SEASON FINALE
Chanticleer JULY 27, 2021
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his is the final performance of our 2021 Akron Concert Series — and in Tuesday Musical’s 133 years of existence, we’ve never experienced a season like this one. Yet we persevered, with your help, and were one of very few arts organizations nationally to offer in-person presentations this Spring (while still maintaining the highest levels of safety). You won’t want to miss what we have waiting for you this Fall. We’ve planned a triumphant return to full performances for our 134th season in 2021-22. Some feature today’s most accomplished artists (including Joshua Bell and his new wife in their first-ever tour) balanced by the kind of under-the-radar talents that will enable you to discover new favorites and passions. Thank you for attending tonight. You are part of Tuesday Musical’s mission to bring vibrant, inspiring music and artists to stages, workplaces, schools and throughout the community we share. We can’t imagine doing this without you. With gratitude,
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Music al fresco returns! Tuesday Musical’s popular music al fresco returns this autumn with Passport 2021, a series of worldmusic concerts on the front lawn of the historic Barder House in West Akron. On three Sunday afternoons, we invite you to pack a lawn chair or blanket — and perhaps a picnic — to embark on marvelous musical journeys without ever changing time zones. The one-hour performances are at 1 and 3 p.m. ■ Irish fiddle with Opus 216 — Sunday, August 29 (rain date September 5). ■ Brazilian samba and bossa nova with the Moises Borges Quartet — Sunday, September 12 (rain date September 19). ■ Zydeco with Mo’ Mojo — Sunday, September 26 (rain date October 3).
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EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall—The University of Akron Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
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Chanticleer Awakenings
Cortez Mitchell, Gerrod Pagenkopf*, Kory Reid, Alan Reinhardt, Logan Shields, Adam Ward – countertenor Brian Hinman*, Matthew Mazzola, Andrew Van Allsburg – tenor Andy Berry*, Zachary Burgess, Matthew Knickman – baritone and bass Tim Keeler – Music Director close[r], now........................................................................................................Ayanna Woods (b. 1992) Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2021 Lauda Jerusalem, from Vespro della Beata Vergine.......................... Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) O Radiant Dawn, from The Strathclyde Motets.......................................... James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Regina caeli – Resurrexit........................................................................ Vicente Lusitano (d. after 1561) The Rewaking........................................................................................ Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) Regina coeli †......................................................................................... Alexander Agricola (1445-1506) Elmúlt a tél........................................................................................................ Lajos Bárdos (1899-1986) Négy Regi Magyar Népdal.................................................................................Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Dana-dana.......................................................................................................................................Bárdos Music, from Triumvirate.....................................................................................Ulysses Kay (1917-1995) 10-minute pause
On a Clear Day...................................................................................................Burton Lane (1912-1997) ........................................................................................................................................arr. Gene Puerling SUNRISE.........................................................................................................MICHELLE, arr. Tim Keeler Matthew Mazzola, solo Laudibus in sanctis....................................................................................... William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
The Bird her punctual music brings, from Purple Syllables............................. Augusta Read Thomas . Commissioned by Music Accord in 2004 for Chanticleer Le chant des oiseaux...........................................................................Clément Janequin (c. 1485-1558) Birds of Paradise................................................................................................ Steven Sametz (b. 1954) Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2020
Journey to Recife †........................................................................................ Richard Evans (1932-2014) .............................................................................................................................. arr. Joseph H. Jennings †These pieces have been recorded by Chanticleer. *Andy Berry occupies The Eric Alatorre Chair given by Peggy Skornia. Brian Hinman occupies the Tenor Chair, given by an Anonymous Donor. Gerrod Pagenkopf occupies The Ning G. Mercer Chair for the Preservation of the Chanticleer Legacy, given by Ning and Stephen Mercer. Among Tuesday Musical’s generous season supporters: Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation, Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust, KeyBank Trustee, Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust, Charles E. and Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation, Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Foundation, Welty Family Foundation
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The Artists Chanticleer
