Monday Evening, January 15, 2018, at 7:00Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Celebrating DCINY’s 10th Anniversary Season!

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

presents

The Music of Sir Karl JenkinsDISTINGUISHED CONCERTS ORCHESTRA

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONALJONATHAN GRIFFITH, DCINY Artistic Director & Principal Conductor

SIR KARL JENKINS, DCINY Composer-in-Residence

KARL JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace Accompanied by the film The Armed Man 1. The Armed Man 2. Call to Prayers 3. Kyrie 4. Save Me from Bloody Men 5. Sanctus 6. Hymn Before Action 7. Charge! 8. Angry Flames 9. Torches 10. Agnus Dei 11. Now the Guns have Stopped 12. Benedictus 13. Better is Peace DIANA MCVEY, Soprano KATHERINE PRACHT, Mezzo-Soprano BRIAN CHENEY, Tenor STEPHEN LANCASTER, Baritone IMAM CHERNOR SAAD JALLOH, Call to Prayer Soloist

Intermission

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Q & A with Sir Karl Jenkins and Jonathan Griffith hosted by Jeff Spurgeon, WQXR Radio Personality

KARL JENKINS Sing! The Music was Given (World Premiere, Courtesy of the DCINY Premiere Project) 1. Sing – sing – Music was given 2. M – U – S – I – C 3. Music Matters! 4. Waterfall Music 5. That music always round me 6. The Psalm: Tehillim – Psalm 150 7. I’ll make music 8. Ukukula Umcolo KATHERINE PRACHT, Mezzo-Soprano

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Notes ON THE PROGRAM

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace isthe result of a special millennial commis-sion from the Royal Armouries and thelatest in a six-century-old tradition of“Armed Man” masses that take the15th-century French song L’HommeArmé as their starting point. The themethat the Armed Man must be feared,which is the message of the song, seemedpainfully relevant to the 20th centuryand so the idea was born to commissiona modern “Armed Man Mass.”

The Mass begins with the beat ofdrums, the orchestra gradually buildingto the choir’s entrance, singing the15th-century theme tune “The ArmedMan.” After the scene is set, the styleand pace change, and we are preparedfor reflection by first the Muslim Callto Prayers (Adhaan) and then theKyrie. Next, to a plainsong setting, wehear words from the Psalms asking forGod’s help against our enemies. The“Sanctus” that follows is full of men-ace, and has a primeval, tribal charac-ter that adds to its power. The menacegrows in the next movement asKipling’s “Hymn Before Action” buildsto its final devastating line, “Lord grantus strength to die.”

War is now inevitable. “Charge!”opens with a seductive paean to martialglory which is followed by theinevitable consequence—war in all its

uncontrolled cacophony of destruction,then the eerie silence of the battlefieldafter the battle and, finally, the burialof the dead. Surely nothing can beworse than this? But think again. At thevery center of the work is “AngryFlames,” an excerpt from a poemabout the horrors of the atom bombattack on Hiroshima.

The “Agnus Dei,” with its lyricalchorale theme, reminds us of Christ’sultimate sacrifice. The “Benedictus”heals those wounds in its slow andstately affirmation of faith and leads usto the final, positive climax of thework. This begins back where we start-ed in the 15th century with Lancelotand Guinevere’s declaration, born ofbitter experience, that peace is betterthan war.

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peacereceived its world premiere in April2000 at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Ina rapturous performance, by turns vis-ceral and ethereal, the Mass was “a firebomb of orchestral and human voices”(The London Times) that drew “pro-longed shouts of approval from theaudience” (The Independent).

—Guy Wilson, Master of The Armouries,

Britain’s oldest National Museum

SIR KARL JENKINS (b. 1944) The Armed Man: A Mass forPeace(approx: 63 minutes)

Sing! The Music was Given was com-missioned by DCINY to mark the occa-sion of the organisation’s 10th anniver-sary in 2018. The co-founders,Jonathan Griffith and Iris Derke, havebeen hugely supportive of my musicover these ten years, and a programmeof my works has been performed on oraround every Martin Luther King Jr.holiday since the inaugural concert.

To celebrate the anniversary, I decidedto go to the core of what DCINY is,their raison d’être: music and singing. Itherefore selected or commissioned textthat was about music. The words ‘Sing– sing – Music was given’ are an exhor-tation from me to them to sing themusic I have given, while forming theopening line of the rousing first move-ment, a setting of the poem by ThomasMoore (1779–1852).

There follow two movements with textby Carol Barratt (aka Lady Jenkins!)who has contributed a great deal oftext to my work over the years. Thefirst is structured in the form of anacrostic poem, where the first letter ofeach line spells another word, in thisinstance ‘M-U-S-I-C’.

The second with text by Carol is‘Music Matters!’, which can be read intwo ways: the fact that music is impor-tant but also that this movement pre-sents facts about, and facets of, music.

For example counter-melodies: do, re,me together with hand signals, and taa,taa-tay, ta-fa-te-fee (French rhythmnames). Also ‘music counts’, both inthe sense that it is important but also interms of pulse: 1-2-3-4, 2-2-3-4 etc.

‘Waterfall Music’ has haiku text datingfrom 1688 by Bash Matsuo and issung in both Japanese and English.

The fifth movement, ‘That Music AlwaysRound Me’, sets words by Walt Whitman(1819–1892), a vivid text pointedly high-lighted in the orchestration.

An option available for performancesof this work is to include at this pointtwo movements borrowed from myGloria, also a celebration of music. Thefirst is a setting of ‘Tehillim – Psalm150’ (sung in Latin or Hebrew), fol-lowed by ‘I’ll Make Music’, with textfrom Deuteronomy 32:2, Psalm 144:9and 1 Chronicles 13:8.

