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5 The 2013–2014 Season 5

Homecoming ConcertA Spoleto USA Festival Preview

Westminster ChoirWestminster Festival Chamber Orchestra

Joe Miller, conductor

Monday, March 10, 20147:30 p.m.

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander HallPrinceton University

Princeton, N.J.

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Welcome Michael SchiffVice President

Glenmede Trust Company

Robert L. AnnisDean and Director

Westminster Choir College

Dettingen Te Deum, HWV 283 George Frideric Handel(1685-1759)

I. We praise Thee, oh God

John Irving, countertenor

II. All the earth doth worship Thee

John Irving, countertenor

III. To Thee all angels cry aloud

IV. To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim

V. The glorious company of the apostles The Father of an infinite majesty Thine honourable, true, and only Son

VI. Thou art the King of GloryTrevor Sands, bass

VII. When Thou tookest upon Thee

Shane Thomas, Jr., tenor

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VIII. When Thou hadst overcome Thou didst open the Kingdom of heaven

IX. Thou sittest at the right hand of God

X. We therefore pray Thee

XI. Make them to be number’d

XII. Day by day we magnify Thee And we worship Thy name

XIII. Vouchsafe, O LordKeith Lathrom, tenor

XIV. O Lord, in Thee have I trustedGillian Hurst, alto

Tyler Weakland, portative organMark Laseter, harpsichord

INTERMISSION

Te Deum Arvo Pärt(b. 1935)

Mark Laseter, prepared pianoDrew Lusher, wind harp

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4 Program Notes

Dettingen Te Deum, HWV 283 George Frideric Handel(1685-1759)

On June 27, 1743, the British army led by King George II assisted Austrian forces in defeating the French at Dettin-gen, Bavaria, during the War of Austrian Succession. This battle would mark the last time a British monarch would personally lead troops into battle. Employed as the court composer at the Chapel Royal, George Frideric Handel was commissioned to help commemorate the occasion by composing the Dettingen Te Deum.

The Te Deum text, which has been extensively used for celebratory and commemorative works, has its origins in the daily office of Matins in the Roman Catholic Church liturgy. Relying mainly on textural contrast by alternating declam-atory fanfare with solemn, contemplative sections, Handel illustrates the verse structure of the text. The verse trumpets forth through homophonic annunciation, and is jubilantly ornamented by rhetorical melismatic gestures, capturing the merriment of the occasion for all time.

Te Deum Arvo Pärt(b. 1935)

Composer Arvo Pärt currently resides in Berlin, but was born in Estonia in 1935. Viewed today as an avant-garde composer of great originality, Pärt found his identity by experimenting in several different styles. He began with neo-classical piano music, followed by 12-tone compositions, serialism and collage techniques. The year 1968 marked a turning point in his career. He composed Credo, after which he regarded all of his previous techniques as meaningless, and pursued a new compositional voice. For eight years he withdrew from the public composer’s life and sought his own unique language. Focusing on his Christian faith, he studied Gregorian chant, church modes and Renaissance polyphony. In the development of his style, Pärt was searching for the meaning behind the notes, saying, “hidden behind the art of connecting two or three notes lies a cosmic mystery.” This “mystery” was the focus of his study which led him to discover his “Tintinnabuli” style. Te Deum is composed in the “Tintinnabuli” style and features arpeg-giated tonic triads paired against diatonic stepwise motion. These techniques were drawn from the influence of layered overtones created by the ringing of bells. Through this approach it is Pärt’s intent that the listener be able to transcend the normal interaction with music and find the meaning behind it.

Program notes prepared by Matthew D. Brady

Text and Translations 5

Dettingen Te Deum, HWV 283 George Frideric Handel(1685-1759)

I. We praise Thee, oh God We praise Thee, O God, We acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

II. All the earth doth worship Thee All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting.

III. To Thee all angels cry aloud To Thee the angels cry aloud, The heavens and all the powers therein.

IV. To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually cry: Holy, holy, holy! Lord God of Sabaoth, Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.

V. The glorious company of the apostles The glorious company of the apostles praise Thee, The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee, The holy church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee, The Father of an infinite majesty, Thine honourable, true and only son, Also the Holy Ghost the Comforter. VI. Thou art the King of Glory Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ, Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

VII. When Thou tookest upon Thee When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, Thou didst not shun the Virgin’s womb.

VIII. When Thou hadst overcome When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. IX. Thou sittest at the right hand of God Thou sittest at the right hand of God In the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge.

X. We therefore pray Thee We therefore pray Thee help our servants. Whom thou has redeemed with thy precious blood

XI. Make them to be number’d Make them to be number’d with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord, save thy people and bless thy heritage, Govern them and lift them up forever.

