Souvenir Programme - New Dublin Voices - 10th Anniversary Concert

10th anniversary gala concert

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NEW DUBLIN VOICES 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT

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WELCOME.

It gives me the greatest pleasure to welcome you to our 10th anniversary gala concert, here in the beautiful surroundings and acoustics of Christ Church Cathedral. Tonight, in the presence of our guest-of-honour, the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, we celebrate all the colour and diversity, all the wide historical and emotional range, and all the languages, cultures and countries that have been contained in the many, many programmes which we have performed over the past 10 years. For tonight’s concert we took extra special care over the selection of pieces, each one exceptional, each one beautifully crafted while telling a dramatic story, or setting nonsense words, or no words at all, or even no pitches at all.

At the very heart of our performance is connection: with the composers – by realizing their intentions as best we can – and with you the audience – by communicating this great music as best we can.

Enjoy!

Bernie Sherlock Founder and conductor, New Dublin Voices

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INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED

is a leading Irish chamber choir. Founded by award-winning conductor, Bernie Sherlock, in 2005, NDV strives to present concert programmes that are fresh, innovative and exciting, ranging widely in style and period, from the medieval to the contemporary. The choir takes special pleasure in exploring the music of living composers and has given many Irish and world premieres.

NDV has won prizes at major competitions in Ireland, France, Hungary, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Spain, England, Slovenia and Italy, including the Gran Premio Città di Arezzo at the 61st Concorso Polifónico Internazionale “Guido d’Arezzo” in August 2013, thereby becoming the first Irish choir in history to win a place in the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing. Awards also include the Grand Prix at the 12th Budapest International Choir Competition (2009), six prizes, including Choir of the Festival, at the 11th International Choir Contest of Flanders-Maasmechelen (2011), and first prize in the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition at the 61st Cork International Choral Festival (2015).

NDV has previously been invited to take part in four of Europe’s most prestigious choral festivals: Musique en Morvan, France (2012), European Festival of Youth Choirs, Switzerland (2014), Polyfollia - The World Showcase and Marketplace for Choral Singing, France (2014), and the Festival des Chœurs Lauréats, France (2015).

The choir’s busy calendar also includes fundraising for charities, television appearances, guesting with Ireland’s professional orchestras, and performing at special public events. NDV features on the soundtrack of The Letters, a movie about Mother Theresa, due for release in 2015. The choir released two CDs – Something Beginning with B, featuring everything from Byrd to the Beatles, and Christmas with New Dublin Voices – in 2010. The latest CD, Music from Ireland, devoted to music by Irish composers, was released in December 2014 on Ireland’s leading record label, RTÉ lyric fm, and, to date, has garnered much praise, including a fourstar review in the July 2015 edition of BBC Music Magazine.

BERNIE SHERLOCK

is an award-winning Irish conductor with an international profile as an adjudicator, choral animateur, and teacher of conducting and aural training. She has won prizes for best conductor or best interpretation at several European competitions and has given workshops on a wide variety of subjects for different organisations.

Bernie has extensive experience directing a wide range of choirs. She was Director of Choirs at the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama for ten years, and for nine years was Musical Director of the Dublin University Choral Society in Trinity College. Since 2007 Bernie has been Musical Director of the eminent Culwick Choral Society, founded in 1898, with whom she has prepared and conducted many of the great works from the repertoire for large choir. She founded New Dublin Voices, in 2005.

Bernie is a Music Lecturer at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and she also lectured for many years in the School of Music at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the Artistic Director of the annual AOIC International Conducting Summer School since 2008. In 1993 she founded the Kodály Society of Ireland, whose International Music Course she directed from 1993 – 1998. Bernie is the Irish representative on the World Choir Council.

Bernie received her training in choral conducting during two years of study in Hungary with Peter Erdei and Ildikó Herboly Kocsár. She subsequently studied orchestral conducting with Gerhard Markson during his tenure as principal conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, leading to a Masters in Musicology and Performance from the National University of Ireland.

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Members 2005 – 2015 (current members in italics & photos) Sopranos & Mezzo-Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Baritones & Basses

Margaret Bridge Linda Buckley Felina Burns Jean Coleman Fionnuala Coonan Sara Dennedy Clíona Donnelly Dani Fox Eve Garvan Kate Gibson Rebecca Gilbert Sorcha de Grás Susan Haddon Alison Halpin Anna Hickey Derina Johnson Mythri Kappagantula.

