Worcester AGO - Celebrating 61 Years of Serving Our Music Community Festival Convocation Service First Unitarian Church, Worcester Sunday, September 26, 2010, 7:00 pm PRE-CONCERT TALK (6:30) Steven Ledbetter EXTENDED ORGAN PRELUDE Past WorcAGO Deans: “Now Rest Beneath Night’s Shadows” Paul Manz (1919-2009) [William Nierintz 1970-1972] An Advent Suite I. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Charles Callahan (b. 1951) [Lucia Clemente Falco 1986-1988] “Liturgical Prelude No. 1” George Oldroyd (1887-1956) [Marjorie Ness 2002-2004] “Capriccio for Organ” Edmond Lemaigre (1849-1890) [Ronna Davis 2008-2010] CHORAL INTROIT “Worthy To Be Praised” Byron Smith PRAYER Fr. Tom Garlick, Pastor, St. Richard of Chichester (Sterling), Former WorcAGO Chaplain HYMN (insert) “Praise the God We Sing Now” LAUDA ANIMA (text by Richard Jones) SOLO “Ave Maria” Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), arr. in the style of Rachmaninoff by Will Sherwood Maria Ferrante, soprano; Boris Kogan, cello (Premiere) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUTGOING OFFICERS & PAST DEANS INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS Lois Toeppner HYMN (insert) “Give Thanks for Music-Making Art” CHARTIER (tune by William E Nierintz, ChM; fanfare/descant by Will Sherwood, ChM, AAGO) Laudes Organi (In Praise of the Pipe Organ) Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Brett Maguire, organ CONVOCATION ADDRESS Rev. Mr. Richard F Jones, First Parish (Bolton), WorcAGO Chaplain “The Lost Chord” HYMN (insert) “In the Midst” (Worcester premiere) BOLTON (tune by Richard Jones) BENEDICTION Rev. Mr. Tom Schade, Sr. Minister, First Unitarian CHORAL BENEDICTION “Closing Prayer” (1962) Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) POSTLUDE Final from Symphony 1 Op 14 Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Peter Stoltzfus Berton, organ RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE SERVICE “Pipes On Broadway!” Richard Monroe, tenor Will Sherwood, piano; Bob Gordon, percussion; Jerry Bellows, bass Reception piano jazz - Nat Needle Great 16 8 8 8 8 4 4 2 8 8 Gemshorn Diapason Principal Bourdon Gemshorn (Gt) Octave Flute Harmonique Fifteenth Fourniture IV Cymbel III Trumpet Major Trumpet (Pos) Swell 16 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 2 16 8 8 8 4 Rohr Bass (Sw) Principal Rohrflote Spitzviol Viol Celeste Flauto Dolce Flute Celeste (tenor c) Prestant Flute Ouverte Octavin Plein Jeu IV Fagott (Sw) Trumpette Fagott Voix Humaine Clarion Choir 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2/3 2 1 3/5 8 8 Doppelflute Cor de Nuit Viola Pomposa Viola Celeste Principal Rohrflote Spitzflote Nasard Blockflote Tierce Mixtur III Clarinet English Horn (DV) Positiv 8 8 4 4 2 2 1 1/3 2 2/3+1 3/5 8 8 16 8 4 Doppelflute (Ch) Pommer Gedeckt Geigen Principal Koppelflote Hellflote Octave Larigot Sesquialtera II (t. c) Zimbel III Cromorne Clarinet (Ch) Major Trumpet (t. c) Major Trumpet Major Clarion Pedal 32 32 32 32 16 16 16 16 16 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 32 32 16 16 8 8 8 4 4 Principal (DV) Bourdon (DV) Lieblich (DV) Violone (DV) Principal (DV) Violone (DV) Bourdon Gemshorn (Gt) Rohr Bass (Sw) Principal Gemshorn (Gt) Bourdon (Ped) Rohrflote (Sw) Choral Bass Gemshorn (Gt) Nachthorn Mixtur III Kontra Posaune (DV) Kontra Fagott Bombarde Fagott (Sw) Trompette Fagott (Sw) Clarinet (Ch) Clairon Fagott Stops: 81, Pipe ranks: 67, Pipes: 3994 Digital voices: 7 in Pedal, 1 in Choir SOPRANO Karen Driscoll Jean Mancini Gough* Jean Jewell Ellen O’Neall Waite Rosel Patton Alesia Tringale* ALTO Jane Beckwith Helen Campbell Catherine Galbreath Betsy Lane Marcia Leonard Cathy Levine Sue Stafford Becky Spanagel, piano Betsy Lane, bass Bob Gordon, timpani/percussion TENOR Richard Monroe* Nathan Reich Sue Schade Christopher Tower Scott Yonker BASS Jerry Bellows David Bonneau Jim Demetry David Garden Don Gohn Steve Knox Kevin Mathieu David Spanagel Scott Taylor * Soloist In Praise of the Organ Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1433 (1964); Russell Op. 44 (2003)
