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Concert Master ($5,000+)Judith and Keith Maurer

Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church

Producer’s Circle ($2,500+)Carlton and Nancy CalfeeJo Ann and James Heck

Claudette and Larry Lansrud/IBMAl SinicropeLiesel Witzel

Silver Choralier ($250+)Bridget Bean Virginia S. BrownDebbi BuckenheimerBelinda R. DumontGeorge and Martha EnrightKitty GarrenStann and Bonnie GivensClaudia and Woody Isom Terrie M. LeeLow Load Insurance Services, Inc. Mark and Leah MaurerTerrance Ryerson NealDr. Ray and Sally OlssonPatricia & Nicolos Porter Brian C. ReedSandra RobinsonDavid and Susan ShobeArthur and Faith TetrickCindy TetrickTom and Lee TouchtonMartha Jane Tunno Candy and Michael Valdes, Merrill Lynch Private BankChristopher WalkeyJohn T. and Rosemary WattsGeorge and Dorothy WilliamsFred and Dale WilliamsRobert E. WilliamsJill and John Young

Golden Choralier ($500+)Rusty and Pam CarpenterFrank and Mitzi CooperIn memory of Donald Diehl Richard A. Ferlita and James W. CarmichaelGary and Kathleen GarrettSheryl HofmannCharles JaegerGeorg and Esther KleineClaudia MaynardIn memory of Paul MaynardJohn and Joyce Parcelewicz

Thank you to Bruce Johnson Photography for donation of group photos for the 2016-17 season.

We extend heartfelt thanks to all our generous sponsors.

Director’s Circle ($1,000+)Georgia DanahyGreta GentlesKeith Kelly/Bank of AmericaBill and Sandy LocherJennifer PandolfiAllison ReedTheresa Rosenbrock/Bank of AmericaRalph ShaferHarold and Theresa Shamblin Elsa Gorr SinicropeCindy StumpCraig and Sally Waterstraat

SopranoJennifer BayneLouise BishopDebbi BuckenheimerDeborah CannizzaroCindy ClineBarbara Chaney CoxDebbie CrowderElizabeth CutlerElizabeth FrostFaye GentlesAshley GreenfieldCheryl IseleValentina JenningsAmy KnechtTerrie LeeSandra LocherDeon McFaydenCheryl MercierHelen MillardAlicia MoonTess MoonChodaesessie MorganCarole PageEleanor PowerSandra RogersRoslyn RyansRhoni SchmittJoanne SnyderJudy TaylorMichelle Van DykeKathy Wills

AltoMarianne BockTeresa BrandtVirginia BrownMelody BurkeLeslie CannonDedra CarpenterMelissa ConeCheryl DillonLinda EddingsMarilyn FranzKitty GarrenBonnie GivensElsa Gorr SinicropeKellye HayashiClaudia IsomKeriAnne JelinekSally OlssonJoyce ParcelewiczEmily PeacockCatherine PereiraAllison ReedDawn ReneeLila RobbinsSandra Robinson Theresa RosenbrockShirley RoweTheresa ShamblinCindy StumpRosemary WattsCarolyn WilcherLiesel WitzelJill YoungDeborah Zahrt

TenorAndy BayneEric BurkeyCanute CampbellOuti CarsonAustin ChaseFrankie GaraySheryl HofmannBarry HubbardClaudia MaynardBryan PayneJohn PieperKevin RoweFrank Selph Jr. Harold ShamblinAndy ShultzJan SturtzbecherSimon Wonda

BassRandall Buerkle Carlton CalfeeRusty CarpenterAustin ChaseDennis ClarkeBruce DerenthalJim HeckChristian HigginsJohn HyerKeith KellyTerrance NealRalph ShaferAl SinicropeClaude TisonChristopher WalkeyJim WilsonDean Wochner

About the Tampa Oratorio SingersThe Tampa Oratorio Singers is a true community concert chorus, comprised of talented, auditioned singers from all walks of life. The chorus was formed in 1967 to provide Tampa Bay area music lovers the opportunity to sing and hear the music of the great choral masters. The group rehearses on Monday evenings at Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church during its season, which runs from August through April. Visit TOSTampa.org for more information.

Member ($50+)Dr. Anthony N. Brannan and Jane M Brannan Nancy ColeSuzann CorralJulie Creighton Gabriel and Maria DeErasquinInes DeErasquinJudy Felman Frankie Garay Carolyn R. GayleL.W. HanlonBarry Hubbard Elinor HuntCharles JaegerMarsha MartinCarol G. McCammonMary Frances MeyerDr. Chodaesessie Irene MorganDenise NixConnie and Jim ReedSandra RogersDonna & David SmithScott and Carolyn WhiteSuzanne G. Widdoes

*Paul was a dedicated TOS member who passed away in 2016. This memorial gift is made by his fellow singers in his memory.

