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2021-2022 Season Together again!

Sti le A ntic o Friday, February 18, 2022 8pm | St. Paul Church, Cambridge

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Welcome Dear Friends, This evening, as we begin the second half of our 2021–2022 Season, we are delighted to welcome the luminous British vocal ensemble Stile Antico in their eagerly anticipated eleventh appearance with the Boston Early Music Festival. Firmly established as one of the most accomplished and sought-after Renaissance vocal groups in the world, with impeccable blend, intonation, and musicianship, this dynamic, self-directed ensemble of twelve singers made their North American début at the 2009 Festival to great critical acclaim. Tonight, they return to BEMF with an evocative program titled “Toward the Dawn: A Musical Journey from Evening to Sunrise.” The concert charts a musical course from twilight to dawn as reflected through sacred and secular works from ten of the finest Renaissance masters including Tallis, Monteverdi, Byrd, and Lassus, reaching its midpoint of deepest night with Allegri’s incomparable Miserere mei, and coming to a glorious conclusion at daybreak with the majestic Ave Dei Patris filia of John Taverner. We hope you will join us again exactly one week from tonight, at the same time and in this very same place, when we present the great Catalan viola da gambist Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations in a dazzling program of music written for the grand royal courts of France. These instrumental gems, spanning more 110 years, include works first performed in the early 17th century alongside later ones by Marais, Rameau, François Couperin, and Leclair. Thank you for joining us for tonight’s performance, whether you are here in person or attending virtually, and please accept our warmest wishes for health and prosperity in 2022!

Kathleen Fay Executive Director

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Ar t ist ic Lead er ship Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors Gilbert Blin, Opera Director Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director Melinda Sullivan, Lucy Graham Dance Director

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M ember s of t he B E M F Cor p oration Jon Aaron Debra K.S. Anderson Kathryn Bertelli Mary Briggs Diane Britton Douglas M. Brooks Gregory E. Bulger Julian G. Bullitt Deborah Ferro Burke John A. Carey Anne P. Chalmers Bernice K. Chen Joel I. Cohen David Cook† Brit d’Arbeloff Vivian Day Mary Deissler Peter L. DeWolf JoAnne W. Dickinson Richard J. Dix Alan Durfee Michael Ellmann Peter L. Faber Emily C. Farnsworth Dorothy R. Fay Kathleen Fay John Felton Frances C. Fitch Claire Fontijn Randolph J. Fuller James A. Glazier Marty Gottron Carol A. Haber David Halstead

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George L. Hardman Ellen T. Harris Richard Hester Jessica Honigberg Jennifer Ritvo Hughes Edward B. Kellogg Thomas F. Kelly Glenn A. KnicKrehm Christine Kodis John Krzywicki Kathryn Kucharski Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Ellen Kushner Christopher Laconi Lois A. Lampson Thomas G. MacCracken William Magretta Bill McJohn Miles Morgan Nancy Netzer Amy H. Nicholls James S. Nicolson Bettina A. Norton Scott Offen Lorna E. Oleck Henry P.M. Paap James M. Perrin Bici Pettit-Barron Amanda Pond Melvyn Pond Paul Rabin Christa Rakich Lee S. Ridgway Michael Rigsby

Douglas M. Robbe Michael Robbins Susan L. Robinson Patsy Rogers Wendy Rolfe-Dunham Loretto Roney Thomas Roney Ellen Rosand Valerie Sarles F. Williams Sarles† David W. Scudder Andrew Sigel Jacob Skowronek Arlene Snyder Jon Solins Robert Strassler Ganesh Sundaram Adrian C. Touw Peggy Ueda Donald E. Vaughan Ingeborg von Huene Nikolaus von Huene Howard J. Wagner Benjamin D. Weiss Ruth S. Westheimer Allan Winkler Hal Winslow Christoph Wolff Arnold B. Zetcher Ellen Zetcher † deceased

