A Red Carnation Concert, April 30 2021

The KATHRINE G. McGOVERN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS and the MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC Present

A Red Carnation Concert FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 7:30 p.m.

MOORES OPERA HOUSE

Soundscape Matthew Lyon Hazzard, conductor Jeffery Gordon, pianist

ManCorps Carlin Truong, conductor Jeffery Gordon, pianist

Concert Chorale Betsy Cook Weber, conductor Andreea Mut and Alisiya Boiko, pianists

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A Red Carnation Concert Soundscape Matthew Lyon Hazzard, conductor Jeffery Gordon, pianist

Concert Chorale Betsy Cook Weber, conductor Andreea Mut and Alisiya Boiko, pianists

Program

ManCorps Carlin Truong, conductor Jeffery Gordon, pianist

Soundscape Matthew Lyon Hazzard, conductor

Kaval Sviri

Petar Liondev

Ave Maria

Gabriel Fauré

Sound the Trumpet

Henry Purcell

What Happens When a Woman

Alexandra Olsavsky

(1936-2018)

(1845-1924)

(1659-1695)

(b.1990)

Aubrey Seulean, soloist Mr. Hazzard’s portions of tonight’s concerts are presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Musical Arts.

Concert Chorale Betsy Cook Weber, conductor

Hear My Prayer, O Lord

Henry Purcell

(1659 - 1695)

Floreat Glydel Obate, conductor

Go in Peace and Love

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Sally K. Albrecht (b. 1954)

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ManCorps Carlin Truong, conductor

Come Travel with Me

Scott Farthing

(b. 1969)

Matthew Gabino, tenor

Viva Tutti

Anonymous 18th Century

Canto del Agua

Venezuelan Folk Song Arr. David Hill

Sisi ni moja

Jacob Narverud

Homeward Bound

Marta Keen

Arr. Jay Althouse

(b. 1986)

(b. 1953)

(b. 1951)

Maxwell White, tenor Ethan Duong, baritone

Concert Chorale Betsy Cook Weber, conductor

Lauda Jerusalem, RV 609

Antonio Vivaldi

(1678 - 1741)

Andreea Mut and Alisiya Boiko, pianists MiaRose Hanberry, soprano Phillip Velarde, tenor

MOM Best Friend

Rex Orange

(b. 1998)

Arr. Scott Rogers Scott Rogers, soloist

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Program

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Natasha Bedingfield

(b. 1981)

Arr. Scott Rogers Unwritten Katelynn Watson, Glydel Obate, Sadie Chamberlain, soloists

Soundscape Matthew Lyon Hazzard, conductor

Canon Coronato à 3

Isabella Leonarda

Hold Fast to Dreams

Florence Price

The Answer

Matthew Lyon Hazzard

Still I Rise

Rosephanye Powell

(1620-1704)

Arr. Emily Jenkins

(1887-1953)

(b.1989)

(b.1962)

Amanda Randall, soloist

Concert Chorale Betsy Cook Weber, conductor

Gloria (Mass in G Minor for Double Choir)

Matthew Lyon Hazzard, intonation Sean Holshouser, baritone Scott Rogers, counter-tenor Jorge Martinez, tenor Tasneem Islam, soprano

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Performers

Performers

Personnel Concert Chorale Betsy Cook Weber, Director Andreea Mut, Pianist Matthew Lyon Hazzard, Emily Jenkins, Carlin Truong, Doctoral Teaching Assistants Kyle Maninantan, Scott Rogers, Katelynn Watson, Student Directors Kendall Banasiak * Alisiya Boiko Christian Brooks Annie Brown Jadon Campos Sadie Chamberlain Julian Diaz Deb Edquist Erika Erwin * Travis Falknor Chase Gaines * Aaron Gonzalez Gabriela Gonzalez Natalia Gonzalez Ethan Ha Mariam Haider * MiaRose Hanberry Oliver Hassall Matthew Hazzard Sean Holshouser Zachary Hoover

Tasneem Islam Emily Jenkins Meghana Krish Karen Lo Ryan Ludwig Kyle Maninantan Ethan Marfil Jordan Martinez * Jorge Martinez * Melanie McCreary * Gabby McCullough Cam Michalak * Hannah Noel Glydel Obate Raymond Pappas Quinton Parmenter * Scott Rogers Kiley Rovegno * Tiffany Sau Brady Spell Keora Stevens Stephen Steward * Joel Trekell Carlin Truong Phillip Velarde Katelynn Watson Audrey Welsh *

ManCorps Jeb Mueller, Director Carlin Truong, Conductor Jeffery Gordon, Pianist Joshua Painter, Student Director Emily Jenkins, Doctoral Teaching Assistant Andrew Arbouzov Emmanuel Barsallo Jason Burgos Jake Carr Ethan Duong Antonio Sanz Escallón Bryant Ezeala Matthew Gabino

Glen Koppe Ian Krayer Gialong Le Gavin Mathew Drew Murray Oluwagbemiga David Oluwo Thomas O’Neill Joshua Painter Santiago Pena Rohin Scaria Daniel Schwindack Anthony Tovar Patrick Vogel Maxwell White

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Soundscape Jeb Mueller, Director Matthew Lyon Hazzard, Conductor Jefferey Gordon, Pianist Erica Fiala, Student Director Emily Jenkins, Doctoral Teaching Assistant Julia Rose Arduino Bailey Bower * Erin Brewer Elizabeth Collins Erica Fiala

Abigail Gerstle Alana Glover * Hannah Handley Alexandra Hattan-Staley Noelia Jimenez Ariadne Lopez Maddie May * Amanda Randall Aubrey Seulean Tyffanie Spencer Angie Tovar

Floreat Glydel Obate, Director Julia Rose Arduino Bailey Bower Erica Fiala

Noelia Jimenez David Oluwo Patrick Vogel Max White

MOM Aaron Gonzalez and Scott Rogers, Directors Jadon Campos Julian Diaz Aidan Drury

Travis Falknor Aaron Gonzalez Kyle Maninantan Scott Rogers Phillip Velarde

Rhapsody Sadie Chamberlain and Julian Diaz, Directors Jason Burgos Sadie Chamberlain Julian Diaz Travis Falknor Aaron Gonzalez Ethan Ha * Section leader

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Karen Lo Kyle Maninantan Glydel Obate Phillip Velarde Katelynn Watson Max White

Program Notes

Program Notes, Texts, and Translations

Soundscape Tonight’s Soundscape program is a celebration of femininity. It is presented in two halves. The first reflects an appreciation of leading women figures, either through the music’s text or intricate stories. The second explores the challenges of personal struggle, and the road to finding the leader within ourselves.

Kaval Sviri (“The Kafal Sounds”) is a traditional Bulgarian folksong with an interesting history in North America.

The song’s first major appearance in U.S. media was in the 90’s television show, Xena: The Warrior Princess, which used an orchestrated and reworked version as its main theme. Petar Liondev’s arrangement, which we will be performing tonight, was also used in the promotional materials of Lady Gaga’s 2017 documentary, Five Foot Two. The bright, closed-tone singing of women Bulgarian folk singers gives this folksong a captivating and brash timbre, and may be one reason why it’s become associated with strong women figures in Western popular culture.

Kaval Sviri is sung from the perspective of a daughter speaking to her mother. She can hear someone playing the kafal in the distance—a Balkan and Anatolian region traditional flute associated with mountain shepherds—and refers to the sound with cries of “ti ti.” The speaker is entranced, and feels her heart throb (represented by spoken pulses of “dubu dubudu”). She vows to find the player, stating, “If he is one of ours, I will love him from dawn till dusk. If he is a stranger, I will love him all my life.”

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) wrote Ave Maria in 1906, one year after he became head of the Paris Conservatoire. The song was dedicated to soprano Anita Kinen, who—along with her sister Lydia—performed in salons across Paris.

This divine setting is a beautiful and elegant high-voice duet, and was no doubt written with the sister sopranos in mind. The time of writing was not coincidental; Faure increasingly composed vocal repertoire during this period because of his priorities as a teacher. In the same year, he had written Vocalise-étude in an effort to teach students how to sing. This particular etude focused on beautiful high singing, which Ave Maria shares in its construction.

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was lauded as one of the finest English composers of his era. His playful countertenor duet, “Sound the Trumpet,” comes from his masterwork, Come Ye Sons of Art (or alternatively, Ode to Queen Mary’s Birthday). As court composer, Purcell was expected to write an ode for each royal birthday. Unfortunately, it would be Queen Mary II’s last one. Purcell wrote the ode in 1694 for choir, orchestra, and soloists for her 32nd birthday, before she succumbed to smallpox and passed away only months later. A year after, Purcell reached his own untimely end to tuberculosis at the age of 36. His death left a pronounced gap in celebrated English composers for over a century, and wouldn’t be filled until the arrival of Ralph Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries towards the end of the 19th century.

What Happens When a Woman was written by Alexandra Olsavsky (b.1990) as a single for her Chicago-based female vocal trio, Artemisia. Fittingly, Artemisia’s name is based on three powerful women: Artemisia I of Caria, an ancient naval queen; Artemisia Gentileschi, an accomplished Italian Baroque painter; and Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt. Olsavsky’s original text and music comes to life with the addition of body percussion, and bristles with the answer to the titular question: “What happens when a woman takes power?” “We rise above.”

We open our second half with an edition from UH Choral Conducting DMA student, Emily Jenkins. Canon Coronato à 3 (“Crowned Canon for 3”) was originally written for three tenors by Italian Baroque composer Isabella Leonarda, one of the most prolific woman composers of the 17th century. With over 200 sacred compositions in multiple genres, Leonarda published twenty collections of motets and other sacred music. The title, “crowned canon,” may be in reference to the rite of coronatio canonica (“canonincal coronation”), a ceremony performed by the pope where he places a crown or halo on a statue of Mary, Jesus, or Joseph as an act of veneration. In this case, the Canon Coronato is a play on words: the speaker offers the canon as a humble work of art symbolizing her love and devotion, and in a sense, is placing this “round” or “crown” upon Mother Mary.

Florence Price (1887–1953) was an American composer, pianist, organist and music teacher. She was the first African-American woman to be performed by a major orchestra and to achieve acclaim as an orchestral composer.

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Program Notes Her oeuvre is diverse and consists of music both in the classical and spiritual idiom, including numerous art songs, orchestral works, violin pieces, piano pieces, and more.

Price’s connection to African-American poet Langston Hughes came in the midst of personal strife. After divorcing her abusive husband and leaving the dangerous Jim Crow south for Chicago, Price lived with her piano student and friend Margaret Bonds, who introduced her to Hughes. In Hold Fast to Dreams, Price sets Hughes’s cautionary text with an initially hopeful and gentle atmosphere, “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” However, as the song continues, the poetry ends on a dour note: “Without dreams, life is a barren field frozen with snow.”