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Worcester AGO - Celebrating 61 Years of Serving Our Music Community
Festival Convocation ServiceFirst Unitarian Church, Worcester
Sunday, September 26, 2010, 7:00 pm
PRE-CONCERT TALK (6:30) Steven LedbetterEXTENDED ORGAN PRELUDE Past WorcAGO Deans:
An Advent Suite I. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Charles Callahan (b. 1951) [Lucia Clemente Falco 1986-1988]
“Liturgical Prelude No. 1” George Oldroyd (1887-1956) [Marjorie Ness 2002-2004]
“Capriccio for Organ” Edmond Lemaigre (1849-1890) [Ronna Davis 2008-2010]
CHORAL INTROIT “Worthy To Be Praised” Byron Smith PRAYER Fr. Tom Garlick, Pastor, St. Richard of Chichester (Sterling), Former WorcAGO Chaplain
HYMN (insert) “Praise the God We Sing Now” LAUDA ANIMA (text by Richard Jones)
SOLO “Ave Maria” Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), arr. in the style of Rachmaninoff by Will Sherwood Maria Ferrante, soprano; Boris Kogan, cello (Premiere)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUTGOING OFFICERS & PAST DEANSINSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS Lois Toeppner
HYMN (insert) “Give Thanks for Music-Making Art” CHARTIER (tune by William E Nierintz, ChM; fanfare/descant by Will Sherwood, ChM, AAGO)
Laudes Organi (In Praise of the Pipe Organ) Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Brett Maguire, organ
CONVOCATION ADDRESS Rev. Mr. Richard F Jones, First Parish (Bolton), WorcAGO Chaplain “The Lost Chord”
HYMN (insert) “In the Midst” (Worcester premiere) BOLTON (tune by Richard Jones)
BENEDICTION Rev. Mr. Tom Schade, Sr. Minister, First Unitarian
CHORAL BENEDICTION “Closing Prayer” (1962) Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
POSTLUDE Final from Symphony 1 Op 14 Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Peter Stoltzfus Berton, organ
RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE SERVICE“Pipes On Broadway!” Richard Monroe, tenor Will Sherwood, piano; Bob Gordon, percussion; Jerry Bellows, bassReception piano jazz - Nat Needle
Great 16 8 8 8 8 4 4 2 8 8
Gemshorn Diapason Principal Bourdon Gemshorn (Gt) Octave Flute Harmonique Fifteenth Fourniture IV Cymbel III Trumpet Major Trumpet (Pos)
Swell 16 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 2
16 8 8 8 4
Rohr Bass (Sw) Principal Rohrflote Spitzviol Viol Celeste Flauto Dolce Flute Celeste (tenor c) Prestant Flute Ouverte Octavin Plein Jeu IV Fagott (Sw) Trumpette Fagott Voix Humaine Clarion
Choir 8 8 8 8 4 4 4
2 2/3 2
1 3/5 8 8
Doppelflute Cor de Nuit Viola Pomposa Viola Celeste Principal Rohrflote Spitzflote Nasard Blockflote Tierce Mixtur III Clarinet English Horn (DV)
Positiv 8 8 4 4 2 2
1 1/3 2 2/3+1 3/5
8 8
16 8 4
Doppelflute (Ch) Pommer Gedeckt Geigen Principal Koppelflote Hellflote Octave Larigot Sesquialtera II (t. c) Zimbel III Cromorne Clarinet (Ch) Major Trumpet (t. c) Major Trumpet Major Clarion
Pedal 32 32 32 32 16 16 16 16 16 8 8 8 8 4 4 4
32 32 16 16 8 8 8 4 4
Principal (DV) Bourdon (DV) Lieblich (DV) Violone (DV) Principal (DV) Violone (DV) Bourdon Gemshorn (Gt) Rohr Bass (Sw) Principal Gemshorn (Gt) Bourdon (Ped) Rohrflote (Sw) Choral Bass Gemshorn (Gt) Nachthorn Mixtur III Kontra Posaune (DV) Kontra Fagott Bombarde Fagott (Sw) Trompette Fagott (Sw) Clarinet (Ch) Clairon Fagott
Stops: 81, Pipe ranks: 67, Pipes: 3994 Digital voices: 7 in Pedal, 1 in Choir
BASSJerry BellowsDavid BonneauJim DemetryDavid GardenDon GohnSteve KnoxKevin MathieuDavid SpanagelScott Taylor
* Soloist
In Praise of the Organ
Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1433 (1964); Russell Op. 44 (2003)
ABOUT OUR MUSICIANS (KODÁLY: LAUDES ORGANI)
For thirty years, Will Sherwood’s day job was in the corporate world as a Sr. Engineering Manager at Intel (formerly Digital, then Compaq) where he managed the Microprocessor Validation Group, and has been Organist-Choirmaster at First U for more than 25 years. Outside interests include volunteering for non-profits, graphic arts, running, organic gardening, and preparing gourmet vegetarian cuisine. He graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with BSEE and MSEE degrees in computer engineering, and has Choirmaster and Associate degrees from the AGO. He has appeared as guest soloist with the Boston Pops and concertized in the US and Europe.
Director of Music at Wesley United Methodist Church in Worcester, MA, Brett Maguire first studied the organ with Malcolm Halliday before going on to become the Organ Scholar (Class of ’02) at Holy Cross, studying with James David Christie. Brett spent a year in Paris on a Watson Fellowship before receiving his Master’s of Music from Oberlin Conservatory. He has won first prizes in the André Marchal International Organ Competition in France and the AGO / Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists. When not practicing, Brett is an avid cyclist, hiker, knitter, and bread baker.
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882-1967), Laudes Organi
After earning his PhD in philosophy and linguistics, Hungarian-born Zoltán Kodály taught composition, harmony, counterpoint, form and orchestration, score-reading, vocal polyphony and musical literacy. His students included Antal Dorati and Eugene Ormandy, among others. Kodály was very interested music education and has had a profound impact on musical education around the world. The “Kodály Method” holds that anyone who can understand language can understand music, and that singing is the best way to study music. Music education should begin early, and folk songs from one’s own linguistic heritage are the best vehicle for music education.
Laudes Organi was Kodály’s last major work, completed in 1966, just one year before his death at age 84. It was commissioned by Atlanta AGO in 1966.
Laudes Organi is subtitled “Fantasia on a XII Century Sequence,” and is based on a Latin sequence, or musical phrase, “Audi chorum organicum” from a 12th-century manuscript found in Switzerland’s Engelberg Monastery – a fitting match for today’s celebration of all church musicians. The work honors the pipe organ, the king of instruments, and the choir which sings with the organ. Kodály creates an extraordinary programmatic setting of the text, “painting” each phrase vividly in musical terms. He pays tribute to the 11th-century Italian monk, Guido d’Arezzo, creator of modern musical notation. The work demonstrates the power, tone, and flexibility of the organ, integrating the chorus in a brilliant and passionate variety of chromatic passages and moods.
The organ part was of primary importance for Kodály in the composition–appropriate for a commission from the AGO. “The choir sings comments to the playing of the organ ... as suggested by the Latin: listen to the different possibilities of sound of the organ,” the composer explained in a radio interview in 1966.
Katalin Komlos wrote in a Musical Times essay:“In many ways, Laudes organi is the summary of Kodály’s life’s work. The choice of text reflects the rare humanist culture of the composer, who can express his credo in the power of music, the importance of learning and self-improvement, and the service of God through music. In Laudes Organi the aged Kodály says farewell to this world through the spirit of his predecessors.”
WITH APPRECIATION . . .
MUSICIAN & SUPPORTING RESOURCES DONATED FOR THIS SERVICE
Jean Mancini Gough, classical/jazz soloist, voice teacher - www.JeanManciniGough.com
Karen Driscoll, soprano, Vocal Adjunct Prof., Clark University. Private Voice Instruction, Concerts, Master classes, Weddings and Funerals - [email protected]
Richard Monroe, tenor soloist, Director of Music - Our Lady of the Angels
Nathan Reich, tenor soloist
Scott Taylor, bass soloist
Nat Needle, jazz pianist, Saori Worcester Free-Style Weaving Studio www.SaoriWorcester.com
Ahsan Enver, commercial & art photographer www.LightYearPhotography.com
Tom Ingrassia Productions & Artist Management (motivational & visioning seminars; personal life coaching; pop culture lectures; artist management services) www.ingrassiaproductions.com
Jerry Bellows, Music Score Typesetting www.JerryBellows.com
Brett Maguire, Director of Music, Wesley United Methodist Church
Will Sherwood, Commercial Photography, Graphic&Web Design - www.SherwoodWeb.com
Jim LeClaire, Post Plus Video Productions, (corporate & concerts) www.postplusvideo.com
Maria Ferrante, soprano (weddings, concerts, voice instruction) - [email protected]
UPCOMING WorcAGO EVENTS10/4: 7pm First Monday Open Loft, Holy Cross (Taylor & Boody IV/70) (* RSVP)
10/11: Organ Crawl (* RSVP) - Holyoke: Mt Holyoke Coll. Skinner&Fisk; St Theresa 1964 Casavant; UCC 1921 Skinner IV/70; Lunch $15; Skinner Mem (C&D) A-S III/34; Westfield: St Mary’s 1897 Casavant II/24 tracker (oldest in US!); 1st Congr 1975 Fisk(Carpool to arrive at 9:30am, chip in $10 for gas for your group)
11/1 6:30pm: Open Loft, Our Lady of the Angels, (JW Walker III/56) (* RSVP) Presenters/demonstration: Michelle Graveline, Barclay Wood
11/12: 7:30pm (7pm pre-concert talk) – THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) Silent Movie Accompanied by Pipe Organ – Peter Krasinski at the All Saints Mighty Aeolian-Skinner
11/13: 9-noon “So Now What Do I Do With My Feet” – A mini-workshop for beginning organists (and pianists) with Brenda Fraiser Caldwell. (* RSVP) Salem Covenant
11/19 Fri 7:30pm (7:15 pre-concert talk) - Organ Duo Concert: Organ Music Duos & “Demonstrators” - Renea Waligora & Robin Dinda – First Baptist (Sanctuary – Reuter-Gilbert-Russell IV/80). Fundraiser co-sponsored by WorcAGO. $10 suggested donation
Gravis chorus succinatqui sonorus buccinatvox acute concinatchoro chorus succinatdiafonico modo et organico.
Nunc acutas moveasnunc ad graves redeasmodo lyriconunc per voces mediastransvolando salias,saltu melico manu mobili,delectabili, cantabili.
Tali modulo, mellis aemuloplacens populo;qui miratur et laetaturet cantatur et laudaturDeo sedula qui regnat in saecula.
Huius artis praeceptorisecum Deus det Guidoni*Vitam aeternalem.Fiat, Amen.
Listen to the chorus of the organ -the musical instrumentof modern artistsa paragon of melodywhich plays sweetlyand sings full of praisewhich speaks briefly,friendly and beneficial, pleasantly modest.
I therefore advise you to attend hereand bid you to rememberto listen to it with humble attention.
Musician! you must behavelike a warrior.Do the exercises and practice your art,show the skill of your bodyand the sensitivity of your heart.
Look after the wind bellowsthat they keep blowing well.Don’t let them stand still,Watch out diligently.If you have looked after thisthen let the sound blossom:nimble fingers play a series of toneswhich have a pleasant sound.
The deep choir soundsand sonorously trumpets,the high voice sounds against itchoir and counterchoir sounda diaphonic mode and with the organ.
Now you play the high onesnow go to the low onesin lyric modenow through the middle voicesjump like lightninga melodious leap with a smooth handpleasing and tuneful.
Such modulating sweet as honeypleases the peoplewho are surprised and pleasedand sing and praiseand serve God who rules in eternity.
To the master of this artmay God, to Guido*, granteternal life.So be it, Amen.
TEXT TRANSLATION:
Laudes Organi (In praise of the organ)
*Guido d’Arezzo (ca. 995-1050), Italian monk who created the first official form ofmusical notation and named the scale pitches with the syllables, ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la
