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DECEMBER 21, 2018Holy Trinity Lutheran

DECEMBER 22, 2018Lakewood Congregational Church

DECEMBER 23, 2018Our Lady of Peace

Michel Corrette: Noels sur les instrumentsÀ la venue de Noel

Le Roy des cieux vient de naîtreAdam fut un pauvre homme

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Dialogus inter angelos et Pastores Judeae, H. 420

Traditional Noëls (arranged by Ross Duffin)Une jeune pucelle

Tous les bourgeois de ChâtreVoici le jour solennel

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit, H. 9

Les Délices (Debra Nagy, director)Quire Cleveland (Jay White, director)

Eric Milnes, guest conductor

CHARPENTIER’S MIDNIGHT MASS

Tonight’s program is generously sponsored by Drs. Joseph Sopko & Elizabeth Macintyre and Grete Anderson. Les Délices and Quire Cleveland are grateful for funding from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the George Gund Foundation, and the Paul M. Angell

Family Foundation, which makes our programs possible.

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Notes on the Program

Writing in 1571, the historian Etienne Pasquier recalled hearing every family sing noels nightly during his childhood. These songs and dances whose strophic lyrics honored the Lord (frequently telling the story of the Nativity) permeated popular culture. Great church sanctuaries resounded with the strains of noels during the offertory of the Midnight Mass and children and adults sang them in the streets throughout Advent.

Though the music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Michel Corrette on tonight’s program was composed in the late-17th and early-18th centuries, the beloved French carols on which these compositions are based can be traced back at least as far as the early 16th century when printed collections of simple, tuneful noels proliferated. Writing in his 1768 Dictionnaire de Musique, Jean-Jacques Rousseau even noted that the noels “should have a rustic and pastoral character consistent with the simplicity of the words and of the shepherds who were supposed to have sung them while paying homage to Christ in the crib.”

Traditional French noels thoroughly infuse tonight’s program. We begin with three noels given virtuosic instrumental treatment by Michel Corrette (1707-1795). The joyous A la venue de Noël (at the coming of Christmas) sparkles with energy, while shepherds drones are clearly heard in the pastoral Le Roy des cieux vient de naître (the heavenly King has just been born). Brilliant variations also spring forth from the jig-like Adam fut un pauvre homme (Adam was a poor man).

Performers

Les Délices Quire Cleveland

Violins & ViolasJulie Andrijeski

Allison Monroe

Cynthia Black

Addi Liu

CelloMélisande Corriveau

BassJ. Tracy Mortimore

Oboes & RecordersDebra Nagy

Kathryn Montoya

BassoonAnna Marsh

OrganEric Milnes

SopranoSarah Coffman*

Elena Mullins*

Melanie Emig

Kristine Caswelch

AltoJohn McElliott

Joseph Schlesinger

Courtney Popp

Jay White

TenorNathan Dougherty*

Bryan Munch*

Evan Bescan

Gregory Ristow

BassDaniel Fridley*

Brian MacGilvray

Nathan Longnecker

Ian Crane

* Soloists

Michael McKayRobert Stark

Act one begins

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Program Notes Continued

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) wrote extraordinarily beautiful music in nearly every genre from sacred music to opera. Despite his extensive output (preserved in a large collection of autograph manuscripts), frustratingly little is known about him. We do know, however, that he completed formative studies in Rome under the tutelage of Giacomo Carissimi, whose Italianate influence would permeate his future compositions.

Though he never secured permanent employment at the royal court, Charpentier sang tenor and composed much small-scale religious music while engaged by the aristocrat Marie de Lorraine (better known as Mademoiselle de Guise). This was excellent preparation for his appointment as music director of the great Jesuit church of Saint-Louis. Called “l’église de l’opéra” (the church of the opera), the post gave Charpentier access to the finest instrumentalists and singers in Paris. Both Charpentier’s Dialogus inter angelos et pastores Judeae in nativitatem Domini (Dialogue between the angel and shepherds at the birth of the Lord) and the famous Messe de Minuit (Midnight Mass) date from his time at St. Louis.

