Chamber Singers
Welborn E. Young, conductor
Aaron Jackson, assistant conductor
Nancy Davis, accompanist
University Chorale
Carole J. Ott, conductor
Stephanie Schmidt, accompanist
Guest Artists:
Erin Heisel, soprano
Levone Tobin-Scott, mezzo-soprano
Sunday, November 24, 2013
3:30 pm
Aycock Auditorium
Program
Chamber Singers
Os justi meditabitur Anton Bruckner
(1824-1896)
Mid-Winter Songs (1981) Morten Lauridsen
Lament for Pasiphaë (b. 1943)
Aaron Jackson, conductor
She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep
Mid-Winter Waking
Les Chansons des Rose Morten Lauridsen
Contre Qui Rose
Aaron Jackson, conductor
Reincarnations Samuel Barber
The Coolin’ (1910-1981)
The Passing of the Year Jonathan Dove
Ring Out Wild Bells (b. 1959)
Interval
University Chorale
Regina Coeli, KV 276 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Meredith Cole Shanahan, soprano; Rachael Bumstead, alto
Davis Kelton, tenor; Robin Hardman, baritone
Lieder, Op 62 Johannes Brahms
Rosmarin (1833-1897)
Waldesnacht
Under the Willow Tree from Vanessa Samuel Barber
(1910-1981)
Felicia Francois, soprano
Improvisation
Combined Choirs
Water Night Eric Whitacre
(b. 1970)
Pause
Transformations Erin Heisel/John Cage
(1912-1992)
Erin Heisel, soprano
Circus Band Charles Ives
(1874-1954)
St. Louis Blues W. C. Handy, arr. Hall Johnson
(1873-1958, 1888-1970)
Levone Tobin Scott, mezzo-soprano
Deon’te Goodman, baritone
Derek Gracey, baritone
Aaron Jackson is a student of Dr. Welborn E. Young
________
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the
Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting
Department of Performance – Voice Area at UNCG:
Dr. Robert Bracey, Chair
Dr. Donald Hartmann
Dr. Carla LeFevre
Ms. Clara O’Brien
Ms. Levone Tobin-Scott
Dr. Nancy Walker
Dr. Robert Wells
Mr. David Holley, Director of Opera
Dr. Carole J. Ott, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Dr. Welborn E. Young, Director of Choral Activities
Anton Bruckner:
Os Justi
Psalm 37: 30-31
Os justi meditabitur sapientiam,
et lingua ejus loquetur judicium.
Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius:
et non supplantabuntur gressus ejus.
Alleluia.
Morten Lauridsen:
Mid-Winter Songs
Text by Robert Graves (1895-1985)
Lament for Pasiphë
Dying sun, shine warm a little longer!
My eye, dazzled with tears, shall dazzle
yours. Conjuring you to shine and not to
move. You, sun, and I all afternoon have
labored beneath a dewless and oppressive
cloud-- A fleece now gilded with our
common grief that this must be a night
without a moon. Dying sun, shine warm a
little longer!
Faithless she was not: she was very woman,
smiling with dire impartiality. Sovereign,
with heart unmatched, adored of men,
until spring's cuckoo with bedraggled
plumes tempted her pity and her truth
betrayed. Then she who shone for all
resigned her being, and this must be a night
without a moon. Dying sun, shine warm a
little longer!
She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep
She tells her love while half asleep,
In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
And puts out grass and flowers
Despite the snow,
Despite the falling snow.
Morten Lauridsen:
Chansons des Roses
Text by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
Contre qui, rose
Contre qui, rose,
avez-vous adopté ces épines?
Votre joie trop fine
vous a-t-elle forcée
de devenir cette chose armée?
The Mouth of the righteous
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks what is just.
The law of his God is in his heart;
and his feet do not falter.
Alleluia.
Mid-Winter Waking
Stirring suddenly from long hibernation
I knew myself once more a poet
Guarded by timeless prinicipalities
Against the worm of death, this hillside
haunting;
And presently dared open both my eyes.
O gracious, lofty, shone against from under,
Back-of-the-mind-far clouds like towers;
And you, sudden warm airs that blow
Before the expected season of new blossom,
While sheep still gnaw at roots and
lambless go--
Be witness that on waking, this mid-winter,
I foudn her hand in mine laid closely
Who hsall watch out the Spring with me.
