Chor Leoni & Friends concert program (March 23, 2013)

CHOR LEONI & FRIENDS Erick Lichte, Artistic Director

Saturday, March 23, 2013 | 7:30pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC 6265 Crescent Rd, UBC, Vancouver

Chor Leoni Men’s Choir Honorary Patrons: Mario Bernardi Judith Forst Martha Lou Henley Brett Polegato Wayne Riddell Robert Sund Bramwell Tovey Patrick Wedd 949 West 49th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 2T1 Canada telephone: 604.263.7061 fax: 604.263.7063

Erick Lichte Artistic Director

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Chor Leoni and Friends Saturday, March 23, 2013 Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation

Erick Lichte, Artistic Director Shelagh Rogers, host Robert Sund, guest conductor Mariateresa Magisano, soprano Brett Polegato, baritone Ken Cormier, piano Violin: Cam Wilson, Yuel Yawney, Evelyn Creaser, Andrea Siradze Viola: Henry Lee, Reg Quiring Cello: Finn Manniche, Brian Mix Guitar: Keith Sinclair Double Bass: Laurence Mollerup Percussion: Michael Soderling

Programme Ave Maris Stella 8 ....................................................................plainchant, arr. Diane Loomer* Cantique de Jean Racine 8 ....................................................Gabriel Fauré, arr. K. Lee Scott Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D.714 .............................................. Franz Schubert Winter ................................................................................................................... Robert Sund Chor Leoni 20th Anniversary commission, world premiere (Commissioned through the generous support of Jeff Mooney and Suzanne Bolton) 5 Ways to Kill a Man ............................................................................................. Bob Chilcott Co-commissioned by Orphei Drängar and Chor Leoni Varjele, Jumala, Soasta 8 ..................................................................................... Veljo Tormis Last Letter Home ..................................................................................................... Lee Hoiby Goin’ Home 8 ....................................................................Antonin Dvoràk, arr. Diane Loomer* INTERMISSION Ständchen, D.920 8 ..........................................................................................Franz Schubert from Songs of the Sea ...................................................................... Charles Villiers Stanford Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain Homeward bound The Old Superb Trinque l’amourette 8 ......................................................Québec folksong, arr. Guy Isabelle* Wedding Qawwali (from Bombay Dreams) .........................A.R. Rahman, arr. Ethan Sperry Spaseniye Sodelal 8 .................................................Pavel Chesnokov, arr. Vladimir Morosan Loch Lomond 8 .........................................................Scottish traditional, arr. Jonathan Quick* 8

recorded by Chor Leoni | * Canadian composer/arranger

Martha Lou Henley ~ Honorary Life Member On the occasion of Chor Leoni’s 20th anniversary, the choir is proud to recognize Martha Lou Henley (“Louie”) as an Honorary Life Member. A wonderful friend of Chor Leoni from the very beginning, Louie is the first individual to receive this award. In addition to providing meaningful annual financial support, her many acts of kindness include bringing cookies and cakes to rehearsals, working tirelessly to compile the Chor Leoni Archives and documenting our annual Bard show dress rehearsals with great photographs. When Louie first became a Chor Leoni supporter and realized the extent of Diane’s preparation for the choir’s weekly Wednesday night rehearsals, a fully prepared dinner would magically appear on the Loomers’ doorstep every Wednesday. We honour this kind and generous woman for the extraordinary contribution she has made to Chor Leoni Men’s Choir. Thank you, Louie, from the bottom of our hearts!

Welcome to Chor Leoni and Friends, our twentieth anniversary celebration for Vancouver’s magnificent singing lions. Tonight is a time where we can look back on the choir’s tremendous achievements and sing for you some of the choir’s most loved music. We are so grateful to be surrounded by Chor Leoni’s good friends – Shelagh Rogers, Robert Sund, Mariateresa Magisano, Brett Polegato, our amazing string players and, most importantly, you – our loving and supportive audience.

As we celebrate the accomplishments of Chor Leoni we are, in the same breath, celebrating the dedication, passion, vision, and artistry of Diane Loomer. This night was to be her victory lap – a chance for her to take Chor Leoni out for one last spin conducting her favourite music with her favourite men, surrounded by her favourite friends. It pains us all that she did not get the chance to bask, just one more time, in the glow of this choir and the love that you, our Vancouver audience, have freely given to Chor Leoni for twenty years.

No, tonight will not be Diane’s victory lap, but nor will it be a mourning for her loss. Rather, it is our hope that tonight will be a celebration and culmination of everything she believed in, achieved, and loved. Though she is physically not with us tonight, Diane’s spirit and her legacy will live on in the reverberations of the graceful, powerful, and loving singing of the men of Chor Leoni. It will also live on in the future work of this amazing choir. Tonight we look back so that we may see, with fullest clarity, our way forward.

I am truly ecstatic to be the new Artistic Director of Chor Leoni. I cannot wait to share a lifetime’s worth of musical moments with you. Thank you for being one of Chor Leoni’s good old friends.

I personally look forward to being one of your new friends very soon!

Erick Lichte, Artistic Director

Texts and Translations Ave Maris Stella music and text: plainchant, arr. Diane Loomer Ave, maris stella, Dei mater alma, atque semper virgo, felix caeli porta.

Hail, Star of the Sea, loving Mother of God, and Virgin immortal, heaven’s blissful portal!

Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Evae nomen.

Amen.

Receiving that “Ave” from the mouth of Gabriel, reversing the name of “Eva,” establish us in peace.

Amen.

Cantique de Jean Racine music: Gabriel Fauré, arr. K. Lee Scott text: Jean Racine Verbe égal au Très-Haut, notre unique espérance, Jour éternel de la terre et des cieux; De la paisible nuit nous rompons le silence, Divin Sauveur, jette sur nous les yeux!