The work ends with a movement inAdiemus ‘tribal’ style and quasi-African feel. The text is based on thedeconstruction of two Zulu words,ukukula (sing) umcolo (music). Theopening movement is referenced beforethe tribal feel resumes, bringing thework to a jubilant close.

—Sir Karl Jenkins CBE

SIR KARL JENKINS Sing! The Music was Given(World Premiere, Courtesy of the DCINY Premiere Project)(approx. 40 minutes)

Texts and TranslationsThe Armed Man: A Mass for PeaceKARL JENKINS

1. The Armed Man

L’Homme Armé, written 1450-64

L’homme armé doit on douter.On a fait partout crier,Que chacun se viegne armerD’un haubregon de fer.

2. Call to Prayers (Adhaan)Traditional. Sung in Arabic.

Allahu Akbar Ashadu An La Illa – L – Lah

Ashadu Anna Muhammadan Rasulu – l – lah of Allah

Hayya Ala – s – salah. Hayya Ala – l –Falah

Allahu Akbar La Illaha il la – lah

3. Kyrie

Kyrie eleison.Christe eleison.Kyrie eleison.

4. Save Me from Bloody Men

The armed man must be feared.Everywhere it has been decreedThat every man should arm himselfWith an iron coat of mail.

Allah is the greatest.I bear Witness that there is no god butAllahI bear Witness that Muhammad is themessenger of Allah

Come fast to prayer. Come fast to thesuccess.Allah is the greatest.There is no god but Allah.

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

Be merciful unto me, O God:For man would swallow me upHe fighting daily oppresseth meMine enemies would daily swallow me up,For they be many that fight against me.O thou most high.

Defend me from them that rise up against me.Deliver me from the workers of iniquityAnd save me from bloody men.The Bible, Psalm 56

5. Sanctus

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,Dominus Deus Sabaoth.Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua.Hosana in excelsis.

6. Hymn Before ActionRudyard Kipling

The earth is full of anger,The seas are dark with wrath,The Nations in their harnessGo up against our path;Ere yet we loose the legions—Ere yet we draw the blade,Jehovah of the Thunders,Lord God of Battles, aid!High lust and forward bearingProud heart rebellious brow,Deaf ear and soul uncaring,We seek Thy mercy now!The sinner that forswore Thee,The fool that passed Thee by,Our times are known before Thee,Lord grant us strength to die!

7. Charge!

Holy, Holy HolyLord God of HostsHeaven and earth are fully of Thy glory.Hosanna in the highest

The trumpets loud ClangorExcites us to Arms,With shrill notes of angerAnd mortal alarms.Song for Saint Cecilia’s Day by John Dryden

How blest is he who for his country dies.The double beatOf the thundering drumCries Hark! the foes come;Charge, Charge, tis too late to retreatHow blest is he who for his country dies

Charge! Charge!

To the Earl of Oxford after Horace by Jonathan Swift

8. Angry FlamesToge Sankichi. Translation by Richard H. Minnear.

Pushing up through smokeFrom a world half darkenedBy overhanging cloud The shroud that mushroomed outAnd struck the dome of the skyBlack, Red, BlueDance in the air,Merge,Scatter glittering sparks,Already towerOver the whole city

Quivering like seaweed, the mass of flamesspurts forward.Popping up in the dense smoke,Crawling outWreathed in fire,Countless human beingsOn all fours.In a heap of embers that erupt and subside,Hair rent,Rigid in death,There smoulders a curse

9. TorchesThe Mahàbharàta.

The animals scattered in all directions, creaming terrible screams.Many were burning, others were burnt.All were shattered and scattered mindlessly, their eyes bulging.Some hugged their sons, others their fathers and mothers,Unable to let them go, and so they died.Others leapt up in their thousands, faces disfiguredAnd were consumed by the fire. Everywhere were bodies squirming on the ground, Wings eyes and paws all burning.They breathed their last as living torches.

10. Agnus DeiAgnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi,

miserere nobis.Angus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi,

dona nobis pacem.

11. Now the Guns have StoppedGuy Wilson

Silent, so silent, now, Now the guns have stopped.I have survived all, I, who knew I would not.But now you are not here.I shall go home, alone;And must try to live life as before,And hide my grief.For you, my dearest friend,Who should be with me now,Not cold, too soon,And in your grave,Alone.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sinof the world, have mercy on us.O Lamb of God, that takest away the sinof the world, grant us Thy peace.

Blessed is he that cometh in the name ofthe Lord.Hosanna in the Highest.

12. BenedictusBenedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

Hosanna in excelsis.

13. Better is PeaceBetter is peace than always warAnd better is peace than evermore warLe Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

L’homme armé doit on douter.On a fait partout crier,Que chacun se viegne armerd’un haubregon de fer.

The armed man must be feared.Everywhere it has been decreedThat every man should arm himselfWith an iron coat of mail.

Ring out the thousand wars of old.Ring in the thousand years of peace.Ring out the old, ring in the new,Ring happy bells, across the snow.The year is going, let him go;Ring out the false, ring in the true.Ring out old shapes of foul disease;Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;

Ring out the thousand wars of old,Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring in the valiant man and free,The larger heart, the kindlier hand.Ring out the darkness of the land,Ring in the Christ that is to be.

In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson

God shall wipe away all tears And there shall be no more death,Neither sorrow nor crying,Neither shall there be any more pain.Praise the Lord.

The Bible, Revelations 21.4

Sing! The Music was GivenKARL JENKINS

1. Sing – sing – Music was givenSing – sing – Music was givenTo brighten up the day, and kindle the loving;Souls here, like planets in heav’n,By harmony’s laws alone are kept moving.Beauty may boast of her eyes and her cheeks,But Love from the lips his true archery wings;And she, who but feathers the dart when she speaks,At once sends it home to the heart when she sings.Then sing – sing – Music was given,To brighten up the day, and kindle the loving;Souls here, like planets in heav’n,By harmony’s laws alone are kept moving.