We stared in silence all around us
But found no winter anywhere to see.
Against whom, rose
Against whom, rose,
have you adopted these thorns?
Has your too-fragile joy
forced you
to become this armed creature?
Mais de qui vous protège
cette arme exagérée?
Combien d’ennemis vous ai-je enlevés
qui ne la craignent point!
Au contraire, d’été en automne
vous blessez les soins
qu’on vous donne.
Samuel Barber:
Reincarnations
Text by James Stephens (1882-1950)
The Coolin’
Come with me, under my coat,
and we will drink our fill
of the milk of the white goat,
or wine if it be thy will.
And we will talk,
until talk is a trouble, too,
out on the side of the hill;
And nothing is left to do,
but an eye to look into an eye,
and a hand in a hand to slip;
and a sigh to answer a sigh;
And a lip to find out a lip!
What if the night be black!
And the air
on the mountain chill!
Where all but the fern is still!
Stay with me, under my coat!
and we will drink our fill
of the milk of the white goat,
out on the side of the hill!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Regina Coeli, KV 267
Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia:
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
But from whom does this
too-cruel weapon protect you?
How many enemies have I seen off for you
who fear it not at all?
And meanwhile, from summer to autumn,
you fight against the cares
lavished upon you
Jonathan Dove:
The Passing of the Year
Text by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Ring Out Wild Bells
[O Earth, return!]
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out, wild bells
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more,
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out thy mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Queen of Heaven
Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
For He whom thou didst merit to bear in
your womb, alleluia.
Has risen, as He promised, alleluia.
Pray for us to God, alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad, Virgin Mary, alleluia.
For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Johannes Brahms:
Lieder, Op. 62
Rosmarin
Es wollt’ die Jungfrau früh aufstehn,
wollt’ in des Vaters Garten gehn.
Rot’ Röslein wollt’ sie brechen ab,
davon wollt’ sie sich machen
ein Kränzelein wohl schön.
Es sollt’ ihr Hochzeitskränzlein sein:
„Dem feinen Knab’, dem Knaben mein.
Ihr Röslein rot, ich brech’ euch ab,
davon will ich mir winden,
ein Kränzelein so schön.“
Sie ging im Grünen her und hin,
statt Röslein fand sie Romarin:
„So bist du, mein Getreuer, hin!
Kein Röslein ist zu finden,
kein Kränzelein so schön.“
Sie ging im Garten her und hin,
statt Röslein brach sie Rosmarin:
„Das nimm du, mein Getreuer, hin!
Lieg’ bei dir unter Linden,
mein Totenkränzlein schön.“
Waldesnacht
Text: Paul Heyse
Waldesnacht du wunderkühle,
die ich tausend Male grüß’.
Nach dem lauten Weltgewühle,
o, wie ist dein Rauschen süß!
Träumerisch die müden Glieder
berg’ ich weich in’s Moos,
und mir ist, als würd ich wieder
all der irren Qualen los.
Fernes Flötenlied, vertöne,
das ein weites Sehnen rührt,
die Gedanken in die schöne,
ach, mißgönnte Ferne führt.
Laß die Waldesnacht mich wiegen,
stillen jede Pein,
und ein seliges Genügen
saug ich mit den Düften ein.
In den heimlich engen Kreisen wird dir
wohl, du wildes Herz,
und ein Friede schwebt mit leisen
Flügelschlägen niederwärts.
Singet, holde Vögellieder, mich in
Schlummer sacht!
Irre Qualen, löst euch wieder, wildes Herz,
nun gute Nacht!
The maiden wished to arise early
To go into her father’s garden.
She wished to pick red roses
To weave into a garland.
It shall be their wedding garland:
“The fine boy, who is to be my husband.
I’ll pick for you the red roses
To weave into a beautiful garland.”
She went here and there in the open,
But instead only found rosemary.
“So there you are, my faithful!
No rosebuds to be found,
No beautiful garlands.”
She went into the garden here and there,
Instead of roses, picked rosemary:
“You take them, my faithful!
I will lie with you under the Linden,
With the beautiful funeral garlands.”
Forest Night
You wondrously cool forest night
That I greet a thousand times
After the loud bustle of the day
Oh, how sweet is your rustling!