Judith Lyons Emilie McCarthy Carol-Ann McKenna Edel McKiernan Jennifer McMahon Aideen O’Brien Clare O’Brien Nora O’Connor Patrice O’Connor Tia O’Connor Holly O’Grady María Prats Aideen Rickard Suzanne Savage Freya Schreurs Anna Seesjärvi.

Gráinne Shanahan Julie Shanley Sarah Skerritt Sarah Thursfield Maeve Ward

Emily Andrews Annamária Arapi-Benő Davina Baker Giovanna Baviera Róisín Blunnie Leila Budd Réiltín Nic Chárthaigh Dúill Shannon Coco Eoin Conway Eilis Cooney Eithne Cunningham Hannah Evans Dearbhla Ní Fhloinn Caoimhe de Fréin Jennifer Geraghty Ellis Gordijn Laura Hardaker Michaela Herron Aoife Hiney Sorcha Kinder Aine Larkin Niamh Ní Lochlainn Jacqui Mahon Tamara McCarthy Mairead McCloskey Elizabeth McGloughlin Cristina McGrath Cecelia Molumby Geraldine Mulhall Aoise O’Dwyer Gráinne O’Hogan Nell O’Hora Michelle O’Rourke Margaret O’Shea Aideen O’Sullivan Rūta Palsauskaite Joanne Parle Liz Powell Lori Qin Clotilde Schindler Ursula Scott Ann Shirley Cherry Tait-Niblock Krisztina Takacs Grace Tempany Katie Wink

Aongus Mac Amhlaigh Shane Barriscale Peter Campion Seán Doherty Mike Dungan Ruairí de Fréin Stephen Kenny Johannes Kopf Bob Linehan Matthew Lynch Vincent Lynch Callan McCarthy-Coughlan Dave Morgan Feilimidh Nunan Stephen O’Brien Paul O’Connor Harry Oulton Anthony Quinn Niall Stafford Raymond Tedders Mark Tilley Jonathan Wilson

Patrick Barrett Robbie Blake Jarlath Bolger Tristan Caldwell Kilian Carroll Edward Cetto Victor Coe Michael Dawson Dónal Dignam Brian Dungan Eoin Falconer Garret Farrell Eoghan Horgan David Hughes Brian Kelly Alastair Langwell Michael Lee Hugh Lydon Barra Lysaght Louis Mahon Adam McDonagh Conor Mellon Brian Merriman Scott Milligan Eoin Mulvany Louis O’Carroll Marcas Ó Duinn Eamonn O’Neill Donncha Ó Tuama Emmet Power Christian Rank Padraic Rowan Alex Ryan Ben Shaffrey Garret Sholdice Ciaran Yeo

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PRIZES AND PREMIERES 2006

·· 52nd Cork International Choral Festival: National Choir of the Festival. Also, Perpetual Trophy for the Performance of Irish Contemporary Choral Music National Choir of the Year, Navan Choral Festival ·· Winner of the McAuliffe Cup for mixed choirs, Dublin Feis Ceoil

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National Choir of the Year Competition, Navan Choral Festival Winner of the Florence Culwick Memorial Cup (madrigal singing) and the McAuliffe Cup, Dublin Feis Ceoil Performed at the official launch of the Arts Council’s first policy document for choral music, Raising Your Voice Backing choir with tenor trio The Priests for America’s PBS network broadcast Winner, RTE lyric fm’s inaugural competition for best performance of a specially commissioned Christmas carol (Elaine Agnew’s Curoo Curoo)

2007

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·· 53rd Cork International Choral Festival: Heinrich Schütz Perpetual Trophy for the performance of Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 378

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·· National Choir of the Year, Navan Choral Festival, and two other trophies ·· Winner of the Florence Culwick Memorial Cup (madrigal singing), Dublin Feis Ceoil

2009

2008 ·· France: Special Prize for Best New Work, for Sea Swell by Irish composer Enda Bates, 37th Florilege Vocal de Tours ·· Bangor, Northern Ireland: Three first-prizes and the Rosebowl Award, Bangor International Choral Festival ·· Award for Best Work by a Living Composer, 6

·· Hungary: Grand Prix (Overall Winner) & Interkultur Special Prize for Best Conductor (Bernie Sherlock), 12th Budapest International Choir Competition ·· Germany: 3rd Prize, International Chamber Choir Competition, Marktoberdorf ·· Finland: 3rd Place Overall, plus Special Prize for Best Interpretation of Set Work (Laudatio Domini

by Joonas Kokkonen), 3rd Harald Anderson Chamber Choir Competition, Helsinki ·· Winner of the inaugural ‘Choir of the Year’, Dublin Feis Ceoil ·· National Choir of the Year, Navan Choral Festival

