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Nan Bases Kit Smyth Basquin Mary S. Basquin Michael David & Lauren Mitchell Tracy and Stanley Shopkorn Daniel and Ellen Stafford-Sigg Meet the Composer/Cary New Music Performance Fund Feryal Algosaibi* Tammie L. Murphy* Phoebe Abelow John Agapiou* Zorana Andrea* Daniel Andor Helen Biggs Bell* Jan Bilodeau Jerome Blake* Jennifer Borum* Ramona Bouzard* Jeffrey Brown Timothy Brown Roy J. Byrd* Denise Caputo* Sandra C. Carlson Grace Check* Alex DeLuca* Nicholas DiDomizio Hugh D. and Kathryn Klein Eddy Kim and Steve Erle Reena Esmail* John Tyler Evans* Jonathan Fisher* Lily Friedman Reiko Fueting* Tami Gallotte* Jill Garland* Steven Gerber* Alex Guerrero
Brook Hersey* Vicki Haydon* David Hayward Don and Sally Hayward Ira and Becky Horowitz Elsie Hunter Linnea Johnson Steve Jones Sharon Albert Kaplan* Ellen Kanter Amanda Keil* Farah Kidwai Janet Klump* Susan H. Koshewa Phyllis Kubey Katherine Lee Linda and Leslie S. Libow Stanley and Nanette Lieblein Paul Loesel* Peter Luyre* Sara Lynch Beth Marker David J. MacDonald Ruth Mueller-Maerki Robinson McClellan* Molly McEneny Betsey Mcgee and Mark Pecker Edward & Rose Mermelstein
Friends of C4
Bernard and Rochelle Natt Thomas L. and Constance B. Newberry Susan Obel John Pagapiou James Primosch Hedy Roma* Jonathan and Suzanne Rosenzweig Joseph Rubinstein Bonnie Scarborough* Christine Schadeberg* Linda Schrank Clare Shore Peter Strauss* Justin Stein* Karen Siegel and Charles Natt Larry and Pat Siegel* Milton Sonday Caroline Stinson* Thomas Stumpf* Severn Taylor* Kenneth L. and Jean M. Telljohann Mary Tsimenoglou Joseph Upham* Matt van Brink* Jennifer Wendy Jason Wible
Nathan Allman Stephen Burrow Peter and Katharine Darrow Byron Gibbs Vincent FitzGerald Ernest Hood Ellen Kruger David McCorkle Ivana Mestrovic Ain Noa Zahra Partovi Ami Ronnberg Linda Schrank Gina Speirs Ross Tana Anne Thulin Judith Walz Susan Weill (speak to a C4 member about becoming a Friend)
We also wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to St. Peter’s Church and to those who donated to the CD (*) The Activities of C4 are Funded in Part With Generous Support From
Released!
The CD Release of C4’s First Studio Album Presented by St. Peter’s Church Classical Music Series Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
The Caged Skylark
Hayes Biggs (b. 1957)
Hannah Carr, conductor
Saguaro David Harris, conductor Elizabeth Derham and Melissa Wozniak, soloists
My Kiss Is a Journey Michael Conley, conductor
Without Words
Karen Siegel (b. 1980)
Christian Carey (b. 1965) Huang Ruo (b. 1976)
Ted Hearne (b. 1982)
Daniel Andor-Ardó, conductor
Seven Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche
Harry Einhorn (b. 1986)
Fahad Siadat, conductor
Stabat Mater Hannah Carr, conductor Karen Siegel, soloist
In this setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ The Caged Skylark I attempt to capture the frustration and impotent rage of the bird imprisoned and, in the second part, the bold swoops and “free fells” of the bird unfettered.
Saguaro Inspired by a visit to Tucson, Arizona, I expressed my awe of the landscape, history, and people of this desert in a poem that would become the text for Saguaro. The seemingly endless expanses of this beautiful desert are reflected in the music’s evocation of space.
Hee•oo•oom•ha When writing Hee•oo•oom•ha, I was deeply interested in traditional world music, such as that of the BaBenzele Pygmies and Tuvan throat singers. My desire to explore the seemingly infinite variety of sounds possible for the human voice set me on a lifelong creative path in choral music.
We Cannot Leave
Timothy Brown, conductor
We Cannot Leave (mvt. 5 from Privilege)
The Caged Skylark
Jonathan David (b. 1965)
We Cannot Leave is set to the translation of As’ Kwaz’ uKuhamba, a black South African Anti-Apartheid song. The setting is a tribute to the South African tradition of using music as a tool to fight societal oppression and inequality.
Stabat Mater
Without Words
The grieving Mother stood weeping beside the
Without words, alone …
cross where her Son was hanging
Walking up to the Western pavilion.
Through her weeping soul, compassionate and
The moon is as a fading hook …
grieving, a sword passed.
The Lonesome Wutong tree,
Who is the person who would not weep seeing
In the deep courtyard,
the Mother of Christ in such agony?
Enclosed with dismal Autumn.
Who would not be able to feel compassion on
Unbreakable;
beholding Christ’s Mother suffering with her
yet, impossible to sort,
Son? O Mother, fountain of love, make me feel
Is this sorrow of leaving…
the power of sorrow, that I may grieve with you.
Deepening in my heart,
Grant that my heart may burn in the love of
An unspeakable feeling
Christ my Lord, that I may greatly please Him. Christ, when it is time to pass away, grant that through your Mother I may come to
Hee•oo•oom•ha David Harris, conductor
Fahad Siadat, soloist
Toby Twining (b. 1958)
the palm of victory. When my body dies, grant that to my soul is given the glory of paradise.
Seven Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche In the Northwest of the Land of Uddiyana, On a blooming lotus flower You have attained supreme, wondrous siddhi, You are renowned as Padmakara
*cover art by Anne Thulin, special thanks
Surrounded by your retinue of many Dakinis, We practice following your example Please approach and grant your blessings, Guru Padma Siddhi Hum