The Answer was commissioned by my dear friend and former colleague, Julia Chapman, and sets Sara Teadale’s poem of the same name. It was originally written for her student teaching assignment, the Les Belles Voix treble chorus at Fountain Valley High School, California. However, weeks before their concert, the world entered quarantine, and classes moved online. Tonight’s performance will be the world premiere.

Throughout her life, Teasdale increasingly suffered from depression before losing her battle with mental illness in 1933. The Answer references her struggle and acceptance of her depression, and shares the profound idea that experiencing deep sorrow can enable a greater and more fulfilling life. Her poem is alive with rebellious and feminist sentiment; she refuses to take the “false and feeble pity” from men for her experiences, should they come posthumously. “Take back your poor compassion… I have found more joy in sorrow, than you can find in joy.”

This text was chosen by Julia as a personal message to her students. After facing significant difficulties from external factors during her education, Julia persisted through these challenges and graduated at the top of her class as a double major in only four years. She found that Teasdale’s texts perfectly encompassed her experience, and her decision to rise above adversity.

Still I Rise is a modern spiritual written by African American woman composer, Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962).

Powell has achieved national and international recognition for her music, and is an accomplished singer, clinician, voice professor, and researcher of African-American Spirituals. Still I Rise focuses on persisting through conflict. According to Powell, “it is a woman’s anthem, saluting the strength of women to persevere through life’s difficulties.” Powell’s original and uplifting words are matched with an energetic, gospel-style piano. Worth noting are the multitude of ways Powell shows the titular rise, including soaring solos, and building harmonies, and a perfectly placed key change.

Kaval Sviri Traditional Bulgarian Kafal sviri, mamo, gore dole, mamo, pod seloto.

Ya shte ida, mamo, da go vida, mamo, da go chuya.

Ako mi e nashencheto, shte go lyuba den do pladne, ako mi e yabandjiiche, shte go lyuba dor do jivot.

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A kaval plays, mother, up there, down there, mother below the village I am going to see it, mother, to see it and hear it.

If he is one of ours, I will love him from dawn till dusk, If he is a stranger, I will love him all my life.

Program Notes

Program Notes, Texts, and Translations

Ave Maria, op.93 Traditional Prayer Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.

Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Sound the Trumpet Text by Nahum Tate (1652-1715) Sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet!

Sound, sound, sound the trumpet till around You make the list’ning shores rebound.

On the sprightly hautboy play All the instruments of joy That skillful numbers can employ, To celebrate the glories of this day.

What Happens When a Woman Text by Alexandra Olsavsky (b.1990) What happens when a woman takes power?

What happens when she won’t back down?

What happens when a woman takes power?

What happens?

What happens?

What happens when a woman takes power?

What happens when she won’t back down?

What happens when a woman takes power?

What happens when a woman wears the crown?

What happens when she rules her own body?

What happens when she sets the beat?

What happens she she bows to nobody?

What happens when she stands on her own two feet?

We rise above.

We lead with love.

We have won. We are one. We’ve just begun.

Canon Coronato à 3 Quest’ Opera mia ti dono col cor ò Madre Maria per pegno d’Amor.

Con l’Alma divota che dono à te del Canto lanota consagro al tuo piè.

L’offerta è vile Maria lo sò d’affetto humile un segno sol dò.

This work of art I give to you with my heart, O Mother Mary, as a symbol of my love.

With a devoted soul I make a gift to you of the notes of this song to lay humbly at your feet.

This offering is small, Mary, I know, a humble sign of my Love.

Hold Fast to Dreams Text by Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

The Answer Text by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) When I go back to earth And all my joyous body Puts off the red and white That once had been so proud, If men should pass above With false and feeble pity, My dust will find a voice To answer them aloud: “Be still, I am content, Take back your poor compassion— Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy.

Lithe as a bending reed Loving the storm that sways her— I found more joy in sorrow Than you could find in joy.”

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Program Notes Still I Rise Text by Rosephanye Powell (b.1966) Though I have been wounded, aching heart full of pain.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

Jus’ like a budding rose, my bloom is nourished by rain.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

Haven’t time to wonder why, though fearful I strive.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

My pray’r and faith uphold me ‘til my courage arrives.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

Still I rise as an eagle, soaring above ev’ry fear.

With each day I succeed, I grow strong an’ believe That it’s all within my reach; I’m reaching for the skies, Bolstered by courage, yes, still I rise.

Yes, it’s all within my reach; I’m reaching for the skies, Yes, still I rise.

Gentle as a woman; tender sweet are my sighs.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

Strength is in my tears and healing rains in my cries.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

Plunging depths of anguish, I determine to strive.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

My pray’r and faith uphold me ‘til my courage arrives.

Still I rise, yes, still I rise.

Though you see me slump with heartache; Heart so heavy that it breaks.

Be not deceived I fly on bird’s wings, rising sun, its healing rays.

Look at me, you see a woman; Gentle as a butterfly.

But don’t you think, not for one moment, that I’m not strong because I cry.

Still I rise as an eagle, soaring above ev’ry fear.

With each day I succeed, I grow strong an’ believe That it’s all within my reach; I’m reaching for the skies, Bolstered by courage, yes, still I rise.

Yes, it’s all within my reach; I’m reaching for the skies, Yes, still I rise.

By prayer and faith, still I rise.

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Program Notes, Texts, and Translations

ManCorps This year has been a journey. Despite its many struggles and challenges, we have seen happiness, beauty, and hope during our semester of live music making together. Tonight, we would like to share some of the joy we have experienced by taking you on a journey with us. Let’s go!

Composed for the 2001 National ACDA Conference, Come Travel With Me presents a spirited call to adventure.

