2014-2015 SeasonPaul Schieman - Founder and Artistic Director

Music for a Festive Season

Sunday, December 7, 2014Robertson-Wesley United Church, Edmonton

The Alberta Baroque EnsembleConduCtor: Paul Schieman - Steven and Day LePoole Chair

Violin i: Susan Flook - Gail Andrew Chair Anna Kozak - Joan Marshall Chair Joanna Ciapka - Esther Ondrack Chair Laura Veeze - Kenneth and Connie Marshall Chair

Violin ii: Heather Bergen - Mark and Nancy Heule Chair Neda Yamach - John and Leni Honsaker Chair James Cockell - R. June S. Menzies Chair Kate Svrcek - Gail Gates Chair

Viola: Jeanette Comeau - Robert and Margaret Iveson Chair Andrew Bacon - Clara Dyck and Elizabeth Taylor Chair

Cello: Colin Ryan - Christopher Head Chair Ronda Metszies - Howard and Nanette Spragins Chair

Bass: Janice Quinn - John Boyd Chair

HarpsiCHord: Tammy-Jo Mortensen - Peter and Gail de Vos Chair

Business Manager: Janet Schieman - Doug and Carol McCallum Chair

Additional Players: oBoes: Lidia Khaner, Dan Waldron

truMpet: Robin Doyon

Next Alberta Baroque Ensemble Concert

Baroque StringsSunday, February 1, 2015, 3p.m. Robertson-Wesley United Church

Music by Locatelli, Vivaldi, J.B. Bach, Telemann

Charles Pilon and Jeanette Comeau - viola soloists

Concerto Grosso in D Major Op.3/6Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)

Vivace - Largo - AllegroTammy-Jo Mortensen - organ

Concerto Grosso in G Minor Op.5/6 “Christmas Concerto”

Giuseppe Sammartini (1693-1751)

Spiritoso/Allegro/Spiritoso - Rondo - Pastorale

Laudamus te from “Gloria”Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Catherine Abele - soprano, Elizabeth Turnbull - mezzo-soprano

MagnificatLeonardo Leo (1694-1744)

Magnificat - Et exultavit - Et misericordia - Fecit potentium - Gloria Patri - Sicut erat principio

University of Alberta Madrigal Singers,Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor

Intermission (15 minutes)

Dixit Dominus RV 595 Psalm 109

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Dixit dominus - Donec ponam inimicos - Virgam virtutis tuae - Tecum principium - Juravit Dominus - Dominus a dextris tuis - Judicabit in nationibus - De torrente in via bibet - Gloria Patri -

Sicut erat in principio - Et in saecula saeculorumCatherine Abele - soprano, Elizabeth Turnbull - mezzo-soprano

The University of Alberta Madrigal Singers

Carol Singing

Guest PerformersSoprano Catherine Abele received her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from the University of Manitoba, under the tutelage of Canadian soprano, Tracy Dahl. She went on to receive her Master of Music degree in Voice from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, the same institution where she is now a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice and Vocal Pedagogy. Ms. Abele was a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and took the top vocal prize at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition.

Recent engagements include La Belle Époque, a shared 2013/14 Department of Music Mainstage Concert featuring mélodies by Fauré, Debussy and Ravel, in collaboration with The Aldeburgh Connection’s Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata in a performance of A Country House Weekend, as guest soloist with the Richard Eaton Singers in Handel’s Israel in Egypt, and as a member of the world’s foremost school of German Lieder, the Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden, Austria. Additional performances this season included Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 with The Enterprise String Quartet.

Ms. Abele is an active vocal adjudicator in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. She served as Instructor of Voice, Lyric Diction and Vocal Pedagogy at the University of Alberta’s Department of Music from 2009 until 2014, and her students from that program have been accepted into opera training programs throughout North America, including Opera NUOVA, Opera on the Avalon, Cowtown Opera Company and Opera Neo in San Diego.

Elizabeth Turnbull, mezzo-soprano, has been hailed by the critics as ‘a revelation’, with ‘controlled passion, acute timing and glistening presence.’ Her many and varied credits include appearances with major orchestras and opera companies across North America.

Her roles range from the Baroque (Juno in Semele), to the Romantic (Carmen), modern (Augusta Tabor in the Canadian premiere of The Ballad of Baby Doe) and new (creating the role of Maria Picariello in Filumena). Concert experience has included the oratorios of Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn and Saint Saëns, the symphonies of Beethoven and Mahler, the songs of Brahms, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov, as well as numerous new music compositions.