When Love, rock’d by his mother,Lay sleeping as calm as slumber could make him,“Hush, hush,” said Venus, “no otherSweet voice but his own is worthy to wake him.”Dreaming of music he slumber’d the while,Till faint from his lips a soft melody broke,And Venus, enchanted, look’d on with a smile,While Love to his own sweet singing awoke.Then sing – sing – Music was givenTo brighten up the day, and kindle the loving;Souls here, like planets in heav’n,By harmony’s laws alone are kept moving.

Beauty may boast of her eyes and her cheeks,But Love from the lips his true archery wings;Then sing – sing – Music was givenTo brighten up the day, and kindle the loving

Thomas Moore (1779-1852),adapted by Karl Jenkins

2. M – U – S – I – C U S I C

Music, calm my anxious moments,Use soft sounds to still my mind,Strike proud chords to praise endeavours.In bleak times sing songs of beauty;Celebrate with notes entwined.

Music, only music pleases,Using all the strands it hears.Subtle moods that reach and captureImages that change to music,Catching joy and finding tears.

Music, only music capturesUnsung moments, souvenirs;Sadness, joy and treasured times, thoseIncidental flights of fancyCaught and captured for all ears.

Carol Barratt

3. Music Matters!Music matters, sing to brightenEv’ry day with songs that flyOver troubles, over sadnessBringing notes and sounds to please us.Sing and raise the roof sky high!

Use the lips, the teeth, the tongue-tip,Twist your mouth, the notes will bounce.Music matters, show the world thatSongs enrich us, sing your heart out,Sing out loud that music counts.

1 & 2 & 3 & & 4 &

‘If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practiceI’m perfectly practised and practically perfect.’

Tongue-twisters, jolly rounds, playground rhymes and nonsenseSongs that make us dance with happiness.Let the music take effect!

Counter-melodies:do, re, me, etctaa, taa-tay, ta-fa-te-fee etc (French rhythm names)

Tongue-twister:Unique New York, unique New York, unique New York.

Carol Barratt

6. The Psalm: Tehillim – Psalm 150Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus. Laudate eum in firmamento virtutis

ejus.

Laudate eum in virtutibus ejus.Laudate eum secundum multitudinem

magnitudinis ejus.

Laudate eum in sono tubӕ.Laudate eum in psalterio et cithara.

Laudate eum in tympano et choro.Laudate eum in chordis et organo.

O praise God in his holiness.Praise him in the firmament of hispower.

Praise him for his noble acts.Praise him according to his excellentgreatness.

Praise him in the sound of the trumpet.Praise him with the psaltery and harp.

Praise him with the timbrel and dance.Praise him upon the strings and pipe.

4. Waterfall Music – a haikuHolo holo toYamabuki chilukaTaki no oto

Yellow-rose petalsFalling, falling, falling now.Waterfall music.

Bashō Matsuo (1644-94),Japanese haiku 1688

5. That music always round meThat music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning, yet long untaught I did not hear,

But now the chorus I hear and am elated,Tenors, strong, ascending with power and health,with glad notes of daybreak I hear,

Sopranos at intervals sailing buoyantly over thetops of immense waves,

Transparent basses shuddering lusciously underand through the universe,

The triumph tutti, the funeral wailings withsweet flutes and violins, all of these I fillmyself with,

I hear not the volumes of sound, merely, moved byexquisite meanings,

I listen to the different voices winding in and out,striving, contending with fiery vehemence toexcel each other in emotion;

I do not think the performers know themselves –but now I think I begin to know them.

Walt Whitman (1819-92),adapted by Karl Jenkins

Laudate eum in cymbalisbenesonantibus.

Laudate eum in cymbalis jubilationis.Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum.

Alleluia!

Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals.Praise him upon the loud cymbals.Let every thing that has breath praisethe Lord.

7. I’ll make musicLord and Master, I’ll sing a song to you,on the ten-string lyre I’ll make music.Lord and Master, let your thoughts fall like rainand just like showers on new grass.

We’ll play for you with harps and trumpets,we’ll sing some psalms in praise of you,we’ll play for you with flutes and cymbals,we’ll sing some psalms in praise of you.

Lord and Master, I’ll sing a song to you,on the ten-string lyre, I’ll sing praises to you.Lord and Master, let your words descend like dewand just like droplets on tender leaves.

We’ll play for you with harps and trumpets,we’ll sing some psalms in praise of you,we’ll play for you with flutes and cymbals,we’ll sing some psalms in praise of you.

I’ll make music, I shall make new music,I shall make music for you.

Deuteronomy 32:2, Psalm 144:9 and1 Chronicles 13:8, adapted by Karl Jenkins

8. Ukukula UmcoloColo umkula ka mu colo kulacolo umkula uku kula.Um(a) colo Ukukula,Um(a) colo Ukukula,Um(a) colo Ukukula Ukukula.

Kula KukulaYa.

KulaUm(a) colo Ukukula.Um(a) colo Ukukula,Um(a) colo Ukukula Ukukula.

Zulu: “sing, music”

Sing – sing – Music was given.Thomas Moore

THE ArtistsA 2011 global survey showed that KarlJenkins is now the most performed livingcomposer in the world. He was raised inPenclawdd on the Gower Peninsula,educated at Gowerton Grammar School,and read music at University CollegeCardiff, University of Wales and theRoyal Academy of Music, London. TheArmed Man: A Mass For Peace, writtenfor the millennium is perhaps his mostwell known work. The performance atthe RAH on July 3, 2016, with theRoyal Choral Society and the RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra was the 2000thperformance of the work. Highlightsinclude a commemorative performancein NY on the 10th anniversary of 9/11while the recording has been in the UKClassical charts for 15 years! His totalrecorded output has resulted in seven-teen gold and platinum discs.

His style and integrity has transcendedmusical boundaries encompassing jazz-rock with Soft Machine, the global‘crossover’ phenomenon Adiemus,soundtracks for Levis and BritishAirways, while stopping off along theway to score a Kiefer Sutherland movie,be a castaway on BBC “Desert IslandDiscs,” be featured by Melvyn Bragg onthe ITV seminal South Bank Show andbe awarded the Freedom of the City ofLondon. Works include: Adiemus,Requiem, Palladio, Stabat Mater, Quirk,The Peacemakers, and Motets, many ofwhich attained No1 status in the UKClassical chart. He has also composedmusic for HRH The Prince of Wales, SirBryn Terfel, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,Dame Evelyn Glennie, and the LondonSymphony Orchestra. He has recentlysigned to Decca Records where his first

release, Symphonic Adiemus entered theUK charts at No. 1 in October 2017.

A Doctor of Music, he has held Fellow-ships, Honorary Doctorates, andProfessorships at five universities or con-servatoires, including the RoyalAcademy of Music, where a room hasbeen named in his honour. Since 2004, hehas consistently been the highest placedliving composer in Classic FM’s “Hall ofFame.” 2014 saw the inaugural The ArtsClub - Sir Karl Jenkins Award, estab-lished to help young musicians enteringthe profession. He holds the Classic FM‘Red f award’ for ‘outstanding service toclassical music’ and was awarded a CBEin the 2010 Birthday Honours List. In2016 he received the BASCA (BritishAcademy of Songwriters, Composersand Authors) Gold Badge Award. He hasrecently signed to Decca Records.

He was knighted in the 2015 Queen’sBirthday Honours List while his autobiog-raphy, “Still with the music,” was recentlypublished by Elliott & Thompson.

SIR KARL JENKINS, DCINY Composer-in-Residence

An acclaimed conductor, educator, andlecturer, Jonathan Griffith has led per-formances across North America,Europe, Australia and Asia. MaestroGriffith is co-founder and artistic direc-tor of Distinguished ConcertsInternational New York (DCINY),which has brought together, under hisartistic leadership, thousands of musi-cians and choral singers in concert atprestigious venues across the UnitedStates, including Carnegie Hall, LincolnCenter, and Disney Hall. The founderand music director of the DistinguishedConcerts Orchestra, Maestro Griffithalso oversees DCINY’s mentoring pro-gram for conductors. He made hisCarnegie Hall conducting debut in 1989and has conducted well over 130 per-formances at Carnegie Hall and LincolnCenter combined. In addition to themajor works of the classical repertoire,conducting highlights includes the U.S.premieres of Karl Jenkins’ Stabat Mater,The Armed Man, and Te Deum, SergeiTaneyev’s Upon Reading a Psalm, MilošBok’s Missa Solemnis, Luigi Boccherini’sVillancicos, and Eugene Goossens’ re-orchestration of Handel’s Messiah,along with world premieres by EricFunk, Seymour Bernstein, and Robert

Convery. His additional conductingcredits include the Mormon TabernacleChoir in Salt Lake City; ManhattanPhilharmonic and New England Sym-phonic Ensemble, both at CarnegieHall; The European Symphony Orches-tra in Spain; Bohuslava MartinPhilharmonia and Philharmonia Cho-rus, Virtuosi Pragensis ChamberOrchestra, Karlovy Vary SymphonyOrchestra, and Dvo ák ChamberOrchestra in the Czech Republic; andthe Bialystok State Philharmonic inPoland, as well as numerous regionalorchestras and choruses across theUnited States.

JONATHAN GRIFFITH, DCINY Artistic Director and PrincipalConductor

Soprano, Diana McVey, is an artistwhose consummate skills as both asinger and an actress have made herhighly visible in opera, oratorio and assoloist with symphony orchestras. Shehas become known for her riveting andmoving portrayals of CountessMadeleine in Capriccio, Contessa in LeNozze di Figaro and Lucia in Lucia diLammermoor. She has sung leadingroles with Florentine Opera, OperaTheater of Pittsburgh, Opera Omaha,Opera Dubai, Opera Tampa, OperaColumbus, Lake George Opera Festival,Opera Naples, among many others. Shewas an apprentice artist with both the

Sarasota Opera Company and the LakeGeorge Opera Festival, and was a final-ist in the New England RegionalMetropolitan Opera National CouncilAuditions. She has appeared as soloistwith the Helena Symphony, MissoulaSymphony, Florida West Coast Sym-phony, the Pioneer Valley Symphony,the RI Philharmonic, the Albany Sym-phony, and the RI Civic Chorale &Orchestra, among others. Recentengagements include Stravinsky’s Pul-cinella with the Gateway ChamberOrchestra, La Boheme with the HelenaSymphony, a gala concert with OperaTampa celebrating the 100th birthdayof Maestro Anton Coppola, BrahmsRequiem with the RI Civic Chorale &Orchestra, Elijah with the Idaho State-Civic Symphony, Adina in L’Elisird’amore and Contessa in Le Nozze diFigaro with Florentine Opera, andCountess Madeleine in Strauss’s finalopera Capriccio with Opera Theater ofPittsburgh. Upcoming engagementsinclude Verdi’s Requiem with theHelena Symphony, an appearance withthe Music on the Hill Festival, andVaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacemwith the RI Civic Chorale & Orchestra.