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he GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has been hailed as “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker and is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling more than one million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world. Chanticleer’s repertoire is rooted in the Renaissance and has continued to expand to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz, popular music, and a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements. The ensemble has committed much of its vast recording catalogue to these commissions, garnering GRAMMY® Awards for its recording of Sir John Tavener’s “Lamentations & Praises” and the ambitious collection of commissioned works titled “Colors of Love.” Chanticleer is the recipient of the Dale Warland/Chorus America Commissioning Award and the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, and its Music Director Emeritus Joseph H. Jennings received the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his
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contribution to the African-American choral tradition during his tenure with Chanticleer. Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer continues to maintain ambitious programming in its hometown of San Francisco, including a large education and outreach program that recently reached more than 8,000 people. Chanticleer is a non-profit organization, governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, administered by a professional staff with a full-time professional ensemble. In addition to the many individual contributors to Chanticleer, the Board of Trustees thanks the following Foundations, Corporations and Government Agencies for their exceptional support: • The National Endowment for the Arts • Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation • The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation • The Bernard Osher Foundation • The Bob Ross Foundation • CA Arts and Culture Chanticleer Staff Philip Wilder, President & General Director Murrey Nelson, Director of Development Curt Hancock, Director of Operations and Touring Brian Bauman, Senior Accountant/Budget Manager Barbara Bock, Development and Marketing Associate Tim Keeler, Music Director Gerrod Pagenkopf, Assistant Music Director Brian Hinman, Road Manager Artist Management: Opus 3 Artists, Ltd. Founder: Louis Botto (1951-1997) Music Director Emeritus: Joseph H. Jennings www.chanticleer.org
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he sun peeks through, painting soft lines on the wall. The smell of coffee seeps under the door. It’s time to wake up. After the longest performance break in Chanticleer’s history, we are thrilled to sing together again. Finally disentangled from our isolation, we return with a renewed sense of community and purpose. It’s time to come together. It’s time to celebrate. It’s time to sing! At the height of the pandemic, we commissioned composer Ayanna Woods to write us a piece that touches on some of the shared experiences of the past year. Specifically, we wanted to explore questions of concealment and revelation that arise when wearing masks. Masks allow us to hide, but the disguise also acts as a window through which we are free to reveal a more full and true version of ourselves. The text for close[r], now is an erasure poem created by Woods. The source material is an LA Times editorial from March 2020 detailing the reasons why theaters and the performing arts should “close, now.” Woods restructured and resampled the article to create a new text full of questioning and yearning. She highlights the changes we’ve had to make to connect. Through isolation and distance, we’ve been forced to “hone the dexterity of love” and to be creative with how we care for each other. Woods closes the piece with an imperative for the world: “come back to life.” In Chanticleer, it’s our hope that the life we return to is more compassionate, more caring, and more creative than the one we left in 2020. To celebrate that return, we move immediately to Claudio Monteverdi’s Lauda Jerusalem from his Vespers of 1610. The psalm chant, sung throughout by tenor Andrew Van Allsburg, is flanked by dueling choirs that bring the text to life. Monteverdi treats the delicate snow, the blowing wind, and the flowing water with hallmarks of his famous secular madrigals. Here, 8
however, the sacred chant adds heft and majesty to these vivid musical depictions. In the Christian religious calendar, a new day and new beginnings have long been associated with Jesus Christ’s birth. O Radiant Dawn is James MacMillan’s tribute to the O Antiphon for December 21st, “O Oriens” – often translated as “O Morning Star.” It’s a prayer to beckon the new day; it’s a prayer for light to shine in darkness. Regina caeli, a text associated with Easter, is a Marian antiphon calling for joy and celebration at Christ’s rebirth. Alexander Agricola and Vicente Lusitano employ very different compositional styles for their settings of the text – the former showcasing the contrapuntal ingenuity of early Franco-Flemish polyphony, and the latter residing in the sublime and carefully constructed world of the late Renaissance – but both capture feelings of elation, excitement, and joy. Carefully nestled between these two motets, Augusta Read Thomas’s The Rewaking creates a meditative space that extends the metaphor of the rebirth to the “rewaking” and recreation of a new day. “And so by / your love,” the poem reads, “the very sun / itself is revived.” We emerge from our hibernation with Elmúlt a tél (“Winter is gone”) by Lajos Bárdos. Along with Zoltán Kodály, Bárdos brought music pedagogy to new heights in Hungary in the 20th century. His many choral compositions display his complete mastery of the human voice, his fluency with formal compositional techniques, and his appreciation of Hungarian folk music. Béla Bartók was at the forefront of that reemergence – that reawakening – of a national folk identity in Hungary. Through his ethnomusicological work, his field recordings, and his many compositions, he helped to create a Hungarian musical identity both rooted in tradition and forward thinking in purpose and construction. Négy Régi Magyar Népdal (“Four old Hungarian Folksongs”), written in 1910, is one of Bartók’s first forays into this genre. Bárdos’s Dana-dana is a setting of a celebratory folk tuesdaymusical.org ■ 330.761.3460