PRIZES AND PREMIERES

2010 ·· Italy: Three prizes, including 1st Prize for Renaissance music, Concorso Polifónico Guido d’Arezzo ·· 56th Cork International Choral Festival: 2nd Prize overall, Schuman Europe Award (for the world premiere of O frondens virga by Irish composer, Ben Hanlon) plus International Jury Award to Bernie Sherlock ·· Florence Culwick Memorial Cup (madrigal singing), Dublin Feis Ceoil ·· Release of two CDs: Something Beginning with B and Christmas with New Dublin Voices ·· Winner, RTÉ lyric fm Choirs for Christmas ·· World premiere of Enda Bates Pauper’s Lament & A Stealing Sadness which were commissioned by RTÉ lyric fm

2011 ·· Belgium: Choir of the Festival, winning all 6 prizes, 11th International Choir Contest of FlandersMaasmechelen ·· Winner, RTÉ lyric fm Choirs for Christmas. ·· Concern fundraiser, Mansion House, Dublin

2012 ·· Spain: 3rd Prize (mixed choirs), 44th Tolosa Choral Contest ·· McAuliffe Cup (mixed choirs), Florence Culwick Memorial Cup (madrigal singing), and Oliver O’Brien Award (best adult choir), Dublin Feis Ceoil ·· France: Musique en Morvan Festival in France.

All-expenses paid concert tour with 7 sold-out performances

2013 ·· 59th Cork International Choral Festival: 2nd Prize Overall, Fleischmann International Trophy Competition, plus Perpetual Trophy for the Performance of Irish Contemporary Choral Music, plus Ireland’s Choir of the Year ·· Italy: Gran Premio Città (Grand Prize) di Arezzo & 1st Prize in the Vocal Ensemble category, 61st Concorso Polifónico Internazionale “Guido d’Arezzo” in Arezzo. (The Grand Prize achievement made New Dublin Voices the first Irish choir in history to win a place in the final of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing)

·· Derry: 2nd Prize, inaugural City of Derry International Choral Festival, Northern Ireland ·· Winner, RTÉ lyric fm Choirs for Christmas competition with the world premiere of In the Bleak Midwinter by Irish composer (and choir member), Alex Ryan

2014 ·· Hungary: Finalist, European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Debrecen ·· Oliver O’Brien Award (best adult choir), McAuliffe Cup (mixed voices), Lombard Murphy Cup (church music), Dublin Feis Ceoil ·· London: The Audience Prize, inaugural London International A Cappella Choir Competition ·· Switzerland: European Festival of Youth Choirs in Basel (all-expenses paid concert tour in Basel including 6 performances plus workshop by Bernie Sherlock with NDV on Contemporary Irish Choral Music ·· France: Polyfollia – The World Showcase and Marketplace for Choral Singing in Normandy – allexpenses paid concert tour with 7 performances and a workshop by Bernie Sherlock with NDV on Contemporary Irish Choral Music ·· CD release: Music from Ireland, devoted to music

by Irish composers on Ireland’s leading classical record label, RTÉ lyric fm ·· 14 World Premieres of new Irish works – collaboration with the Irish Composers Collective, supported by the Arts Council National Choir of the Year, Navan Choral Festival

2015 ·· Slovenia: 3rd Prize Overall plus Special Prize for the Performance/Interpretation of the Set Folksong, 13th International Choral Competition Gallus, Maribor ·· 61st Cork International Choral Festival: First Prize, the Fleischmann International Trophy (the first Irish winner in 17 years). Also, Perpetual Trophy for the Performance of Irish Contemporary Choral Music, plus International Jury Award to Bernie Sherlock ·· France: Festival des Chœurs Lauréats in Provence, France – all-expenses paid concert tour including 9 concerts and culminating in two performances in the Popes’ Palace, Avignon ·· Kaleidescope; Featured guest at season launch gala, Sept 2015

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MESSAGES CHRISTIAN BALANDRAS Dear Bernie, I’m sure that for the 10th anniversary of New Dublin Voices you will perform wonderful concerts.

I am proud to know personally your ensemble since 2008, and I have such nice memories of some of the important international events in which you have you have taken part: Best Choir in Maasmechelen-2011 (Belgium), Grand Prix in Arezzo-2013 (Italy) and, of course, the two concerts in the Popes’ Palace, Avignon, last August.

Congratulations for this rare and fantastic 10-year progression, and please continue this wonderful work with your kind singers. You are such a gifted conductor, especially for programming the most interesting pieces from the widest international choral repertoire.