DIANA McVEY, Soprano

In 2016-17, Mezzo-soprano KatherinePracht made her Kennedy Center debutas soloist in Philip Glass’ SymphonyNo. 5 with the Washington Chorus. Shealso sang the US premiere of RichardWernick’s “...and a Time for Peace”with Leon Botstein and the AmericanSymphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall,and created several roles in workshopsof new operas: Florence Williams inSusan Kander’s The News From Poems,Hester Prynne in Eric Sawyer’s TheScarlet Professor, and Eve in JulianWachner and Cerise Jacobs’ Rev 23 forthe Prototype Festival. Additionally,Ms. Pracht performed Bernstein’s Ariasand Barcarolles accompanied by BrightSheng and Michael Barrett for The Inti-macy of Creativity 2017 Festival inHong Kong. She reprised Philip Glass’Symphony No. 5 for Trinity Wall Streetin May 2017, and sings SergeyProkofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with theYork Symphony, the title role in Eliza-beth Cree with Chicago Opera Theater,as well as Stravinsky’s Requiem Canti-cles with The Orchestra NOW at Bardunder the baton of Leon Botstein. InSeptember she debuts as Lady Wang inBright Sheng’s epic opera, Dream of theRed Chamber in a 4-city tour of China.In 2014-15, Pracht made role debuts asSharon Falconer in Elmer Gantry withFlorentine Opera; Ariel in the WorldPremiere of Joseph Summer’s The Tem-pest for The Shakespeare Concerts inBoston; and Flora Bervoix in OperaPhiladelphia’s La Traviata. She coveredthe role of Baroness “Nica” in Daniel

Schnyder’s Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRDcommissioned for Opera Philadelphia;and was the Alto Soloist in Verdi’sRequiem in Florence, South Carolina;Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde withthe York Symphony; and Lieberson’sNeruda Songs with Grand Rapids Sym-phony. Highlights from previousseasons include Ms. Pracht’s CarnegieHall debut as Alto Soloist in Verdi’sRequiem; Der Trommler in Der Kaiservon Atlantis for Central City Operawith the Colorado Symphony; two con-certs with the Georgia SymphonyOrchestra and Chorus singing JohnCorigliano’s Fern Hill and Prokofiev’sAlexander Nevsky; herinternational/Radio France debutsinging Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte withLyrique-en-mer Festival in Belle-ile; andher Avery Fisher Hall debut in Schu-mann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faustwiththe American Symphony Orchestra.

KATHERINE PRACHT, Mezzo-Soprano

Hailed by KUSC Los Angeles as the“next great tenor,” Brian Cheney, pro-tégé of legendary tenor Jerry Hadley,has gained international acclaim for hisportrayal of characters such as Don Joséin Carmen, Mario Cavaradossi inTosca, Rodolfo in La bohème, the Dukein Rigoletto, Edgardo in Lucia di Lam-mermoor, and Canio in Pagliacci.Next, Mr. Cheney sings the title role ofWerther in concert with Baltimore Con-

cert Orchestra, Nicely Nicely in Guysand Dolls in Concert with New HavenSymphony, tenor soloist in a concertentitled “An Afternoon at the Opera”with Danbury Concert Association,tenor soloist in the University of NorthCarolina at Charlotte’s performance ofVerdi’s Requiem, sings Bach’s Cantata#140 and Haydn’s Creation with Gla-cier Symphony as part of their EasterFestival, and as a tenor soloist in AttilaGlatz Concert Productions’s New Year’sConcert Salute to Vienna in Quebec.Last season, Mr. Cheney sang TomRakewell in The Rake’s Progress withPacific Opera Project, Pinkerton inMadama Butterfly with GulfshoreOpera, Canio in Pagliacci with ImperialSymphony Orchestra, and reprised therole of Belmonte in Die Entführung ausdem Serail with Salt Marsh. He alsosang in concert as tenor soloist forBeethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with BoisePhilharmonic and Eastern ConnecticutSymphony and Händel’s Messiah withThe Saint Mark’s Chorale and Orchestra.

BRIAN CHENEY, Tenor

Described as “a fine storyteller” (Ameri-can Record Guide), “varied in tone andalive to feeling” (Fanfare Magazine),baritone Stephen Lancaster engages audi-

ences through diverse repertoire in con-cert, recital, and opera. Winner andAudience Favorite in the Nico CastelInternational Master Singer Competitionand winner of The American Prize formen in art song and oratorio in 2016, hehas been featured in venues around theworld, including Carnegie Hall, ChicagoCultural Center, Chiang-Kai ShekMemorial Hall, Centro Cultural deBelém, Petit Palau de la Música Cata-lana, and Vatroslav Lisinski ConcertHall. A passionate recitalist, Lancasterhas performed recital programs in Parisand Frankfurt, for the Brooklyn Art SongSociety in New York, and at Musiquedans le Grésivaudan, Festival deMusique d’Uzerche and the Gstaad NewYear Music Festival. He has recorded an

STEPHEN LANCASTER, Baritone

Founded in 2008 by esteemed choraland orchestral conductor, Dr. JonathanGriffith, Distinguished ConcertsOrchestra (DCO) is the resident orches-tra for Distinguished ConcertsInternational New York (DCINY), thecity’s preeminent producer of choraland orchestral concerts in New York’smost prestigious concert venues. TheDCO is comprised of some of the toporchestral musicians in the area includ-ing numerous graduates of Juilliard,The Manhattan School of Music, TheNew England Conservatory and BostonConservatory. While the vast majorityof these players have performed inevery DCINY production since itsinception, those players who have leftthe New York area have gone on to per-manent posts in orchestras such as theBoston Symphony, Los Angeles Philhar-monic and the London Philharmonic.

Under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Grif-fith and DCINY’s roster of notable guestconductors, the DCO performs inCarnegie Hall and in Lincoln Center.Whether performing choral/orchestralmasterworks or premiering adventure-some new compositions, the DCO hasbeen lauded by conductors and review-ers alike for its fresh interpretations,musical subtlety and virtuosic ensembleplaying. Dr. Griffith and the DCO arepast winners of the prestigious AmericanPrize in the professional orchestra cate-gory, awarded in 2014 and 2015, and asemi-finalist for the 2016 competition.Distinguished Concerts Orchestra isdriven by passion, innovative vision, atotal belief in its artists, and an unwaver-ing commitment to bring forth anunforgettable musical experience for per-former and public alike.

