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The Boston Choral EnsembleMiguel Felipe, Music Director

MadrigaliaFriday, November 30, 2007First Church, UCC Harvard Sq, Cambridge

Sunday, December 2, 2007St. John the Evangelist Beacon Hill, Boston

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Miguel Felipe, Music Director

Our Mission

The Boston Choral Ensemble creates a fun, friendly, and open atmosphere for the

musical development of musicians and audiences in the Greater Boston area. Members

of the Boston Choral Ensemble grow musically, both as individuals and as an en-

semble, through the rehearsal and performance of challenging, high-quality music. We

strengthen Greater Boston’s choral community by: making choral music accessible and

interesting to all listeners, regardless of musical background; developing musical inter-

est and ability in young adult musicians; and collaborating with other local musicians.

The Greater Boston Choral Consortium

The Boston Chorale Ensemble is a member of the Greater Boston Choral Consortium

(gbcc), a cooperative association of diverse choral groups in Boston and the surround-

ing areas. [See the gbcc listings beginning on p 19.]

Saying Thanks

We’d like to thank the following people and organizations: Nils Erikson for his record-

ing expertise, and Josh Stoddard and Robert McGilvray for recording support; Perrin

Tellock for all the good food; friends and family for volunteering as ushers; Louise Reilly

Sacco and Garen Daly with The Frugal Yankee on wntn, 1550 am; The 21st Ammendment

and Robert Hanna for supporting the choir’s post-concert festivities; the administra-

tors, staffs, and congregations of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, First Church in

Cambridge, ucc, and Arlington Street Church, uu.

All About Us…the Boston Choral Ensemble


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Dear Friends,

Welcome to the Boston Choral Ensemble’s season-opening concert! We’re thrilled you’re here to join us as we kick off our seventh season. Of course, while this weekend marks the seventh season’s public launch, the planning and preparation that have brought this concert about began moments after last season concluded—and we’ve done much “welcoming” since then.

In August, we welcomed composers to submit applications for our First Annual Commission Competition. About 65 composers from around the world submitted representative works from their catalogues and a proposal for a brand new piece appropriate for our Spring 2008 concert entitled A Peaceable Kingdom. Check page 4 to learn about the winner and honorable mentions. Then, be sure to join us in May to hear a world premiere!

In September, we welcomed 14 new members to our ranks. These individu-als were selected from the large pool of talented singers (more than 40!) who came out for our autumn open-rehearsal and auditions. We also welcomed the talented Branden Grimmet as our rehearsal pianist, and our rehearsals have never run more smoothly.

In October, we welcomed Penelope Bitzas from Boston University, Kathy Fitz-gibbon from Clark University, and Kevin Leong from Harvard University to lead workshops at our annual musical skills retreat. Their instruction was invaluable, and we put their suggestions to work right away with a performance the next day at Arlington Street Church where we continue this year as Artists-in-Residence.

In November, we welcomed Andy Vores of the Boston Conservatory and Jane Ring Frank, artistic director of Boston Secession, to our panel of Commis-sion Competition judges. Their thoughtful consideration and insights helped make our inaugural selection process a fruitful and rewarding one.

And now… we would once again like to welcome you, our long-standing patrons and BCE concert newcomers, as we bring the first results of these long months of work to life. We hope you enjoy it.

Best wishes,

Matthew Baggetta2007–2008 Board President, Boston Choral Ensemble

p.s. Be sure to join us March 7th and 9th for our performance of Orlando de Las-sus’s moving masterwork Lagrime de San Pietro (The Tears of St. Peter).

From the PresidentMatthew Baggetta, Board President



The Boston Choral Ensemble is thrilled to introduce you to the winner of our 1st Annual Com-mission Competition. Mr. Zachary Wadsworth was selected from among 65 applicants from around the world, and his new work will be premiered by BCE this coming spring during A Peaceable Kingdom (see the ad on page 18). For more information about the compeition, especially its 2009 iteration, visit us online at www.BostonChoral.org/competition.

Zachary Wadsworth :: Winner, 1st Annual Commission CompetitionThe music of Zachary Wadsworth, praised for its “evocative mixture of old and new,” spans the entire spectrum of concert music, from music for solo instruments to choral works, art songs, chamber music, orchestra pieces, and an opera. He is also an active pianist and singer, performing regularly in chamber music, solo vocal, and choral settings.

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Zachary has received commissions from numerous individuals and organizations, including The Commission Project, the Hanson Institute for American Music, the Eastman School of Music, and Smith College. His pieces have been performed by en-sembles including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia, by ensembles at Yale University, the Eastman School of Music, Westminster Choir College, and Smith College.

He has received several composition awards, including first prize in the 2007 ascap/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition, first place in the first Long Leaf Opera One Act Opera Competition, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, two Morton Gould Young Composers Awards from ascap, and prizes from the Eastman School of Music and the Yale School of Music. A recording of his choral work, O Saving Victim is now available on the Gothic record label.

