Noël! Noël!...Marcello Concerto for harp (oboe) in D minor, S D935 Vivaldi L’inverno, Concerto for harp (violin) in F minor, RV 297 Vivaldi’s Venice The rich musical tradition

Featuring the Brandenburg Choir

Noël! Noël!

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2019

SYDNEY

City Recital Hall Saturday 14 December 5:00PM Saturday 14 December 7:30PM Wednesday 18 December 5:00PM Wednesday 18 December 7:30PM

MELBOURNE Melbourne Recital Centre Saturday 7 December 5:00PM Saturday 7 December 7:30PM

NEWTOWN Friday 6 December 7:00PM

PARRAMATTA Tuesday 10 December 7:30PM

MOSMAN Wednesday 11 December 7:00PM

WAHROONGA Thursday 12 December 7:00PM

WOOLLAHRA Monday 16 December 7:00PM

Morgan Balfour (San Francisco) soprano Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Brandenburg Choir Matthew Manchester Conductor Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director, Conductor

PROGRAM

Mendelssohn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Anonymous Sonata à 9 Gjeilo Prelude Eccard Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier Crüger Im finstern Stall, o Wunder groβ Palestrina ‘Kyrie’ from Missa Gabriel Archangelus

Arbeau Ding Dong! Merrily on High Handel ‘Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion’ from Messiah, HWV 56 Head The Little Road to Bethlehem Gjeilo The Ground

Vivaldi La Folia, RV 63 Handel Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74

Traditional Deck the Hall Traditional The Coventry Carol Traditional O Little Town of Bethlehem Traditional God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Palmer A Sparkling Christmas

Adam O Holy Night Gruber Stille Nacht Anonymous O Come, All Ye Faithful

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This concert will be broadcast on ABC Classic on 21 December at 8:00PM

Featuring the Brandenburg ChoirNoël! Noël!

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Paul Dyer is one of Australia’s leading specialists in period performance.

Paul DyerBiography

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir, including the 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010 ARIA Awards for Best Classical Album.

Paul has performed with many international soloists including Andreas Scholl, Cyndia Sieden, Marc Destrubé, Christoph Prégardien, Hidemi Suzuki, Manfredo Kraemer, Andrew Manze, Yvonne Kenny, Emma Kirkby, Philippe Jaroussky and many others. In 1998 he made his debut in Tokyo with countertenor Derek Lee Ragin, leading an ensemble of Brandenburg soloists, and in August 2001 Paul toured the orchestra to Europe with guest soloist Andreas Scholl. In 2015, he was featured on the soundtrack of the James Bond 007 movie, Spectre.

A passionate cook, entertainer, foodie, teacher, swimmer and traveller, he is friends with people and artists from Istanbul to India and Japan to Italy, and creates a unique platform for overseas performing artists to work with him and the Brandenburg in Australia.

Among his list of achievements, Paul was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2013 for his ‘distinguished service to the performing arts in Australia’. Paul is Patron of St Gabriel’s School for Hearing Impaired Children. In 2003 Paul was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for his services to Australian society and the advancement of music, and in 2010 Paul was awarded the Sydney University Alumni Medal for Professional Achievement.

Paul co-founded the Brandenburg in 1989 after completing postgraduate studies at the Royal Conservatorium in The Hague, and has been Artistic Director and conductor since that time. He is a performing artist comfortable in his unique music arena – whether working in ancient music, contemporary music, opera, with artists such as circus performers, contemporary dance, or visual art. His busy performing schedule in Europe, Asia, the USA and Canada over the years has synchronised perfectly alongside his bold stage work in Australia.

Paul is an inspiring teacher and has been a staff member at various conservatories throughout the world. In 1995 he received a Churchill Fellowship and he has won numerous international and national awards for his CD recordings with the

On behalf of Macquarie Group, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s sixth concert series of 2019 – Noël! Noël!

Imagination & ConnectionFrom our Principal Partner: Macquarie Group

A traditional fixture on the annual Brandenburg concert calendar, Artistic Director Paul Dyer presents an energetic and vibrant repertoire of festive classics in Noël! Noël!

