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Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (1729)(sung in German)

Layton James, harpsichordDale Newton, cello

Susan Allard, double bass

Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750)

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what weshould pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for uswith groanings which cannot be uttered.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

-Romans 8:26, 27

Chorale: o Thou holy Fire, Paraclete,Fill us with joy and comfort sweet,Grant Thou that we may serve Thee solely,In hours of grief trust Thee wholly.o Lord, impart to us Thy strengthThat we subdue our flesh at length,Rout foes so vile, so infernal,And pass through death to life eternal.Alleluia!

Perhaps no musical form has changed so much over the centuries as the motet. In Bach's time,the term was used to denote choral works of moderate length and in several well-defined sections.Often they were unaccompanied, but instruments could also be used. Motet II, Der Geist hi/ftunsrer Schwachheit auf, was written for the funeral of Johann Heinrich Ernesti, the long-timerector of the St. Thomas School in Leipzig where Bach was employed. Though this motet showsmoments of tenderness, it is basically a spirited double-choir work, opening with a florid sectionin 3/8 time. One reason for this might have been a lack of sympathy by Bach toward the deceased,for the departed rector had been the source of much grief for Bach in his work at St. Thomas.The second movement is a marvelous example of Bach's skill with the fugue. The final choraleis made up of very short phrases which lack the reflectiveness found in the Passion chorales,but which show the victory of life after death.

IILagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata (1610)(Tears of a Lover at the Tomb of the Beloved)

(sung in Italian)

I. Beloved ashes, the greedy tomb illuminedby my earthly sun is now my heaven. Alas,I grieve. I come to bury you in the earth.My heart is buried with thee, my lovelocked within my breast. And night andday Glauco lives in tears, in fire, in pain,in bitterness and torment.

II. 0 rivers and you who hear Glauco, rendthe air with cries over this tomb and thebarren fields, heard only by the Nymphsand by the skies. Anguish became my foodand tears my drink. Rocks are my bedwhere I dream of your beautiful breastsince frozen earth has covered my beloved.

III. The sun will light the earth by night andthe moon by day before Glauco will ceaseto kiss, to honor this breast which was thenest of love, now crushed by the weightytomb. May the heavens be kind to himalone now with the pain of his weeping.

.......... Claudio Monteverdi(1567-1643)

IV. Receive her, 0 Nymphs, in the lap ofheaven. I look to thee-for the earth iswidowed, the woods are sad, and the riversfilled with tears, and the Dryads and theNymphs echo the lament of the sorrowfulGlauco and sing o'er the tomb of hisbeloved.

V. 0 golden hair, 0 lovely snow-white breast,o lily-white hand which greedy heavenhas stolen. Though locked in this blindtomb, who can hide thee? Only the poorearth: the flower of beauty, the sun ofGlauco be hidden? Ah muses, shed yourtears.

VI. So, lovers, let flow a sea of tears; for dothey not light the noble heart of this coldstone? Here the afflicted Glauco uttersCorinna's name to the skies, telling thewinds and the earth each hour: 0 Co-rinnal 0 deathl 0 tomb!

Let words yield to tears, beloved heart.Let heaven give thee peace a nd peace toGlauco praying at thy honored tomb andsacred earth.

This Sestina (meaning sextuplet) is one of two madrigal cycles which make up one half ofMonteverdi's Sixth Book of Madrigals. The entire content of this book shows intense personalexpression of emotion. It was written in his early 40's during a time of deep depression inwhich Monteverdi lost his wife and had been under great pressures of composing. The Sestinaitself was written on the death of Caterinuccio Martinelli, a young prima donna who livedwith the Monteverdis and who had studied with his wife. The emotional words of the text(weeping, torment, sorrow) fit Monteverdi's mood very well. He used alternation of consonanceand dissonance, major and minor, tension and relaxation to create the ultimate in manneristliterature.

· Benjamin Britten(1il13-1976)

Written in the same year as two of Britten's most popular compositions, Rejoice in the Lamb'and the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings,- The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnardwas created for rather unusual circumstances, Britten wrote this "piece d'occasion" for friendswho were in a British POW camp in Germany. One of the prisoners, Richard Wood, was infact organizing a music festivar. In his writing, Britten was very sensitive to the resources andcapabilities of the performers. He creates a graphic melodrama of this ballad with only threemen's voice parts and piano. -

IIIThe Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (1943).

(for male voices) .

Layton James, piano

As it fell on one holy-day,As many be in the year,

When young men and maids together did goTheir matins and mass to hear,

Little Musgrave came to the church-door-The priest was at private mass-

But he had more mind of the fair womenThan he had of Our Lady's grace.

Tha.one of them was clad in green,Another was clad in pall,

And then came in my Lord Barnard's wife,The fairest amongst them all.

Quoth she, 'I have loved thee, Little Musgrave,Full long and many a day.'-

'So have I loved you, fair ladye,Yet never word durst I say.'-

'But I have a bower at Bucklesfordberry,Full daintily it is dight;

If thou'lt wend thither, thou Little Musgrave,Thou's lig in.my arms all night.'

With that beheard a little tiny page,By his ladye's coach as he ran.

Says, 'Although I am my ladye's foot-paqe,Yet I am Lord Barnard's man.'

Then he's cast off his hose and shoon,Set down his feet and ran,

And where the bridges were broken downHe bent his bow and swam.

'Awake! awake! thou Lord Barnard,As thou art a man of life!

Little Musgrave is at BucklesfordberryAlong with thine own wedded wife.'-

He called up his merry men all:'Come saddle me my steed;

This night must I to -Bucklesfordberry,For I never had greater need.'

But some they whistled and sang,And some they thus could say,

Whenever Lord Barnard's horn it blew:'Away Musgrave, away!'

'Methinks ,. hear the .tbrestle cock,Methinks I hear the jay;

Methinks I hear Lord Barnard's horn,Away, Musgrave, away/'-

'Lie still, thou Little Musgrave,And-huggle me from the cold;

'Tis nothing but a shepherd's boy_A-driving his sheep to the fold.'

By th is, Lord Barnard came to h is doorAnd lighted a stone upon;

And he's pull'd out three silver keys,And open'd the doors each one.

He lifted up the coverlet,-He lifted up the sheet:

'Arise, arise, thou Little Musgrave,And put thy clothes on;

It shall ne'er be said in my countryI've kill'd a naked man.

I have' two swords in one scabbard,They are both sharp and clear;

Take you the best, and I the worst,We~1Iend the matter here:

The first stroke Little Musgrave struck,He hurt Lord Barnard sore;

The next stroke that Lord Barnard struck,Little Musgrave ne'er struck more.

'Woe worth you, my merry men all,_You were ne'er born for my good!

Why did you not offer to stay my handWhen you saw me wax so wood?

- For I've slain also the fairest ladyeThat ever wore woman's weed,

Soe I have slain the fairest ladyeThat ever did woman's deed.

'A grave,' Lord Barnard cried,'To put these lovers in!

But lay my ladye on the upper hand,For she' comes of the nobler kin.'

-Anonymous (from The Oxford Book of Ballads)

INTERMISSIONIV

Tom O'Bedlam (1953) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Jacob Avshalomov(b. 1919)Rhadames Angelucci, oboe

Jay Johnson, percussion

From the hag and hungry goblin When j have shorn my sowce faceThat into rags would rend ye And swigged my horned barrelAnd from the spirit that stan' by the naked man In an oaken inn do I pawn my skinIn the Book of Moons, defend yel As a suit of gilt apparel.That of your five sound senses The rnoon'srnv constant mistressYou never be forsaken And the lonely owl my marrowNor never travel from yourselves with Tom The flaming drake and night-crow makeAbroad to beg your bacon. Me music to my sorrow.