Répands sur nous le feu de ta grâce puissante, Que tout l’enfer fuie au son de ta voix; Dissipe le sommeil d’une âme languissante, Qui la conduit à l’oubli de tes lois!

O Christ, sois favorable à ce peuple fidèle Pour te bénir maintenant rassemblé.

Reçois les chants qu’il offre à ta gloire immortelle, Et de tes dons qu’il retourne comblé!

Word, equal to the Almighty, our only hope, Eternal light of the earth and the Heavens; We break the peaceful night’s silence, Divine Saviour, cast your eyes upon us!

Spread the fire of your mighty grace upon us May the entire hell flee at the sound of your voice; Disperse from any slothful soul the drowsiness Which induces it to forget your laws!

Oh Christ, look with favour upon this faithful people Which has now gathered to bless you.

Receive its singing, offered to your immortal glory, And may it leave with the gifts you have bestowed upon it!

Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D.714 music: Franz Schubert text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Des Menschen Seele Gleicht dem Wasser: Vom Himmel kommt es, Zum Himmel steigt es, Und wieder nieder Zur Erde muß es, Ewig wechselnd.

The soul of man is like the water: it comes from heaven, it returns to heaven, and down again to earth must go, ever changing.

Strömt von der hohen, Steilen Felswand Der reine Strahl, Dann stäubt er lieblich In Wolkenwellen Zum glatten Fels, Und leicht empfangen, Wallt er verschleiernd, Leisrauschend Zur Tiefe nieder.

When from the high, sheer wall of rock the pure stream gushes, it sprays its lovely vapour in billowing clouds towards the smooth rock, and lightly received, it goes enshrouded, softly hissing down to the deep.

Ragen Klippen Dem Sturz entgegen, Schäumt er unmutig Stufenweise Zum Abgrund.

Cliffs tower, opposing its fall.

Annoyed, it foams step by step into the abyss.

Im flachen Bette Schleicht er das Wiesental hin, Und in dem glatten See Weiden ihr Antlitz Alle Gestirne.

In a flat bed it slinks down the grassy vale, and in the waveless lake all the stars feast on their likeness.

Wind ist der Welle Lieblicher Buhler; Wind mischt vom Grund aus Schäumende Wogen.

Wind is the wave’s handsome suitor; wind stirs up from the depths foaming billows.

Seele des Menschen, Wie gleichst du dem Wasser!

Schicksal des Menschen, Wie gleichst du dem Wind!

Soul of man, how like to the water!

Fate of man, how like to the wind!

Winter music: Robert Sund text: Bjarni Thorarensen, trans. Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Who rides with such fury A fiery charger – Through the high heavens A horse snow-coloured?

The mighty steed From his mane tosses Frozen flakes That flutter earthward.

The strong are strengthened When his step approaches; The soft Earth grows firm In his fierce embraces, The tears she wept Are turned to diamonds And her mourning garb To a mantle of ermine.

Glowing glitters His gray armour; On his shoulder there hangs A shield ice-covered; On his head he wears The helm of terror – The fearful Aegis’ Frosty helmet.

’Tis not truly said That when Summer approaches Winter flees To the frozen Northland: He broods in the heavens While humble Spring Leads Summer in Through sunlit meadows.

He comes from the hoary Haunts of Midnight Where the world-force flows From the well eternal; Where restless seas Roar in breakers On shores without Spring And Summer-less rocks.

’Tis in his hands The earth turns daily, In his powerful grasp The poles are twirling; And he leaves, E’en a little moment, Naught of earth That’s near to heaven.

He knows not of age Though the oldest gods Were his playmates ere The earth was fashioned; The last world will die And desolation Veil the suns Ere his way is ended.

’Tis therefore we see While Summer lingers The mountains still wear The Winter’s livery; ’Tis therefore we see That Summer melts not Heaven’s hoar-frost From the Head of Age.

5 Ways to Kill a Man music: Bob Chilcott text: Edwin Brock There are many cumbersome ways to kill a man.

You can make him carry a plank of wood to the top of a hill and nail him to it.

To do this properly you require a crowd of people wearing sandals, a cock that crows, a cloak to dissect, a sponge, some vinegar and one man to hammer the nails home.

Or you can take a length of steel, shaped and chased in a traditional way, and attempt to pierce the metal cage he wears.

But for this you need white horses, English trees, men with bows and arrows, at least two flags, a prince, and a castle to hold your banquet in.

Dispensing with nobility, you may, if the wind allows, blow gas at him. But then you need a mile of mud sliced through with ditches, not to mention black boots, bomb craters, more mud, a plague of rats, a dozen songs and some round hats made of steel.

In an age of aeroplanes, you may fly miles above your victim and dispose of him by pressing one small switch. All you then require is an ocean to separate you, two systems of government, a nation’s scientists, several factories, a psychopath, and land that no-one needs for several years.

These are, as I began, cumbersome ways to kill a man.

Simpler, direct, and much more neat is to see that he is living somewhere in the middle of the twentieth century, and leave him there.

Varjele, Jumala, Soasta music: Veljo Tormis; text: Kanteletar II: 323, 326 Varjele, vakainen Luoja, kaitse, kaunoinen Jumala

Protect us, steadfast Creator, protect, beautiful God.

kavioista vainovarsain, sorkista sotahevosten, rauan valkian varasta, terän tuiman tutkaimesta, tykin suuren suun e’estä, rautakirnujen kiasta, suurilta sotakeoilta, uron tappotanterilta, varjele vahingon teiltä, kaitse kaikista pahoista!

From the hooves of enemy foals, from the cloven hooves of war horses, from the fire of the iron, from the harsh point of the blade, from the front of the large mouth of the cannon, from the mouth of churning iron, from the large war fields, from the killing fields of the hero, protect us from the roads of harm, protect us from all evils!

