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A CONCERT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
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Andrew Smith (b. 1970): * Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor Deus
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585):Mass for Four Voices
Gloria in excelsis DeoCredo in unum DeumSanctusBenedictusAgnus Dei
Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962):* Ite Missa est
INTERVAL
Gregory Brown (b. 1974):* Missa Charles Darwin
Introitus; Tropus Ad KyrieGloria: “There is grandeur in this view of life”Alleluia: “It is those who know little and not those who know much” Credo: “All that we can do”Sanctus: “As buds give rise...”Agnus Dei/Ite missa est: “Natural selection...”
Three American Folk Hymnsarranged by Gregory Brown
Morning TrumpetThe Dying CalifornianSweet hour of prayer
* Composed for New York Polyphony
Pre-concert discussion at 6:45 about Faith, Reason and Music,
with composer Gregory Brown and Professor Christopher Douglas from UVic’s Centre for Studies
in Religion and Society, moderated by Ian Alexander.
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programme notes
Missa is simply the Latin form of the word Mass and refers to the texts and music of the Roman Catholic liturgy. This liturgy has an established structure and in general terms is associated with a public celebration of faith. Naturalist Charles Darwin’s name forms the latter part of the title due to the fact that the bulk of
the texts used in this mass are taken from his writings of Charles Darwin, particularly the seminal Origin of Species. The musical and liturgical form of the Mass is distinct and canonic, with intrinsic proportions, structure, and drama. Casting Darwin’s texts into that form is a way of drawing parallels, and exploring contrasts between the two, as in the Kyrie. The central message of the Kyrie is one of supplication and mercy, while Darwin’s natural selection is inherently lacking in mercy. This format is also a way to venerate Darwin and his legacy in a form that is associated with the public celebration of belief.
The practice of substituting a different set of texts into the Mass is not a new one, and has been practiced in various forms throughout the centuries, though generally with other sacred texts substituting for the typical Mass texts. Perhaps the most notable example of something like this – again sacred – is Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms, which uses the name “Requiem” (a particular type of mass for the dead), but uses Brahms’s own selections from scripture in place of the liturgy.
The premise and texts for the Missa Charles Darwin come from New York Polyphony’s bass, Craig Phillips, who approached the composer with a draft of the libretto and a proposal that it be set to music. There was a brief flurry of collaboration over the disposition and tone of the various texts, and the composer set to work on the music shortly thereafter.
In order to bind the work together, the composer devised an opening idea which was linked to Darwin, evolution, and genetics. Using a portion of the genetic sequence of Platyspiza crassirostris (a bird from the group commonly known as Darwin’s Finches), he translated the amino acids into notes, thereby deriving a melody. This melody serves as a motto of sorts for the Mass, showing up here and there as generative (musical) material. Other ideas taken from genetics appear in the Credo, where mutation, insertion, and deletion are applied to the motto melody (along with standard musical procedures of inversion and retrograde) to create an evolving musical texture.
Other underlying ideas in the work include symmetry, which is common to both science and music. A notable example of symmetry comes in the Gloria, where the four voices sing the passage “Different, yet dependent upon each other” in phrases that are point-reflections of one another. The symmetry here serves to underline the interdependence of the voices, at the same time creating something of intricate beauty, and also taking advantage of the double meaning of the word “reflect”.
Similarly, the Sanctus is a slowly evolving canon with one basic melodic idea (“As buds give rise by birth to fresh buds…”) presented in four closely related forms in the four voices. These ideas eventually grow together, intertwining to form an interlocking texture grown from the self-same idea.
The genetic sequence that has (in various guises) served as a motto for the piece returns in the final movement in a slightly altered, yet recognizable, form as a bookend for the piece. The final “Amen” includes a fleeting and oblique quotation of the Ite Missa est in the midst of a reprise of the “Alleluia” that closes the second movement.
gregory w. brownComposer Gregory W. Brown’s works have been performed across the United States and Europe — most notably in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Cadogan Hall in London, and the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. His commissions for vocal ensemble New York Polyphony have been heard on American Public Media’s Performance Today, BBC Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio, and Danish National Radio; his Missa Charles Darwin received its European debut in March 2013 at the Dinosaur Hall of Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde.
