Ave Maria: England’s RoseSaturday, May 4, 2019

Lakewood Congregational Church Lakewood

Sunday, May 5, 2019 St. Peter Catholic Church

Cleveland

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This concert series is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

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Jay White, Artistic Director

About Quire Cleveland With the vision of building global harmony through performance and education, Quire Cleveland is dedicated to exploring, preserving, and breathing new life into nine centuries of extraordinary choral music.

Quire Cleveland is a professional chamber choir established in 2008 to explore the vast and timeless repertoire of choral music over the last nine centuries. The members of Quire are highly-trained musicians, collectively representing 500 years of choral experience. Quire Cleveland plays a part in the rich musical milieu of northeast Ohio by enhancing the larger choral community and cultivating the highest artistic standards. Now in its eleventh season, Quire Cleveland is managed by a working volunteer Board of Directors. Through concerts, recordings, broadcasts, and more than one million views on YouTube, Quire reaches people in 217 countries around the world. Since 2008, Quire Cleveland has earned both critical and popular acclaim for their “stunning panache” (Cleveland-Classical.com) and “rich mosaic of music” (Early Music America Magazine), as they “combine stylistic truth with vocal elegance” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).

About the Artistic Director Countertenor Jay White joined Quire Cleveland in 2012 and as-sumed the position of Artistic Director in July of 2018. Jay has held choral positions with ensembles that include the Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Grace Cathedral San Francisco, Maryland Handel Festival, Washington Bach Consort, Folger Consort, Spire, Carmel Bach Festival Chorale, and Apollo’s Fire Singers. Sought after as an interpreter of repertoire from me-dieval to baroque and beyond, he has appeared at national and international early music festivals. In all, as a choral singer, soloist, and chamber singer, he has participated in more than 1,400 perfor-mances around the globe.

Jay sang eight seasons with the internationally acclaimed ensemble, Chanticleer, with which he traveled to more than 40 states and 15 foreign countries, performing more than 150 concerts each year. A unique aspect of his time with Chanticleer was engagement with a vast amount and diver-sity of repertoire, from chant to contemporary, interaction with more than a dozen living compos-ers, and numerous US and world premieres of innovative new works for the choral ensemble. No stranger to the recording process, Jay can be heard on more than 45 albums, including three nom-inations and two GRAMMY® Award-winning recordings with Chanticleer. He has been heard on National Public Radio and Public Radio International programs such as Harmonia, St. Paul Sunday, Around New York, Weekend Edition, Performance Today, and The Today Show, as well as radio and television broadcasts in more than 10 countries.

Jay received his training at the Early Music Institute at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Mu-sic and the University of Maryland School of Music and Maryland Opera Studio. He holds Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees, with studies in vocal performance, musicology and performance practice, and pedagogy and vocology. Jay has served on the faculties of the University of Maryland, University of Delaware, and DePauw University. He is currently Professor of Voice at the Kent State University Hugh A. Glauser School of Music with a full studio of music education, vocal performance, and musical theatre voice students, along with courses in diction, language, opera, and related undergraduate and graduate subjects in the voice curriculum. Jay has also served as Music Director for the Kent State Opera since 2012, working with productions of literature from the 17th to 21st centuries.

Jay White, Artistic Director

Ave Maria: England’s RoseAve regina caelorum

Gregorian ChantJohn Dunstable (c1390–1453)

Leonel Power (1370–1445)

Ave Maria, mater DeiWilliam Cornysh (1465–1523)

Ave maris stellaJohn Dunstable

William Byrd (1538–1623)

Ave verum corpusRichard Dering (c1580–1630)

William ByrdPeter Philips (1560–1628)

INTERMISSION

Regina caeliGregorian ChantJohn Dunstable

Robert White (c1538–1574)

Alma redemptoris materGregorian ChantJohn Dunstable

Peter Philips

Ave Maria, gratia plenaGregorian Chant

Robert Parsons (1535–1572)

Assumpta est MariaPeter Philips

Beata es Virgo MariaWilliam Byrd

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Director’s Message

Inspiration and Introspection

With our title Ave Maria: England’s Rose, it isn’t too difficult to discern our focus. Our offering takes us from foundation to flourishing of the English Renaissance. The choice for such repertoire honoring the mother of Christ comes from a childhood memory. My mother wrote a children’s Easter cantata when I was around 8 years old. The moral of the short piece was, “Without Easter, there would be no Christmas.” My young mind found this concept a bit challenging. I kept insisting there couldn’t be an Easter without Christmas. After all, Jesus had to be born first, right? And in my school year, Christmas was always celebrated BEFORE Easter!

As time passed, I began my work as a professional chorister. I periodically pondered just how my mother’s inter-pretation of the prophecy of Christ’s death and resurrection laid the foundation for my personal understanding of the Christian faith. Not surprisingly, she was right; the fulfillment of the prophecy at Easter is the sole reason for the celebration of Jesus’ birth at Christmas.

The focus on Jesus’ role in this grand story has been told through countless settings of the Gospels in both words and music. No choral season is truly void of Handel’s Messiah or a cantata or Passion of J. S. Bach. It was during a rehearsal for one of these masterpieces where I said in an audible voice that Jesus must be the one human who has had the most music written about him in all of the western canon. Within a beat or two, the internal presence of my mother’s voice said, “Without Mary, there would be no Christ.”

Throughout this performance, we will travel from the musical foundations of the English Renaissance (Dunsta-ble and Power) to its greatest heights (Byrd and Philips). Each composer offers confirmation of the importance of Mary’s role as the mother of Christ, intermediary for his followers, and claim as the second human for whom so much music is written.

I invite you to become familiar with these unique and powerful texts. You may choose to do so prior to your hearing the works or perhaps while experiencing them. Listen to how Dunstable uses complex rhythms in three-part harmony to excite the soul to praise. Glory in the expressive and expansive polyphony of Parsons as he conveys veneration of the Virgin. Find comfort in the three settings of Ave verum corpus that again remind us of Mary’s essential role in shaping the story of Jesus.

Thank you, Mom, for continuing to inspire the work you have supported since my 1973 debut of Jesus loves me, this I know. To all those who give motherly devotion and care, we send our loudest AVES!

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Gratitude and Generosity

Quire Cleveland is honored to continue the work of our founding Artistic Director Emeritus, Dr. Ross Duffin, and Executive Director Emerita, Dr. Beverly Simmons, who retired from Quire Cleveland in 2018. Generous contributions to the Duffin-Simmons fund have facilitated Quire’s transition through the 2018–2019 concert season with new artistic and administrative leadership. With funding from the Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC), the Ohio Arts Council (OAC), and the wonderful response to our recent donation appeal, we are able offer this, and select future concerts, for FREE. We invite you to consider contributions through the specific sponsorship opportunities described in this program. This will enable us to expand our current 2019–2020 season of two projects to three! To entice you, more in-formation for Quire’s next season may be found on our new website (www.quirecleveland.org) and our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/quirecleveland).

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About the Singers

Kristine Caswelch made her choral debut singing Ein Deutsches Requi-em as a nine-year-old. In Cleveland, Kristine has sung as a Young Artist Apprentice with Apollo’s Fire and is the Artistic Director and Co-Found-er of Cleveland Transgender Choir. She has appeared as a soloist for the Westminster Choir College Summer Festival, most recently in Montever-di’s Vespers of 1610.

Melanie Emig holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Locally, she performs with Apollo’s Fire and Trin-ity Cathedral. In addition to her per-forming credits, she teaches at The Music Settlement in University Cir-cle, where she maintains a studio of Suzuki piano students.

Donna Fagerhaug holds a Master of Arts degree in Church Music from Trinity Lutheran Seminary and a Bachelor of Music from the Conserva-tory at Capital University. She is the soprano soloist at Lakewood Congre-gational Church and has sung with Apollo’s Singers and Contrapunctus. Donna also works as a vocal coach in the Rocky River City Schools.

Megan Kaes Long holds a Ph.D. in Music Theory from Yale University and a B.A. in Music from Pomona College. She teaches music theory and aural skills at the Oberlin Col-lege Conservatory of Music and re-searches popular song in the late Renaissance. Megan has performed with Audivi and the Yale Schola Can-torum and has collaborated with the Bach Collegium Japan and Juilliard 415.

Ian Crane currently teaches music at Cuyahoga Falls High School and spent five years on faculty at Edin-boro University of Pennsylvania, as instructor of bagpipes. He has per-formed as both a vocalist and in-strumentalist with Apollo’s Fire. Ian earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Cleveland State Uni-versity and a master’s in conducting from Kent State University.

Daniel Kenworthy teaches vocal and instrumental music at Bard Early Col-lege in Cleveland. He earned his MA at Case Western Reserve University, where he studied historical musicol-ogy and vocal performance. Daniel holds a BM from The College of New Jersey in music education and trom-bone performance. He currently sings with Trinity Cathedral’s Chamber Singers.

SopranoKristine CaswelchMelanie EmigDonna FagerhaugElena MullinsGail West

AltoMegan Kaes LongJohn McElliotCourtney PoppMalina RauschenfelsJoseph Schlesinger

TenorBryan MunchTyler SkidmoreRobert StarkBradley Upham

BassIan CraneDaniel KenworthyNathan LongneckerBrian MacGilvrayMichael McKay

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Elena Mullins is co-manager of early music ensembles Alkemie and Trobár, and Director of the Early Music Sing-ers at Case Western Reserve Univer-sity, where she also teaches medieval music history and baroque dance. She has performed with Les Délices, The Newberry Consort, Apollo’s Fire, and Three Notch’d Road. Elena holds a DMA in Historical Performance Practices from CWRU.

John McElliott holds undergraduate degrees in voice and organ perfor-mance from the University of Akron. He spent a year abroad as a choral scholar at Winchester Cathedral in the UK. John is a soloist/section lead-er at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland and sings with Apollo’s Fire and the Trinity Chamber Singers. He is president of Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc., where he manages con-cert careers for many of the world’s great concert organists and choirs.

Bryan Munch received his engineer-ing degree, music minor, and MBA from Case Western Reserve Univer-sity, where he participated in Early Music Singers, Case Concert Choir, and the all-male a cappella octet Speakeasy. He has sung with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Tem-ple-Tifereth Israel, and Apollo’s Fire. Bryan is an analyst at Progressive In-surance in Mayfield Heights.

Nathan Longnecker studied voice and organ, has sung as chorister in several ensembles, and has directed a few church choirs. He most recently sang in a production of Israel in Egypt with The Kings Counterpoint in Charleston, SC. When he is not sing-ing, he tends gardens as The Quiet Gardener.

Brian MacGilvray is currently teach-ing music history at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleve-land Institute of Music. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from CWRU and degrees in voice from North-western University and the Universi-ty of Kentucky. Brian sings regularly with the Trinity Cathedral Choir and Chamber Singers.

Michael McKay is office manager in the Performing Arts, Music, and Film department at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He holds a bachelor of music degree in vocal and organ performance from Cleveland State University. Michael has performed in various Cleveland-area chamber en-sembles.

Courtney Popp is a graduate of Bald-win Wallace University’s music edu-cation program and currently teaches choir at Learwood Middle School and directs the Chancel Choir at the Unit-ed Methodist Church of Berea. Court-ney sings with Trinity Cathedral’s Chamber Singers and performs every summer at the Westminster Summer Choral Festival.

Malina Rauschenfels, an Eastman and Juilliard graduate, is a soprano, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who specializes in early and brand-new music. She is co-founder of Burning River Baroque and performs with Duo Mignarda, El Fuego, and other groups around the country. She has performed professionally and coached emerging musicians in mul-tiple countries.

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Gail West has worked with such em-inent artists as Julianne Baird, Emma Kirkby, Suzie LeBlanc, Paul Hillier, and Benjamin Bagby. Currently a voice student of Ellen Hargis, she has been a member of Apollo’s Fire since its founding. Gail has been a member of CWRU’s Early Music Singers for over 20 years and is a soprano soloist at Church of the Good Shepherd.

Bradley Upham holds a B. Music from Cleveland State University. A tenor sectionalist and soloist at Trin-ity Cathedral since 1990, Mr. Upham has also sung with Cleveland Cham-ber Choir, Exsultet in England, and is a deputy lay clerk at both Ely and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. Bradley is a retired deck officer from Great Lakes merchant marine vessels.

Robert Stark is a student at Case Western Reserve University studying for his M.S.M in Operations Research and Supply Chain Management. A lifelong church chorister, Rob grew up singing in the children’s choir at St. James Episcopal Church in New York City before graduating to the adult choir. He currently sings with Trinity Chamber Singers, Trinity Ca-thedral Choir, and the Case Men’s Glee Club.

