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WHERE DOES THE UTTERED
MUSIC GO?
Thursday 19th February 2015 | 7.30pm St. Wilfrid’s Church, York
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Where does the uttered music go? | The Willow Consort
WHERE DOES THE UTTERED MUSIC GO?
THE WILLOW CONSORT DIRECTED BY DANNY PURTELL
SOPRANO
Avalon Summerfield Elinor Bishop Sarah Ogden Katie Wood
Grace Chapman1
Sian Haines Kate Lansdale
Georgie Gulliver3
ALTO Rosie Parker
Anya Chomacki Natasha Worsely
Carter Sligh Emily Hodkinson
Helena Cooke
TENOR Jonas Van Tol Oliver Hooper
Freddie Stanford Caolan Keaveny2
BASS
Robbie Medina Sam Hucklebridge
George Smith Jack Comerford
1 Soloist in Howells
2 Soloist in Tavener
3 Soloist in MacMillan
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Where does the uttered music go? | The Willow Consort
WEEP O MINE EYES John Bennett arr. Purtell
TAKE HIM, EARTH, FOR CHERISHING Herbert Howells
THE BURIAL SERVICE Thomas Morley
SONG FOR ATHENE John Tavener
INTERVAL 20 minutes
TENEBRAE RESPONSORIES I. TENEBRAE FACTAE SUNT | II. TRADIDERUNT ME | III. JESUM TRADIDIT IMPIUS
James MacMillan
WHERE DOES THE UTTERED MUSIC GO? William Walton
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Where does the uttered music go? | The Willow Consort
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Founded in 2014, THE WILLOW CONSORT is an exciting new chamber choir based at The University of York directed by Danny Purtell. We perform a wide range of repertoire, from Renaissance to contemporary works. All of our singers have been hand-‐‑picked and sing with some of the top amateur and professional choirs in the country, including: I Fagiolini, Genesis Sixteen, The Carice Singers, Renaissance, The National Youth Choir of Great Britain and many more. We are looking forward to bringing many exciting programmes of choral music to audiences in York, the rest of the United Kingdom and further afield. DANNY PURTELL is currently in his second year studying Music at the University of York. He started his musical education at The John Fisher School, where he was made head chorister of the school'ʹs chapel choir. Danny spent his Gap Year as Bass Choral Scholar at Portsmouth Cathedral where his solo work included a live broadcast of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 and the baritone solos in Faure'ʹs Requiem with the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton. Since starting his undergraduate, Danny has sung in numerous University and student-‐‑run ensembles, including The 24, Albarosa and the University Chamber Choir. Danny also conducts the University of York Concert Orchestra and the University Opera Society'ʹs summer production of The Magic Flute.
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Where does the uttered music go? | The Willow Consort
WEEP, O MINE EYES John Bennett, arr. Danny Purtell Weep, O mine eyes, and cease not, alas these your spring tides methinks increase not. when begin you to swell so high that I may drown me in you? TAKE HIM, EARTH, FOR CHERISHING Herbert Howells (1892-‐‑1983) Take him, earth, for cherishing; to thy tender breast receive him. Body of a man I bring thee, Noble even in its ruin.
Once was this a spirit’s dwelling by the breath of God created. High the heart that here was beating. Christ the prince of all its living.
Guard him well, the dead I give thee, not unmindful of his creature Shall he ask it: he who made it Symbol of his mystery.
Comes the hour God hath appointed to fulfill the hope of men. Then must thou, in very fashion, what I give, return again.
Not though ancient time decaying wear away these bones to sand, Ashes that a man might measure in the hollow of his hand:
Not though wandering winds and idle, drifting through the empty sky, Scatter dust was nerve and sinew, is it given to man to die.
Once again the shining road Leads to ample Paradise; Open are the woods again that the serpent lost for men.
Take, O take him, mighty leader take again thy servant’s soul, Grave his name, and pour the fragrant Balm upon the icy stone.
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THE BURIAL SERVICE Thomas Morley I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, yea, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord. Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower: he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: Shut not thy merciful ears unto our pray’rs, but spare us, Lord most holy. O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. I heard a voice from heav’n saying unto me: Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead, which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. Amen.
From the Order of the Burial of the Dead Book of Common Prayer, 1559
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SONG FOR ATHENE John Tavener Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Alleluia. Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom. Alleluia. Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaid who has fallen asleep. Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-‐‑spring of life and door of paradise. Alleluia. Life: a shadow and a dream. Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song: Alleluia. Alleluia. Come; enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
INTERVAL 20 minutes
TENEBRAE RESPONSORIES James MacMillan I TENEBRAE FACTAE SUNT Tenebrae factae sunt dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei,et circa horam nonam exclamavit Jesus voce magna: Deus meus, Deus meus, ut quid me dereliquisti?Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum. Exclamans Jesus voce magna ait: Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.
The day grew dark as the Jews nailed Jesus to the cross, and at about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice: ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ And with his head bowed, he gave up his spirit. Jesus said in a loud voice: ‘Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.’
II TRADIDERUNT ME III JESUM TRADIDIT IMPIUS