CHANTICLEER (USA)

Love: fond and foolish, ribald, romantic, bawdy or bashful. Love: hidden, forbidden, feverish and forever. The seductive, and frequently erotic, verses from the Biblical “Song of Songs” give way to French madrigals based on texts by the legendary Pierre de Ronsard. Stephen Foster and Eric Whitacre sing of love; so does Noël Coward. Russian soldiers far from home burn with desire as Rachmaninoff sings a wordless lullaby. Two special Chanticleer commissions are highlights of the program: a brand new work from the pen of Finnish composer Jaako Mantyjärvi, and five evocative and heart-wrenching poems from “Love Songs” of Augusta Read Thomas, featured in the Grammy-award winning CD “The Colors of Love.” I. – 22 minutes “I am the Rose of Sharon” Poetry from the Song of Songs Veni, dilecti mi (7:11-13)…………………………………………………………………………Vivanco Nigra sum (1:2-5)…………………………………………………………………………...….…L’Héritier Osculetur me (1:2-3)………………………………………………………………………....…Palestrina Ego Flos Campi a 3 (2:1-2, 4:15)………………………………………............Clemens non Papa Surge, propera amica mea (2:10-13)…………..……….……………….…….…….……..Guerrero II. – 10 minutes Poetry by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585) Bonjour Mon Coeur……….....................................................................................................de Monte J’espère et crains…………………………………………………….…………….……………………Certon Qui renforcera ma voix.……….……………………………..……….………….………………Goudimel Complainte de la tourturelle..………...............................................................................Entraigues III. – 11 minutes Poetry by Edith Södergran (1892-1923) Commissioned by Chanticleer, 2016 “Hommage à Edith” …………………………………..…….…………………………………Mantyjäarvi IV. – 14 minutes Go, lovely rose………………………….…………………………………………………………....Whitacre Ah! May the red rose live alway…………………………………………….……Foster, arr. Musto Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair...…..…...............................................Foster, arr. Puerling This Marriage…………………………..………………………………………….………….……...Whitacre Intermission – 20 minutes V. – 11 minutes My Blood is Blazing with Desire…………………………………………….……………………Glinka Behold, darkness has fallen (Op. 27, #4)…………….………………….…………………Taneyev Vocalise……….……………………………………………................................Rachmaninov, arr.Niels VI. – 11 minutes From “Love Songs” by Augusta Read Thomas Commissioned by Chanticleer, 1997 "Love is a beautiful dream.” “Look out upon the stars, my love” "Alas, the love of women!" "For stony limits cannot hold love out" "All mankind love a lover" VIII. – 17 minutes To be selected from A, B, C My Secret Heart (Coward, arr.??) A Who Is Silvia? (Matthew Harris, from Shakespeare Songs) B It Was a Lover and his Lass (Rutter) C Les Chemins de l’Amour (Poulenc, arr. Price) A, B, C Love Walked In (Gershwin/Puerling) A, B Frankie and Johnny (arr. DeCormier) C Somebody to Love (Mercury, arr. Peterson) Cold Mountain (Civil War) choruses, Higdon: “2nd semester” Civil War letter, Bates: “2nd semester” ***SOPRANO*** N.Pence,K.Reid,D.Seth ***ALTO*** C.Mitchell,A.Reinhardt,A.Ward ***TENOR*** M.Bresnahan,B.Hinman,B.Morgan ***BARITONE + BASS*** E.Alatorre,M.Knickman,M.j.Ruff ***MUSIC DIRECTOR*** W.F.Scott

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