20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN & CANADIAN MUSIC

IMinnesota Madrigals

Two Madrigals (1977) ••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••• Stephen Paulus

1, Sing We at PleasureSing VIleat pleasure, content is our treasure,Sweet love shall keep the ground,While we his praises sound,All shepherds in a ring, shall dancing ever sing,Sing!

-anonymous

2. And Must I Now Depart Then?

And must I now depa rt then?Can Pity none come near her?Farewell, alas desert then:o break asunder heart, to satisfy her.Farewell. -anonymous

Stephen Paulus lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is co-founder and managing composer of. the Minnesota Composers Forum, These madrigals represent the composer's attempt to

combine contemporary sounds and traditional texts in a singable style.

Madman's Song (1955) .••••.•.•.•...•.... Paul Fetler

Better to see your cheek grown hollow,Better to see you r tem pie worn,Than to forget to followAfter the sound of the silver horn.Better to bind your brow with willow,And follow until you die,Than to sleep with your head on a golden pillow,Nor lift it up when the hunt goes by.Better to see your cheek grown sallowAnd your hair grown gray, so soon,Than to forget to halloAfter the milk-white hounds of the moon.

-Elinor Wylie

Wild Swans (1955) .••••.•••••.••.••••••••••••.•••••••••• Paul Fetler

I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over;And what did I see I had not seen before?Only a question less or a question more;Nothing to match the flight of wild birds flying.Tiresome heart, forever living and dying!House without air! I leave you and lock your door!Wild swans, come over the town again,Trailing your legs and crying!

-Edna St. Vincent Millay

Paul Fetler is currently a Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, where heteaches Composition. Madman's Song and Wild Swans were written when he first becamekeenly interested in composing for unaccompanied choral singing.

In Praise of Apollo (1968) •••••••••••••••••••••••• , Dominick ArgentoHence, Burgundy, Claret, and Port, I follow:Away with old Hock and Madeira, On the green of the hillToo earthly ye are for my sport; We will drink our fillThere's a beverage brighter and clearer. Of golden sunshine,0, my bowl is the sky, Till our brains intertwine.And I drink at my eye, With the glory and grace of Apollo!Till I feel in the brain, The God of Song!A Delphian pain,Then follow, my Caius!

-John Keats

Dominick Argento is a Regents' Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota. In Praiseof Apollo, dedicated to the American composer Earl George, is the finale from A Nation ofCowslips, a suite of 7 bagatelles which are described by the composer as "doggerel verseswhich appear in Keats' letters written during his travels through England."

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20th-Century American Eclectic Mass

Kyrie (from Mass of the Holy Spirit) (1955) •••••••••••••• Randall Thompson

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

Gloria (from Mass for Mixed Chorus) (1960) •••••••••••••• Vincent Persichetti

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will. ..

Chorale (from Mass) (1971) •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Leonard Bernstein

Almighty Father, incline Thine ear:Bless us and all those who have gathered here.Thine angel send usWho shall defend us all.And fill with graceAll who dwell in this place.Amen. -Stephen Schwartz & Leonard Bernstein

Sanctus (from A Mass of Textures) (1971) ••••••••••••••••••••• ' Joseph Ott(sung in Latin)

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. .Hosanna in the highest!

Benedictus (1966) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dale WarlandBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest!

Agnus Dei (from Mass for Mixed Chorus) (1960) •••••••••••• Vincent Persichetti(sung in Latin)

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

Thompson's Mass of the Holy Spirit is dedicated to the Choir of St. Stephen's Church,Providence, R.I., Hollis E. Grant, Director. Persichetti's Mass for Mixed Chorus wascommissioned by Robert Shaw's Collegiate Chorale. Bernstein's Mass was composedfor the 1971 opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Wash·ington, D.C. Joseph Ott was a faculty member at Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin,from 1965·1972; he is currently composer-in-residence at Kansas State Teachers Collegein Emporia, Kansas. Dale Warland composed Benedictus for the Keuka College Choralewhile on the faculty at Keuka College, New York.

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Personals (1975) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Stephen PaulusLinell Gray, flute

Barbara Huestis, percussion

1. 30, WeirdThirty, seeks weird young femaleto explore the banal and the sublimeon a regular basis.

3. Good-Looking MaleGood-looking male desires a serious relationshipwith sensitive, conservative, feminine femalesecure in her own femininity.I enjoy the arts, traveling, romantic evenings,and caring for somebody special.

4. DancingYoung professional manwishes to meet a small, polite girlto take dancing occasionally.Transportation provided!

2. Seeking Mr. RightGal thirty-one, seeking Mr. Right.I'm five feet two with long black hair,tired of bar scene.Write P.O. box twelve-o-six,Grand Central Station.

