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THE MAGAZINE OFTHE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

March 18, 1984May 5 & 6, 1984

Cover: Stephen Paulus' composition sketchesjorEchoes Between the Silent Peaks

BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF ADVISORS

Margaret D. AnkenyDuane BellArland D. BrusvenJon KietzerTerry KnowlesMay G. MunsonBoake A. SellsMary K. SteinkeJames R. TreanorDale Warland

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MUSIC DIRECTORDale WarlandASSIST ANT CONDUCTORSigrid Johnson

SOPRANOKaren Louise

HendricksCarol Hofstad

igrid Johnsonoanna Johnston

Elizabeth MillerLea Anna Sams-

McGowanSue ShepardLinda SteenRoxanne Stouffer

ALTORoxanne BentleyJoanne HalvorsenLynn Carol JonesDonelle KlemanLois Laitinen

*Christine LudwigDiane RidderKay E. SandeenDenise Wahlin

PIANISTJerry Rubino

TENORPaul AndersonPaul AndressCraig ArnoldPaul W. Gerike

*John HenleyTim JohnsonSteve PearthreeDavid ReeceWilliam Rollie

LIBRARIANDan KallmanGENERAL MANAGERCraig Carnahan

BASSPaul BoyceSteve Burger

*Robert ElmoreWaynne B.

HornickeDan KallmanJerry RubinoJulian SellersFrank SteenPaul A. Theisen

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DALE WARLAND

Dale Warland, Music Director of TheDale Warland Singers. is Professor ofMusic at Macalester College in St. Paul.Minnesota. He received his Bachelor ofArts degree from St. Olaf College, Mas-ter of Arts degree from the University ofMinnesota. and Doctor of Musical Artsdegree from the University of SouthernCalifornia. His academic honors includea Tanglewood scholarship and a FordFoundation grant which made possiblea nine-month study of choral music inEngland, Sweden. and Norway.

Under his leadership. The Dale War-land Singers has received extensivenational and international acclaim. Inaddition to conducting dozens of majorperformances. Dale Warland has pre-pared The Dale Warland Singers forappearances with The Saint PaulChamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orches-tra, Minnesota Opera, and AmericanBrass Quintet - led by such interna-tionally-known conductors/artists asStanislaw Skrowaczewski, RobertShaw, Dennis Russell Davies, NormanLuboff, Eric Ericson. and Dave Brubeck.

Dale Warland has distinguished him-self as a composer and arranger, is amember of the American Society ofComposers, Authors and Publishers(ASCAP).and has his own choral serieswith Jenson Publications, Inc. He wasawarded an Individual Artist Grant bythe Minnesota State Arts Board in 1981

to work with Robert Shaw. Music Direc-tor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.He guest-conducted the Swedish RadioChoir (Stockholm) in January, 1981.and the Danish Radio Choir (Copenhag-en) in January, 1982. Dr. Warland cur-rently co-chairs the Choral Panel of theNational Endowment for the Arts and isalso a member of the Recording Panel.During the summer of 1984 he willtravel to Montreal to conduct at theinauguration of "America Cantat,"planned as an annual festival whichwill involve 2500 musicians from Cana-da. the United States. Central and SouthAmerica; and. as the recipient of a BushFoundation Award. will spend a monthin England studying choral literature.

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS CI =========::3Tenor Paul Anderson. a 12 year

member of the Singers, is employed as aschool counselor at Irondale High School.He has a Bachelor of Science degree inMusic Education and History, and a Mas-ter's degree in Guidance and Counselingfrom Mankato State University.

Paul Andress. tenor. received aBachelor of Arts degree in Vocal MusicEducation from St. Olaf College. He ispresently a freelance musician in theTwin Cities and is working towards acareer in counseling.

Craig Arnold. tenor, is the Presi-dent of Arnold Associates. a manage-

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ment services firm. A graduate of St.Olaf College (B.A.. Vocal Music Educa-tion) and the University of Illinois inChampaign-Urbana (M.S.. Choral MusicEducation), he is also the Senior ChoirDirector at Bethlehem Lutheran Churchin Minneapolis.

Roxanne Bentley is the alto soloistat Central Lutheran Church in Minne-apolis. She graduated from BemidjiState University with degrees in VocalMusic and Elementary Education, andis currently teaching third grade in theAnoka Isanti School District.

Paul Boyce. bass, is a graduate of

St. Olaf College. He is bass soloist at theCathedral Church of St. Mark's, and ispursuing a Master's degree in Theoryand Composition at the University ofMinnesota.

Bass Steve Burger is in his 4thseason with The Dale Warland Singersand has been featured as a soloist withthe Singers as well as with the Minneso-ta Chorale. He began voice studies atLuther College, Decorah, Iowa, and hassince studied with Donald Hoiness atSt. Olaf College. During 1973-74, Stevetraveled throughout Europe as a mem-ber of the 7th Army Chorus while hewas stationed in Germany.

Bass section leader Robert Elmorels a systems analyst with IDS. He has aJachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa-

tion from St. Olaf College and a Bache-lor of Science degree in ComputerScience from Coleman College in SanDiego.

Tenor Paul Gerike is Director ofMusic at Lake Nokomis LutheranChurch in Minneapolis. He has a Bache-lor of Music degree in Applied Voice andMusic Education from Hartt College ofMusic and an A.A. degree in LiberalArts from St. Paul's College in Concor-dia, Missouri. Paul sings with Cantantedi Camera in the Twin Cities and worksas a freelance soloist. He is also a waiterat "Le Peep" in Minneapolis.

Joanne Halvorsen, alto, has aBachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa-tion from Hamline University. She hasbeen a soloist at St. Paul's UnitedChurch of Christ and with the OratorioSociety of Hamline University and theSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Joannehas also performed with LakeshorePlayers, Patchwork Theatre, and Mas-quers Theatre.

Soprano Karen Louise Hendricksgraduated from Oberlin College with aBachelor of Arts degree, majoring inMusic and minoring in Art History. As

rincipal soloist with the Oberlin Col-.ege Choir she has sung throughout themidwest and east coast, including NewYork City, Washington, D.C., and Chi-cago. Karen moved to the Twin Cities tofurther her career in arts administra-tion. She is presently the General Man-

ager of Cantante di Camera.John Henley is the tenor section

leader. He has studied music at St. OlafCollege, UCLA, Aspen School of Music,and the University of Minnesota. He iscurrently working as a singing waiter at"Gustinos." an Italian Ristorante indowntown Minneapolis.