Brown’s latest major work — un/bodying/s — was premiered by Grammy-winning Philadelphia choir The Crossing in June 2017. This 35-minute cantata for 24 voices uses new texts by poet Todd Hearon and focuses on issues of displacement and ecology around the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. un/bodying/s was issued on the disc if there were water from Innova Recordings in 2018. Gramophone Magazine called the work “lively and affecting, full of exhilarating lines amid pungent details.”
Upcoming premieres include Harmonies of Opposites, commissioned by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra; and Fall & Decline, music for six solo voices and electronics commissioned by Philadelphia vocal ensemble Variant 6.
christopher douglasChristopher Douglas is Acting Director of the Center for Studies in Religion and Society and Professor of English at the University of Victoria. He is the author of If God Meant to Interfere: American Literature and the Rise of the Christian Right, and his research interests include American evangelical history, politics, literature and theology. Follow him on Twitter at @crddouglas.
ian alexanderIan Alexander returned to his roots on the West Coast in 2007, after a 25-year career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto, where he worked in Radio, Television and Digital Media as an on-air host and programming leader in the classical music area, and later as a senior executive at the corporate level. For six years, he hosted the nightly concert program Arts National on CBC Stereo. n
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Praised for a “rich, natural sound that’s larger and more complex than the sum of its parts”, (National Public Radio) New York Polyphony is one of the foremost vocal chamber ensembles active today. The four men, “singers of superb musicianship and vocal allure”, (The New Yorker) give vibrant, modern voice to repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant to cutting-edge compositions. Their dedication to innovative programming, as well as a focus on rare and rediscovered Renaissance and medieval works, has not only earned New York Polyphony two grammy nominations and wide acclaim, but also helped to move early music into the classical mainstream.
Commissioning new works has been central to the mission of New York Polyphony since their founding in 2006. Both in performance and on recording, the ensemble has demonstrated a commitment to presenting contemporary compositions that explore the boundaries between ancient and modern music. They have forged relationships with numerous composers, including established artists such as Richard Rodney Bennett, Jonathan Berger and Jackson Hill, emerging talents Bora Yoon and Gregory Brown, and prominent figures such as Gabriel Jackson and Andrew Smith. In January 2017, as part of Miller Theatre at Columbia University’s Early Music Series, New York Polyphony premiered The Vespers Sequence, a multi-movement setting of the Byzantine evening prayer service composed for the ensemble by Ivan Moody. Future projects include The Bitter Good by American composer Gregory Spears, for which the quartet was awarded a 2016 Commissioning Grant from Chamber Music America.
The ensemble’s growing discography includes two grammy-nominated releases and albums that have topped the “best of” lists
of The New Yorker, Gramophone, and BBC Music Magazine. In August 2016, New York Polyphony released Roma aeterna, a programme highlighted by two masses of the High Renaissance by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Tomás Luis de Victoria. The album, their seventh overall and fourth on BIS Records, debuted at #4 on Billboard magazine’s Traditional Classical Album chart. It has been hailed as “blissfully confident and beautiful” (BBC Radio 3 – Record Review), “resplendent and elegant” (San Francisco Chronicle), and “nothing short of revelatory” (AllMusic).
New York Polyphony tours extensively, participating in major concert series and festivals around the world. Noteworthy engagements include debut performances at London’s Wigmore Hall and The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, residencies at Dartmouth College and Stanford University, concerts under the aegis of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht (Netherlands), and the European premiere of the Missa Charles Darwin—a newly commissioned secular Mass setting based on texts of Charles Darwin by composer Gregory Brown—at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Elsewhere New York Polyphony has performed as part of the Tage Alter Musik Regensburg; Rheingau Musik Festival, Thüringer Bachwochen (Germany); Abvlensis International Music Festival (Spain); Stiftskonzerte Oberösterreich (Austria); Festival de Música de Morelia (Mexico); and the Elora Festival (Canada), among others.
They have been featured on Performance Today for American Public Media, Footprints to Paradise: A Medieval Christmas for Public Radio International, and BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. In December 2011, New York Polyphony made its national television debut on The Martha Stewart Show. n
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The Missa Charles Darwin venerates a celebrated work of human ingenuity through the application of an accepted musical form that is uniquely suited to enhance the expressive potential of language. Through music, it seeks to celebrate not only Darwin’s genius, but also his inestimable contribution to the human spirit.