Composed for Dale Warland and the Macalester College Concert Choir, the texts for thesefour brief character pieces are taken from the Personals sections of assorted GreenwichVillage newspapers.

INTERMISSION

IVCanadian Triptych

The Living Flame of Love (1967) •••••••••••••••••••••• Norma Beecroft

Oh, living flame of lovethat tenderly woundestmy soul in its core,- thou art no longer oppressive,perfect me now if it be thy will,Tear the veil of this sweet encounter.

Oh, sweet burn;Oh, treasure of a wound!Oh, soft hand! Oh, delicate touchThat savours of eternal lifeand pays every debt,Thou, in slaying, hast changed death into life.

Oh, lamps of fire,Glory streaming throughthe deepest part of beingonce dark and blindIn th is strange renewa IGive to the Beloved heat and light.

Oh, how gently, how lovingly,thou awakenest in my breast,Where thou swellest secretly and alone.In thy sweet breath,full of glory, grace and rest,How delicately thou inspirest my love.

-St. John of the Cross

Subtitled Stanzasof the Soul "in the intimate communication of union of the love of God,"this work has been translated from the Spanish by the composer, a native of Ontario, andwas commissioned by Waterloo Lutheran University (Ontario).

Miniwanka or The Moments of Water (1971) .•.•••••.••• R. Murray Schafer

Miniwanka is described by the composer as "an imitative piece describing the various statesof water. The text consists of words for water, rain, stream, river, fog and ocean, in thefollowing North American Indian languages: Dakota, Wappo, Crow, Chinook, Achomawi,Otchipwe, Salish, Natick, Klamath and Luiseno. The effect of the total piece should be tochronicle the transformation of water, from rain to streams, to quiet lakes, to broad rivers,to the ocean." Appointed to the faculty of Simon Fraser University (British Columbia) in1965, R. Murray Schafer has acquired an international reputation as one of Canada'smost successful and celebrated composers.

In Flanders Fields (1976) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Derek HealeyLinell Gray, flute

In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses,row on row, that mark our place;and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing,fly scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead.Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,loved, and were loved,and now we lie in Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:to you from failing hands we throw the Torch;be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep,though poppies grow in Flanders fields.

-John McCrae

Born in Wargrave, England, Derek Healey received his early musical training at the RoyalCollege of Music in London and also studied extensively in Italy. He has taught at theUniversity of Victoria (British Columbia), Waterloo Lutheran University (Ontario), and theUniversity of Toronto before being appointed to the faculty of the University of Guelph(Ontario) in 1972.

* In Praise of Wisdom (1980)

v........ Clyde Thompson

It cannot be bought with solid gold,not paid for with any weight of silver,

nor be priced by the standard of the gold of Ophir,or of precious onyx or sapphire.

No gold, no glass can match it in value,nor for a fine gold vase can it be bartered.

Nor is there need to mention coral, nor crystal;beside wisdom pearls are not worth the fishing.

Topaz from Cush is worthless in comparison,and gold, even refined, is valueless.

But tell me, where does wisdom come from?Where is understanding to be found?

Silver has its mines,and gold a place for refining.

Iron is extracted from the earth,the smelted rocks yield copper.

Man makes an end of darknesswhen he pierces to the uttermost depths'the black and lightless rock.

Mines the lamp-folk digin places where there is no foothold,and hang suspended far from mankind.

That earth from which bread comesis ravaged underground by fire.

Down there, the rocks are set with sapphires,full of spangles of gold. It is outside the knowledge of every living thing,

Down there is a path unknown to birds of prey, hidden from the birds in the sky.unseen by the eye of any vulture; Perdition and Death can only say,

a path not trodden by the lordly beasts, 'We have heard reports of it:where no lion ever walked. God alone has traced its path

Man attacks its flinty sides, and found out where it lives.upturning mountains by their roots, (For he sees to the ends of the earth,

driving tunnels through the rocks, and observes all that lies under heaven.)on the watch for anything precious. When he willed to give weight to the wind

He explores the sources of rivers, and measured out the waters with a gauge,and brings to daylight secrets that were hidden. when he made the laws and rules for the rain

But tell me, where does wisdom come from? and mapped a route for thunderclaps to follow,Where is understanding to be found? then he had it in sight, and cast its worth,

assessed it, fathomed it.And he said to man,

'Wisdom? it is fear of the lord.Understanding?-avoidance of evil:

The road to it is still unknown to man,not to be found in the land of the living.