Boson Early Music Fesival 2 0 2 1 – 2 02 2 N a med G if t S pon sor sh ips Boston Early Music Festival extends sincere thanks to the following individuals for their leadership support of our 2021–2022 Season:

o David Halstead and Jay Santos

Sponsors of the October 2021 performance by the BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles

David M. Kozak and Anne Pistell

Sponsors of the February 2022 performance by Stile Antico

Susan L. Robinson

Sponsor of the March 2022 performance by Juilliard415 & Royal Early Music

Joan Margot Smith

Sponsor of the April 2022 performance by Carolyn Sampson, soprano, and Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

George L. Hardman

Sponsor of the restoration of BEMF’s 5-octave fortepiano by Robert Smith, Boston, 1984

Annemarie Altman

Sponsor of Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano, for his April 2022 performance with soprano Carolyn Sampson, in memory of Dave Cook

Amanda and Melvyn Pond

Partial Sponsors of Nina Stern, Director of Community Engagement, and the Engaging Communities program

o You can help make this list grow. For more information about investing in BEMF performances with a Named Gift, please email Kathleen Fay at kathy@bemf.org, or call the BEMF office at 617-661-1812. Your support makes a difference. Thank you.

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Boson Early Music Fesival

Presents

Stile Antico Toward the Dawn

A Musical Journey from Evening to Sunrise

Evening

“Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad” —Milton Draw on, sweet night Te lucis ante terminum Come, sable night Vigilate

John Wilbye (1574–1638) Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505–1585) John Ward (ca. 1589–1638) William Byrd (ca. 1540–1623)

Nightfall

“Through the spaces of the dark, midnight shakes the memory” —T. S. Eliot Toutes les nuitz Miserere mei In manus tuas Laboravi in gemitu meo

Orlande de Lassus (ca. 1532–1594) Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652) John Sheppard (ca. 1515–1558) Philippe Rogier (ca. 1561–1596)/ Thomas Morley (ca. 1557–1602)

Dawn

“The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness” —Shakespeare O nata lux Ecco mormorar l’onde Ave Dei Patris filia

Tallis Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) John Taverner (ca. 1490–1545)

The Boston Early Music Festival thanks David M. Kozak and Anne Pistell for their leadership support of tonight’s performance

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Live Concert Friday, February 18, 2022 at 8pm St. Paul Church in Harvard Square Bow and Arrow Streets, Cambridge, Massachusetts Virtual Concert Friday, March 4, 2022 – Friday, March 18, 2022 BEMF.org

S t il e A n t ic o Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey, soprano Emma Ashby, Cara Curran, Rosie Parker, alto Andrew Griffiths, Jonathan Hanley, Matthew Howard, tenor James Arthur, Simon Gallear, Nathan Harrison, bass This concert is organized with the cooperation of Knudsen Productions, LLC, exclusive North American artist representative of Stile Antico. Stile Antico records for Decca. Program subject to change. Ball Square Films & Kathy Wittman, Video Production Stephanie Rogers & Antonio Oliart Ros, Recording Engineers

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Boson Early Music Fesival 2021 Chamber Opera Series Named Gift Sponsorships Boston Early Music Festival extends sincere thanks to the following individuals and institutions for their leadership support of Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino:

Glenn A. KnicKrehm and Constellation Center Partial Production Sponsors

Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Partial Production Sponsors

Lorna E. Oleck Sponsor of Robert Mealy, Concertmaster, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Stage Co-Director, Laura Jeppesen, viola, and the Pre-Opera Video

Andrew Sigel Sponsor of Danielle Reutter-Harrah, Vespetta, and Amanda Forsythe, Ino

George L. Hardman Sponsor of Todd Williams and Nathanael Udell, natural horn

Bernice K. Chen Sponsor of Gilbert Blin, Stage Co-Director and Costume Co-Designer

John Felton and Marty Gottron Sponsors of Paul O’Dette, Artistic Co-Director

David Halstead and Jay Santos Sponsors of Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Co-Director

