Chamber Singers
Welborn E. Young, conductor
Liz Doebler, assistant conductor
Elena Nezhdanova, accompanist
University Chorale
Carole Ott, conductor
Aaron Jackson, assistant conductor
Stephanie Schmidt, accompanist
assisted by:
John Alexander, portativ
Eduardo Vargas, violoncello
Abigail Pack, horn
Catherine Creasy, horn
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
7:30 pm
Aycock Auditorium
Program
Chamber Singers
Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229 (1731/2) J. S. Bach
(1685-1750)
John Alexander, portativ
Eduardo Vargas, violoncello
Madrigali: Six “Fires Songs” on Morten Lauridsen
Italian Renaissance Poems (b.1943)
Se Per Havervi, Oime
Liz Doebler, conductor
Io Piango
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine Eric Whitacre
(1685-1750)
Kari Ringgenberg, Haley Rollins, Mary Virginia Dunnam,
Liz Doebler, Wilson Brooks, soloists
Intermission
University Chorale
Amor de mi alma Z. Randall Stroope
(b. 1953)
My love dwelt in a northern land Edward Elgar
(1857-1934)
Aaron Jackson, conductor
Chamber Set
Come again sweet love John Dowland
Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare
I go before my darling Thomas Morley
Fair Phyllis John Farmer
Flora gave me fairest flowers John Wilbye
April is in my mistress face Morley
Sonnet 58 William Shakespeare
Slaves are they John Stafford Smith
Can she excuse my wrongs John Dowland
O sleep Morley
Is love a boy? William Byrd
Three Country Dances Thomas Ravenscroft
Sonnet 8 William Shakespeare
Sing we at pleasure Thomas Weelkes
Canzoni d’Amore Theodore Morrison
I. O Noble Soul
II. For a Wound
MacKenzie Ellis, Megan Callahan, Holly Curtis, soprano
Abigail Pack and Catherine Creasy, horn
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
Translations
J. S. Bach:
Komm, Jesu, Komm
Text by Paul ThymichLyricist (1656-1694)
Komm, Jesu, komm, mein Leib ist müde,
Die Kraft verschwindt je mehr und mehr,
Ich sehne mich nach deinem Friede;
Der saure Weg wird mir zu schwer!
Komm, ich will mich dir ergeben;
Du bist der rechte Weg,
Die Wahrheit und das Leben.
Drum schließ ich mich in deine Hände
Und sage, Welt, zu gute Nacht!
Eilt gleich mein Lebenslauf zu ende,
Ist doch der Geist wohl angebracht.
Er soll bei seinem Schöpfer schweben,
Weil Jesus ist und bleibet
Der wahre Weg zum Leben.
Morten Lauridsen:
Madrigali: Six “Fire Songs” on Italian
Renaissance Poems
Se Per Havervi, Oime
Se Per Havervi, Oime donato il core,
Nasce in me quell'ardore,
Donna crudel, che m'arde in ogno loco,
Tal che son tutto foco,
E se per a mar voi, l'aspro martire
Mi fa di duol morire,
Miser! che far debb'io
Privo di voi che sete ogni ben mio?
Io Piango
Io piango, chè'l dolore
Pianger' mi fa, perch'io
Non trov'altro rimedio a l'ardor mio.
Così m'ha concio' Amore
Ch'ognor'viv'in tormento
Ma quanto piango più, men doglia sento.
Sorte fiera e inaudita
Che'l tacer mi dà morte e'l pianger vita!
Come, Jesus, Come
Come, Jesus, come, my body is weary.
My strength fails more and more,
I long for your peace;
the bitter path becomes too hard.
Come, come, I will yield to You;
You are the right path, the truth and the
life.
So I give myself into Your hands
and say: World, good night!
Just as my life’s course is hurrying towards
its end, the spirit is opportunely healthy.
It hovers next to its creator,
as Jesus is and remains
the true way to life.
If, Alas, When I Gave
If, alas, when I gave you my heart,
There was born in me that passion,
Cruel Lady, which burns me everywhere
So that I am all aflame,
And if, loving you, bitter torment
Makes me die of sorrow,
Wretched me! What shall I do
Without you who are my every joy?
I am Weeping
I’m weeping, for the grief
Makes me cry, since I
Can find no other remedy for my fire.
So trapped by Love am I
That ever I lie in torment
But the more I cry the less pain I feel.
What cruel, unheard-of fate
That silence gives me death and weeping
life!
Eric Whitacre:
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri (b. 1965)
I.
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine…
Tormented by visions of flight and falling,
More wondrous and terrible each than the
last,
Master Leonardo imagines an engine
To carry a man up into the sun…
And as he’s dreaming the heavens call him,
softly whispering their siren-song:
“Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare.”
“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly.”
L’uomo colle sua congiegniate e grandi ale,
facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria.
A man with wings large enough and duly
connected
might learn to overcome the resistance of
the air.
II.
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine…
As the candles burn low he paces and
writes,
Releasing purchased pigeons one by one
Into the golden Tuscan sunrise…
And as he dreams, again the calling,
The very air itself gives voice:
“Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare.”
“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly.”
Z. Randall Stroope:
Amor de mi alma
Text: Garcilaso de la Vega
Yo no nací sino para quereros;
Mi alma os ha cortado a su medida;
Por hábito del alma misma os quiero.
Escrito está en mi alma vuestro gesto;
Yo lo leo tan solo que aún de vos
me guardo en esto.
Cuanto tengo confieso yo deberos;
Por vos nací, por vos tengo la vida,
Y por vos hé de morir
y por vos muero.
Vicina all’elemento del fuoco…
Close to the sphere of elemental fire…
Scratching quill on crumpled paper,
Rete, canna, filo, carta.
Net, cane, thread, paper.
Images of wing and frame and fabric
fastened tightly.
…sulla suprema sottile aria.
…in the highest and rarest atmosphere.
III.
Master Leonardo Da Vinci Dreams of his
Flying Machine…
As the midnight watchtower tolls,
Over rooftop, street and dome,
The triumph of a human being ascending
In the dreaming of a mortal man.
Leonardo steels himself,
takes one last breath,
and leaps…
“Leonardo, Vieni á Volare! Leonardo, Sognare!”
“Leonardo, come fly! Leonardo, Dream!”
I was born only to love you;
My soul has formed you to its measure
I want you as a garment for my soul.
Your very image is written on my soul;
Such indescribable intimacy
I hide even from you.
All that I have, I confess, I owe to you;
For you I was born, for you I live,
For you I must die,
and for you I give my last breath.
Chamber Singers
SOPRANO
Mahari Conston
Liz Doebler
Mary Virginia Dunnam
Heather Ellis
Kari Ringgenberg
Haley Rollins
Claire Wright
Emily Wolber (S/A)
ALTO
Amanda Girelli
Jessica Johnson
Lora Mitchell
Anne-Claire Niver
Ainsley Patterson
Lydia Pion
Dianna Yodzis
TENOR
Nicholas Del Prince
Will Kelly
Eric Langer
Jonathan Ray
Matthew Reese
Blayne Ziegenfuss
BASS
Mathew Arnold
Wilson Brooks
Daniel Crupi
Daniel Kosel
Ethan Price
Mac Thompson
University Chorale
SOPRANO
Kimberly Alden
Megan Callahan
Natalie Chamat
Holly Curtis
Ashley Earnhardt
MacKenzie Ellis
Felicia Francois
Kate Jackson-Adams
Meredith Mormonn
Nicole Ramsey
Katie Skawski
Georgia Smith
ALTO
Katherine Burleson
Rachael Bumsted
Gianna Capelli
Chantel Cobb
Labreta Johnson
Gretchen Krupp
Virginia Lee
Emily Northridge
Megan Raisner
Maggie Ramsey
Beth Rogers
Eun-Ju Seo
TENOR
Matthew Bishop
David Boyd
Ryan Brock
Davis Kelton
Aaron Jackson
James Smidt
BASS
Brent Byhre
Ryan Chavis
Lesley Dume
Matthew Funigiello
Deon’te Goodman
Jacob Gilbert
John Jones
Mike Karkoski
Aaron Matson
Andreas Nassar
Tyler Rathbone
Lucas Varsano
