be in that number,

oh when the sun refused to shine.

Oh when they crown Him Lord of Lords,oh when they crown Him Lord of Lords,Oh Lord I want to be in that number,oh when they crown Him Lord of Lords.

Oh when they march around the throneoh when they march around the throne,Oh Lord I want to be in that number,oh when they march around the throne.

The Spiritual vs. GospelDr. Geneva H. Southall

Spirituals are the orally-transmittedunaccompanied musical utterances ofAmerican slaves - their collectivesoulful outpouring which in words,nuances, and melody serve to docu-ment the weariness, loneliness,sorrows, pain and hope of a peopletrapped for more than 250 years inbondage. Spirituals were introduced tothe world by the Fisk Jubilee studentsingers in 1871 when they embarkedon a concert tour to raise money to savetheir debt-ridden school from closing.While raising an initial sum of$150,000 from their 1873 Europeantour under noble patronage, they alsosaved a priceless legacy of historicalAmericana. Despite more Europeaninfluences used by later college-trainedBlack composers in their concertizedchoral and solo arrangements, eachsought to capture the emotional spirit oftheir slave forebears.

While rooted in the African-style reli-gious slave shouts, camp meeting andWesleyan hymns, gospel is an expres-sion of the 20th century urban experi-ence. Utilizing a free-improvisatory,blues and jazz-like vocal and instru-mental sound and repetitive phrasing,these songs celebrate "Good news inhard times." Driving emotionalismcomes from an emphasis on sponta-neous audience off-beat hand-clapping,footpatting, verbal interjections andother bodily movements as the soloistrenders a sermon in song, one of thegifts of Black people to the worldcommunity.

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Sunday, April 20, 1986 - 8 p.m.Orchestra Hall

VIVA ITALIA!Italian Choral Classics

I.Madrigals

Gid torna a rallegrar (Now Once More To All The Earth) Luca Marenzio(1553-1599)

Now once more to all the earth her brightness bringing,April the young and fair is crowned with flowers,The sea is quiet, the frost no longer stinging,The nymphs and shepherds rejoice in their bowers.The birds return now in am'rous combat singing,Their songs ofjoy in praise of Spring's sweet powers.And though Iweep at eve, beset by sorrow,Soon will the sun unveil the welcome morrow.

Dolcissima mia vita (My Sweetest Life) Carlo Gesualdo(c. 1560-1613)

My sweetest life, my dearest,Do not disdain me, but relieve my suffering,Do not conjecture that the lovely flame which destroys mewill die away because you avert your gaze, your countenance:Ah, me! my desire, my yearning, my ambition,Oh, to love you, or to perish.

Fenice Fu (I Was a Phoenix) Jacopo da Bologna(14th c.)

I was a phoenix and I lived a pure and gentle life;Now I have been transformed into a turtle dove.I fly with love through beautiful meadows.Neither trees without fruit nor turbid waterEver pleases me; therefore I am in doubtSummer departs and winter comes suddenly.Thus I lived, and thus I live, and I am able to write:Not a woman exists any more who honorably lives.

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Spiritual Roots

Go Down, Moses

Go down, Moses, 'way down in Egypt'sland,

Tell ole pharaoh to let my people go.

When Israel was in Egypt's land,Oppressed so hard they could not standOh! Go down, Moses, 'way down in

Egypt's land.

Let my people go, free my people.Thus satth the Lord, bold Moses said,"If not I'll smite your first-born dead."We need not always and moan, go,And wear these slavery chains forlorn.

;v'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

Ev'ry time I feel the Spirit movin' in myheart I will pray.

On the mountain my Lord spoke, outHis mouth came fire and smoke.

In the valley on my knees, ask my Lordhave mercy please.

Jordan river chilly and cold, chills thebody, not the soul.

Great day, the righteous marchin'round me looks so shine,

ask my Lord if all was mine.

Deep River

Deep river, my home is over Jordan.Deep river, Lord. I want to cross over

into campground.

o don't you want to go to that gospelfeast, that promised land, where all ispeace?

When the Saints Go Marchin' In

Oh when the saints go marchin' on in,oh when the saints gomarchin' in,Oh Lord I want to be in that number,oh when the saints go marchin' in.

Oh when the sun refused to shine,'h when the sun refused to shine,h Lord I want to be in that number,

oh when the sun refused to shine.

Oh when they crown Him Lord of Lords,oh when they crown Him Lord of Lords,Oh Lord I want to be in that number,oh when they crown Him Lord of Lords.

Oh when they march around the throneoh when they march around the throne,Oh Lord I want to be in that number,oh when they march around the throne.

