GALWAY EARLY MUSIC FESTIVALMay 9-12, 2013

Songs for the Soul

Thursday, May 9, 20138:00 pm

St Nicholas Collegiate Church

St Nicholas Schola Cantorumdirected by Mark Duley

Reading Male Voice Choirdirected by Gwyn Arch

GALWAY EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT

A FUNDRAISING CONCERT FORST NICHOLAS SCHOLA CANTORUM

Galway Early Music would like to thank its sponsors and friends, without whose support the

Festival would not happen.

Delo CollierMichael & Claire Cuddy

Tom GrealyRiana & Pat O’Dwyer

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SUPPORTED BY

Adare Guesthouse Kimberly LoPreteGOLD PATRONS

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO

The Rector & Vestry of St Nicholas Collegiate Church, withheartfelt thanks to Catherine Moore-Temple

The director and staff of the Galway City Museum, with specialthanks to Brendan Mc Gowan

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Songs for the Soul

ST NICHOLAS SCHOLA CANTORUM director Mark Duley

AllProcessional: O Filii et filiae Benedictine Chant

ChoristersNow the green blade riseth French carol

Choral ScholarsChristus factus est Felice Anerio

(c1560-1614)

Jubilate Deo Orlande de Lassus(1532-1594)

READING MALE VOICE CHOIR director Gwyn Arch

The RMVC will choose pieces from the repertoire listed on page 4.

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ST NICHOLAS SCHOLA CANTORUM

Parish ChoirSicut cervus Giovani Pierluigi da Palestrina

(1525? - 1594)

A New Commandment Thomas Tallis(1505 - 1585)

ChoristersEt resurrexit Claudio Monteverdi

(1567-1643)

Choral Scholars and Parish ChoirNunc Dimittis Orlando Gibbons

(1583 - 1625)

READING MALE VOICE CHOIR

The RMVC will choose pieces from the repertoire listed on page 4.

ALL

Battle Hymn of the Republic

CHRISTUS FACTUS EST Felice Anerio (1560-1614)

Text: Philippians 2Christus factus esst pro nobis obediensusque ad mortem, mortem autem crucisPropter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen,quod es super omne nomen.

Christ became obedient for us nto death,even to the death, death on the cross.Therefore God exalted Him and gave Him a namewhich is above all names.

JUBILATE DEO Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Text: Psalm 100Jubilate Deo, omnis terra.Servite Domino in laetitia.Intrate, in conspectu ejus in exultatione.Quia Dominus, upse est Deus.

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands.Serve the Lord with gladness.Come before his presence with a song.Be ye sure that the Lord, he is God.

SICUT CERVUS Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina(1525?-1594)

Text: Psalm 42Sicut cervus desiderat ad fonts aquarum,ita desiderat anima ad te, Deus. Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks,so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

A NEW COMMANDMENT Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)

Text: St John 13A new commandment give I unto you, saith the Lord, that ye love together; as I have loved you, that e’en so ye love one another;by this shall every man know that ye are my disciplesif ye have love one to another.

ET RESURREXIT Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)Selva morale e spirituale 1641

Text: Ordinary of the Mass (Credo)Et resurrexit tertia die, secundum scripturas, Et ascendit in caelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris.

On the third day he rose again, according to the scriptures,And ascended in to heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

NUNC DIMITTIS Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)The Short Service

Text: St Luke 2Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word.For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,Which thou hast prepared: before the face of all people.To be a light to lighten the Gentiles: and to be the glory of thy people Israel.Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost:As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,World without end. Amen.

