Bourbon Baroque: Louisville’s Period Instrument Ensemble

John Austin Clark & Nicolas Fortin, Artistic Directors

presents

Georg Frideric HÄNDEL

Messiah HWV 56

with

Emily Albrink Katz, soprano Audrey Walstrom, mezzo Steven Paul Spears, tenor Jim Rittenhouse, baritone

featuring

Youth Performing Arts School Chamber Choir Jacob Cook, Director

with support from

Nov. 29 & Nov. 30, 2014 St. Brigid Catholic Church

1520 Hepburn Avenue Louisville Kentucky 40204

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Programme

Messe de Minuit pour Noël Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1653-1713)

Kyrie Emily Redden, Joseph Kingsbury,

Brady Ekman, Lars Hafell Gloria

Joseph Kingsbury, Brady Ekman, Lloyd White, Emma Scott, Kelsey Lyvers

Credo Emily Redden, Joseph Kingsbury, Brady Ekman,

Lloyd White, Brooke Thornsberry, Audrey Adams

Offertoire Laissez paitre vos beste

Sanctus Agnus Dei

Brady Ekman, Amanda Brow, Parker Van Houten

----- Intermission -----

Messiah (Part I), HWV 56 Georg Frideric Händel (1685-1759)

Isaiah's prophecy of salvation

Sinfony Comfort ye my people (tenor) Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenor) And the glory of the Lord (chorus)

The coming judgment

Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass) But who may abide the day of His coming (soprano) And he shall purify the sons of Levi (chorus)

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The prophecy of Christ's birth

Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto) O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (alto and chorus) For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass) The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass) For unto us a child is born (chorus)

The annunciation to the shepherds

Pifa There were shepherds abiding in the fields (soprano) And lo, the angel of the Lord (soprano) And the angel said unto them (soprano) And suddenly there was with the angel (soprano) Glory to God in the highest (chorus)

Christ's healing and redemption

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano) Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (soprano) He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto and soprano) His yoke is easy (chorus)

J.S. Bach

Concerto in C For 2 Harpsichords

John Austin Clark &

Dr. Jack Ashworth

Friday February 6 7:30pm

St. Luke’s Episcopal 1206 Maple Lane Anchorage, KY

Bourbon Baroque John Austin Clark & Nicolas Fortin

Artistic Directors

Violin Nicolas Fortin Janelle Davis

Alice Culin-Ellison Ana Sarbu

Martie Perry Rachel Blanton

Kathie Raymond

Viola Rachel Gries Michael Hill

Cello Lara Turner

Viola da gamba Erica Rubis

Violone Phil Spray

Trumpet Kris Kwapis Zach Kingins

Timpani Aaron Hanka

Oboe Sung Lee

Sarah Huebsch

Bassoon Kelsey Schilling

Harpsichord John Austin Clark

Soprano Haley Arnett

Sara Cox Kelsey Lyvers Emily Redden Emma Scott

Brooke Thornsberry

Alto Audrey Adams Amanda Brow Ana England

Joseph Kingsbury Shelby Stills Erika Winn

Tenor Brady Ekman

Nicholas Rowan Cory Spalding

Houston Tyrrell

Bass Lars Hafell Adam Herp

Otway Mayfield Parker Van Houten

Lloyd White

Notes

Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit pour Noël follows a well-practiced tradition in 18th century France of incorporating popular carols or noëls into the church service typically by way of improvisational organ literature. What makes this work unique is the overlay of the Latin Mass text setting onto a total of 11 noël melodies. Outside of these delightful noëls, Charpentier sharpens his composers pencil producing the more intimate and emotionally climactic moments including the Gloria’s opening statement: Et in terra pax hominibus and the Credo’s Et incarnatus est. The fog clears as quickly as it is produced as Charpentier sends his merry church goers off into the chilled midnight air with a quick jig (A minuit fut fait un réveil). The following are the noëls Charpentier uses in the order in which they appear:

Kyrie Joseph est bien marie Or nous dites Marie

Une jeune pucelle

Gloria Les bourgeois de Châtre

Où s’en vont ces gais bergers

Credo Vous qui désirez sans fin

Voici le jour solennel de Noël A la venue de Noël

Offertoire Laissez paitre vos beste

Sanctus O Dieu que n’étois-je en vie

Agnus Dei A minuit fut fait un réveil

Y.P.A.S. Chamber Choir Jacob Cook, Director

Emily Albrink Katz, soprano

Hailed by the New York Times as “delightful and vocally strong and versatile,” Emily Albrink is a soprano whose career already sports collaborations with venerable composers and conductors such as James Levine, Placido Domingo, Robert Spano, Marin Alsop, Jake Heggie, and John Musto. An alumna of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera, she has enjoyed singing numerous roles, including Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Sophie in Werther, Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Frasquita inCarmen. Past seasons have included Musetta in La Boheme and Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Kentucky Opera, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with the Baltimore Symphony, Knoxville Summer of 1915 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas at Alice Tully Hall, and Evvy in the U.S. premiere of Death and the Powers with the American Repertory Theater and the Chicago Opera Theater. She made her Carnegie Hall debut singing Nuria in Ainadamar with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Robert Spano.

Jim Rittenhouse, baritone

Mr. Rittenhouse has been a frequent soloist with regional choral and chamber/orchestral ensembles since 1989. He holds the Performer’s Certificate and Master of Church Music degrees from Southern Seminary where he studied with Dr. Lloyd Mims and Dr. John Dickson. His performances have included the world premiere performance and recording of Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero with Ars Femina; the Durufle Requiem, Rutter Requiem, Britten Cantata Misericordium, and in April 2013, Britten’s War Requiem with the Louisville Choral Arts Society. In October, he sang the bass role in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with The Blanche Moyse Chorale in Brattleboro, VT. On many occasions Mr. Rittenhouse has been a featured soloist with the Louisville Orchestra and Orchestra Kentucky of Bowling Green. He also tours nationally with Kentucky humorist Carl Hurley, performing music from the American standard songbook repertoire. He is Associate Director of Music at St Paul United Methodist Church in Louisville, and is owner of McKinney Speakers, a speakers and talent bureau. He and his wife, Janet, reside in Louisville and have two daughters.

Audrey Walstrom, mezzo-soprano

Audrey Walstrom, praised for her "fresh, clear mezzo," enjoys a diverse career as an operatic and concert soloist and dedicated teacher. She has appeared with Cincinnati Opera as Maria Maddalena in Galileo Galilei (2013), Annina in La traviata (2012), Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte, (2011), and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (2008), and has been frequently engaged between mainstage seasons as a member of their Resident Artist Program. She has also collaborated with the Bach Society of Dayton, Louisville Choral Arts Society, Cincinnati Bach Ensemble, Bourbon Baroque, Vocal Arts Ensemble, concert:nova, and Dayton Opera, where she performed Siébel in Faust (2010). A champion of new music, Audrey appeared in Steve Reich's Tehillim with concert:nova, premiered the role of Lauretta in a concert reading of Evan Mack's The Secret of Luca in November 2012, and participated in the American premiere of Christian Jost's Death Knocks with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (2011). She was an Apprentice Singer at the Santa Fe Opera in 2009 and 2010, where she performed Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte. Ms. Walstrom has also participated in summer festivals at Aspen and the Music Academy of the West, where she studied with Marilyn Horne. Ms. Walstrom was a National Semi-Finalist in the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was a 2011 prizewinner in the Opera Columbus Irma Cooper Vocal Competition. She studied at Rice University (B.Mus, B.A.) and the University of Cincinnati (M.M., D.M.A.) and serves on the faculties of Wittenberg University and Northern Kentucky University (Department of Theater and Dance) .

Steven Paul Spears, tenor

Tenor Steven Paul Spears has performed with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and in several opera companies in the United States, including Central City, Aspen Music Festival, Utah, Palm Beach, Kentucky, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Memphis, as well as the Juilliard Opera Theater. His varied concert repertoire includes works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Finzi and Vaughan Williams. In April 2003, he made his Carnegie Hall debut singing Britten’s War Requiem with Maestro David Atherton. Steven has sung acclaimed performances with the New England Bach Festival, Marlboro Music Festival, Academy of Ancient Music, Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester, Choral Arts Society of Louisville, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra (in Brussels), Louisville Orchestra, Greenwish Music Festival, Louisville Bach Society, Richmond (VA) Ballet, Lautten Compagney (in Berlin), as well as the Louisville Ballet, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the National Chorale. Steven’s recordings are of Renard, utilizing Stravinsky’s translation and final editions to the score, conducted by Robert Craft, Bach's Johannes-Passion and B Minor Mass with the New England Bach Festival, and Britten's Saint Nicolas with conductor James Rightmyer. A graduate of Juilliard and the University of Louisville (a student of Edith Davis Tidwell), Steven is in his 10th year of teaching at Lawrence Conservatory in Appleton, WI. Starting next month, he will be singing recitals in Appleton and Louisville (including initial performances of Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and Schubert’s Die Winterreise), as well as performing Carmina Burana with the Fox Valley Symphony and making his Green Bay Symphony debut in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.