**Paul Maynard Memorial Gift

Donations listed were received April 2015 through February 2017.

Bronze Choralier ($100+)Kent and Donna BeamsDon and Dolores CawthonElizabeth Norris CutlerRui DaCosta**Elizabeth M. Doxey Belinda R. DumontKristopher and Susan FernandezMarilyn FranzEugenia and Rick GarrityRobert and Ann GlennThe Halfaker Family Foundation FundJames and Patricia HandlyMary Lou HardenJohn HyerCheryl IseleValentina JenningsCynthia MayIn memory of Paul Maynard*Cheryl McAloon Deon McFaydenJulianne McKeelSheila McNeillDenise NixRosemary O’Neil Edward PageRoslyn RyansKathy Smeykal** Charles and Margaret StevensJeffrey and Frances TierneyMichelle Van Dyke Bette WalkerPenny Slightom WalshMarsha Meininger WhittleseyMary Jo and Jim WilliamsKathy Wills and Mike Nowlen

The 2016-17 season is sponsored in part by the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.

Become a Member!Your tax-deductible contribution to the Tampa Oratorio Singers will help to sustain our efforts to bring beautiful choral music to the Tampa Bay area. For information, see the Choral Masters information in this program, or visit TOSTampa.org.

Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae,libera animas omnium fideliumdefunctorum de poenis inferni,et de profundo lacu: libera cas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus,ne cadant in obscurum:Sed signifer sanctus Michaelrepraesentet eas in lucem sanctam.Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eius.

Hostias et preces tibi, Domine, laudis fferimus:tu suscipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus:fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam, quam olim Abrahae promisisti etsemini eius.

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,Dominus Deus Sabaoth!Pleni suni coeli et terra gloria tua.Osanna in excelsis!

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.Osanna in excelsis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata nundi,dona eis requiem.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam.Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine: cum sanctis tuis in aeternum,quia pius es.Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis, cum sanctis tuis n aeternum, quia pius es.

Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,liberate the souls of the faithful,departed from the pains of helland from the bottomless pit.Deliver them from the lion’s mouth,lest hell swallow them up,lest they fall into darkness.Let the standard-bearer, holy Michael,bring them into holy light.Which was promised to Abrahamand his descendants.

Sacrifices and prayers of praise, Lord,we offer to You.Receive them in behalf of those soulswe commemorate today.And let them, Lord,pass from death to life,which was promised to Abrahamand his descendants.

Holy, Holy, Holy,Lord of Hosts!Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory,Hosanna in the highest!

Blessed is He that cometh in the name of he Lord. Hosanna in the highest!

Lamb of God, who takes awaythe sins of the world,grant them eternal rest.Lamb of God, who takes awaythe sins of the world,Grant them eternal rest.Lamb of God, who takes awaythe sins of the world,grant them eternal rest forever.Let eternal light shine on them, Lord,as with Your saints in eternity,because You are merciful.Grant them eternal rest, Lord,and let perpetual light shine on them,as with Your saints in eternity,because You are merciful.

VIII. Domine Jesu

IX. Hostias

X. Sanctus

XI. Benedictus

XII. Agnus Dei

Nancy Callahan, Music DirectorNancy is serving her 14th year as director of the Tampa Oratorio Singers; she also is the Director of Music for Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church. She has a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Charleston Southern University and a master’s degree in organ performance from the University of South Carolina. Her previous artistic work includes 25 years as Organist/Choir Director at Hyde Park Methodist Church, past Dean of the American Guild of Organists, and conductor of the Piccolo Children’s Choir Festival.

Dale Williams, AccompanistDale holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. She has served as staff accompanist for the International Cathedral Music Festival in England, and the Seminar für Klassiche Musik in Eisenstadt, Austria. She was formerly on the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and accompanist for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Alabama Symphony Orchestra. She is currently an adjunct instructor at the University of Tampa, keyboardist with the Florida Orchestra, and organist/choir director at Pass-A-Grille Beach Community Church.

Susan Hellman Spatafora, SopranoSusan has performed with the St. Petersburg Opera Company, Palm Beach Opera and Vermont’s Green Mountain Opera. At Glimmerglass Opera, Susan was soprano soloist in “The World of Offenbach” tour. She has sung with the Opera Theater Festival of Lucca, and EPCASO in Oderzo, Italy. She has been a soloist with the Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches and has sung with the Arrowhead Chorale in Duluth, Minnesota. She also spent several years as a soloist at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Susan has received awards in the Palm Beach Opera Competition, NSAL Vocal Competition and Florida Grand Opera YPO Competition. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University, and Master’s degree from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati.