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tune from the Bačka region between Serbia and Hungary. We conclude the first half of our program with a piece by Ulysses Kay. His Music comes from a set of three pieces written for the de Paur Infantry Chorus in 1953, and Kay uses the Ralph Waldo Emerson poem of the same name as his text. The piece is a forceful reminder that beauty exists even where we least expect it. It serves as a fitting tribute to the difficulties of the past year; as the last line states, even “in the mud and scum of things / There alway, alway something sings!” Gene Puerling’s arrangement of On a Clear Day, commissioned by Chanticleer in 2000, perfectly captures the clarity of a bright, sunny morning. His classic jazz harmonies and rocksolid voice leading lend the piece a feeling of certainty and assurance. The clear day represents a clear path forward – and a new understanding of what was left behind. That bright confidence overflows in SUNRISE, arranged by our music director, Tim Keeler. Originally written and performed by the New York City-based band MICHELLE, and here sung by tenor soloist Matthew Mazzola, the piece possesses an aura of cool self-confidence. William Byrd’s motet Laudibus in sanctis closes this set with a raucous celebration. While generally grouped with the generation of composers just prior to Monteverdi, the versatility of Byrd’s writing here shows him to be intimately familiar with the intensely colorful melodic language of his successors. The writing is exciting, spontaneous, and practically leaps off the page. Fans of Chanticleer know that our name comes from Geoffrey Chaucer’s clear singing rooster in The Canterbury Tales. And while a rooster’s crow is a splendid way to ring in a new day, we thought some subtler interpretations of birdsong would be more appropriate for our collective musical awakening. Augusta Read Thomas composed The bird her punctual music brings for Chanticleer in 2004 as part of a larger work, Purple Syllables, which contains various settings of Emily Dickinson poems about birds. This movement in particular captures the ingenuity and playfulness of birdsong. Birds of Paradise, by Steven Sametz, takes inspiration from a much older choral work about birds, Clément Janequin’s Le chant des oiseaux.
Bird sounds from this Renaissance chanson find their way directly into Sametz’s composition. Even the opening text, “Réveillez vous, coeurs endormis” (“Awake, sleepy hearts”) appears amongst the dream-like flutter of the modern composition. Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2019, Birds of Paradise explores Christina Rossetti’s poem, “Paradise: In a Symbol.” The singers of Chanticleer become the birds, or the symbols, themselves. Repetitive, wing-like motives flit from tree to tree as the birds call to one another on their ascent to “the paradise of God.” Finally, we end our program with a journey to “a place where you can find joy and release.” Our music director emeritus, Joseph H. Jennings, created this masterful and classic arrangement of the bossa nova standard, Journey to Recife. Our place of joy and release is on stage. It’s singing. It’s interacting with our audiences and sharing our music. We’re so thankful to be back, and we’re so thankful you’re here to share in our return. It’s a new day for us all. It’s time to stretch; it’s time to open the blinds; it’s time to wake up!
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Texts and Translations close[r], now – Ayanna Woods the point of ease is a window. dream—fathom— hone the dexterity of love. the mask/ a [path] through come back/ come back to life.
Lauda Jerusalem, from Vespro della Beata Vergine – Claudio Monteverdi
Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum; lauda Deum tuum, Sion. Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum; benedixit filiis tuis in te. Qui posuit fines tuos pacem, et adipe frumenti satiat te. Qui emittit eloquium suum terræ: velociter currit sermo ejus. Qui dat nivem sicut lanam; nebulam sicut cinerem spargit. Mittit crystallum suam sicut buccellas: ante faciem frigoris ejus quis sustinebit? Emittet verbum suum, et liquefaciet ea; flabit spiritus ejus, et fluent aquæ. Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob, justitias et judicia sua Israel. Non fecit taliter omni nationi, et judicia sua non manifestavit eis. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in sæcula sæculorum, Amen.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates: and hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: and his word runneth very swiftly. He giveth snow like wool: and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who is able to abide his frost? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. He sheweth his word unto Jacob: his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and forever, world without end, Amen.
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O Radiant Dawn, from The Strathclyde Motets – James MacMillan O Radiant Dawn! Splendour of eternal Light, Sun of Justice: Come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death Isaiah had prophesied: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.” Amen. Antiphon for December 21
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Texts and Translations Regina caeli – Resurrexit – Vicente Lusitano
Regina caeli laetare, alleluia! Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia! Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia! The Son you merited to bear, alleluia!
Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia! Has risen as he said, alleluia! Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia! Pray to God for us, alleluia!
The Rewaking – Augusta Read Thomas Sooner or later we must come to the end of striving to re-establish the image the image of the rose but not yet you say extending the time indefinitely by your love until a whole spring rekindle the violet to the very lady’s-slipper and so by your love the very sun itself is revived Text by William Carlos Williams
Regina coeli – Alexander Agricola
Regina coeli laetare, alleluia! Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia! Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia! Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia!
Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia! The Son you merited to bear, alleluia! Has risen as he said, alleluia! Pray to God for us, alleluia!
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Texts and Translations Elmúlt a tél – Lajos Bárdos Winter Is Gone
Elmúlt már a vad tél, hahó, tilalaj, kivirul a táj, párát hajtó szellő, könnyen szállj!