– Gregory Brown
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During the Renaissance, settings of the Latin Mass settings keenly demonstrated a composers’ sensitivity to the temporal forces of the day. On the most basic level, each work is an expression of Roman Catholicism suited to and affected by the religious and political challenges of its time. In the face of movable and at times arbitrary rules and restrictions however, Tallis transcended the basic requirements to craft powerful, poignant and deeply personal musical statements.
The ascension of the House of Tudor would irreversibly alter religious traditions in England. By the time Thomas Tallis was active in the mid-sixteenth century, the religious climate had changed drastically. Tallis witnessed first-hand the separation of England from the Roman Catholic Church and with it the destruction of religious institutions and cherished musical traditions. It is unclear during whose reign Tallis wrote his Mass for Four Voices. Regardless, the piece exhibits masterful pragmatism. Its simple lyricism and economic use of polyphony – likely driven by liturgical necessity – result in an understated and demure masterpiece.
When considering the entire output of Thomas Tallis and the fact that over the course of his professional life he served four different monarchs, it is hard not to marvel at how skilfully he adapted artistically to changes in style, liturgy, and language. His genius lies not only in his shrewd pragmatism, but also in his careful attention to the setting of text. Tallis applies polyphony only in controlled bursts, relying instead on a steady syllabic structure throughout. The effect is efficient, but never pedantic. Texts are set in a beautifully crafted hierarchy of harmony and discord. In terms of liturgical tradition his Mass for Four Voices is an odd hybrid: Catholic in intent and Anglican in execution. It is not known whether Tallis remained a devout Roman Catholic throughout his life. In the Sanctus however, he displays a love for the liturgy he knew as a young musician. As a possible nod to the elaborate mass settings of the older Sarum rite, Tallis creates a remarkably lengthy statement. When combined with the Benedictus, it is nearly twice the duration of his concisely syllabic Gloria and Credo.
Tallis’ Mass for Four Voices does not include a Kyrie. Perhaps its absence is due to fluctuating liturgical practices of the Chapel Royal. More likely, a remnant of older traditions such as a troped plainsong Kyrie appropriate for the feast day was inserted. Regardless, we offer a modern setting of the troped Kyrie: Cunctipotens genitor Deus, composed for New York Polyphony by Andrew Smith (b. 1970). As further proof that times go by turns, this programme concludes with Gabriel Jackson’s (b. 1962) playfully intricate Ite missa est, composed for New York Polyphony in 2012. n
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Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Andrew Smith)
Kyrie eleison
Cunctipotens genitor Deus omnicreatoreleisonSalvificet pietas tua nos bone rectoreleisonFons et origo bone pie luxque perhennis eleisonChriste dei splendor virtus patrisque sophia eleisonPlasmatis humanis factor lapsis reparator eleisonNe tua damnatur Iesu factura benigne eleison
Christe eleison
Amborum sacrum spiramen nexus amorque eleisonProcedens fomes vite fons purificans vis eleisonIndultor culpe venie largitor optime offensas dele sacro nos munere reple eleison
Gloria (Thomas Tallis)
Gloria in excelsis Deo.Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.Laudamus te. Benedicimus te.Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens.Domine Fili unigenite, Iesu 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, Iesu Christe.Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris.Amen.