Who’s WhoRecordare, Jesu pie,Quod sum causa tuae viae:Ne me perdas illa die.

Quaerens me sedisti lassus,Redemisti crucem passus,Tantus labor non sit cassus.

Juste judex ultionisDonum fac remissionisAnte diem rationis.

Ingemisco tanquam reus,Culpa rubet vultus meus,Supplicanti parce, Deus.

Qui Mariam absolvistiEt latronem exaudisti,Mihi quoque spem dedisti.

Preces meae non sunt dignae,Sed tu bonus fac benigne,Ne perenni cremer igne.

Inter oves locum praesta,Et ab hoedis me sequestra,Statuens in parte dextra.

Confutatis maledictis,Flammis acribus addictis:Voca me cum benedictis.

Oro supplex et acclinis,Cor contritum quasi cinis,Gere curam mei finis.

Lacrymosa dies illaQua resurget ex favillaJudicandus homo reus.

Huic ergo parce, Deus:Pie Jesu Domine,Dona eis requiem. Amen.

Remember, kind Jesus,my salvation caused your suffering;do not forsake me on that day.

Faint and weary you have sought me,redeemed me, suffering on the cross;may such great effort not be in vain.

Righteous judge of vengeance,grant me the gift of absolutionbefore the day of retribution.

I moan as one who is guilty:owning my shame with a red face;suppliant before you, Lord.

You, who absolved Mary,and listened to the thief,give me hope also.

My prayers are unworthy,but, good Lord, have mercy,and rescue me from eternal fire.

Provide me a place among the sheep,and separate me from the goats,guiding me to Your right hand.

When the accused are confounded,and doomed to flames of woe,call me among the blessed.

I kneel with submissive heart,my contrition is like ashes,help me in my final condition.

That day of tears and mourning,when from the ashes shall arise,all humanity to be judged.

Spare us by your mercy, Lord,gentle Lord Jesus,grant them eternal rest. Amen.

V. Recordare

VI. Confutatis

VII. Lacrymosa

Robyn Rocklein, Mezzo-SopranoRobyn Rocklein, a Nebraska native known for her vibrant and flexible voice, has appeared as a soloist in England, Austria, Germany, and throughout the U.S. Robyn has performed with Arizona Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Tampa, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and St. Andrew’s Bach Society. She has also performed with the Kronos Quartet, Barry Manilow, John William’s Star Wars in Concert,

Adam Bielamowicz, TenorAdam has been the tenor soloist with the Central Florida Bach Festival and Gloria Musicae since 2014. He has played feature roles with Sarasota Opera, and founded the Qol Quartet. The tenor’s 2013-2014 season took him to Carnegie Hall, where he performed with The American Symphony Orchestra. A native Texan, Adam enjoyed his Houston Grand Opera debut as the Burgess in Britten’s Peter Grimes, and was the featured tenor soloist in three choral masterworks with the Lubbock Symphony: Mendelssohn's Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, and Mozart’s Mass in C minor. Adam has a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Texas Tech University.

Todd William Donovan, Bass-BaritoneTodd has been described by critics as a singer full of confidence, dominating the stage. He is known for his powerful and resonant voice and expressive acting. Todd’s most recent operatic roles include Leporello in Don Giovanni, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata, Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Figaro in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, and Olin Blitch in Floyd’s Susannah. His most recent role on the musical theater stage was Emile De Becque in South Pacific. He has been the bass-baritone soloist at the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt,

Austria for six seasons, and has won numerous competitions including the first-place Oxnard $12,000 Gold Medal Award and the Johnny Mercer Award in the American Traditions Competition at the 2009 Savannah Music Festival.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem: exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet.Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.Kyrie eleison.

Dies irae, dies illa.Solvet saeclum in favilla,Teste David cum Sibylla.

Quantus tremor est futurusQuando judex est venturusCuncta stricte discussurus.

Tuba mirum spargens sonumPer sepulchra regionumCoget omnes ante thronum.Mors stupebit et naturaCum resurget creaturaJudicanti responsura.Liber scriptus profereturIn quo totum continetur,Unde mundus judicetur.

Judex ergo cum sedebitQuidquid latet apparebit,Nil inultum remanebit.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?Quem patronum rogaturus,Cum vix justus sit securus?

Rex tremendae majestatis,Qui salvandos salvas gratis,Salve me, fons pietatis.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them. You are praised, God, in Zion,and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer, to You all flesh will come. Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them.

Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us.

Day of wrath, day of anger will dissolve the world in ashes, as foretold by David and the Sibyl.

Great trembling there will be when the Judge descends from heaven to examine all things closely.

The trumpet will send its wondrous sound throughout earth’s sepulchres and gather all before the throne. Death and nature will be astounded, when all creation rises again, to answer the judgement. A book will be brought forth, in which all will be written, by which the world will be judged. When the judge takes his place, what is hidden will be revealed, nothing will remain unavenged. What shall a wretch like me say? Who shall intercede for me, when the just ones need mercy?

King of tremendous majesty, who freely saves those worthy ones, save me, source of mercy.

Requiem in D Minor K. 626Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I. Requiem

II. Dies irae

III. Tuba mirum

IV. Rex tremendae

Stella Zambalis, Soprano Stella is a regular guest of leading opera companies throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America. She has created several new roles, including Cherubino in The Ghosts of Versailles for the Metropolitan Opera, and The Sorceress in Robert Moran’s Desert of Roses for Houston Grand Opera. One of several world premieres include Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place, which premiered at the Houston Grand Opera, later traveled to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and on to La Scala in Milan for the work’s European premiere. On the concert stage, she has performed with the Houston Symphony, San Francisco and Houston ballets, Verdi Requiem under Robert Shaw, under the baton of Raphael Frübeck de Burgos with the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, and the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berlin.

and Columbia Artists’ Lord of the Rings Symphony. Robyn was a finalist in the Meistersinger Competition in Austria and the Charles A. Lynam International Vocal Competition. She holds a D.M.A. in vocal performance from Arizona State University, and is an Adjunct Professor at the Ringling College of Art and Design.

Shrouded in myth and mystery, the story of Mozart’s last composition hasbeen embellished by time, biographers, playwrights and the big screen. Creativelicense has spun a tale of a shrouded figure - a harbinger of death - seeking outthe young composer, and of Mozart working feverishly in the last hours of hislife in a doomed attempt to finish the work. In reality, the Requiem wascommissioned, via messenger, by Count von Walsegg, an eccentric Austriannobleman. He wanted a requiem to memorialize his young wife, who had died atthe age of 20. And it is unlikely that Mozart would have been laboring on thecomposition in his final hours, as the rheumatic fever from which he sufferedwould have made him too ill to work.

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Gottlieb Mozart was born in Salzburg,Austria on January 27, 1756. He was a gifted musician who began playing thekeyboard at age 3, started composing minuets at 5, and symphonies at 9.Altogether, he composed more than 600 works, including 21 stage and operaworks, 15 Masses and more than 50 symphonies.

Mozart died in Vienna at the age of 35, the beautiful and haunting Requiemunfinished. What is his work, and what is credited to other composers, has beena matter of two centuries of debate. Only the 48 bars of the opening Introit hadbeen fully scored, although he had worked on other elements of thesemovements in varying forms. The Lacrymosa was an unfinished eight barfragment. The vocal and continuo of the Domine Jesu and the vocal parts of theHostias were in Mozart’s hand. Having been paid for half the work, his widow,Constanze, sought out other composers to finish the job. The finished work isthought to be the contributions of two to four others; the bulk was completedby Franz Xaver Sussmayr, a pupil of Mozart’s. Regardless, the music is unmistakably Mozart, and we are pleased to share the magic of one of history’s greatest composers with you.

About the Requiem

Ave verum corpus, K. 618...........................................ChorusDove soni i bei momenti.................................................Solo

(from the Marriage of Figaro)

Requiem Mass

I. Requiem......................,,,............Soprano Solo and Chorus

II. Dies irae..................................................................Chorus

III. Tuba mirum..................................................Solo Quartet

IV. Rex tremendae.......................................................Chorus

V. Recordare.......................................................Solo Quartet

VI. Confutatis..............................................................Chorus

VII. Lacrymosa...........................................................Chorus

VIII. Domine Jesu...........................Solo Quartet and Chorus

IX. Hostias...................................................................Chorus

X. Sanctus...................................................................Chorus

XI. Benedictus.................................Solo Quartet and Chorus

XII. Agnus Dei...............................Soprano Solo and Chorus

Program

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Additional sponsors for the concert at St. George Greek Orthodox Church:West Pasco Chapter 489, Order of AHEPA

Peter Makris, CPAGeorge Psetas, Attorney-at-Law

Pre-Concert Music on April 8: Judith Koutsos, organist

Pre-Concert LecturesApril 8: Prof. John L. Hyer (Faculty, St. Petersburg College)

April 9: Prof. Hyer and the Rev. Dr. John T. DeBevoise (Senior Pastor, Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church)

Thank you to the volunteers who are serving as ushers.

Special Thanks

RequiemK. 626

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart