Friends of Cathedral Music 2017-2018

WelcomeOn behalf of the people of the Cathedral of St. John, and the Bishop and people of the Diocese of the Rio

Grande, we welcome you to this, our 24th season of concerts and special choral worship services at theCathedral of St. John.

The Friends of Cathedral Music series has long been a vital part of the Cathedral’s outreach to the greatercommunity. It is an offering to the people of our city and beyond.

The Cathedral serves Albuquerque by opening its doors and inviting others to share in these musical gifts.People from all walks of life come from far and wide to experience the splendor of our musical events. Yourpresence among us enriches our lives.

We anticipate great moments for concert-goers with the 24th musical season at the Cathedral of St. John.We’ve combined a memorable repertoire of classical music with exceptionally talented artists from acrossthe globe. The 2017–2018 season includes concerts, special liturgical events and, throughout the season ofLent, musical meditations each Friday evening alongside a unique opportunity to support our Cathedral’sFood Pantry.

We invite you to join us: to take part, to share, to be touched by the Spirit that moves through music, tobe nourished by that same Spirit, and to be deepened in your relationship with each other and God throughgreat music and talented musicians.

You are welcome at the Cathedral of St. John and you honor us by your presence.

The Very Rev. J. Mark Goodman Dr. Maxine ThévenotDean of the Cathedral Canon Precentor, Director of Cathedral Music

Image Credit:Cover: Decorative Element, Donald Jackson, Copyright 2006, The Saint John’s Bible,Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.

Sunday September 10th, 2017 at 3:00pmThe Cathedral Organ

Friends of Cathedral Music are pleased to present TheFirst Lady of the Organ, Miss Diane Bish. Knownglobally for The Joy of Music international televisionseries, her program is broadcast to over 300 millionpeople around the world each week.

The Joy of Music catalog boasts over 500 episodesfeaturing famous cathedrals, concert halls, churches andorgans. This tremendous outreach to the general publicon behalf of the organ and Diane Bish’s longevity as aleading recitalist distinguish her in the world of music.

Miss Bish is the most visible and influential classicalorganist performing today. Her organ performances arehailed as “stunning, virtuoso, fiery, and astonishing.”

Premium Seating: $30General Seating: $20Full-time students with valid ID FREE

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Diane Bish

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Sunday October 29th, 2017 at 3:00pmThe Cathedral Organ

Acclaimed for her “solid musicianship ... technical securityand poise” by The American Organist, and for her “beautifulregistration … another real gem of a recording withravishing playing” by The Diapason Magazine, Canon Dr.Maxine Thévenot, concert organist, has performed in majorvenues across Great Britain, Europe and North America, andhas made several solo recordings for Raven CD.

French Canadian by birth, Maxine’s European roots haveinfluenced her repertoire selections. Her program willinclude works by Louis Vierne, Maurice Duruflé, MarcelDupré and Jeanne Demessieux, along with favoriteCanadian composers.

General Seating: $20Full-time students with valid ID FREE

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Maxine Thévenot

Saturday November 11th, 2017 at 10:10amA Concert of Remembrance

Ottorino Respighi: Suite in G for Organ and StringsMaxine Thévenot, organ soloistChatterDavid Felberg, conductor

Luigi Cherubini: Requiem Mass in C MinorThe Cathedral ChoirsChatter, concertmaster David FelbergMaxine Thévenot, conductor

Respighi spent some time as principal violinist at theMariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg and studied brieflywith Rimsky-Korsakov before going back to his nativeBologna to resume composition studies and teaching. Thiswork, dating from 1905, highlights his virtuosic string writingand treats the organ in an equal fashion.

Cherubini’s masterpiece, premiered 200 years ago, wasgreatly admired by Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumannand Johannes Brahms. Beethoven described the Requiem asthe perfect example, should he ever write one. Schumanncalled it ‘unequalled,’ while Brahms hailed it as a ‘marvel.’

This concert, commemorating the 99th anniversary of theArmistice which ended the First World War, will concludewith the tolling of the Cathedral bell.

General Seating: $20Full-time students with valid ID FREE For tickets, visit

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Sunday December 17th, 2017 at 3:00pmThe Santa Fe Opera, incollaboration with the CathedralChoirs, presents its annual FREEcommunity event. Come andenjoy seasonal favorites andinspiring music which featuresSanta Fe Opera Apprentices and the Santa Fe Opera Young Voices.

Children’s Messiah 2016,Photo: Maxine Thévenot

Saturday December 16th, 2017 at 10:30amAs part of A Festival of Christmas, back by populardemand is A Children’s MESSIAH! Perfect for kids of allages, this 45-minute FREE concert will include selectmovements from the Christmas portion of Handel’sbeloved oratorio, interspersed with popular sing-alongcarols. Accompanied by orchestra, a core of professionalsingers from Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico will bejoined by young singers from Albuquerque Academy,Lincoln Middle School, Rio Rancho Youth Chorus, andRoosevelt Middle School to help kick start the HolidaySeason.

Wearing festive clothing, bringing comfy pillows to sit on andsporting Handelian wigs are all encouraged.

Friday January 5th, 2018 at 7:00pm45-minute pre-concert lecture at 6:00pm by Oliver Prezant

A Festival of ChristmasPolyphony: Voices of New Mexico

with professional soloists and Chatter,concertmaster David Felberg

Maxine Thévenot, conductor

G.F. Handel: Messiah, Part IJ.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Parts I & III

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The perfect way to spend a Friday evening in January: comecelebrate the New Year along with the 12th day ofChristmas with the jubilant sounds of New Mexico’s firstresident vocal ensemble, accompanied by New Mexico’sfinest orchestral musicians in the sumptuous acoustics ofthe Cathedral of St. John.

Trumpets, timpani, strings and winds, along with thestratospheric voices of Polyphony, will bathe your ears inthe opulent sonorities of these two Baroque masters,Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel.

Tickets available at polyphonynm.com$35, $30, $25, $20, $10A small number of tickets is available FREEto full-time students with ID

Saturday, January 27th, 2018 at 3:00pmInternational Holocaust Remembrance DayPolyphony: Voices of New Mexico Elizabeth Purvis, ‘celloMaxine Thévenot, pianist and conductor

Donald McCullough: The Holocaust CantataErnest Bloch: Prayer

Based on research of original music sung by incarceratedinmates in Holocaust concentration camps, the 45-minuteHolocaust Cantata is an emotional, musical journey throughone of the bleakest episodes in human history. Working fromtranslations of original Polish materials found in the archives ofthe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,D.C. and starting with just a single line of melody, McCulloughhas fashioned a haunting choral tribute to the 6 million Jewswho were systematically persecuted and murdered as well as tothe millions of other individuals the Nazi Party classified as“undesirables.” What emerges from the insanity of one ofhistory’s worst examples of man’s inhumanity to man is a senseof music’s life-affirming powers.

Tickets available at polyphonynm.com$25 Premium Seating$20 General SeatingA small number of tickets is available FREEto full-time students with ID

Sunday February 4th, 2018 at 3:00pmForté Handbell Quartet

Based in Colorado Springs, Forté is an advancedhandbell quartet marked by artistry, energy,and dedication to their craft. The musicians of Fortécontinually challenge themselves to “Rethink Possible,”expanding their musical and performance horizons,adding original compositions and arrangements totheir already-challenging repertoire, and seeking outnew performance venues and educationalopportunities. Since the group’s formation in 2007,Forté has become a Facebook sensation, and we arethrilled to have this talented ensemble performing atthe Cathedral. Don’t miss this unique visual and auralexperience.

General Seating: $20Full-time students with valid ID FREE

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Fridays at 7:00pm Pre-concert lectures by Oliver Prezant at 6:00pmAll concerts are 60 minutes without intermission

Chamber Concerts

Friday February 23rd, 2018Percussion Group UNM is a contemporary percussion ensemble under the direction of Scott Neyin residence at the University of New Mexico Department of Music. Members include studentsenrolled in the Master of Music program, as well as a few select undergraduate percussion majors.

Friday March 2ⁿd, 2018To mark the centenary of the conclusion of World War I, Air & Hammers -Edmund Connolly, baritone, and Maxine Thévenot, piano - present their programThe Great War in Poetry and Music, including works by Gurney, Finzi and Vaughan Williams,and featuring violinist Donna Bacon and speaker Spencer Beckwith.

Friday March 16th, 2018The Holland Duo - violinist Megan Holland and cellist James Holland - offer a program ofchamber music including Maurice Ravel’s sumptuous Sonata in C major for violin and cello.

Guest LecturerMusic educator Oliver Prezant joins Friends of Cathedral Music to present an engagingand educational 45-minute lecture about the music you will hear that evening. Don'tmiss this opportunity, which is included in the price of your concert ticket.

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Ravel

Vaughan Williams

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Premium Seating $25, General Seating $20, Full-time students with valid ID FREESee the inside back page to save $5 off your Fridays at 7 concert ticket!

This series is generously sponsored by Carol Tucker Trelease in memory of the Right Rev. Richard M. Trelease,whose passion for outreach in our community inspired the continuation of this series.

Fridays at 7:00pm Pre-concert lectures by Oliver Prezant at 6:00pmAll concerts are 60 minutes without intermission

Choral Concerts

Friday March 23rd, 2018Las Cantantes, UNM Women's Ensemble and the women of the Cathedral Choirpresent Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in a program that alsofeatures Michael Shu as solo violinist in Heinrich Biber's Agony in the Gardenand Tomaso Antonio Vitali's Chaconne for violin and organ.

Friday March 9th, 2018An Evening with Johannes Brahms:Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico performs theLiebeslieder and Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, alongsidethe Sonata in e minor for cello and piano.

This concert features pianists Nate Salazar and DebraAyers, and cellist James Holland.Maxine Thévenot, conductor.

Tickets for March 9th available at polyphonynm.com

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Pergolesi

VitaliBiber

Sunday April 29th, 2018 at 3:00pmThe Cathedral Organ

Organist Katelyn Emerson was first prizewinner of theAGO's 2016 National Young Artists' Competition in OrganPerformance, the Guild's premier performance competition.Praised for her "great sensitivity" and "exciting artistry"(The American Organist), Emerson showcases repertoirefrom the 14th-21st centuries in performances throughoutthe United States and Europe. She has performed innumerous esteemed venues, notably including theHallgrímskirkja (Iceland), Cathédrale Saint-Omer (France),Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic Hall (Russia), Cathédrale St-Quentin (Hasselt, Belgium), the Hauptkirche St. Petri(Hamburg, Germany), on the Kotzschmar Memorial Organof Merrill Auditorium (Portland, ME, U.S.A.), Severance Hall(Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.), Reith Recital Hall at Goshen College(IN, U.S.A.), and others.

General Seating: $20ABQAGO members FREEFull-time students with valid ID FREE

Katelyn Emerson

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Sunday May 20th, 2018 at 3:00pmGreat Hymns & AnthemsOur Cathedral Choirs once again offer their annual Great Hymns & Anthems concert with theCathedral’s resident brass ensemble, Breaking Brass, and timpanist Douglas Cardwell.

The Cathedral Choirs present a program of favorite repertoire from the liturgical year forchoirs, organ and brass, along with hymns for all to sing, with Director of Cathedral MusicCanon Dr. Maxine Thévenot and Assistant Organist-Choir Director Mr. Edmund Connolly.

Garden Reception to followAdmission FREE

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Sunday June 3rd, 2018 at 3:00pmThe Cathedral Organ

Hailed by The New York Times as “splendid,” and “one ofNew York's finest organists,” Renée Anne Louprette hasestablished an international career as organ recitalist,accompanist, conductor, and teacher. She is UniversityOrganist and Coordinator of the Organ Department atMason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, and aformer member of the organ faculty of the ManhattanSchool of Music, The Hartt School of the University ofHartford, and the John J. Cali School of Music at MontclairState University.

General Seating: $20Full-time students with valid ID FREE

Renée Anne LoupretteFor tickets, visitwww.fcmabq.org

2017AugustSun 27 Summer Sunday Sing Special EventSeptemberSun 10 Silver String BandSun 10 Diane Bish, organistOctober*Sun 8 Choral EvensongSun 29 Maxine Thévenot, organistNovemberSat 11 A Concert of RemembranceDecember*Sun 3 Advent Lessons & CarolsSat 16 A Children’s MessiahSun 17 Santa Fe Opera Collaborative Concert*Wed 20 Christmas Lessons & Carols*Sun 24 Christmas Eve : 5pm, 8pm and 11pm

2018JanuaryFri 5 A Festival of Christmas*Sat 20 Choral Evensong and Annual General MeetingSat 27 The Holocaust Cantata

FebruarySun 4 Forté Handbell Quartet*Sun 11 Choral Evensong*Wed 14 Ash Wednesday*Sun 18 Cathedral Commission PremiereFri 23 UNM Percussion Ensemble, Scott NeyMarchFri 2 Great War in Poetry and MusicFri 9 An Evening with Johannes BrahmsFri 16 Holland DuoFri 23 Michael Shu and choirs*Sun 25 Palm Sunday*Wed 28 Tenebrae*Thu 29 Maundy Thursday*Fri 30 Good Friday*Sat 31 Holy SaturdayApril*Sun 1 Easter DaySun 29 Katelyn Emerson, organistMay*Sun 6 Choral EvensongSun 20 Great Hymns & AnthemsJuneSun 3 Renée Anne Louprette, organist

2017-2018 Season at a GlanceFriends of Cathedral Music www.fcmabq.org*Special Liturgies www.stjohnsabq.orgTickets for all concerts are available both online and at the door

Artistic Director: Maxine ThévenotBrochure layout & design: Edmund Connolly and Maxine Thévenot

Fridays at 7 ONLY: Bring two or more non-perishable food items for the Cathedral Food Pantry for a $5 refund on your ticket at the door (at least two items required per discounted ticket; applies to both advance and at-the- door purchases).

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