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album of French art songs with MartinKatz, “Le Menu des Mélodies” (CentaurRecords), and his recital on the DameMyra Hess Memorial Concert Series wasbroadcast live by WFMT Chicago. Recent concert credits include the Fauré& Duruflé Requiems at Carnegie Hallpresented by Distinguished ConcertsInternational New York (DCINY);Carmina Burana with Lisbon SummerFest and with Oakland SymphonyOrchestra at the Max M. Fisher MusicCenter; Le Bal Masqué with South BendSymphony Chamber Orchestra; Five

Mystical Songs with UMS Choral Unionat Hill Auditorium; Brahms’ Requiemwith Chicago Bar Association SymphonyOrchestra; Belshazzar’s Feast with Hol-land Symphony. He has performedmultiple roles with Eugene Opera,Apotheosis Opera, and Arbor OperaTheater, and created the role of Jaques inAs You Like It by Roger Steptoe. Bornand raised in Canada, he holds degreesin vocal performance from the Universityof Notre Dame and the University ofMichigan. www.stephenlancaster.net

Distinguished Concerts Singers Interna-tional (DCSI) forms the backbone ofDistinguished Concerts InternationalNew York (DCINY), the city’s preemi-nent producer of choral and orchestralconcerts in New York’s most presti-gious concert venues. DCSI iscomprised of singers and chorus mem-bers from around the world. Between30-40% of the singers are alumni ofDCSI and have sung in 2 or more of theDCINY concert series over the years.The DCSI has drawn members from 42

countries and 6 continents. While themajority of singers are dedicated ama-teur musicians, many professional andsemi-professional ensembles, as well asindividual professional singers, havealso participated in the DCSI. Allsingers and/or ensembles go through anaudition process reviewed by theDCINY Artistic team in order to receivean invitation to appear on the DCINYconcert series. The DCSI can vary insize from between 100 to 500 singers,depending upon the repertoire.

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Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalCantate ‘86 Hamm (Germany), Werner Granz, DirectorCheyenne Capital Chorale (WY), Barbara Boyer, DirectorGenerations for Peace, Boeblingen/Ehningen (Germany), Klaus Huegl, Director*Hilo Community Chorus (HI), Tom McAlexander, DirectorIsle of Man Choral Society (Isle of Man), Julian Power, Director*The Joyful Band of Singers (NC), Finley Woolston, DirectorKammerchor Niedergrafschaft (Germany), Nick Moritz, DirectorKirchenchor St. Peter und Paul Winterthur (Switzerland), Hansueli Bamert, DirectorLeibniz Chor (Germany), Timo Uhrig, DirectorNittedal Bygdekor (Norway), Anna Kargaltseva Sandvik, DirectorRipon Choral Society (UK), John Dunford, DirectorStadtchor Freiberg e.V. (Germany), Peter Rülke, DirectorStedelijk Koor Enschede (The Netherlands), Armanda ten Brink, DirectorTokyo Oratorio Society (Japan), Hiroshi Gunji, DirectorWest Cork Choral Singers (Ireland), Diana Llewellyn, DirectorAnd Individual Singers from around the globe

*Denotes DCINY Alumni

Carmen AdemaMathias AlterHildegard Ames-ReiberKristy AndersonTrinitta AnthonySumie AraiLayna ArbaschMelanie ArbaschJohn ArdisSumire Ashizawa

Ann AtkinsonBeatrice BachmannMargrit BachmannAntoinette BakerHansueli BamertMichael BamertClaire BanksJane BarclayDavid BarleyCyrille BaumannLisa Baumann

Jean-Michel BazilleHelene BecherTobias Beckschulze-GieslerAgnes BeerKjetil BekkelundPetra BennDoris BenteMarcel BerendsenRita BirkenbeilCorinna Birkner

Kristin BlaserJulie BogaardJayne BoothLous BorgognoThérèse BorgognoLeida BouwersLucas BouwersBarbara BoyerPatrick BrackenClaudia BrendelJon Brothers

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DCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with their financialsupport, have made this performance possible.

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Mhairi BrownLaurens BusKlaus-GuenterMichael BuschmannMaureen CarrMary Helen CaseyWilliam ChikasuyeAlison ChristianCristine ChristmannSean ClancyAngela CollingsCatherine CollinsMaryAnn CollinsWilliam CorlettAlison CowleyAlban CoxCatherine CraineSusan CreerWilliam CreerBjørn ThomasDarmstadJan de WeerdSteffen DoehnerDennis DoranAnne DorrianJosephine DowneySarah DoyleMaurice P M EbbersKayla EblingNagisa EchizenHaldis EckhoffRuth EckhoffMelanie EhrlichKristin Eljevaag-GrovTabea ErnstThomas EugsterPamela EvansCarla EverinkBrigitte EwertRegina EwertBeatrix FeckerJoseph FedorDorothea FendentzMarianne FerdSandra FerreiraRosie FeurerUrs FeurerLouise FieldsManuela FischerKristine FleckNicola FletcherRobert FloateSonja FloeßnerJonathan FluckMargaret FoleyDennis Micah FowlerJennifer FoyAndrea FreudenbergUrsula Freyer-PerschLuka FricSandra Friedrichs