Last Letter Home music: Lee Hoiby text: Jesse Givens I searched all my life for a dream and I found it in you. I would like to think I made a positive difference in your lives. I will never be able to make up for the bad. I am so sorry. The happiest moments in my life all deal with my little family. I will always have with me the small moments we all shared. The moments when you quit taking life so serious and smiled. The sounds of a beautiful boy’s laughter or the simple nudge of a baby unborn. You will never know how complete you have made me. You opened my eyes to a world I never dreamed existed.

Dakota, you are more son than I could ever ask for. You have a big beautiful heart. I will always be there in our park when you dream, so we can still play. I hope some day you will have a son like mine. I love you Toad. I will always be there with you. I’ll be in the sun, shadows, dreams, and joys of your life.

Bean, I never got to see you but I know in my heart you are beautiful.

I have never been so blessed as I was on the day I met Melissa Dawn Benfield. You are my Angel, soulmate, wife, lover, and best friend. I am so sorry. I did not want to have to write this letter. There is so much more I need to say. So much more I need to share. A lifetime’s worth. I married you for a million lifetimes. That’s how long I will be with you. Please find it in your heart to forgive me for leaving you alone.

Do me one favor, after you tuck the children in, give them hugs and kisses from me. Go outside and look at the stars, and count them. Don’t forget to smile.

Ständchen, D.920 (Serenade) music: Franz Schubert text: Franz Grillparzer Zögernd leise in des Dunkels nächt’ger Hülle sind wir hier; und den Finger sanft gekrümmt, leise, leise, pochen wir an des Liebchens Kammertür.

Doch nun steigend, schwellend, schwellend, hebend mit vereinter Stimme, laut rufen aus wir hochvertraut: schlaf’ du nicht, wenn der Neigung Stimme spricht!

Sucht’ ein Weiser nah’ und ferne Menschen einst mit der Laterne; wie viel seltner dann als Gold Menschen, uns geneigt und hold?

Drum, wenn Freundschaft, Liebe spricht: Freundin, Liebchen, schlaf du nicht!

Aber was in allen Reichen wär dem Schlummer zu vergleichen?

Drum statt Worten und statt Gaben sollst du nun auch Ruhe haben.

Noch ein Grüßchen, noch ein Wort, es verstummt dir frohe Weise, leise, leise, schleichen wir uns wieder fort!

Hesitantly quiet in the dark of the night’s stillness, we are here, and, our fingers softly bent, gently, gently we knock at the beloved’s chamber door.

And now growing, swelling, swelling, with one combined voice, loudly we call with confidence; don’t sleep when the voice of love speaks!

A wise man once looked near and far with a lantern for true human beings; how much more rare than gold are those people whom we like and find lovely?

So, when friendship and love speaks, my friend - my love - don’t sleep!

But what if all the riches could be as valuable as sleep?

So instead of words and instead of gifts you should now also have rest.

Just one more greeting, one more word; then our merry song for you falls silent.

Quietly, quietly, we steal away, yes we steal away again! from Songs of the Sea music: Charles Villiers Stanford; text: Henry John Newbolt Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain Drake, in the North Sea grimly prowling, Treading his dear Revenge’s deck, Watch’d, with the sea-dogs round him growling, Galleons drifting wreck by wreck.

“Fetter and Faith for England’s neck, Faggot and Father, Saint and chain, Yonder the Devil and all go howling, Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain!”

Drake at the last, off Nombre lying, Knowing the night that toward him crept, Gave to the sea-dogs round him crying This for a sign before he slept: “Pride of the West! What Devon hath kept Devon shall keep on tide or main; Call to the storm and drive them flying, Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain!”

Valour of England gaunt and whitening, Far in a Southland brought to bay, Locked in a death-grip all day tight’ning, Waited the end in twilight gray.

Battle and storm and the sea-dog’s way!

Drake from his long rest turn’d again, Vict’ry lit thy steel with lightning, Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain!

Homeward Bound After long lab’ring in the windy ways, On smooth and shining tides Swiftly the great ship glides, Her storms forgot, her weary watches past; Northward she glides and thro’ th’ enchanted haze Faint on the verge her far hope dawns at last.

The phantom skyline of a shadowy down, Whose pale white cliffs below, Thro’ sunny mist a-glow, Like noonday ghosts of summer moonshine gleam – Soft as old sorrow, bright as old renown, There lies the home of all our mortal dream.

The Old Superb The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue, The Straits before us open’d wide and free; We look’d towards the Admiral, where high the Peter flew, And all our hearts were dancing like the sea.

The French are gone to Martinique with four-and-twenty sail, The Old Superb is old and foul and slow; But the French are gone to Martinique, and Nelson’s on the trail, And where he goes the Old Superb must go.

So Westward Ho! for Trinidad, and Eastward Ho! for Spain, And “Ship Ahoy!” a hundred times a day; Round the world, if need be, and round the world again With a lame duck lagging, lagging all the way.

The Old Superb was barnacled and green as grass below, Her sticks were only fit for stirring grog; The pride of all her midshipmen was silent long ago, And long ago they ceased to heave the log, Four year out from home she was, and ne’er a week in port, And nothing save the guns aboard her bright; But Captain Keats he knew the game, and swore to share the sport, For he never yet came in too late to fight.

“Now up, my lads,” the Captain cried, “for sure the case were hard If longest out were first to fall behind; Aloft, aloft with studding sails, and lash them on the yard, For night and day the trades are driving blind.”

So all day long and all day long behind the fleet we crept, And how we fretted none but Nelson guessed; But ev’ry night the Old Superb she sailed when others slept, ‘Til we ran the French to earth with all the rest.