XII. Day by day we magnify Thee Day by day we magnify Thee, and we worship thy name for ever, world without end. XIII. Vouchsafe, O Lord Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day, without sing, O Lord, let thy mercy upon us. As our trust is in thee.

XIV. O Lord, in Thee have I trusted O Lord, in Thee have I trusted, Let me never be confounded.

Te Deum laudamus:te Dominum confitemur.Te, aeternum Patrem, omnis terra veneratur.Tibi omnes Angeli, tibi caeli etuniversae Potestates,Tibi Cherubim et Seraphimincessabili voce proclamant:Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth.Pleni sunt caeli et terramaiestatis gloriae tuae.

Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus;Te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus;Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.Te per orbem terrarumsancta confitetur Ecclesia:Patrem immensae maiestatis,Venerandum tuum verum et unicum Filium,Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum.Tu rex gloriae, Christe,Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius.

Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominemnon horruisti virginis uterum.Tu devicto mortis aculeo aperuisticredentibus regna caelorum.Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes,in gloria Patris.Iudex crederis esse venturus.

Te ergo quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni,quos pretioso sanguine redemisti!Aeterna fac cum Sanctis tuisin gloria numerari!Salvum fac populum tuum, Domineet benedic hereditati tuae!Et rege eos, et extolle illos usque in aeternum!Per singulos dies benedicimus teEt laudamus nomen tuum in saeculumet in saeculum saeculi.

Dignare, Domine, die isto sine peccato nos custodire!Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri!Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos,quemadmodum speravimus in te.In te, Domine, speravi: non confundar in aeternum. Amen. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.

We praise Thee, O God:we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.All the earth doth worship Thee and the Father everlasting.To Thee all angels, to Thee the heavens andall the Powers therein,To Thee the Cherubim and Seraphimcry with unceasing voice:Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts.The heavens and the earth are fullof the majesty of Thy glory.

Thee the glorious choir of the Apostles.Thee the admirable company of the Prophets.Thee the white-robed army of Martyrs praise.Thee the Holy Church throughout all the worlddoth acknowledge.The Father of infinite Majesty.Thine adorable, true and only SonAlso the Holy Ghost the Paraclete.Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

Thou having taken upon Thee to deliver mandidst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.Thou having overcome the sting of death didst open to believers the kingdom of heaven.Thou sittest at the right hand of Godin the glory of the Father.We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge.

We beseech Thee, therefore, help Thy servantswhom Thou has redeemed with Thy precious blood.Make them to be numbered with Thy Saintsin glory everlasting.Lord, save Thy peopleand bless Thine inheritance.Govern them and lift them up forever.Day by day we bless Thee.And we praise Thy name foreverand world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day to keep us without sin.Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,as we have hoped in Thee.O Lord, in Thee have I hoped: let me never be confounded. Amen. Holy, Holy, Holy.

6 Text and Translations

Te Deum Arvo Pärt(b. 1935)

About the Artists 7

JOE MILLER is conductor of two of America’s most renowned choral ensembles: the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. He is also director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. In addition to his responsibilities at Westmin-ster Choir College, Dr. Miller is artistic director for choral activities for the renowned Spoleto Festival USA.

His 2013-2014 season with the Westminster Choir in-cludes the release of their new recording The Heart’s Re-flection: Music of Daniel Elder, which has been hailed by Minnesota Public Radio’s Classical Notes as “simply as-tounding.” The current season also includes several na-tional radio broadcasts; a concert tour of Oklahoma and Texas; and its annual residency at the renowned Spoleto Festival USA. At the 2014 Festival, Maestro Miller will conduct a staged performance of John Adams’ opera/ora-torio El Niño, a concert of settings of Te Deum by Handel and Pärt, and Westminster Choir concerts titled “Legends.”

As conductor of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Dr. Miller has collaborated with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, earning him critical praise.

The New York Times wrote about Symphonic Choir’s per-formance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Cleve-land Orchestra, “Joe Miller’s Westminster Symphonic Choir was subtle when asked and powerful when turned loose.” Recent seasons have included performances with the Philharmoniker Berliner and Sir Simon Rattle; The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Gustavo Dudamel.

Dr. Miller is also founder and conductor of the Westmin-ster Summer Choral Festival Chamber Choir, a program that offers professional-level choral and vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works for one week each summer on the Westminster campus in Princeton. The 2014 program will focus on Thomas Tallis’ monu-mental Spem in alium a40 and Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir.