Susan L. Robinson Sponsor of Melinda Sullivan, Dance Director

Donald E. Vaughan and Lee S. Ridgway Sponsors of Douglas Williams, Pimpinone

Two Admirers Sponsors of Michael Sponseller, harpsichord 2 0 21–20 22 Seaso n

Boson Early Music Fesival Upcoming Concerts Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors

n Friday, February 25, 2022 8pm | St. Paul Church, Cambridge

Jordi Savall, director & Le Concert des Nations Les Fêtes Royales in Baroque Versailles n Saturday, March 26, 2022 8pm | First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Juilliard415 Paul Agnew, director

Music of C. P. E. Bach n Saturday, April 2, 2022 8pm | NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston

Carolyn Sampson, soprano & Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano Songs of Parting: Music by Mozart, Haydn, and others n Friday, April 29, 2022 8pm | St. Paul Church, Cambridge

Ensemble Correspondances Sébastien Daucé, director

Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri: Music of Buxtehude and Schütz

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PROGR A M Not e s

William Byrd

Engraving by Gerard van der Gucht, after a posthumous drawing by Nicola Francesco Haym (ca. 1729)

Tonight’s program charts a course from twilight to sunrise, echoing both the rhythms of church liturgy and the medieval experience of night, seductive and unsettling in equal measure. We begin with John Wilbye’s Draw on, sweet night, published in 1598 in the last years of Elizabeth I’s reign. The poet, wallowing in gloom, yearns for darkness to mirror his own inner state. Wilbye’s music perfectly captures the bittersweet quality of the text in chains of deliciously drawn-out dissonance. A similar poetic conceit underlies Come, sable night from the 1613 First Book of Madrigals by the Jacobean composer John Ward, whose outstanding music deserves to be much better known. Ward clothes his melancholy text in music of startling nuance and harmonic richness. Between these madrigals we sing one of two settings of Te lucis ante terminum by Thomas Tallis. The hymn sets a text for Compline, the final office of the monastic day, and is a prayer for God’s protection through the forthcoming night. The only remaining source for this hymn is the Cantiones Sacrae of 1575, the 2 021–20 22 Seaso n

pioneering publication which Tallis produced jointly with his one-time pupil William Byrd, under a monopoly on printed music granted by Elizabeth I. It seems that the Cantiones was intended not only for use in private homes, but also as a vehicle to showcase the best of English music to audiences abroad. Tallis was by then an “aged man” whose career had spanned no fewer than four monarchs and three changes of official religion, with all the musical upheaval which that entailed. The economy and elegance of his hymn—and its characteristic five-part texture—are typical of his Elizabethan works, suggesting that it may have been newly written for the Cantiones. Byrd served as a Gentleman of Elizabeth’s Chapel Royal, but nevertheless remained active in the undercover Catholic community. His music often expresses coded support for the Catholic cause—nowhere more than in his subversive 1589 Cantiones sacrae. Byrd was by now the sole holder of Elizabeth’s monopoly, Tallis having died some four years earlier. The texts he selected, while scrupulously Biblical, would have carried clear resonances for his persecuted Catholic friends. The superb Vigilate 11

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is a case in point, exhorting true believers to stay awake and prepare for the return of their judge. Byrd pulls out all the stops, depicting the crowing of the cockerel, the drooping head of the lethargic believer, and the sudden panic at the unexpected return of the master, in vivid madrigalian fashion. Night arrives, but our sleep is fitful at best. The luscious chanson Toutes les nuitz by Orlande de Lassus, first published in 1563, depicts a solitary lover with only a pillow to kiss; constantly shifting between minor and major, it sounds like a study in frustration. We mark the darkest watch of the night with the famous Miserere mei (ca. 1638) by Gregorio Allegri, written for the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week—the bleakest moment of the entire liturgical year. Few works have been the subject of so much myth-making; tradition relates that it was so jealously guarded that unauthorized copyists risked excommunication, that its famous ornaments were never notated, but solemnly passed from singer to singer, and that it was finally smuggled out of the Sistine Chapel in the head of the young Mozart. Though most of this is demonstrably untrue, it is clear that the work we have now is far from what Allegri wrote—and in particular, that the famous passage containing the soprano high Cs is a bizarre conflation of different editions and transpositions. The work, then, is inauthentic, but it is precisely its inauthenticity which has become its most enduring feature: this odd hybrid has a hypnotic beauty all of its own. A complete setting of the penitential Psalm 51, it is based on the plainchant tonus peregrinus. Two separate choirs, one of five voices and one of four, harmonize and elaborate the chant in falsobordone style, alternating with verses of unadorned plainchant. Only in the final psalm verse do the two choirs come together to close the work in satisfyingly monumental fashion.