Trinque l’amourette music and text: Quebec folk song, arr. Guy Isabelle M’en revenant d’chez l’boulanger, (Ah! Trinque l’amourette nous irons danser) Dans mon chemin j’ai rencontré, Son petit Ti-Louis, son joli gabarit, Marie glouton, lurette maluron, Trinque l’amourette, maluron lurette, Nous irons danser, maluron luré.

Trois cavalières fort bien montées, Deux sont à cheval et l’autre à pied.

Celle d’à pied m’a demandé Où irons-nous ce soir coucher. “À la maison d’accoutumé.”

Tu as menti, franc cavalier!

Nous coucherons dans l’poulailler; Les coqs, les poules vont chier su toé!

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On the way home from the bakery, (A toast to love and let’s go dance) On my way I met, His son Ti-Louis, his happy rolly-polly, Marie my longtime rotund love, A toast to love, to longtime lovers, Let’s go dancing, longtime love.

Three well-heeled gentlemen, Two on horses and the other on foot.

The one on foot asked me Where we were going to sleep tonight.

“At the house we usually do,” You lied to the honest gentleman.

We will sleep in the chicken house Where the cocks and hens will …. on your head.

Wedding Qawwali music: A.R. Rahman, arr. Ethan Sperry Mubaraqa!

Sohna mera sohna, maahi sohna Mera rang de lalaariya Rang de dupatta mera, rang de lalaariya Mere hathon me laga de rang mehendi lalaariya Mil gaya, mujhe mil gaya Rahmaton ka rang khil gaya Sab galemileshagun manye e Sajna ke geetsunaye e Paraji Pera Liya Congratulations!

My darling is like gold.

Colour me red, colour my veil in red, apply red henna to my palms.

I have found all my prayers are blooming in colour.

Let’s all embrace and follow the rituals.

Let’s sing songs for my beloved, with our scarves flowing under our legs.

Spaseniye sodelal music: Pavel Chesnokov, arr. Vladimir Morosan text: Psalm 74:12 Spaseniye sodelal yesi posrede zemli, Bozhe.

Alliluiya, alliluiya, alliluiya.

Salvation is created in the midst of the earth, O God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

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Erick Lichte Artistic Director

Now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, Vancouver’s Chor Leoni Men’s Choir was founded in 1992 by Artistic Director Diane Loomer, C.M. The choir is regarded as a leader in the Canadian male choir movement, and acts as mentor and inspiration to choirs worldwide.

Whether it is a somber moment of reflection during a Remembrance Day performance or a joyful turn of comedic phrasing at a Summer Solstice show, Chor Leoni is renowned for reaching across the footlights and transforming the performance from ‘concert’ to ‘conversation.’ The “singing lions” live up to their name as they fearlessly move between musical genres, always aiming to communicate, engage, and entertain. Engendering tears of emotion, peals of laughter, and gasps of awe from their audiences, Chor Leoni prides itself on its ability to perform in many languages and styles, always sung with fresh energy and poise.

Chor Leoni is committed to fostering young composers, young male singers, and conductors.

PROMYS (PROgram for Mentoring Young Singers) invites talented singers from surrounding high schools to join with Chor Leoni in rehearsals and performances of their annual Remembrance Day concerts. MYVoice (Mobilizing Young men’s Voices) is a program that provides an opportunity for teenage boys across Metro Vancouver to come together in two all-male choirs to learn music, find their changed voices, develop their confidence, and nurture their interest and commitment to music and culture.

Chor Leoni has won many awards at the national and international level and represented Canada in the European Broadcasting Union’s Let the Peoples Sing international choral competition. In July 2012 the choir won a dozen awards at the 51st Concorso Internazionale di Canto Corale “Seghizzi” (Italy), including two Audience Favourite awards, a special prize for the Most Interesting Artistic Program, and 2nd place Grand Prix overall.

The choir has an extensive discography. Its Yuletide Fires CD was voted the Outstanding Choral Recording of 2004 by the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors, and won a Western Canadian Music Award as the 2004 Outstanding Classical Recording. Circle of Compassion, featuring repertoire from recent Remembrance Day performances, was the recipient of the 2008 National Choral Award for Outstanding Choral Recording given by the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors (ACCC), and its Healing Voices recording project, featuring music that focuses on healing and calming, also received the 2008 Outstanding Sponsorship Award from the ACCC.

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In the last ten years, Erick Lichte has carved out a distinct niche in the vocal music world and concert life in North America. The Washington Post has hailed the “audacity” of his programming, the Chicago Tribune has noted the “meticulous preparation” of his choirs and Fanfare magazine declared that he created and helmed “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States.”

As a founding member, singer and Artistic Director of the male vocal ensemble Cantus, Lichte created and sustained one of only two fulltime vocal ensembles in the United States. From 2000-2009, Lichte’s programming and artistic direction were heard in over sixty concerts a year in such venues as the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Merkin Hall, San Francisco Performances, Oregon Bach Festival, UCLA, and the Elora Festival. He has collaborated with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, the Boston Pops, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, the Minnesota Orchestra, the James Sewell Ballet, and poet Robert Bly. His work with Cantus garnered the 2009 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, the highest honour from the professional choral organization Chorus America. He has also been awarded major grants from Chamber Music America and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Lichte is also a champion of new music and has been a part of the creation of over fifty new works.

Composers Lichte has worked with include Lee Hoiby, Gavin Bryars, Steven Sametz, Edie Hill, Mary Ellen Childs, and Peteris Vasks. Lichte himself is an active arranger and composer whose music has been heard across the United States. He is especially known as a co-creator and musical arranger of the theatrical work All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, which has been broadcast nationally and has been presented in four national tours.

As a choral conductor, Lichte has served as guest chorus master for the professional chorus of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque as well as the Great River Chorale, and One Voice Mixed Chorus.