Keiko FujiwaraEtsuko FukudaRichard FurnerSusan FurnerLiv Tone GaarderLindsay GangeGinger GarnerCornelia GebertNuala GibbonsJoan GillerRolf GloorRuth GloorDaniel GoldenbergerJoseph GorvettWerner GranzMagda GrasShelia GreenGloria GreenwoodMerle GreißSusan GriffithsMartin GrosseHundrupFrank GrossmannLeonard GrünigKarl Friedrich AchimGrunkeMartin GundelachAnke GundrumArne GustafsonTurid GustafsonChristine GutRuedi GutMelanie GuthoffPia GutzwillerRuth GygaxUwe HagePatricia HagueDiana HannivoortEmi HaradaShirley HarperCaron HarrisonNigel HarrisonCarmen HartmannJohanna HartmannDebbie HarveyJarl Ove HegdalLisbethHegetschweilerLara HeldJuranca HerlaarEwald HessbrueggenSara HesselManfred HewerAnette HildebrandAndrew HillFranziska HillHelen HillTevyn HillWolfgang Joerg HilleUlrike HoelkerHeiko Hoffmann

Luidger HoffmannSilke HoffmannJohn HoptonPat HornakHiromitsu HoshinoMachiko HoshinoMakoto HoshinoKathrin HuberKlaus HüglSabine HuhmannTerence HydeJane IckeringillKarin InderbitzinAtsuko IwayaSabine JacobDoerte JahnRinor JaniRina JanssenJohanna JedlickaPeggy JedlickaElisabeth JohanssonKari LeonoraJohanssonSusan JohnsonMaria Anna JungblutDebora KaiserRia KalkbrennerPeter MichaelKaltofenMarina KamphuisKenichi KanekoRosemarie KanzlerKirsten UrsulaKarnstaedtNoriko KashimaYasuko KawamuraClaire KennellyJerry KennellyGea KerkdykAlan KershawBeate KesslerHeidi KingMary-Theresa KingKate KinleyMasako KitadaSteffi KlärEva KlingerManfred KlingerLuise KlompTobias KlompSverre KlonteigMarianne KnechtRobert KnechtHansa KoendersWinfried KoenigChristine KohlRanveig KolbergKolberg KlonteigHolger KollmeierRudolf KönigAndreas Kösters

Annabell KovacsRosina MarionKowalczewskiHans Erwin KraemerKaethe SiglindeKraemerBarbara MonikaKraussHansa KrijgsmanBeate MarianneKrinkeSiegfried KroeberLeah KruseMareen KuiperMarai KüpperShirley LaBoeufPatricia LaceyFranziska LambertzJohanna LambertzReinhild LambertzChrista Ilse LangerMarianne SylviaLangerSimone LangerRegina LanzenRuth LarkinChristine LashleyAngelika Nora LauferTanya LeeFemy LeferinkAnitaLeistenschneiderAnne-KathrinLeonhardtLydia LewekePaul Wilhelm HolgerLiebersJoan LindenauSvea LiningDiana LlewellynVesna LovricLiebetrauDala LucasFrank LucasLeili Lukas CavalliAlan MarshallElizabeth MarshallSetsuko MasutaniThomas McAlexanderChrista McCartneyCaroline McCowenRobin McKeeWilliamsImke MeermanRichard MeneelyMonique MeyIris MitchellMidori MiyazakiAyumi Mizuno-OgataHannah MöllerSusanne Möller

The Performing Arts Partners list includes names supplied by directors. Any questions regarding missing ormisspelled names should be addressed to the individual directors.

We acknowledge generous sponsorship by the Cork County Council for West Cork Choral Singers.

Jonas MonkeSilas MonkeSophie MooreMartina MorassoNick MoritzMasayo MoriyasuHilary MortonUlrich-Georg MuellerRoisin MulcahyBeatrix MüllerRolf MüllerShinei MyoPeter NagelMariko NakanoMirko NeppBrigitte MonikaNeuberChenta Ni RiordainYvonne NickelMiriam NieleUrsula NiersMayumi NiheiFumie NiijimaBertus NijboerJan NijboerPlonia NijsenAlexandra NolteKathleen NormanJon NorsteboenRonny NoserTone Notvik JakobsenKeiko NozakiKaren NugentSolrun NygaardBjorg OdegaardMairin O’DonovanNoreen O’DonovanAnita Gisela OertelAzusa OhashiHelen O’KeefeChieko OkuboLea OlthuisDiane OrmondPeter O’RourkeFumiko OshibeMichi OshioGerard O’SullivanMaureen PackerJames PageKurt Reinhard PauerOttomar ReinhardLutz PauerElfriede ChristinePaulMarilyn PayneHorst Pfingsten

Johanna BarbaraPillauAlexandra PlattfautJohanna PlattfautSiegrun Gitta PoegeAnne PohlanChristine PolderHeather PowellHilary PowerJulian PowerMaria Preece-NootClaire PullingerDenis QuinlanFinola QuinlanClaudia RadeckNinette RankRolf RappJutta RefeldFenna ReininkCarla RemorEdite Rennings -WandelMascha ReuversRita RexerJoni RioAnthony RobertsHelen RobinsonSteffen RohrigMartin Andreas RothPiera RothenbühlerRudy RougoorDagmar RozierKatharina RuckstuhlGisela RuppDag Erik RuudMariko SakaguchiFrancis SandersonAnnelies Schaaij-KoopsBarbara Schäfer-ErnstRegula ScheferJennie SchillerRosemarie SchingnitzSusanne Beate SigridSchinzelMinja SchlatterNicole SchmalfußChristina SchmidMarie MagdaleneSchmidtPeter SchniderUrsula SchniderHermine ScholtenSilke SchuetzenmeisterMachteld SchukkinkChristine Margot

