THE GRINNELL COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS:

G R I N N E L L C O L L E G E

Ensemble Recital

This concert is free and open to the public. No tickets required.

For more information, please call 641-269-3064

Friday, November 10, 20067:30 PM

Sebring-Lewis HallBucksbaum Center for the Arts

Timothy Newton, conductorPatrice Ewoldt, pianist Michael Oxley, soloist

Nicholas Malinowski, soloist

Program

Kyrie from Missa De Beata Virgine Josquin Des Prezsung with presumed 16th century Flemish-infletched Latin

Choral Dances from the opera, Gloriana Benjamin Britten

Gloria Patri from Dixit Dominus Georg Frederic HandelNancy McFarland Gaub, violin

Julie Fox Henson, violinSherida Josephson, viola

Betty Mililer, violaJulie Sturm, violoncello

Todd Coleman, contrabassPatrice Ewoldt, portative organ

INTERMISSION

Set Me as a Seal (2006) John Christian RommereimSet Me as a Seal William Walton

Christopher Hade ‘10 and Natti Tipayamongkol ‘08, soloists

Raua needmine (1972, 1991) Veljo TormisSalvator mundi Thomas Tallis

Michael Oxley, tenor Nicholas Malinowski ‘04, bass-baritone

Ian Orr ‘08, bass drum

Uncles Vincent PersichettiHeritage William BolcomCircus Band Charles Ives

Patrice Ewoldt and Ben Kim ‘07, pianists

Texts and TranslationsKyrieKyrie eleison Lord have mercyChriste eleison Christ have mercyKyrie eleison Lord have mercy

Choral Dances from GlorianaWilliam Plomer1. TimeYes he is Time,Lusty and blithe,Time is at his apogee!Although you thought to seeA bearded ancient with as scythe.No reaper he That cries “Take heed!”Time is at his apogee!Young and strong in his prime!Behold the sower of the seed!

2. ConcordConcord is hereOur days to blessAnd this our land to endue With plenty, peace and happiness.Concord and Time,Each needeth each:The ripest fruit hangs whereNot one, but only two can reach. 3. Time and ConcordFrom springs of bounty, Through this county,Streams abundant,Of thanks shall flow.Where life was scanty,Fruits of plenty,Swell resplendentFrom earth below!No Greek nor RomanQueenly woman.Knew such favour,From Heav’n above.As she whose presence is our pleasance,Gloriana, GlorianaHath all our love.

4. Country GirlsSweet flag and cuckoo flower,Cowslip and columbine,

Kingcups and sops-in-wineFlower deluce and calaminth,Harebell and hyacinth,Myrtle and bay,With rosemary between,Norfolk’s own garlands for her queen. 5. Rustics and FishermenFrom fen and meadowIn rushy basketsThey bring ensamples of all they grow.In earthen dishes Their deep-sea fishes;Yeasrly fleeces,Woven blankets;New cream and junkets,And rustic trinketsOn wicker flaskets,Their country largessThe best they know. 6. Final Dance of HomageThese tokens of our love receiving,O take them Princess great and dears,From Norwich city you are leaving,That you a-far may feel us near.

Gloria PatriGloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.Et in saecula saeculorum, amen. And

Set me as a seal upon thine heartSong of Solomon 8: 6-7Simayni khakhotam al libekha Bind me as a seal upon your heartKakhotam al z’roekha A sign upon your arm.Ki azah khamavet ahavah For love is as fierce as deathKashah khishol kinah Its jealousy bitter as the graveMayim rabim lo yukhlu Great seas cannot exstinguish love,L’khabot et ha’ahavah No river can sweep it away.Un’harot lo yishts’fuhah

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, For love is strong as death;Many waters cannot quench love,Neither can the floods drown it: Raua needmine

Salvator mundiSalvator mundi, salva nos, Savior of the world, save us,Qui per crucem et sanguinem redemisti nos: Who by your cross and your blood has redeemed us;Auxiliare nobis, te deprecamur, Deus noster. Help us, we beseech you, our God.