'It is not in me' says the Abyss;'Nor here' replies the Sea.

-Job 28 (The Jerusalem Bible, transl, J.R.R. Tolkien)

Of the so-called "wisdom" books in the Old Testament, the book of Job is the literarymasterpiece, I selected the text from Chapter 28, a hymn in praise of wisdom, not onlyfor its richness of poetic imagery but also as an attempt to achieve a single, sharp focus onsome of the immense wealth and epth of Old Testament writing.

-Clyde Thompson

Clyde Thompson is an active Twin Cities composer and is a member of the MinnesotaComposers Forum. In Praise of Wisdom was written especially for Dale Warland.

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The Electronic Alice: Part One (1974) ••.••••••••••••••••• James WalkerFor Mixed Chorus, Semi-Chorus, Amplified

Harpsichord, Piano, and Electronically-Synthesized Tape

1. All in the Golden AfternoonAll in the golden afternoon

Full leisurely we glide;For both our oars, with little skill,

By little arms are plied,While little hands make vain pretence

Our wanderings to guide.

Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour,Beneath such dreamy weather

To beg a tale of breath too weakTo stir the tiniest feather!

Yet what can one poor voice availAgainst three tongues together?

Imperious Prima flashes forthHer edict "to begin it."

In gentler tones Secunda hopes"There will be nonsense in it."

While Tertia interrupts the taleNot more than once a minute.

And ever, as the story drainedThe wells of fancy dry,

And faintly strove that weary oneTo put the subject by,

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"The rest next time -" "It is next time!"The happy voices cry.

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:Thus slowly, one by one,

Its quaint events were hammered out -And now the tale is done,

And home we steer, a merry crew,Beneath the setting sun.

Alice! A childish story take,And with a gentle hand

Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twinedIn Memory's mystic band,

Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowersPluck'd in a far-off land.

Anon, to sudden silence won,In fancy they pursue

The dream-child moving through a landOf wonders wild and new,

In friendly chat with bird or beast -And half believe it true.

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2. The Lobster Quadrille

"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whitingto a snail,

"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he'streading on my tail.

Seehow eagerly the lobsters and the turtlesall advance!

They are waiting on the shingle -will youcome and join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you,will you join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you,won't you joi n the dance?" .

"You can really have no notion how delightfulit will be

When they take us up and throw us, with thelobsters, out to sea!"

But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" andgave a look askance-

Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but hewould not join the dance.

Would not, could not, would not, could not,would not join the dance.

Would not, could not, would not, could not,would not join the dance.

"What matters it how far we go?" his scalyfriend replied.

"There is another shore, you know, upon theother side.

The further off from England the nearer is toFrance-

Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but comeand join the dance.

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you,will you join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you,won't you join the dance?"

-Lewis Carroll

"Will you walk into my parlour?"said the spider to the fly.

" 'Tis the prettiest little parlour thatever you did spy ..."

"Oh, no, no," said the little fly, "toask me is in vain,

For who goes up your winding staircan ne'er come down again."

-Mary Howitt

The two movements, "All in the Golden Afternoon" and "The Lobster Quadrille," comprisePart One of James Walker's The Electronic Alice, a series of settings of texts from LewisCarroll's marvelous tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The text for the first movementis taken from the preface of Carroll's book, and recalls the moment when the tale of Alicewas born: a "golden afternoon" spent rowing on a peaceful lake with three sisters, thecharming daughters of a colleague. Carroll would have us believe that it is at their insistence(he refers to them in his poem as Prima, Secunda, and Tertia) that the tale which later be-comes the book is extemporized. The text for the second movement comes from the bodyof the story itself, and relates the meeting of Alice with those strange creatures, the MockTurtle and the Gryphon, during a dance called "The Lobster Quadrille." This choreo-graphic fantasy has as its climax the throwing of the lobsters out to sea. Carroll's poemappears to be a parody of The Spider and the Fly, a popular poem of the period by MaryHowitt, and Walker has incorporated into his setting the folk tune with which Ms. Howitt'spoem is associated.

The composer is on the staff at the State University College of Arts and Science in Geneseo,New York.