SchuldtSonja SchülerCornelia CorinnaSchulte-PetersGertrud SchunackJana SchüttePaul SchütteChristina SchwarzDorothee SchwickertShane S. ScottHans-Joachim SeeberAase SelfjordUwe SerschBetty Ann ShafferKazue ShimamuraMichio ShimoyaKenith SimmonsAlan SmitheeRosemary SnapeTor SolheiMarianne SolliLynda SowerbyKim SpelmanElisabeth SpringerJohanna StalderThomassKatharina SteinerGerda-Maria StollThomas BodoStrassburgerNancy StraussWim StrootFranziska StrumHiroko SudaCarole SutherlandStefan TafelYurie TakaiIwao TakenoBernard TammingaPetronella TammingaSepp TannerBridget Taylor-ConnorDawn TeareKeith TeareArmanda ten BrinkNicole ThielKatja Marlis ThieleBarbara ThomsonAnne TienekenNarve TraedalLiane TrautmannElisabeth TrübLarissa TruunRuud TuijtenKazunori Uchikawa

Heike UhlemannTimo UhrigJesus UragaMatthieu van den BosMariette van denEsschertIneke van der MeulenAnna Marlies van derVeenMary van HeekLeonie van OersMarianne van WijkHendrik VeldinkChristian VenaasSebastian VogetGertrud von FaassenHelga WackAnne WalkotteGerhard WalzMargot Elke WanskyFumie WatanabeLucie WatzstedtStephanie WeberFynn WegenJacqueline Weij-EkkerWerner Falk WeisseHermann WeitenJudith WellingsMichael WellsAndreas WerderJenni WeverKatharyn WheelerRichard WhiteHannelore WildbolzChristopher WildmanMartine WildmanJochen WilkeSimon WilkesDavid WilliamsCatherine WilliamsonGezine WilshawLeslie WilsonNatalia WolfClaas WollersenVictoria WollersenJan WoltsSheryl WoodburyPeter WoodsJenna WoodwardFinley WoolstonChrysto WormskampMayumi YamadaAdrianna ZablanIlka ZielmanSvenja ZultnerStephania Zwicky

DCINY 2018 Concert SeriesMonday Evening, February 19, 2018 at 7:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallPerpetual Light: The Requiems of Mozart and DurufléMozart: RequiemJames M. Meaders, DCINY ConductorDuruflé: RequiemJean-Sébastien Vallée, Guest ConductorDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Saturday Evening, March 17, 2018 at 7:00David Geffen Hall, Lincoln CenterReflections of LightCherubini: Requiem in C minorHilary Apfelstadt, Conductor LaureateDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalThe Music of Thompson, Hamilton, and OthersMartha Shaw, DirectorDistinguished Concerts Singers InternationalConstantinides: Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra (World Premiere: Courtsey of theDCINY Premiere Project)Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorIris Derke, FluteKirsten Apresta Copley, HarpDinos Constantinides, Composer-in-ResidenceDistinguished Concerts Orchestra

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, Artistic Director &

Principal ConductorDanuta Gross, Director of Finance & AdministrationKevin Taylor, Director of Program DevelopmentJames M. Meaders, Artistic and Educational

ConsultantJason Mlynek, Associate Director of Program

DevelopmentKatie Silvestre, Program DevelopmentJulia Falkenburg, Program DevelopmentKimberly Wetzel, Program DevelopmentJeff Binner, Program Development

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Sunday Afternoon, March 25, 2018 at 2:00David Geffen Hall, Lincoln CenterTotal VocalDeke Sharon, Guest Conductor and Creative DirectorDistinguished Concerts Singers International and surprise celebrity Guest Artists

Monday Evening, April 2, 2018 at 8:00Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie HallWarren Lee, Piano

Sunday Afternoon, April 8, 2018 at 1:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallThe Music of Eric WhitacreEric Whitacre, Composer/ConductorDistinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Evening, April 8, 2018 at 8:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallWind SongsDon Trott, DirectorThe University of Mississippi Concert Singers (MS)Duane Otani & Zachary Christy, DirectorsRancho Bernardo High School (CA)Jonathan Richard Grantham, DirectorAmador Valley High School Wind Ensemble 1 (CA)

Sunday Afternoon, April 15, 2018 at 2:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallDreamweaverThe Music of Ola GjeiloForrest: Jubilate DeoJames M. Meaders, DCINY ConductorOla Gjeilo, Composer-in-Residence and PianoDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalThe Music of Evans, Taylor, Beckham, and MeštrovićMiran Vaupotić, Guest ConductorDistinguished Concerts Orchestra

Sunday Evening, April 15, 2018 at 8:00David Geffen Hall, Lincoln CenterThe Music of Eric WhitacreEric Whitacre, Composer/ConductorDistinguished Concerts Singers Interntional

Sunday Evening, April 22, 2018 at 8:30Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallCelebrating the King’s Singers 50th AnniversaryBob Chilcott, Guest ConductorSimon Carrington, Guest ConductorThe King’s Singers, Special GuestsDistinguished Concerts Singers International

Friday Evening, May 25, 2018 at 7:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallVocal ColorsThe Music of Reese Norris and OthersReese Norris, Composer/ConductorBarnum: A Thousand Red Birds Eric Barnum, Composer/ConductorDistinguished Concerts Singers International

Monday Evening, May 28, 2018 at 7:00David Geffen Hall, Lincoln CenterThe Sacred and Profane: Carmina BuranaRosephanye Powell: Gospel TrinityWilliam Powell, Guest ConductorRosephanye Powell, Composer-in-ResidenceOrff: Carmina BuranaJonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Evening, June 17, 2018 at 8:30Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallSpirit JourneyChoplin: Our Father: A Journey through the Lord’s Prayer Pepper Choplin, Composer/ConductorHayes: Spirit Suite I, II, & IIIKevin McBeth, Guest ConductorAndy Waggoner, Guest ConductorDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Afternoon, June 24, 2018 at 2:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallThe Music of Grases & NúñezWorld Premiere work by Francisco J. NúñezFrancisco J. Núñez, Composer/ConductorGrases: La Cigarra y La Hormiga (World Premiere: Courtesy of the DCINY PremiereProject)Cristian Grases, Composer/ConductorDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalFlorida Symphony Youth Orchestra (FL)Hanrich Claassen, Director

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