Glory be to God on high,and on earth peace, good will towards men.We praise thee, we bless thee,we worship thee, we glorify thee,we give thanks to thee for thy great glory,O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ;O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord;thou only art most high, O Christ,with the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Lord, have mercy
All-powerful Father, God, Creator of all things,have mercyMay thy compassion save us, good ruler, have mercyFont and origin of goodness, Holy one, light everlasting, have mercyChrist, the splendour of God, strength and wisdom of the Father, have mercyCreator of humankind, healer of those who fall, have mercyLest thy creation be damned, kind Jesus, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
The holy breath, the fusion and the love of both, have mercyAdvancing flame, source of life, purifying power, have mercyForgiver of sin, bestower of pardon, erase our offenses, replenish us, give us holy grace, have mercy
texts & translations
Mass for Four Voices
by Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), with additional modern settings of Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor Deus by Andrew Smith (b. 1970),
and Ite Missa est by Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
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Credo (Thomas Tallis)
Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, factorem cæli et terræ, visibílium ómnium et invisibílium. Et in unum Dóminum Iesum Christum, Fílium Dei unigénitum, et ex Patre natum, ante ómnia sæcula. Deum de Deo, lumen de lúmine, Deum verum de Deo vero, génitum, non factum, consubstantiálem Patri: per quem ómnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos hómines et propter nostram salútem descéndit de cælis. Et incarnátus est de Spíritu Sancto ex María Vírgine, et homo factus est. Crucifíxus étiam pro nobis sub Póntio Piláto; passus et sepúltus est, et resurréxit tértia die, secúndum Scriptúras, et ascéndit in cælum, sedet ad déxteram Patris.Et íterum ventúrus est cum glória, iudicáre vivos et mórtuos, cuius regni non erit finis. Et in Spíritum Sanctum, Dóminum et vivificántem: qui ex Patre Filióque procédit. Qui cum Patre et Fílio simul adorátur, et conglorificátur: qui locútus est per Prophétas. Et unam, sanctam, cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam. Confíteor unum baptísma in remissiónem peccatorum. Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, et vitam ventúri sæculi. Amen.
Sanctus - Benedictus (Thomas Tallis)
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Osanna in excelsis.Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Osanna in excelsis.
Agnus Dei (Thomas Tallis)
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
Ite Missa est (Gabriel Jackson)
Ite missa estDeo gratias
I believe in one God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, Only begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds. God of God, light of light, Very God of very God. Begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father: by whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary: And was made man. And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate: suffered, and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father. And He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead: His kingdom shall have no end.And (I believe) in the Holy Ghost, Lord and giver of life: Who proceedeth from the Father and Son. Who with the Father and Son together is worshipped and glorified: Who spake by the Prophets. And in one holy catholic and apostolic church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come.Amen.
Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,have mercy on us.Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
The mass is ended.Thanks be to God.
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Missa Charles Darwin by Gregory Brown
Introitus;Tropus ad Kyrie
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge — Introduction to The Descent of Man (1871)
Kýrie, eléison Lord have mercyChristé, eléison Christ have mercyKýrie, eléison Lord have mercy
One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die — from On the Origin of Species (1859), Chapter 7: Instinct
Gloria: “There is grandeur in this view of life”
There is grandeur
There is gradeur in this view of lifeProduced and exterminated by slowly acting causesNot by miraculous acts[Not] by catastrophesThere is grandeur in this view of lifeIn its progress towards perfectionand whilst this planet has gone cycling onendless forms most beautiful and wonderfulhave been and are being evolvedReflect that [our] elaborately constructed forms,different [yet] dependent upon each otherhave all been produced by laws acting around us From the war of naturefrom famine and deathfrom so simple a beginningThere is grandeur in this view of life
— from On the Origin of Species (1859), Chapter 14: Recapitulation and Conclusion
Alleluia: “It is those who know little and not those who know much”
It is those who know littleand not those who know muchwho so positively assert that this or that problemwill never be solved by science
— Introduction to The Descent of Man (1871)
[But] if we admit a first cause,the mind still craves to know whence it came and how it arose.
— Letter to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873
Alleluia
Credo
Natura non facit saltus [Nature makes no leaps]— Carolus Linneaus from Philosophia Botanica (1751)
All that we can dois to keep steadily in mindthat each organic beingat some period of its lifeduring some season of the yearduring each generation or at intervalshas to struggle for lifeand to suffer great destruction We may console ourselvesthat the war of nature is not incessantno fear is feltdeath is generally promptand that the vigorous, the healthy,and happy survive and multiply
With all his noble qualities,with sympathy which feels for the most debased,with benevolence which extends to the humblest creature,with his god-like intellect,Man may be excused for feeling prideat having risen to the very summit of the organic scale[But] with all these exalted powershe still bears in his bodily framethe indelible stamp of his lowly origin
— from On the Origin of Species (1859), Chapter 3: Struggle for Existenceand The Descent of Man (1871), Chapter 21: General Summary and Conclusion
Sanctus: “As buds give rise...”
As buds give rise by growth to fresh budsand these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop many a feebler branchso it has been with the great Tree of Lifewhich fills with its dead and broken branchesthe crust of the earth and coversthe surface with its ever branchingand beautiful ramifications
— from On the Origin of Species (1859), Chapter 4: Natural Selection
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Agnus Dei / Ite missa est: “Natural selection...”