This year is Macquarie’s twelfth year as the Brandenburg’s Principal Partner and what makes this relationship so rewarding is our shared vision of opportunity and our commitment to the very highest standards of performance.

This year, the Brandenburg has yet again delighted audiences across Australia with a program showcasing artistic excellence and innovation. As a proud partner of a truly unique and distinctive institution within the cultural landscape of Australia, Macquarie looks forward to celebrating Season 2020 with the Brandenburg.

Congratulations to Bruce Applebaum, Paul Dyer, the Orchestra and Choir for another memorable concert year. We are proud to be supporting the highest calibre of musicians who come from across Australia and continually deliver outstanding performances to audiences throughout the country.

We wish you a happy festive season, and we hope you enjoy Noël! Noël!

Sean West Head of Macquarie Wealth Management

26 FEBRUARY – 13 MARCH

Visit Vivaldi’s Venice with extraordinary French harpist Xavier de Maistre in a performance shimmering with light and colour.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTSVivaldi Concerto for harp (lute) in D major, RV 93 Marcello Concerto for harp (oboe) in D minor, S D935 Vivaldi L’inverno, Concerto for harp (violin) in F minor, RV 297

Vivaldi’s Venice

The rich musical tradition of Notre-Dame told in a theatrical concert experience entwining music for orchestra and choir with spoken word and song.

10–19 SEPTEMBER

Notre- Dame

PROGRAMFeaturing music by French composers Campra, Lully, Rameau, Rebel and more.

30 APRIL – 15 MAY

Mozart’s bright and achingly beautiful basset clarinet concerto performed on the rare and richly voiced instrument of the period.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTSMozart Concerto for oboe in C major, K 314 W.F. Bach Adagio e Fuga, F 65 Mozart Concerto for basset clarinet in A major, K 622

Mozart’s Clarinet

The mesmerising Whirling Dervishes are steeped in mystique and will return from Turkey to dazzle in Paul Dyer’s musical meditation.

PROGRAMA pasticcio featuring Allegri, Boccherini, Lully, Marais, Telemann, and traditional music from Turkey.

22 OCTOBER – 6 NOVEMBER

Ottoman Baroque

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Thrilling German Baroque violinist Jonas Zschenderlein joins Brandenburg string soloists to perform concertos, sonatas and a suite by Bach.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTSBach Concerto for violin in E major, BWV 1042 Bach Concerto for three violins in D major, BWV 1064R Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

Bach’s Violin

Gather your family and friends together this Christmas and spend a joyous evening sharing rare carols, medieval hymns and a cheeky musical surprise.

PROGRAMFilled with timeless carols including O Come, All Ye Faithful, Stille Nacht and many musical surprises.

5–16 DECEMBER

Noël! Noël!

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The Brandenburg’s 30th Anniversary season has been a year-long celebration.

Paul DyerFrom the Co-Founder & Artistic Director

The 2020 Season opens in February with the return of extraordinary French harpist Xavier de Maistre who will star in Vivaldi’s Venice. If you haven’t subscribed already, I encourage you to do so before the Christmas rush to secure the best seats. I’m delighted that in Melbourne we will be adding a regular Thursday night performance to our existing schedule.

A special thank you to the people who have supported this Brandenburg throughout the year.

Thank you to my Co-Founder Bruce Applebaum and to the entire Brandenburg team for making this year something extremely special. To my instrumentalists, choristers, soloists and technicians, you are all amazing.

Wishing you all a joyful and safe festive season!

Paul Dyer AO Co-Founder & Artistic Director Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Throughout the year I have been reminded of the power of friendship and family. I have been performing with some of my colleagues for more than 30 years, but have also shared the stage for the first time with new members of the Brandenburg during this special year. Friendships like these have been the foundation of the Brandenburg since our first concert at the Sydney Opera House in 1990 and continue to catapult us forward with creative energy.

The Brandenburg’s 30th Anniversary season has been a year-long celebration. The Brandenburg stage was shared by 91 musicians, 16 associate artists and 194 energetic young singers who share a collective love of Baroque music.