Zachary has studied at the Eastman School of Music (bm, 2005) and Yale University (mm, 2007), and he is currently pursuing a dma in music composition at Cornell University. His composition teachers have included Steven Stucky, Roberto Sierra, Martin Bresnick, Ezra Laderman, Ingram Marshall, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Rob-ert Morris, David Liptak, James Willey, and Syd Hodkinson. He also studied at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Honorable Mentions :: 1st Annual Commission Competition

Eric Banks, Seattle, WashingtonA.J. McCaffrey, Los Angeles, CaliforniaJustin Merritt, Northfield, Minnesota

Commission Competitionthe Boston Choral Ensemble


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FriendsRob AndersonAnthony BaggettaCaitlin CunninghamRyan CunninghamTiana ChecchiaRob CliffordAlexandra DewKaja FickesEllen FrankTerry and Bob FromhartzBarbara and Frederick GableJonathan GableBarb and Bob GouldRaziel and Nancy Haimi-CohenKristi Lyn HayesEzra KeshetJudith and Mark KuperwaserBrooke and Jeff LarimerSue and Bob LloydZena LumBrenda McDonaldLynne MeachamDeborah and Alberto MizrahiVasil PappasVirginia PappasChristian PottsDionisa and Hugo RosalJeremy SaccoCarrie Sewell-BancroftWendy SaveryLeah and Cris ShuldinerPatrick SullivanKevin Tyrrell

SupportersKelly BarnerScott BoydJon ChapmanYoon Choi

The Boston Choral Ensemble thanks the many who choose to support our mission and our music. Below are those who’ve given in the last 12 months. If we’ve left you out, we apologize. Please contact us at [email protected] so we can fix the error. If you’d like to join this group of kind donors, talk to a member today or visit www.BostonChoral.org/support. Thank you.

BenefactorsLaura and Martin KeaneJonathan Slusarz

SponsorsDominick and Cheryl BaggettaPaul BarrettRoger BrookJohn Davis and John GrahamJamie and Harry KeshetSara LarcombeJosh StoddardPerrin Tellock

PatronsSally and Ron BancroftLinda BarrettMr. And Mrs. Michael BenefielMatthew BoggieLisa CacciabaudoPatti and Anthony CacciabaudoDarren CarltonKatherine and Lloyd ConoverCaitlin DowneyMichelle and Saul FarberMiguel FelipeIngrid FlynnJeff FoleyWilliam FordFay M. GrahamKaren JamesDebbie KatsiroubasMargaret and David McDiarmidJeff McHughRobert and Rita ModellMary MoranLisa PlumleyCarole Jean Smith and Louis TsienMike and Kathy Willis

Role Call of Donorsthe Boston Choral Ensemble



Kelley ColletteJessica ConnollyErnie CorbinJeffrey EbertBrian FlanaganLesley GangeConstance GillettSteve GoodwinAdam GreenMita GuptaNancy GurneySusan GurneyHahrie HanDavid HannekeMandi Jo HannekeRyan HarrisonElizabeth HauckAlan HelmsJames HykelAlison JonesAnne Jones and Dan GonzalezKristin LaneMeredith LaneMichael LaneSheila Lipshultz

Lisa LloydAdrienne LucasAlan MaginnKathleen McCarthyLeona and John McDonaldCarolyn McKibbinMelissa McMahanSarah McQueenLisabeth O’ConnorKate OliverChelsea PawlekRebecca ReyeltSarah RichardAnne RogersRahul SagarDorothy SaltanovitzPamela and Paul SechokaBarbara SoderbergRosalie TashjianCameron Van Der VeerAnna WardGeoff WhitlockBarbara WildKevin Wright

Fri Mar 7, 2008Sun Mar 9, 2008Free Concert

www.BostonChoral.org

…a rare performance of Lassus’s masterpieceLagrime di San Pietro

The Boston Choral Ensemble :: Miguel Felipe, Music Director


7th Season :: 2007–2008

Dear Friends—

I’m happy to welcome you to Madrigalia, the first concert of our 7th season. Today’s program is a departure from our normal Christmas program routine. I figured, however, that maybe you, our audience, and the singers might enjoy a little something aside from the holiday rush just as the decorations are going up everywhere and sales are picking up speed! Today’s concert is, therefore, decid-edly secular and apart from the holiday season.

Running as a thread through Madrigalia is the tradition of inventive, evocative, and expressive music. The genre emerged in the early sixteenth-century and owed its character and style to the poetry of Petrarch. Taking hold initially in Italy, madri-gals evolved as short, typically light vocal works. As the century wore on, compos-ers sought texts with greater depth to use in their more complicated vocal writing. By the end of the century and past 1600, the late madrigalists—Marenzio, Monte-verdi, Gesualdo, and others—were creating works of such expressive, progres-sive, and direct beauty that you might think they were written during our own lives.

At this same time, the madrigal style was flourishing in England. English composers such as Morley, Bennet, and Weelkes exemplify this British adoption of the madrigal. As for Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Germany, madrigals appear (we’ve included ones from France and Germany) but never took hold like in Italy and England.

In this Boston Choral Ensemble–style tribute to the madrigal, I’ve tried to bring you a diverse sampling of both early and late works. In fact, we’ve even managed to include a twentieth-century set of madrigals that, while newer in their approach to harmony, share many of the same traits as their sixteenth- and seventeenth-century counterparts: expressive text setting, dramatic shifts of harmony, and virtuosic vocal writing.

I hope you enjoy discovering the various links and relationships in today’s menu of madrigals. You’ll hear the early and late works, conservative and progressive, serene and feisty. It has been a pleasure to craft and rehearse this program and we all hope you enjoy the music.

Enjoy the concert,

Miguel FelipeMusic Director, Boston Choral Ensemble

P.S. If you are curious to know more about madrigals, visit us in March as we present Orlando di Lasso’s monumental set of twenty-one madrigale spirituale: Lagrime di San Pietro, or, The Tears of St. Peter.

From the DirectorMiguel Felipe, Music Director



Miguel Felipe :: Music Director

A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Miguel lives in Boston, Massachusetts. He

began his work with the Boston Choral Ensemble in 2004 and is also a member

of the faculty of The Boston Conservatory. There, he is the conductor of the

Women’s Chorus and teaches in the Department of Composition, Theory, and

Music History. In 2005 he was a guest faculty member at Brown University. As a

church musician, Miguel has served in various positions for a dozen years in both

Cincinnati and Boston, including seven years as a director of music in downtown

Boston’s historic Back Bay.