Joseph Schlesinger played principal trumpet in the Augustana College Symphony, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Asian Studies. After earning his Master of Music from DePaul University, he received a Netherlands-America/Ful-bright Fellowship to study baroque music at the Royal Conservatory (The Hague). Joe has sung with Chicago’s Music of the Baroque, Madison Bach Musicians, Seattle Pro Musica, Con-trapunctus, and Apollo’s Fire.

Tyler Skidmore directs six choirs and teaches music appreciation and theo-ry at Medina High School. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Mount Vernon Nazarene Uni-versity and a master’s in voice per-formance from Kent State University. Tyler has sung with Apollo’s Fire, Contrapunctus, Opera Cleveland, and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Tyler is the music director at the Wad-sworth Church of the Nazarene.

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Texts and Translations

Ave, regina cælorum,ave, Domina angelorum:

salve radix sancta,ex qua mundo lux est orta.

Gaude (Ave) gloriosa,super omnes speciosa,

vale, valde decora,et pro nobis semper Christum exora.

Hail, queen of the heavens,hail, lady of the angels:hail holy root,from whom a light arose over the earth.

Glorious joy,above all others,farewell, you most fair,and always pray for us to Christ.

Ave regina cælorum

Ave Maria, mater Dei,regina cæli,

domina mundi,imperatrix inferni,

miserere meiet totius populi Christiani;

et ne permitas nosmortaliter peccare;

sed tuam sanctissimam voluntatemadimplere. Amen.

Hail Mary, mother of God,queen of heaven,mistress of the world,empress of hell:have mercy on meand on all Christian people;and do not allow usto commit mortal sins;but help us to fulfilyour most holy will. Amen.

Ave Maria, mater Dei

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Ave verum corpus, natumde Maria Virgine,

vere passum, immolatumin cruce pro homine,

cuius latus perforatum,unda fluxit sanguine:

esto nobis prægustatumin mortis examine.

O dulcis, O pie, O Iesu, fili Mariæ.

Miserere mei.

Hail true body, bornof the Virgin Mary,who truly suffered, sacrificedon the cross for man,from whose pierced side,flowed blood:be for us a foretastein the trial of death.

O sweet, O holy, O Jesus son of Mary.Have mercy on me.

Ave verum corpus

Ave, maris stella,Dei mater alma,

atque semper virgo,felix cœli porta.

Sumens illud «Ave»Gabrielis ore,

funda nos in pace,mutans Evæ nomen.

Solve vincla reis,profer lumen cæcis,

mala nostra pelle,bona cuncta posce.

Monstra te esse matrem,sumat per te precemqui pro nobis natus

tulit esse tuus.

Virgo singularis,inter omnes mitis,nos culpis solutos

mites fac et castos.

Vitam præsta puram, iter para tutum,

ut videntes Jesum semper collætemur.

Sit laus Deo Patri,summo Christo decus,

Spiritui Sancto tribus honor unus. Amen.

Hail, star of the sea, nurturing mother of God, and ever virgin happy gate of heaven

receiving that “Ave”from the mouth of Gabriel, establish us in peace, transforming the name of “Eva”.

Loosen the chains of the guilty, send forth light to the blind, our evil do you dispel, entreat for us all good things.

Show thyself to be a mother: through you may he receive prayer who, being born for us, undertook to be your own.

O unique virgin, meek above all others, make us, set free from our sins,meek and chaste.

Bestow a pure life,prepare a safe way:that seeing Jesus,we may ever rejoice.

Praise be to God the father,to the Most High Christ be glory,to the Holy SpiritBe honor, to the three in one. Amen.

Ave maris stella

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Regina cæli lætare, alleluia:quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia:

resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia:ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia:for he whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia:has risen, as he said, alleluia:pray for us to God, alleluia.

Regina cæli

Alma Redemptoris Mater, quæ pervia cæliporta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti,

surgere qui curat populo: tu quæ genuisti,natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem

virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab oresumens illud ave, peccatorum miserere.

Loving mother of the Redeemer, gate of heaven, star of the sea, assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again,To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator,yet remained a virgin after as before,You who received Gabriel’s joyful greeting,have pity on us poor sinners.

Alma redemptoris mater

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,

benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace,the Lord is with you,blessed art you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.Holy Mary, mother of God,pray for us sinners,now and at the hour of our death.Amen.