When creating the programme for this 20th Noël! Noël! series, I was thinking of friendships, of family and of traditions. I was also captivated by the agility and purity of enchanting young Australian soprano Morgan Balfour’s voice. Morgan received first prize at the 7th annual Handel Aria Competition in the United States in June this year, and she will make her Brandenburg debut performing a selection of exquisite aria and songs with my gorgeous Choir and Orchestra.

PHOTO CREDIT: STEVEN GODBEE


APA Group is proud to support the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra as 30th Anniversary Presenting Partner of Noël! Noël! We are delighted to welcome you to this performance.

Connecting Australia to Baroque MusicFrom our 30th Anniversary Presenting Partner: APA Group

This year, APA celebrates the Brandenburg’s 30th Anniversary and our 18-year relationship as one of the Orchestra’s longest corporate sponsors.

Our partnership began in 2001, the year after we started as a business. Since then, both organisations have grown, through vision and commitment, from humble beginnings to national importance.

While we have worked tirelessly to connect energy sources across Australia, enabling regional and national growth, season after season the Brandenburg breathes fresh life into music, infusing it with dynamism and brilliance.

APA Group is one of Australia’s leading energy infrastructure businesses, and through sponsorship of the Brandenburg, we value the opportunity to bring Baroque music to audiences in the metropolitan and regional communities where we operate.

It is a significant privilege to be part of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s journey. We wish you a joyful evening and hope you enjoy the concert.

Rob Wheals APA Group Managing Director and CEO

Australian soprano Morgan Balfour, “blessed with a name, a voice and a stage presence destined to go far” (ADELAIDE NOW) is quickly garnering attention in both the United States and here at home.

Morgan BalfourBiography

Soprano Morgan Balfour holds a Bachelor of Music in Advanced Performance from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music as well as a Master’s Degree in Voice from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Morgan has appeared at several music festivals including the 2016 Brisbane Baroque Festival in Purcell’s King Arthur and Vivaldi Women of the Pieta, the 2016 Coriole Music Festival in which reviewers said: “with a lovely, highly listenable voice and outstanding responsiveness to word and mood, she was thoroughly wonderful…” (The Australian) and the 2015 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival.

On the operatic stage, Morgan has performed the roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Frasquita in Carmen, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and Nella in Gianni Schicchi. Her oratorio work comprises the soprano solo in Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat and Vivaldi’s Gloria, as well as the role of Merab in Handel’s Saul.

Morgan was the recipient of the Dame Nellie Melba Opera Trust 2015 - Amelia Joscelyne Memorial Scholarship. In the same year, Morgan travelled to Hawaii to undertake a Professional Fellowship at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, supported by a grant from the American-Australian Association Dame Joan Sutherland Fund. She then attended the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School on a full scholarship.

Morgan has been a finalist and prizewinner in the IFAC Australian Singing Competition, Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award, Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship, German-Australian Opera Grant, Joan Carden Award and in 2019, she won the Handel Aria Competition (USA) and will perform a solo recital at the 2020 London Handel Festival.

For the 2019/20 season, Morgan joins the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as a Resident Artist and she will also be performing as a soloist with California Bach Society (USA), Cantata Collective (USA) and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (AUS).


Morgan Balfour (San Francisco) sopranoAustralian Brandenburg OrchestraBrandenburg ChoirMatthew Manchester, ConductorPaul Dyer AO Artistic Director, Conductor

Musicians

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

* Denotes Brandenburg Core Musician# Soloist in Crüger: Im finstern Stall, o Wunder groβ1 Monique O’Dea appears courtesy of Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney (staff)2 Rob Nairn appears courtesy of The Conservatorium of Melbourne (staff)3 Heidi Jones appears courtesy of SCEGGS, Sydney (staff)Organ and Harpsichord preparation by Joanna Butler.