Piano and Harpsichord: Christine Dahl

OPTIONAL

Sourwood Mountain American Fiddle Song( Rutter)

Black Sheep American Lullaby( Rutter)

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Stephen C. Foster(Kubik)

Si j'avais Ie bateau Newfoundland Folk Song(sung in French) (Somers)

Zum gali " Israeli Folk Tune(Goldman)

the dale worland sInqersDALE WAR LAND, CONDUCTOR

Wayne M. Kivell, Assistant ConductorDiana J. Leland, General Manager

George Berglund, Assistant ManagerSOPRANO ALTO

Rosemary L. Barenz"Ruth BrewsterVictoria DeanSue Boxrud DonaldsonElizabeth MillerMary L. OlsonMarie SathrumSue ShepardLinda SteenRuth Taylor

TENOR

Roxanne BentleyThea Sikora.EngelsonJoanne HalvorsenElizabeth HolmesLynn Carol JonesChris LudwigMichaela Mahady

"Dianne PrieditisKay SandeenMarilyn SieberRica Jane VanRuth Warland

Paul AndersonGeorge BerglundCraig Edwall

"Rob EngelsonJames GoodrichTim JohnsonJoel LillethunPaul LohmanMichael MillerJerry D. NelsonA. Douglas NodlandWilliam Rollie

"section leaders

Program Design by Michaela MahadyProgram Notes and Coordination by George Berglund

BASS

David BriggsSteve BurgerCary John FranklinLarry Lee HenselLloyd HjelleWaynne B. HornickeJack JaegerJerry RubinoFrank Steen

'Clyde ThompsonPaul van HoutenJohn Woodward

THE DALE WAR LAND SINGERS

The Dale Warland Singers, organized in 1972, is comprised of 46 singers from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. .

While building an extensive repertoire of standard a cappella choral music, The Dale WarlandSingers has made one of its most significant contributions with artistic performances of20th-century music. The long list of composers represents a wide variety of nationalities andmusical styles.

The Dale Warland Singers appears regularly with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, MinnesotaOrchestra, and Minnesota Opera Company. It concertizes throughout the central portionof the United States and broadcasts regularly over public radio. In 1977 it toured Scan-dinavia at the request of the Swedish Rikskonserter and recorded for both Swedish andNorwegian Radio.

The ensemble is continually active in recording projects. Its first digital recording, Echoesof Christmas, was released by Augsburg Publishing House in 1979. Choral Mosaic, a digitalrecording of works by Bach, Brahms, Ginastera, Argento, and Messiaen, will be released onthe same label in 1980. La Fiesta de la Posada, recorded by Columbia Records with DaveBrubeck and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, has been released in England and is now avail-able in the United States.

DALE WARLAND

Dale Warland, Professor of Choral Music at MacalesterCollege, received his B.A. from St. Olaf College, M.A.from the University of Minnesota, and D.M.A. fromthe University of Southern California. His academichonors include a Tanglewood scholarship and a FordFoundation grant which made possible a nine-monthstudy of choral music in England, Sweden, and Norway.He is an active composer and arranger, a member of theAmerican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers(ASCAPl, and has his own choral series with JensonPublications. Most recently, Dr. Warland was appointedChorus Master for Minnesota Opera and awarded anIndividual Artist Grant by the Minnesota State ArtsBoard to work with Robert Shaw, Music Director ofthe Atlanta Symphony. In January 1981 he willguest-conduct the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm.

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Anchor Paper CompanyAugsburg Publishing HouseCommercial State BankDeLange, J. Roger, Jr.First Bank BurnsvilleFirst Bank GrandMacalester CollegeMariner High School Choral Department

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Performing Arts CenterMilwaukee, Wisconsin

Saturday, October 18, 1980,8:00 P.M.

Bethel Lutheran ChurchMadison, Wisconsin

Sunday, October 19, 1980,3:00 P.M.

Harpsichord used for Milwaukee performanceby Keith Hill, provided by Roger Sherman.

The appearances in Wisconsin are part of a series of regional concerts to be presented during the 1980-1981season, a project which is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington,D. C., a Federal agency.

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1980-1981 INAUGURAL CONCERT SERIES

20th-CenturyAmerican & Canadian Music

Saturday, November 8,1980,8:00 P.M.Grace Lutheran Church, Apple Valley, Minnesota

Echoes of Christmas at Orchestra Hall

Sunday, November 9, 1980,8:00 P.M.Walker Art Center Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sunday, December 7, 1980,8:00 P.M.Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis; Minnesota

European Choral Mesterworks Saturday, April 4, 1981,8:00 P.M.House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Richfield, Minnesota

Sunday, April 5, 1981,3:00 P.M.Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Americana - A Bit of Folk Saturday, May 16, 1981,8:00 P.M.Westwood Lutheran Church, St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Sunday, May 17, 1981,3:00 P.M.Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

The 1980-1981 Inaugural Concert Series is an activity which is made possible in part by a grant provided by theMetropolitan Council from funds appropriated to the Minnesota State Arts Board by the Minnesota Legislature.

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