Vienna Boys Choir 2024 Program

VIENNA BOYS CHOIR

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CONTENTS Theatre Staff.......................................................................................................... 2 Whitney Morse on The Sharon® L. Morse Performing Arts Center........................ 3 Vienna Boys Choir................................................................................................ 4 Program.............................................................................................................5-6 Conductor............................................................................................................ 7 Coming Soon...................................................................................................8-13

THEATRE STAFF Executive Director.......................................................................... Jason Goedken Artistic Director.............................................................................Whitney Morse Associate Artistic Director..................................................................Angel Creeks Director of Operations..........................................................................Jon Cronin Production Manager........................................................................Mike Giovinco Booking Manager.................................................................................Sierra Weiss Marketing Director.......................................................................... Taylor Adkins Senior Business Manager................................................................... Sean Graham Lighting Supervisor..................................................................... Alison Southgate Associate Lighting Supervisor...........................................................Dio Raquel Jr. Senior Production Coordinator.............................................................. Madi Carr Audio Visual Director...........................................................................Luke Bezio House Manager.....................................................................................Alec Speers Assistant House Managers..........................Mark Kirschenbaum, Nichole Pollack Director of Ticketing & Customer Relations............................... Yasmeen Stogden Ad Sales............................................................................................ Taylor Adkins marketing@significantproductions.org

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Dear Patron of the Arts, Welcome to The Sharon® L. Morse Performing Arts Center!

Much like the building’s namesake, my grandmother, Sharon L. Morse, we love all varieties of the performing arts here. It is in her memory that I, along with my amazing team of artists and arts administrators, strive to bring many different types of the highest quality entertainment here to The Sharon.

Since opening in 2015, we have strived to establish your trust, that a show at The Sharon is a show worth seeing. Perhaps you find yourself here today to see a concert of one of your favorite musicians, or to take in the national tour of a Broadway show. Either way, we encourage you to consider trying out a new show that perhaps you haven’t heard of before, knowing that it has been intentionally curated by our team.

We welcome you to The Sharon: a place for you to see an old favorite, but also a place to discover your new favorite. I sincerely hope you enjoy the show today, and I look forward to seeing you here again soon!

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Whitney Morse Artistic Director

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VIENNA BOYS CHOIR The Vienna Boys Choir is one of the most famous choirs in the world, and one of its oldest. In 1498, Emperor Maximilian I moved his court to Vienna to establish the Chapel Imperial there, along with the Vienna Boys Choir. Over the centuries, the court attracted musicians like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anton Bruckner. Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, and Franz Schubert were themselves choirboys.

Today the Vienna Boys Choir is a private, non-profit organization, which relies on sponsorship and donations. The Choir maintains a primary school, a junior and a senior high school. 300 boys and girls between the ages of six and 19 attend the Choir’s Schools in Vienna’s Augarten park. All receive individual voice lessons and sing in one of the choirs. The Choir’s education is open to all, regardless of their origin, nationality, or religion. About third of the students go on to become music professionals.

The 100 boy choristers between the ages of nine and fourteen are divided into four choirs. Between them, the choirs give around 300 concerts each year, attended by almost half a million spectators around the world. Since 1924, the boys have sung over 1000 tours in 100 different countries, which has resulted in a staggering 29,000 performances. At the Sunday services in Vienna’s Imperial Chapel, they perform with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the State Opera Chorus. The Choir frequently appears with major orchestras, conducted by the likes of Joana Mallwitz, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Christian Thielemann, and Simone Young. Recent highlights include appearances at the Salzburg Festival and at the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert.

The Vienna Boys Choir’s singing tradition is listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in Austria. Professor Gerald Wirth, himself a former choirboy, is the Artistic Director of the entire Campus.

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PROGRAM VIENNA BOYS CHOIR Wiener Sängerknaben On Stage Jimmy Chiang, conductor

Alleluia Canon William Boyce (1711-1779) There’s No Business Like Show Business From the musical “Annie Get Your Gun” (1946) Irving Berlin (1888-1989) Eine kleine Nachmusik (A little night music), K. 525 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1765-1791) Arr. Gerald Wirth Anima Nostra (Our Soul) Offertory for the Feast of the Holy Innocents, MH 452 Michael Haydn (1737-1806) Words: Psalm 123:7 Canite tuba in Sion (Blow the trumpet on Sion) Opus musicum I/20 (1586) Jacobus Gallus (c 1550-1591) Words: Joel 2:1, Isaiah 40:4 Hail, Holy Queen From the movie Sister Act (1992) Marc Shaiman (*1959) Arr. Roger Emerson Nella Fantasia (In my mind) From the movie The Mission (1986) Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) Words: Chiara Ferraù; Arr. Audrey Snyder Barcarole – Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Beautiful night, night of love) Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) From the opera: Hoffmanns Erzählungen (The Tales of Hoffmann, 1881) Words: Jules Barbier (1825-1901) Morgenblätter (Morning Papers), waltz, opus 279 Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Words: Georg Gruber; Arr. Helmuth Froschauer 352-751-7799

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PROGRAM Che faceste? Dite su! (What have you done? Speak!)

Witches‘ chorus from the opera Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Words: Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876) and Andrea Maffei (1798-1885) after William Shakespeare Va’, pensiero, sull’alli dorate (Fly, thoughts, on golden wings) Choir of the Hebrew slaves, from the opera Nabucco (1842) Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) Words: Temistocle Solera (1815-1878) The Prayer From the movie Quest for Camelot (1998) David Foster (*1948), Carole Bayer Sager (*1947), Alberto Testa (1927-2009), and Tony Renis (*1938) Solo to be announced from the stage Shchedryk (New Year’s Carol, 1916) Mykola Leontovich (1877-1921) Niška Banja (The hot springs of Niš) Arr. Gerald Wirth Jocular folk song from Serbia Oh Shenandoah Arr. Gerald Wirth American folk song (19th century) Wellerman (Soon may the Wellerman come) Arr. Gerald Wirth Whaling shanty from New Zealand I bin a Steirer Bua (I am a Styrian Lad) Arr. Gerald Wirth Folk song from Austria Banditen-Galopp (Bandits‘ Gallop), opus 378 Johann Strauss II Words: Tina Breckwoldt; Arr. Gerald Wirth Kaiserwalzer (Emperor Waltz), opus 437 (1889) Johann Strauss II Words: Victor Gombocz; Arr. Gerald Wirth PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE 6

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CONDUCTOR JIMMY CHIANG, CONDUCTOR The Hong Kong-born conductor and pianist started his musical career as a teenager. His major breakthrough as a conductor came in 2007 when he won the renowned “Lovro von Matacic” international conducting competition in Zagreb, Croatia. Chiang received numerous awards and honors at international competitions such as the International Competition for Young Choir Directors in Vienna (2004) and the Golden Key International Society Performing Arts Showcase in USA (2000). His versatility as a musician is reflected in his wide-ranging operatic, symphonic, choral, solo piano, chamber and song recital repertoire, both in opera pits and on concert stages. While serving as principal conductor of the Hong Kong Pan Asia Symphony, he worked as assistant music director of Wagner’s Ring cycle at Theater Lübeck from 2007 to 2009 From 2009 to 2011, he was Choirmaster at Theater Freiburg, where he led numerous productions, including a premiere of Ligeti’s opera Le Grand Macabre, staged

by Calixto Bieito. Chiang has appeared as guest conductor with Komische Oper Berlin, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Zagreb Philharmonic, and Hong Kong Philharmonic, among others, and at festivals such as Eutin Opera Festival (Germany), FACYL (Spain), and the Macau International Music Festival. He was invited to study and work alongside Maestro Seiji Ozawa at the Rohm Music Festival in Kyoto in 2004.

Besides his active performing schedule, Jimmy Chiang devotes himself to music education. He is the artistic adviser of the Hong Kong Children’s Symphony, directing their annual orchestra academy as well as master classes for young conductors. He has been involved with “Kinderoper Papageno”, in touring productions of their children’s operas, both as tour leader and performer, reaching over 20,000 children in German-speaking countries.

Born to a musical family, Chiang began piano lessons when he was four. He also studied cello and composition as a child, and made his first public appearance as a concert pianist at the age of 13. He received the Fellows Diploma from the Trinity College of Music in London at the age of 16. At Baylor University (USA), he studied with pianist Krassimira Jordan and graduated with a Bachelor of Music.

He finished his education as “Magister Artium” at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He studied with Austrian conductor Leopold Hager and other mentors include Erwin Ortner and Wolfgang Watzinger.

In 2013, Chiang became Choirmaster of the Vienna Boys Choir.

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