With congratulations – and long life to NDV! Christian Balandras Vaison-la-Romaine, France Director, Festival des Choeurs Lauréats

winners of the Fleischmann Trophy at the Cork International Choral Festival. This award is testament to the excellence that has been achieved over the past ten years. I look forward to the next ten years of inspirational music-making by Bernie and NDV. Congratulations and best wishes from Codetta and all your choral friends in Derry.

Best wishes, Dónal Doherty Derry, Northern Ireland Head of Music Services, Western/Southern Regions, Northern Ireland; Director of City of Derry International Choral Festival and Director Codetta & City of Derry Civic Choirs CLIONA DORIS Many congratulations to New Dublin Voices on their 10th anniversary and wishing the choir and their director, our colleague, Bernie Sherlock, continued success and many exciting musical challenges.

Dr Clíona Doris Acting Head, DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama

DONAL DOHERTY

PÉTER ERDEI

It certainly doesn’t seem like ten years since I first heard of an exciting new choir being formed in Dublin, under the direction of their conductor Bernie Sherlock. New Dublin Voices is now firmly established as one of the most exciting and innovative choral ensembles in Ireland. Since their formation in 2005, they have been at the forefront of choral development on this island and beyond, presenting works by new and established composers to audiences throughout Europe. Bernie is, of course, widely recognised as an outstanding choral director and educator. She has an extraordinary passion and energy for the development of musicianship and choral excellence in Ireland and has contributed significantly to the current high standard of choral performance throughout the island.

Dear Bernie, I congratulate you and New Dublin Voices for all you have achieved and for all your excellent work. I hope you have a wonderful celebration and a rewarding anniversary concert.

I had the privilege of hearing the choir in May of this year when they were the outstanding and deserving 8

Kindest regards, Peter Erdei Kecskemét, Hungary Founding director of the Kodály Institute, Kecskemét (1974-2008);Professor of Choral Conducting, Liszt Academy Budapest JOHN FITZPATRICK On the occasion of its 10th Anniversary I extend my congratulations to NDV and their conductor, Bernie Sherlock, for the major impact they have made on both the national and international choral world over that period. They have consistently achieved

MESSAGES and maintained the highest of standards, been inventive in the variety of choral compositions they have presented to the public, and fostered the composition of new works by Irish composers. NDV have been to the forefront in highlighting the present quality of Irish choral music to an international audience and, in doing so, have represented both themselves and the country at the highest level.

John Fitzpatrick Cork, Ireland Artistic and Festival Director, Cork International Choral Festival DEBORAH KELLEHER New Dublin Voices is arguably Ireland’s most distinguished choir. It has distinguished itself in national and international competition and on the concert platform, by performing a range of music from the medieval period up to music composed in recent years by Irish and international composers. I have heard them many times and they have achieved a consistently high standard in concert performance.

I send my congratulations and best wishes to New Dublin Voices and Bernie in this special anniversary year.

Deborah Kelleher Dublin, Ireland Director, Royal Irish Academy of Music CATHERINE MCGUINNESS Last autumn I chose New Dublin Voices to sing for the President at my birthday party – what a memory!

Now I can say Happy Birthday to you on your 10th birthday. Thank you, singers and Bernie, for the wonderful music you have given us all and may you go on from strength to strength.

Catherine McGuinness Dublin, Ireland Former Supreme Court Justice, Senator, President of the Law Reform Commission KATHRIN RENNGLI Happy 10th anniversary and our very best wishes to the New Dublin Voices! Our hearts are filled with wonderful memories of the choir’s participation in the 9th European Festival of Youth Choirs in Basel, Switzerland, in 2012. May the New Dublin Voices continue to touch audiences all over the world for many more years to come!

Kathrin Renggli Basel, Switzerland Festival Director, European Festival of Youth Choirs TRACY RESSEGUIE Congratulations to Bernie Sherlock and New Dublin Voices for 10 years of beautiful music-making!

The first time I heard New Dublin Voices live is a moment I will never forget! They took my spirit

places in those moments where it had never been before and fed my soul unlike any other choral experience. The masterful teaching and conducting of Bernie Sherlock have put her mark on choral music throughout the world, and the impact this ensemble has made is truly remarkable! Here’s to many more years of bringing such beauty into the world!

Mr. Tracy Resseguie Kansas City, USA Founder and Creative Director, World Choral Fest CHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI Congratulations to New Dublin Voices on their 10th anniversary! I first met NDV at the World Choral Fest in Dublin in 2013, when they ROCKED Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine! I wish I could be there to fly with you tonight, but I look forward to seeing you at World Choral Fest 2016! Cheers!