Szívós gally a zöldjét Teregeti már, Nyíló bimbó kelyhét feszegeti már, felhőn pergő napfény, szállj! Harmat rengő gyöngye, a fű idevár; bomló tánc a szívben, dalol a madár, felhőn pergő napfény, gyere már áldott napfényünk, szállj!
The wild winter is over, hey, from frozen earth the landscape is blossoming the wind drives away the mist, come away! A tough twig already spreads its green, already opens its flowering bud, sunlight swirls in a cloud, come away! The dew quivers like a pearl, the grass waits, a dance loosens in the heart, the bird sings, the sun shines through the clouds, come, return, o blessed sunlight, Come away!
Text by Weöres Sándor
Négy Regi Magyar Népdal (Four Old Hungarian Folksongs) – Béla Bartók
I. Rég megmondtam, bús gerlice Ne rakj fészket útszéjire! Mer az úton sokan járnak, A fészkedbôl kihajdásznak.
Rakjál fészket a sürübe, Bánatfának tetejibe; Aki kérdi: ezt ki rakta? Mondjátok: egy árva rakta, Kinek sem apja, sem anyja, Sem egy igaz atyjafia.
II. Jaj istenem, kire várok: Megyek Budapestre, Ott sétálok a lányokkal Minden szombat este.
Kipirosítom az arcom, magam nagyra tartom; Úgy szeretnek meg engem a lányok Ott a Dunaparton.
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I’ve long told you, sad turtledove, Do not make a nest by the side of the road! For many pass along that road, And will drive you from your nest. Make your nest in the depths of the wood, Atop the tree of sorrow; When asked, who made this? Reply, ’twas an orphan, Who has neither a father nor a mother, Nor even a true friend. Oh my Lord, who am I waiting for: I’m off to Budapest, To take a stroll with the girls Every Saturday night. I’ll rouge my cheeks And think highly of myself That’s how the girls will fall for me On the banks of the Danube.
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Kapcsom donom donom deszka, Lollyberries, -erries, -erries, plankies, kántormenta fodormenta, Singing-mint and spearmint, Jaj de furcsa nóta, ugyan cifra nóta. Hey what a weird ditty, a well-twisted ditty! Csûröm alatt öt rozsasztag, A kertembe hat rozsasztag, Szederje, bederje, Kapcsom donom donom deszka, kántormenta fodormenta, Jaj de furcsa nóta, ugyan cifra nóta! IV. Béreslegény, jól megrakd a szekeret, Sarjútüske böködje a tenyered! Mennél jobban böködi a tenyered, Annál jobban rakd meg a szekeredet!
In my barn I’ve five sheaves of oat, In my garden six sheaves of oat, Blackberries, very-berries, Lollyberries, -erries, -erries, plankies, Singing-mint and spearmint, Hey what a weird ditty, a well-twisted ditty! Farm laborer lad, load the cart well, The stubbles prickle your palm! The more they prickle your palm, The better you load the cart!
Translation by Nicholas Bodoczky and Anna Süto
Dana-dana – Bárdos
Hej, igazítsad jól a lábod’, Hey, pay attention to your feet, Tíz farsangja, hogy már járod, You’ve been dancing at the carnival since ten, Hej dana-dana-dana, dana-dana danajdom! Hey, sing-song, let’s dance!
Hej, ez a kislány atyámfia, Hey, this young girl is my wife, Szereti az apám fia, She loves my father’s son – that’s me! Hej dana-dana-dana, dana-dana danajdom! Hey, sing-song, let’s dance! Hej, a szívemnek nagy a búja, Hey, my heart is very sad, Te légy rózsám orvoslója, Come, sweetheart, nurse it back to health, Hej dana-dana-dana, dana-dana danajdom! Hey, sing-song, let’s dance! Hej, nem aludtam csak egy szikrát, Hey, I didn’t sleep even a little bit, Eltáncoltam az éjszakát, I’ve been dancing all night, Hej dana-dana-dana, dana-dana danajdom! Hey, sing-song, let’s dance! Hej, ne tekintsd, hogy rongyos vagyok, Hey, don’t think I’m worn out, Kilenc gyermek apja vagyok, I’m the father of nine children! Hej dana-dana-dana, dana-dana danajdom! Hey, sing-song, let’s dance! Hej, ne okoskodj, ne halogass, Hey, don’t be a smart-aleck, don’t procrastinate, Házasodjál, ne válogass, Just get married, don’t be picky! Hej dana-dana-dana, dana-dana danajdom! Hey, sing-song, let’s dance!
Music, from Triumvirate – Ulysses Kay Let me go where’er I will, I hear a sky-born music still: It sounds from all things old, It sounds from all things young; From all that’s fair, from all that’s foul, Peals out a cheerful song. 16
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It is not only in the rose, It is not only in the bird, Not only where the rainbow glows, Nor in the song of woman heard, But in the darkest, meanest things There alway, alway something sings. ’Tis not in the high stars alone, Nor in the cup of budding flowers, Nor in the redbreast’s mellow tone, Nor in the bow that smiles in showers, But in the mud and scum of things There alway, alway something sings! Text by Ralph Waldo Emerson
On a Clear Day – Burton Lane, arr. Gene Puerling On a clear day, Rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are – On a clear day, how it will astound you, that the glow of your being outshines every star – You feel part of ev’ry mountain, sea and shore, You can hear from far and near, a world you’ve never heard before, And on a clear day, On that clear day, You can see forever and ever more. Text by Alan Jay Lerner
SUNRISE – MICHELLE, arr. Tim Keeler Couldn’t ever be my sunrise, sunrise, You’re just a setting sun, I’d pray and you would pass me by, You’re only looking for a good time, a body you could kiss on, Turn to you and you’ve moved on. Well there’s something about the way you passed me by I couldn’t keep up and now I’m stuck. And I never forget how carefully you counted it: Seven twenty-five licks to the center of a tootsie pop, All the times you laughed it made my heart stop Get the key, unlocked, no pace, no clock, Who’s there? Knock, knock. The earth still turns and I believe one day I’ll fall into your gravity. I just took too long to see beyond this predetermined read. 17
Texts and Translations Empty hallways, calendars months behind, Beds too warm to leave But I know like the sun I’ve gotta rise eventually. Couldn’t ever be my sunrise... It’s sour this time Many times I rode, many times I’d spin and went so far for you, It’s familiar and mild, You stretch me out, I still can’t reach Don’t wanna need your company. Don’t you know that the earth still turns and I believe one day I’ll fall into your gravity. I just took too long to see beyond this predetermined read. Empty hallways, calendars months behind, Beds too warm to leave But I know like the sun I’ve gotta rise eventually. Couldn’t ever be my sunrise...
Laudibus in sanctis – William Byrd Laudibus in sanctis Dominum celebrate supremum: Praise the Lord most high with holy praise: firmamenta sonent inclita facta Dei. let the firmament echo God’s glorious deeds. Inclita facta Dei cantate, sacraque potentis Sing his glorious deeds, and with loud voice voce potestatem sæpe sonate manus. proclaim the power of his mighty hand.
Magnificum Domini cantet tuba martia nomen: pieria Domino concelebrate lira, Laude Dei resonent resonantia tympana summi: alta sacri resonent organa laude Dei.
Hunc arguta canant tenui psalteria corda, hunc agili laudet læta chorea pede. Concava divinas effundant cymbala laudes, cimbala dulcisona laude repleta Dei.
Let the martial trumpet sound the Lord’s great name: celebrate the Lord with the Pierian lyre. Let timbrels resound to the praise of the highest God, let lofty organs sound the praise of the holy God. Let clear harps sing of him with subtle strings, let agile feet praise him in joyful dance. Let hollow cymbals pour forth divine praises, sweet-sounding cymbals full of the praise of God.
Omne quod æthereis in mundo vescitur auris Let everything on earth fed by the air of heaven Halleluya canat tempus in omne Deo. sing Alleluia to God, now and forever more. Based on Psalm 150
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The Bird her punctual music brings, from Purple Syllables – Augusta Read Thomas
The Bird her punctual music brings And lays it in its place – Its place is in the Human Heart And in the Heavenly Grace – What respite from her thrilling toil Did Beauty ever take – But Work might be electric Rest To those that Magic make – Text by Emily Dickinson
Le chant des oiseaux – Clément Janequin
Réveillez vous, coeurs endormis, Awake, sleepy hearts Le dieu d’amour vous sonne. the God of Love calls you. A ce premier jour de mai On this first day of May, Oiseaux feront merveilles the birds will make you marvel, Pour vous mettre hors d’esmay. To lift yourself from dismay Détoupez vos oreilles. Unclog your ears, Et farirariron frereli joli. And farirariron ferely prettily. Vous serez tous en joie mis Car la saison est bonne. Vous orrez à mon avis Une douce musique, Que fera le roy mauvis Le merle aussi L’estournel sera parmi, D’une voix authentique: Ti ti pyti pyti Chou Chou Chouti Que dis-tu? Le petit sansonnet de Paris, Le petit mignon, Sainte tête Dieu! Guillemette, Colinette, il est temps d’aller boire! Qu’est là-bas, passe villain Sage, courtois, et bien appris. Au sermon, ma maîtress, Sus, madame, à la messe Sainte Coquette qui caquette. à Saint Trotin voir Saint Robin, montrer le tétin, le doux musequin! Rire et gaudir c’est mon devis, Chacun s’y abandonne. Rossignol du bois joli, A qui la voix résonne, Pour vous mettre hors d’ennui Votre gorge jargonne.