Lichte has also served on the faculty of Augsburg College and the University of Saint Catherine. He currently conducts the Portland State University Man Choir and University Choir, the Chancel Choir at Portland’s First United Methodist Church, and is Associate Conductor of the Oregon Repertory Singers.

Lichte is a graduate of St. Olaf College where he studied with the renowned choral conductor Dr. Anton Armstrong and is currently studying with Dr. Ethan Sperry at Portland State University. Lichte is an ardent audiophile and is a Contributing Editor for Stereophile magazine where he writes equipment reviews of high performance audio equipment.

Members of Chor Leoni First Tenors: Pete Chamberlain, Stephen Cropper, Rob Easton, Corey Hollett, Ken Hollett, Shaun Jackman, Tom Kidd, Mark MacDonald, Cliff Reinhardt, Hyo Shim, Gareth Simpson, Nick Sommer, Peter Spira, William Ting Second Tenors: Jordan Back, James Carter, Mike Cavaletto, Byron Hanson, Kyle Harland, Choji Hayashi, Bruce Hoffman, Ray Horst, Mike Jackman, Jim Knight, Rod Locke, Jason McArthur, Keith Sinclair, Ted Steiner, John Wyness Baritones: Joseph Anthony, Ryan Cho, Russell Cripps, Noel Hollett, Philip Jack, Paul Larocque, David Love, Greg Magirescu, Greg Martin, Rob McAllister, Greg Mohr, Les Nerling, Jonathan Oslund, Daniel Sheinin Basses: Douglas Au-Lange, Paul Birch, Stash Bylicki, Steve Castle, Michael Copley, Garth Edwards, James Emery, Ed Friesen, Doug Graeb, Barry Honda, Eric Kristensen, Dick Loomer, Kevin Louden, Chris Moore, Bob Rankin, Michael Soderling Alumni returning to join Chor Leoni for this concert: Rick Bennett, Peter Clark, Colin Cross, Anton Donkersloot, Tom Ellis, Ian Farthing, Gavin Grandish, Phil Grant, Michael Grice, Hussein Janmohamed, Brian Jones, Patrick Kwan, Andrew Lissimore, Greg Lypowy, Gerald Lyseng, Tim Mott, Art Newman, Jonathan Ng, Jean-Luc Perron, Jim Pow, Peter Rohloff, Ron Smail, Lyndon Surjik, Kyosti Sutela, Einer Teng, Mike Zastre 13

Shelagh Rogers, O.C., is a veteran broadcast-journalist with CBC Radio. Currently, she’s the host of, and a producer with, The Next Chapter, the program devoted to Canadian writing and writers.

Shelagh criss-crosses Canada trying to topple the stigma of mental illness. She is also a passionate activist for reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and serves as an Honorary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She is the first ever Ambassador-at-Large for the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough: she believes we are all in the same boat. As Shelley Ambrose, co-publisher of The Walrus magazine, says: “Think of her as Canada’s ear. Then add a brain, a heart...and a very recognizable voice. That’s Shelagh Rogers.”

Shelagh is honoured and deeply touched to be hosting this concert.

Robert Sund sings, plays, arranges, composes and conducts. His multifaceted gift has given him a prominent position both on the Swedish and the international scene. He was for many years artistic director and conductor of the mixed choir Allmänna Sången and the male choir Orphei Drängar (OD); the latter in many ways has been the role model for Chor Leoni. Since 2004 he has also directed the Robert Sund Chamber Choir.

As singer he has been a member of Eric Ericson’s Chamber Choir and the legendary Kvintetten Olsson. Robert has been a guest conductor all over the world, from Radio Choirs in Vienna and Stockholm to the Coro Nacional in Cuba, and he has also conducted the WYC 1994 and 1997. In 2008 he was awarded the Gustaf Adolf Medal in gold from Uppsala University for his important achievements as a choir leader, music creator and developer of choir traditions by the University of Uppsala. Robert is also a huge fan of NHL hockey!

A winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Mariateresa Magisano made her debut with the New York City Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, a role she repeated with Vancouver Opera and Opera Columbus.

Other roles she is particularly associated with include Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Micaëla (Carmen), and Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), and most recently she was part of the cast for the Quebec premiere of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Mariateresa is also an active concert soloist with such organizations as the Vancouver Recital Society, the Ottawa Chamber Music Society, I Musici de Montreal, and the CBC. For Chor Leoni Mariateresa was the soloist in the world premiere and subsequent recording of Rupert Lang’s Magnificat and guest artist for the Bard on the Beach show Music You Can’t Refuse.

Equally at ease in opera, concert, or recital, Brett Polegato appears regularly on the world’s most distinguished stages, including those of Lincoln Center, La Scala, the Concertgebouw, the Opéra National de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, the Teatro Real, Roy Thomson Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall. He sang in a concert performance of Ravel’s L’heure espagnole at the London BBC Proms, and can be heard as baritone soloist in the Grammy Awards’ Best Classical Recording of 2003, Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony (Telarc) with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Robert Spano. As a recitalist, Mr. Polegato appears frequently throughout North America and Europe, and is particularly noted for his programming choices and wide range of repertoire.

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Ken Cormier is a pianist equally at home in the classical, pop, and jazz genres. Upon completion of his classical studies at the UBC School of Music, his professional career began with three seasons as repetiteur with Vancouver Opera. He then moved into the world of professional music theatre, first with the Livent Company, and more recently with Vancouver’s Arts Club, in whose productions he continues to work regularly as keyboardist, arranger, and musical director. Ken has been with Chor Leoni since 1998. He makes his home in Burnaby with his wife Lisa and their two wonderful children.

Artistic Director: Erick Lichte

Librarian: Russell Cripps

Founder: Diane Loomer, C.M.