Dreamily I sink into the sheltering moss,
And I feel as if I would again
Be rid of all of life’s insane torments.
Distant flute song,
Which stirs a deep longing
And carries the thoughts in to the beautiful,
alas, envied distance, dies away.
Let the forest night cradle me,
Soothe all my pain,
And a blessed contentment
Shall I inhale with its fragrances.
In the secret, narrow circles
You become well, you wild heart,
And a peace floats down
With soft flutterings.
Dearest birdsongs,
Sing me softly asleep!
Insane torments, disappear again;
Wild heart, now “good night.”
Samuel Barber:
Under the Willow Tree
“Under the willow tree
two doves cry, two doves cry.
Under the willow tree
two doves cry, two doves cry, ah oh!
Where shall we sleep, my love,
whither shall we fly?
Where shall we sleep, my love,
whither shall we fly?
The wood has swallowed the moon,
the fog has swallowed the shore,
the green toad has swallowed
the key to my door.”
Eric Whitacre:
Water Night
Text: Octavio Paz
Translation: Muriel Rukeyaser
Night with the eyes of a horse that trembles
in the night,
night with eyes of water in the field asleep
is in your eyes, a horse that trembles,
is in your eyes of a secret water.
Eyes of shadow-water,
eyes of well-water,
eyes of dream-water.
Silence and solitude,
two little animals moon-led,
drink in your eyes,
drink in those waters.
If you open your eyes,
night opens, doors of musk,
the secret kingdom of the water opens
flowing from the center of night.
And if you close your eyes,
a river fills you from within,
flows forward, darkens you:
night brings its wetness to beaches in your
soul.
Charles Ives:
Circus Band
All summer long we boys dreamed 'bout
circus joys!
Down Main Street comes the band,
Oh! "ain't it a grand and glorious noise!"
Horses are prancing,
Knights advancing
Helmets gleaming,
Pennants streaming,
Cleopatra's on her throne!
That golden hair is all her own.
(Riding down from Bangor on the midnight
train, Rip, slam, bang we go, sir, right on thro’
the rain. When in afteryears we take our
children on our knee, We’ll teach them that the
alphabet begins with D. K. E.)
Where is the lady all in pink?
Last year she waved to me I think,
Can she have died? Can! that! rot!
She is passing but she sees me not.
W. C. Handy, Hall Johnson:
Saint Louis Blues
I hate to see dat evenin’ sun go down
I hate to see dat evenin’ sun go down
Cause my baby, he done lef’ dis town.
If I’m feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
If I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
I'll pack my trunk an’ make my git-a-way.
St. Louis woman, with her di’mon’ ring,
Pulls dat man aroun’ by her apron string.
‘T wan’t fer powder an’ fer sto’ bought hair,
Dat man I love would n’a’ gone nowhere,
Ho, Babe.
Got de St. Louis blues, jest as blue as I can
be, Dat man got a heart like a rock cast in de
sea, Or else he wouldn't have gone so far
from me.
I love dat man like a school boy loves his
pie, Like a Kentucky colonel loves his mint
'n rye, I love my baby, till the day I die.
Got de St. Louis blues, jest as blue as I can…
Guest Artists
Soprano Erin Heisel’s performances have been described as “brave, vivid” (The New
York Times) and “clear, flute-like…beautiful” (Daily Hampshire Gazette, MA). In
New York City, she has performed at the Cornelia Street Café with the Composer’s
Collaborative series “Serial Underground,” the “Friends and Enemies of New Music”
series with composer David Del Tredici at the piano, and at the Brooklyn Library and
Brooklyn Museum in concerts sponsored by the Brooklyn Philharmonic. International
performances include a recital at the Theatrum Kuks Baroque Festival in the Czech
Republic and a program of American song at the Official Residence of the American
Ambassador in Bratislava, Slovakia. She recently spent two months performing and
teaching in South Africa.
Also interested in Physical Theatre and Movement Improvisation, Heisel has
performed a wide variety of music and performance art pieces. Her performance art
piece “Transformations” with music by John Cage premiered at The Tank in New
York City last year. Other physical theatre work includes "Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of
Bread" from David Ives’ All in the Timing, Yoko Ono’s "Scream," and "The Tropical
Fish Opera" by Ramon Sender.