Charles Anthony Silvestri Kansas, USA Lyricist GABRIELLA THÉSZ Singing? Yes! Singing in a Choir? Yes. Why? “...singing in itself is good, the real reward comes to those who sing, and feel, and think, with others.

That is what harmony means. We must look forward to the time when all people in all lands are brought together through singing, and when there is a universal harmony.” – Zoltán Kodály, 1937 (from The Selected Writings) My dear Choral Friends. For many years I have been deeply impressed by every aspect of your valuable and outstanding achievement. On the occasion of celebrating your 10th anniversary, let me express my appreciation and great respect for you and your conductor, wishing you further success and enthusiasm for the coming years.

With all my love, Gabriella Thész Budapest, Hungary Hungarian Radio Children’s Choir 1985-2012 JEAN-CLAUDE WILKINS Dear Bernie, Ten years already! I remember well the first appearance of New Dublin Voices in Cork and the promising sound and musicality of the group. Over the years this has been confirmed, and each concert I have attended has been a fantastic new surprise…

I wish to be surprised again. Thank you to all of you and to Bernie for making such good music in communion with your audience. Long life to NDV. Jean-Claude Wilkens Vaison-la-Romaine, France Directeur, A Coeur Joie: Association et Editions 9

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TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS ROTALAÂ 1991

Juris Karlsons Latvia, b. 1948

Inspired by a traditional Latvian round-dance (but sounds like a train...).

Vidu!

Vidu! To the middle!

Viena naca otra gaja, Viena laida, cita maja, Vidu!

One came, the other went, One lets go, another waves, vidu!

Nav vel tverta sniegta roka Jau tu ligo, lidz ieks loka, Vidu!

The outstretched hand is not yet grabbed, You already swing along in a circle, vidu!

Vala, vala, rota dienas,

Freely, freely the days spin,

Surpu, turpu, irst un sienas, vidu!

Irst un sienas tevi rokas talak sienas,

Hither, thither, part and join your hands Further joining, further swaying, vidu!

Talak lokas, vidu!

Freely, freely swirl around!

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LEONARDO DREAMS OF HIS FLYING MACHINE 2002 Eric Whitacre USA, b. 1970

Text: Charles Anthony Silvestri Those famous Da Vinci sketches – in his dreams, terrified of falling but desperate to fly...

Reading: Mike Dungan

Tormented by visions of flight and falling, More wondrous and terrible each than the last, Master Leonardo imagines an engine To carry a man up into the sun...

And as he’s dreaming the heavens call him, Softly whispering their siren-song: “Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni à volare”.

“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly”.

L’uomo colle sua congiegniate e grandi ale, facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria.

A man with wings large enough and duly connected might learn to overcome the resistance of the air.

As the candles burn low he paces and writes, Releasing purchased pigeons one by one Into the golden Tuscan sunrise...

And as he dreams, again the calling, The very air itself gives voice: “Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare”.

Vicina all’elemento del fuoco...

Scratching quill on crumpled paper, (Rete, canna, filo, carta.)

Images of wing and frame and fabric fastened tightly. ...sulla suprema sottile aria.

“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly”.

Close to the sphere of elemental fire...

(Net, cane, thread, paper.)

...in the highest and rarest atmosphere.

As the midnight watchtower tolls, Over rooftop, street and dome, The triumph of a human being ascending In the dreaming of a mortal man.

Leonardo steels himself, takes one last breath, and leaps...

LUDUS VERBALIS 1960

Einojuhani Rautavaara Finland, b. 1928

Performed by singers, but with no pitches...

I. Personalia

II. Temporalia

III. Qualitativa

IV. Quantitativa

wer who er he sie she du you und and jemand everyone niemand no-one ich I

wann when dann then indem while nachdem after nach after bevor before ehe before bis until zuweilen sometimes jetzt now immer always nimmer never niemals at no time

solcher of such der artig the good der selbe the same wie so einer

to compete with so was in no way wie like was für what kind of

wenig little ein wenig a little mehr more um so mehr like so much nicht mehr no more zu viel too much alles everything noch still more bisschen a little genug enough

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BENEDICTIO 1991

Urmas Sisask Estonia, b. 1960

Monks in medieval organum style gradually morph into dancers as hints of jazz filter in.

Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus, Pater, et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus.

May almighty God bless you, The Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

TICKET TO RIDE 1965

Lennon/McCartney — arr. Alexander L’Estrange England, b. 1974

Beatles’ classic given a jazzy make-over for the Swingle Singers.