Archivist: Martha Lou Henley

Accompanist: Ken Cormier

Section Leaders: Mark MacDonald Byron Hanson Greg Martin Joseph Anthony Michael Soderling

Administrator: Bernice Slemko Production Manager: David Carpenter Communications: Bruce Hoffman

Erick Lichte Artistic Director

Board of Directors: Bob Rankin, President James Emery, Vice-President Marni Johnson, Treasurer Edward Chiasson, Secretary Members at Large: Lawrence Burr James Carter Andrew Clarke Christopher Gaze Paul Larocque Roderick Locke Rob McAllister Mary Watson

Honorary Patrons: Mario Bernardi, Judith Forst, Martha Lou Henley, Brett Polegato, Wayne Riddell, Robert Sund, Bramwell Tovey, Patrick Wedd

949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2T1 Canada tel: 604.263.7061 | fax: 604.263.7063 mail: admin@chorleoni.org | web: www.chorleoni.org

Bach Mass in B Minor ULTIMATE BAROQUE

8 pm Friday, March 29, 2013 Orpheum Theatre (Downtown) Shannon Mercer, soprano | Allyson McHardy, alto | Lawrence Wiliford, tenor | Brett Polegato, bass Vancouver Chamber Choir | Pacifica Singers | Vancouver Chamber Orchestra | Jon Washburn, conductor JS Bach’s towering choral masterpiece, the Mass in B minor, is one of the great monuments of all music, plumbing the depths of musical and spiritual experience for performers and audience alike. Conductor Jon Washburn leads the outstanding soloists, choirs and orchestra to present this musical highlight of the season.

1-855-985-ARTS (2787)

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Chor Leoni would like to thank its constellation of benefactors and friends.

Their generosity helps us shine!

This list acknowledges donations received up to March 2013. If you detect any errors or omissions, contact Bernice Slemko at 604.263.7061.