Heisel holds a Bachelor of Music degree in voice from Butler University, a Master’s in
voice from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Music Performance
(Voice) from New York University with research in Johan Huizinga's theory of play
and the work of professional musicians. Since the completion of her doctorate, she
has presented her work celebrating the interdependence of music performance and
research in conferences at Rutgers University, Trinity Western University in British
Columbia, and The University of Hull, England.
Levone Tobin-Scott, mezzo-soprano, has been a member of the faculty since 1992.
She holds degrees from Benedict College and the University of South Carolina and
has done further study for the DM degree at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
Tobin-Scott has been recognized for her excellence in performance of American Art
Songs by Pi Kappa Lambda, the South Carolina Musical Arts Guild, the Nassau,
Bahamas, Cultural Arts Series and the Nederland Amerika Institut Limburg. Her
extensive performances in recital and oratorio have included appearances with the
Greensboro Symphony, the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, the Pensacola
Symphony, the Columbia Philharmonic and the Florence Symphony. Her
performances have taken her to Paris, Bruges, Brussels, Maastricht, Luxembourg, and
Frankfurt.
Chamber Singers
Welborn E. Young, conductor
Aaron Jackson, assistant conductor
Soprano
Megan Callahan
Holly Curtis
Mackenzie Ellis
Bridget Moriarty
Meredith Mormann
Jordan Winslow
Tenor
Matthew Bishop
Ryan Chavis
Jesse Herndon
Aaron Jackson
Eric Langer
James Smidt
Alto
Laura Buff
Amanda Gireli
Gretchen Krupp
Lydia Pion
Megan Raisner
Sarah Zielinski
Bass
Brent Byhre
Deon’te Goodman
Derek Gracey
Richard Hodges
Andreas Nasser
Austin Jeffries
University Chorale
Carole J. Ott, conductor
Soprano
Chandler Clark
Summer Drum
Ashley Earnhardt
Jordan Ferris
Felicia Francois
Kate Jackson-Adams
Savannah Hamilton
Carley Hott
Nicole Ramsey
Sarah Phelps
Megan Parker
Meredith Cole Shanahan
Georgia Smith
Liz Townley
Tenor
Joe Cioffi
Jordan Lee
Andrew Raines
Matthew Tolodziecki
Elisha Thompson
Jacob Gilbert
Davis Kelton
Alto
Emily Bruzzo
Katherine Burleson
Rachael Bumsted
Rosalee Bailey
Brittany Booth
Chantel Cobb
Virginia Lee
Sophia Lucente
Emily Northridge
Maggie Ramsey
Beth Rogers
Eun-Ju Seo
Bass
Wesley Cleary-Small
John Jones
Mike Karkoski
Aaron Matson
Tyler Rathbone
Jordan Rosser
John-Michael Overton
Tyler Hargett
Robin Hardman
Nathan Farriar
Events at the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance
MUSIC: University Symphony Orchestra
Monday, Nov. 25 7:30 Aycock Auditorium
Free
MUSIC: Jazz Ensemble II
Monday, Dec. 2 7:30 Recital Hall
$10 general / $6 seniors / $4 students / $3 UNCG Available at door
MUSIC: Amy Griffiths, saxophone – Guest Artist Recital
Monday, Jan. 13 5:30 Organ Hall
Free
MUSIC: Lisa Oberlander, clarinet – Guest Artist Recital
Tuesday, Jan. 14 5:30 Organ Hall
Free
MUSIC: Carla LeFevre, soprano – Guest Artist Recital
Tuesday, Jan. 14 7:30 Recital Hall
Free
MUSIC: Neeraj Mehta, percussion – Faculty Recital
Friday, Jan. 24 7:30 Recital Hall
Free
MUSIC: Robert Wells, baritone; James Douglass, piano – Faculty Recital
Thursday, February 6 7:30 Recital Hall
Free
MUSIC: The Vivaldi Project – Guest Artist Recital
Friday, Feb. 7 7:30 Recital Hall
Free
DANCE: Faculty Artist Concert
Saturday, Feb. 8 8:00 Aycock Auditorium
$15 general / $12 seniors, students, children / $9 UNCG Available at door
MUSIC: Red Clay Saxophone Quartet – Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Tuesday, Feb. 11 7:30 Recital Hall
Free
If any of these events interest you, more information is available at
http://performingarts.uncg.edu/events