Ms. Turnbull is the Voice Area Coordinator at the University of Alberta’s Department of Music, where she has been teaching voice for three years. She has also been an instructor for the past two summers at Opera NUOVA and for the past four summers at Opera on the AVALON.

Conductor Leonard Ratzlaff is a professor of choral music at the University of Alberta, where he supervises one of Canada’s most established graduate choral conducting programs. He directs the University of Alberta Madrigal Singers, a group that has distinguished itself both nationally and internationally through its performances, competition successes and CD recordings.

As the music director of the Richard Eaton Singers, Edmonton’s symphonic chorus, he has conducted many of the major choral master works with orchestra, collaborating with the Edmonton Symphony and the Alberta Baroque Ensemble.

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Soprano

Michaela ChisteLouise AshdownKatrina Townsend*Kaley HenbestElise NoyesRachel BergVanessa JerusalimecSylvie VigneuxHilary Davis

University of Alberta Madrigal Singers alto

Asiah HolmLily PageJennifer O’Donnell*Brianna Dennehy**Bailey CameronKelsey VankoskyKayla MacDonaldRosie Kilgannon

tenor

Savio NguyenMackenzie MayChris FriesenJohn LambertMatthew Dalen*/**Stuart Sladden**

BaSS

Anthony WynneStephen GustJavier Castillo*Liam RossStephen TrevoyJeremy Kerr-WilsonKurt Illerbrun

In 2014-15, while Professor Ratzlaff is on sabbatical, the Madrigal Singers are under the direction of Sara Brooks. Sara, in her third year as a doctoral student in choral conducting at University of Alberta, received her Master’s degree in Piano Performance at University of Ottawa, and while there she founded her own choir, the Capital Chamber Choir, with the specific focus of performing Canadian choral music. She is also the assistant conductor of the Richard Eaton Singers, and recently conducted their fall concert in music by Schubert and Vivaldi.

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*soli in Leo Magnificat

** soli in Vivaldi Dixit Dominus

Magnificat

Magnificat anima mea Dominum

Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.Quia respexit humilitatem ancillæ suæ:ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius.

Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies timentibus eum.

Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo, dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles. Esurientes implevit bonis et divites dimisit inanes. Suscepit Israel puerum suum recordatus misericordiæ suæ. Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semini eius in sæcula.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto:

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

Leonardo Leo

My soul doth magnify the Lord,

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed forever.

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

As it was, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen

Psalm 109 Dixit Dominus, RV 595

Dixit Dominus Domino meo:Sede a dextris meis.

Donec ponam inimicos tuos,scabellum pedum tuorum. Virgam virtutis tuae emittet ex Sion:dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. Tecum principium in die virtutis tuaein splendorbus sanctorum:ex utero ante luciferum genui te. Juravit Dominus, et non paenitebit eum:Tu es sacerdos in aeternumsecundum ordinem Melchisedech. Dominus a dextris tuis,Confregit in die irae suae reges. Judicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas:conquassabit capita in terra multorum. De torrente in via bibet:propterea exaltabit caput. Gloria Patri, et Filio,et Spiritui Sancto.

Sicut erat inprincipio, et nunc, et semper,

et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Vivaldi

The Lord said to my Lord,Sit at My right hand,

until I make your foesa stool beneath your feet." The Lord will extend from Zionthe sceptre of your power.Rule in the midst of your foes! Yours the princely rank from your birth dayin holy splendorLike dew before the day star I have begotten you. The Lord has sworn and will not repent,You are a priest forever,a priest like to Melchisedech. The Lord is at your right hand,he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. He will judge the nations, heap up the slain,destroy the leaders far and wide. On his way, he will drink of the torrent,so to look up in triumph. Glory to the Father, to the Son,and to the Holy Spirit

As it was in the beginning, now and for ever,

world without end. Amen.

The Alberta Baroque Music Society Board of DirectorsElizabeth Taylor, President Marion Boyd, Past President Nancy Heule, Vice President Richard Haagsma, TreasurerChristopher Head, Secretary Vince Anderson Heather Huska Jason Baxter Susan Flook Michael Lundquist Sandi Darrell

The Alberta Baroque Music Society StaffFounder and Artistic Director, Paul SchiemanBusiness Manager, Janet E. Schieman Production Manager, Marian BrantStage Manager, Charlene Roche

Honorary Lifetime Members Of The Alberta Baroque Music SocietyJoan Ivany Clara Dyck Elizabeth Taylor Steven LePooleGail Gates

Community PartnershipThe Alberta Baroque Music Society has teamed up with a local restaurant: Normand’s Restaurant on Jasper Avenue.

Present your concert ticket on the evening of the concert at this fine restaurant and receive 10% off you meal cost.

Reservations are recommended.

GRANTSThe Alberta Baroque Ensemble

Endowment Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts a beneficiary of the Lottery Fund of the Government of Alberta

The City of EdmontonThe Edmonton Arts CouncilThe Kathy Hogan Viola/Violin Memorial

Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation

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SpoNSoR ($2,000 +)BDO Canada LLPDr. Robert BomanTerry and Dawne Carlyle Strathcona OrthodonticsThe Edmonton Journal Christopher HeadNancy and Mark HeuleSteven and Day LePooleWirth Institute of Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta

BeNeFAcToR ($1,000 - $1,999)Dr. Gail AndrewDr. and Mrs. J. J. BoydAlice ChapmanLouise CharachClara DyckGail GatesLeni and John HonsakerIBM CanadaInland Cement Ltd.Robert and Margaret IvesonDoug and Carol McCallumR. June S. MenziesRobert and Kathryn MerrettEsther Ondrack

Elizabeth TaylorJane WellensMichael and Eliana Zaugg

pATRoN ($500 - $999)Sandi DarrellRichard and Anne FeildenMaggie LaingJoan MarshallAlan MatherConnie and Kenneth MarshallDrs. Don and Valerie MasseyBob and Tanice NicholJohn ObergHoward and Nanette SpraginsTELUSLynn Ziegler

DoNoR ($200 - $499)Geoff and Janet AllcockVince AndersonBarb and Jim BeckSid and Esmat BilassyPeter BrandonBrenda DaleSheila A. GoodingChris GrahamRae and Pat GrahamFrank and Ruth HendersonJerry IwanusEdwin and Sylvia KlarenbachLoretta KlarenbachAlbin ShanleyDouglas VickLew and Valerie WarkeW.G. WhiteNicholas Wickenden

coNTRiBuToR ($100 - $199)Barbara AllenH. BaadsgaardDiana BaconVivien Bosley

Janet M. ClarkJoyce M.ClarkPhil and Anne ComeauPaul and Diana CrumpSheila DechantKathleen DaintithMelanie DuhaimeLenore B. EricksonLois FieldDiane R. GagnonLea HalinenMarguerite Hampton & Laurie ParkAdam HedingerHenriette van HeesMary Hogan in memory of Kathy HoganDr. Robin InskipMary JohnsonMartin KatzSalma and Zaheer LakhaniPeter LemaGitte LindsayLynn MalinRoderick and Elaine MacleodCecily MillsSheila and Edward MozejkoFrank and Netta PhilletIrma RowlandsJohn and Fran ScotvoldLise and Dave SmithDonna ThomasYolanda van WalhemHoward and Adeline Hall

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Joan CartmellPenny CoatesAlbert de VosElizabeth DoktorSheila and Terry DyckDr. Evelyn EllermanHolly GilmourDoris GoetzColeen and Alfred FalkLouise HillEarl HubertBeth JenkinsGail M. JohnsonLeslie JohnsonEsther Kalverla-WhiteM. KellyG.W. KlumpenhouwerJoan KneshBevan LaingPraxede LepineTatiana McCallumG.B. McLarenHeather MillsDonald MilneJan MillsonSarah MuttittDawn H. ParkerParnel P.A. PierceCarolyn and Graham RosherMiriam SchnellertSadie SteinbringChris StewartMargaret T. StevensonA. StrackDr. Guy and Mrs. Norlene SwinnertonEkhard and Briditte TillerLorene TurnerTrudy VelichkaInge VermeulenBev Wardell

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Season Sponsor

Steven and Day LePoole

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Solo Sponsors

Alice ChapmanDr. Leonard Ratzlaff

The University of Alberta Madrigal Singers

Eliana and Michael ZauggCatherine Abele and Elizabeth Turnbull

Terry and Dawne Carlyle

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