Last summer, Miguel spent several weeks in Bandung, Indonesia, where he

was a guest speaker and instructor at the Bandung School of Church Music and

3rd Symposium on Church Choral Music hosted by the Bandung Choral Soci-

ety. Miguel performs similar work as clinician around New England and looks

forward to returning to Indonesia as adjudicator for an

international competition in 2008. From 2000 to 2004,

Miguel was artistic director of The Maine Gay Men’s

Chorus. Immediately prior, Miguel was also a student at

the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Or-

chestral Musicians in Hancock, Maine, Michael Jinbo,

director.

Before moving to Boston, Miguel lived in Cincinnati,

Ohio, where he completed a degree in music theory

and conducting at The University of Cincinnati College-

Conservatory of Music, summa cum laude, where he studied with John Leman

and Christopher Zimmerman.

Currently, Miguel is pursing a doctoral degree at Boston University (bu) under the

guidance of Dr. Ann Howard Jones and Prof. David Hoose. In 2005, he completed

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a Master of Music degree in conducting, also at bu. While a student, Miguel is

research assistant to Prof. André de Quadros, director of the School of Music

and board member for the International Federation for Choral Music. In conjunc-

tion with Prof. de Quadros, Miguel’s editorial work is published by Earthsongs of

Covallis, Washington, and Hinshaw Music, Inc. of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Miguel is a proud member of the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus

America, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the International Federa-

tion for Choral Music, and Pi Kappa Lambda.

Katherine Foley :: Assistant to the Director

Katherine Foley is an accomplished vocalist, conductor, and teacher. A gradu-

ate of Westminster Choir College, Ms. Foley has appeared with the Westmin-

ster Symphonic Choir with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic,

the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New Jersey Symphony. Locally, Ms. Foley

has appeared as a soloist with numerous Boston area choruses including the

Neponset Choral Society and the Masterworks Chorale. Ms. Foley sings with the

Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She teaches

voice lessons out of her home and has also taught at Philips Exeter Academy. As

the assistant conductor of the Newton Community Chorus, Ms. Foley prepared

the chorus for performances of the Bach Magnificat and the Mozart Requiem,

as well as John Corgliano’s Fern Hill. Ms. Foley was the founding conductor of

the Babson/Olin Community Choir and is also the choir director at Christ Church

United Methodist in Wellesley. She is extremely excited about working with the

Boston Choral Ensemble this year, her first as assistant to the director.

Branden Grimmett :: Rehearsal Pianist

Branden Grimmett is the organist at Sacred Heart Church in Lexington, Massa-

chusetts. Branden came to Sacred Heart after serving as organist at Arlington

Street Church, Unitarian Universalist, in Boston’s historic Back Bay. He previ-

ously served as the director of music and organist at First Congregational Church

in Somerville, and prior to that was the assistant music director and organist

at Topsfield Congregational Church, under the direction of Mark Morgan, the

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artistic director of New England Light Opera. Branden received his Bachelor’s

degree in organ from St. Olaf College in Minnesota, and his Master’s degree in

theology from Harvard University. He has studied organ with John Ferguson,

Cathy Rodland, Shirley King and Ken Rogers; piano with Karen Schlabaugh, Scott

Donald and Rosella Mason; and voice with Robert Scholz and Anton Armstrong,

conductor of the St. Olaf Choir and artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival

Youth Choral Academy.

As an organist, Branden has been featured on the choral album Rise Up, O Men

of God, performing Jean Langlais’ Missa Salve Regina and Antonio Vivaldi’s

Crucifixus. In 2007, he was the guest accompanist for the Boston Gay Men’s

Chorus, under the direction of Reuben Reynolds, performing the Boston premiere

of When We No Longer Touch: A Cycle of Songs for Survival by Kristopher Jon

Anthony. He was also the organist for a rare Boston performance of Arvo Pärt’s

Passio with BCE in 2007. From 2000 to 2003 he was heard on National Public

Radio as the chapel organist at St. Olaf College, and in 2003 served as the organ-

ist for the Amistad Celebration at the Bank of America Pavilion (formerly Fleet

Boston Pavilion). As a singer, Branden performed Arthur Bliss’ oratorio Morning

Heroes with the Saint Olaf Cantorei at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, alongside

James Earl Jones as narrator. He was also seen on the pbs televised St. Olaf

Christmas Festival from 2000 to 2004.

Branden is an active member of the American Guild of Organists, the American

Academy of Religion and the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. He

also serves as a consultant to several religious denominations and individual

congregations, advising them on how to enhance worship and increase member-

ship through music. He is a member of the United Church of Christ Musicians

National Network (uccmnn) and currently sits on the Praise Song Advisory

Team for the upcoming United Church of Christ (ucc) hymnal supplement, to be

released in 2009. In June 2007, Branden served as the organist for the ucc’s 26th

General Synod and 50th Anniversary Celebration of the United Church of Christ in

Hartford, Connecticut, where Bill Moyers and Senator Barack Obama were the

featured presenters.


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The Boston Choral Ensemble presents

MadrigaliaFriday, November 30th, 2007, 8:00 pm

First Church, ucc, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007, 2:00 pm Church of St. John the Evangelist, Boston, Massachusetts