Not quite an oratorio and not really a motet, the Dialogus was probably performed in a liturgical context. The first part (loosely based on Psalm 12:1) is full of vivid text-painting such as the flowing melismas of “fluent lac et mel” (flowing with milk and honey) and the excited anticipation for the coming of the Lord in the chorus “Utinam dirumperes caelos.” The Second half tells the story of the angels and the shepherds from Luke 2:8-20 in a more theatrical manner. To begin, muted strings, and mumuring, meandering melodic lines evoke perfect stillness for the night Christ was born (Nuit) – only to be interrupted by a brilliant instrumental flourish (Reveil des bergers) as the shepherds are awakened the next morning. A dialogue between the angel (represented by a solo soprano) and the shepherds ensues as she urges them to rush to Bethlehem to behold the miracle. Time then seems to stop for the Adoration during the ethereal “O infans, O deus, O salvator noster,” and the piece ends in a tuneful celebration with the chorus “Pastores undique sertant concentibus.”

Charpentier’s justly famous Messe de Minuit represents a “perfect synthesis” between the secular and liturgical, and between the popular and learned. Adapting the vast majority of the Latin mass to French noels (including the three noels sung in French by Quire Cleveland in four-voice arrangements by Ross Duffin), the Messe de Minuit’s fresnhess and joyful spirit perfectly represent Advent. While Charpentier used eleven different noel tunes through the course of the work, the most serious moment of the mass – the statements of Christ’s incarnation, his mortal existence, and his death under Pontius Pilate – is given wholly original, appropriately sober music.

– Debra Nagy

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Performer BiographiesLes Délices (pronounced Lay day-lease) explores the dramatic potential and emotional resonance of long-forgotten music. Founded by baroque oboist Debra Nagy in 2009, Les Délices has established a reputation for unique programs that are “thematically concise, richly expressive, and featuring composers few people have heard of.” The New York Times added, “Concerts and recordings by Les Délices are journeys of discovery.” The group’s debut CD was named one of the “Top Ten Early Music Discoveries of 2009 (NPR’s Harmonia), and their performances have been called “a beguiling experience” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), “astonishing” (ClevelandClassical.com), and “first class” (Early Music America Magazine). In addition to touring engagements and free community programs, Les Délices presents an annual concert series Akron, Lakewood, and at Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights, OH, where the group is Artist in Residence. Visit www.lesdelices.org for more information.

Quire Cleveland makes life more harmonious. With the vision of building global harmony through performance and education, Quire Cleveland is dedicated to exploring, preserving, and breathing new life into nine centuries of extraordinary choral music. This professional choir’s vibrant performance of choral music both ancient and new reveals the timeless humanity of this art form. Under the artistic direction of Jay White, Quire Cleveland introduces audiences to choral music not heard in the modern era — including modern premieres of a cappella works newly discovered or reconstructed. The members of Quire Cleveland are highly-trained musicians, collectively representing 500 years of choral experience. Through concerts, recordings, broadcasts, and more than 850,000 views on Youtube, Quire reaches people in 217 countries around the world. Since 2008, Quire Cleveland has earned both critical and popular acclaim for their “stunning panache” (ClevelandClassical.com) and “rich mosaic of music” (Early Music America Magazine), as they “combine stylistic truth with vocal elegance” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).

Eric Milnes (guest conductor) has received critical acclaim as conductor and keyboard artist in North & South America, Europe and Asia, renowned as one of the most creative and dynamic early music performers of his generation. In recent seasons he conducts L’Harmonie des Saisons, of which he is co-founder, La Bande Montréal Baroque, The Seattle Baroque Orchestra, New York Baroque, The Portland Baroque Orchestra, The New York Collegium and The Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago, Chile. He has appeared

as conductor or harpsichordist at the Utrecht Festival, The Regensburg Festival, The Potsdam Festival, The Bruge Festival, The Montreal Baroque Festival, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Boston Early Music Festival. His discography numbers over fifty recordings, and he is the director of Montréal Baroque’s recordings of the complete Bach sacred cantatas for ATMA Classique, of which seven volumes are completed. He has taught with the faculties of The Juilliard School, Hofsra University New York, and the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, Norway.e

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Board of DirectorsJoseph Sopko, President