Soprano Carol Hofstad received aBachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa-tion from Concordia College, Moorhead.Locally, she has appeared in several

,musicals, including the role of Fiona in .Chimera Theatre's production of Briga-doon. Carol is currently performing as asinging waitress at "Gustino's." an Ital-ian Ristorante which features entertain-ment selections chosen from light operaliterature and Broadway show tunes.

Waynne B. Hornicke, bass, has aBachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa-tion from Augsburg College in Minneap-olis, and has furthered his vocaltraining with LeRoy Lehr at MacPhailCenter for the Arts. He has sung withthe Bach Society and the MinnesotaChorale. Waynne is presently employedby World Wide Incorporated in Bloom-ington and by Grace-Trinity Presbyteri-an Church in Minneapolis. He is oftencalled upon as a guest artist throughoutthe Twin Cities.

Sigrid Johnson is the assistant con-ductor of The Dale Warland Singersand also serves as soprano section lead-er. A resident of Northfield, Sigridteaches at St. Olaf College and the Uni-versity of Minnesota. She attended Con-cordia College, Moorhead, and is agraduate of St. Cloud State University(a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Perfor-mance) and the University of Michigan(Master's of Music in Vocal Perfor-mance.)

Tenor Tim Johnson is a graduate ofMacalester College. He is a self-employed woodworker and owns "PlumPreserves," an antique shop. Tim hasbeen a member of The Dale WarlandSingers for ten years .

Joanna Johnston, soprano, is cur-rently a voice major at the University ofMinnesota. She is employed at Dayton'sin Burnsville Center.

Alto Lynn Carol Jones works with

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her husband who together own andoperate "Red Rims Design," a store andcommercial design and display service.Lynn is a graduate of Macalester Col-lege, with a double major in Educationand Theatre Arts.

Bass Dan Kallman is the librarianof The Dale Warland Singers and is theassistant conductor of the MacalesterFestival Chorale. A graduate of LutherCollege (B.A. in Applied Music), Dan ispresently enrolled at the University ofMinnesota where he is pursuing a Mas-ter's degree in Theory/Composition. Hehas studied voice with Richard Larson,Jon Spong and David Greedy, and com-position with Maurice Monhardt andDominick Argento. Dan's choralarrangements have been published byG. Schirmer and Concordia Publishing.

Donelle Kleman, alto, has a Bache-lor of Arts degree in Voice from BemidjiState University. She is employed bythe Minneapolis Clinic of Psychiatryand also sings with The HutchinsonFamily Singers.

Lois Laitinen, alto, majored inmusic at the University of Minnesota/Duluth. She taught junior high choralmusic for eight years and is currentlyemployed at Macalester College. In theFall of 1984 Lois plans to begin work onher M.B.A. degree at the University ofMinnesota/Minneapolis.

Alto section leader Christine Lud-wig teaches at Christ the King School.She has a Bachelor of Arts degree inElementary Education and Music fromthe College of S1. Catherine. Christinealso plays the recorder with Cantante diCamera.

Elizabeth Miller, soprano, has aMusic Education degree in Voice andPiano from the University of WisconsiRiver Falls. Liz performs frequently as <-

jazz soloist, and is the director of thevocal jazz ensemble, Jazzmin. She isemployed by 3M.

Tenor Steve Pearthree serves astenor soloist at Central LutheranChurch in Minneapolis. He has a Bache-lor of Music degree in Voice and Clari-

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David Reece. tenor, is a profession-al caterer. He holds a Bachelor of Musicdegree in Voice from Illinois State Uni-versity.

Alto Diane Ridder has a Bachelor ofArts Degree in Music from Luther Col-lege, Decorah, Iowa. She is employed inthe music sales department of Augs-burg Publishing House and is the altosoloist at the Cathedral Church of St.Mark's in Minneapolis.

Freelance singer William Rolliereceived his musical training at St. OlafCollege and The Juilliard School, andhas appeared as tenor soloist with The,aint Paul Chamber Orchestra and in.nany other parts of the country includ-ing New York City and San Francisco.He is a founding member of The Hutch-inson Family Singers. Bill has studiedvoice with Donald Hoiness, Oren Brownand Dwayne Jorgenson. He has direct-ed choral activities in Montana's GlacierNational Park and is currently Directorof Music at St. Peder's Lutheran Churchin Minneapolis.

Jerry Rubino. bass, is in his fifthseason with The Dale Warland Singers.A graduate of the Curtis Institute ofMusic and Temple University. Jerry iscurrently pursuing a graduate degree atthe University of Minnesota. In additionto his activities as a freelance musicianin the Twin Cities, Jerry maintains aprivate voice and piano studio andserves as pianist for the Hawaiians. acontemporary gospel recording and per-forming group that travels nationallyand internationally.

Soprano Lea Anna Sams-McGowan is finishing a degree inMusic Education/Performance atMacalester College. She is employed atSears and is planning to open a privatevoice studio in the Spring.

Kay E. Sandeen. alto, has a Bache-ar of Arts degree in Music Education

from Hamline University. She is theManager of the mail order departmentof Sandeen's Scandinavian Gift Shop.

Bass Julian Sellers is a systems

programmer for Sperry. He has a Bach-elor of Arts degree in German fromFlorida Presbyterian College. Julian isan active church soloist. He has sungwith the Munich Bach Choir, Pro Must-ca of Salt Lake City. and other choirs inFlorida and Minnesota.

Sue Shepard. soprano, is a chartermember of The Dale Warland Singers.She is Administrator of the NorthfieldArts Guild. and co-founder of the North-field Musical Theater. Sue has a degreein Voice from Indiana University.

Bass Frank Steen. a graduate ofConcordia College. Moorhead, and theUniversity of Minnesota. is enjoying hisseventh season with the Singers. Hehas been a soloist with church andcommunity oratorios in the Twin Cities .Away from music and sailing, Frank isa dentist and maintains an active prac-tice in Minneapolis.

Linda Steen is a self-employedmusician in the Twin Cities. A graduateof Concordia College. Moorhead, Lindahas also studied at Indiana Universityand at the Chautauqua Institute. She issoprano soloist at the Cathedral Churchof St. Mark's.

Roxanne Stouffer. soprano. has aBachelor of Music Education degree inPiano and Vocal Music Education fromthe University of Wisconsin, River Falls.She has taught public school vocalmusic and is currently a productionassistant with the Minnesota OperaCompany. Roxanne sings with thePlymouth Festival Choir and the vocalensemble. Jazzmin.

Bass Paul A. Theisen is a designdraftsman with the Whirl-Air-Flow Cor-poration and a cantor at the Church ofSt. Therese. He is currently studyingvoice. and is a soloist and section leaderwith the St. Paul Camerata.