the listener’s soul to God’s protection during the night. Despite this prayer, our sleep remains disturbed. The motet Laboravi in gemitu meo speaks of a bed washed with tears, strikingly painted in the falling melismas of the opening. The surviving English manuscripts attribute the music to Thomas Morley, but it is in fact almost entirely the work of Philippe Rogier, one of many Flemish composers who made their careers at the Spanish court in the later sixteenth century. The first glimmers of dawn are signalled by Tallis’s O nata lux, another motet from the 1575 Cantiones. The text, a hymn appropriate for the morning service of Lauds, describes Christ as “Light born of Light”; the crystalline simplicity of Tallis’s music conjures an atmosphere of freshness and renewal. Soon we sense nature stirring in the morning breeze, painted with exquisite poise by Monteverdi in Ecco mormorar l’onde from Il secondo libro de madrigali (1590). Our musical sunrise arrives in the shape of John Taverner’s immense Ave Dei Patris filia. Probably written during the 1520s, it is based on the Matins plainchant Te Deum, and its text praises the Virgin, who is compared both to the sun and the moon; Taverner relishes the words “ut sol”—“like the sun,” playing on their double meaning as the ascending fifth in the medieval hexachord. Like many largescale antiphons, it falls into two parts—the first in triple time, and the second in duple meter. Sections for solo singers (most thrillingly, for three high voices in the second part) alternate with monumental sections of polyphony for the full choir. The most remarkable music of all is reserved for the final Amen: a dazzling web of complex rhythmic and motivic interplay, leaving the listener bathed in golden light. n —Andrew Griffiths

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A r tist Prof il e

Stile Antico is firmly established as one of the world’s most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles. Working without a conductor, its twelve members have thrilled audiences on four continents with their fresh, vibrant, and moving performances of Renaissance polyphony. Its bestselling recordings have earned accolades including the Gramophone Award for Early Music, Diapason d’Or de l’Année, Edison Klassiek Award, and Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. The group has received three Grammy nominations, and performed live at the 60th Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden. Based in London, Stile Antico has appeared at many of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals. The group enjoys a particularly close association with Wigmore Hall, and has performed at the BBC Proms, Buckingham Palace, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Cité de la Musique, Luxembourg Philharmonie, and Leipzig Gewandhaus. Stile Antico is frequently invited to appear at Europe’s leading festivals: highlights include the Antwerp, Bruges, Utrecht, and York Early Music Festivals, the Lucerne Easter Festival, and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Since its 2009 North American début at the Boston Early Music Festival, Stile Antico has enjoyed frequent tours to the U.S. and Canada. The group performs regularly in Boston and New York, and has appeared at the Ravinia Festival, Washington’s National Cathedral and Library of Congress, Vancouver’s Chan Centre, and in concert series spanning twenty-five U.S. states. Stile Antico has also appeared in Mexico and Colombia, and in 2018 visited East Asia for the first time, performing in Korea, Macau, and Hong Kong. Stile Antico’s performances are often praised for their immediacy, expressive commitment, and their sensitive and imaginative response to text. These qualities arise from the group’s collaborative working style: members rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each contributing artistically to the musical results. The group is also noted for its compelling programming, which often draws out thematic connections between works to shine new light on Renaissance music. In addition to its core repertoire, Stile Antico has premiered works by Joanna Marsh, John McCabe, Nico Muhly, Giles Swayne, and Huw Watkins. The group’s diverse range of collaborators includes Fretwork, Folger Consort, Marino Formenti, B’Rock, Rihab Azar, and Sting. Alongside its concert and recording work, Stile Antico is passionate about sharing its repertoire and working style with the widest possible audience, and its masterclasses and workshops are much in 2 021–20 22 Seaso n