In demand as a guest conductor and clinician, his recent residencies have included Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music, Temple University and the Berlin Radio Sym-phony Chorus.

Westminster ChoirJoe Miller, conductor

Matthew D. Brady, graduate assistant conductor

Setting the standard for choral excellence for 93 years, the Westminster Choir is composed of students at Westminster Choir College, a division of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts. It has been the chorus-in-residence for the prestigious Spoleto Festival USA since 1977, performing both in concert and as the opera chorus and earning the description of a “crucial and consistent linchpin,” for the Festival, according to The Charleston Post and Courier.

The ensemble’s 2013-2014 season includes a concert tour of Texas and Oklahoma, the release of a new recording, per-formances and broadcasts at its home in Princeton and its annual residency at the Spoleto Festival USA.

The Westminster Choir’s recordings with Maestro Miller have earned critical acclaim. Gramophone magazine wrote about their latest release, The Heart’s Reflection: Music of Daniel Elder, “the Westminster Choir performs beautifully,” and praised its “breath control and sure pitch.” Classics Today described the CD as “first rate” and “highly recom-mended.” Their second recording, Noël, a collection of French Christmas music and sacred works, also features West-minster alumna Jennifer Larmore, the most recorded mezzo-soprano of our era, and organist Ken Cowan. It was the centerpiece of the PRI Radio broadcast Noël – A Christmas from Paris, which was hosted by Bill McGlaughlin.

The choir’s debut recording with Maestro Miller, Flower of Beauty, received four stars from Choir & Organ magazine and earned critical praise from American Record Guide, which described the Westminster Choir as “the gold standard for academic choirs in America.”

Praised by The New York Times for its “full-bodied, incisive singing,” the Westminster Choir also forms the core of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with the leading conductors and orchestras of our time. The Symphonic Choir’s 2013-2014 season includes performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Handel’s Messiah with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Manze; Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ju-rowski; and Christopher Rouse’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert.

SOPRANOSachi Aoki, Tochigi, Japan Christianna Barnard, Pittsburgh, PANicola Bertoni, Washington, D.C.*Katherine Caughlin, Tonkawa, OKMercedes Chan, Hong KongNicole Fragala, East Islip, NY

Kristin Hill, Dallas, TX Jane Meditz, Wethersfield, CT Jessica Moreno, Riverhead, NYJorie Moss, Indianapolis, INVivian Ming-wai Suen, Hong Kong

ALTOLena Andreala, Bass River, NJAna Magdalena Delgado Vargas, Santo Domingo, DR*Gillian Hurst, Rockport, MALauren J. Kelly, Ambler, PA Catherine Paige Kenley, Riner, VA

Jessica Kerler, Wind Gap, PAArielle Klein, Syosset, NYSarah A Michal, Fresno, CA Erinn Sensenig, Reading, PAEmily Sung, Lawrenceville, NJ

8 About the Artists

TENORChaequan Anderson, Newark, DE Matthew D. Brady, Ann Arbor, MI*Garrett Kheshtinejad, Duncanville, TXKeith Lathrom, Houston, TXMaximilian Nolin, Kent, OH

Evan Rieger, King of Prussia, PA Justin Fatu Su'esu'e, Modesto, CA Shane Thomas, Jr., DeLand, FL Alex Underwood, Russell, KS Mike Williams, Blue Point, NY

BASSVinroy D. Brown, Jr., North Brunswick, NJ Patrick Dunnevant, Richmond, VA Benjamin Hawkinson, Gilbert, AZ John Irving, Dallas, TX*Dominic Lam, Hong Kong

Thomas Lynch, Lynbrook, NYTrevor Sands, Boyertown PAMcCleary Searles, Mt. Carol, ILMichael Spaziani, West Chester, PA Tyler Weakland, State College, PA

* Indicates section leaderRoster approved 2/10/14

About the Artists 9

VIOLIN I Emlyn Ngai, concertmasterNancy Wilson Ruotao Mao VIOLIN IIKeats Dieffenbach Margaret BanksHanfang Zhang

VIOLAWilliam Frampton Jacqueline Watson

CELLOAlistair MacRae Elizabeth Thompson

BASSDaniel Hudson OBOEGeoffrey Deemer Alexandra von der Embse

BASSOONAnna Marsh

TRUMPETJason Covey Thomas Cook Brad Siroky

TIMPANIWilliam Wozniak

WESTMINSTER FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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Westminster Firsts A Classical Legacy

1920 Westminster Choir was established by John Finley William son at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio.

1926 The Westminster Choir School was founded.

1928 Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over Station WLW.

1929 Westminster Choir College was established and moved to Ithaca College.

1932 Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J.