Denise Wahlin. alto, has a Bachelorof Arts degree in English and Art fromConcordia College, Moorhead. whereshe was a soloist with the ConcordiaChoir. She is currently teaching second-ary English and Art in Buffalo, Minne-sota. and continuing her vocal studiesat the University of Minnesota.

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Sunday, March 18, 1984 - 4:00 p.m.Orchestra Hall

III I Nicollet MallMinneapolis

I.Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110)

George Frideric Handel

{sung in Latin}

Linda Steen, sopranoSue Shepard, mezzo-sopranoRoxanne Bentley, alto

I. Dixit Dominus (Chorus and Soli)

The Lord said unto my Lord:sit Thou at My right hand.

Until I make Thine enemies Thyfootstool.

2. Virgam virtutis (Aria for Alto)

The Lord shall send the rod of Thystrength out of Sion:

rule Thou in the midst of Thine, enemies.

3. Tecum principium (Ariafor Soprano)

Thine shall be the dominion in the dayof Thy power, amid the brightnessof the saints:

from the womb, before the daystarhave I begotten Thee.

4. Juravit Dominus (Chorus)

The Lord hath sworn. and will notrepent:

5. Tu es sacerdos (Chorus)

Thou art a Priest for ever after theorder of Melchisedech.

David Reece. tenorSteve Burger. bass

6. Dominus a dextris tuis(Soli and Chorus)

The Lord at Thy right hand shallstrike through kings in the day ofHis wrath.

He shall judge among the heathen.He shallfill the places with dead bod-

ies:He shall wound the heads over many

countries.

7. De torrente in via bibet(Soli and Chorus)

He shall drink of the brook in the way:therefore shall he lift up his head.

8. Gloria Patri (Chorus)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son.and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning. is now. andever shall be. world without end.Amen.

INTERMISSION

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II. WORLD PREMIERE *Echoes Between the Silent Peaks

Stephen Paulus1. Banquet at the Tso Family Manor You want nothing, although at night

The windy forest is checkered You can see the aura of goldBy the light of the setting, And silver ore all around you.Waning moon. I tune the lute, You have learned to be gentleIts strings are moist with dew, As the mountain deer you have tamed.The brook flows in the darkness The way back forgotten, hiddenBelow the flower path. The thatched Away, I become like you,Roof is crowned with constellations. An empty boat. floating, adrift.As we write the candles burn short. 4. Snow StormOur wits grow sharp as swords while J J h t. oanna 0 ns on, sopranoThe wme goes round. When the poem .Contest is ended, someone Tumult. weeping. many new ghosts.Sings a song of the South. And Heartbroken, aging, alone, I singI think of my little boat. To myself. Ragged mist settlesAnd long to be on my way. In the spreading dusk. Snow skurries

In the coiling wind. The wineglassIs spilled. The bottle is empty.The fire has gone out in the stove.Everywhere men speak in whispers.I brood on the uselessness of letters.

2. Jade Flower PalaceThe stream swirls. The wind moans inThe pines. Grey rats scurry overBroken tiles. What prince, long ago,Built this palace, standing inRuins beside the cliffs? There areGreen ghost fires in the black rooms.The shattered pavements are allWashed away. Ten thousand organPipes whistle and roar. The stormScatters the red autumn leaves.His dancing girls are yellow dust.Their painted cheeks have crumbledAway. His gold chariotsAnd courtiers are gone. OnlyA stone horse is left of hisGlory. I sit on the grass andStart a poem, but the pathos ofIt overcomes me. The futureSlips imperceptibly away.Who can say what the years will bring'

5. Clear After RainCarol Hofstad, soprano

Autumn, cloud blades on the horizon.The west wind blows from ten

thousand miles.Dawn, in the clear morning air,Farmers busy after long rain.The trees shed their few green leaves.The mountain pears are tiny but ripe.A Tartar flute plays by the city gate.A single wild goose climbs into the void.

6. Farewell Once MoreHere we part.You go off in the distance,And once more the forested mountainsAre empty, unfriendly.

3. Written on the Wall at Chang's What holiday will see usHermitage Drunk together again?It is Spring in the mountains. Last night we walkedI come alone seeking you. Arm in arm in the moonlight.The sound of chopping wood echos Singing sentimental balladsBetween the silent peaks. Along the banks of the river.The streams are still icy. I go back to my lonely house by theThere is snow on the trail. river,At sunset I reach your -grove Mute, friendless, feeding the crumblingIn the stony mountain pass. years.

Texts taken from One Hundred Poems From The Chinese, translated byKenneth Rexroth. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.

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III.I Hate and I Love

(Odi et amo)Dominick Argento

I.

I hate and I love. Perhaps you will askhow that can be possible.

I do not know; but that is what I feeland it torments me.

II.

Let us live, my Clodia, and let us love,And let the censorious whispers of the

oldBe to us as worthless as the gold of

fools.

Suns can set, then rise anew:But once our own brief light has

dimmedWe shall sleep an eternal night.

III.Greetings, miss, with nose not small,Foot not pretty, eyes not black,Fingers not slender. mouth never rest-

ing,Speech neither musical nor elegant -Best greetings to you, miss!

And in Florence they call you a beauty?And compare you with my own Clodia?

o what a gross and ignorant age!

IV.My woman says she will be no one's

but mine.Not even should Jupiter himself wish to

seduce her.

She said: but what woman says tolover -

Write it on the wind or swift-runningwater.

V.

Was it a lioness from the mountains ofLibya

Or was it Scylla who barks from thedepths of her groin

Who gave birth to you with a heart socold. so black.

A heart that feels only contempt for thevoice of

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Him who pleads to you in vain?

You: with a heart so fierce?VI.

You promise me, my dearest life, thatthis our love

Will endure. will be joyous and never-ending.

o great gods. make what she promisesbe true

And make it come from the bottom ofher heart,

So that all our lives we will be able tokeep

This sacred vow of eternal love.

VII.Wretched Catullus, put an end to this

madness!That which is over and lost, you must

count lost forever;Those radiant days that once .shone

upon youWhen you hastened to follow the girl

wherever she led youv-That same girl whom you loved as no

other woman will ever be loved -(Wretched Catullus, put an end to this

madness!)The countless delights in the sports of

love,When what you desired. she desired

and desired just as much.(Wretched Catullus!)0, radiant indeed were the days that

once shone upon you!

Now suddenly she no longer wants yourlove, and you. being helpless, must

Give up this longing, cease to pursueher,

Put an end to this torment andmadness!

(Wretched Catullus!)

o immortal gods, if you truly have pity.Tear out from my heart this pestilence,

this plagueWhose insidious gnawing has driven all

joy from my breast.

I no longer ask that this woman shouldlove me.

