GREAT ROMANTIC COMPOSERSGREAT ROMANTIC COMPOSERSMahler, Mendelssohn & RheinbergerMahler, Mendelssohn & Rheinberger

Sunday, March 8 20205pm at The Brick Church1140 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128

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Sunday, March 8, 2020 5pmThe Brick Church

Great Romantic Composers: Mahler, Mendelssohn, and Rheinberger

Musica Viva NY Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Artistic Director

Aeolus QuartetRachel Shapiro, Amy Schroeder, violins

Caitlin Lynch, viola Alan Richardson, cello

Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, piano

Devony Smith, mezzo sopranoChloë Schaaf, mezzo soprano

Erik Anstine, bass

Program

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) . . . . . . . . . Rückert-Lieder for voice and piano quartet (arr. Gerhard Präsent)

Liebst du um Schönheit – Devony SmithBlicke mir nicht in die Lieder – Chloë SchaafUm Mitternacht – Erik AnstineIch atmet’ einem linden Duft – Devony Smith

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen – Chloë Schaaf

Intermission

JOSEF RHEINBERGER (1839-1901) . . . . . . . . . . .Mass in E flat major, Op. 109

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) . . . . . .String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80

Presented in the following order

Welcome, warmly, to our concert this evening .

Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, and Mahler, a trio representing the early, middle, and late stages of the Romantic movement

in music, offer us tonight works of great emotion from three different perspectives: absolute music, religious music, and “existential” music .

I see a program like the one you are about to enjoy as one of those unforgettable meals where familiar and unfamiliar flavors come together to awaken our senses . Likely not everyone in attendance knows the Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor, which will be performed this evening, but many of you will be able recognize Mendelssohn’s refined, lyrical, and perfectly-balanced style after hearing just a few bars . Not every song in the Mahler cycle known as Rückert-Lieder is well-known to everyone but, “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” (I am lost to the world) will likely be familiar to many . It is simply one of the most unforgettable and poignant songs of all time . One hearing and you will love this song for the rest of your life . Finally, the Mass in E-Flat by Josef Rheinberger has probably only been heard by a handful of people in the audience . I hope this performance will encourage you to seek out other works by this rather neglected composer of great merit .

Mendelssohn, one of the most recognizable classical composers, was a child prodigy comparable, arguably, to Mozart . His achievements as a composer, pianist, and conductor are legendary, and his tireless work to bring attention to the music of J . S . Bach, and to promote music by several of his contemporaries, make him a key figure in the development of music. Rheinberger, another highly influential musician to many, took inspiration from past composers like Bach and Mendelssohn and from contemporaries like Johannes Brahms . Like Mendelssohn, Rheinberger showed remarkable potential at an early age and, in addition to being a respected composer during his life-time, was also a remarkable teacher . Among his most famous students we find Horatio Parker, Engelbert Humperdinck, George Whitefield Chadwick, Richard Strauss, and Wilhelm Furtwängler. Gustav Mahler who, like Mendelssohn, was equally prodigious as a composer and conductor, and who, like Rheinberger, was inspired by the poetry of Friederich Rückert, has become a bit of a cult figure throughout the years, particularly in the United States . Mahler’s music ubiquitously asks questions about the meaning of life and the purpose of our existence . His output, although rather small, is notorious for including some of the most massive and ambitious orchestral works in the classical repertoire . Mahler, however, also composed a few works of a more intimate scope, including heart-wrenching cycles like Rückert-Lieder, which explore deep corners of the human soul in unsurpassable ways .

We hope you enjoy listening to this program as much as we have enjoyed preparing it .

—Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Artistic Director, Musica Viva NY

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mass: I . Kyrie

Quartet: I . Allegro vivace assai

Mass: II . Gloria

Quartet: II . Allegro assai

Mass: III . Credo

Quartet: III . Adagio

Mass: IV and V . Sanctus and Benedictus

Quartet IV . Allegro molto

Mass: VI . Agnus Dei

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T he concert you are about to hear presents two complex—and often misunderstood—notions that regularly bedevil concert music: the first being the word “romantic”, and the second being

the word “great .”

Romanticism was—and is—a time-and-place affair with little or nothing to do with flower bouquets, teary happy endings, and boxes of chocolate. Instead the term refers to a nineteenth-century movement beginning with (but not limited to) certain poets . Things took a turn inward in the high arts of the 19th century in the western world, with artists rejecting the idea of being a servant of the church and embracing an outwardly introspective mien . From the likes of Wordsworth, Byron, Hugo, Brahms and Chopin, we learn of love, of course; we learn of the breathtaking majesty of nature; but also of death, of tragedy, and, notably, of longing—a desire for cynosure from an increasingly mechanized world, and the urge to retreat and to feel deeply, personally, intimately. Passion for wine, women, and the woods are there in equal measure .

One need only look to the Rückert-Lieder of early 20th-century musical giant Gustav Mahler to find both case and point. The titles of Friedrich Rückert’s poems alone—for example, “O garish world, long since thou hast lost me” and “I breathed the breath of blossoms red”—exemplify capital “R” Romanticism, and Mahler aims not only at our hearts but at the deep throb of our guts and the broad capacities of our brains with his music, which ranges from playful to turgid to overwhelming to triumphant . And it is hardly surprising that the composers of the era cottoned to art song, for song was always birthed of poetry; and poetry—able to be direct where music can only point us in directions and move us by, as Auden deftly put it, “pure contraption”—with its embrace of the directly ambiguous, was the perfect partner . The original version was, as most song, for voice and piano, orchestrated (mostly) by the composer, but today’s iteration is for that extremely Mahler instrumentation of the piano quartet, arranged by present-day Austrian composer Gerhard Präsent .

It would no doubt have elated German composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger to have his Mass in E-Flat Major interspersed with movements from Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F Minor, as the Romantic prodigy, the eventual teacher of no less than Richard Strauss and Wilhelm Furtwängler, deeply admired Mendelssohn, a composer from the previous generation . The 1878 mass, an a cappella work—which was not only dedicated to Pope Leo XIII but also garnered the esteemed

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Romantic GreatsGregorius Medal (issued by that same pope)—is a setting of the ordinary for double chorus, and was called by German musicologist Otto Ursprung, “the most beautiful pure vocal music of the nineteenth century,” and for good reason . This is a piece that draws on the harmonic possibilities of the age—the broad cadences, plush chordal gestures, and dewey vocal sonorities—through the lens of music more ancient, of Palestrina and Monteverdi, with Bach never being far away . And while the piece is elegant and fulsome as music qua music, there’s a personal-political axe being ground as well: Rheinburger had rejected (as befits Romanticism) a conservative mode of hyper-religious thinking that sought to walk back the art-for-art’s-sake notions of the Enlightenment and return to a more simple, more humble style of music, where texts were not “interpreted” by composers so much as declaimed straight, whereas individuality was frowned upon .

Mendelssohn was in mourning, his mood, described by a boyhood friend as “gray on gray,” due to the fact that his sister—the equally-talented but, times being what they were, far-less-acknowledged composer—had passed away while rehearsing one of his compositions . The 1847 String Quartet in F Minor bore the sobriquet “Requiem for Fanny,” and it was to be the last piece Felix would complete before his death . It is a standard four-movement affair, but soaked in the expansive mode of a darkened and angry Beethoven: from the fretful opening to the tremors of the last movement, all the while clinging (as even Beethoven rarely dared to do) to the minor key . It is easy to read this as the work of an ailing human in the throes of deep mourning . Even the scherzo, a Mendelssohn specialty (pace his lilting, light Midsummer Night’s Dream) allows little reprieve . Darkness reigns .

These three composers certainly do fall within the confines of “romantic greats,” but greatness is not a strong enough word because it implies existence within an unquestioned pantheon, often dulled through overexposure, a place that brooks little argument . The music of these composers is still lovingly prepared and performed today not because of any mastery, nor because of any elusive “sublimity”, but because it continues to dazzle us, to move and entertain and thrill us, to make us wonder how they did it .

—Daniel Felsenfeld

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

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MEET THE ARTISTS MEET THE ARTISTS

Founded in 1977, Musica Viva NY is a chamber choir of thirty professionals and highly skilled volunteers, based in Manhattan’s historic All Souls Church . Its mission is to bring world-class music

to a widening community through its annual concert series, outreach programs, and an ambitious artistic vision . Under the baton of Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez since 2015, Musica Viva NY has been praised by The New York Times as an “excellent chorus .” Musica Viva NY has toured in France (2004), Germany (2006) and Italy (2012) .

Esteemed conductor and pianist Dr. Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez was named Artistic Director of Musica Viva NY and Director of Music of the historic Unitarian Church of All Souls in Manhattan in 2015 . He is also Co-Founder of the New Orchestra of Washington and Artistic Director of the Victoria Bach Festival . He has earned accolades from The Washington Post as a conductor “with the incisive clarity of someone born to the idiom,” as well as praise from The New York Times for leading “a stirring performance” of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem . At a concert commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Armistice (featuring the world premiere of Joseph Turrin’s cantata And Crimson Rose Once Again Be Fair) Oberon’s Grove wrote: “Maestro Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez drew rich, warm sounds from the musicians” in “a beautiful and deeply moving program .” He is featured in El mundo en las manos/Creadores mexicanos en el extranjero (The World in Their Hands/Creative Mexicans Abroad), a book by the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs honoring Mexican nationals who are leading figures in diverse artistic fields. He is the recipient of a 2016 Shenandoah Conservatory Alumni of Excellence Award for his exemplary contribution to his profession, national level of prominence, and exceptional integrity . He resides in New York City and Washington, D .C .

Praised by the Baltimore Sun for combining “smoothly meshed technique with a sense of spontaneity and discovery,” the Aeolus Quartet is committed to presenting both time-seasoned masterworks and new cutting-edge works to widely diverse audiences with equal freshness, dedication, and fervor . Formed in 2008, the Quartet is comprised of violinists Nicholas Tavani and Rachel Shapiro, violist Caitlin Lynch, and cellist Alan Richardson . The Aeolus Quartet has been awarded prizes at nearly every major competition in the United States and performed across the globe with showings “worthy of a major-league quartet” (Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News) . They were the 2013-2015 Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School, and they currently make their home in New York City .

In addition to extensive touring throughout the United States in the 2019-2020 season, the Quartet will be featured at the Artosphere Festival hosted by the Walton Arts Center, as well as in the premiere of a new chamber opera at NYC’s Prototype Festival. They will appear in concert at Cornell University, the Austin Chamber Music Festival, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and NYC’s Bohemian National Hall, among others .

The Aeolus Quartet has released two critically acclaimed albums of classical and contemporary works through the Longhorn/Naxos label which are available on iTunes, Amazon, and major retailers worldwide. Part of an ongoing series entitled Many-Sided Music, these albums promote the diversity and breadth of works by American composers . The next album in the Many-Sided Music series is slated for release in Spring 2020 .

Mezzo-soprano Chloë Schaaf has recently appeared as a soloist with the Albany Symphony, the Helena Symphony, and the Orchestra of the League of Composers . In summer 2019, she was a Vocal Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center .

Chloë was a first place winner in Sparks & Wiry Cries’ 2019 songSLAM, a competition for world premiere art songs . A passionate performer of contemporary and chamber music, she has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Miller Theater, and National Sawdust . An avid lover of oratorio, Chloë has recently appeared as the alto soloist in Verdi’s Requiem, Duruflé’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach’s Magnificat.

Operatic roles include the Ant and Owl in Richard Ayres’ The Cricket Recovers (Tanglewood Music Center), The Queen in John Harbison’s Full Moon in March (The Fisher Center), Ruggiero in Händel’s Alcina (OperaRox Productions), Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (New Jersey State Repertory Opera), Demoiselle d’Honneur in Chabrier’s l’Étoile (Dutch National Opera), and Don Ramiro in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera (The Juilliard School) .

Chloë has spent summers as a Young Artist with the iSING International Young Artists Festival, a member of the Aspen Opera Theater Center, a New Young Artist at The Victoria Bach Festival, and a Professional Fellow at Songfest . She is a graduate of the Juilliard School, The Guildhall School, and the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College. In summer 2020, Chloë returns to Tanglewood Music Center as a Vocal Fellow .

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Noted for her “strong” voice and “dramatic conviction” (The New York Times), Devony Smith is a versatile mezzo-soprano excelling in both contemporary and traditional repertoire . This season, Devony has appeared singing Chants d’Auvergne with Brooklyn Art Song Society, Mahler Symphony No . 4 with the Colburn Orchestra, and a staged production of Schumann’s Dichterliebe with New Orchestra of Washington . This spring, Devony will sing the New York Premiere of Laura Karpman’s And Still We Dream, and will spend her summer at Tanglewood Music Center where she will hold a Vocal Fellowship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra .

Last season, Devony appeared as a “Schwab Vocal Rising Star” with Caramoor and New York Festival of Song . She presented a full recital with Carnegie Hall Citywide, and performed the world premiere of a song cycle curated by Laura Kaminsky. Devony made her first Carnegie Hall appearance in the finals of the Lyndon Woodside Oratorio competition where she was the recipient of the Lyndon Woodside award . As a part of Opera Forum: New Works at Cincinnati Opera, she workshopped the title role in Matthew Aucoin’s new opera, Eurydice, a Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera co-commission . A champion of new works, Devony also performed Kate Soper’s Here Be Sirens at National Sawdust .

Praised for the beauty of his voice and the vitality of his performances, American basso Erik Anstine is making a name for himself on opera and concert stages in North America and Europe . This season, Erik makes his Omaha Opera debut as Osmin, his Berkshire Opera Festival debut as Leporello, and returns to the Zurich Opera as Zuniga . Last season, Mr . Anstine returned to Hamburg to perform Tempo/Antinoo in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria . In June of 2017, Erik Anstine made his San Francisco Opera debut as Leporello in an all-star cast including Ildebrando D’Arcangelo in the title role, and Ana Maria Martinez as Donna Elvira . In 2016 he returned to the Salzburger Festspiele to perform both Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro and Oste/Sergente in Manon Lescaut, the latter being recorded by Deutsche Grammophon .

Previous seasons saw debuts with Salzburg and Hamburg, as well as performing Leporello with both Seattle Opera and Edmonton Opera . Mr . Anstine recently completed his four-year tenure with the ensemble of Opernhaus Zürich, during which he has performed roles such as Colline in La Bohéme, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, Biterolf in Tannhäuser, Zweiter Soldat in Salome, Anfisa in the premiere of Eötvös’ Drei Schwestern, and Zweiter Geharnischter in Die Zauberflöte .

MEET THE ARTISTS

Liebst du um Schönheit

Liebst du um Schönheit, O nicht mich liebe! Liebe die Sonne, Sie trägt ein gold’nes Haar!

Liebst du um Jugend, O nicht mich liebe! Liebe den Frügling, Der jung ist jedes Jahr!

Liebst du um Schätze, O nicht mich liebe . Liebe die Meerfrau, Die hat viel Perlen klar.

Liebst du um Liebe, O ja, mich liebe! Liebe mich immer, Dich lieb’ ich immerdar .

Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder

Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder Meine Augen schlag’ ich nieder, Wie ertappt auf böser That; Selber darf ich nicht getrauen, Ihrem Wachsen zuzuschauen: Deine Neugier ist Verrath .

Bienen, wenn sie Zellen bauen, Lassen auch nicht zu sich schauen, Schauen selber auch nicht zu . Wann die reichen Honigwaben Sie zu Tag gefördert haben, Dann vor allen nasche du!

If you love for beauty

If you love for beauty, Oh do not love me! Love the sun, It has gold hair!

If you love for youth, Oh do not love me! Love the spring-time, That is young each year!

If you love for wealth, Oh do not love me! Love the mermaid, Who has many limpid pearls!

If you love for love, Oh yes, love me! Love me forever; I will love you forevermore!

Look not into my songs

Look not into my songs! My eyes I lower, as if I’ve been caught in an evil deed . I can’t even trust myself to watch them grow . Your curiosity is a betrayal!

Bees, when they build their cells, also do not let anyone observe them; even themselves . When the rich honeycombs are brought out to the light of day, then you shall taste them before everyone else!

TEXTS

GUSTAV MAHLER Rückert-Lieder

Text by Friederich Rückert (1788-1866)Translations © by Emily Ezust

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TEXTSTEXTS

Um Mitternacht

Um Mitternacht Hab’ ich gewacht Und aufgeblickt zum Himmel; Kein Stern vom Sterngewimmel Hat mir gelacht Um Mitternacht .

Um Mitternacht Hab’ ich gedacht Hinaus in dunkle Schranken . Es hat kein Lichtgedanken Mir Trost gebracht Um Mitternacht .

Um Mitternacht Nahm ich in Acht Die Schläge meines Herzens; Ein einz’ger Puls des Schmerzens War angefacht Um Mitternacht .

Um Mitternacht Kämpft’ ich die Schlacht, O Menschheit, deiner Leiden; Nicht konnt’ ich sie entscheiden Mit meiner Macht Um Mitternacht .

Um Mitternacht Hab’ ich die Macht In deine Hand gegeben! Herr über Tod und Leben Du hältst die Wacht Um Mitternacht!

Ich atmet’ einem linden Duft

Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft! Im Zimmer stand Ein Zweig der Linde, Ein Angebinde Von lieber Hand . Wie lieblich war der Lindenduft!

Wie lieblich ist der Lindenduft! Das Lindenreis Brachst du gelinde! Ich atme leis Im Duft der Linde Der Liebe linden Duft .

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, Mit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben, Sie hat so lange von mir nichts vernommen, Sie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben .

Es ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen, Ob sie mich für gestorben hält, Ich kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen, Denn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt .

Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgewimmel, Und ruh’ in einem stillen Gebiet . Ich leb’ allein in mir und meinem Himmel, In meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied .

At Midnight

At midnight I awoke and gazed up to heaven; No star in the entire mass did smile down at me at midnight .

At midnight I projected my thoughts out past the dark barriers . No thought of light brought me comfort at midnight .

At midnight I paid close attention to the beating of my heart; One single pulse of agony flared up at midnight .

At midnight I fought the battle, o Mankind, of your suffering; I could not decide it with my strength at midnight .

At midnight I surrendered my strength into your hands! Lord! over death and life You keep watch at midnight!

I breathed a gentle fragrance

I breathed a gentle fragrance! In the room stood a sprig of linden, a gift from a dear hand . How lovely was the fragrance of linden!

How lovely is the fragrance of linden! That twig of linden you broke off so gently! Softly I breathe in the fragrance of linden, the gentle fragrance of love .

I am lost to the world

I am lost to the world with which I used to waste so much time, It has heard nothing from me for so long that it may very well believe that I am dead!

It is of no consequence to me Whether it thinks me dead; I cannot deny it, for I really am dead to the world .

I am dead to the world’s tumult, And I rest in a quiet realm I live alone in my heaven, In my love and in my song .

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TEXTS

KyrieKyrie eleison.Christe eleison .Kyrie eleison.

GloriaGloria in excelsis Deo,et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis .

Laudamus te . Benedicimus te .Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam .

Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens.

Domine fili unigenite, Jesu Christe .

Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius patris .

Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis .

Suscipe deprecationem nostram .

Qui sedes ad dexteram patris miserere nobis .

Quoniam tu solus sanctus . Tu solus Dominus .

Tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe .Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris.

Amen .

Credo Credo in unum Deum .Patrem omnipotentem,factorem caeli et terrae,visibilium omnium et invisibilium .Et in unum DominumJesum Christum,Filium Dei unigenitum,Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula.Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,Deum verum de Deo vero .Genitum, non factum,consubstantialem Patri:per quem omnia facta sunt .Qui propter nos homineset propter nostram salutemdescendit de caelis .

Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sanctoex Maria Virgine:Et homo factus est .

Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato:

passus, et sepultus est .

Et resurrexit tertia die,secundum scripturas .Et ascendit in caelum:sedet ad dexteram Patris.Et iterum venturus estcum gloria judicare vivos et mortuos:Cujus regni non erit finis.

Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum,et vivificantem:Qui ex Patre, Filioque procedit.Qui cum Patre, et Filio simul adoratur,et conglorificatur:Qui locutus est per Prophetas.

Et unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam .

Confiteor unum baptismain remissionem peccatorum .Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorumEt vitam venturi saeculi .Amen .

SanctusSanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,Dominus Deus Sabaoth .Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.Osanna in excelsis .

BenedictusBenedictus qui venitin nomine Domini .Osanna in excelsis .

Benedictus qui venitin nomine Domini .Hosanna in excelsis .

Agnus DeiAgnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis .Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis .Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem .

TEXTS

JOSEF RHEINBERGER Mass in E flat major, Op. 109

Lord, have mercy .Christ, have mercy .Lord, have mercy .

Glory be to God on high,and on earth peace, good will towards men .

We praise thee, we bless thee,we worship thee, we glorify thee,we give thanks to thee for thy great glory,

O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty .

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ;

O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us .

Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer .

Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us .

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord;

thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost,art most high in the glory of God the Father .

Amen .

I believe in one God,the Father almighty,Maker of heaven and earth,and of all things visible and invisible .And in one Lord,Jesus Christ,Only begotten Son of God,Begotten of his Father before all worlds .God of God, light of light,Very God of very God .Begotten, not made,being of one substance with the Father:by whom all things were made .Who for us menand for our salvationcame down from heaven .

And was incarnate by the Holy Ghostof the Virgin Mary:And was made man .

And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate:suffered, and was buried.

And the third day He rose againaccording to the scriptures .And ascended into heaven,and sitteth at the right hand of the FatherAnd He shall come againwith glory to judge the living and the dead:His kingdom shall have no end .

And (I believe in) the Holy Ghost, Lordand giver of life:Who proceedeth from the Father and Son .Who with the Father and Sontogether is worshipped and glorified:Who spake by the Prophets.

And in one holy catholic and apostolic church .I acknowledge one baptismfor the remission of sins .And I look for the resurrection of the deadAnd the life of the world to come .Amen .

Holy, holy, holyLord God of Hosts .Heaven and earth are full of your glory .Hosanna in the highest .

Blessed is he who comesin the name of the Lord .Hosanna in the highest .

Blessed is he who comesin the name of the Lord .Hosanna in the highest .

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us .Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us .Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant us peace .

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SOPRANO

Shabnam Abedi*

Lindsey Blackhurst

Elizabeth Clancy

Esha Datta

Mary Esbjornson

Molly O’Neil Frank

Kate Wolfe Johnson

Birgit Matzerath

Emily Mikesell

Reldalee Wagner

Sarah Worthington

Jianing Zhang*

ALTO

Emily Ariese

Barbara de Bellis

Holly Drew

Barbara Fusco-Spera*

Natalie Lebert

Dinah Nissen

Jennifer O’Neill

Chloë Schaaf*

Devony Smith*

Bradley Strauchen-Scherer

TENOR

Shawn Bartels*

Paul D’Arcy*

Erik Resurreccion

Nathan Siler*

Andrew Troup*

BASS

Erik Anstine*

David Baldwin*

James Dargan*

Bryan McNamara

Harold Norris

Gary Press

Christopher Rothko

Augustus Young

*Section leader

MUSICA VIVA NY

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MUSICA VIVA NY’S 2019-20 SEASON

BACHMANINOFF: Spirituality and Beauty in Bach and Rachmaninoff

Sunday May 17, 2020 at 5pmAll Souls Church 1157 Lexington Ave . New York, NY 10075

Musica Viva NY concludes its 2019-20 season with

a meditation on spirituality and beauty, interspersing

the movements of Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (more

commonly known as the Vespers), a monument of a

cappella vocal music, with the contemplative and

complex Suite No . 4 for solo cello by Bach . Join us for this

special evening in the newly renovated space of All Souls

Church, Musica Viva NY’s concert home .

PROGRAMRACHMANINOFF All-Night Vigil, Op . 37

J . S . BACH Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010

Musica Viva NY choirHannah Collins, cello

Tickets available at www.musicaviva.org/tickets

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MUSICA VIVA NY

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Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez Conductor and Artistic Director

Trent Johnson Assistant Director of Music

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Bill Bechman Vice President

Winnie Olsen Secretary

Lisa O’Brien, Esq. Treasurer

Constance Beavon

Shu-Wie Chen

Dinah Nissen, Esq.

Harold Norris

Kate Phillips

David Rockefeller, Jr.

Thomas Simpson

Epp Sonin

Advisory Board

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Laurel Blossom

Renée Fleming

Galen Guengerich

Susan Jolles

Walter Klauss Artistic Director Emeritus

Jean-Louis Petit

Bruce Saylor

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⚫ Three complimentary season subscriptions

⚫ Reserved seating

RISOLUTO $1,000 to $2,999 ⚫ Invitation to an exclusive

reception with the Artistic Director and the Aeolus Quartet after a concert

⚫ Three complimentary season subscriptions

⚫ Reserved seating

ESPRESSIVO $500 to $999 ⚫ Invitation to an exclusive

reception with the Artistic Director and the Aeolus Quartet after a concer

⚫ Two complimentary season subscriptions

⚫ Preferred seating

CANTABILE $100 to $499 ⚫ Preferred seating

DOLCE $25 to $99 ⚫ Acknowledgment in program at

all levels

Become a Patron of Musica Viva NY today! We need your generous contributions to support the outstanding concerts and outreach

programming of the Musica Viva NY choir and instrumentalists. There is a level for every budget, and you will enjoy special benefits as a measure of our thanks.

Your contribution can be made as a one-time gift, or on a recurring basis.

PATRON LEVELS

To learn about the ways you can support Musica Viva NY, including sponsorship, monthly giving, employer matching, volunteering, and more,

visit www.musicaviva.org.

MUSICA VIVA NY PATRON SUPPORT LEVELS FOR OUR 2019-20 SEASON

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We are deeply grateful to our Patrons listed below for their support of our 2019-2020 season . Thank you for joining us! Your support for our outstanding

Musica Viva NY artists, our high-caliber, innovative choral and chamber music performances, and our educational outreach is vital and essential .

Corporate and Foundation SupportBlackbaud CaresGunleif Jacobsen and Thomas Simpson Charitable Fund

Heart & Soul Charitable FundThe Ida & William Rosenthal Foundation

Appassionato $10,000 and aboveDavid & Susan RockefellerMelanie & David Niemiec

Con Fuoco $5,000 to $9,999Jennifer ShotwellTom SimpsonGeorgia Wall & Don Gogel

Con Brio $3,000 to $4,999Catherine & Robert BrawerShu-Wie ChenLiz HarveyEstate of Gunleif JacobsenDinah Nissen & Elizabeth ApellesMadonna K. Starr, in memory of Evelynn C . Gioiella

Brenda Walker & Peter Swords

Risoluto $1,000 - $2,999Two anonymous patronsConstance BeavonBill BechmanAnne BradleyStillman Brown & Meg RaftisLisa & Richard CashinGeorge DorseyHolly DrewLois Gaeta & David BakerPamela HealeyCherie Henderson & David PoppeStephen LashRicardo A . Mestres Jr .Mitzi Moulds & Steve KaminskiWinnie Olsen

Laura Pedersen & William PietersenEpp SoninAracy and Klaus WinterSusan Witter

Espressivo $500 - $999Two anonymous patronsBarbara de Bellis, in memory of Greta Minsky

Robin BossertDixie Goss & Dan CryerMiles ChapinMichelle DemkoVictor FidelSandra Lotz FisherYangnim & Larry KurzJoanne LymanCarri LyonJames MoskinJerry MossMarilynn Scott MurphyRose & Frank PattonKate PhillipsIngrid & Fritz ReuterClaire Richard and Carmine Izzi Judith Samuelson and Victor Henschel

Deborah TaylorBeverly Benz Treuille & Philippe Treuille

Alison Tung Edward B . WhitneyBeth & Chris Wubbolt

Cantabile $100 - $499One anonymous patronLynne AllenAnn Tarlov BarbulJackie BaxterMichelle M . BostonAnne BrewerMelissa W . Chase

MUSICA VIVA NY PATRONS 2019-20

This list reflects gifts received from June 1, 2019 to February 26, 2020.

MUSICA VIVA NY PATRONS 2019-20

Garretson ChinnCornelia DoMarye Elmlinger & Eric LammMary EsbjornsonHolley FlaggJeffrey & Marjory FriedlanderChristopher GalasMary GeissmanChristine GoodwinMary Ella Holst & Guy QuinlanBarbara HoseinNancy JacobsonSteven LaneMillie & John LiebmannHoward LeifmanJohn MascioBetty McCollumPeggy MontgomeryJohn MoranLiz NovakLeslie RondinGayle S . SandersNancy SimmonsKaren SteeleDion StewartRichard WhiteElizabeth Millard Whitman

Dolce $25 - $99One anonymous patronKaren L. AndersonChristina BellamySusan CooperMichael DoddyMary DuganJoan FleschMary GundermannAlice Heminway and Erik Resurreccion

Jenny & Dennis Langsam McNitt, in honor of Sarah Worthington’s pretty voice

Rosemary LoarMargaret MaccartEve MoserMarion OckensNeil OsborneRandy ReddCaroline ShermanMajda Kallab Whitaker Janet Wyatt

SPONSOR MUSICA VIVA NYThere are many opportunities to play a role in bringing Musica Viva NY’s season to life as a sponsor, including:

⚫ Underwriting a concert ⚫ Underwriting the appearance of a professional singer or

orchestra member ⚫ Underwriting an appearance by the Aeolus Quartet ⚫ Underwriting an intimate post-concert reception with the artists

Naming opportunities are available for sponsors. Contact Danielle Buonaiuto, Executive Director

at dbuonaiuto@musicaviva.org.

Musica Viva NY1157 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10075

212 794 3646info@musicaviva.org

Musica Viva NY is extremely grateful for the following help with its

2019-20 season from:

All Souls Unitarian Church (www.AllSoulsNYC.org) for Musica Viva

NY’s meeting, rehearsal, performance, and reception spaces as well

as for the facilities and events staff who help make all productions

run smoothly

Greater than One (www.greaterthanone.com) for Musica Viva NY’s

website and publicity design

Heart & Soul Fund, Inc. for its longtime support of our outreach

programming