Orpheus Club Men's Chorus - Spring Concerts 2017

Orpheus Club Men’s ChOrus Special Spring concertS to the Doughboys, with love!

World War 1 centenary, 1917 - 2017

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april 29, 2017 7:30 p.m. sunday

april 30, 2017 4:00 p.m. ridgewood united Methodist church Ridgewood, new Jersey

John Palatucci** Conductor Ron levy* Pianist Justin KemP Percussion chRis GolinsKi Percussion lauRa Willis Flute special Guest

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Welcome!

Welcome to the spring concerts of the Orpheus Club. At these programs we commemorate the centennial of the United States entry in to World War I. We remember the Americans who served in that war and salute all who serve today.

One of the oldest male choruses in the Northeast, Orpheus was established in 1909 by a group of eight Ridgewood businessmen and is dedicated to the continuance of men’s choral singing, fellowship and to providing audiences with an eclectic repertoire of enjoyable music. Our singing membership is made up of men from all walks of life drawn together by the common bond of music. Our singers now come from throughout northern New Jersey. We welcome your inquiries about singing with us.

If singing is not for you but you enjoy attending our concerts, we invite you to consider becoming a subscribing member. As such, you will be kept apprised of our upcoming concerts and will enjoy significant savings on the cost of tickets. For more information feel free to speak with any singing member after the concert, visit our website (www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org), or write to us (PO Box 114, Ridgewood). .

In the fall of 1990, JOhn PalatuCCi became music director of the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, Ridgewood’s oldest civic musical organization. His efforts to uphold and enhance the OCMC's proud history, tradition, and reputation, most recently include a performance of Johannes Brahms’ Rinaldo with the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra but also include Brahms' Alto Rhapsody with the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, Randall Thompson's The Testament of Freedom and Giuseppi Verdi's Hymn to the Nations with the Orchestra of Saint Peter-by-the-Sea, and the Maroon Men a cappella group from Ridgewood HS as well as several commissions of new music for male chorus which are dedicated to him and the OCMC. Since 1993 the OCMC and the Ridgewood Concert Band have collaborated on Howard Hanson's Song of Democracy, Ottorino Respighi's Laud to the Nativity, Aaron Copland's Old American Songs, the revised finale to Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser, and most recently the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album arranged for male chorus and concert band.

In the spring of 2005, Mr. Palatucci led the OCMC in its Lincoln Center debut, performing at the Lincoln Center Library with the Palisades Virtuosi chamber ensemble.

The OCMC became a charter member of the New Jersey Choral Consortium in 2008 where Mr. Palatucci sat on the board of directors and served as vice president. In January 2009, he was honored by his colleagues at Montclair State University by being selected as speaker at the annual Dr. Jack Sacher Memorial Lecture. Also in 2009, during the OCMC’s centennial year, he led a Ridgewood community choral festival 3

which culminated in a performance with orchestra and soloist Ron Levy of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy. In 2011, his setting of Percy Grainger’s Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol for male chorus and piano was published by the International Percy Grainger Society. With Mr. Levy, he prepared the OCMC and its sister ensemble, the Ridgewood Choral, for a performance of the Beethoven Choral Fantasy with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the auspices of the NJCC, with the OCMC and the Rutgers University Glee Club, in 2012 he helped organize and oversee an inaugural state-wide men’s chorus workshop and concert at Rutgers University. A 2013 debut performance at Carnegie Recital Hall with members of the OCMC included the NYC premieres of Peter Findley’s Ubi caritas and Godfrey Schroth’s Orpheus with his lute.

This past December Mr. Palatucci conducted at the National Chorale’s annual Messiah Sing at Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall. Last month he premiered a new work by Patrick Burns entitled Vignettes for solo euphonium and band with the Ridgewood Concert Band.