Composer Scott Farthing is a renowned conductor, pianist, vocal pedagogue, stage director, speaker and clinician.

The text takes inspiration from American poet Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of the Open Road” (1856). Whitman describes a journey that he is set to embark on with self-confidence, optimism, and hope, despite the obstacles he may face on the way. In the same way, Farthing calls us to charge forward into uncharted territory and explore the world full of things more “Beautiful and divine than words can ever describe” with eighth- and sixteenth-note patterns in the piano accompaniment that propel this piece forward.

– Rohin Scaria

We take a step back in history in the next stop of our journey. Viva Tutti was written by an anonymous composer in the 18th century. Characterized as a glee — a form inspired by English Madrigal of the 1600s — this short piece epitomizes the genre. Written for 3-4 part male voices, the subject of this piece is what many men think of but know nothing about: women.

Canto del Agua (“Song of the Water”) is a Spanish song that originates from the plains of Venezuela. The text is not only about admiring the sea, it is also about a man who has his eyes on a beautiful woman. When he sees her on a walk at night, he exclaims, “Ay, ay, ay, lend me your eyes because the moon has hidden itself.” Canto del Agua is also a joropo, a genre of Venezuelan folk music that is known for being fast-paced, fiery, and rhythmic. Over time, joropo became the national dance of Venezuela as well as the unofficial second national theme. In performance, it is commonly performed by harp, guitar, maracas, and singing that emphasizes unusual, irregular rhythms. In this arrangement, there are guitar rhythms in the piano and the rhythmic claps which are a reference to Spanish castanets.

– Anthony Tovar

Sisi ni moja was commissioned in 2015 for the Michigan State University Children & Youth Choirs for their world-music concert theme, “We are One.” To celebrate different communities and world cultures, “Sisi ni moja” was used as a Swahili translation of “We are One.” With the use of driving djembe rhythms, popular music progressions, and syncopated piano patterns, this celebratory piece celebrates diversity as we come together in our journey of life.

We end our set with Marta Keen’s Homeward Bound. Keen was raised in Texas and her melody gracefully brings our journey to a close. The simplicity of the harmonization and accompaniment allows us to focus on the text’s message. While we must travel away — physically and/or emotionally — at some point in our lives, we will always find a way home.

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Program Notes Come Travel with Me Let’s go! Whoever you are, let’s go!

Come travel with me.

We will go down the open road, We will go where high winds blow, We will go down pathless and wild seas The world before me!

There are things more beautiful and divine Than words can ever tell.

There are things that will never, never die There are things that will not grow old.

Let’s go! We must not stop here, let’s go!

And we will not fear!

Let’s go, I give you my hand, I give you my heart, I give you myself.

Let’s go, come travel with me!

Viva Tutti Viva Tutti levezzose, Donne a’mabiliamorose, Che non hanno credeltà!

Viva sempre, Delle donne sol de riva, Labramata sedelta.

Long live all the pretty women, The women so pleasant, like roses, Who have no cruelty.

Hail always, Those women yearning by the shore.

They who have no cruelty.

Canto del Agua Es un canto mañanero A la orillita del rio.

Que te va diciendo negra Tapame que tengo frio.

Que te va diciendo negra Vamanos a enamorar.

Ay, yai, yai, esta noche yo me voy Ay, yai, yai, a pasearme entre las dunas.

Ay, yai, yai, prestame negra tus ojos Porque se esconde la luna.

Es un canto mañanero

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A la orillita del rio.

Que te va diciendo negra Tapame que tengo frio.

Que te va diciendo negra Vamanos a enamorar.

Ay, yai, yai, yo no se lo que me pasa Ay, yai, yai, cuando estoy cerca del mar.

Ay, yai, yai, prestame negra tus ojos Porque se esconde la luna.

It’s a song of the morning, At the edge of the river.

What is the dark skinned lady saying?

“Cover me because I am cold.”

What is the dark skinned lady saying?

“Let’s fall in love.”

Ay, yai, yai, Tonight I’m going away Ay, yai, yai, to walk among the dunes Ay, yai, yai, Lend me your eyes, dark skinned one Because the moon is hiding itself.

It’s a song of the morning, At the edge of the river.

What is the dark skinned lady saying?

“Cover me because I am cold.”

What is the dark skinned lady saying?

“Let’s fall in love.”

Ay, yai, yai, I don’t know what is happening to me Ay, yai, yai, when I am near the ocean.

Ay, yai, yai, Lend me your eyes, dark skinned one Because the moon is hiding itself.

Sisi ni moja (We Are One) We all laugh, we all cry, we all feel hunger, we all feel pain.

We all love, we all hate, we all hope, and we all dream.

We are one world, one people. And we all breathe the same.

A tribe of many languages, a group of many heartaches, fighting for peace among the land.

Heja, heja, sisi ni moja. Heja, heja, we are one.

We all want, we all need, we all seek passion, we all seek joy.

We all bruise, we all scar, we all fail, but learn to thrive.

We are one world, one people. And we all breathe the same.

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In the darkness of the night and in the glory of the morning, we walk along the path and find our way.

Now we stand here together and lift our hearts in song to the rhythm of this moment in our lives: Heja, heja, sisi ni moja. Heja, heja, we are one.

Homeward Bound In the quiet misty morning When the moon has gone to bed, When the sparrows stop their singing And the sky is clear and red.

When the summer’s ceased its gleaming.

When the corn is past its prime, When adventure’s lost its meaning, I’ll be homeward bound in time.

Bind me not to the pasture, Chain me not to the plow.

Set me free to find my calling And I’ll return to you somehow.