Governments and Agencies: Canada Council for the Arts; Metro Vancouver; City of Vancouver; We gratefully acknowledge the support of the District of West Vancouver through their 2012 Assistance Grant program Corporations: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP; CBC; CJS Engineering Ltd.; Charter Bus Lines of British Columbia; Contact Printing and Mailing Ltd.; Cypress Choral Music; Gem Chocolates, Health First Fitness Training, Iredale Group Architecture, Metrix Professional Insurance Brokers; Northwest Musical Services; Pacific Newspaper Group – The Vancouver Sun; Playboard; Royal Bank Financial Group; Telus; Tom Lee Music Endowment Fund Donors: $10,000 +: BC Arts Renaissance Fund, Government of Canada, Alix & Alan Brown, Dr. Lawrence & Mrs. Margaret Burr, Pete Chamberlain, Dick & Diane Loomer, 1 Anonymous $1,000 – $9,999: Bob & Anne Andrew, Dave Baker, Nancy Burke and Ian Telfer, Marnie Carter through Deux Mille Foundation, James & Leslie Carter, Edward & Dorothy Chaisson, James Emery and Rob McAllister, Charles & Lucille Flavelle, Doug Graeb, Evan & Janice Kreider, Rosy Lecky – In memoriam Harvey Wallace, John & Beatrice Love, R. W. McGraw, Art & Jan Newman, The Rix Family Foundation, Roydella Investments Ltd., Claire & Jamie Wright $100 – $999: Paul Birch, Madeline Bird – In memoriam Larry Scheibe, Joyce Borg & Stephen Cropper, Jamie Brehaut, Dr. & Mrs. Fred Bryans, AnnaLies Camfferman, Joyce Campkin, Vincent Carey and Ed Friesen, Ricardo Chauffeur, Stuart & Meg Clyne, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Jean Donaldson, David Emery, Ian Farthing, Janice Froese, Christopher & Jennifer Gaze, Rusty & Lindy Goepel, John & Cat Goheen, Paddy & June Gooderham, John & Christine Gould, Susan Harris, Peter & Sally Hatfield, Martha Hazevoet, Sholto & Shirley Hebenton, Rosemary Hildred, Bill & Heather Ireland, Mike Jackman, Jim Knight, David Love & Jim Harcott, Greg Lypowy and Christine Dipchand, Robert McCormack, Margo Maclaren, Joan McLeod, Peter Mercer and Ginger Shaw, David & Anne O’Brien, Nicholas & Sandra Phillips, Drs. Barrie & Sherrie Purves, Bob Rankin, Diane Ravelli, James Robertson, William Robertson, Larry Scheibe, Andrea Seale, Mel & Joan Shaw, Hyo Shim, Peter & Lynne Stanley, Laurence & Bev Turner, Mary Watson, 3 Anonymous To $99: Peter Arcus, Julie Backer, Rosemary Christie, Shirley Coolidge, Sandy Jakab, Doug & Miriam Pratt, Wendy Reid, Jane Srivastava, 1 Anonymous Diane Loomer Commissioning Fund Donors: Bob & Anne Andrew, Karen & Ron Andrews, Joseph Anthony, Douglas Au-Lange, Jordan Back, John Beatty, Linda Beaupre, Pamela Bell-Irving, Rick & Lorraine Bennett, Paul Birch, Dick & Val Bradshaw, Larry & Maggie Burr, Government of Canada, Vincent Carey and Ed Friesen, David and Karen Carlson, James Carter, Steve Castle, Mike Cavaletto and Jason McArthur, Emily Chamberlain, Pete Chamberlain, Ted & Dorothy Chiasson, Grace Chiu, Ryan Cho, Barbara Clark, Andrew Clarke, Paul Cobban, Shirley Coolidge, Ken & Lisa Cormier, Tony & Jane Davies, Janet Davis, Margaret & Elie Debbane, Debbie Decook, Garth Edwards, James Emery and Rob McAllister, Ian Farthing, Alan Fielding, Chris & Suzanne Finch, Judith & Graham Forst, Janice Froese, Christopher & Jennifer Gaze, Ellen Giesbrecht and Les Nerling, Arlene Gladstone, Rusty & Lindy Goepel – In memory of Bob Hager, June & Paddy Gooderham, John & Chris Gould, Government of Canada, Doug Graeb, Stuart Gray, Judith Griese, Paul Grindlay and Christina Jahn – In honour of Patricia and Colin Grindlay, Michael Hall, Liz & Keith Hamel, Jim Harcott and David Love, Kyle Harland, Susan Harris, Peter & Sally Hatfield, Martha Hazevoet, Amy Henderson, Carol & Richard Henriquez, Nancy Hermiston, Joyce Hinton, Jonah Hister, Bruce Hoffman, Barry Honda, Don & Pat Hudson, Bill & Heather Ireland, Phil Jack, Mike Jackman, Shaun Jackman, Jim & Ruth Jackson, Marni Johnson, David Jurman, Jim Knight, Bob Kochendorfer, Eric Kristensen and Geoff Reid, Paul Larocque, Rod Locke, Robert Manley, Richard & Marion Loney, Robert Manley, Shawn Mattas and Spencer Cripps, Dick & Diane Loomer, Ruth Loomer, Greg Lypowy, Gerry & Joyce Lyseng, Greg Magirescu, Greg Martin, Michael Martindale, Shirley McAllister, Joan McLeod, Elaine McGauley, Bob & Alice McGraw, Joan McLeod, Mary Lou Miles, Greg & LaRee Mohr, Art & Jan Newman, Christine Nicolas, Carolyn Nielson, Peter & Aster Nimi, David & Anne O’Brien, Karen Olinyk, Nicholas & Sandra Phillips, Andrew Pike, Douglas Pratt, Sydney Preston, Marg & Bob Rankin, Leonard Ratzlaff, Javier Rodriguez-Martin, Peter Rohloff, Andrew & Hilde Seal, Ginger Shaw and Peter Mercer, Daniel Sheinin, Hyo Shim, Keith Sinclair, Denis Sjerve, Bernice & Ron Slemko, Frances Smith, Michael Soderling, Kathleen Spangehl, Peter Spira, Vernon Community Singers, Mary & Sandy Watson, Robert & Barbara Waters, Whitehorse General Hospital (O.R. Staff, S.P.D. Staff, Dr. Marjorie Crawford, Dr. Tony de la Mare, Dr. Adrienne Mayes, Dr. Elliott Phillips), Cathryn Wilson, John & Sue Wyness, Ailsa Zaenker, Kevin Zakresky, 8 Anonymous Donors: Regulus Level Donors ($5,000+): Suzanne Bolton and Jeff Mooney, Alix Brown, Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation, Marnie Carter through Deux Mille Foundation, Bob and Judy Hager Family Fund, Judy Hager – In memoriam Bob Hager, Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation, Larry & Sherry Killam, Karen & George Killy, Dick & Diane Loomer, Rob McAllister and James Emery, Scott Family Fund Nova Level Donors ($1,750 to $4,999): Stephanie Carlson and Doug Gordon, Valerie & Richard Dunsterville, Marni Johnson, Eric & Beverly Watt Denebola Level Donors ($450 to $1,749): Bob & Anne Andrew, Joyce Campkin, Ted & Dorothy Chiasson, Marion & Gordon Dixon, Don & Pat Hudson, Robert & Deborah Keyes, David Love and Jim Harcott, Grace MacDonald, Joan Mann, Rosemary & Ian Mottershead – In memoriam Bob Hager, Mike & Beth Noble, Katherine Paton and Jeff Beckman, Marg Rankin – In memoriam Bessie Rebecca Stevens, Marion & Andy Shaw, Nancy Southam, Ian & Jane