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demand. As well as leading regular courses at the Dartington International Summer School, the group has been resident at Zenobia Música, and is often invited to work alongside ensembles at universities, festivals, and early music forums. The support of the charitable Stile Antico Foundation has enabled Stile Antico to expand its work with younger people, and to offer bursaries to talented young professional singers and ensembles. The COVID-19 pandemic saw Stile Antico throw its energies into digital projects, producing a “virtual choir” recording of Tallis’s Spem in alium, a music film to mark the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage, and two series of lecture-recitals. The group also gave live-streamed concerts from Wigmore Hall and York Early Music Festival, created filmed recitals for Boston Early Music Festival, Live from London, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Laus Polyphoniae (Antwerp), and recorded and released its first recording for Decca Classics, marking 500 years since the death of Josquin. Stile Antico celebrated the return of live audiences by touring the UK with its new program Toward the Dawn, and looks forward to visiting Belgium, Finland, France, Holland, Ireland, Spain, and the United States during the 2021–2022 season. n

TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS Draw on, sweet night — Wilbye Draw on, sweet night, best friend unto those cares That do arise from painful melancholy. My life so ill through want of comfort fares, That unto thee I consecrate it wholly. Sweet night, draw on! My griefs when they be told To shades and darkness find some ease from paining, And while thou all in silence dost enfold, I then shall have best time for my complaining. —Anonymous

Te lucis ante terminum — Tallis Te lucis ante terminum, Rerum Creator poscimus, Ut solita clementia Sis praesul ad custodiam.

Before the ending of the day, Creator of the world, we pray, that with thy wonted favor thou wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

Procul recedant somnia, Et noctium phantasmata: Hostemque nostrum comprime, Ne polluantur corpora.

From all ill dreams defend our eyes, from nightly fears and fantasies; tread under foot our ghostly foe, that no pollution we may know.

Praesta pater omnipotens Per Jesum Christum Dominum Qui tecum in perpetuum Regnat cum Sancto Spiritu. Amen. —Compline hymn

O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ thine only Son, who, with the Holy Ghost and thee, doth live and reign eternally. Amen.

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Come, sable night — Ward Come, sable night, put on thy mourning stole, And help Amyntas sadly to condole. Behold, the sun hath shut his golden eye, The day is spent, and shades fair light’s supply. All things in sweet repose Their labours close; Only Amyntas wastes his hours in wailing, Whilst all his hopes do faint, and life is failing. —John Ward

Vigilate — Byrd Vigilate, nescitis enim quando Dominus domus veniat, sero an media nocte an gallicantu, an mane. Vigilate ergo, necum venerit repente, inveniat vos dormientes. Quod autem dico vobis omnibus dico: Vigilate. —Mark 13:35–37

Watch ye therefore for you know not when the lord of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning: Watch therefore, lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.

Toutes les nuitz — Lassus Toutes les nuitz que sans vous je me couche, Pensant à vous ne fay que sommeiller, Et en revant jusques au resveiller Incessament vous quiers parmi la couche, Et bien souvent au lieu de vostre bouche En soupirant je baise l’oreiller. —Anonymous

Every night that I sleep without you, Thinking of you makes me want only to slumber, So as to dream of you until awakening Seeking you incessantly in the bed, And often in place of your mouth With a sigh I kiss the pillow.

Miserere mei — Allegri Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy. According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies remove my transgressions.

Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me. Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: et peccatum meum contra me est semper.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquities, and cleanse me from my sin. I knowingly confess my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci:

Against Thee only have I sinned, and done evil before Thee:

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ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris. Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum: et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.

that they may be justified in Thy sayings, and might they overcome when I am judged. But behold, I was formed in iniquity: and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi. Asperges me hysopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.

Behold, Thou desirest truth in my innermost being: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, make me whiter than snow.

Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam: et exsultabunt ossa humiliata. Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: et omnes iniquitates meas dele.

Open my ears and make me hear of joy and gladness: and my bones that have been humbled shall rejoice. Turn away Thy face from my sins: and remember not all my misdeeds.

Cor mundum crea in me, Deus: et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis. Ne proiicias me a facie tua: et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God: and make anew a righteous spirit within my body. Do not cast me away from Thy presence: and take not Thy holy spirit from me.

Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui: et spiritu principali confirma me. Docebo iniquos vias tuas: et impii ad te convertentur.

Restore unto me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. I will teach those that are unjust Thy ways: and sinners shall be converted unto Thee.

Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meae: et exsultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam. Domine, labia mea aperies: et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.

Deliver me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness. O Lord, open my lips: and my mouth shall spring forth Thy praise.

Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem utique: holocaustis non delectaberis. Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus: cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies.

For Thou desirest no sacrifice, where others would: with burnt offerings Thou wilt not be delighted. Sacrifices of God are broken spirits: dejected and contrite hearts, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion: ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem. Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, oblationes, et holocausta: tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos. —Psalm 51

Deal favorably, O Lord, in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with small and large burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon your altar.

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In manus tuas — Sheppard Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth.

In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum. Redemisti me Domine, Deus veritatis. —Psalm 31:6

Laboravi in gemitu meo — Rogier/Morley Laboravi in gemitu meo; lavabo per singulas noctes lectum meum: lacrimis meis stratum meum rigabo. —Psalm 6:7

I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed and water my couch with my tears.

O nata lux — Tallis O Light born of Light, Jesus, redeemer of the world, With loving kindness deign to receive Supplicant praise and prayer. Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh For the sake of the lost, Grant us to be members Of thy blessed body.

O nata lux de lumine, Jesu redemptor saeculi, Dignare clemens supplicum Laudes precesque sumere. Qui carne quondam contegi Dignatus es pro perditis, Nos membra confer effici Tui beati corporis. —Anonymous

Ecco mormorar l’onde — Monteverdi Ecco mormorar l’onde e tremolar le fronde a l’aura mattutina e gli arboscelli, e sovra i verdi rami i vaghi augelli cantar soavemente e rider l’oriente. Ecco già l’alba appare e si specchia nel mare e rasserena il cielo e imperla il dolce gelo, e gli alti monti indora. O bella e vaga Aurora, L’aura è tua messaggera, e tu de l’aura ch’ogni arso cor ristaura. —Torquato Tasso

Here are the waves murmuring and the foliage quivering at the morning breeze; and the shrubs, and on the tree branches the pretty birds sing softly; and the east smiles. Here dawn appears and is reflected in the sea and brightens up the sky and beads the sweet ice and gilds the tall mountains. O beautiful and delightful dawn, the gentle breeze is your herald and you [are the herald] of the breeze which refreshes every burnt heart.

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Ave Dei Patris filia — Taverner Ave Dei Patris filia nobilissima, Dei filii mater dignissima, Dei Spiritus sponsa venustissima, Dei unius et trini ancilla subiectissima.

Hail, most noble daughter of God the Father, most worthy mother of the Son of God, most graceful bride of God’s Spirit, closest servant of God one and trine.

Ave summae aeternitatis filia clementissima, summae veritatis mater piissima, summae bonitatis sponsa benignissima, summae trinitatis ancillia mitissima.

Hail, most clement daughter of the highest Eternity, most blessed mother of the highest Truth, most benign bride of the highest Kindness, meekest servant of the highest Trinity.

Ave aeternae caritatis desideratissima filia, aeternae sapientiae mater gratissima, aeternae spirationis sponsa sacratissima, aeternae maiestatis ancilla sincerissima.

Hail, most beloved daughter of everlasting Charity, most thankful mother of everlasting Wisdom, most sacred bride of everlasting Inspiration, sincerest servant of everlasting Majesty.