uncles e. e. cummingsmy uncle Daniel fought in the civil war band(and can play the triangle like the devil)my uncle Frank has done nothing for many years but fly kitesand when the string breaks (or something)my uncle Franks breaks into tears.my uncle Tom knitsand is a kewpie above the ears(but my uncle Ed that’s dead from the neck upis lead all over Brattle Street by a castrated pup

HeritageGwendolyn B. BennettI want to see ssthe slim palmtrees, Pulling at the clouds with little pointed fingers.I want to see lithe Negro girls,Etched dark against the skyWhile sunset lingers.I want to hear the silent sandsSinging to the moonsBefore the Sphinx-still faceI want to hear the chanting Around a heathen fireOf a strange black race.I want to breathe the Lotus flower,Sighing to the starsWith tendrils drinking at the Nile.I want to feel the surgingOf my sad people’s soulHidden by a minstrel smile.

Circus BandCharles IvesAll summer long,we boys dreamed ‘bout big circus joys!Down Main Street, comes the band,Oh! “Ain’t it a grand and glorious noise!”

Horses are prancing,Knights advancing;Helmets gleamingPennants streaming,Cleopatra’s on her throne!That golden hair is all her own.

Where is the lady all in pink?Last year she waved to me I think,Can she have died?Can that rot!She is passing but she sees me not.

Where is the clown, that funny gink,Last year he winked at me I think,Can he have died? Oh can that rot!He’s still a winkin’ but he sees me not.

Descant:Riding down from Bangor on the midnight train,Rip, slam, bang we go, sir,Right on thro’ the rain.When in after years we take our children on our knee,We’ll teach them that the alphabet begins with D. K. E.

Grinnell Singers

John Rommereim, ConductorTimothy Newton, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Choral Studies

Patrice Ewoldt, accompanist

Natti Tipayamongkol ‘08, presidentBrian Cavanagh-Strong ‘09, vice-presidentBen Kim ‘07 and Ben King ‘07 , secretaries

Sarah Burkhardt ‘07, representativeMary Powell ‘07, representative Chris Hade ‘10, representative

Jon Richardson ‘10, representative

Sopranos Kelly Bosworth ‘10 Portland, ORSara Davidowitz ‘07 Guilford, CT Diane DeGeorge ‘08 Stockton, CA Emily Jobe ‘10 Boulder, CO Mairead O’Grady ‘10 Milton, MA Emily Roberts ‘10 Delta, CO *Natti Tipayamongkol ‘08 Indianola, IA Caitlin Monaghan ‘09 Omaha, NE Gloria Makino ‘09 Glenelg, MD Leila Lindeman ‘08 Tucson, AZ *Sarah Burghardt ‘07 Evanston, IL Allison Voelker ‘09 Englewood, CO Altos Jaimie Adelson ‘07 Worthington, OH Laurie Glapa ‘07 Menomonie, WI Katherine Jarvis ‘09 Edmond, OK Erin McBurney ‘09 Kingston, PA Rebecca Mwase ‘07 Montgomery, AL Mary Powell ‘07 Grinnell, IA *Molly Dahlberg ‘07 Morehead, KY Sumana Shankar ‘10 Dixon, IL Rose Kory ‘10 Champaign, IL Jackie Ernst ‘10 Cresco, IA Tenors Michael Blankenship ‘10 Anamosa, IA Mason France ‘10 Colorado Springs, CO Jon Richardson ‘10 St. Louis Park, MN Ari Anisfeld ‘09 Skokie, IL *Christian Conkle ‘07 Santa Monica, CA Chris Hade ‘10 Indianola, IA *Ben Kim ‘07 Geoje, South Korea Ben King ‘07 St. Paul, MN Mitchell Parks ‘08 Kearney, MO Colin Reynolds ‘07 Huntington, WV Basses Jacob Sagrans ‘09 Weston, MA *Brian Cavanagh-Strong ‘09 Ann Arbor, MI *David Churchman ‘07 Arlington, VA Ted Cooper ‘09 Louisville, KY Nathan Greenfield ‘08 Northfield, MN Jan Koszewski ‘08 Lexington, KY Vince Mertes ‘08 LeMars, IA Ilan Moscovitz ‘07 Whitefish Bay, WI Erik Bartholomew ‘07 Cheyenne, WY Jacob Reisberg ‘10 Portland, OR

*denotes section leader

Timothy Newton, conductor, is in his second year as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Choral Studies and Lecturer in Music at Grinnell. He received his training in piano, voice, conducting and coaching from the Ithaca College School of Music and completed a doctorate in choral conducting and literature from the University of Illinois in 2004. His dissertation on 17th century German sacred concertos by Samuel Cap-ricornus won both the Nicholas Temperley Award for Excellence in a Dissertation in Musicology and the Julius Herford Prize by the American Choral Directors Association. It will be published as a monograph in the series, Recent Researches in the Baroque. His conducting teachers include Fred Stoltzfus, William Weinert, Lawrence Doebler, Theo Alcantara, and Harold Farberman. He has conducted in masterclasses hosted by Chorus America, the Conductors’ Guild, and last year was selected as a Conducting Fellow for the International Bach Festival conducting masterclasses at the University of Toronto. He has also served as a conducting and accompanying apprentice with Pittsburgh Opera. As a choral conductor, Tim has led several collegiate ensembles including the Dartmouth Chamber Singers, the Middlebury Chamber Singers, the Handel Society of Dartmouth College, the University of Illinois Oratorio Chorus, University Chorus, and Summer Graduate Chorale. Tim has sung as a member of the London Symphony Chorus, the Philharmonia Chorus and Chamber Chorus (London), the Boston Bach Ensemble, Capella Alamire, the Baroque Artists of Champaign, and will sing Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus in January 2007 in the Canary Islands.

Patrice Ewoldt joined the faculty of Grinnell College in 2003 as Lecturer in Music. She teaches applied piano and keyboard labs, and coordinates the collaborative Piano program. Previously, she was on the music faculties of Truman State University and Southeast Missouri State University. She was an accompanying fellowship student at Aspen Music Festival and Music Academy of the West and Director of Staff Accompanists for the Heifetz International Violin Institute. Ms. Ewoldt holds a D.M.A. degree from the University of Maryland, an M.M. from The Cleveland Institute of Music, both in Collaborative Piano, and a B.A. in Music Education/Clarinet from the University of Northern Iowa. Her teachers have included Robert McCoy, Rita Sloan, Anne Epperson, Bradford Gowen, Raymond Hanson, and Joyce Gault.

Bass-Baritone Nicholas Malinowski graduated from Grinnell in 2004 as the school’s only 3-time Frances Collins James Outstanding Vocalist award winner. As a recitalist, he has already performed several of the major lieder cycles, including a Senior Recital performance of Die schöne Müllerin in April of 2004. After graduation, Malinowski taught in Arkansas for two years with Teach for America. With his term of service completed, he is in the process of relocating to New York to begin studying with the operatic bass Richard Cross.

Tenor and native Iowan Michael Oxley returned to his home state in 2003 with his partner Shawn Womack, assistant professor of theatre at Grinnell College, and their son Rafe. He holds music degrees from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where his teachers included Ilona Kombrink, John Alexander and Wiliam McGraw. He has performed frequently as a vocal recitalist and concert soloist, worked with choreographers and performance artists, performed in opera and music theatre, and has been a member of the vocal chamber ensembles The Village Waytes and — as founding member and music director — the octet VoiceBox. Oxley is an applied music associate in voice at Grinnell College, and has also served as Lecturer in voice at Wartburg College. Let me know if you have any questions.

Biographies

Special thanks to Professor John Rommereim, Stephanie Puls, Paul Nelson, Pam Poynter for assistance with instrumental parts, Dr. Mark Dorr for his assistance with finding a suitable drum sound, Professor Shawn Womack for her assistance with gestures in Raua needmine, Professor Kent Hatteberg of the University of Louisville for the loan of scores for Raua needmine, and Professor Rick Bjella of Lawrence University for the loan of scores for Raua needmine and his recording of a native Esto-nian speaker.

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