BAROQUE VIOLINMatt Bruce* (Sydney) Associate ConcertmasterBen Dollman* (Adelaide)

BAROQUE VIOLAMonique O’Dea1 (Sydney)

BAROQUE CELLO Rosemary Quinn (Sydney)

BAROQUE BASSRob Nairn*2 (Adelaide)

BAROQUE TRUMPETLeanne Sullivan (Sydney)

SACKBUTKeal Couper (Basel)Nigel Crocker (Sydney)Ros Jorgensen (Sydney)

PERCUSSIONBrian Nixon (Sydney)

THEORBO / BAROQUE GUITARTommie Andersson* (Sydney)

CHAMBER ORGANHeidi Jones3 (Sydney)

Orchestra

SOPRANOAdria WatkinAnna SandströmJennifer RollinsJosie RyanLauren StephensonSamantha EllisWei Jiang

ALTOChris HopkinsMark NowickiPaul TenorioPhilip ButterworthRobert Adam

TENORBrendan McMullanJonathan BorgMiguel IglesiasRichard SanchezSpencer Darby

BASSAndrew O'Connor#

Craig EveringhamHayden BarringtonRodney SmithSébastien Maury

Choir

Originally hailing from country NSW, Matthew Manchester is one of Australia's leading performers of Renaissance & Baroque music.

Matthew Manchester Biography

Matthew holds a Bachelor of Music (Music Education) Honours, a Master of Music (Performance), and is currently completing his PhD at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

As a specialist early wind and brass player, most notably on cornetto and Baroque trumpet, Matthew is in demand throughout Australia and in Europe as a soloist, ensemble musician, and conductor. He has performed with many leading international ensembles including the Gabrieli Consort and His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, and can be regularly heard playing with Australian ensembles including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera, and his own ensemble Camerata Antica. Matthew has featured in numerous ABC Classic broadcasts, and his discography includes dozens of recordings in both the UK and Australia.

Matthew is also a passionate music educator. He has been engaged as guest director with the Sydney Conservatorium Early Music Ensemble and as Artist-in-Residence at the Australian National University, and the University of Melbourne. Matthew teaches pre-Baroque performance practice and cornetto at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, conducts the NSW Schools Symphonic Wind Orchestra, and is the director of the acclaimed Fort Street High School Instrumental Music Program.

CONDUCTORPaul Dyer* (Sydney) Dec 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 18Matthew Manchester (Sydney) Dec 14, 16


Comprising leading specialists in informed performance practice from all over Australia, the Brandenburg performs using original edition scores and instruments of the period, breathing fresh life and vitality into Baroque and classical masterpieces – as though the music has just sprung from the composer’s pen.

The Orchestra’s name pays tribute to the Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach, whose musical genius was central to the Baroque area. Celebrating their 30th Anniversary in 2019, the Brandenburg continues to deliver exhilarating performances.

The Brandenburg has collaborated with such acclaimed and dynamic virtuosi as Andreas Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Emma Kirkby, Andreas Staier, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Genevieve Lacey, Andrew Manze and more.

Through its annual subscription series in Sydney and Melbourne, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra performs before a live audience in excess of 58,000 people, and hundreds of thousands more through national broadcasts on ABC Classic FM. The Orchestra also has a regular commitment to performing in regional Australia. Since 2003 the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has been a member of the Major Performing Arts Group, which comprises 28 flagship national arts organisations

supported by the Australia Council for the Arts. The Orchestra began regular touring to Queensland in 2015.

Since its beginning, the Brandenburg has been popular with both audiences and critics. In 1998 The Age proclaimed the Brandenburg “had reached the ranks of the world’s best period instrument orchestras”. In 2010 the UK’s Gramophone Magazine declared “the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is Australia’s finest period-instrument ensemble. Under their inspiring musical director Paul Dyer, their vibrant concerts and recordings combine historical integrity with electrifying virtuosity and a passion for beauty”.

The Australian proclaimed that “a concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is like stepping back in time, as the sounds of period instruments resurrect Baroque and classical works with reverence and authority”.

The Brandenburg’s 20 recordings with ABC Classics include five ARIA Award winners for Best Classical Album (1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010). In 2015 the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra was the recipient of the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Group Award and in 2016 the Helpmann Award for Best Chamber Concert.

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Biography

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, led by charismatic Artistic Director Paul Dyer, celebrates the music of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with excellence, flair and joy.