For more information about Mr. Palatucci, please visit the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus web site: http://www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org/the-director.html Ron Levy, internationally acclaimed pianist, has been called "first-class" by the New York Times. He regularly appears as a soloist, and in partnership with many of the world's leading singers and instrumentalists. A graduate of Oberlin, Mr. Levy is a founding member of the Hudson Trio, Kaleidoscope, the New World Trio, the Manchester Chamber Players, the Breucklen Trio and the award-winning Palisades Virtuosi, resident chamber ensemble at Bergen Community College and the University of Hawaii. He has been pianist and harpsichordist of the Oberlin Orchestra, the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey and North Jersey Philharmonics, the Westchester Symphony, and the Albany Symphony. Presently he is Associate Artist with the All Seasons Chamber Players. For over 20 years, Mr. Levy was associated with the Manchester (VT) Music Festival, of which he was a faculty and Board member. While living in Vermont, he was Music Director & Conductor of the Opera Theatre in Weston, and impresario of the "Third Saturday" chamber music series at the historic Equinox Hotel, as well as the "Music on the Hill" series at the Southern Vermont Art Center. A champion of new music, he has been the recipient of a considerable number of works written for him by prominent composers. Mr. Levy has taught at numerous colleges, and is currently an instructor at Montclair State University; he maintains an active and on-going affiliation with the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, and NJ PAC. Mr. Levy conceived two "mini-festivals" which were presented by the NY Public Library at Lincoln Center. In 2008 Mr. Levy played in St. Petersburg, Russia, and at the venerable Stratford (CA) Summer Music Festival (with Palisades Virtuosi). In November of 2013, Ron presented a concert at Carnegie, performing sixteen works written for him (including two for the Orpheus Club). That same fall he served on the jury of the Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition. Recently, Mr. Levy was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Rockland 4

and Monmouth Symphony Orchestras; last spring, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his concerto debut, he soloed with both orchestras, performing concertos of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Grieg & Beethoven. A two-term President of the Professional Teachers' Guild of NJ, he is a contributing editor to BIM Music Publications, Switzerland. Recordings by Mr. Levy are available on the Albany, Centaur, Eroica, Koch International, MMF and High Point labels; several of the individual CDs comprising Palisades Virtuosi's New American Masters Series (Albany Records) have been submitted for Grammys.

Justin Kemp is a drummer and percussionist from Madison, N.J. currently studying music education at Montclair State University. Versed in all genres of music, he can often be seen performing in the various theater companies and high school pit orchestras of New Jersey, as well as subbing for blues, latin, and jazz bands. Justin has performed with many notable choral groups and directors such as The Drew University Singers led by Dr. Jason Bishop, The New Jersey Youth Chorus, and various choirs under the direction of Mark Miller. He also has worked with numerous churches and is currently the on call percussionist at “Church of the Little Flower” in Berkeley Heights.

Beyond his experience performing, Justin has been teaching drums and percussion privately for 6 years and recently joined the teaching staff at "In-tune Music School” in Maplewood, NJ. Outside of private instruction, he has also worked as the percussion tech for the Madison High School “Marching Dodgers” and assisted with public school percussion programs from time to time.

Justin thanks John Palatucci, Ron Levy, and all of the members of the Orpheus Men’s Chorus for involving him in such a fun and talented organization, and is honored to be performing alongside them.

our gueSt therOn CrOmer, tenor is a recent graduate of the voice performance program at Montclair State University and has performed in various operas there including: the title role in Albert Herring, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Il Cambiale di Matrimonio and most recently, as a graduate, the lead role in Il Giovedi Grasso. Theron has also performed with the Opera Theater of Montclair as Abdallo in Verdi's Nabucco and Pedrillo in Mozart's Die Entfurhrung aus dem Serail. Theron plans to continue his private vocal studies and possibly audition for conservatory in 2018.

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orpheuS club ScholarShip program The Orpheus Club is proud to sponsor a scholarship program designed to honor and assist a graduating high school senior who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in music and who intends to continue musical studies on the collegiate level. Since the program took on its current form in 1993, we have been pleased to recognize students from more than a dozen area high schools with grants exceeding 25,000. These outstanding young musicians have gone on to study at colleges and universities across the country.

Earlier this year, application packets were sent to area high schools. Additional information was made available on our web site and through the press. The students from whom we received applications all demonstrated high levels of accomplishment in their musical pursuits as well as in academics and other school activities.

g roland l. meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2017 Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship award of $2000.00 is Jeremy Stepansky from Montclair. A senior at Montclair High School, Jeremy is a pianist, composer and arranger. He is a member of the school’s acapella performing ensemble, the Passing Notes, and the MHS Stage Band. He has won awards for jazz composition and performance. He has been a four year member of the MHS fencing team and Math League and has been active in community service efforts serving the homeless. He has been selected to the National Honor Society and is a National Merit Scholar. He will be attending Harvard University in the fall.

Congratulations and Good Luck, Jeremy! g We thank all the individuals and groups who made donations to this valuable effort. Your support is much appreciated by the club and the student award recipients. Donations of any size are welcomed. Make your check payable to the Orpheus Club Scholarship Fund and give it to any singing member or mail it to: Orpheus Club, inc. | P.O. Box 114 | ridgewood, nJ 07451 All contributions are tax-deductible.

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oFFiceRs Bob Husband .............................................................President Tom Veit ........................................Vice President, Membership Vernon Reed,.............................Vice President, Administration Cliff Hook ....................................................................Treasurer Cliff Gerenz..................................................................Librarian

BoaRD oF tRustees sinGinG memBeRs

Greg Farrell

Steven Fell

Clifford Gerenz

Lou Fucito Dave Kerr

non-sinGinG memBeRs

Dotti Fucito

Marcia Perry

Phillip Raspe

committee chaiRmen Paul Berinato ..................................................................................................Music Peter Fenzel ...............................................................................................Publicity

Past PResiDents George U. White Frank F. Knothe George W. Campbell Wilbur Morris Paul J. Howe Herbert R. Talbot George A. Steves Theodore Northrup Robert Nutt, Jr. Ray M. Gidney Harry Wiltshire Richard H. Long Chester S. Lawton William J. Crawford Arthur I. Demarest Leon A. Payne Albert W. Staub Clifford D. Ackerman Howard R. Leroy

Richard G. Mannheim Frederick A. Blanpied Charles R. Dewhurst Stanley M. Staples Howard M. Liechty John Bing Walter C. Doscher Frederick E. Ray Theodore H. Mastin, Jr. Herbert S. Buzzard Otis H. Grendler Jack D. Morrison Oliver H. Hiester Karel V. Ctibor Vincent G. Beck

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Robert J. Egner Charles B. Hepburn George W. Billings Jerome Wyckoff E. Raymond Greve Carl F. Bilz Robert E. Duane Frank Strobl Roland L. Meyer James W. Rash Paul D. Berinato Dan Williams Lou Fucito Jim Lisanti Pat O’Brien Joe Lisella Robert Silvera Greg Farrell

orpheuS club men’S choruS FirSt tenor ROBERT F. SILVERA**, Part Captain CHARLES BROWN JIM LISANTI* MITCHELL G. SHAPIRO

PETE BERNICH* BOB HUSBAND*

HERB COHEN* JOHN GALVIN* JOE LISELLA* JAMES O’ROURKE DAVID STRIFE

CHARLES AUSTIN* ANDREW FERRETTI PAUL NELSON

Second tenor PAUL BERINATO**, Part Captain BILL DE BLOCK ROBERT GREMILLOT JAMES M. MATTHEWS* RICHARD REHBEIN

KEVIN DEERING

PETER FENzEL CLIFF HOOK NEIL NEUBERT* ASTER RILEy RICK SWANSON

Baritone DAVE KERR*, Part Captain RAy DIJON* JIM LATHEy ERIC SCHWARz TOM VEIT BaSS SAM SHAW, Part Captain EDWARD J. BROUILLARD** ROGER JACOBSON TOM OTT* MARLIN TOWNES

BILL AMAzzINI STEVEN FELL** JOHN MCKEON

NED CENIT VERNON REED*

GREG FARRELL* JIM MISKOWSKI GARy STARK

BOB CASPARIAN ALEx KEHL VAN SCHNELLBACHER

active – not Singing in tHiS concert LOU FUCITO* CLIFFORD GERENz* Honorary memBer FRANK STROBL*** * Each star represents ten years of music making

Congratulations!

H 20 yearS BoB HuSBand H 10 yearS Steve Fell

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patronS & SponSorS PatronS Ms. Heather Fitzsimmons

Mr. Conrad Hirzel* Ms. Marcia Perry* Mr. Robert J. Petretti** Mr. & Mrs. Walter White**

Ms. Alice Kelly Fleckenstein Mr. James Rash & Ms. Marcia Guthrie*

aSSociate memBerS Ms. Dorothy P. Fucito*

Mr. & Mrs. H. Ralph Kirby*** SuBScriBing memBerS

Ms. Margaret Jane Budd

Ms. Roberta A. M. Ragg****

Mrs. Alida E. Manley*****

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Steiner*

Mrs. Marianne S. Neville**

Mr. Frank Strobl

donorS The Orpheus Club gratefully acknowledges the following members and friends who have made donations to the club: Ms. Margaret Budd Mr. Herb Cohen Mr. William De Block Ms. Concetta DeLucia Mr. Gregory Farrell

Ms. Marianne S. Neville Mr. Thomas Ott Mr. Thomas Price Mr. David Strife Mr. Gary Stark

Mr. Clifford Gerenz Ms. Coleen Keating Mr. David Kerr Mr. James Matthews Mr. David McLean

contriButionS toward muSic PurcHaSeS Mr. William De Block Mr. Louis Fucito

Mr. Cliff Gerenz

Mr. James Lisanti Mr. Phil Raspe

roland l. meyer orPHeuS cluB ScHolarSHiP Fund Bank of America (Merrill Lynch) Ms. Maja Britton Ms. Mary W. Bergquist Ms. Margaret Jane Budd Ms. Concetta DeLucia

Mr. Ronald Levy Ms. Alex Rainer-Meyer Ms. Marcia Perry Mr. Hugh Platt Jr. Mr. Thomas Price

We invite your support “in praise of song.”

Please make your check payable to Orpheus Club, Inc. and mail it to Post Office Box 114, Ridgewood, NJ 07451.

All contributions to Orpheus are fully tax deductible to the maximum extent of the law. our Sincere tHankS

The Orpheus Club is grateful to the many generous patrons, donors and sponsors who have helped to keep the song alive for 106 years. Thank you.

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orpheuS program Spring 2017 i

Salutation. ...................................................................................William P. Bentz America, the Beautiful ...................Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward arranged by Ladislas Helfenbein The audience is invited to sing along.

Songs from the First World War .................. arranged by Alwyn Humphreys Mitchell Shapiro, tenor

Let us now praise famous men................................ Ralph Vaughn Williams With a Song in My Heart.......................... Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart arranged by Douglas MacLean James Matthews, tenor ii

Soldier's Chorus .................................................................. Charles Gounod From Faust

performed on the April 30, 1917 Orpheus concert

Fire of Spring .......................................................................... John Ireland Ron Levy, piano

Spring Sorrow (1918) .............................................................. John Ireland From a poem by Rupert Brooke

Blow Out, You Bugles (1919) ............................................... Frank Bridge From a poem by Rupert Brooke Theron Cromer, tenor iii

March of the Men of Harlech .....................................Traditional Welsh Air arranged by Mark Andrews

Madame Jeanette.......................................Edward Lockton and Alan Murray arranged by Hugh S. Roberton

Di quella pira ...................................................................... Giuseppe Verdi From Il Trovatore Theron Cromer, tenor 10

orpheuS program Spring 2017 There will be a fifteen-minute Intermission.

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The Last Words of David ...............................................Randall Thompson A Serenade ..............................................................................Richard Lane Why Do Fools Fall in Love? .......................Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy arranged by Anne Raugh and Deke Sharon

Let Us Break Bread Together ........................................................Spiritual arranged by J. Harold Montague Charles Brown and Robert Silvera, tenors

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Presentation of the 2017 Winner Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship

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The Parting Glass ...................................................................... Traditional arranged by Thomas Juneau

A Tribute to the Armed Services ........................ arranged by Lloyd Larson Who Are the Brave ............................J. Paul Williams and Joseph M. Martin

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program noteS April 2017 One hundred years ago this month, American soldiers began preparing to fight in Europe as the United States entered the war that had been raging there since 1914.

Public opinion previously opposed taking sides against the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. But attacks on American shipping had increased, killing many Americans and disrupting commerce. President Woodrow Wilson went before Congress on April 2, and war was declared four days later.

General John J. Pershing was put at the head of the American army and called for a million men, and that many would eventually serve in Europe. By early1918 the “doughboys” (the origin of that term for American soldiers is obscure) were fighting alongside British and French forces on the Marne river.

By the time the war ended – Nov. 11, 1918 – about 125,000 American soldiers were killed and more than 230,000 were wounded.

Wilson’s goal of making the “world safe for democracy” was not fully realized, but the war put the United States on the world stage as a major power.

In today’s concert, the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus presents some of the music from that era. The lyrics praise the heroism, dedication and sacrifice of the men and women who served in World War I. Behind the noble patriotism of the martial music lies the grim reminder that war always means death and sorrow. That is also reflected in what we sing.

We proudly present other songs to honor our armed forces and all who have put on a uniform to defend our country and freedom in the world along with songs to honor the equally brave who serve humanity in other ways. sonGs FRom the FiRst WoRlD WaR A medley arranged by Alwyn Humphreys

Soldiers’ songs express their longing for home, their love for the girl they left behind, and their dedication to their mission and their comrades in arms. These five songs were sung in the training camps, on troop ships, in the trenches and wherever the soldiers of World War I were sent. American boys in uniform picked up the tunes from the British and – in the very popular “Over There” – made their own contribution to the music of the period. let us noW PRaise Famous men

By Samuel Sebastian Wesley and R. Vaughn Williams with a text from Ecclesiasticus

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) was an English musician who served the cathedrals of Hereford, Exeter, Winchester and Gloucester. The text is from Ecclesiasticus, a book of sayings and proverbs originally in Hebrew. It recalls those who have ruled with honor, given good counsel, created music and poetry and were the “glory of their times,” along with “some that be” who were great but “which have no memorial.”

With a sonG in my heaRt

By Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

This song of love by the famed team of Rogers and Hart originated in a 1929 Broadway musical. It was featured in several movies and was a hit for Doris Day, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby.

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maRch oF the men oF haRlech Traditional Welsh air arranged by James Tilleard

This song has roots in a war of the 15th Century and a seven-year siege of the Harlech Castle in Wales. It was adopted by several army regiments as their marching song. There are various versions, but all are songs of fierce battle, slaying enemies and the glory of victory on behalf of one’s cause or country. maDame Jeanette

By Edward Lockton and Alan Murray, arranged by Hugh S. Robertson

This song paints a poignant picture of another part of war. Madame Jeanette sits waiting, as the “rush of the town” goes on. She holds to the hope that her beloved, believed to have been slain in battle, will walk into her life again. But he will not. In time, when “her hair’s white as snow,” they will take her to “slumber at Pere Lachaise,” the garden cemetery in Paris, giving her final rest after waiting her whole life for her man to return from war. the last WoRDs oF DaviD

By Randall Thompson with a text from II Samuel

Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was a teacher and composer whose students included Leonard Bernstein and a number of other distinguished musicians. He taught at Wellsley, the University of Virginia and Harvard, as well as other schools.

Thompson’s works made him one of the most prominent 20th Century composers of choral music. This piece, written in 1949, takes a text from the Bible reminding all that one who rules properly must govern with an eye towards God’s justice. a seRenaDe

By Richard Lane, from a poem by Edward Coote Pickney

We pay tribute this spring to the late Richard Lane, renowned composer who was our dear friend and accompanist for The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus for 42 years.

He composed and arranged many pieces for us. In 1966, his gift to us was “A Serenade.” Edward Coote Pickney (1802-1828), despite his short life, was a poet, editor, sailor and lawyer. He wrote under the influence of English writers and the classics of Greek and Latin authors. “A Serenade” finds beauty in love that shames the glory of the stars and makes “the darker nights a day.” let us BReaK BReaD toGetheR Traditional spiritual arranged by J. Harold Montague

This traditional spiritual from the 19th Century lifts up the blessing of a shared holy meal and kneeling in humility one with another while seeking God’s mercy. the PaRtinG Glass Traditional Irish and Scottish song arranged by Thomas Juneau

Good friends. Good times. And when it is time to part, we toast each other knowing that the friendship was true and the time well spent. “The Parting Glass” was arranged by Dr. Thomas Juneau, director of the Summit, New Jersey, Chorale, and internationally recognized for his leadership of all things pertaining to choral music and arrangements.

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Final regular season concert Friday • May 12, 2017 • 8:00 PM Featuring the 2017 Youth Soloist Competition Winner West Side Presbyterian Church • 6 South Monroe Street For more information:

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a tRiBute to the aRmeD FoRces Arranged by Lloyd Larson

Again remembering those who put on America’s military uniform and face danger in service to our country, we offer this stirring review of the songs of our armed forces. This tribute to all our uniformed services was arranged by Lloyd Larson. If you or a loved one have served, we invite you to stand and be recognized as the anthem of your service is sung.

Who aRe the BRave?

By J. Paul Williams and Joseph Martin

Yes, the brave ones are those who give their lives protecting “freedom’s shore.”

But they are also those whose “lives are plain” but spent in serving the poor, and those who serve mankind through free speech and the energies of heart and mind.

These, too, are “the brave.” J. Paul Williams (1937-2010) is credited with over 700 works sung by church and community choirs around the world. He was pastor and music director of churches in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. Joseph Martin has arranged many choral works and is director of sacred music for Shawnee Press.

Program notes by Charles Austin

orpheuS During WorlD War i In the January 1918 concert program, Orpheus listed five brothers in song who were serving in the military. We honor all who served but pay particular note of: H. S. Ball • J. G. Crowley • D. R. Dusenberry Donald D. Leonard • Alexander MacKenzie From the archives In its ninth year of existence, the Orpheus Club faced a decision on what to do during war time. Rather than suspending operations, club leaders determined to expand opportunities for community service. Among the extra efforts put forth by the members at the time was singing for the troops at Camp Merritt (now Cresskill). They also sang at a benefit concert concert for the Red Cross at the Baptist Temple in Brooklyn and both sang and served lunch at the Red Cross Tea Room. Copies of news accounts of these events are on display in the rear of the church at these concerts.

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Spring Concert

& CD RELEASE PARTY Margaret Swinchoski, flute Donald Mokrynski, clarinet Ron Levy, piano

Saturday, may 13, 2017 7:30PM Forte Piano recital hall

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tranSlationS & textS Di quella PiRa Manrico: Di quella pira l'orrendo foco tutte le fibre m' arse, avvampò!...

The flames of that terrible pyre inflamed and consumed all my being!...

Col sangue vostro la spegnerò...

Pitiless men, put it out, or I will shortly do it with your own blood...

Era già figlio prima d' amarti, non può frenarmi il tuo martir.

I was your son before I began to love you, your torments won't stop me.

Madre infelice, corro a salvarti, o teco almeno corro a morir!

Unhappy mother, I run to rescue you or I shall die with you!

Ruiz and the men at arms: Alarmi! Eccone presti a pugnar teco, o teco a morir. Alarmi!

To arms! Come quickly and we will fight them, fight to the death. To arms!

sPRinG soRRoW

BloW out you BuGles

All suddenly the wind comes soft, And Spring is here again; And the hawthorn quickens with buds of green, And my heart with buds of pain.

My heart all Winter lay so numb, The earth so dead and frore, That I never thought the Spring would come, Or my heart wake any more.

But Winter's broken and earth has woken, And the small birds cry again; And the hawthorn hedge puts forth its buds, And my heart puts forth its pain.

Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!

There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.

These laid the world away; poured out the red Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Their sons, they gave, their immortality.

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Blow, bugles, blow! They brought us, for our dearth, Holiness, lacked so long, and Love, and Pain.

Honour has come back, as a king, to earth, And paid his subjects with a royal wage; And Nobleness walks in our ways again; And we have come into our heritage.

Rupert Brooke

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Save the dateS!

The annual Orpheus Club

holiday concerTS

Saturday, December 16, 2017 • 7:30 pm Sunday, December 17, 2017 • 4:00 pm Mark your calendars now so you won’t miss this delightful way to celebrate the season.

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Our Wednesday evening rehearsals start again September 6, 2017 8 to 10 p.m. the Georgian room care One at the cupola w. 100 ridgewood avenue, paramus

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