Shirley Simmons, Vice President Arthur Rotatori, Secretary Bonnie Baker, Treasurer

Laurie Aronoff Ana de Freitas Boe

Donald W. Morrison*Debra Nagy

Daniel Shoskes Nicholas Wille

Founding Board MembersTracy Mortimore, Charlotte Newman, Elizabeth Wells Rothenberg

Thanks to Our VolunteersPenny Adelstein, Laurie Aronoff, Julie Andrijeski & Tracy Mortimore, Carol Bader,

Bonnie Baker, Thomas Baumgardner, Ana de Freitas Boe & Debra Nagy, Tracy Brubaker, Bill Busta & Joan Tomkins, Alice Gould Butts & Charlie Butts,

Georgia Cowart, Alan Choo, Alice Culin-Ellison, Lisa Crawford, Nathan Dougherty, David Ellis, Matthew Gabriel, John Goodell, Emily Iott, Jim Iott, Emilie Kadish,

Eric Kisch, Thaya Kongpakpaisarn, Ursula Korneitchouk, Gregg Loesch, Susan McClary & Robert Walser, Fred McGuire, Devin McNulty, Jan Milic, Elena Mullins, Allison Monroe, Katelin Morrow, Charlotte & Jack Newman,

Ron Nockengost, Joel Elvery & Lynn Phares, Joanne Poderis, Ed Rosenberg & Elizabeth Gockel, Cynthia Seaman-Ross, Shirley Simmons, Joseph Sopko &

Elizabeth Macintyre, Corey Shotwell, Qin-Ying Tan, Barbara Walker, Gloria Woodford

Debra Nagy Artistic Director

Carol Lee Iott General Manager

Jane Leggiero Box Office & Marketing Assistant

*Les Délices mourns the loss of our Board member, Donald W. Morrison, who passed away on November 2, 2018. Don served on the Les Délices board from 2016-2018

and was a dedicated and passionate patron of the Cleveland arts community.

Charpentier ($5000+)Bonnie Baker, Thomas & Marilyn McLaughlin, Donald Morrison, Charlotte & Jack Newman

Rebel ($2500+) Ana Boe & Debra Nagy, William Busta & Joan Tomkins, Kim Sherwin, Elizabeth Macintyre & Joseph Sopko

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Thanks to our Generous Contributors(Donations received January 1, 2018 – December 9, 2018)

FoundationsAkron Community Foundation

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Paul O'Dettein Concert

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The Esterhazy Legacy Missa Santi Nicholai by Haydn

Mass In C by Beethoven

Sunday, March 24, 3:00 p.m. Maltz Performing Arts Center

sonic sunrise - music of the spheres Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo

and choral settings of poems by e e cummings

Sunday, June 2, 3:30 p.m.

Church of the Gesu

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Concerts begin at 5:00 pm at Christ Church Episcopal, 21 Aurora Street in Hudson.

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Ave Maria: England's RoseDelight in the dulcet tones of the English Renaissance with a program honoring the

Blessed Virgin Mary. Along with Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, we will showcase the exceptional talents of rarely-heard composers such as Dunstaple, Cornysh and Fayrfax.

May 4, 2019 @ 7:30 pmLakewood Congregational Church

1375 W. Clifton Blvd., Lakewood

May 5, 2019 @ 7:30 pmSt. Peter Catholic Church

E. 17th & Superior, Cleveland

Jay White, artistic director

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FEATURING:Series concerts in Akron at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

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JAN 18–20, 2019 | LEUVEN SONGBOOKLes Délices brings Medieval music to vivid life for audiences with this multimedia program

featuring works from a recently-discovered 15th-century songbook. Combining gorgeous projected images and supertitles with an ensemble of singers, medieval fiddles, harp, lute, and recorders, this

program is produced in collaboration with Chicago’s renowned Newberry Consort.

APR 5–7, 2019 | THE ELEMENTSLes Délices completes their 10th Anniversary season with ground-breaking music from the

18th and 21st centuries that depicts the chaos of creation and the four elements of water, fire, earth, and wind. The program pairs Les Délices’ own arrangement of Jean-Féry Rebel’s The

Elements with a newly commissioned, nature-inspired work for period instruments by young composer Theo Chandler.

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