Reading Male Voice Choir Repertoire West of Ireland Tour 2013

The programme for each concert will be selected from this list

1. African Trilogy --- (Three South African folksongs)

2. The Battle Hymn of the Republic --- arr. Wilhousky

3. Benedictus & Sanctus --- from The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins

4. Carrickfergus---- Irish Folk Song

5. Come, All Who Thirst --- Cherubini

6. Coming Home --- adapted from Dvorak’s Symphony from the New World

7. Danny Boy--- Irish Folk Song -- arr Arch

8. The Deadwood Stage --- from Calamity Jane

9. Delilah --- Les Reed & Barry Mason

10. Entrance music ---- adapted from The Conquest of Paradise by Vangelis

11. Ghost Riders in the Sky --- Stan Jones --- arr Arch

12. House of the Rising Sun ---- American Folk Song -- arr Arch

13. If Ye Love Me--- Motet by Thomas Tallis

14. I’m Goin’ Up a Yonder --- Walter Hawkins

15. Lascia Ch’io Pianga --- from Rinaldo - Handel

16. Laudamus --- Welsh hymn arr. Prothero

17. Little Brown Jug --- Victorian Music Hall song --- arr Arch

18. Little Innocent Lamb ---Spiritual --- arr.Bartholomew.

19. No Man is an Island --- Whitney & Kramer arr. Ringwald

20. Prayer of the Children ---Kurt Bestor

21. The Rose ---Amanda Mc Broom --- arr Arch

22. Sailing --- Gavin Sutherland

23. Shenandoah – American sea shanty – arr. Goldsmith

24. Speed Your Journey (chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco) --- Verdi

25. The Spinning Wheel --- Irish Folk Song -- arr Arch

26. When the Love Comes Trickalin’ Down --- Spiritual --- arr Arch

ST NICHOLAS SCHOLA CANTORUMThe Collegiate Church of St Nicholas in Galway is one of Ireland’s most importantmedieval buildings, and Galway’s most prized tourist destination. In 1486 a college ofsinging priests was established at the church, responsible for singing the daily servicesand for educating boy choristers to sing with them.

St Nicholas Schola Cantorum is a new initiative of the Rector, Select Vestry and parishcommunity of St Nicholas that walks in the footsteps of the church’s fifteenth centuryestablishment, but in a new dynamic that reaches out to all the people of Galway.Under the direction of St Nicholas’ organist and well-known choral specialist MarkDuley, it provides valuable instruction and a rewarding experience to people of all ages,whilst securing the musical future of the church and providing an invaluable musicaland educational resource in the parish and wider community.

The Schola consists of the Choristers, Choral Scholars and St Nicholas Singers. Thesegroups form constituent parts of the Schola alonside the existing parish choir.

Future plans for the Schola Cantorum include the establishment of an organ scholarship in partnership with Galway Cathedral, the spearheading of a campaign toraise funds for a new organ for the church, the development of a wide-ranging artsprogramme featuring the church’s own musicans and also drawing from the local, national and international arts community, and the creation of an auditioned project-based chamber choir to perform major liturgical works as part of that programme.

For further information please contact: info@scholacantorumgalway.ie.

READING MALE VOICE CHOIR

The Reading Male Voice Choir is a premier concert male voice choir in Berkshire,England with a unique and varied repertoire based on arrangements by musical director, Gwyn Arch. Every year it raises thousands of pounds for local charities over awide area with a concert every month. The choir has won the BBC's national contest"Let the People Sing", has appeared in Die Fledermaus at Sadler's Wells and the RoyalAlbert Hall, and has performed with the bands of the Parachute Regiment and theLife Guards before audiences of 3,000 at Cliveden. This is just a sample of the choir’smany major achievements. One of the keys to the appeal of the choir is its wide ranging repertoire.

GWYN ARCH founded the Reading Male Voice Choir in 1971. He was Director ofMusic at Bulmershe College of Higher Education until his retirement in 1985. AComposition Fellow of Trinity College, London, and a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, he was awarded the MBE for services to music in Berkshire in the2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

CLIVE WATERMAN is the Choir's accompanist and deputy musical director. He iswell known as a conductor and arranger for children's groups. He served for manyyears as a primary school Head teacher, as musical director of the Woodley and EarleyPrimary Schools' Music Association, and has been a Trustee of the Berkshire Maestros,which encourages children's involvement in music throughout Berkshire.

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