Strang, David & Colleen Torrison, Catherine & John Windsor, Claire & Jamie Wright Rasalas Level Donors ($25 to $449): Gary & Marita Anderson, Joan Anderson, Rosalyn Anderson, Mamie Angus, Joan Apel, Elizabeth Aubert, Holly & Dennis Back, Toncho Baes, Conni Bagnall, Elaine Barkey, Frances Bates, Brenda Benham, Geoff & Mary Ann Bertram, Stephen Broscoe, Larry & Maggie Burr, Ann & Bill Busay Jr., Sheila Buttar, Janet Campbell, Vincent Carey, Leslie & James Carter, Jim & Vicki Chu, Peter & Stephanie Chung, Marilyn Clark, Pam Copley, Ken & Lisa Cormier, Katherine Cotton, Cynthia Crampton – In memoriam Jack Layton, Patricia Curtis, Judith Davis, Enrico & Aline Dobrzensky, Jean Donaldson, Iris Dresser, Brian Ferncombe, Carol & Kevin Fitzimonds, Denise & Dale Fitzimonds, Margaret & Michael Fitzimonds, Lucille & Charles Flavelle, Joy Gaze, Maryke & Paul Gilmore, Kathleen & Rodney Glynn-Morris, Rusty & Lindy Goepel, Hilda Gregory, Vera Grant, Patricia Greenwood, Peter & Sally Hatfield, Gail Hauschka, Marg & Bob Hawkins, Martha Hazevoet, Peter & Joan Hebb, Robert Heidbreder, Carol & Richard Henriquez, Nancy Hermiston, Roz Hollett, Don & Pat Hudson, Jean Hurst, Robert Hutchinson, Jim & Ruth Jackson, Milena & Slavek Janda, Marni Johnson, Margaret & George Kidd, Kay Kelly, Louise & Gary Kenwood, Bob & Deborah Keyes, Marla Kiess, Gwen Lamacraft, Doug & Beverly Lambert, Bill & Denny Lang, Garth Lawrence, John & Lulu Leathley, Strat & Gaye Leggat, Donna LePape, Penny Lusztig, Gordy & Barb MacDougall, George Macintosh and Jessica Yan, David & Hazel Mackie, Diane McConnell, Gerald & Sheahan McGavin, Joan McLeod, Nancy McLeod, John & Peggy McLernon, John McNee, Douglas McRae, Peter Mercer and Ginger Shaw, William Meyer, Lois Milsom, Jane Mitchell, Gordon Morin, Margery Murray, Christine Nicolas, Peter & Aster Nimi, John & Diane Norton, Michael O’Brian and Inna Vlassev-O’Brian, Theresa Odishaw, Jean Oland, Ed & Adeline Ostrowski – In memoriam Dana Rogers, Wilma Paton, Tom Perry and Beth Chambers, Chris & Shelley Philps, Sandra & Nicholas Phillips, Darlene Poole, Janie & Andreas Poulsson, Pat & Will Preston, Sydney Preston, Sharon Quan, Richard & Agi Radcliff, Margaret Rankin, Janine Reid, Fran & Grant Riddell, Peggy Robertson, Val & Noel Roddick, Stephen Rogers, Paula Rosen-Toope, Melvin & Masako Ryan, Clare Saadien, Larry & Sandra Scherban, Erica Seagel, Roberta Seed, Shirley Sexsmith, Bernice & Ron Slemko, Jan & Chuck Slonecker, David Smith, Helen Smith, Robyn So, Lynda Spratley, Geoffrey Scott and Lesley Stowe, Andrew & Hilde Seal, Rod Senft, Chuck & Jan Slonecker, Helen Smith, Elaine Stevens, Mary-Anne Stowe, Janet & Neil Sutherland, Susan Sutherland, Elke Swantje, Bill & Maureen Tymkiu, Cynthia Webster, Gillian Wilder, Jane Wong, Michael and Chung Soon Yoon, Edith York, Anita & James Zakresky, Kevin Zakresky, Kyla & David Zakresky, Murray & Ronalda Zakresky Choir Member Donors: Jordan Back, Paul Birch, Stash Bylicki, James Carter, Pete Chamberlain, Ryan Cho, Ken Cormier, Russell Cripps, Garth Edwards, Ian Farthing, Doug Graeb, Ken Hollett, Barry Honda, Ray Horst, Phil Jack, Mike Jackman, Shaun Jackman, Tom Kidd, Jim Knight, Eric Kristensen, Paul Larocque, David Love, Mark MacDonald, Greg Magirescu, Greg Martin, Rob McAllister and James Emery, Chris Moore, Les Nerling, Bob Rankin, Daniel Sheinin, Michael Soderling, Peter Spira and Valerie Duma, Ted Steiner, William Ting, John Wyness, 2 Anonymous Friends and Volunteers: Ryoh Aihara, Patti Allan, Pablo Angulo, Bruce Armstrong, Inge Bailey, Doug Balfour, Margaret Birch, Joyce Borg, Ella Bowles, Stephen Broscoe, Janie Brown, Karen Buckley and Bob Craig, Vincent Carey, Lynda Catchpole, Ted & Dorothy Chiasson, Linda Choboter, Christ Church Cathedral, George Chung, Rick Cluff, Taylor Colishaw, Tama Copithorne, Jenn Copley, Ken Cormier, Lisa Cormier, Nathalie Cormier, Tim Cormier, Kayla Cox, John & Celine Cripps, Trevor Ellestad, Peter Elliott, Kevin Fatkin, Chris & Suzanne Finch, Judi Forst, Heidi Galileo, Jennifer Gaze, Livia Gho, Dean Paul Gibson, Marcus Goddard, Heidi Harrison, Peter & Sally Hatfield, Nancy Hermiston, Jack Hodgins, Roz Hollett, Milena Janda, Cory Kelly and Kerry Mahlman, Sally Laird, Rupert Lang, Andrea Lee, Jim Littleford, Bonnie Louden, Louie, Gordon MacDonald, Steve Maddock, Shawn Mattas, LaRee Mohr, Helen Moon, Louise Morin, Sara Marreiros, Sally & Eric Murphy, Paul Nash, Art & Jan Newman, Eugene Ng, Bryn Nixon, Satoko Norimatsu, Jean Oland, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, Jan Paris and Steph Pugsley, Lauren Paris, Russell Paris and Lucy Smith, Lana Penner-Tovey, Sandra Phillips, Lisa Reimer, Lorraine Reinhardt, Jean Roan, Mark Robinson, Ryerson United Church, St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church (Anglican Church of Canada), Dean Semple, Susan Sherwood, Lynda Siggers, Stephen Smith, Elke Swantje, Carrie Taylor, Coro Tita 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TICKETS AVAILABLE APRIL 8!

Erick Lichte, Artistic Director

BEST OF BARD

Twenty years of annual shenanigans on the Bard stage means that Chor Leoni has amassed a plethora of site-specific material for our Summer Solstice shows. Triumphal March from Aida? Done it. Age of Aquarius? Check. Mafioso music? Yes. Often it has meant that selections appear in only one concert before being filed away in the library – till now! Chor Leoni has opened the vaults and put together a showcase guaranteed to amaze and delight you in a show full of memories, laughter, costumes, fun, and choreography! Laugh along with us as we present Best of Bard. We know you’ll go home smiling!

Monday, June 24, 2013 | 3pm PREVIEW matinée Monday, June 24, 2013 | 8pm Monday, July 1, 2013 | 3pm Monday, July 1, 2013 | 8pm

BMO Mainstage tent at Bard on the Beach Kits Point at the foot of Whyte Ave Vanier Park, Kits Point Tickets: June 24 PREVIEW matinée $25 adults | $10 youth July 1 matinée $37 | $15 Evening shows $37 all tickets

Bard Box Office 604.739.0559 Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation