Program Book
Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 3PM & 8PM and Sunday, March 20th, 2022 at 3PM
Calderwood Studio at GBH, Boston, MA
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, Music Director
Antonio Vivaldi
(1678-1741)
Gloria in D. Major, RV 589
Gloria in excelsis
Et in terra pax
Laudamus te
Gratias agimus tibi
Propter magnam gloriam tuam
Domine Deus
Domine fili unigenite
Domine Deus, agnus Dei
Qui tollis
Qui sedes
Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Cum sancto spiriu
Olivia Miller, soprano
Kelley Hollis, soprano
Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano
George Frideric Handel
(1685-1759)
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
Overture: Larghetto e staccato—Allegro—Menuet
Accompagnato, "When nature underneath a
heap of jarring atoms"
Chorus, "From harmony"
Aria, "What passion cannot music raise and quell"
Aria and chorus, "The trumpet's loud clangor"
March
Aria, "The soft complaining flute"
Aria, "Sharp violins proclaim"
Aria, "But oh! what art can teach"
Aria, "Orpheus could lead the savage race"
Accompagnato, "But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r"
Finale, "As from the pow'r of sacred lays"
Elena Villalón, soprano
Rufus Müller, tenor
These performances honor C.C. Cave for her years of dedicated service to Boston Baroque.
Read program notes by Martin Pearlman for Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day and Vivalid’s Gloria.
Boston Baroque
VIOLIN I
Christina Day Martinson, concertmaster
Jesse Irons, assistant concertmaster
Amy Sims
Julia McKenzie
Lena Wong
Megumi Stohs Lewis
VIOLIN II
Sarah Darling*
Danielle Maddon
Asako Takeuchi
Jane Starkman
Etsuko Ishizuka
VIOLA
Jason Fisher*
Barbara Wright
Lauren Nelson
VIOLONCELLO
Michael Unterman*
Jacques Lee Wood
Thomas Barth
VIOLONE
Motomi Igarashi*
FLUTE
Joseph Monticello*
OBOE
Geoffrey Burgess*
Alison Gangler
BASSOON
Allen Hamrick
TRUMPET
Jesse Levine*
Paul Perfetti
TIMPANI
Jeffrey Bluhm
LUTE/THEORBO
Michael Leopold
ORGAN/HARPSICHORD
Peter Sykes*
*Principal
SOPRANO
Emily Bieber
Jessica Cooper
Samantha Dotterweich
Kelley Hollis
Sabrina Learman
Olivia Miller
Ruby White
ALTO
Carrie Cheron
Christina English
Mary Gerbi
Meghan Ryan
Elena Snow
Kamala Soparkar
TENOR
Sullivan Hart
David McSweeney
Michael Sansoni
Jason Wang
Patrick Waters
BASS
Jacob Cooper
Brett Johnson
Will Prapestis
Ulysses Thomas
Dana Whiteside
The orchestra performs on period instruments.
Program Text
Vivaldi, Gloria in D
Glory to God on high;
And on earth peace, good will toward men.
We praise thee, we bless thee,
we worship thee, we glorify thee.
We give thanks to thee
for thy great glory.
Lord God, heavenly king,
God the father almighty;
Lord, the only begotten son, Jesus Christ;
Lord God, lamb of God, son of the father,
heavenly king, only begotten son,
thou who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
Thou who takest away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer.
Thou who sittest at the right hand of
the father, have mercy upon us.
For thou alone art holy,
thou alone art the Lord,
thou alone are most high, Jesus Christ.
With the holy spirit,
in the glory of God the father.
Amen.
CHORUS
Gloria in excelsis Deo;
CHORUS
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
SOPRANOS 1 AND 2
Laudamus te, benedicimus te,
adoramus te, glorificamus te.
CHORUS
Gratias agimus tibi
propter magnam gloriam tuam.
SOPRANO 1
Domine Deus, rex coelestis,
Deus pater omnipotens;
CHORUS
Domine fili unigenite, Jesu Christe;
ALTO AND CHORUS
Domine Deus, agnus Dei, filius patris,
Rex coelestis, Domine Fili unigenite,
qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis.
CHORUS
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
suscipe deprecationem nostram.
ALTO
Qui sedes ad dexteram patris,
miserere nobis.
CHORUS
Quoniam tu solus sanctus,
tu solus Dominus,
tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe.
CHORUS
Cum sancto spiritu,
in gloria Dei patris.
Amen.
Handel, Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
OVERTURE
RECITATIVE/ARIOSA (TENOR)
From harmony, from heav'nly harmony,
This universal frame began.
When nature underneath a heap
Of jarring atoms lay,
And could not heave her head,
The tuneful voice was heard from high:
"Arise! ye more than dead".
Then cold and hot, and moist and dry,
In order to their stations leap,
And music's pow'r obey.
CHORUS
From harmony, from heav'nly harmony,
This universal frame began.
From harmony to harmony,
Through all the compass of the notes it ran,
The diapason closing full in man.
ARIA (SOPRANO)
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
When Jubal struck the chorded shell,
His list'ning brethren stood around,
And, wond'ring, on their faces fell,
To worship that celestial sound.
Less than a God they thought there could not dwell
Within the hollow of that shell,
That spoke so sweetly and so well.
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
ARIA (TENOR) AND CHORUS
The trumpet's loud clangor
Excites us to arms
With shrill notes of anger,
And mortal alarms.
The double, double, double beat
Of the thund'ring drum
Cries: Hark! the foes come;
Charge, charge! 'tis too late to retreat.
MARCH
ARIA (SOPRANO)
The soft complaining flute
In dying notes discovers
The woes of hopeless lovers,
Whose dirge is whisper'd by the warbling lute.
ARIA (TENOR)
Sharp violins proclaim
Their jealous pangs and desperation,
Fury, frantic indignation,
Depth of pains, and height of passion,
For the fair disdainful dame.
ARIA (SOPRANO)
But oh! what art can teach,
What human voice can read
The sacred organ's praise?
Notes inspiring holy love,
Notes that wing their heav'nly ways
To join the choirs above.
ARIA (SOPRANO)
Orpheus could lead the savage race;
And trees uprooted left their place,
Sequacious of the lyre
ACCOMPAGNATO (SOPRANO)
But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r:
When to her organ vocal breath was giv'n,
An angel heard, and straight appear'd,
Mistaking earth for heaven.
SOPRANO AND CHORUS
As from the pow'r of sacred lays
The spheres began to move,
And sung the great Creator's praise
To all the bless'd above;
So when the last and dreadful hour
This crumbling pageant shall devour;
The trumpet shall be heard on high,
The dead shall live, the living die,
And music shall untune the sky.
Livestream Director
Matthew Principe
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