You will be moved to joy For the season is fair. You will hear, at my behest, A sweet music, That the royal thrush And also the blackbird will sing Together with the starling In a genuine voice: Ti ti pyti pyti Chou chou chouti What are you saying? The little starling of Paris, The little darling, holy head of God! Guillemette and Colinette, it’s time to go drinking! Who is there, knave? Wise, courteous, and well-formed. To the sermon, my lady, Get up, madam, To the Mass for St. Clucky, who gossips. To St. Trotin to see St. Robin Show off his chest! To laugh and rejoice is my device, Let everyone give themselves up to them. Nightingale of the pretty woods, Whose voice resounds, To free yourself from boredom Your throat jabbers away. 19
Texts and Translations
Frian frian tr tar tar tu Velecy ticun tu tu Qui lara ferely fy fy Coqui teo siti oyty tr Turri huit huit teo tar Quio quio fouquet Quibi quibi fi frr Fuyez regrets, pleurs et souci, Car la saison l’ordonne,
Frian frian tr tar tar tu Velecy ticun tu tu Qui lara ferely fy fy Coqui teo siti oyty tr Turri huit huit teo tar Quio quio fouquet Quibi quibi fi frr Flee, regrets, tears and worries, For the season commands it.
Arrière maître cocu, Sortez de nos chapitre, Chacun vous est mal tenu Car vous n’êtes qu’un traître
Turn around, master cuckoo, Get out of our company, Each of us gives you to the owl, For you are nothing but a traitor.
Coucou coucou Cuckoo, cuckoo Par trahison en chacun nid Treacherously in others’ nests, Pondez sans qu’on vous sonne. You lay without being called.
Réveillez vous coeurs endormis, Awake, sleepy hearts, Le dieu d’amour vous sonne. The god of love is calling you.
Birds of Paradise – Steven Sametz Golden-winged, silver-winged, Winged with flashing flame, Such a flight of birds I saw, Birds without a name: Singing songs in their own tongue (Song of songs) they came. One to another calling, Each answering each, One to another calling In their proper speech: High above my head they wheeled, Far out of reach. On wings of flame they went and came With a cadenced clang, Their silver wings tinkled, Their golden wings rang, The wind it whistled through their wings Where in Heaven they sang. Réveillez vous coeur endormis, [Awake, sleepy hearts,] Le dieu d’amour vous sonne. [The god of love calls you.] They flashed and they darted Awhile before mine eyes, Mounting, mounting, mounting still In haste to scale the skies – 20
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Birds without a nest on earth, Birds of Paradise. Where the moon riseth not, Nor sun seeks the west, There to sing their glory Which they sing at rest, There to sing their love-song When they sing their best: Not in any garden That mortal foot hath trod, Not in any flow’ring tree That springs from earthly sod, But in the garden where they dwell, The Paradise of God. Text by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894), “Paradise: In a Symbol”
Journey to Recife – Richard Evans, arr. Joseph H. Jennings Take a train, take a plane And journey to a place Where you can find joy and release. Take a holiday, come and stay, You could be here today, And I know you would never want to go back to where you came from. On the day you arrive You’ll feel the magic fill your soul And you’ll have no regrets. You will have all you need, It will be something wonderful, You better wake up and start that journey to me.
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e gratefully acknowledge all donors this season. Thank you for helping Tuesday Musical continue to inspire current and future generations of music lovers. This list includes this season’s donors who have given at least $200 as of July 1, 2021. Director $5,000+ Ann Allan Hope Everhart Cynthia Knight Paul and Linda Liesem Michael and Lori Mucha Corrine and Donald Rohrbacher Tim and Jenny Smucker Fred and Elizabeth Specht Darwin Steele Kenneth and Martha Taylor Linda and Jim Venner Luinda Weiss — “Three Graces Piano” Benefactor $1,500 to $4,999 Earl and Judy Baxtresser Bruce and Joy Hagelin DuWayne and Dottie Hansen Linda Hohenfeld David and Margaret Hunter James and Maureen Kovach Peter and Dorothy Lepp Marianne Miller Charles and Elizabeth Nelson Patrick Reilly Richard and Alita Rogers Patricia Sargent Kenneth Shafer Larry and Cynthia Snider Sustainer $700 to $1,499 Ann Amer Brennan Eleanor and Richard Aron Lee and Floy Barthel Rob and Alyssa Briggs Alfred Cavaretta Sally Childs Kittie B. Clarke Frank C. Comunale Thomas and Mary Lynn Crowley Barbara Eaton Barbara and Denis Feld Paul Filon Robert and Beverley Fischer Sue Gillman Teresa and Ted Good Joseph Kanfer Lawrence B. Levey Mike Magee Anita Meeker Natalie Miahky Dianne and Herb Newman George Pope Mark and Claire Purdy Lola Rothmann Dr. Pamela Rupert 22
Peter and Nanette Ryerson Thomas and Meg Stanton Elizabeth and Michael Taipale Carol Vandenberg John Vander Kooi Patron $400 to $699 Mark and Sandy Auburn John Bertsch William P. Blair III Ann Amer Brennan Joann Collier Harloe and Harriet Cutler John Dalton Denis and Barbara Feld Lois and Harvey Flanders Sharon Gandee Elaine Guregian Louise and Jim Harvey Loren Hoch Susan and Allen Kallor Mark and Barbara MacGregor Landon Nyako and Dallas Moore Stanley and Roberta Marks Earla Patterson Alan and Marjorie Poorman Paula Rabinowitz Roger Read and Sally Miller Elizabeth Rusnak Donald Schmid and Rosemary Reyman Jean Schooley Richard Shirey and Jim Helmuth Sandra and Richey Smith Annaliese Soros Jennifer and Jeff Stenroos Donor $200 to $399 Beth Amer Cornelia Aro John and Kathleen Arther Jack and Bonnie Barber Carmen and David Beasley Cheryl Boigegrain Guy and Debra Bordo Sara J. Buck Sara and Alan Burky Amielie and Phil Cajka Frank Communale Robert and Susan Conrad William and Rebecca Considine Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Croft Gary Devault Roger and Ann Edwards Rosemarie George Barbara and John Gillette
Stanislav Golovin Mark Greer Jarrod Hartzler Michael T. Hayes Walt and Gwen Heeney Patti Hester John and Suzanne Hetrick Mike and Betty Howell Gary and Maureen Iler Moneeb Iqbal Mary Ann Jackson Mark and Karla Jenkins Greer Kabb-Langkamp Susan Kruder George and Mary Leuca III Tom and Cheryl Lyon Bill and Sally Manby Marjorie Magee JoAnn Marcinkoski John and Margaret McBride James and Mary Messerly Jim and Patty Milan Georgia and Gary Miller Richard Morrow Paul and Alicia Mucha Alfred and Judy Nicely Annette Nicoloff and Kristine Mikolajczyk Sue Rasor-Greenhalgh Sandra and Ben Rexroad Kathy Rose Beverly Rose Ed and Maureen Russell John Schambach Anne Marie Schellin Rachel Schneider Richard and Susan Schrop Betty and Joel Siegfried Sam and Sandy Smith Sandra and Richey Smith Margo Snider Doris and James St. Clair Mary Jane Stanchina Peter and Linda Tilgner Brooks and Dina Toliver Susan and Reid Wagstaff Kathleen Walker Jorene Whitney Jamie Wilding and Caroline Oltmanns Christopher Wilkins Shirley Workman Terry and Susan Yingling Douglas D. Zook Jr.
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Tuesday Musical’s 2021 Akron Concert Series
These generous donors have chosen to honor special people in meaningful ways. List as of July 1, 2021. In memory of Anne Alexander Barbara and Denis Feld Bob and Beverley Fischer Jarrod Hartzler In memory of Margaret Baxtresser Lee and Floy Barthel Judy and Eral Baxtresser Toshie Haga Linda Hohenfeld In memory of Leonora Bee Mark and Sandy Auburn In honor of Judi and Jerry Brenner Anita Meeker In memory of Marian Caddick Harold and Pat Anderson Mark and Sandy Auburn Roberta DePompei Terry and Sue Rasor Greenhalgh Jarrod Hartzler In memory of Kathryn Carcione Joel and Betty Siegfried In memory of Jerry Davidson Bobbie Eaton Barbara and Denis Feld Bruce and Joy Hagelin Jarrod Hartzler Peter and Dorothy Lepp Mark and Barbara MacGregor Natalie Miahky In memory of Bill Eaton Doris St. Clair
In memory of Joy Hagelin Judi and Jerry Brenner Jane Delcamp Bobbie Eaton Bob and Bev Fischer Judith and Charles Gerdes Mary Ann Griebling Toshie Haga DuWayne and Dorothy Hansen Jarrod Hartzler Margaret Hunter The Hupsters (Andrea, BJ, Louise, Sheila, Jackie, Pixie, Cathy) Monica Jahn Mark and Karla Jenkins Cynthia Knight Peter and Dorothy Lepp Linda and Paul Liesem Barbara and Mark MacGregor Rebecca McLean Anita Meeker and Family Natalie Miahky James Newgent Newgent Families Cynthia Snider James Tormey Bill and Penny Wolff Shirley Workman In honor of Joy and Bruce Hagelin Judi and Jerry Brenner Anita Meeker Elizabeth Sandwick In honor of Moneeb Iqbal Barbara and Denis Feld