When you find it’s me you’re missing, If you’re hoping I’ll return.

To your thoughts I’ll soon be list’ning, in the road I’ll stop and turn.

Then the wind will set me racing As my journey nears its end, And the path I’ll be retracing When I’m homeward bound again.

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Concert Chorale Although Concert Chorale has been making music regularly throughout the pandemic, this is the first time the full, 48-voice ensemble has been together in over a year. To say that we are excited to sing tonight is a huge understatement. Safety protocols still require masks, of course, and we also need to maintain space between each singer. With these strictures in mind, we have selected three pieces that were all written for double choir, which allows us to perform safely in the round, utilizing the stage and the balconies of the Moores Opera House.

It would be a stretch to claim any kind of direct connection between past pandemics and the music performed tonight. Still, it is worth noting that each piece was written by composers who were no strangers to the effects of plague and disease.

Purcell’s beautiful Hear My Prayer, O Lord was written in 1681; the Great Plague of London, which ended in 1666, in part, because of another disaster, the Great Fire of London, had to have been central to every Londoner’s history.

In spite of its brevity— only 34 measures — Hear My Prayer is one of the most sublime choral pieces ever written.

The short and poignant text consists of a repeated cry for help. The vocal lines, which begin with the repetition of a single note, evolve into chromatic and jagged pleas; some scholars claim that the torturous vocal lines are descriptive of the course of tears running down humanity’s cheeks. Scholars also note that the piece consists of one, inexorable, dissonant crescendo that only resolves in the penultimate measure.

The Vivaldi Lauda Jerusalem provides a flashy, antiphonal, and virtuosic contrast to the searing grief heard in the Purcell. It was written in 1739 in a city that, as a water-logged gateway to the world, has a long history of battling plague. The famous beaked mask seen in today’s Venetian tourist shops was a plague mask that allowed the wearer to stuff the beak with herbs thought to ward off disease. Vivaldi wrote Lauda… for the Ospedale, one of Venice’s most famous institutions. There, residents consisted of nuns and girls who had been orphaned; undoubtedly, some of these girls lost parents due to plagues. Lauda’s opening motive, an ascending minor triad in quarter notes, lifts the singers’ praise to the heavens; this motive, whether in minor or major tonality, is found throughout the work and is punctuated with two soprano solos that contrast rhythmically and tonally.

We close with the Gloria from Vaughan Williams’ beautiful Mass in G Minor. Composed between 1921 – 1922, it is another piece created as the world emerged from terrible times. In this case, composition took place shortly after the Spanish Flu of 1919 and also after the composer’s stint as an ambulance driver in World War I. Throughout, this timeless, universal text is set with music that is also timeless, using various compositional styles — imitation, fugue, cross-relations, antiphonal texture, and fauxbourdon — found in the 20th century and also in earlier Renaissance and Baroque periods. Vaughan Williams was an avowed atheist, but he commented time and again on the power of music to connect mankind.

Music is the one thing which defies bombs and blitzes. Music is the one thing which binds together those who live at opposite ends of the globe. Music is the one thing which makes friends of those who have never met, and perhaps will never meet except through the power of the greatest of the arts.[1] [1] Letter 393 in Hugh Cobbe, Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895 – 1958. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), 347 – 48.

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Program Notes, Texts, and Translations

Hear My Prayer, O Lord

Mass in G Minor for Double Choir

Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my crying come unto thee.

Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.

Laudamus te. Benedicimus te.

Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.

Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.

Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Filius Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.

Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.

Quoniam tu solus Sanctus; tu solus Dominus.

Tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris.

Amen.

Lauda Jerusalem (Psalm 147) Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum; lauda Deum tuum, Sion.

Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum; genedixit filiis tuis in te.

Qui posuit fines tuos pacem, et adipe frumenti satiat te.

Qui emittit eloquium suum terrae: velociter currit sermo ejus.

Qui dat nivern 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 aquae.

Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob, justitias et judicia sua Israel.

Non fecit taliter omni nationi, et judicia sua non manifestavit eis.

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion.

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 the snow like wool: and scattereth the hoarfrost 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 statues and ordinances unto Israel.

He hath not dealt so with any nation: neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws.

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men.

We praise thee, we bless thee.

We worship thee, we glorify thee.

We give thanks to thee for thy great glory.

O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Thou that takes away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.

Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord.

Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father.

Amen.

Moores School of Music

Supporters

Supporters

Choral Area Supporters Ms. Denise Abbott Mr. Jay R. Adolacion Ms. Julie Anderson-Smith Dr. Douglas K. Anthis Mr. Jeffrey B. Aron Ms. Perla Barron Ms. Patricia F. Bonner Mrs. Nancy W. Bruce Ms. Rachel R. Bush Mrs. Julie R. Campbell Ms. Tara Campbell Mr. Jeff Chen Mrs. Nancy Clark Ms. Cynthia L. Clayton-Vasquez Ms. Florence E. Crum Mrs. Elizabeth A. Dewey Ms. June Dively Dr. Stephanie H. Elmore Mrs. Barbara Frankel Mrs. Joyce P. Frassanito Mrs. Linda P. Fulton Dr. Eduardo Garcia-Novell Mr. John R. Gealy Ms. Tanya Gee Ms. Margery Irene Gehan Mr. Stephen W. Glenn Mr. David Glodt Ms. Catherine G. Goode Mr. John Goode Ms. Janie E. Graham Mr. Thomas H. Guthrie, II Mr. Oscar R. Gutierrez Mr. Gregory Hagerty Ms. Lindsay J. Hargrove Ms. Karen Hautz Ms. Joan Heinrich Mrs. Ann T. Hendrix