The Spiritual vs. GospelDr. Geneva H. Southall

Spirituals are the orally-transmittedunaccompanied musical utterances ofAmerican slaves - their collectivesoulful outpouring which in words,nuances, and melody serve to docu-ment the weariness, loneliness,sorrows, pain and hope of a peopletrapped for more than 250 years inbondage. Spirituals were introduced tothe world by the Fisk Jubilee studentsingers in 1871 when they embarkedon a concert tour to raise money to savetheir debt-ridden school from closing.While raising an initial sum of$150,000 from their 1873 Europeantour under noble patronage, they alsosaved a priceless legacy of historicalAmericana. Despite more Europeaninfluences used by later college-trainedBlack composers in their concertizedchoral and solo arrangements, eachsought to capture the emotional spirit oftheir slave forebears.

While rooted in the African-style reli-gious slave shouts, camp meeting andWesleyan hymns, gospel is an expres-sion of the 20th century urban experi-ence. Utilizing a free-improvisatory,blues and jazz-like vocal and instru-mental sound and repetitive phrasing,these songs celebrate "Good news inhard times." Driving emotionalismcomes from an emphasis on sponta-neous audience off-beat hand-clapping,footpatting, verbal interjections andother bodily movements as the soloistrenders a sermon in song, one of thegifts of Black people to the worldcommunity.

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II.

Canti di prigionia (Songs of Captivity)(sung in Latin)

I. Preghiera di Maria Sturada (Prayer of Mary Stuart)"0 Lord God! I have trusted in thee. 0 my beloved Jesus! Release menow! In the heavy chain, in this wretched punishment, I long forThee. Fainting, groaning, and kneeling, I beg, I implore you torelease me! 0 Lord God"

II. Invocazione di Boezio (Invocation of Boethius)"Happy he who would gaze upon the sparkling font of good.Happy he who could break the bonds of the heavy earth."

III. Congedo di Girolamo Savonarola (Farewell of GirolamoSavonarola)

"The world presses upon me, my enemies rise up against me, yet Ifear nothing. For I have put my trust in Thee, Lord, since Thou artmy hope, since Thou hast established Thine everlasting refuge forme. In Thee, Lord, have I put my trust.

Luigi Dallapiccola(1904-1975)

Dallapiccola readily acknowledged that Canti di prigionia was the first ofseveral works which were inspired and shaped by events in his life and hisreactions to them. He traced the source of his lifelong concern withpersonal, intellectual, and political freedom to his earliest childhood memo-ries growing up during World War I..In explaining his choice of text for thefirst movement, Prayer of Mary Stuart, Dallapiccola commented "Onlythrough music could I express my indignation. I had just finished readingMary Stuart by Stefan Zweig. My intention was to transform the prayer ofthe queen as an individual into a song for all mankind; I wanted to dwell atlength upon the word "libera" in the music, to have this divine wordshouted by everyone." Dallapiccola took the text for the second movementfrom the Writings of Boethius, the Sixth-century philosopher/musician whohad been imprisoned and executed by Theodoric. Invocation of Boethiuswas to serve as "a bridge leading to an affirming finale." The text for thefinale, the Farewell of Girolamo Savonarola, was chosen in reaction to thereply of Great Britain's Sir Samuel Hoare to Hitler's announcement in 1940of the imminent aerial attacks on Great Britain, in which Sir Hoareexhorted the nation to pray. The score was finished in October 1941, andaccording to the composer, the premiere of the trilogy "took place on aparticularly ill-omened day: December 11, 1941 ... It was the day onwhich Mussolini declared war on the United States." Canti di priqionia,hailed as a masterpiece in London in 1946, was only the first ofDallapiccola's large-scale works dealing with freedom.

(excerpted from notes by Kim H. Kowalke)

Intermission

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Nonsense Songs (1952)

I.There was a Young Lady, whose NoseContinually prospers and grows;When it grew out of sight,She exclaimed in a fright,"Oh, Farewell to the end of my Nose!"II.There was an Old Man with a flute.A "sarpint" ran into his boot;But he played day and night,Till the "sarpint" took flight,And avoided that man with a flute.III.

'iere was an Old Man of Cape Hom,o wished that he had ne'er been born;

So he sat upon a chair,Till he died there despair,That dolorous Old Man of Cape Hom.IV.There was a Young Lady whose chinResembled the point of a pin;So she had it made sharp,And then she purchased a harp,And played several tunes with her chin.V.There was an Old Maid of Stroud,Who was horribly jammed in a crowd;Some she slew with a kick,Others she scrunched with a stick,That impulsive Old Maid of Stroud.