In memory of Hope Everhart Peter and Dorothy Lepp
In memory of William Kingsbury Anonymous Doris and James St. Clair Bobbie Eaton Barbara and Denis Feld Bruce and Joy Hagelin Natalie Miahky
In memory of Wanda L. Fair Kittie B. Clarke
In memory of Eugene Mancini Toshie Haga
In honor of Bob Fischer Dan Ginis
In honor of Anita Meeker Elizabeth Sandwick
In memory of David Fisher Barbara and Denis Feld Ted and Teresa Good Bruce and Joy Hagelin Cynthia Knight Martha Kaltenbach Mark and Barbara MacGregor
In memory of Rusty Miller Bobbie Eaton Barbara and Denis Feld Jarrod Hartzler
In honor of Bobbie Eaton Judi and Jerry Brenner
In memory of Laura Lee Garfinkle Mark and Sandy Auburn Barbara and Denis Feld In memory of Stephen Griebling James and Linda Beck Bruce and Joy Hagelin
In memory of Bob Neidert Bobbie Eaton Barbara and Denis Feld Bruce and Joy Hagelin Jarrod Hartzler Patricia Jones-Neal Natalie Miahky Shirley Workman
In memory of Donald Reid Bruce and Joy Hagelin In memory of Patrick Reilly Mark and Sandy Auburn Jane Berkner and Stewart Freedman Judi and Jerry Brenner Bobbie Eaton Barbara and Denis Feld Bob and Beverly Fischer Bruce and Joy Hagelin Jarrod Hartzler Cynthia Knight Barbara and Mark MacGregor Anita Meeker Natalie Miahky Shirley Workman In memory of Sue Reitz Barbara and Denis Feld Bob and Beverley Fischer Jarrod Hartzler Peter and Dorothy Lepp Natalie Miahky In memory of Lola Rothmann Akron-Canton Stage Employees – Local 48 Mark and Sandy Auburn Ann Amer Brennan Soloman Cokes and Pamela Rothmann Barbara and Denis Feld Bob and Beverley Fischer Teresa and Ted Good Jarrod Hartzler Rose Heintz Ruth Hunt Cynthia Knight Richard Morrow Alfred and Judy Nicely Elizabeth Rusnak Tom and Sue Stewart Lily Wallach Abe and Nancy Zaidan In honor of Lola Rothmann’s birthday Becky Ryba In honor of Cynthia Snider Mark and Sandy Auburn Cynthia Knight In memory of Roy and Marian Tunnell Bruce and Joy Hagelin In honor of Madeline Whittum Dr. Lawrence and Harriet Richmond In memory of Doyle Wingard Natalie Miahky
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Support: Foundations, Businesses, Government Through their vital support, these organizations help to sustain Tuesday Musical and the arts throughout our region. List as of July 1, 2021. $25,000+ CARES Act GAR Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Ohio Arts Council $10,000 to $24,999 Community Fund—Arts & Culture of the Akron Community Foundation Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust C. Colmery Gibson Polsky Fund of Akron Community Foundation Kulas Foundation John A. McAlonan Fund of Akron Community Foundation Gertrude F. Orr Trust Advised Fund of Akron Community Foundation Peg’s Foundation Charles E. and Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation $5,000 to $9,999 The Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation
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Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust, KeyBank, Trustee Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Helen S. Robertson Fund of Akron Community Foundation Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Foundation Welty Family Foundation $1,000 to $4,999 Arts Midwest Touring Fund Howard Atwood Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation KeyBank Foundation Lehner Family Foundation Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund Laura R. and Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation R. C. Musson and Katharine M. Musson Charitable Foundation Synthomer Foundation Sisler McFawn Foundation $200 to $999 KeyBank Foundation Community Leadership Fund W. Paul Mills and Thora J. Mills Memorial Foundation Maynard Family Foundation Business Partners Tuesday Musical thanks these businesses for their financial support. As our partners, they are investing in the community where their customers, employees, and families live, learn and work.
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2021-2022 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President Linda Liesem
Vice President/President Elect George Pope
Treasurer Paul Mucha
Secretary Marianne Miller
Governance Committee Chair Bryan Meek
Committee Chairs Artistic Planning Cynthia Snider Brahms Allegro Jennifer Stenroos Development Louise Harvey
Finance Paul Mucha
Hospitality Bobbie Eaton
Membership Fred Specht
Member Programs Stanislav Golovin
Scholarship James Wilding Student Ticket Program Teresa Good
At-large Members Mark Greer, Cheryl Lyon, Landon Nyako, Claire Purdy, Shirley Workman
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