Nor never sing: "Any food, 'lny feeding, And now I sing: (Refrain)Money, drink, or clothing,Corne dame or maid, be not afraid,Poor Tom will injure nothing."

Of thirty bare years have ITwice twenty been enragedAnd of forty bin three times fifteenIn durance soundly cagedIn the lordly lofts of BedlamOn stubble soft and dainty,Brave bracelets strong, sweet whips ding dong,With wholesome hunger plenty.

And now I sing: (Refrain)

With an host of furious fanciesWhereof Iam commanderWith a burning spear, and a horse of air,To the wilderness I wander.Bya knight of ghosts and shadowsI summoned am to tourneyTen leagues beyond the wide world's end.Methinks it is no journey.

All while I sing: "Any food, any feeding,Money, drink, or clothing,Come dame or maid, be not afraid,Poor Tom will injure nothing."

-Anonymous(ca. 1615l

The hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, or "Bedlam" as it came to be called, was originally openedin the 13th century as a priory. In 1547, by order of Henry VIII, it was converted into the firstasylum for the insane in England. Mad Tom---with feathers and ribbons in his hat, his hair long,his clothes rags, the mark of the Bedlamite branded upon him---was one of the many who werelet out of the overcrowded asylum of Bethlehem to roam the country as licensed beggars. Singlyor in groups, some still shackled, they traveled from village to village singing, sobbing, and dancingfor their supper, heralding their approach with the sound of the ox-horn strung around Tom's neck.

Jacob Avshalomov was educated in China and came to the United States in 1937. After studyingand teaching music in the eastern states, he has been conductor of the Portland, Oregon, JuniorSymphony since 1954. Tom O'Bedlam was performed by Robert Shaw's Collegiate Chorale inNew York in 1953, and received the New York Critics' Circle Award that same year.

VMass for Double Chorus (1922-1926) ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Frank Martin

(sung in Latin) 11890-1974)

I. KyrieLord, have mercy upon us. Christ have

mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

II. GloriaGlory be to God on high. And in earth peace

men of goodwill. We praise thee, we bless thee,we worship thee, we glorify thee. We give thanksto thee for thy great glory. 0 Lord God, heaven-ly King, God the father Almighty. Lord, theonly-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. 0 Lord God,Lamb of God, Son of the Father.

Thou that takest away the sins of the world,have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away thesins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou thatsittest at the right hand of the Father, havemercy upon us.

For thou only art holy. Thou only art theLord. Thou only art most high, Jesus Christ.With the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God theFather. Amen.

III. CredoI believe in one God. The Father Almighty,

Maker of heaven and earth, and of all thingsvisible and invisible. And in one Lord JesusChrist, the only-begotten Son of God, be-gotten of his Father before all worlds. Godof God, Light of Light, Very God of VeryGod. Begotten not made, being of onesubstance with the Father; by Whomall things were made. Who for us men,and for our salvation, came down from heaven.

And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of theVirgin Mary, and was made man. And wascrucified for us under Pontius Pilate; Hesuffered and was buried.

And the third day he rose again accordingto the scriptures. And ascended into heaven;and sitteth on the right hand of the Father.And he shall come again with glory to judgeboth the quick and the dead: Whose kingdomshall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lordand giver of life, who proceedeth from theFather and the Son. Who with the Father andthe Son together is worshipped and glorified:who spake by the Prophets. And I believe inone holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Iacknowledge one Baptism for the remissionof sins. And I look for the Resurrection ofthe dead, and the life of the world to come.Amen.

IV. SanctusHoly, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts.

Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he that cometh in the name of

the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

V. Agnus Deio Lamb of God, that takest away the sins

of the world, have mercy upon us. 0 Lambof God, that takest away the sins of theworld, grant us peace.

During his lifetime, Frank Martin enjoyed less popularity in this country than he did in Europe.A Swiss composer of French descent, Martin spent his last three decades in the Netherlands. Hismusic shows a mixture of the French and German styles. The Mass for Double Chorus is a fairlyearly work. It shows several of Martin's characteristics, such as "gliding tonality" (in which amovement rarely ends in the key in which it began), four-part choral chants, and the fact that heconsidered harmony to be the most important musical element.

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Receptions, courtesy of American National Bank and Trust Company,will be held immediately after the November 7-8 performances.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALE WARLAND SINGERSJon KietzerMay G. MunsonGordon W. OlsonMary K. SteinkeJames R. Treanor

Arthur E. BellArland D. BrusvenJ. Roger Delange, Jr.Robert C. EngelstadAnders B. Himmelstrup

Dale Warland

BOARD OF ADVISORSMrs. DeWalt H. Ankeny, Jr.Judson BemisN. Bud GrossmanMrs. Philip B. HarrisMrs. John M. Musser

John H. MyersGeorge T. PennockStephen R. PflaumWilliam D. ReberMrs. G. Richard Slade

FUNDED IN PART BY THE FOLLOWING (January 1-0ctober 10. 1981):

Benefactors/$1.000 or more

Deluxe Check Printers FoundationGraphic Systems, Inc.Metropolitan Regional Arts CouncilMunson, May G.National Endowment for the Arts -The Saint Paul Foundation

-Unjted Arts Fund

Patrons/$250 - $999

Brusven, Sharon & ArlandThe Jostens Foundation, Inc.Juran & Moody, Inc.Kietzer, Jon _Land 0' LakesNorthwestern BellNorthern States Power CompanyPiper, Jaffray & HopwoodWarland, Ruth- & Dale

Sponsors/$100 - $249Andersen, Elmer L.Ankeny FoundationBell, Frances &-ArthurHovel, Charlotte

Contributors/$50 - $99

Anderson, Joyce- L.Dayton'sDenef, Ruth & LawrenceKjos, CherylLake Center Industries

- Steen, Franklin J.

ponors/$1 - $49

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- Armstrong, Jack L.Arney, Claudia & CraigArsts, Mara & O.J,

- Barnhart, LawrenceBeatty, RobinBerglund, George R.Berglund, LucilleBerglund, June & RobertBlack, Sheila W.Bockley, Marilyn & PaulBoehlke, Margaret & SteveBoler, Dorothy & WilliamBond, Judith & Dixon

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IN KIND CONTRIBUTORS

American National Bank & Trust Company Mathern. Andrew -Augsburg Publishing House Naegele Outdoor Advertising CompanyBachman's of the Twin Cities. Inc.Bodine's Nelson, Jerry D.Boone, Charlie C. F. Peters CorporationFirst Bank Grand E. C. Schirmer Music CompanyGraphic Systems, Inc. Schmitt FoundationKivell, Wayne M. Steinke, JohnMacalester College Western State Bank

The Dale Warland Singers wish to extend a special word of appreciation to:

Colonial Church of EdinaSt. Paul's United Church of Christ

~the d~~~R~~~~~~dsinGersWayne M. Kivell, Assistant Conductor

Diana J. Leland, General ManagerGeorge Berglund, Assistant Manager

Sopranos

Rosemary L. BarenzVicki Ann Johnson DeanSue Boxrud DonaldsonSandra Henderson

*Sigrid JohnsonSusan KahnElizabeth MillerMary L. OlsonMarie SathrumRobin SchoenwaldSue ShepardLinda Steen

Altos

Roxanne L. BentleyJoanne HalvorsenElizabeth HolmesLinda JacobsLynn Carol JonesDonelle KlemanLois Laitinen

*Chris LudwigDiane RidderKay E. SandeenRica Jane VanRuth Warland

Tenors

Paul J. Anderson*George Berglund

Craig EdwallJim GoodrichJohn HenleyTim JohnsonJerry D. NelsonA. Douglas NodlandSteve PearthreeWilliam RollieDavid A. Schwandt