1934 As the first official American guests of the Soviet Union, with whom the United States had just resumed diplomatic relations, Westminster Choir made the first broadcast from Russia to the United States.

1938 Westminster Choir, with conductor and founder Dr. John Finley Williamson, presented the first U.S. performance of Joseph Haydn’s Passion (The Seven Last Words). The perfor-mance also featured a volunteer orchestra of Princetonians, including Albert Einstein in the violin section. • The Choir sang at the dedication of the New York World’s Fair.

1939 Westminster Choir sang for the first time with the New York Philharmonic. Since then, it has set a record for the number of joint performances—more than 350—by a single choir and orchestra.

1957 Westminster Choir completed a five-month, globe-circling tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Exchange Program. The Choir performed in 22 countries, traveled 40,000 miles and appeared before 227,000 people.

1964 Westminster Choir sang on the Telstar World-Wide Telecast in the spring for the opening ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair. This reportedly was the largest audience ever to see a television show at that time.

1965 For the first time the Choir appeared with three major orchestras in one year: the Berlin Philharmonic, the American Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

1971 Westminster Choir performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during the inaugural week of concerts with the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Harsanyi. The work performed was The Dawn of Glory by Christian Latrobe.

1972 The Choir began its first summer as the chorus-in-residence for the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1975 Westminster Choir premiered William Schuman’s Casey at the Bat with the National Symphony Orchestra.

1977 Westminster Choir became the first chorus-in-residence at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1978 Westminster Choir established its own recording label, copyrighted “Westminster Choir,” and released its first recording: Six Motets of Johann Sebastian Bach, with guest conductor Wilhelm Ehmann.

1980 Westminster Choir was the first choir to be featured on the “ Live from Lincoln Center” telecast series over National Public Television. The Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta.

1982 Westminster Choir was part of the 10,000th performance of the New York Philharmonic, America’s oldest perma-nent orchestra.

1988 Westminster Choir sang Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the New York Philharmonic under the composer’s direction in a performance at Carnegie Hall celebrating the 45th anniversary of Bernstein’s conducting debut with the orchestra.

1990 Westminster Symphonic Choir sang in the Leonard Bernstein memorial concert at the invitation of the Bernstein family.

1991 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed at Carnegie Hall’s 100th Anniversary Celebration.

1992 Westminster Choir College merged with Rider University. • Westminster Symphonic Choir performed in “A Tribute to Riccardo Muti” with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Maestro Muti, a performance televised nationally on the Arts & Entertainment Cable Network.

1993 Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Westminster Sym-phonic Choir participated in The Philadelphia Orches-tra’s first performance of Britten’s War Requiem.

1996 Westminster Choir, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, traveled on a concert tour of Korea and Taiwan and per-formed in the Colmar Music Festival in Colmar, France.

1999 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar, 7 Preludes for the New Millennium with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur.

2001 Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, performed the world premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Voices of Light, commissioned by Rider University to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Westminster Choir College.

2002 To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, Westminster Choir was featured in the PRI national radio broadcast of “In the Shadow of the Towers.” They were joined by President George W. Bush and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Westminster Sym-phonic Choir’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the New Jersey Symphony was broadcast nationally by PBS.

2004 Westminster Choir premiered Arise My Love by Stephen Paulus, a gift from the composer to celebrate Joseph Flummerfelt’s extraordinary career. • Westminster’s artistic director, Joseph Flummerfelt, was named Musical America’s 2004 Conductor of the Year, the first choral conductor to be so honored.

2005 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloë (complete) for the first time with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel.

2006 Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in the New York Philharmonic’s first performance of Mozart’s Mass in C, K. 317 “Coronation,” conducted by Lorin Maazel. • Joe Miller appointed director of choral activities and conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

2007 Rider University established Westminster College of the Arts. • Westminster Williamson Voices presented the North American premiere of James Whitbourn’s Annelies: The Anne Frank Oratorio. • Westminster Symphonic Choir opened the Carnegie Hall season performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson.

2008 Westminster Kantorei participated in the world premiere recording of John Magnussen’s Psalm, composed for the José Limón dance company.

2009 Westminster Choir and Joe Miller released their first recording, Flower of Beauty.

2010 Westminster Williamson Voices premiered James Whitbourn’s Requiem Canticorum, and the Westminster Choir premiered Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s To a Locomotive in Winter.

2011 The Westminster Symphonic Choir performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra for the first time under the baton of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

2012 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchrstra for the first time.

2014 The Westminster Williamson Voices’ and James Jordan’s recording of James Whitbourn’s Annelies, the first major choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance.

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