Ave Maria, gratia plena

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Assumpta est Maria in cœlum:gaudent angeli, laudantes benedicunt Dominum.

Maria virgo assumpta est ad æthereum thalamum, in quo Rex regum stellato sedet solio.

Mary is taken up into heaven, the Angels rejoice, praising, they bless God.

Mary the Virgin is taken up into the heavenly chamber, in which the King of kings sits upon His starry throne.

Assumpta est Maria

Beata es Virgo Maria,quæ omnium portasti creatorem:

genuisti qui te fecit,et in æternum permanes Virgo.

Alleluia.

Blessed are you, Virgin Mary,who carried the creator of all things:you brought forth him who made you,and remain forever a virgin.Alleluia.

Beata es Virgo Maria

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Quire Cleveland thanks our generous donors (Gifts received 3/15/2018 – 4/15/2019)

$2,500 and upDrs Ross W. Duffin* &

Beverly Simmons*Beth Cooper & Paul HerrgesellJohn McElliottGerald P. WeinsteinJay WhiteDoreen A. Ziska*

$1,000–$2,499Arthur V. N. Brooks*Robert Conrad*Ursula KorneitchoukElizabeth Ring Mather and

William Gwinn Mather FundDavid & Florence SchlesingerDiane & Lewis Schwartz

$500–$999Steve & Sally HotchkissStephen & Elizabeth Kaufman*Eric & Marian KlieberDr Valerie Powers*Kim SherwinJoseph SopkoGregory Videtic*

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Lloyd Max Bunker & Anthony Bianchi*

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FundTimothy and Susan GallPeter & Ann Gerhart*R.M. Hanson*Robin Herrington-BowenMary & Tom Holmes

In honor of Diane SchwartzThe Holtkamp Organ Company*Sarah Jaquay*Paul & Mary JenksJames Jagger Juknialis &

Becky MorganEric & Sue Kisch*Harriett Logan*Carmina Mares & Radu MirodonGeraldine McElliott*Marilyn & Tom McLaughlin*Catherine C. Miller*

In memory of Geraldine McElliottCraig & Kay MuhlbaierDon & Sharon MullinsBryan Munch*William Johnston & Cynthia PeckGail & Joseph Rinderknecht*Greg Ristow*Margaret & Keith Robinson*Ken & Rebecca RoccoJan Curry & Richard RoddaJane & Justin Rogers*Howard & Laurel Rowen*Michael Seider*Shirley Simmons*Laura Sims & Nancy StemmerAndrew & Daniel Singer-Sords*Kemp & Nancy King Smith*Ralph & Barbara Trepal*Ann WatersMary WehrleFrank & Patricia Wiley*Nancy H. Zambie

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*Duffin-Simmons Fund donor

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Acknowledgements

Quire Cleveland is grateful to Lakewood Congregational Church, Ben Malkevitch, Director of Music Ministry,

and The Rev. Joanna d’Agostino, Senior Pastor; and to Historic St. Peter Church, Fr. Robert Kropac, Pastor,

for hosting Quire Cleveland for this concert series.

Photos in this concert program were taken by Roger Mastroianni, Roger Mastroianni Photography.

This concert program was designed by Michael McKay.

The postcard for the Ave Maria concert series was designed by Jerry Jezek, Cubicle Dreams Design.

Beth Cooper, PresidentJohn McElliott, Secretary

Gerald P. Weinstein, TreasurerFr. Robert Kropac, Community Outreach

Elena Mullins, Educational OutreachDiane Schwartz, Development Director

Jay White, Artistic DirectorDoreen Ziska, Concert Manager

Quire Cleveland is grateful for the services of Stephen Hotchkiss and Elena Mullins, who served during 2018 as President of the Board of Directors and Executive Director

of Quire Cleveland, respectively.

Board of Directors

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Carols for Quire X

Quire Cleveland’s 2019–2020 Season

Western Reserve Chorale

David Gilson, Artistic Director

27th Season 2018-2019

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sonic sunrise - music of the spheres Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo

A tribute to the poetry of e e cummings on the 125th anniversary of his birth

With choral settings by Whitacre, Dickau, Persichetti, Stroope and others

Sunday, June 2, 3:30 p.m. Reception following the free concert

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This program takes inspiration from the season, focusing on themes of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection. It will celebrate music written for grand spaces by featuring some of the local architecturally magnificent structures in our area.

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