LOS ANGELES CHAMBER SINGERS & CAPPELLA PETER RUTENBERG • MUSIC DIRECTOR
Twenty-First Season
"Radiantly beautiful...warm and expressive." -Southern California Early Music News "A precision instrument...with big-voiced power, rhythmic security, and tonal beauty... A top-notch ensemble." - Early Music America "Precise singing, well-rounded sound and clear diction." -Pasadena Independent "An exhilarating evening of choral music" with "a radiant, electrifying sound." -Beverly Hills Outlook "A spirited and sensitive ensemble" with "cohesive... intelligent programming." -Los Angeles Times "Your performance of my Madrigali was a triumph - a tour de force of artistry at the highest level!" -Morten Lauridsen
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER SINGERS, INC., IN ASSOCIATION WITH ST. CROSS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SANTA MONICA, AND ONEONTA CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, PRESENTS
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER SINGERS' CAPPELLA Peter Rutenberg • Conductor
TAMARA BEVARD • RICH BRUNNER • COREY CARLETON • AMY FOGERSON DYLAN GENTILE • SUSAN JUDY • SCOTT LEHMKUHL • MICHAEL LICHTENAUER ADRIANA MANFREDI • ALICE KIRWAN MURRAY • WILLIAM ROWLEY • ROBERT SHACKLETT
BOLD, FEARLESS, GOOD & FAIR A Musical History of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy
Philip the Bold (1364-1404), John the Fearless (1404-19), Philip the Good (1419-67), and Charles the Bold (1467-77) comprise the direct lineage of the Valois family dynasty that controlled the ever-changing political and geographic shape of the Duchy of Burgundy — a gift in 1364 of King Charles V ("the Wise"), the elder Philip’s brother. The king’s namesake risked it all in pursuit of more territory and lost both his life and a good deal of land back to the French crown at the Battle of Nancy in 1477. Only the holdings in the Low Countries passed to Charles the Bold’s daughter and only heir, Marie of Burgundy (1477-82), and subsequently to her son, Philip the Fair (1482-1506). Throughout this period, the dukes lavished money and station on a grand music program that set a high watermark for the period and saw some of the boldest and most creative developments in music come to fruition. Preferring the louder wind instruments to the softer strings, the dukes also had a hand in supporting a riot of musical color, even at solemn moments. A varied selection of works by Machaut, Dufay, Josquin and Brumel bring to life this important era in music history.
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT | Rondeau Rose, liz printemps a 4 | Motet De souspirant / Suspiro a 3 GUILLAUME DUFAY | Kyrie from Missa L'homme armé a 4 | Gloria ad modum tubae a 4 | Ave regina caelorum a 4 JOSQUIN | Agnus Dei from Missa L'homme armé a 4/6 | Ave Maria...Virgo serena a 4 | Alma redemptoris mater / Ave regina caelorum a 4 ANTOINE BRUMEL | Laudate Dominum a 4
FRIDAY | 6 MAY 2011 | 8:00 PM ST. CROSS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1818 MONTEREY BOULEVARD | HERMOSA BEACH
SATURDAY | 7 MAY 2011 | 8:00 PM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SANTA MONICA 1220 SECOND STREET | SANTA MONICA
SUNDAY | 8 MAY 2011 | 4:00 PM ONEONTA CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 1515 GARFIELD AVENUE | SOUTH PASADENA
This program and the 2010-2011 Season of Los Angeles Chamber Singers & Cappella are supported in part with funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, City National Bank, and, LACS Associates.
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER SINGERS, INC., IN ASSOCIATION WITH VIBIANA, ST. CROSS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AND FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SANTA MONICA, PRESENTS
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER SINGERS' CAPPELLA Peter Rutenberg • Conductor
RICH BRUNNER • CLAIRE FEDORUK • AMY FOGERSON • SCOTT GRAFF SUSAN JUDY • SCOTT LEHMKUHL • MICHAEL LICHTENAUER ALICE KIRWAN MURRAY • FLETCHER SHERIDAN • GEORGE STERNE
THE THREE GREAT SERVICES Magnificats from the Great Services by Parsons, Byrd & Tomkins highlight an all-English program
The grandeur of the Tudor Age is amply displayed in three brilliant settings of the Canticle of Mary, in Robert Parsons' ground-breaking Great Service written shortly after the first Book of Common Prayer was completed in 1549. Three decades would pass before William Byrd would embark on his own Great Service, written during the first half of the 1580s. Another half century would pass before the last of the great generation of English composers before Purcell, Thomas Tomkins would proffer his own Great Service (c.1630) which is squarely in the Byrd tradition. The program also features a collection of grand motets spanning more than a century, beginning with a remarkably massive work from the Eton Choirbook.
ROBERT PARSONS | Magnificat from the Great Service a 8 | Holy Lord God Almighty a 5 WILLIAM BYRD | Magnificat from the Great Service a 10 | Laetentur caeli a 5 THOMAS TOMKINS | Magnificat from the Great Service a 10 ROBERT WYLKYNSON | Salve regina a 9 from the Eton Choirbook JOHN SHEPPARD | Aeterne rex altissime a 5
WEDNESDAY | 22 JUNE 2011 | 7:30 PM VIBIANA 210 SOUTH MAIN STREET | HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
FRIDAY | 24 JUNE 2011 | 8:00 PM ST. CROSS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1818 MONTEREY BOULEVARD | HERMOSA BEACH
SUNDAY | 26 JUNE 2011 | 3:00 PM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SANTA MONICA 1220 SECOND STREET | SANTA MONICA
The 2010-2011 Season of Los Angeles Chamber Singers & Cappella is supported in part with funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and City National Bank, with additional funding from Gilmore Associates and Weintraub Financial Services, Inc. and LACS Associates.
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CAPPELLA WINS GRAMMY®
Los Angeles Chamber Singers' Cappella Peter Rutenberg • Conductor won the 2006 Grammy® Award in Best Small Ensemble Performance for PADILLA • SUN OF JUSTICE (RCM 12006)
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USUAL AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants for CHAMBER SINGERS (24-voice mixed chorus): Two art songs from any period, one in English and one in a foreign language; range test; graded sight-singing test; soloist capability; music resume; interview. Applicants for CAPPELLA (12 to 18-voice early music ensemble) must also demonstrate knowledge of early music and period vocal style and will be asked to sing a third art song from the Renaissance or Baroque Eras, as well as to sightread a choral selection from those periods. Competition for openings, when available, is extremely high. Openings are very limited. Only the most qualified should consider applying. All applicants will be subject to an initial phone interview; only qualified applicants will be advanced to a sung audition.
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