Silently and insensiblyscrutinizing the slightest variationsrejecting those that are badpreserving all that are goodnatural selection is workingthroughout the worldat the improvement of each organic being
— from On the Origin of Species (1859), Chapter 4: Natural Selection
If we must marvellet it be at our presumption in imaginingthat we understand the many complex contingencieson which existence depends
— from The Origin of Species (1859),Chapter 10: On The Geological Succession of Organic Beings
Alleluia
Ite missa est Go, you are sent forth
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Three American Folk Hymnsarranged by Gregory Brown
Morning Trumpet
Oh when shall I see Jesus, and reign with him above? (And shall hear the trumpet sound in that morning.)And from the flowing fountain, Drink everlasting love? And now I am a soldier, My captain’s gone before,He’s given me my orders, And bids me ne’er give o’er,
Refrain:Shout ‘O glory!’ for I shall mount above the skies, When I hear the trumpet sound in that morning
Through grace I feel determin’d To conquer, though I die,And then away to jesus, On wings of love I’ll fly, Farewell to sin and sorrow, I bid them both adieu!And, o my friends, prove faithful, And on your way pursue.
Refrain
When e’r you meet with troubles and trials on your way,Then cast your care on Jesus, And don’t forget to prayGird on your gospel armour of Faith, and hope, and loveAnd when the combat’s ended, He’ll carry you above.
Refrain
The Dying Californian
I am dying, brother, dyingSoon you’ll miss me in your berth;For my form will soon be lying‘Neath the ocean’s briny surf.
Lay up nearer, brother, nearer,For my limbs are growing cold.And thy presence seemeth dearerWhen thine arms around me fold. >
Hearken to me, brother, hearken,I have something I could say,Ere the veil my vision darkensAnd I go from hence away.
I am going, surely, goingBut my hope in God is strong.I am willing, brother, willingThat he doeth nothing wrong.
Tell my father, when you greet him,That in death I prayed for him,Prayed that I might only meet himIn a world that’s free from sin.
Listen brother, catch each whisper,It’s my wife I speak of now,Tell, oh tell her how I missed herWhen the fever burned my brow.
Oh, my children, heaven bless them,They are all my life to me.Wish I could once more caress them,Ere I sing beneath the sea.
Tell my sister that I never foundThat store of precious dust,But I found a place called HeavenWhere the gold will never rust.
Hark, I hear my Savior calling,Yes, I know His voice so well.When I’m gone don’t be a-weeping,Brother, here’s my last farewell.
Sweet Hour of Prayer
Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! that calls me from a world of care, and bids me at my Father’s throne make all my wants and wishes known. In seasons of distress and grief, my soul has often found relief, and oft escaped the tempter’s snare by thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer! Till, from Mount Pisgh’s lofty height, I view my home and take my flight. This robe of flesh I’ll drop and rise To seize the everlasting prize, And shout, while passing through the air,
“Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer”
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These listings include donations received prior to January 9, 2019
n Benefactors ($50,000+): The Drance Family *.n Presenters ($10,000-$49,999): Elaine Adair * | Gail & Bryan Atkins * | Vic & Joan Baker * | The Mary & Gordon Christopher Foundation * | Helen & Frank Elfert * | Sharon Kahn * | Janette McMillan
& Douglas Graves | Ralph Spitzer & Hisako Kurotaki * | José Verstappen *.n Sponsors ($5,000-$9,999): RPC Family Foundation | Chris Guzy & Mari Csemi * | Agnes Hohn * | Dorothy Jantzen * | Tony & Margie Knox * | A donation in memory of Peter Wood * | The Lloyd
Carr-Harris Foundation * | David W McMurtry * | The Nemetz Foundation * | Dr Katherine E Paton * | Zelie & Vincent Tan * | Jo & Bob Tharalson * | Birgit Westergaard & Norman Gladstone * | Bruce Munro Wright *.
n Co-Sponsors ($2,500-$4,999): The Brennan-Spano Family Foundation | Tama Copithorne * | The Estate of Gunnar Brosamler | Meredith & Pat Cashion | Mark De Silva | Ernst & Young LLP | Marianne Gibson * | The Hamber Foundation * | The John & Leni Honsaker Fund * | J Evan & Janice Kreider * | The McLean Foundation | Yvonne McLean * | Marlene Rausch & Tom Phinney | Bruno Wall & Jane Macdonald * | Eric Wyness | One Anonymous Co-Sponsor.