Nor do I ask the impossible. that she bechaste.

My only wish now is that I be healed.and this

Terrible pain be assuaged.

VIII.I hate and I love. Perhaps you will ask

me how that can be possible.I do not know; but that is what I feel

and it torments me.

Liber Catulli Veronensis(freely translated by the composer)

Flute: Susan HedlingOboe: Thomas TempleViolins: Young-Nam Kim

Thomas HornackerViolas: Alice Preeves

Stella Anderson

Cello: David AksBass: Chris BrownHarpsichord: Layton JamesHarp: Kathy KienzlePercussion: Joseph Holmquist

Jay Johnson

Guest Members of The Dale Warland Singersfor Dixit Dominus

Peter Bartholome Jack JaegerPeter Hanslep Dianne Prieditis

John AuseSally Allen

Rica Jane VanRuth Warland

The 1983-84 season is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Dale Warland Singers is the recipient of a McKnight Foundation Awardadministered by the Minnesota State Arts Board.

This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Boardthrough an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature.

and. in part. by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

·Commissioned by and dedicated to The Dale Warland Singers. Echoes Between the SilentPeaks was made possible by a grant from the Northwest Area Foundation.

Choral risers and acoustical sheD manufactured byWenger Corporation. Owatonna. Minnesota. 55060

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance.

PROGRAM NOTES (L- ----'

Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110)George Frideric Handel(1685-1759)

The three-and-one-half years Handelspent in Italy (1706-1710) were the sin-gle most decisive influence on his musi-cal life - and the Dixit Dominus. .written in Rome at age 22. has beencalled the diploma of his Italian studies.The work is an extremely demandinggrand concerto requiring great energyand breadth, phenomenal agility andprecision. declamatory vigor and lyricalexpressiveness. The effect is one ofebullience and breathless exhilarationand. for all its extravagance and occa-

sional crudeness. the Dixit Dominushas a unique verve and boldness anddisplays a wonderfully imaginative useof color - qualities not seen in suchprofusion in the more polished works ofHandel's maturity.

The prevailing spirit is instrumental.and the influences of the late BaroqueItalian string concerto and secularchamber cantata are particularly evi-dent. These. combined with vast dimen-sions. the old German cantor'stechnique. and a new monumentality ofstyle. set the Dixit Dominus apart fromHandel's earlier choral music and pointsignificantly toward the masterpieces ofhis English period.

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Echoes Between the SilentPeaksStephen Paulus(b. 1949)

"The title. Echoes Between the SilentPeaks. is derived from the third of sixpoems by the eighth century Chinesepoet. Tu Fu. The attractiveness ofthese poems was enhanced by theabundance of visual and aural images.Visually, his reference to the moonoccurs throughout the poems in manyguises - as a setting moon. waningmoon. moonlight, and so on. Tu Fualso speaks of drifting or floating onmore than one occasion. Coupled withthese visions are many aural images.Organ pipes whistle. chopping woodechoes. and the west wind blows. Mostalluring of all is his simple. but touch-ing manner in which he reveals feel-ings that are often buried far beneaththe surface. He "broods" or expresseshis [riendlessness with ease anddirectness. He is equally capable ofwondering out loud what the futurewill bring. His word painting. togetherwith his probing questions inspiredmusical representations which aresometimes static and tranquil and atother times full of unrest.

"I would like to extend my sincerestthanks to Dale Warland and The DaleWarland Singers. I am indebted tothem. not only for their enthusiasm fornew music, but also for their excel-lence in performance. "

-Stephen Paulus

I Hate and I Love(Odi et amo)Dominick Argento(b. 1927)

Commissioned by and dedicated to TheDale Warland Singers on the occasionof its Tenth Anniversary. I Hate and ILove is based on the poems of GaiusValerius Catullus, a Roman poet whowas a contemporary of Julius Caesarand lived ca. 84-54 B.C.

"In selecting texts for musical set-tings I have been drawn more to prosethan to poetry. especially biographical

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prose such as journals. diaries, andletters. because Ifind that privatestatements on the human conditionand human passions in the straight-forward, simpler language of personaldocuments are more amenable tomusical treatment. The texts I havechosen from Catullus are, of course.poetic and public. but I was attractedto them precisely because they are soautobiographical and particular.

"The love for Clodia - a marriedwoman 10 years his senior, beautiful,cultured, elegant, and incurably disso-lute - is one of the central themes inthe poetry of Catullus. Many of hispoems record the tempestuous affair:from infatuation to jealousy; blissfulcontentment to betrayal; reconciliationto resignation - and all of these ex-perienced not just once. but repeated-ly. The circular nature of this chain ofemotions prompted me to cast themusic as a cycle which stops (ratherthan concludes) at the point where itstarted and might very well begin allover.

"The decision to use only percussionfor the accompaniment was made pri-marily to avoid any specific historicalconnotations; like the human voice.percussion instruments can be bothancient and modern, a quality of time-lessness they share with Catullus'poetry which, two thousand yearsbefore Freud. was examining the thinline that separates love from hate andthe perplexing ambiguities of thosepassions."

- Dominick Argento

Stephen Paulus has written works fororchestras. choruses. chamber groupsand solo performers and also has twooperas to his credit. His most recentorchestral works are the Concerto forOrchestra. commissioned and pre-miered by the Minnesota Orchestra inApril. 1983. and Seven Short Pieces.premiered in February of this year bythe Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis. Hisopera. The Postman Always RingsTwice. was first performed by theOpera Theatre of St. Louis in June.1982. and was given its European pre-

Dale Warland and Dominick Argento review the score of I Hate and I Love.

miere at the Edinburgh Festival in Sep-tember. 1983. Paulus' awards include aMinnesota State Arts Board grant. aNational Endowment for the Arts Fel-lowship. a Guggenheim Fellowship. andnumerous commissions. On April I. anew song cycle. All My Pretty Ones.with a text by poet Michael DennisBrowne. will be premiered at the St.Anthony Park Music Series. His futureprojects include commissions from theSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Minne-sota Orchestra. Opera Theatre of St.Louis. and the Atlanta Symphony. Pau-lus is one of the Co-Founders of the

Minnesota Composers Forum where heis also one of the Managing Composers.Currently. he is one of two composersserving as Composers-In-Residence withthe Minnesota Orchestra.

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Saturday, May 5, 1984 - 8:00 p.m.Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center

Macalester CollegeSunday, May 6, 1984 - 4:00 p.m.House of Prayer Lutheran Church

Richfield

I.Perceptions •William Schuman

1. ThoughtOf Equality - as ifit harm'd me, giving

others the same chances and rightsas myself - as if it were notindispensable to my own rights thatothers possess the same.

2. Beautiful WomenWomen sit or move to and fro, some

old, some young,The young are beautiful - but the old

are more beautiful than the young.

3. To Old AgeI see in you the estuary that enlarges

and spreads itself grandly as it pours 7.in the great sea.

4. Each Of UsEach of us inevitable,Each of us limitless - each of us with

his or her right upon the earth,Each of us allow'd the eternal purports

of the earth,Each of us here as divinely as any is

here.

5. To The StatesTo the States or anyone of them, or

any city of the States, Resist much,obey little,

Once unquestioning obedience, once

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fully enslaved,Once fully enslaved, no nation, stat,

city of this earth, ever afterwardresumes its liberty.

6. A Farm PictureThrough the ample open door of the

peaceful country barn,A sunlit pasture field with cattle and

horses feeding,And haze and vista, and the far horizon

fading away.

Whoever You AreWhoever you are! motion and reflection

are especially for you,The divine ship sails the divine sea for

you.Whoever you are! you are he or she for

whom the earth is solid and liquid,You are he or she for whom the sun

and moon hang in the sky,For none more than you are the present

and the past,For none more than you is immortality.

8. To YouStranger, if you passing meet me an

desire to speak to me, why shouldyou not speak to me?

And why should I not speak to you?

Psalm137: 1-6

II.Lamentation *Judith Lang Zaimont

I.

Beside the streams (rivers) of Babylonwe sat and wept (yes. we wept)at the memory of Zion. (when we remembered Zion)leaving our harps upon the poplars there(we hanged our harps upon the willows there).

For we were askedto sing to our captors (our captors required of us a song).to entertain those who carried us off:"Sing" they said. "sing .... "

How can we sing in a pagan country?Jerusalem. if I forget you.may my right hand wither! (my tongue be stilled!)

May I never speak again.if I forget you!

Yerushalayim!

Lamentations Oh, how lonely she sits.1: 1-2 the city once thronged with people.

as if suddenly widowed.

She passes her nights weeping:the tears run down her cheeks.

No one remains to comfort her.Friends are all betrayers.

all become her enemies.

Lamentations2: 16

Lamentations3:47

Lamentations4: 11. 2: 5.6

Lamentations4: 13

II.

They open their mouths(Our enemies open their mouths)

in chorus against us;They hiss and gnash their teeth.

saying "We have swallowed her up."

Desolation and destruction. ravage.dread and pitfall. they have been our lot.

The Lord has accomplished His fury -He wrecked His own domain like a gardenand for the daughters of Judah

has multiplied wailing on wailing.

It came through the sins of her prophetsand the crimes of her priests.

who shed the blood of the just in the city's heart.

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Lamentations We shouted "Depart, keep away!4: 15 Do not touch us! Unclean!"

Lamentations But the Lord brought darkness on Yerushalayim,2: 1.2 He left accursed the kingdom and its rulers.

(Desolation and destruction)

Lamentations On the day of wrath.2: 22 no one escaped.

no one survived.

III.

Lamentations Then cry aloud to the Lord.2: 19,18 groan. a daughter of Zion.

Pour out your heart like waterbefore the Lord;

Let your tears flow like a torrent,day and night.

Psalm102: 9,4

Job 17: 7

Job 16:6

Psalm 6: 6-7

Psalm 88:1. 13

Ashes are the bread I eat,what I drink I lace with tears;My heart shrivels up like scorched grass

and my appetite has gone.

My eyes grow dim with grief,and my limbs wear awaylike a shadow.

My suffering remains.

I am worn out with groaning.every night I drench my pillowand soak my bed with tears;I am wasted with grief.

I weep to You all night;I pray to You every morning.

I call for Your help.

Lamentations The Lord's mercies are not consumed,3: 20-26 His compassions are ever-present.

His kindness will not fail.His faithfulness is great.

"My portion is the Lord;therefore will I hope in Him."

Lamentations My hand and heart stretch out to heaven.3: 41

Leviticus26:2

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IV. GOD SPEAKS

I am the LORD, your God.(It is I, Yahweh. who am your God.)

See now that I am He. (l am that I am)and beside Me there is no other god.

It is I who metes out death and life;none can deliver from My hand.

When I have struck it is I. I am He who heals

Deuteronomy32:39

Deuteronomy4:31

For the Lord your God is a merciful god who will not desert you.

If you live according to My laws. if you keep My commandmentsand keep My sabbaths.

I will give peace unto the land.I will turn toward you.and I will not cast you off.

For the Lord your God is a merciful god who will not desert you.

Leviticus6: 2-11

Deuteronomy4:31

v.Psalm 49: 1 Hear this. all nations.

Give ear. all ye inhabitants of the earth.

Psalm 6: 8-9 The Lord hears our petition;He accepts our prayer!

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Psalm 56:10.11

Psalm 63: 1-3

Judith 9: 4

Psalm 63: 4-5

This we know: God isfor us.In God. whose word we praise.we put our trust.

God. You are my God.from early morning I am with You.my soul is thirsting for You.my flesh is longing for You.

For You have made the past. the present. and what will follow.What is. what will be.You have planned.You designed.

All my life will I bless You.in Your Name (0 God) lift up my hands.

Our souls will feast most richly.on our lips a song of joy and praise.

INTERMISSION

III.Carmina Harana

CarlOrff

Rosemary Barenz, sopranoChristopher Jenkins. countertenor

James McKeel. baritone

Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi(Fortune. Empress oj the World]

1. 0 Fortuna (Chorus)

o Fortune.variable

as the moon.always dost thouwax and wane.

Detestable life.first dost thou mistreat us.and then. whimsically.

thou heedest our desires.As the sun melts the ice.so dost thou dissolve

both poverty and power.

Monstrousand empty fate.

thou. turning wheel.art mean.voiding

good health at thy will.

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Veiledin obscurity.

thou dost attackme also.To thy cruel pleasure

I bare my back.

Thou dostwithdraw

my health and virtue;thou dostthreaten

my emotion and weakness withtorture.At this hour.therefore. let us

pluck the strings without delay.Let us mourntogether.

for fate crushes the brave.

2. Fortune plango vulnera (Chorus)

I lament Fortune's blowswith weeping eyes,

for she extorts from meher gifts,

now pregnantand prodigal,

now leanand sear.

Once was I seatedon Fortune's throne,

crowned with a garlandof prosperity,

In the bloomof my felicity

I was struck downand robbed of all my glory.

At the turn of Fortune's wheel,one is deposed,

another is lifted on highto enjoy a brief felicity.

Uneasy sits the king -let him beware his ruin,

for beneath the axle of the wheelwe read the name of Hecuba,

I. Primo Vere(In Springtime)

3. Veris leta facies (Small Chorus)

The brightface of springshows itself to the world,

driving awaythe cold of winter.

Flora reignsin her colorful robes,

praised in the canticleof sweet-sounding woods,

Phoebus laughsin Flora's lap again,

Surrounded by flowers,Zephyrus breathes

the fragranceof their nectar.

4. Omnia sol temperat (Baritone solo)

The sun, pure andfine,tempers all;

a new world is openedby the face of April.

The heart of manrushes to love;

and over allthe boyish god rules.

The power of Nature's renovationin the glorious spring

commands usto bejoyful.

5. Ecce gratum (Chorus)

Behold the springwelcome and long awaited.

which brings back

Let us competefor the prize of love.

The sweet nightingalebegins her song;

the bright meadowslaugh with flowers;

Birds flit aboutthe pleasant woods;

the maiden's chorusbrings a thousand joys.

Spring evokesthe wanted ways of love,

Hold fastthy lover!

Love me faithfully.feel the constant adoration

of my heartand mind.

lam with you~ even when apart.

Whosoever shares my feelingknows the torture of love.

the pleasures of life.The meadow

with purple flowers is a-bloom,the sun brightens all things.

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Now put all sadness aside.for summer returns.

and winter's cold withdraws.

leeand snow

melt away;the frost flees.and spring

sucks the breast of summer.Miserable is he

who neither lovesnor frolics

under summer's spell.

Thosewho vie

for Cupid's prizetaste the sweetnessof honey.

Let us.proud andjo!1ful,

be ruledby Venus.

Let us emulate Paris.

6. Tanz (Dance)

UfDemAnger(On the Lawn)

7. Floret Silva (Chorus and Small Chorus)

The noble woodis filled with budsand leaves.Where is my lover?He rode away on horseback.Alas. who will love me now?

Everywhere the forest is in bloom;I am longing for my lover.If the wood is green all over.why does my lover not return?He has hidden away.Woe is me. who will love me?

8. Chramer, gip die warwe mir (Soli and Chorus)

Shopkeeper. give me color Make love. good mento paint my cheeks. and gracious women.that young men Love will ennoble you.

may not resist my graces. Hail 0 worldYoung men. so rich injoys.look here. I will obey you always.do I not charm you? and accept your bountiful gifts.

9. Reie (Round Dance)Swaz hie gat umbe (Chorus)

Here are maidensin a circle.

they'd like to be without a loverall the summer through.

Chume, chum, geselle min (Small Chorus)

Come. come. my pretty maid. Sweet rosy mouth.I waitfor thee; come and heal my longing.I waitfor thee. Come and heal my longing.

Come. come. my pretty maid. sweet rosy mouth.

10. Were diu werlt aIle min (Chorus)

Were the world all mine.from the sea to the Rhine.

I should gladly forsake it

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for the Queen of Englandin my arms.

II. In Taberna(In the Tavern)

11. Estuans interius (Baritone solo)

In rageand bitterness

I talkto myself.

made oj matter,ash oj the elements,

I am like a leafwhich the wind plays with.

Ifa wise manbuilds

the houseupon a rock,

t.foo),am like a gliding river

which Jollowsno straight path.

I am swept awaylike a pilotless ship,

like a birdjloating aimlesslythrough the air.

Nofetters. no locks

hold me;I am looking [or my like,

and Ijoin the depraved.

The burdens oj the heartweigh too heavily on me.

Jesting is lovelyand sweeter than thehoneycomb.

What Venus commandsin suave labor;

love never dwellsin cowardly hearts.

On the broad road I move alongas youth is wont to do. .

I am entangled in vice,and unmindJul oj virtue.

Greedy more [or lustthan for welfare;

dead in soul,I care only [or my body.

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12. OHm lacus colueram (Tenor solo and Male Chorus)

The roasted cygnet sings: The cook turns me on the spit.Once I dwelt in the lakes; the fire roasts me through.once I was and I am prepared for the feast.a beautiful swan. I am borne upon a platter

o miserable me! and can no longer fly·Now I am I catch sight of gnashing teeth.roasted black!

13. Ego sum abbas (Baritone solo and Male Chorus)

I am the Abbot of Cucany. Wafna, wafna!and I meet with my fellow-drinkers what hast thou done. 0 infamousand belong to the sect of Decius. fate?Whosoever meets me in-the tavern Thou hast taken away

over dice all the pleasures of this life.loses his garments by the end ofthe day.and. thus. denuded. he cries;

14. In taberna quando sumus (Male Chorus)

When we are in the tavern.unmindful of the grave.we rush to the gaming tablesover which we sweat.If you want to knowwhat happens in the tavern(where money gets you wine).then listen to my tale.

Some men gamble. others drink.others shamelessly indulge

themselves;and of thosewho stay to gamble.some lose their garments.and others are in sackcloth.There no one is in fear of death.throwing dice for Bacchus;

First. the dice are thrown for wine.which the libertines drink.Then they toast the prisoners twice.then they toast the living thrice.Four times wine is drunk for

Christians.five times for the faithful departed.six times for the boastful sisters.seven times for the forest soldiers.

Eight times for the sinful brethren.nine times for the dispersed monks.ten times for the navigators.eleven times for men at odds.twelve times for the penitent,thirteen for the travelers.We drink for Pope and King alike.and then we drink. we drink.

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The mistress drinks. the masterdrinks.

the soldier and the clergyman.This man drinks. that woman

drinks.the servant and the maid.The quick man drinks. the lazy

drinks.the white man and the black.The sedentary drinks. the wanderer

drinks.the ignorant and the learned.

The poor man drinks. th~ sick mandrinks.

the exiled and the unknown.The youngster drinks. the oldster

drinks.the Bishop and the Deacon.The sister drinks. the brother

drinks.the old woman and the mother.Women drink and men drinkby the hundreds and the

thousands.

Six hundred coins are not enough[or this aimlessand intemperate drinking.Though our drink is always gay,there are ever those who nag,

and we.shall be indigent.May they who nag us be

conJounded,and never be inscribed among the

just.

III. Cour D-Amour(The Court oj Love)

15. Amor volat undique (Soprano solo and Chorus)

The God oj Love flies everywhere she misses all delight;and is seized by desire. darkest nightYoung men and young women is at the bottomare rightly joined together. oj her heart;

if a girl lacks a man This is bitterest fate.

16. Dies, nox et omnia (Baritone solo)

Day and night and all the worldare opposed to me,and the sound oj maidens' voices

makes me weep.Alas. I amfilled with sighing

and Jear.

ofriends, amuse yourselvesand speak as you please.Spare me. a sad man.

for great is my grief

17. Stetit puella (Soprano solo)

There stood a maidin a red tunic;

when it was touchedthe tunic rustled.

Eia!

Counsel me,by your honor.

Thy lovely [acemakes me weep a thousand tearsbecause thy heart is made oj ice.

Thy single kisswould bring me

back to life.

There stood a girl.like a rose;

her [ace was radiant;her mouth bloomed.

Eia!

18. Circa mea pectora (Baritone solo and Chorus)

My heart is filled Thine eyes shinewith sighing. like the sun's rays.I am longing for thy beauty. like lightning flashesMy misery is great. in the night.

Manda liet. May the gods look with Javormanda liet, on my desiremy sweetheart to undo the bondsdoes not come. oj her virginity.

9. Si puer cum puellula (Soli)

When a boy and a maidenare alone together.

happy is their union.Their passions mount.

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and modesty disappears.An ineffable pleasurepours throughtheir limbs, their arms, their lips.

20. Veni, veni, venias (Double Chorus)

Come, come,do not let me die.Hyrca, hyrce, nazaza,

trillirtvos ...Pretty is thy face,the look of thine eyes,the braids of thy hair,a how beautiful thou art!

Redder than the rose,whiter than the lily.more beautiful than all the rest,always Ishall glory in thee.

21. In trutina (Soprano solo)

I am suspendedbetween love

and chastity,but Ichoosewhat is before me

and I take upon myself thesweet yoke.

22. Tempus est iocundum (Soli and Chorus)

Pleasant is the season,a maidens;

now rejoice,ye lads.Oh, oh, oh,with love

I bloomfor a maiden,

my new, new love,of which Iperish.

Yieldinggratifies me;

refusingmakes me grieve.

In winterman's desires are passive;

the breath of springmakes him lascivious.

My maidenhoodexcites me,

but my innocencekeeps me apart.

Come, my mistress,come withjoy;

come, my beauty,for I die.

23. Dulcisstme (Soprano solo)

Sweetest boy,Igive my all to you!

BlanziDor et Helena(Bianziflor and Helena)

24. Ave Formosissima (Chorus)

Hail to thee, most beautiful,most precious gem;

hail, pride of virgins,most glorious virgin.

Hail, light of the world,hail, rose of the world.

Blanziflor and Helena,Venus generosa!

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Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi(Fortune. Empress of the World)

25. 0 Fortuna (Chorus)

o Fortune.variable

as the moon.always dost thouwax and wane.

Detestable life.first dost thou mistrust us.and then. whimsically.

thou heedest our desires.As the sun melts the ice.so dost thou dissolve

both poverty and power.

Monstrousand empty fate.

thou. turning wheel.art mean.voiding

good health at thy will.

Veiledin obscurity.

thou dost attackme also.To thy cruel pleasure

I bare my back.

Thou dostwithdraw

my health and virtue;thou dostthreaten

my emotion and weakness withtorture.At this hour.therefore. let us

pluck the strings without delay.Let us mourntogether.

for fate crushes the brave.

Text translation: Associated Music Publishers. Inc .. New York

PianoMary DuncanJerry Rubino

PercussionLawrence BarnhartBarbara HuestisVincent Hyman-PenaJay JohnsonNathan Portnoi

•Midwest premier. Perceptions and Lamentation were commissioned by The NationalEndowment for the Arts for: The Gregg Smith Singers. Gregg Smith. conductor: The DaleWarland Singers. Dale Warland, conductor: I Can tori, Jeannine Wagner and Edward.Cansino. conductors: and The Philadelphia Singers, Michael Korn. conductor.

The 1983-84 season is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Dale Warland Singers is the recipient of a McKnight Foundation Awardadministered by the Minnesota State Arts Board.

This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Boardthrough an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature.

and. in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Choral risers and acoustical sheD manufactured byWenger Corporation. Owatonna. Minnesota. 55080

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance.

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PROGRAMNOTESC============::::JPerceptionsWilliam Schuman(b. 1910)"My enthusiasmJor writing musicJorchorus is evidenced by the large num-ber of works I have composedJor thismedium. Perceptions is my latest cho-ral work and in it I return to the poetryoj Walt Whitman as the text source. Ihave often. set the words oj Whitman- beginning with A Free Song, whichwas awarded the first Pulitzer Prize [ormusic in /943, and continuingthrough this recent commission.

My current projects include a record-ing of my American Hymn, by theSaint Louis Symphony, conducted byLeonard Slatkin, and the completion oja commission [or a major work [orchorus and orchestra. "

- William Schuman

LamentationJudiih Lang Zaimont(b. 1945)

The text oJLamentation is drawnJromthe Old Testament (in various Englishtranslations), particularlyJrom Lam-entations and the Psalms. It tells oj thecatastrophic events surrounding thesack oj Jerusalem in 587 B.C. and ojthe subsequent depression felt by thecity's deported inhabitants. In the firsttwo movements the exiles despair atthe memory oj the ruin oj their templeand city; they cry out in frustratioti atthe "desolation and destruction" visit-ed upon them. The third movement isa solo ariaJor mezzo soprano contin-ually praying to the Lord for some signoj a more hopejul juture. The Lordresponds to that prayer in the Jourthmovement, and the final section con-cludes with a more hopeful hymn ojpraise to God.

ShortJragments borrowed or adapt-edJrom Gesualdo'sfive-part madrigalscomprise much oj the basic choruspitch material; most oj the instrumen-tal music isJreely composed. The Ges-ualdo Jragments include several oj his

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most advanced (or "tortured") progres-sions, and they are embedded wholewithin the music as well as being usedas germs for Jree composition. (Itshould be noted that the third move-ment aria uses no Gesualdo quota-tions at all in the mezzo's part, whilethe chorus portions are completelycomposed oj madrigal quotations andadaptations.)

In keeping with the Gesualdo sourcematerials. Lamentation is dramatic innature andJeatures tone-paintingthroughout.

- Judith Lang Zaimont

Carmina BuranaCarlOrff(1895-1982)

"After the first performance of CarminaBurana in June, 1937. Orff said to hispublisher, 'Everything Ihave written todate. and which you have, unfortu-nately, printed. can be destroyed. WithCarmina Burana my collected workbegins.' "

- from Carl Orff, by Andreas Liess

Carl Orff was born in Munich in Julyof 1895. By age five. he was studyingprivately on the piano, organ, and cello.He started composing at an early age,having had songs published before hehad even had a lesson in harmony. Heis primarily a self-taught composer, andis certainly a self-motivated one. Hislove of words and music, and his obses-sion with dramatic and theatrical pres-entation are clearly demonstrated in hiscompositions. Yet the complete synthe-sis of these ideas was not fully realizeduntil Carmina Burana. written in1935-36.

The Carmina Burana are poemswritten by wandering scholars andvagrant monks in the late thirteenthcentury; they were collected into ananthology by a monk in the Benedictinemonastery of Beuron in Bavaria, andthen kept hidden until the monasterywas dissolved. when they found their

way to Munich. There they were discov-ered and published in 1847. Orff hastaken these poems and created a dra-matic and effervescent work of art.With driving rhythmic energy, percus-sive use of vocal and textual representa-tion, and graphic portrayal of thesentiments in the poems, he has creat-ed his own true 'theatre', a discoverywhich was to propel him to composetwelve other 'stage' works of this type.Carmina Burana is Carl Orffs mostsignificant composition, and is perhapshis most important contribution to theworld of music.

THE SOLOISTS:

Rosemary Barenz, soprano

Rosemary Barenz's collaboration withThe Dale Warland Singers is not a newone. A past member and frequent solo-ist with the ensemble, she is a featuredsoloist on two of their recent recordings,Carols oj Christmas and Americana: ABit oj Folk. Rosemary has appeared as asoloist with the Saint Paul ChamberOrchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Minne-apolis, and the Macalester Festival Cho-rale, among others. Regarding herperformance of Brahms' Ein DeutschesRequiem, the St. Paul DispatchPioneer-Press said she sang" ... withgreat tenderness of voice, giving a mov-ing and thoroughly satisfactory perfor-mance." Miss Barenz currently residesin New York City.

Christopher Jenkins, countertenor

Christopher Jenkins made his profes-sional debut in Handel's Messiah withThe University of Minnesota Symphon-ic Chorus and Orchestra in 1979. Sincethat time he has appeared with manyTwin City organizations, including: TheBach Chamber Players of St. Paul, TheUniversity of Minnesota Chamber Sing-ers, Minnesota Opera, and the Roches-ter Symphony Orchestra. Chris is alsofounder of the Jenkins Consort whichperforms music for lute, viol and voice.The Consort is part of the BakkenLibrary Music Series and has appearedon Minnesota Public Radio's "LiveFrom Landmark" program. In 1983 theConsort collaborated with video artistJames Byrne to produce a half hourvideo concert of early English lutesongs, sponsored by the BakkenLibrary. Recently Mr. Jenkins and Mr.Byrne again collaborated on a piece forvideo, pre-recorded voices and counter-tenor for Gallery 208's show "60Cycles," with music by Chris. Chris hasreceived awards from the NationalAssociation of Teachers of Singing, TheSchubert Club, and a fellowship to theAspen Music Festival. At Aspen he wasa fellow in the Chamber Music Groupand appeared as soloist with many per-forming groups there that summer.Currently he is soloist at House of HopePresbyterian Church in St. Paul, wherehe and his wife, Laura, make theirhome.

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James McKeel, baritone

James McKeel is making his first con-cert appearance with The Dale WarlandSingers. His professional career beganwith the opera companies of St. Louis.Pittsburgh, and Santa Fe (where herecorded The Mother of Us All). Hisvaried performance schedule includesthe Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Orches-tra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,Walker Art Center, and the KennedyCenter where he recreated his criticallyacclaimed role of Jay Follet in honor ofWilliam Mayer's A Death in the Fami-ly. Currently in his eighth season withthe Minnesota Opera Company andMidwest Opera Theater, Mr. McKeel hasperformed in over twenty productions.An active composer and advocate ofcontemporary American music, his rep-ertoire includes song cycles by Domin-ick Argento, Libby Larsen, StephenPaulus, Conrad Susa, Hiram Titus andMichael Cohen, in addition to numerousworks which he has composed. Mr.McKeel's concert appearances this sea-son range from Benjamin Britten's WarRequiem and the world premiere ofCharles McHugh's Strangely Warmed(from the writings of John Wesley) toJ.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion andHaydn's Second Mass in C.

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William Schuman's musical careerhas seen great success on two fronts: asa composer he has received virtuallyevery award and honor available includ-ing the first Pulitzer Prize ever awardedfor music; and, as an arts administra-tor, he has served as president of TheJuilliard School from 1945-1961, and inthe same capacity at Lincoln Center forthe Performing Arts from 1961-1969,during which time each institutionenjoyed unprecedented growth and sta-bility. Mr. Schuman's compositionsspan nearly 50 years and include worksfor virtually every medium includingopera, ballet, chamber music, pianosolo, choral, and orchestral music. Hisnine symphonies are considered stand-ard repertoire by this country's majororchestras. Characterized by its firmmelodic base, strong contrapuntal ele-ments and rhythmic drive, WilliamSchuman's music has earned him therespect and patronage of such notedartistic figures as Roy Harris, SergeKoussevitzky, Antony Tudor, and Mar-tha Graham. Mr. Schuman lives in NewYork City and remains active compos-ing and supervising recordings of hismusic.Many of today's composers prefer to usecontemporary music techniques withinestablished frameworks, writing musicthat blends the best of the old and thenew. Judith Lang Zaimont is such acomposer. In her works, a distinctivesignature and fresh insights have syn-thesized a new and bolder impression-ism which is at the same timeromantic, spirited and lyrical.

Ms. Zaimont's compositions havereceived over twenty-five awards,including ASCAP Standard Awards, aBMIPrize, the First Prize-Gold Medal inthe Louis Moreau Gottschalk centenarycompetition, the Los Alamos Interna-tional Competition Award, two DeliusCompetition Prizes, and awards fromthe National Federation of Music Clubsand the Pittsburgh Flute Club. She is aWoodrow Wilson Fellow in composition,a MacDowell Colony Fellow, and sheholds degrees from Queens College andColumbia University, where she studied

composition with Hugo Welsgall. OttoLuening. and Jack Beeson. In 1971 Ms.Zaimont was awarded the Debussy Fel-lowship of the Alliance Francaise underwhich she studied in Paris with AndreJolivet.

Her works have been performedthroughout the U.S.. in England.France. Australia and Germany. Amongthe groups which have commissionedpieces are the Gregg Smith Singers.Great Neck Choral Society. CanticaHebraica, Primavera Quartet. and theNew York Music Teachers Association.Ms. Zaimont's output includes approxi-mately seventy art songs. chambermusic and choral works. and a pianoeoncerto and sacred service for orches-tra. Her music is published by BroudeBrothers Ltd .. Alfred Publishing Com-pany. Walton Music. Tetra Music andGalaxy Music Corporation and has beenrecorded on the Golden Crest and Leon-arda Labels.

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