Ave Jesu tui filii dulcis filia, Christi Dei tui mater alma, sponsa sine ulla macula, deitatis ancilla sessioni proxima.

Hail, sweet daughter of your son Jesus, bountiful mother of Christ, your God, bride without the slightest blemish, handmaid of the coming of the Lord.

Ave Domini filia singulariter generosa, Domini mater singulariter gloriosa, Domini sponsa singulariter speciosa, Domini ancilla singulariter obsequiosa.

Hail, most singularly generous daughter of the Lord, most singularly glorious mother of the Lord, most singularly beautiful bride of the Lord, most singularly obedient handmaid of the Lord.

Ave plena gratia solis regina, misericordiae mater, meritis praeclara, mundi domina, a patriarchis praesignata, imperatrix inferni, a profetis praeconizata.

Hail, queen of the sun, full of grace, mother of mercy, famous by her merits, mistress of the world, preordained by the patriarchs, empress of hell, foretold by the prophets.

Ave virgo facta ut sol praeelecta, mater intacta, sicut luna perpulcra, salve parens inclita, enixa puerpera, stella maris praefulgida, felix caeli porta: esto nobis via recta ad aeterna gaudia, ubi pax est et gloria.

Hail, virgin made as unique as the sun, mother unblemished, as beautiful as the moon, hail, famous begetter, diligent mother, splendid star of the sea, auspicious gate of Heaven: be for us a straight path to eternal joy, where peace and glory are.

O gloriosissima semper virgo Maria. Amen. —Votive antiphon

O most glorious and ever-virgin Mary. Amen.

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Aaron Sheehan in BEMF’s 2017 production of Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise Photo: Kathy Wittman

Boson Early Music Fesival International Baroque Opera • Celebrated Concerts • World-Famous Exhibition

The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is universally recognized as a leader in the field of early music. Since its founding in 1980 by leading practitioners of historical performance in the United States and abroad, BEMF has promoted early music through a variety of diverse programs and activities, including an annual concert series that brings early music’s brightest stars to the Boston and New York concert stages, and the biennial weeklong Festival and Exhibition, recognized as “the world’s leading festival of early music” (The Times, London). Through its programs BEMF has earned its place as North America’s premier presenting organization for music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and has secured Boston’s reputation as “America’s early music capital” (Boston Globe).

In ter nati onal Ba ro qu e O p e ra One of BEMF’s main goals is to unearth and present lesser-known Baroque operas performed by the world’s leading musicians armed with the latest information on period singing, orchestral performance, scenic design, costuming, dance, and staging. BEMF operas reproduce the Baroque’s stunning palette of sound by bringing together today’s leading operatic superstars and a wealth of instrumental talent from across the globe to one stage for historic presentations, all zestfully led from the pit by the BEMF Artistic Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, and creatively reimagined for the stage by BEMF Opera Director Gilbert Blin. 2 021–20 22 Seaso n

The twenty-first biennial Boston Early Music Festival in June 2021 took place virtually, and featured a video presentation of André Campra’s extraordinary Le Carnaval de Venise from the June 2017 Festival. The twenty-second Festival, in June 2023, will have as its centerpiece Henry Desmarest’s 1694 opera Circé from a libretto by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge, which will feature the Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company, a troupe of dancers under the guidance of BEMF Dance Director Melinda Sullivan. BEMF introduced its Chamber Opera Series during its annual concert season in 25

November 2008, with a performance of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis and MarcAntoine Charpentier’s Actéon. The series focuses on the wealth of chamber operas composed during the Baroque period, while providing an increasing number of local opera aficionados the opportunity to attend one of BEMF’s superb offerings. Subsequent annual productions include George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, combined performances of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, Monteverdi’s Orfeo, a double bill of Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, a production titled “Versailles” featuring Les Plaisirs de Versailles by Charpentier, Les Fontaines de Versailles by Michel-Richard de Lalande, and divertissements from Atys by Lully, and most recently Francesca Caccini’s Alcina, the first opera written by a woman. Acis and Galatea was revived and presented on a four-city North American Tour in early 2011, which included a performance at the American Handel Festival in Seattle, and in 2014, BEMF’s second North American Tour featured the Charpentier double bill from 2011. Danielle Reutter-Harrah in BEMF’s 2021 production of Telemann’s Pimpinone Photo: Kathy Wittman