n Supporters ($1,000-$2,499): Hugh Anton | Colleen & Martin Barlow | Marti Barregar * | Spencer Corrigal | Charles & Lucile Flavelle Family Fund * | Jane Flick & Robert Heidbreder * | Heather Franklyn * | Dr Val Geddes * | Ursula Graf * | The Hamber Foundation * | Delma Hemming * | Elsie & Audrey Jang Fund * | Brian Jones | Edward Kehler | David Layton & Zoe Druick | Melody Mason * | Lucie McNeill * | Margaret O’Brien * | Pam Ratner & Joy Johnson * | Dr Robert S Rothwell * | Ingrid Söchting * | Anona Thorne & Takao Tanabe * | Mark Tindle & Leslie Cliff | Dr Carol Tsuyuki * | Fran Watters | Lorna Yeates | Gordon W. Young * | Three Anonymous Supporter.
n Patrons ($500-$999): Alan & Elizabeth Bell * | Andrea Bertram | Buntain Insurance * | Christina Burridge | Andrew J A Campbell * | Lorene De Silva | Lorea DeClercq & Michael Winters | David Gordon Duke | Virginia Evans * | Martin Ferera | Nancy & David Fraser | Michael Fuhrmann | Andrew Fyson | Andrew Gay | Patrick Gilligan-Hackett * | A donation in memory of Barbara Godard | Sherrill Grace | Ronald Hagler * | Winifred Hall | Martha Hazevoet * | Diana Herbst | Heather & Bill Holmes | Joseph & Jeanette Jones | A donation in honour of Sharon Kahn | Joy & Tasos Kazepides | Harold Knutson * | Michael Kobald * | Paula Kremer | Evelyn Leaf * | John C. Leighton * | Ursula Litzcke | Susanne Lloyd * | Graeme & Paddy Macleod * | Marta & Nicolas Maftei * | Bill Markvoort | Barbara Moon | Geoffrey Newman | Hans-Karl & Irene Piltz * | Meredith Quartermain | Tim & Janet Rendell | Peter & Kay Richards | Mary Roberts | Peter & Elfriede Rohloff | Rick Sawatzky | Allan Sawchuk | Elaine Sawyer, in memory of John, a true Handelfreak * | John Schreiner * | Johanna Shapira | Karen Shuster * | James & Jean Simpson * | Fumiko Suzuki | Tom & Margaret Taylor | David & Susan Van Blarcom | James Walsh * | Gwyneth & Roy Westwick * | Matthew White & Catherine Webster | Michael Stevenson & Jan Whitford | Dr. James Whittaker * | Karen Wilson * | Jane & Michael Woolnough * | A donation in memory of Rosemary Wright | Two Anonymous Patrons.
n Friends ($100-$499): Pernilla Ahrnstedt | Jill Bain | Patricia & Robert Baird * | Denise Ball | Sarah Ballantyne * | Janet Becker | A donation in memory of Becky | Richard Beecher | Jeremy Berkman & Sheila McDonald * | Richard Bevis | Patricia Birch | Joost Blom | Lesley Bohm | Janine Bond * | Valerie Boser & Patrick Tivy | Norma Boutillier | Gary & Natalie Boychuk | Jane Bracken & Fred Stockholder | Paul & Joyce Bradley | Donna Brendon | Nonie Brennan | Gordon Briggs | Mary Brown * | Karl Brunner * | Pille Bunnell | Lawrence & Maggie Burr | Jessica Campbell | Claire Carbert | David Chercover * | A donation in memory of Chloe | Marylin Clark * | Peter & Hilde Colenbrander | Gillian & Mike Collins * | Michael Collins * | Ron Costanzo * | Cull Family Fund * | Shelagh Davies * | Tony Dawson | Dr Gaelan de Wolf * | Marc Destrubé & Anna Goren * | Beatrice Donald | Carolyn Eckel * | Susan Edwards | Josine Eikelenboom * | Patricia Evans | David Fallis & Alison Mackay * | Keith Farquhar & Koji Ito * | A donation in memory of Eve Farson * | Marguerite Fauquenoy & Bernard Saint-Jacques * | Alex Fisher & Lisa Slouffman * | Irene Fritschi-Nelin | Hannah & Ian Gay | Arlene Gladstone * | Elizabeth Grace | A donation in memory of Catherine Graf | Paul Gravett & Mark Hand * | Gordon & Kathleen Gray * | Dr Beverley Green * | Patricia Grindlay | Elizabeth Guilbride * | Penelope & Lyman Gurney * | Mark Halpern | Elizabeth & Keith Hamel * | Dr. Evelyn J. Harden * | Don Harder * | David Harvey | Norbert & Jutta Haunerland | William M Hay * | Beth & Robert Helsley | The Henkelman Family * | Sally Hermansen | William Herzer * | Ada Ho & Doug Vance * | Barry Honda & Valerie Weeks * | Ralph Huenemann & Deirdre Roberts * | Ron Jobe | France-Emmanuelle Joly | Valerie Jones | Patrick Jordan * | Douglas & Karen Justice | Dr. Stanislava Jurenka * | Lars & Anne Kaario * | Lynn Kagan * | Hanna & Anne Kassis * | Susan Kessler * | Mira Keyes | Judy Killam * | Barbara Kops | Dalton Kremer | Peter Kwok * | Nicholas Lamm * | M. C. Lansdorp | Janet & Derwyn Lea | Marlene LeGates | David Lemon * | Cindy Leung * | Audrey Lieberman | Steven Lo | Leslie Loving * | Janet Lowcock | E. J. Makortoff * | Catherine Manning * | Emil Marek | Patrick May | Ulrike McCrum * | Glenys McDonald * | James McDowell | Ray McGinnis | William McKellin | Peter Mercer | Bill Meyerhoff | Christi Meyers | Michael Millard | Jocelyn Morlock, In memory of Nikolai Korndorf | Yolaine Mottet | Linda Mueller | Alfred & Jennifer Muma * | Sarah Munro | Lee Napier | Peter & Roma Nemetz | Sharon Newman | Christine Nicolas | Heather Nichol | Wilfried Ortlepp | Julie Ovenell | Stephen Partridge * | Elizabeth Paterson * | Jocelyn Peirce | JoAnn Perry | Randall Peterman & Judith Anderson | David Phillips & Margo Metcalfe * | Anne Piternick * | Jocelyn Pritchard * | Dr. Rebecca Raglon | Dr Patricia Rebbeck | Margot Richards | Kathleen Rittenhouse | Marika Roe | Rhona Rosen * | Selma Savage * | Erna Schaefer | Iris Schindel | Wendy Scholefield | Verna Semotuk * | Shirley Sexsmith | Leah Skretkowicz | Colleen Smith | Alison Stockbrocks | David & Lorraine Stuart | David & Eileen Tamblin * | Takeshi & Izumi Tanahara | Agnes Tao | A donation in memory of Becky Tarbotton | Lynne Taylor * | Kathy Thomas | Douglas Todd * | Ron Toews * | Grant Tomlinson * | Trevor & Rebecca Tunnacliffe * | Vancouver Viols * | Urban Impact Recycling * | Rika Uto | Helena Van der Linden | Elinor Vassar | Leah Verdone | Nicholas Voss * | Barbara M Walker * | Gale Walker | A donation in memory of Ulli Walker | Heddi & Tony Walter | Norma Wasty | Jim Wearing * | Joella Werlin | John & Hilde Wiebe | C & H Williams * | Elizabeth Wilson & Lauri Burgess | Audrey Winch * | Martha Wintemute | Fred Withers | Elizabeth Wolrige | Nancy Wong * | Dale & Ted Wormeli * | William J Worrall * | Reece Wrightman * | Elizabeth H. Yip | Colin Young | Beth Young | Jennifer & Kenneth Yule | George Zukerman | Twenty Anonymous Friends.