BAGAIRT NA MARBH 1982, rev. 2002 Michael Holohan Ireland, b. 1956

Fear fills the room containing the deceased until Latin words from the Requiem give comfort.

Reading: Olivia O’Leary

Tá an seomra teann le bagairt na marbh Ni féidir a bhfearg a shásamh fá Níl duine beo faram Ach braithim í i m’aice D’ainneoin í bheith curtha le ráithe Níl torann dá ndeinim ná cuireann i ar tinneall I ríochtaibh teacht duisithe im láthair

The room is tense with the threat of the dead, Nothing can relieve their anger There is no living person beside me But I feel her presence around me Even though she has been buried for three months; Any sound I make aggravates her And awakens her to my world

Bí ciúin Requiem in aeternam Lux aeterna, luceat eis Domine cum sanctis, tuis in aeternam Quia pius es

Be quiet; Eternal rest grant unto them May eternal light shine upon them, O Lord O Lord, with Thy saints for evermore For Thou art gracious

Bí ciúin Is ná cloiseadh an té nua thitithe í néalaibh Í néalaibh an bháis Tú.

Be quiet; And listen to the one who is newly dead Newly fallen into the sleep of death You.

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KYRIE, FROM MISSA PAPAE MARCELLI Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525-1594

A Renaissance gem: six independent lines that are perfectly, sublimely inter-twined.

Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison, Kyrie Eleison

Lord, have mercy on us Christ, have mercy on us Lord, have mercy on us

JÉZUS ÉS A KUFÁROK (JESUS AND THE TRADERS) 1934 Zoltán Kodály Hungary,1882-1967

How Jesus confronted the traders in the Temple at Jerusalem, calling them thieves.

Reading: Catherine McGuinness

Elközelge húsvét És félméne Jézus Jéruzsálembe A templomba. És ott találá ökrök, Juhok galambok árusait, És ott terpeszkëdtek a pénzváltók!

Easter was approaching.

And so Jesus came to great Jerusalem, Its temple.

And there He found them selling oxen, asses and sheep and doves.

And there lay sprawling all the money changers

És kötélböl ostort fonván kihajtá öket a templomból, Kavarog a barom, szalad a sok juh, Szalad a sok árus, Ott szalad a sok ökör.

And making a lash from cords and setting about them He drove them forth All in great confusion, sheep ran here and there.

All the sellers running.

And thus He drove them all forth.

All the sellers running, sheep etc.

Confusion……

Es a pénzváltók pénzét szërteszórá.

Asztalaikat fëldönté, És a pénzváltók sok pénzét szërteszórá. És kötélböl ostort fonván kihajtá öket a templomból.

All the money changers’ gold coins did He scatter and all their tables overturned.

And making a lash from cords and setting about them, he drove them forth.

És a galambok árusinak mondá: Vigyétëk el ezëket innét!

To the sellers of the doves he spake saying: Take them all out of the temple!

Në tëgyétëk atyám házát kereskëdés házává!

Amazoknak mondá: Irva vagyon: Az én házam imádságnak háza Mindën népek közt, Ti pedig mivé tëtétëk?

Rablók!

Rablók barlangjává!

Then he said to them: It is written My house shall be called the house of prayer.

E’en for all the world.

What have you made it?

Robbers!

Hallván ezt a föpapokés írástudók, El akarák öt veszteni, El akarák öt veszteni, mert félnek vala töle.

When the priests and scribes then heard it, they were angered.

Wishing to do away with him.

They feared Him.

Mivelhogyaz egész nép (sokaság rajta csügg vala) Úgy hallgatá Öt!

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LADY MADONNA 1968

Lennon/McCartney, Arr. Carol Canning England

Another Swingle Singers classic, all the honky-tonk stripped away, laidback and cool instead.

INTERVAL

CANTICUM CALAMITATIS MARITIMAE 1997 Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Finland, b.1963

Reflecting on a real-life, modern-day tragedy at sea: the Estonia car-ferry disaster of 1994.

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Misere Domine.

May the eternal light shine upon them, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them.

Have mercy, O Lord.

Plus octingenti homines vitam amiserunt calamitate navali in Mari Baltico septentrionali facta.

Navis traiectoria nomine Estonia, cum Tallinno Stockholmiam versus navigaret, saeva tempestate orta eversa et submersa est.

In navi circiter mille vectores erant.

Calamitate Estoniae nongenti decem homines perierunt, centum undequadraginta sunt servati.

(Nuntii Latini)

Over eight hundred people perished in a shipwreck in the northern Baltic Sea. The car ferry Estonia, en route from Tallinn to Stockholm, was overturned in a severe storm and sank.