The Boston Choral EnsembleMiguel Felipe, Music Director

Katherine Foley, Assistant to the DirectorBranden Grimmett, Rehearsal Pianist

Katrina ArmandoLisa Cacciabaudo

Alexis CalozaJoshua ClapperNikki Clapper

Benjamin DarflerElizabeth Darlington

John DavisKatherine Foley*

John GrahamVardit Haimi-CohenJoanna Hamilton

Robert HannaJess Holroyd*

Meredith Hughes*Hyun Gu Kang

Chip LockwoodRobert McGilvray*

Lisa PlumleyRobin RiehlJanet Ross

Cyndi Sacco*Geoffrey SloaneJosh Stoddard*

Jon SwiftPerrin Tellock

Jim TiceAaron Tievsky

Mary WertzLeo Wetula

Lindsay WhiteSara Willis*

*indicates bce Board members

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MadrigaliaProgram

Giovanni GASTOLDI Amor vittorioso (1591) c1554–1609

Cipriano de RORE Anchor che col partire (1547) c1515/16–1565

Carlo GESULADO Sospirava il mio core (1595) c1561–1613

Thomas MORLEY Fyer, fyer (1595) 1557/8–1602

Claudio MONTEVERDI Ohimé, se tanto amate (1603) 1567–1643

Luca MARENZIO Se sì alto pon gir mie stanche rime (1599) 1553/4–1599

John BENNET Weep O mine eyes fl1599–1614

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MONTEVERDI Lamento d’Arianna (1623) Lasciatemi morire

GESUALDO Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (1611)

Thomas WEELKES Death hath Deprived Me (1608) 1576–1623 A remembrance of my friend M. Thomas Morley

Ross Lee FINNEY Spherical Madrigals (1947) 1906–1997 I. When again all these rare perfections meet II. All-circling point III. His body was an orb IV. On a round ball V. Nor doe I doubt VI. See how the Earth

Michael EAST O metaphysical Tobacco c1580–1648

Clément JANEQUIN Le chant des oiseaux (1528) c1485–after 1558

Arnold von BRUCK So trinken wir alle (1536) ?1500–1554

Thomas RAVENSCROFT Trudge away quickly (1614) ?1592–c1635 Lisa Cacciabaudo, soprano

Miguel Felipe, conductor

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Amor vittoriosounknown authorship

Come all ye, armed,My hardy soldiers!Fa la laI am Love indomitable,The righteous archer.Do not fear in the slightest,But in a beautiful battle line united,Keep up the fight, lusty ones!Fa la la

They seem strong heroes,Those arrayed against you.Fa la laBut from those who know how to

wound,They will know not how to defend.Do not fear in the slightest,But, bold and strong,Be shrewd in battle!Fa la la

Ancor che col partireattrib. Aldonso d’Avalos (1502–1546)

Although each time I leaveIt's my own death I grieve,Always I wish to leave, every moment,Such is my pleasure in the eventMy life's enhanced when I return.And thus each day a thousand times

by turnI'd want to part from youSo blissful is the coming back anew.

© 2004, Peter Dean

Sospirava il mio coreAnnibale Pocaterra (1559–1593)

My heart has been sighingas an escape from griefto imply that the soul can revivewhen my Lady (even she)will breathe a sighthat seems to say:“Don’t die, please don’t die.”

Fyer, Fyerunknown authorship

Fyer, fyer!My heart! My heart!Fa la la la la la

O, help! O, help! Alas, O, help!Ay me! Ay me!I sit and cry me, and call for help,alas, but none comes nigh me.Fa la la la la la.

Ohimé, se tanto amateGiovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612)

Alas, if you love so muchas to feel like saying “alas,” then why

do you makehim who says “alas” die?If I die you can only feelone languid and sorrowful “alas”;But if, my heart, you wishthat I should have life in you, and you

in me,You will have that sweet “alas” thou-

sands and thousands of times over.

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Se sì alto pon gir mie stanche rimeFrancesco Petrarca (1304–1374)

If my weary verses could fly so highAs to reach her who is beyond anger

and grief,And now makes heaven happy with

her beauties,She would recognize well their

changed styleThat perhaps formerly pleased her,

before DeathMade her days light, and my nights

dark.

Weep O mine eyesunknown authorship

Weep, o mine eyes and cease not,alas, these your spring tides me thinks

increase not.O when begin you to swell so highthat I may drown me in you?

from L’Arianna Lasciatemi MorireOttavio Rinuccini (1562–1621)

Let me die,and who do you think can comfort mein such harsh fate,in such great suffering?Let me die.

Moro, lasso, al mio duolounknown authorship

I die, alas, from my grief,And the one who can give me life,Alas, kills me and will not come to my

aid!O sorrowful fate,The one who can bring me life,alas, brings me death!

Death hath Deprived MeJohn Davies of Hereford (1565–1618)

Death hath deprived me of my dearest friend,

my dearest friend is dead and laid in grave,

in grave he rests until the world shall end

as end must all things have.All things must have an end that Na-

ture wrought,must unto dust be brought.

Love is a circleRobert Herrick (1591–1674)

Love is a circle that doth restless move

In the same sweet eternity of love.

from To A Lady who did Sing ExcellentlyLord Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648)

When again all these rare perfections meet,

Composed in the circle of thy face, As in their place,So as to make up of all one perfect sweet,Who is not then so ravish’d with delight, Ev’n of thy sight?

from In the Glorious Epiphany of Our Lord GodRichard Crashaw (1613–1649)

All-circling point. All cent’ring sphere.The world’s one, round, Eternal year.

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from Upon the Death of the Lord HastingsJohn Dryden (1631–1700)

His body was an orb, his sublime soulDid move on virtue’s and on learning’s

pole:Whose reg’lar motions better to our view,Then Archimedes’ sphere, the heav-

ens did show.

from A Valediction: of weeping John Donne (1572–1631)

On a round ballA workeman that hath copies by, can layAn Europe, Afrique, and an Asia,And quickly make that, which was

nothing, All, So doth each teare, Which thee doth weare,A globe, yea world by that impression

grow,Till thy teares mixt with mine doe

overflowThis world, by waters sent from thee,

my heaven dissolved so.

from Out of Virgil: In the praise of the SpringRichard Crashaw

Nor doe I doubtBut when the world first out of Chaos

sprangSo smil’d the Dayes, and so the tenor ran Of their felicity. A spring was there,An everlasting spring; the jolly yeareLed round in his great circle, ...

from Upon the Hill and Grove at Bill-borowAndrew Marvell (1621–1678)

See how the arched Earth does hereRise in a perfect Hemisphere!The stiffest Compass could not strikeA Line more circular and like;Nor softest Pensel draw a BrowSo equal as this Hill does bow.It seems as for a Model laid,And that the World by it was made.

O metaphysical Tobaccounknown authorship

O metaphysical Tobacco,Fetched as far as from Morocco, Thy searching fume Exhales the rheum,O metaphysical Tobacco.

Le chant des oiseauxunknown authorship

Awaken, sleeping hearts,The god of love is calling you.On this first day of MayBirds will do marvelous thingsTo take you away from dismay.Open your earsAnd make laughter and merriment.You will be completely joyful,Each one indulging,You will be completely joyfulBecause the season is good.You will hear, at my advice,sweet musicwhich the thrush will makein a resounding voice:Ti, thouy, chouti, ti, ti.The little starling of Paris,This dear little one,Who passes there, naughty thing,It is time to go to drink,


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Trudge away quicklyunknown authorship

Trudge away quickly and fill the black bowl,

Devoutly as long as wee bide,Now welcome, good fellowes, both

strangers and all, let madnes and mirth set sadnes

aside.

Of all reckonings I love good cheere, With honest folkes in company;And when drinke comes my part for

the beare, For still me thinks one tooth is drye.

Love is a pastime for a king, If one be seene in phisnomie;But I love well this pot to wring, For still me things one tooth is drye.

Masters, this is all my desire, I woulde no drinke should passe us

by;Let us now sing and mend the fier, For still me thinks one tooth is drye.

Starling of Paris,To the speeches of my mistress,To St. Trotin, to St. Robin.To laugh and make merry is mydevice,Each one indulging himself.Nightingale of the lovely wood,Whose voice resoundsto pass the hours of boredom,Your throat utters only nonsense,frian, tu, tu, coqui.Fly away, regret and care,Because the season decrees it.Master cou-cou, leave our place,Each one gives you to the owl,Because you are nothing but a traitor,cou, cou, cou.By treachery, in each nest,You produce without anyone’s asking

you to.Awaken, sleeping hearts,The god of love calls you.

So trinken wir alleunknown authorship

Let us all drink up this wine with gustoFor it is a prince among wines.Drink, my dear little Dieter,so you’ll never be thirsty.Drink up, then!

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apeaceablekingdom

The Boston Choral Ensemble :: Miguel Felipe, Music Director

featuring Randall Thompson’s The Peaceable Kingdom andthe premiere of a new work by Zachary Wadsworth,

winner of BCE’s Commission Competition

Fri May 30, 2008Sun Jun 1, 2008Free Concert

www.BostonChoral.org


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Greater Boston Choral Consortium 2007– 2008 Season :: www.bostonsings.orgCall numbers listed for chorus information

Arlington-Belmont Chorale, Dir. Barry Singer, 781-648-5643, psarlington.org, 12/9, 3/16, 4/27, 6/13Back Bay Chorale, Scott Allen Jarrett, Dir., 617-648-3885. bbcboston.org 11/3, 12/15-16, 3/15, 5/30.Boston Boy Choir, John Dunn, Dir., 617-868-8658, bostonboychoir.org. 12/9, 12/16, 12/21 & 5/9.

The Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, Dir., 617-232-4540, bostoncecilia.org, 10/20, 12/7, 12/9, 2/24, 5/2Boston City Singers, Jane Money, Dir., 617-825-0674, bostoncitysingers.org, Concerts: 12/8, 5/16.Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, Reuben Reynolds, Dir; 617-542-SING; bgmc.org

Chorus North Shore, Sonja Pryor, Dir., 978-356-3807, chorusnorthshore.org, 12/8 &12/9.Concord Women’s Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Dir., concordwomenschorus.org, 12/16, 5/4.Exsultemus, “a strong focused sound not unlike the Tallis Scholars.” 857-998-0219 or exsultemus.org.

Family Folk Chorale, Chris Eastburn, Dir., 781-648-2575, familyfolkchorale.org, 11/11, 3/30, TBDGolden Tones, Maddie Sifantus, Dir. Deborah Foner, Asst. Dir., 508-358-0111, goldentones.orgGordon Symphonic Chorale, Ellen Gilson Voth, Dir. 978-867-4429, gordon.edu/music 11/17, 3/1, 5/4.

Harvard Choral Groups, J. Marvin, Dir. 617-495-5730, fas.harvard.edu/~holchoir/Heritage Chorale, John Finney, Dir., 508-270-3999, heritagechorale.org, 11/18, 2/9, 5/10.In Choro Novo, Thérèse Provenzano, Music Dir., 617-469-3705, inchoronovo.com, Concerts 12/8, 5/3.

King’s Chapel Concert Series, Heinrich Christensen, Dir., 617-227-2155, kings-chapel.orgLexington Pops Chorus, Robert Lague, Dir., 508-481-6554, LexingtonPopsChorus.org, 1/18-19, 5/16-17.Longy Chamber Chorus, Richard A. A. Larraga, Dir., longy.edu, Concerts: 12/16, 5/4 at 7:00pm.

Newton Community Chorus, Rick Travers, Dir., Concerts 12/16, 3/2, 6/7, NewtonCommunityChorus.orgPALS Children’s Chorus, Alysoun Kegel, Cond., 617-264-7257, palschildrenschorus.org Conc. 1/27, 4/13.Pilgrim Festival Chorus, Wm. B. Richter, Dir. 781-447-4865, pilgrimfestival.org, 11/11, 4/12-13.

Saengerfest Men’s Chorus, Michael Driscoll, Dir., 508-358-4104, saengerfest.org, 10/21, 12/16.Sharing A New Song, Diane Winchester, Dir., 978-456-3802, sharinganewsong.org, ’08 Brazil tripSnug Harbor Community Chorus, Roy S. Kelley, Dir., 781-834-7041, snugharborcc.org Shows 12/1 & 5/10.

Somerville Community Chorus, David Giessow, Dir., 617-741-4053, somervillechorus.com, 12/9, 5/17.Stämbandet, The Scandinavian Vocal Ensemble, A. LeVines, Dir., 617-697-2183, stambandet.orgTreble Chorus of New England, Darren Dailey, Dir., 978-837-5461, treblechorus.com Conc. 12/18, 5/10.

Voices Rising, Leora Zimmer, Artistic Director, 617-959-5377, voicesrising.org, 12/8 & 9, early MayWestford Chorus, Dan Rowntree, Dir., 978-392-4662, westfordchorus.org, Conc. Jan. & May ’08.

Youth pro Musica, Peter Krasinski, Dir., 617-666-6087, youthpromusic.org, Concerts 12/16 & 6/1, 4pm.Zamir Chorale of Boston, Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Dir., 617-244-6333; zamir.org 10/18, 12/2, 12/24, 6/1.

Back Bay ChoraleScott Allen Jarrett, Dir., 617-648-3885. Nov. 3, 8PM: Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Howells, Holst, Emmanuel Ch., Boston. Dec. 15, 8PM, Emmanuel Ch., Boston & Dec. 16, 3PM, Marsh Chapel, BU: Christmas in Boston. Mar. 15, 8PM: Mass by Frank Martin, works by Messiaen, Martin, Em-manuel Ch., Boston. May 30, 8PM: Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Sanders Theatre, Harvard Univ. www.bbcboston.org

Boston Children’s ChorusAnthony Trecek-King, Artistic Dir., 617-778-2242. Children ages 7-18 celebrate diversity through song. Jan 21, NEC’s Jordan Hall: 5th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert featuring special guests the Chicago Children’s Choir. Televised live on WCVB-Channel 5. For more information visit www.bostonchildrenschorus.org

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Boston Choral EnsembleMiguel Felipe, Director. Concerts 11/30, 8pm & 12/2, 2pm: Madrigals, incl. Finney’s Spherical Mad-rigals. 3/7, 8pm & 3/9, 2pm: Lassus’s Lagrime di San Pietro. 5/30, 8pm & 6/1, 2pm: Music on war & peace, incl. Thompson’s Peaceable Kingdom. Fridays at First Church Cambridge, UCC: $10 Gen. Adm., $7 Stud/Sen. Sundays at St. John the Evangelist, Boston: FREE. www.BostonChoral.org

Boston SecessionJane Ring Frank, Art. Dir., 617-499-4860. Nov. 9 & 10, 8 PM: The Big Oh!, Framingham St. Coll. (11/9), 1st Ch. Camb. Cong. (11/10). Dec. 7, 8 PM: Cabaret Noel: Singalong Secession, St. Paul’s Ch. Brookline. Feb. 8, 8 PM: (Un)Lucky in Love, Veronique Ballroom, Brookline. Mar. 15, 8 PM: Handel in the Strand, 1st. Ch. Camb. Cong. Apr. 11, 8 PM: BS presents J. Golden & Amiable Con-sort, Old So. Ch. www.bostonsecession.org.

Braintree Choral SocietyDanica Buckley, Dir., 781-848-7544. Sun., Dec. 9, 4 PM: Vivaldi’s Gloria, holiday sing-along, Old South Union, 25 Columbian St., Weymouth. Sat., May 3, 7:30 PM Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and lighter fare, location: First Cong., 12 Elm St., Brain-tree. Further info: www.braintreesings.org

Brookline ChorusDr. Lisa Graham, Dir., 617-277-1027, www.brooklinechorus.org: Saturday, Nov. 17, Carl Orff’s Car-mina Burana featuring soloist David Kravitz, venue TBD. Saturday, March 15, Angels and Demons featuring a set of Bach Cantatas, All Saints Parish, Brookline. Saturday, May 10, Duke Ellington’s Sacred Service, venue TBD.

Cambridge Madrigal SingersRaymond Fahrner, Dir., 617-527-2191. Dec. 8, 8 PM: “Rise Up,Shepherd: Ren. & Contemp. Christmas Music,” Emmanuel Church, Boston. Dec. 9, 7 PM: “Rise Up, Shepherd...” St. John’s, Arlington. May 3, 8 PM: “A World of Choral Music...” incl. Tippett’s British Isle Folk Songs,” Emmanuel Ch. May 4, 7 PM: “A World of Choral Music...”, St. John’s, Arlington. www.cambridgemadrigals.org

Cantata Singers617-868-5885. David Hoose, Dir. Jordan Hall: 11/9: Orff Carmina Burana w/ J. Brown, R. Osgood, D. Kravitz. 1/18, 20: Navok World Premiere; Weill Propheten. 3/14, 16: Brahms Requiem w/ J. Foster, D. Whiteside; Weill Violin Concerto, J. Koh. 5/9: Weill Symphony 2 ; Fussell High Bridge. Special events: 9/23 Weill Lindbergh Flight ; 2/17 Gardner Museum; 4/6 Weill Cabaret, Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton. www.cantatasingers.org

Cantemus Chamber ChorusGary Wood, Dir., 978-246-7871. Our 25th year! Nov. 17, 7:30pm & Nov. 18, 4pm: Epitaph–Music for Remembrance & Celebration. Dec. 8, 4pm & Dec. 9, 4pm: Holiday Cheer! Free family concerts. March 15, 7:30pm & March 16, 4pm: Voices of Jazz: Cantemus Swings! May 17, 7:30pm: Silver Sampler 25th Anniversary Celebration. Concerts in Hamilton/Wenham & Newburyport. www.cantemus.org.

Cantilena - a women’s choraleKenneth Seitz, Dir. Winter Concert: Dec. 2 at 3 PM Works by Berkey, Busto, Carey, Daley, Gawthrop, and Seitz. Spring Concert: May 4 at 7 PM, “Teutonic Splendor” featuring Germanic works. Concerts at First Parish U. U. Church, 630 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington. More info at 781-648-2456 or www.cantilena.org


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Canton Choral SocietyC. Goshgarian Jr. - Founder & Dir, Anne Tripp Miller - Conductor, 781- 821-8860. Dec. 9, 3PM - Handel’s Messiah ; Jun. 1, 3PM - Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes and Barber’s Adagio. Performanc-es at United Church of Christ, 1541 Washington St, Canton, MA – www.CantonChoralSociety.org

Cappella ClausuraAmelia LeClair, Dir. Concerts at Parish of the Messiah, Newton, & Old South Ch., Boston. Nov 2 & 3: “Sulpitia Cesis & her Consuors” Dec 9: Center for the Arts, Natick: “A Virgin Among Virgins: The Nativity in the Convent” Jan 6: at Forsyth Chapel, JP “Sulpitia Cesis & her Consuors” Feb 8 & 9: “The Salzinnes Manuscript of 1554” April 19 & 20: “The Italian Style Vespers of Cozzolani.” www.clausura.org

Chorus pro MusicaJeffrey Rink, Music Dir., 617-267-7442. Nov. 9, 8PM: Fauré Requeim, w/ Boston premiere of R. Ames Requiem for Our Time, Old South Church, Boston. Dec. 21, 8PM: annual holiday concert, Old South Church. Mar. 7, 8PM: Daniel Pinkham tribute, Cathedral Church of St Paul, Boston. June 1, 3PM: G. Bizet, Carmen (concert opera), NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston. www.choruspromusica.org

Concord ChorusMichael McGaghie, Music Dir., 978-287-0978. Dec 8: Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Vaughan Williams Antiphon. Mar 15: Monteverdi Tears at the Tomb of a Lover, Brahms Gypsy Songs, Vaughan Williams. May 10: Germanic music about death and hereafter: Bach Cantatas 118, 140 , Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Brahms Psalm 13 . www.concordchorus.org

Dedham Choral SocietyJonathan Barnhart, Dir. 781-326-1520. Christmas in Germany, Telemann Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent, Mozart Vesperae de Dominica, Bach, Brahms, Biebl, Barnhart, St Paul’s Bos-ton, Nov. 30, 8 PM, St Mary’s Dedham, Dec. 2, 3 PM. Spring benefit concert for “Homes for Our Troops,” Jenkins, The Armed Man (first Boston performance, New England premier) Jordan Hall Boston, April 20, 3 PM. www.dedhamchoral.org

Fine Arts ChoraleLibor Dudas D.M.A., Director, 800-230-7555. Nov. 18, 4 PM: Mozart Missa Brevis in F Major, Bach Missa Brevis in A Major and Dvorak Mass in D Major, Old South Union Church, So. Wey-mouth. May 4, 5 PM: The Seasons by Haydn, Duxbury Performing Arts Center, Duxbury. www.fineartschorale.org

Halalisa SingersMary Neumann, Dir., 781-862-6353. “One World, Singing: The Universal Language of Song”, 1/26 8pm, First Parish in Lexington; 1/27, 3pm First Church, Littleton. “For the Love of Spring: Songs of the season from around the world”, 4/26 8pm, Follen Church; 4/27, 3pm Melrose UU Church. More info at www.halalisa.org.

The Master SingersA. Grossman, Dir., 781-862-6459 Oct. 28, 4 PM: Trombone (Darren Acosta, soloist) & Chorus (W. Schuman, Pamela Marshall [premiere] , Hovhaness). Dec. 9, 4 PM: Magnificat (Buxtehude, Rorem, Pergolesi). Mar. 8, 8PM Pops - Heroes & Villains. May 10, 8 PM: Bach & Schubert. First Parish Church, Lexington Green. Apr. 5, 3 PM: 11th Annual Children’s Concert, Clarke Middle School, Lexington

Masterworks ChoraleRomance & Passion, Steven Karidoyanes, Dir., 781-235-6210. All concerts, Sanders Theatre with orches-tra. Nov. 4, 3PM: “Rediscovered Treasure” Robert Schumann Mass, Op. 147, Requiem, Op. 148 . March 16, 3PM: “Passion and Drama” Bach St. John Passion. May 11, 3PM: “Brides and Lovers” R. Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest, Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ , Epithalamion. www.masterworkschorale.org

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Musica SacraMary Beekman, Dir., 617-349-3400. All 8 PM, 1st Church Cong., 11 Garden St., Camb. Dec. 1: Bach’s Magnificat and Cantata 191. Jan. 12: Blow, Thou Winter Wind! Featuring works by Morton Lauridsen and Earl Kim. Mar. 29: Vox Populi: Choral Works from Folk Music of the World. Jun. 7: Summer Nights on the Water, with Carissimi’s Baroque cantata Jonah. www.musicasacra.org.

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Neponset Choral Society, Inc.Michael V. Turner, Artistic Director, 781-320-8166. Dec. 8, 8PM & Dec. 9, 2:00 PM “A Season of Miracles” featuring works by Handel, Rorem, others. April 26, 8PM and April 27, “Music of the Stage”. Location: St. Mark’s Church, Foxboro, MA. www.ncschorus.org

New England Classical SingersDavid Hodgkins, Dir., 978-474-6090, Dec. 15: Wassail! Wassail!; musical celebration of the Yule-tide Season. Mar. 8, St. Augustine’s, Andover: Requiem by Gabriel Faure with soloists, orchestra, organ and guest singers. May 3: “Summer is a comin’ in;” songs about love, relaxation, and baseball. All concerts: 7:30 PM. Dec. & May, Rogers Center, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. newenglandclassical.org

Newton Choral SocietyDavid Carrier, Dir., 617-527-SING. Nov. 17, 8 PM: Music of Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata, Advent Cantata, Nativity Madrigals. March 9, 3 PM: Handel, Israel in Egypt. May 17, 8 PM: Schu-bert, Miriam Siegesgesang ; Copland, In the Beginning, Milhaud, Trios Psaumes ; Durufle, Quatre Motets. All performances at Our Lady Help of Christians, 573 Washington St., Newton. www.newtonchoral.org

The Newton SingersBenjamin Youngerman, Dir. A 17-year old amateur group meets Wed. evenings at Newton South HS. Annual concert in the spring. The group performs all types of music except religious pieces. No auditions. Ability to read music is not required. Participants are expected to sing in tune. For information: 617-965-4568 or www.geocities.com/newton_singers/home_page.html

Oriana ConsortWalter Chapin, Dir., 617-547-1798. Dec. 2, 5 PM, Swedenborg Chapel, Cambridge; Dec. 8, 8 PM, First Lutheran Church, Boston: Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor ; Advent music of Byrd, Buxte-hude, Betinis. Apr. 6, 5 PM, Swedenborg; Apr. 13, 8 PM, First Lutheran: Monteverdi, A&G Gabrieli motets; Bach Cantata 150 ; Berger Brazilian Psalm ; MacMillan A Child’s Prayer. www.theoriana-consort.org

The Paul Madore ChoralePaul Madore, Dir., 781-592-7284. Dec. 9 Pinkham Christmas Cantata, other seasonal, First Church in Salem; repeats Dec. 16 at Castle Hill in Ipswich. March 8, Bach Brandenburg and Cantatas, St. Anne’s Church, Salem. May 10, Dave Brubeck, Mass – To Hope! Location TBD.

Polymnia Choral SocietyMurray Kidd, Dir., 781-779-1362, Dec. 1, Holiday Concert, Charpentier Messe de Minuit pour Noel, Diemer, Chapman, Mendelssohn, First Cong. Church, 7 p.m. Melrose. Mar. 9, Spring, Cherubini Requiem in C minor, St. Mary’s, Melrose 3 p.m. May 17, Memorial Hall, Melrose, Pops Concert, 7 p.m., Broadway & Baseball, www.polymnia.org.

Reading Community SingersDir. Beth Mosier, 781-944-5905. Dec 1, 7pm & Dec. 2, 2pm: “Winter Wonders”, Trad. carols, works of Rutter, Handel’s Messiah, Old South United Meth. CH, Reading Ctr. May 3, 7:30pm Spring Concert Anything Goes medleys and more, plus guest artists. Parker Middle School, Temple St., Reading. www.readingcommunitysingers.org


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J.S. Bach’s Magnificat and Cantata 191: Gloria in excelsis DeoStart your Christmas season with the sweeping choruses and dramatic arias oftwo Bach masterpieces! Our evening concludes with an audience sing-a-long offavorite choruses from Handel’s Messiah. Post-concert reception for all donors.

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Blow, Thou Winter Wind!Morton Lauridsen’s Mid-Winter Songs, Earl Kim’s Some Thoughts on Keats andColeridge, and works of Edward Elgar, Randall Thompson, and others.

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Vox Populi: Choral Works from Folk Music of the World Ariel Ramirez’s stunning Missa Criolla and other works from classical music’sencounter with folk traditions. Post-concert reception for all audience members.

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Summer Nights on the WaterCarissimi’s Baroque cantata Jonah, African-American spirituals and works ofGorecki, Brahms, Whitacre and Delius.

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Seraphim SingersJennifer Lester, Dir., 617-926-0126. Nov.4, 3pm , Nov.11, 3pm The Conservative as Innovator; Holy Name Parish, W. Roxbury, St. Paul’s, Harv. Sq, Camb. March 2, 4pm, March 9, 4pm, March 11, 8pm, Ave Maria; premiere; Mission Church, Boston, UCC, Medfield, St Mary’s, Boston College. Sugg. Donation: $20/$10. www.seraphimsingers.org or J. Lester at [email protected]

The Spectrum SingersJohn W. Ehrlich, Dir., 617-492-8902. Nov. 17, 8pm 1st Church Cong. Camb., Christmas season “Sound the Trumpets!” psalms & cantatas: Bernstein, Schütz, Boulanger, Pinkham. Mar. 29, 8pm Emmanuel Ch. “An American Sampler” Copland’s In the Beginning, plus Fine, Bacon, Weill, Pinkham. May 17, 8pm Emmanuel Ch. “Shakespeare in Song” Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Pinkham. www.spectrumsingers.org

Stow Festival Chorus & OrchestraBarbara Jones, Dir., 978-562-0302. Hale School, Hartley Rd @ Rt.117, Stow: Nov. 18, 3PM, Haydn, The Creation featuring Diana McVey, Ray Bauwens, Mark Andrew Cleveland; Mozart Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, K238, Ernest Goldman piano. Mar.30, 3PM, Cherubini, Requiem in C minor ; Mozart Concerto No. 8 in C minor, K246 with Mr. Goldman. www.soundsofstow.com

Wellesley Choral SocietyEdward Whalen, Dir. 781-237-6593 Nov. 17, 8PM, St. AndrewsChurch, Wellesley: Settings of Psalms of David, Schütz, Mozart, Rossi, Rheinberger, & VaughanWilliams, David & Jonathon by E. Whalen. Feb. 9, 7PM, Wellesley Hills Cong. Church, CabaretConcert - Music of the 1940s. May 18, 3PM, St. Andrews Church, Music of the Haydn Brothers,including Theresienmesse. www.wellesleychoralsociety.org

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