Rochester Bach Festival Presents ...

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The 2007 Rochester Early Music Festival
"To Charm the Mortal Ear"

    

November 2, 2007   7:30 PM

Hosted by Brenda Trembley

Saint Anne Church
1500 Mt. Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY
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Rochester Bach Festival Chorus

Cantata 131: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr zu dir
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Chorus
Aria and Chorale: Brent Arnold, Bass
Chorus
Aria and Chorale: Pablo Bustos, Tenor
Chorus

Texts and translations

Brent Arnold, Paul Berry, Pablo Bustos, Elaine Ferlicca, Lisa Francesca-Rogerson, Liz Furley, Bill Hearne, Deven Hearne, Maggie Holland, Kristin Jarvis, Tom Madden, J. Emory Morris, Joan O'Brien, Michael Orem, Lloyd Peasley, Christa Perea, Ruth Perea, Bev Reynolds, Katherine Schumacher, Amy Steinberg

James E. Bobb, Director

with
Angel Ou-Yang, violin
Marc Anderson, viola
Christine Hauptly, viola
Rosemary Elliot, cello
Gaelen McCormick, bass
Kate Denny, oboe
Scott A. Switzer, bassoon

 

Air de Cour

"Hamburg" Sonata in G major for Flute and Continuo, Wq 133, H564
C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788)

Allegretto
Presto

Sophia Gibbs Kim, flute
Bonnie Choi, harpsichord

 

Musica Spei

Jubilate Deo . . . . . . Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)
Missa Cantorum . . . . . . Lassus
Ave Regina Caelorum . . . . . . Guillaume Dufay (ca.1397-1474)

Texts and translations

Jeanne Beddoe, Alexandra Bermel, Jim Blake, Lynette Blake, Mary Cowden, Jennifer Dydo, Joe Finetti, Christopher Gold (rehearsal conductor), Eric Lobenstine, Richard Sauvain
Artistic guide emeritus: Steve Marcus

 

Intermission

 

Cathedral Choir School

Music from the Chapel Royal

Give Almes of Thy Goods . . . . . . Christopher Tye (ca.1500-ca.1572)
Purge Me, O Lord, From My Sin . . . . . . Thomas Tallis (ca.1505-1585)
O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit to Our Hearts . . . . . . Tallis
Lord, For Thy Tender Mercies' Sake . . . . . . Richard Farrant (ca.1530-1580)
Call to Remembrance . . . . . . Farrant
Be Merciful Unto Me, O Lord . . . . . . John Blow (1649-1708)
O God, Thou Art My God . . . . . . Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Texts

Kari Bortfeldt, Corinne Elliot, Juli Elliot, Elizabeth Kennedy, Mary Kennedy, Prashanth Maliekal, Rose O?Toole, Gabriel Pelligrino, Maura Sion, Robert Sion, Allison Tuttle, Jennifer Tuttle

Dean Ekberg, Director

 

Chorale for Audience, Choirs, and Strings

How Lovely Shines the Morning Star
Wie sch? leuchtet der Morgenstern

1 - All Sing: "How Lovely, Shines..." . . . . . . Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)
2 - Cathedral Choir School trebles . . . . . . Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
3 - Choirs Sing . . . . . . Praetorius
4 - Choirs Sing . . . . . . Praetorius
5 - All Stand and Sing "Lift up the voice" . . . . . . Nicolai

Texts and translations

Christine Hauptly, violin
Angel Ou-Yang,violin
Marc Anderson viola
Rosemary Elliot, cello
Gaelen McCormick, bass

Bonnie Choi & James E. Bobb, harpsichords

Concerto for Two Harpsichords, Strings and Basso continuo, BWV 1062
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Allegro
Largo
Allegro

Christine Hauptly, violin
Angel Ou-Yang, violin
Marc Anderson, viola
Rosemary Elliot, cello
Gaelen McCormick, bass