BEMF has a well-established and highly successful project to record some of its groundbreaking work in the field of Baroque opera. The first three recordings in this series were all nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, in 2005, 2007, and 2008: the 2003 Festival centerpiece Ariadne, by Johann Georg Conradi; Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Thésée; and the 2007 Festival opera, Lully’s Psyché, which was hailed by BBC Music Magazine as “superbly realized…magnificent.” In addition, the BEMF recordings of Lully’s Thésée and Psyché received Gramophone Award Nominations in the Baroque Vocal category in 2008 and 2009, respectively. BEMF’s next three recordings on the German CPO label were drawn from its Chamber Opera Series: Charpentier’s Actéon, Blow’s Venus and Adonis, and a release of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, which won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the 2015 Echo Klassik Opera Recording of the Year (17th/18th Century Opera). Agostino Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, featuring Philippe Jaroussky and Karina Gauvin, which was released in January 2015 on the Erato/Warner Classics label in conjunction with a seven-city, four-country European concert tour of the opera, has been nominated for a Grammy Award, was named Gramophone’s Recording of the Month for March 2015, is the 2015 Echo Klassik World Premiere Recording of the Year, and has received a 2015 Diapason d’Or de l’Année and a 2015 Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Handel’s Acis and Galatea was released in November 2015. In 2017, while maintaining the focus on Baroque opera, BEMF expanded the recording project to include other select Baroque vocal works: a new Steffani disc, Duets of Love and Passion, was released in B os t on E ar ly Mus i c F est i val

September 2017 in conjunction with a sixcity North American tour, and a recording of Johann Sebastiani’s St. Matthew Passion was released in March 2018. Four Baroque opera releases followed in 2019 and 2020: a disc of Charpentier’s chamber operas Les Plaisirs de Versailles and Les Arts Florissants was released at the June 2019 Festival, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award; the 2013 Festival opera, Handel’s Almira, was released in late 2019, and received a Diapason d’Or. Lalande’s chamber opera Les Fontaines de Versailles was featured on a September 2020 release of the composer’s works; Christoph Graupner’s opera Antiochus und Stratonica was released in December 2020.

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Some of the most thrilling musical moments at the biennial Festival occur during one of the dozen or more concerts presented around the clock, which always include the acclaimed Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra led by Orchestra Director Robert Mealy, and which often feature unique, once-in-a-lifetime collaborations and programs by the spectacular array of talent assembled for the Festival week’s events. In 1989, BEMF established an annual concert series bringing early music’s leading soloists and ensembles to the Boston concert stage to meet the growing demand for regular world-class performances of

early music’s beloved classics and newly discovered works. BEMF then expanded its concert series in 2006, when it extended its performances to New York City’s Gilder Lehrman Hall at the Morgan Library & Museum, providing “a shot in the arm for New York’s relatively modest early-music scene” (New York Times).

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The nerve center of the biennial Festival, the Exhibition is the largest event of its kind in the United States, showcasing nearly one hundred early instrument makers, music publishers, service organizations, schools and universities, and associated colleagues. In 2013, Mozart’s own violin and viola were displayed at the Exhibition, in their first-ever visit to the United States. Every other June, hundreds of professional musicians, students, and enthusiasts come from around the world to purchase instruments, restock their libraries, learn about recent musicological developments, and renew old friendships. For four days, they visit the Exhibition booths to browse, discover, and purchase, and attend the dozens of symposia, masterclasses, and demonstration recitals, all of which encourage a deeper appreciation of early music, and strengthen relationships between musicians, participants, and audiences. n

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Music by Henry Desmarest (1661–1741) Libretto by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge (1650–1718)

CHAMBER OPERA: Alcina Music by Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1641) Libretto by Ferdinando Saracinelli (d. 1640)

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