n Donors ($25-$99): Dr Frank Anderson | Yvonne Bachmann | G. Pat Blunden * | Edgar Bridwell | Janet Brynjolfsson * | Norma Chatwin * | Gillian Chetty | Vivien & Patrick Clarke | Abe Cohen | Bette Cosar * | A donation in memory of Daniel Craig | Greg Cross * | Bing Dai | Judith Davis * | Ute Davis | Jacqueline Day | Jan-Steyn de Beer | Maureen Douglas | Anne Duranceau | A donation in memory of Henry Elder | Ruth Enns * | Missy Follwell | Judith Forst | Kenneth Friedman * | Nancy Garrett * | Joe Gilling | Jolle Greenleaf | Ian Hampton & Susan Round * | Margaret & Murray Hendren | Elizabeth Hunter * | Sylwia Karwowska | Susan Jung Kemeny * | A donation in honour of Verna Semotuk | Robyn Kruger | Yolande LaFleur * | A donation in memory of Edgar Latimer | A donation in memory of Irene Leviton | Susan Lomax | Ketty & Alex Magil | Reva Malkin * | A donation in honour of the Markova Family | Anne Mathisen | Colleen Midmore | Colin Miles * | Marie Nagy | Henry Numan | Celia O’Neill | Danielle Papineau | Anna Pappalardo | Jane Perry | Hannelore Pinder * | Thomas Querner * | S. Reuter * | Martha Roth | Lyse Rowledge | Carole Ruth * | David Ryeburn * | Valerie Shackleton * | Juliet H. Simon * | Kathryn Simonsen | Cheryl Steinhauer * | The Stenberg Family * | Nicki Stieda | Gael Storey | Brian Sutherland | Mr. Ronald Sutherland * | Beverley Taylor | Teresa Vandertuin | Esther Vitalis | Eva Wilson | Nine Anonymous Donors.
Early Music Vancouver gratefully acknowledges our many contributors & donors, who play a vital role in supporting the well-being of our organisation, and ensuring our continuing success. Thank you!
* A Special Thank-You to our Loyal Long-Time DonorsThe names in these listings which are marked with an asterisk [*] indicate donors who have supported Early Music Vancouver annually for five years or more. Their loyal and ongoing generosity has been especially valued, and has helped ensure that we can plan our annual projects & seasons with confidence and with a solid sense of security. Thank you!
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We also gratefully acknowledhe the select group of donors that, in addition to their annual donations, has generously contributed to Early Music Vancouver’s Endowment Fund – which is administered by the Vancouver Foundation, and which currently stands at over 1.8 million dollars. Interest from this Fund will continue to support our performances & activities in perpetuity.
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n ($100,000+): The Drance Family Early Music Vancouver Fund.n ($20,000+): Vic & Joan Baker | Ralph Spitzer & Hisako Kurotaki | José Verstappen | Two Anonymous Donors.n ($5,000+): A donation in memory of Tom Blom | Frank & Helen Elfert | The Nemetz Foundation | Dr Katherine E Paton | Marcia Sipes | A donation in memory of Peter Wood.n ($2,500+): The RPC Family Foundation | Maurice & Tama Copithorne | Tony & Margie Knox | James C. & Wendy Russell | Anona Thorne & Takao Tanabe.n ($1,000+): A donation in memory of Mrs Betty Drance | Heather Franklyn | Marianne Gibson | Patrick Gilligan-Hackett | Dorothy Jantzen | Ottie Lockey & Eve Zaremba |
Susanne Lloyd | Greg Louis | Glenys McDonald | Dr Robert S Rothwell | Karen Shuster | Zelie & Vincent Tan | Lorna Weir | Four Anonymous Donors.n (up to $1,000): Evelyn Anderson | Alan & Elizabeth Bell | Meo Beo | Jeffrey Black & Mary Chapman | L & C Bosman | A donation in memory of C Y Chiu | Mary
Christopher | Gillian & Mike Collins | A donation in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs | Judith Davis | Jane Flick & Robert Heidbreder | Dr Val Geddes | Margot Guthrie | Mark Halpern | Linda Johnston | Peter Kwok | Elizabeth Lamberton | Rob Mayhew | Janette McMillan & Douglas Graves | Benjamin Milne | Alberto Mondani | Alfred & Jennifer Muma | Barbara Murray | Judith & Greg Phanidis | Connie Piper | Pam Ratner & Joy Johnson | Joan Rike | Elfriede & Peter Rohloff | David Ryeburn | Jo & Bob Tharalson | John Tulip | James Walsh | Fran Watters | Glenys Webster & Paul Luchkow | Five Anonymous Donors.
