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The Singers Sopranos: Leslie Buckle, Lauretta Carrick, Shari Derksen,

Marcia Epstein, Liz Graves, Jennifer Hibbard, Lisa Hurrle, Janet Lavoie, Tania Smith

Altos: Ari Agha, Cathy Ascroft, Rachel Ewert, Jennifer Farrand, Sheila Gow, Marsha Haug, Laureen Macken-zie, Brandis Purcell, Lorna Rowsell-Petti, Sandy Willott

Tenors: Michael Bruch, Frejya Evenstar, Ian Macdonald, Llyn Strelau, Dick Willott

Basses: Les Antoniuk, Michael Coulson, Marlin Derksen, Ian Kennedy, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Žekulin

The Players Marcia Epstein (psaltery), Ian MacDonald (gemshorn, recorder), Jane Perry (positif organ), Nicholas Žekulin (bells, mute cornetto) Guest Actors: Josh Bertwistle and Kendra Vanwijk Pre-concert speaker: Marcia Epstein

Concert theme In this concert, we reflect on the meaning of life and death. We per-form works that muse about the human condition, our sense of worth in relation to the divine, and our perceptions about death. To many Medieval and Renaissance Christians, the contemplation of death included a longing for the glory of the afterlife, when one would be truly rid of the hardships of this life and could embrace instead the rapture of the kingdom of God. From this Medieval view of spirituality comes The Summoning of Everyman, a late 15th century morality play concerned with humanity’s greatest questions.

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Calgary Renaissance Singers and Players

Our purpose is to inspire, en-tertain, and educate our au-diences and members through the music, culture, and history of the Renais-sance. We enrich our perfor-

mances with works of other periods that celebrate the spirit of the Renaissance. CRSP has been a proud part of this city’s musical land-scape since it was founded by Dr. Anthony Petti in 1970. CRSP has given Canadian premiere performances of seminal Renaissance sa-cred works, such as the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, as well as com-missioning and performing new choral works in Renaissance poly-phonic style. The singers thrive on new creative opportunities: from singing at the local planetarium to acting and dancing to playing in-struments; and from collaborating with brass, harpsichord, and re-corder players to jamming with jazz saxophonists.

Jane Perry, Artistic Director

Jane Perry is a choral conductor, church musician, collaborative pianist, and teacher in Calgary. She is the Artistic Director of the Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players, Music Director at the Unitarian Church of

Calgary, and Artistic Director of One Voice Chorus (of which she is also the founding conductor). Jane holds a Master of Music degree (chamber music performance) from the University of Ottawa and an Associate Diploma (piano performance) from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In autumn 1998, she was an Artist-in-Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Jane spent twenty years working as a professional musician in Ottawa before moving to Calgary. She is now happily ensconced in Calgary’s arts scene.

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The Everyman Play Abridged by Lorna Rowsell-Petti Performed by Josh Bertwistle and Kendra Vanwijk

Frontispiece from edition of Everyman by

John Sklot, c. 1530 What is a “morality play”? The morality play is a form of Medieval drama presented by amateur bands of ac-tors traveling from town to town. It devel-oped in Europe in the late 14th century and flourished throughout the 16th century. It was very popular at a time when most audi-ences could not read.

The characters in the play were personifications of abstract qualities such as good and evil, and there was usually a struggle for a man’s soul. The Everyman Play The Summoning of Every-man, usually spoken of as Everyman, is an anonymous play written in Middle Eng-lish during the late 15th cen-tury, during the reign of the Tudors. It is generally considered to be the great-est English morality play. Like most morality plays, it takes a central figure who represents each of us, and confronts him (he is always a male) with a situation which involves a moral de-cision. Adaptation The original play would have taken several hours to perform. But you will be happy to know that we are presenting an abridged ver-sion. All the words are orig-inal.

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Part One

Kyrie From the Messe de Notre Dame

Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377)

(SATB) Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison, Kyrie Eleison [Lord have mercy,

Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy]

The Lamb (SATB)

Lyrics by William Blake (1757 – 1827)

John Tavener (1944 – 2013)

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life and bid thee feed by the stream and o’er the mead, gave thee clothing of delight, softest clothing, wooly, bright; gave thee such a tender voice, making all the vales rejoice?

Little Lamb, who made thee, Dost thou know who made thee? Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee, Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee: He is called by thy name, for he calls himself a Lamb. He is meek, and he is mild; he became a little child. I, a child, and thou a lamb, we are called by his name.

Little Lamb, God bless thee! Little Lamb, God bless thee!

Everyman Scene I

Everyman, Death, etc. Josh Bertwistle Kendra Vanwijk

Ave verum corpus

Lyrics from 14th century Catholic Eucharist hymn

Imant Raminsh (1943 –)

(SATB) Ave, verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine. Ave, verum cor-

pus, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine. Cujus latus perforatum vero fluxit, fluxit sanguine. Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. O clemens, O pie, Fili Mariae, Fili Mariae. Amen.

[Hail true body, born from the Virgin Mary, (which) truly suf-fered as a sacrifice on the cross for humankind. Whose side was pierced and water and blood flowed out. Let us experience you in the hour of our death. O kind, O loving Son of Mary. Amen.]

I give you a new commandment

Lyrics from 16th century English Bible, John 13:34-35

John Sheppard (c.1515 – 1563)

(AATB) I give you a new commandement: that ye love one another,

e’en as I have loved you. By this all men shall know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another, e’en as I have loved you.

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Everyman Scene II

Everyman & Fellowship

Da pacem domine

Lyrics from 6th-7th century Latin prayer for peace.

Arvo Pärt (1935 –)

(SATB) Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris quia non est alius qui

pugnet pro nobis nisi tu Deus noster. [Give peace, O Lord, in our time because there is no one else

who will fight for us if not You, our God.]

Everyman Scene III

Everyman, Kindred & Knowledge

Knowledge: Lisa Hurrle

Gloria (SATB)

From the Western Wind Mass (Melody from 16th century song)

John Taverner (1490 –1545)

King David ringing bells (Fieschi Psalter, 14th century)

Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae volunta-tis. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorifica-mus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. Domine Deus, rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine, Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. Domine Deus, agnus Dei, Filius Patris. Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis. Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus dominus, tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe, cum sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. Amen

[Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those of good will.We adore you. We glorify you. We give thanks to you for your great glory. Lord God, Heavenly King, God Almighty Father. Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. (You) who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. (You) who take away the sins of the world, hear our prayer. You who sit at the Father's right hand, have mercy on us. For you alone are holy, you alone are Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, together with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen]

Intermission (10 minutes)

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Part Two

Jabberwocky (SATB)

Lyrics – Lewis Carroll, from Through the Looking-Glass (1871)

Marcia Jenneth Epstein (CRSP choir member)

From an illustration for Lewis Carroll’s TLG, by Peter Newell, 1902 With French and German spoken text from The An-notated Alice, ed. Martin Gardner (1960), p. 193-4: "Le Jaseroque" was translated by F.L. Warrin (1931), and "Der Jammer-woch" by Robert Scott (1872).

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the

claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird,and shun the fru-mious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand: long time the manxome foe

he sought—then rested he by the Tumtum tree, and stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood, the Jabberwock, with eyes

of flame, came whiffling through the tulgey wood, and burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through the vorpal

blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head he went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms my

beamish boy! O frabjous day, calloo, callay!” He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the

wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.

Everyman Scene IV

Everyman & Beauty

Ave Maria David MacIntyre

(1952 – ) (SATB) Ave Maria, Ave, Ave, Ave, Ave Maria

[Hail, Mary].

Everyman Scene V

Everyman & Strength

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Instrumental Interlude

The Players (see p. 2)

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Johann Walther (1496 – 1570)

D’amour je suis deshéritée Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490 – c. 1562)

Ach meidlein rein Anonymous

D’amour je suis deshéritée Paulus Rephun (1505 – 1546)

Everyman Scene VI

Everyman & Discretion

Justorum Animæ Lyrics from Book of Wisdom

3:1 William Byrd (1543 – 1623)

(SSATB) Justorum animæ in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormen-tum mortis. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace.

[The souls of the just are in the hands of God, And the pains

of death shall not hurt them. In the eyes of the unknow-ing they appear to die, but they are at peace.]

Everyman Scene VII

Everyman & Five Wits

Adjuva me Domine

Lyrics from Psalm 119 verses 117, 122, and 124.

Jean Conseil (1505 – 1534)

(SATB) Adjuva me Domine, et salvus ero: et meditabor in justifica-tionibus tuis semper. Suscipe servum tuum in bonum: non calumnientur me superbi. Fac cum servo tuo, secundum misericordiam tuam.

[Help me O Lord, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate

always on your justification. Uphold your servant unto good and the proud shall not slander me. Deal with your servant according to your mercy.]

Everyman Scene VIII

Everyman & Good Deeds

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The 23rd Psalm “Dedicated to my mother” From Medicine Music (1990)

Bobby McFerrin (1950 –)

(SATB) The Lord is my shepherd, I have all I need. She makes me lie down in green meadows, beside the still waters she will lead. She restores my soul; she rights my wrongs. She leads me in a path of good things and fills my heart with songs.

Even though I walk through a dark and dreary land, there is nothing that can shake me; she has said She won't for-sake me, I'm in her hand. She sets a table before me in the presence of my foes. She anoints my head with oil and my cup overflows.

Surely, surely goodness and kindness will follow me all the days of my life; and I will live in her house forever, for-ever and ever. Glory be to our Mother, and Daughter and to the Holy of Holies, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Everyman Scene IX

Knowledge (Conclusion)

Exsultate justi From Psalm 33:1-3 Ludovico da Viadana

(1564 – 1641) (SATB) Exsultate justi in Domino rectos decet collaudatio. Confitem-

ini Domino in cithara; in psalterio decem chordarum psallite illi. Cantate ei canticum novum, bene psallite in vociferatione.]

[Good people, rejoice in the Lord: It is right to praise Him to-gether. Worship the Lord with the lute, sing to Him with the harp and the ten string psaltery. Sing to Him a new hymn. Serenade Him well with loud voices!]

Post-Concert Reception Following this evening’s program, please join the performers downstairs for refreshments and conversation.

From the main lobby, there is elevator access as well as a stair-way to the lower level.

Fellowship,

from Everyman

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Thanks This performance is made possible by our audience, sponsors, and many volunteers and professionals:

Funding Alberta Foundation for the Arts Calgary Arts Development Rehearsal space Unitarian Church of Calgary Construction of the bell stand John Lavoie, woodworker

Concert Production Volunteers

Concert producers – Sandy Willott, Sheila Gow Concert programme – Tania Smith, assisted by Rachel Ewert, Jane Perry, Nick Žekulin, Lorna Rowsell-Petti, Marcia Epstein and others Con-cert recording – Llyn Strelau, Rod Shaver Costumes – Brandis Purcell, assisted by Marsha Haug, Lisa Hurrle, Lauretta Carrick Credit card services – Jewels By Design Dressers – Cora Castle, Kim Williams Facebook, Online tickets – Frejya Even-star Flowers – Marsha Haug Front of House – Robin MacAulay, John Lavoie, Ben Gaudet, coordinated by Janet Lavoie Graphic design –Tania Smith Pro-gramme printing – Brandis Purcell, Lau-retta Carrick Publicity – Lauretta Car-rick, Leslie Buckle, Jennifer Farrand Reception catering – Hedda Zahner Slide show –Nick Žekulin, Jack Par-tridge Stage manager – Rik Barry Snacks for choir –Ian Macdonald Thank-you notes – Marlin Derksen Tickets – Michael Coulson Treasurer – Liz Graves Venue logistics – Michael Bruch, Jane Perry Website – Tania Smith

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Images

Slide show To celebrate that the CRSP is perform-ing a work by the great late mediæval poet and composer Guillaume de Ma-chaut for the first time, most of the slides “illustrating” today’s concert are from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Reims, the city with which Machaut was primarily associated, where he died in 1377 and for which he wrote his Messe de Notre Dame from which we are performing the Kyrie today. A cathedral has stood on the site since the beginning of the 5th century; since 1051 French kings were crowned here. The present-day Gothic cathe-dral, with its more than 2300 statues, replaced an older church destroyed by fire in 1211. The Marc Chagall stained-glass windows were installed in 1974. The illustrations for the Everyman mo-rality play are taken from a variety of primarily 16th C. woodcuts. The illustration of the Jabberwock was created by John Tenniel (1820–1914) for the 1871 first edition of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found there. The slide for the Instrumental Inter-lude is taken from the series of 137 woodcuts depicting the Triumphal Procession of Emperor Maximilian I (1516–1518). The final slide (Angel Musicians) is a composite of the left and right panels of the three surviving panels from a monumental altarpiece dating from the 1480s by Hans Memling (c1430–1494). The middle section depicts Christ with six singing angels.

Programme images [Dove image]. Cote, J. (2009). From

Flickr with license: https://flic.kr/p/ 6PTkDF

[Jane Perry icon] William Morris Letter J. Openclipart. https://openclipart. org/people/kuba/william-morris-letter-j.svg

[Everyman play]. Frontispiece from edition of Everyman published by John Sklot c. 1530. Wikimedia Com-mons.

Lamb of God. (2004). by Waiting for the Word. From Flickr, with li-cense: https://flic.kr/p/e8BySW

[King David]. c. 14th century. Walters Art Museum, on Flickr with license: https://flic.kr/p/kyCMvY

[Jabberwocky]. (1902) by Peter New-ell. from Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass. New York: Harper & Brothers, p. 20. from Internet Ar-chive, http://www.archive.org/ stream/throughlookinggl00carr #page/n59/mode/2up

Musical Angels. (c. 1530). A detail from Frei Carlos's Assumption of the Vir-gin, Portugal. From How to Hold a Sackbut, http://kimballtrombone. hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Hold-a-Sackbut-The-Grip-of-the-Trom-bone-Throughout-History

[Trumpeters]. (1557). Image from page 608 of “Prodigiorvm ac osten-torvm chronicon” Internet Archive on Flickr, https://flic.kr/p/oeXmKG

[Fellowship] (c. 1510-1537). Image from page 98 of "Six anonymous plays." Internet Archive on Flickr https:// flic.kr/p/owd74K

[CRSP website header] “Unknown master, Italian Two Angels, first quarter of 14th century.” Carol-mare (2008) on Flickr with license.

Other images are from church & choir websites.

Engage us! Engage an ensemble of CRSP singers for your special occasion, celebra-tion or festival: corporate events, school visits, Christmas, Easter, birth-days, weddings, etc. Contact us at businessmgr@renaissance-singers.com

Become a CRSP Singer or Player Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players invite prospective new singers (especially tenors and basses!) and instrumentalists to audition for admission to the choir. We rehearse on Wednesdays 7:30-9:30pm at the Unitarian Church of Calgary, 1703 - 1 St NW. To arrange an audition, con-tact Artistic Director Jane Perry at conductor@renaissance-singers.com

Upcoming Concerts of Interest Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 7:30 PM – Enchor Chamber Choir presents “Keep Calm and Groove On!” at Scarboro United Church. Infor-

mation at www.enchor.com

Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 3:00 PM - Spiritus Chamber Choir, with Calgary Philharmonic Choir present “Vocal MAYhem” at Knox United

Church. Information at www.spirituschamberchoir.ca

Sunday, May 31, 7:30 PM Luminous Voices pre-sents “One Voice, Many Voices” with music by Pizzetti and Dove, at Knox United Church. Infor-

mation at http://www.luminousvoices.ca