A Red Carnation Concert

Ms. Phyllis Margaret Herbst Ms. Sammi Hicks Mr. Alan Holzberg Mrs. Judith L. Jones Mrs. Margaret J. Landry Ms. Caroline Lees Ms. Nina K. Lynn The Honorable Beth Madison Ms. Amirali Mahesania Ms. Donna Mason Mrs. Lurie F. McAdow Ms. Kate Benanti McCarty Mrs. Judy S. McEnany Mr. William B. McNamara Miss Kristina M. Michel Dr. Karoline Mueller Mr. Jeb Mueller Mr. Steven J. Mueller Mrs. Michaele Cox O'Dwyer Mr. Raymond M. Oshman Mr. Miguel Pedroza Ms. Karen T. Platt Mr. Mark A. Polimeno Mrs. Andrea Raizner Mr. Emanuel Ramirez The Honorable Carroll R. Ray Mr. Robert R. Reed Ms. Claudia Reyes Ms. Sacha Rodriguez Ms. Carolyn C. Rogan Dr. Shirley E. Rose The Honorable Frank B. Rynd Ms. Alexis Paige Schimmel Mr. Cyrill Schurch Ms. Kathryn Sherrill Mr. Anthony Shou Mrs. Doris A. Sing

Ms. Lynn Snowden Ms. Felicia C. Snyder Mr. Steban Soto Mrs. Rhonda J. Sweeney Mrs. Pamela D. Szabo Mr. John D. Thees, Jr. Mrs. Julie A. Treadwell Mrs. Margaret R. Tucker Dr. Gage Van Horn Mr. Krish Venkatachalam Mr. Paul Viola Mr. Fredric A. Weber Ms. Alicia V. Whitmire Mrs. Jo Dee Wright UH Alumni Association Foundation Consulate General of Israel St. Luke's United Methodist Church AMC Music Cypress Creek FACE ClubCorp Service Center St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Madison Charitable Foundation Inc. Jackson Hicks Charitable Fund of FCGF Glenn Charitable Gift Fund of the FCGF Rita & Jeffrey Aron Family Fdn of FCGF James Dick Foundation Ultimate Software Group, Inc. Hinshaw Music,Inc. ARS Lyrica Houston Arts For Rural Texas

Giving to the Arts Giving to the Arts

Thank you to the following donors for giving through endowments that transform the lives of students, faculty, and audiences in perpetuity.

2018 – 2019 Endowments Abram I. Lack Music Master’s Endowment Fund Albert and Margaret Alkek Scholarship Endowment Albert Hirsh Endowed Scholarship Fund Alkek Williams Endowment in the Moores School of Music Amelia Ann Alexander Scholarship Endowment for Organ Studies in the Moores School of Music Anthony P. Apollo Memorial Scholarship Endowment for the Moores School of Music Jazz Program Betti and Charles Saunders Music Endowment Betty and Harry Czarnek and Betty and Eugene Patalik Music Scholarship Endowment Betty C. and Harry T. Jukes Music Scholarship Endowment Betty Cannata Music Excellence Endowment Betty Shaw Scholarship Endowment Fund Bill and Ann Stokes Endowment in the Theatre Program Blaffer High Ceiling Gallery Endowment C. W. Moores, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Music C. W. Moores, Jr. Fellowship Endowment for the Moores School of Music Cecil J. Pickett Scholarship Endowment Fund Charlene and Philip J. Carroll Endowment in Music Charles F. and Dorothy B. Riesen Scholarship Endowment Fund Cheryl M. Carlucci Fellowship Endowment in Opera in the Moores School of Music Claire North Patterson Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Cullen Foundation Endowed Dean’s Chair for the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Endowment David and Ann Tomatz Music Endowment Delphian Theatre Endowment Fund Diabolus Endowed Scholarship for the Moores School of Music Dorothy A. and Charles E. Bishop Scholarship Fund in the Moores School of Music Eddie Green/Chad Collins Family Band Program Endowment Edythe Bates Old Choral Endowment Edythe Bates Old College Professorship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Edythe Bates Old Opera Endowment Edythe Bates Old Orchestra Endowment in Moores School of Music Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum Scholarship Endowment in Music Elena Nikolaidi Scholarship Endowment Fund for the Moores School of Music Frank L. Berry, Jr. Endowment in the School of Art Frederic A. and Betsy Cook Weber Endowed Scholarship for Vocal Music Education Galveston Musical Club Scholarship Endowment Fund Gary Choate Memorial and Marc L. Palmer Endowment

George Leroy and Myrajane Ereckson Hall Endowment in the Moores School of Music Houston Delphian Endowment for Support of the Shakespeare Festival Howard Pollack Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music, in Memory of Darryl Wexler J. Scott Chase Endowment in Opera in the Moores School of Music Jane Dale Owen Endowment in the Blaffer Art Museum Jean Preston Lack Music Scholarship Fund Jeremy Head Scholarship Endowment Fund Jo and Jim Furr Exhibition Endowment in the Blaffer Art Museum Joanna Friesen Scholarship Endowment John M. Druary Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music John S. and Elena M. Zaccaria Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music and the School of Theatre & Dance Judith Kathleen Morris Memorial Endowment June Duhar Smith Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts Endowment La Ruth Blain Scholarship Endowment in the School of Art La Verne McClellan Endowment Fund in Fine Arts Lack Music Endowment Fund Larry W. Gatlin Endowment in Music Laura Eliska Swails Fine Arts Scholarship Endowment Linda and Ken Lay Family Endowment in Music Linda Dorff Scholarship Endowment in the School of Theatre & Dance Louisa Stude Sarofim New Music Endowment Fund Lucile Birmingham Melcher Endowment in the Moores School of Music Lucile Birmingham Melcher Violin Endowment in the Moores School of Music Lyndall Finley Wortham Chair in the Performing Arts Madison Endowed Professorship in Music Margaret Alkek and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair for the Director of the Moores School of Music Margaret W. and James A. Elkins, Jr. Endowment in Music Marian and Samuel W. Spain Endowment for Graduate or Undergraduate Students in Music Education in the Moores School of Music Marilyn and R.E. “Gene” Reamer Endowment in Music Martha Suit Hallman Lecture in Music Endowment Martin Antonio “Marty” Flores Scholarship Endowment for Composition and Music Theory Studies Matthew Bartkowiak Memorial Scholarship Endowment May R. Litowsky Endowed Scholarship for the Moores School of Music Michael Wilkomirski Endowed Violin Scholarship Fund Milton Katims Endowed Scholarship Fund in Music Minnette and Jerome Robinson Scholarship Endowment Miriam Strane Memorial Piano Scholarship Endowment Nancy and Rob Martin Endowed Scholarship Nancy Chertok Scholarship Endowment Fund in Music Nancy Luton Scholarship Endowment for Innovation in Printmaking

Moores School of Music

Neva and Wesley West Scholarship Endowment for the Moores School of Music Patsy Swayze Endowed Scholarship for Dance Peter W. Guenther Art History Scholarship Endowment Fund Richard Y. Grant Music Scholarship Endowment Fund Robert Bullard Memorial Scholarship Endowment Robert J. Jones Endowment in Music Ronald C. Borschow Endowment for Student and Faculty Travel Ruth G. Burr Endowed Scholarship Fund Ruth M. Claridge Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Mr. Byron Hester Ruth M. Claridge Memorial Endowment Sarah C. Morian Endowment Sarah Campbell Blaffer Scholarship Endowment Sarah J. Cooper Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Schissler Foundation Fellowship Endowment Fund in Music Moores School of Music Endowment Fund Steinway Initiative Maintenance Endowment in the Moores School of Music Stephen Harbachick Endowment in Music Sue H. Van Horn Music Scholarship Fund The Chris Wilson and Jim Jeter Endowment for Excellence in Theatre Thelma Hearn Scholarship Endowment Thomas Flaxman Endowed Art Scholarship Fund Tommy Tune Endowed Dance Scholarship Trey Wilson Endowed Scholarship Fund Val Link Endowed Scholarship in Art Wilhelmina R. “Beth” Robertson Endowment in Music William C. Moffit Endowed Scholarship in Band William Douglas Allums Band Endowment William G. Henry, Jr. Scholarship Endowment William Lee Pryor Voice Scholarship Endowment Winifred and Maurice Hirsch Memorial Scholarship Endowment

Endowments in Progress Adeeb and Adeeba Hourani Endowed Professorship in Music Darrin Davis and Mario Gudmundsson Voice and Opera Scholarship Endowment Jay and Shirley Marks Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Scholarship Endowment in Art Marie Taylor Bosarge Endowed Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome Rhonda and Donald Sweeney Endowed Scholarship for Opera Robert J. Jones Endowment in Music Robin L. Tooms Endowment for Excellence in Graphic Design Sharon Kopriva Endowed Scholarship in Art Young Artist Endowed Scholarship in Piano

Spring 2021 Concert

Ezekiel W. Cullen Society

Members listed in this program have given $250,000 or more in their lifetime to Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts.

Cathy Collins and Thomas Collins Chad Thomas Collins (’96) Thomas H. Guthrie II Monzer Hourani Sheila K. Johnstone Judith Jones (’65) and Walter Jones (’65) Kathrine G. McGovern (FS ’61) The Honorable John J. Moores (’70, J.D. ’75, Honorary ’95) and Dianne Moores Sallie C. Morian and Michael H. Clark Lillie T. Robertson Shirley E. Rose (’60, M.Ed. ’69, Ed.D. ’73) and Donald Rose* Rhonda J. Sweeney (M.B.A. ’79) and Donald G. Sweeney Betsy Cook Weber (’95) and Frederic C. Weber * Deceased

In Tempore Legacy Society

The In Tempore Legacy Society is a special community of planned giving donors who have included the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts in their estate plans through a bequest, life income arrangement or charitable provision.

Gloria Acker (’71) Ann Alexander Nanette Chastain and Donald R. Martin (’57, M.M. ’59) Ann L. Faget Mariglyn Glenn and Stephen Glenn Thomas H. Guthrie II Jacquelyn Harbachick Ethan Hirsh (’67) Ellen Holzberg and Alan Holzberg Sheila K. Johnstone Judith Jones (’65) and Walter Jones (’65) Lynn Lamkin and Jon Lamkin Genie Lanfear Sharon G. Ley (M.M. ’02) and Robert Lietzow The Honorable John J. Moores (’70, J.D. ’75, Honorary ’95) and Dianne Moores Juan R. Morales (’93) Violet M. O'Valle (FS ’73) Shirley E. Rose (’60, M.Ed. ’69, Ed.D. ’73) Buck Ross Marc Schindler Rhonda J. Sweeney (M.B.A. ’79) Jo Dee and Cliff Wright Elena M. Zacaria and John S. Zaccaria

Giving to the Arts

Enriching our students, our community, and the world

Moores Society

The Moores Society is the philanthropic volunteer organization for the Moores School of Music.

Moores Society members and donors promote community awareness and provide funding for scholarships and special projects. Moores Society members receive invitations to concerts and special events held throughout the year.

2020-2021 MOORES SOCIETY Board of Trustees Moores Society Executive Board Jackie and Malcolm Mazow, Presidents Jo Dee Wright, Immediate Past President Debbie Feuer, Audience Development Chair Helen Shaffer, Vice President, Membership Rita Aron, Assistant Secretary, Corresponding Robin Angly, Opera Production Council Chair Carla Burns, Secretary, Recording

Ann Ayre Meg Boulware Terry Ann Brown Darlene Clark Beth Del Pico Mariglyn Glenn Stephen Glenn Marita Glodt

Sean Gorman Gary Hollingsworth and Ken Hyde Ellen and Alan Holzberg Linda Katz Marc S. Levine Shirley Rose Kathi Rovere

Cathy McNamara Celia Morgan Jo and Joseph Nogee Kitten and Ron Page Kusum Patel Carroll R. Ray Carol Lee Robertson Lillie Robertson Minette Robinson Donna Scott and Mitch Glassman Satoko and Anthony Shou Susan Thompson

Advisory Board Ann and Karl Tornyos Virginia and Gage Van Horn Carol and Carl Vartian Nancy Willerson Beth Wolff Cyvia Wolff Gay Yellen Christopher Bacon Tom Becker Anne Boss Nancy Bowden Cheryl Byington Zarine Boyce

Robin Angly, Chair Chris Bacon Gwyneth Campbell Tim Doyle Warren Ellsworth

Opera Production Council Ann Faget Ellen and Alan Holzberg Helen Mann Jackie and Malcolm Mazow Terrylin Neale

Richard J. Schmitt Donna Shen Rhonda Sweeney Betty Tutor Bob Wilkins Mary Ann Wilkins

Julie Cogan Vicky Dominguez Cathy Coers Frank Joyce Frassanito Diane and Harry Gendel Beatrice and Gregory Graham Donna and Gene Hammons Gladys Hooker Mady Kades Janis Landry Shannon Langman Cora Sue and Harry Mach Rhonda Sweeney Beth Wolff Jo Dee Wright

Moores School Symphony Orchestra

MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOCIETY Debbie L. Feuer Mariglyn Stephen W. Glenn Marita Glodt Sean Gorman Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth and Ken Hyde Ellen and Alan Holzberg Gladys Hooker Linda Katz Stephen Y. Leatherwood Barbara and Ulyesse J. LeGrange Sharon and Robert Lietzow Tod Lindholm and Rex Adams

Helen B. Davis Dr. Timothy Doyle Douglas Koch and Marcia Murphey

Mary Ann and David McKeithan Dr. Gary W. Patterson Minnette Robinson Nancy R. Schissler

Christopher Bacon Nancy Bowden Katherine and Trey Brady Pam and Steve Bertone Barbara and Ronald Cuenod Drucilla and Richard Davis Joyce Frassanito Rachel Frazier Diane Gendel Dr. Gregory D. Graham Thomas Grimmett Eugene Hammons Sandra Harris

Timothy Eugene Hester and Jasmine Hatem Nancy and Carter Hixon Sophia James Mady and Kenneth Kades Janis Landry Marc S. Levine Cathy and Bill McNamara Dr. Celia A. Morgan Jo and Joseph Nogee Kitten and Ron Page Kusum Patel Carol Lee Robertson Kathi and Bill Rovere

Jackie and Malcolm Mazow Lillie T. Robertson Shirley E. Rose Jane and Richard J. Schmitt Helen Shaffer Donna Shen Nancy and Michael Shoup Rhonda and Donald Sweeney Ann and Karl Tornyos Betty Tutor Mary Ann and Bob Wilkins Jo Dee and Cliff Wright Edith and Robert L. Zinn

Partner ($500) Donna S. Scott Anthony Shou Virginia and Gage Van Horn Cyvia Wolff

Patron ($250) Honorable Frank Rynd Betty and Robert L. Schwarz Doris and William Sing Julie Anderson-Smith and Ron Smith Christine Stevens and Richard Crishock Susan Thompson Jon Totz Carol and Carl Vartian David Ashley White Nancy B. Willerson Beth Wolff Gay Yellen and Don Reiser

Friend ($120) Ginger and David Blomstrom Judy and Harry Bristol Cheryl Byington Gwyneth Campbell Debra Witter and Scott Chase Cynthia Clayton and Hector Vasquez Vicie Lee Coleman Courtney Crappell Kathryn J. Crowder Matthew Dirst Dr. Kenneth L. Euler

A Red Spring Carnation 2021 Concert Concert

John R. Gealy Walter Hecht Ann T. Hendrix Barbara and Raymond Kalmans Dr. Nicole Kenley-Miller and Dr. Andy Miller Richard Kummins Connie Lewis Crista and Gary Miller Teska Moreau Susan Snider Osterberg Anni Pati

Kate and Gregory Robertson Nancy Strohmer Jon Totz Shelton M. Vaughan Eleanor and Richard Viebig Dr. Betsy and Mr. Rick Weber Sharon and Tim Whipple Tobin Wright VIP Pediatrics Anonymous (as of 3/24/2021)

Moores Society Personnel

Director ($1,000) Rita Aron Ann Ayre Thomas S. Becker and Jim Rosenfield Elizabeth Del Pico Margaret Anne Boulware and Hartley Hampton Terry Ann Brown Carla Adele Burns Darlene Clark Julie Dokell Cogan Victoria Dominguez Ann L. Faget