There were about 1000 passengers on board.

910 people lost their lives in the wreck of the Estonia; 139 were saved

Qui descendunt mare in navibus Facientes operationem in aquis multis Ipsi viderunt opera Domini et mirabilia eius in profundo.

Dixit et stetit spiritus procellae et exaltati sunt fluctus eius;

They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.

For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

Ascendunt usque ad caelos et descendunt usque ad abyssos.

They mount up to Heaven, they go down again to the depths;

Anima eorum in malis tabescebat;

Their soul is melted because of trouble.

Turbati sunt et moti sunt sicut ebrius Et omnis sapientia eorum devorata est.

Et clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur Et de necessitatibus eorum eduxit eos Et statuit procellam eius Et laetati sunt quia siluerunt Et deduxit eos in portum voluntatis eorum.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wit’s end.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, And He bringeth them out of their distresses.

He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.

Then are they glad because they be quiet; So He bringeth them unto their desired haven.

(Psalm 107: 23-30)

Requiem aeternam...

Eternal rest...

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TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS

ES IST EIN ROS ENTSPRUNGEN 1995 Jan Sandström Sweden, b. 1954

Well-known medieval carol by Praetorius, wrapped in a shimmering new sound-world.

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Aus einer Wurzel zart.

Als uns die Alten sungen, Von Jesse kam die Art Und hat ein Blümlein bracht, Mitten im kalten Winter, Wohl zu der halben Nacht.

Lo, how a rose e’er blooming From tender stem hath sprung!

Of Jesse’s lineage coming, As men of old have sung.

It came, a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half-spent was the night.

JABBERWOCKY 2000 Säde Rissanen Finland, b. 1965 Text: Lewis Carroll 1832-1898

From Through the Looking-Glass: a boy meets the ferocious Jabberwock in the woods.

Reading: Doireann Ni Bhriain

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought.

So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two!

And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”

He chortled in his joy.

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

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HUMPTY DUMPTY MEDLEY 1995 Traditional, Arr. Paul Hart England, b. 1945 A classic from the King’s Singers.

KLANGFELDER RAUMSCHWINGUNGEN OSZILLATIONEN Wolfram Buchenburg Germany, b. 1962

Incredible sonic landscape, words invented by the composer, passages where singers choose freely which bars they sing, the sense of a journey.

WADE IN DE WATER Arr. Alan Koepke 1939-2012

As Pharoah found out, if you mess with Him, He will “trouble the water.” Also, coded Underground Railroad advice to walk in the water and put the slavers’ dogs off the scent.

Wade in de water, children.

God’s gonna trouble de water.

My Lord.

Ooh, chills de body, an’ not de soul.

Well, de River Jordan is so chilly an’ cold.

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If you get there before I do, Just tell my friends I’m a-coming too, Wade in de water, children, God’s gonna trouble de water.

My Lord.

TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS

RONDE FROM TROIS CHANSONS 1915 Maurice Ravel France, 1875-1937

“N’allez pas au bois d’Ormonde!” Don’t go into the Ormonde Woods! Why? Because it’s full of as many mythological monsters as you can cram into 90 seconds (en français!)

Les vieilles: N’allez pas au bois d’Ormonde, Jeunes filles, n’allez pas au bois: Il y a plein de satyres, de centaures, de malins sorciers, Des farfadets et des incubes, Des ogres, des lutins, Des faunes, des follets, des lamies, Diables, diablots, diablotins, Des chèvre-pieds, des gnomes, des démons, Des loups-garous, des elfes, des myrmidons, Des enchanteurs et des mages, Des stryges, des sylphes, des moines-bourrus, Des cyclopes, des djinns, gobelins, Korrigans, nécromants, kobolds…

Ah! Old Women: Do not go to the woods of Ormond, Young girls do not go to the woods.

It is full of satyrs and centaurs, of cunning wizards, Of hobgoblins and incubus, Ogres and imps, Fauns, will o’ the wisps, roguish lamies, Flying devils, devilkins, goat-footed folk, gnomes and demons, Full of werewolves, elves, tiny myrmidons, of enchanters, magicians, stryges, and sylphs, Full of outcast monks, of cyclops and djinns, Goblins, korrigans, necromancers, and kobolds.

Do not go to the woods of Ormond!

Les vieux: N’allez pas au bois d’Ormonde, Jeunes garçons, n’allez pas au bois: Il y a plein de faunesses, de bacchantes et de males fées, Des satyresses, des ogresses et des babaïagas, Des centauresses et des diablesses, Goules sortant du sabbat, Des farfadettes et des démones, Des larves, des nymphes, des myrmidones, Hamadryades, dryades, naïades, ménades, thyades, Follettes, lémures, gnomides, Succubes, gorgones, gobelines…

N’allez pas au bois d’Ormonde.

Old Men: Do not go to the woods of Ormond, Young boys, do not go to the woods.

They are full of fauns, bacchantes, fairy folks, Satyresses, ogresses, babaïagas, Centauresses and she-devils, witches out from their Sabbath, Of she-hobgoblins, female demons, larves and nymphs, tiny myrmidons, Of hamadryads, dryads, naiads, menades, thyades, Will o’ the wisps, lemurs, female gnomes, succubus, gorgons, and she-goblins.

Do not go to the woods of Ormond

Filles et garçons: N’irons plus au bois d’Ormonde, Hélas! plus jamais n’irons au bois.

Il n’y a plus de satyres, plus de nymphes ni de males fées.

Plus de farfadets, plus d’incubes, Plus d’ogres, de lutins, De faunes, de follets, de lamies, Diables, diablots, diablotins, De chèvre-pieds, de gnomes, de démons, De loups-garous, ni d’elfes, de myrmidons, Plus d’enchanteurs ni de mages, de stryges, de sylphes, De moines-bourrus, de cyclopes, de djinns, De diabloteaux, d’éfrits, d’aegypans, de sylvains, gobelins, Korrigans, nécromans, kobolds…

Young girls and boys: We no longer go to the woods of Ormond Alas! We never go to the woods.

There are no more satyrs, no more nymphs, or fairy folks, No more hobgoblins and incubus, nor ogres or imps, Fauns or will o’ the wisps or furies, Devils, flying devils, or devilkins, Goat-footed folk, gnomes, demons, werewolves, elves, imps, myrmidons, No more enchanters, or magicians, stryges, sylphs, Or outcast monks nor cyclops, Djinns, little devils, efrits, aegypans, sylvans, goblins, korrigans, necromancers, kobolds, Fauns, centaurs, naiads, thyads, menads, hamadryads, dryads, will o’ the wisps, lemurs, She-gnomes, succubus, no more gorgons, female goblins.

Do not go to the woods of Ormond.

The ill-advised old women and old men have frightened them all away.

Ah!

N’allez pas au bois d’Ormonde, Les malavisées vieilles, les malavisés vieux Les ont effarouchés.

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PSALM 96: SING UNTO THE LORD FROM THREE PSALMS 1971 Merrill Bradshaw USA, 1929-2000

The choir just calls this chaotic celebration of singing “Sing!”. The reason is immediately apparent.

Sing unto the Lord a new song all the Earth!

Bless His name Sing unto His name.

For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised.

Honor and majesty are before Him. Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!

Fear before Him all the Earth.

Let the heavn’s rejoice!

And let the Earth be glad.

Let the sea roar.

And the fulness thereof; Let the field be joyful!

And all that is therein, And all the trees rejoice before the Lord, For He cometh to judge the Earth!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The staff of the Carmelite Community Centre, Whitefriar Street, for facilitating NDV weekly rehearsals.

• The Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, and cathedral events staff, including Shawn Talbot and Denis Roseingrave, for facilitating this evening’s concert. • Paddy Duffy, Managing Director of The Right Word Company, for his invaluable advice and help • Tony Haddon, Designer of the 10th Anniversary Gala Concert programme • Shane Barriscale, Designer of the 10th Anniversary Gala Concert poster • Catherine McGuinness, Olivia O’Leary, Doireann Ni Bhriain and Mike Dungan for reading • New Dublin Voices committee members: Niall Stafford (Secretary) and Shannon Coco, Jean Coleman (Treasurer), Brian Dungan, Mike Dungan, Stephen Kenny, Matt Lynch, Edel McKiernan, Killian O’Carroll

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To start the Christmas Season, join The Culwick Choral Society at The National Concert Hall on December 7th at 8pm

The Coming of Christmas

lia McDowall’s A Winter’s Night

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Join us for our Carols for Christmas concerts!

Friday, December 11th John Field Room, NCH 1.05 pm Tickets €16/€12, available from www.nch.ie.

Saturday, December 12th Christ Church Cathedral 8.00 pm Tickets €16/€12, available from www. newdublinvoices.com/store Saturday, December 19th Draiocht, Blanchardstown 3.00 & 8.00 pm Tickets €15/€12 or a family of 4 for €40, available from www.draiocht.ie.

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