Basses

Paul BoyceDavid BriggsSteven A. BurgerChuck ChristiansonJayson EngquistLarry Lee HenselWaynne B. HornickeJack Jaeger

*Jerry RubinoFrank SteenPauI R. van HoutenThomas W. Witry

Cover Design by Michaela MahadyProgram Notes by Wayne M. Kivell

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THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

1981-1982 is the Tenth Anniversary Season of The Dale Warland Singers; its subscriptionconcert series will include concerts at Orchestra Hall, The Guthrie Theater, and will behighlighted by the world premiere of a commissioned work by Dominick Argento.

Organized in 1972, The Dale Warland Singers is a 47-voice professional choral ensemble basedin Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Members are selected through demanding annual auditionsand must re-audition each year. The opportunity to sing in the ensemble attracts qualitysingers from all part of the United States. Most of the singers have studied voice privately andmany are employed in a professional music capacity in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

The diversity of choral literature performed by The Dale Warland Singers is extensive. Whilebuilding a broad repertoire of standard a cappella choral music, the ensemble has made one ofits most significant contributions with artistic performances of 20th-century music. The longlist of composers represented by its performance repertoire indicates a wide variety of nationalitiesand musical styles.

The Dale Warland Singers ensemble appears regularly with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,Minnesota Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera. In 1977, it toured Scandinavia at the request ofthe Swedish and Norwegian Governments (Rikskonserter), and recorded for both Swedish andNorwegian Radio. The ensemble concertizes throughout the central portion of the United Statesand broadcasts regularly over Minnesota Public Radio and National Public Radio.

Continually active in recording projects, The Dale Warland Singers may currently be heardon four recently-released digital recordings: Echoes of Christmas (Augsburg), Choral Mosaic(Augsburg), La Fiesta de la Posada (Columbia Records; with Dave Brubeck and The Saint PaulChamber Orchestra), and Carols of Christmas (Augsburg). Two albums of Scandinavian choralmusic, Gloria and Swedish Choral Ballads, have been released by Walton Music Corporation.

DALE WARLAND

Dale Warland received his Bachelor of Artsdegree from St. Olaf College, Master ofArts degree from the University ofMinnesota, and Doctor of Musical Artsdegree from the University of SouthernCalifornia. His academic honors includea Tanglewood scholarship and a FordFoundation grant that made possible anine-month study of choral music inEngland, Sweden, and Norway.Dale Warland has distinguished himselfas a composer and arranger, is a memberof the American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers, and has his ownchoral series with Jenson Publications, •Inc. He was a recent recipient of an individual Artist Grant by the Minnesota State ArtsBoard to work with Robert Shaw, Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony, guest-conductedthe Swedish Radio Choir (Stockholm) in January 1981, and has been invited to guest-con-duct the Danish Radio Choir in January 1982.

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance.

THE DALE WAR LAND SINGERS' 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASONMETRO AREA SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT SERIES

400 YEARS OF GREAT CHORAL MUSICSaturday, November 7, 1981,8:00 P.M.

Colonial Church of Edina6200 Colonial Way

Edina, Minnesota

Sunday, November 8, 1981,3:00 P.M.St. Paul's United Church of Christ

900 Summit AvenueSt. Paul, Minnesota

ECHOES OF CHRISTMAS AT ORCHESTRA HALLSunday, December 6, 1981

3:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M.Orchestra Hall

1111 Nicollet MallMinneapolis, Minnesota

TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERT

Sunday, March 14, 1982,3:00 P.M.Orchestra Hall

1111 Nicollet MallMinneapolis, Minnesota

AMERICANA - A BIT OF BROADWAYSunday, May 16, 1982, 7:00 P.M.

The Guthrie TheaterVineland Place

Minneapolis, Minnesota -

This project is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.