-Edward Lear

III.

Goffredo Petrassi(b. 1904)

Edward Lear (1812-1888), a celebrated English artist and author, isregarded as the first and one of the most brilliant representatives of Englishnonsense poetry. He wrote facetious verses accompanied by his absurddrawings to amuse the children. His famous "Book of Nonsense," publishedin 1846, is a collection of nonsensical verses called "limericks" which arepoems of five lines rhyming aa bb a, containing humorous words and oftenbeginning with the name of a place.In 1952 Goffredo Petrassi set to music five verses from the "Book ofNonsense" for the Choir of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, which hehad directed during the years 1947 to 1950. Petrassi's settings of these

-iertcks are humorous and pleasant, with long glissandi imitating theke wriggling in the shoes, a few slow notes representing those weary of

lfe, harp imitations, and tumultuous glissandi and dissonances describingthe "Old Maid of Stroud, who was horribly jammed in a crowd."

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IV.Due Composizioni Corali (TI.voChoral Compositions) Ildebrando Pizzetti

(1880-1968)n giardino di Afrodite (The Garden of Aphrodite)Piena sorgeva la luna (The Full Moon Rose)

Ildebrando Pizzetti was a musical dramatist, who unlike the lateromanticists. returned to the old Italian vocal tradition and composed aspecific type of steadily developing musical "prose" in which the choirfrequently played an important part. He also wrote a cappella music.including these two settings. written in April and May of 1961. of textswritten by the Greek poet, Sappho. They represent a modem style ofcontrapuntal madrigals for six voices.

v.from Sins of Old Age Giaochino Rossini

(1792-1868)

I Gondolieri (The Gondoliers)Sailing on sparkling waters. lovely the sky above us. the moon isclearly shining, gently we glide. no winds disturbing the sea. Wesail on sparkling waters, resplendent are the heavens.To sail upon the waters; to gondoliers it is given to live the bestof lives. To row, to rest contented; the gondolier is happy, he-lives the best of lives.Whether the sun shines brightly, or sad appears the moonabove, rowing upon the laguna the gondolier is king.

Toast pour le nouvel an (Toast.for the New Year)On this charming day come meet with us. New Year. be afestival for us: pleasures, songs. presents. candies - gathertogether. girls and boys. Friendship, the tender love in tum - letus celebrate on this good day the return of happy meals, younghearts. old wines. Is this not the happiness of heaven? Friends,let us drink long draughts! Friends, let us consume the bottles!Friends, let us clink our glasses! 0 Virgin Mother, let us prosper;guard us on earth; bless our sons.Yes. for all of us it is the image of heaven. Tralalala, how thefoaming champagne sparkles, froths. Tralalala, true happiness,this is it, 0 Virgin! Tralalala, how time flies; let us pass itsweetly. Tralalala, yes, happiness. this is it, this is it!For us it is the happiness of heaven. Friends. without fuss let ustear away the corks, consume the bottles. feast and clinkglasses!

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La Passeggiata (The Excursion)Calm and serene the heavens. limpid the waves below us. sailingfrom shore to shore guided alone by love.To gentle winds and flowers we speak our words of love. allbeating hearts together to them respond in love.Winds now are blowing stronger. rippling the sea around us.winds now are whistling. winds' are now blowing. quickly let usdepart. move on.Ah! no. the moon appearing turns all our fear to gladness. in thisdelightful country we sing our songs of love.

In 1855. Gioachino Rossini retired to Paris. He. who a few decades ago hadfascinated Europe with his operas. was in a miserable condition now.unable to work and deeply' depressed.He began to compose music again in 1857. and in the last 11 years of his"fe wrote nearly 200 minor compositions. including works for piano. solo

19S. duets. quartets, and a variety of other types of compositions. Most ofese are light musical entertainment, and many of them contain parodistic

allusions. particularly in the titles. Some of these pieces were performed inthe salons. but Rossini would not allow their publication before his death.He called his "Bagatelles" the "sins of my old age" (and called the Mass of1864 "my last deadly sin"), and he dedicated them "to all fourth-ratepianists. to which category of musicians I have the honour to belongmyself."The two Italian quartets. I Gondolieri and La Passeggiata. form part of thefirst volume of Sins of Old Age. and the brilliant octet Toast pour le nouvelan is included in the second volume. the Albumfrancais.

HarpKathy KienzleJeanne Ekholm

PianoJerry RubinoMary Duncan

PercussionJay JohnsonDavid John OlsenVince Hymen-PenaRobert AdneyJoseph HolmquistLarry Barnhart

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