COME AND SING THE CHORAL CLASSICS
ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
— HANDEL
FIVE MYSTICAL SONGS—VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
GLORIA-VIVALDI
SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 1989
at 7.30.pm
CIVIC HALL,
GUILDFORD
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC CHOIR AND GUESTS
Conductor:
NEVILLEE CREED
There will be no interval
The performance will end at approximately 8.45.pm
THE ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
HANDEL (1685-1759)
This ebullient composition is the Sinfonia from Part III
of Handel's oratorio "Solomon".
It was Beecham who gave
it the title "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba".
Desmond
Shawe Taylor wrote, "If this sparkling piece really represents
the Queen's arrival then she is the merriest monarch in
‘oratorio”.
FIVE MYSTICAL SONGS
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
MARK OLDFIELD - Baritone
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
Easter
I got me flowers
Love bade me welcome
The Call
Antiphon
All of these texts are by one of the greatest of the
"Metaphysical" poets - George Herbert
(1593-1632).
He
was also a skilled musician and not only are there many
references to music in his verse but the poetry seems
to possess a natural musicality.
The composition was
first heard at a Three Choirs Festival in September
1911 in Worcester Cathedral.
The poems are deeply religious
and Vaughan Williams manages to give them fine romantic
colouring,
delivering the texts with inspiration and clarity.
GLORIA
IN D MAJOR (RV 589
)
:
VIVALDI (1678-1741)
NICKY-JANE KEMP - Soprano
KATHLEEN McKELLAR-FERGUSON — Mezzo Soprano
i)
Gloria in excelsis
(Glory to God)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
Et in terra pax
Laudamus te
Gratias agimus tibi
Propter magnum gloriam
Domine Deus
Domine Fili Unigenite
viii)
ix)
Domine Deus, Angus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi
(Peace on earth)
(We praise thee)
(we give thanks)
(We praise thy glory)
(O Lord God)
(O Lord, the onlybegotten Son)
(O Lord God, Lamb of God)
(O thou that takest away
Qui sedes ad dexteram
(Thou that sittest at the
Qucniam tu solus Sanctus
Cum sancto Spiritu
right hand)
(Thou only art holy)
(Thou art the most high)
X)
xi)
xii)
the sins of the world)
Vivaldi wrote most of his religious works for an orphanage
for girls in Venice named the "Ospedale della Pieta".
Rather than being introverted works for devotion,
they were
designed to show off the talents of the pupils and
encourage benefactions from wealthy merchants.
Hence
the "Gloria" features virtuoso orchestral writing and
technically demanding vocal solos.
khkkkhkkhkkkhkhkhkhkhkhhhhhhkhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhdkhkdhkhkhhhhdhkhhkhkhhkhhdrhxi
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
VIVALDI:
ELGAR:
HANDEL:
GLORIA,
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:
FOR THE FALLEN,
MESSIAH,
SEASON 1989/90
FIVE MYSTICAL SONGS,
FINZI:INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY,
BEETHOVEN:MISSA SOLEMNIS, BERNSTEIN:
CHICHESTER PSAIMS STANFORD:SONGS OF THE SEA, CHRISTMAS
CAROL CONCERT. CONDUCTORS: SIR CHARLES GROVES, SIR DAVID
WILLCOCKS, CHORUS MASTER: NEVILLE CREED.
REHEARSALS:
MONDAY EVENINGS, METHODIST CHURCH HALL, WHARF
ROAD, GUILDFORD.
Details from:
Mrs K Atkins, Guildford
Philharmonic Choir Office, The Lodge, Allen House Grounds,
Chertsey Street, Guildford GUl 4HL. Tel:(0483) 444666.
hhkhkhkkkhkhkhkhdkhkhkdkdkhkhhkdkhhhkhhdhkhhhkkhhdkhkhhkhkhhhdhhhkhhhkhkhkkdhhkhkhkhkdhixk
TOMORROW!!!
OPENING CONCERT OF GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA'S
1989/90 SEASON
SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 1989 at 3.pm
The Hart Brown Concert
CIVIC HALL, GUILDFORD
Daniel Jones
Orpheus & Bacchus Overture
(world premiere commissioned by
Ian Christians)
Liszt
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No 2
Symphony No 5
SIR CHARLES GROVES,
PETER KATIN,
Conductor
Piao
Sponsared by HART BROWN & @O
Solicitors
Tickets: £7.50., £6.50., £5.50., (Children aged 16 and under
half price,concessions for senior citizens). Obtainable from
Civic Hall (0483) 444555.
SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 1989 at 7.30.pm
The Crossley Clitheroe Concert
CIVIC HALL, GUILDFORD
Overture "Der Freischutz"
Cello Concerto
Symphony No 7
RONALD ZOLLMAN
ROBERT COHEN
Weber
Dvorak
Beethoven
Conductor
Cello
Tickets: £7.50., £6.50., £5.50., (Children aged 16 and under
half price, concessions for senior citizens). Obtainable
from Civic Hall (0483) 444555
FIVE MYSTICAL SONGS - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
No. 1.
Rise, heart: thy Lord is risen.
Without delays,
Sing his praise
EASTER
Awake, my lute, and struggle
for thy part
With all thy art.
Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise
With him may’st rise:
That, as his death caicined thee to dust,
His llie may make thee gold, and much
more, Just.
The cross taught all wood to
resound his name
Who bore the same.
His stretched sinews taught
all strings, what key
Is best to celebrate this
most
Consort both heart and lute, and twist
a song
high day.
Pleasant and long:
Or since all music is but three parts vied,
And multiplied;
O let thy blessed Spirit bear a part,
And make up our defects with his
sweet art,
No. 2.
I GOT ME FLOWERS
[ got me flowers to strew thy way;
I got me boughs off many a tree:
But thou wast up by brzak of day,
The Sun arising in the East,
And brought'st thy sweets along with thee.
Though he give light, and the
East perfume
If they should offer to contest
With thy arising, they presume.
Can there be any day but this,
Though many suns to shine endeavour?
We count three hundred, but we miss:
There is but one, and that one ever.
No. 3.
LOVE BADE ME WELCOME
Love bade me weicome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
Il 1 lack’d any thing.
-
A guest, I answer'd, worthy to bz here:
Love said, You shall be he.
I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear,
I cannot look on thee.
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
Who made the eyes but [?
Truth, Lord, but | have marr’d them:
let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.
And know you not, says Love, who bore
the blame?
My dear, then I will serve.
You must sit down, says Love, and taste my
meats
So I did sit and eat.
No. 4.
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Lile:
Such a Way, as gives us breath1
Such a Truth, as ends all strifes
Such a Life, as killeth death.
THE CALL
Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength:
Such a Light, as shows a feast;
Such a Feast, as mends in length1
Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:
Such a Joy, as none can move:
Such a Love, as none can part:
Such a Heart, as joys in love.
No. 5. ANTIPHON
Let all the world in every corner sing,
My God and King.
Let all the world in every corner sing,
The heavens are not too high,
His praise may thither fiy:
The earth is not too low,
The Church with Psalms must shout,
No door can keep themn out:
His praises there may grow.
My God and King.
But above all, the heart
Must bear the longest part.
Let all the world in every corner sing,
My God and King.