“ ...what stands out at concert after concert is the impression that this bunch of musicians is having a really good time. They look at each other and smile and laugh... there’s a warmth and sense of fun not often associated with classical performance.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Musicians


PAUL DYERConductor

MATT BRUCEBaroque Violin

BEN DOLLMANBaroque Violin

MATTHEW MANCHESTERConductor

MONIQUE O’DEABaroque Viola

NIGEL CROCKERSackbut

ROS JORGENSENSackbut

BRIAN NIXONPercussion

TOMMIE ANDERSSONTheorbo / Baroque Guitar

HEIDI JONESChamber Organ

LEANNE SULLIVANBaroque Trumpet

KEAL COUPERSackbut

ROSEMARY QUINNBaroque Cello

ROB NAIRNBaroque Bass


Biography

Brandenburg Choir

Established by Artistic Director Paul Dyer in 1999 to perform in the first-ever Noël! Noël! Brandenburg Christmas concert, the Choir has become a regular part of the Brandenburg year. The first Noël! Noël! concert combined medieval chant and polyphony as well as carols from around the world in their original settings and languages.

“Music from earlier centuries often requires the sound of the human voice. I wanted to put a group of excellent singers together adding a rich complement to our period instruments. Our Choir is a ravishing blend of radiant Sydney singers”, says Paul Dyer.

Originally 13 voices, the Choir joined our Orchestra and wowed audiences with truly beautiful renditions of both familiar Christmas favourites and rarely-heard sacred works, performing music from the eleventh century to the Baroque. It was an instant success, combining musical, literary and scholarly performances that thrilled audiences and critics alike.

The 2017 Noël! Noël! CD release was two years ago, AND we have released FOUR Christmas albums, not three... Perhaps this paragraph should be changed to something like this: "Noël! Noël! has proven to be

so popular, the Brandenburg has already released four live recordings of their Noël! Noël! concerts, the last of which was recorded in 2016 at St Francis of Assisi Church, Paddington, Sydney. These beautiful collections of festive music are available in leading music stores.

In addition to the annual Noël! Noël! concerts, the Choir now regularly performs as part of the Brandenburg’s annual subscription season. Bach Cantatas, Handel's Coronation Anthems, and Mozart’s great Requiem and Coronation Mass are among the best loved performances of the Choir. Their performance of Handel’s Ode for St Cecilia’s Day received critical acclaim, with The Sydney Morning Herald declaring: “[The Brandenburg Choir is] one of the finest choruses one could put together in this town”.

The current members of the Brandenburg Choir are all professional singers, many of whom also hold music degrees, but they do not all sing full time. From music teachers to lawyers, business managers to medical doctors and nurses, each member looks forward to the opportunity to perform with the Brandenburg throughout the year.

The Brandenburg Choir is renowned for its astonishing vocal blend and technical virtuosity.

“ There was vigour and passion in this performance just as there was great subtlety and finely shaded nuances of feeling and colour.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

“ The Brandenburg Choir was polished and responsive, powerfully conveying the work’s celebratory magnificence in their full-voiced climaxes sung in unison.” THE AUSTRALIAN

Musicians

Brandenburg Choir

ADRIA WATKINSoprano

ANNA SANDSTRÖMSoprano

JENNIFER ROLLINSSoprano

JOSIE RYANSoprano

LAUREN STEPHENSONSoprano

RODNEY SMITHBass

SÉBASTIEN MAURYBass

SAMANTHA ELLISSoprano

WEI JIANGSoprano

CHRIS HOPKINSAlto

MARK NOWICKIAlto

PAUL TENORIOAlto

PHILIP BUTTERWORTHAlto

ROBERT ADAMAlto

BRENDAN MCMULLANTenor

JONATHAN BORGTenor

MIGUEL IGLESIASTenor

RICHARD SANCHEZTenor

SPENCER DARBYTenor

ANDREW O'CONNORBass

CRAIG EVERINGHAMBass

HAYDEN BARRINGTONBass


Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING

Originally written as a Hymn for Christmas-Day in 1739, this well-known adaptation of Charles Wesley’s famous hymn combines the modern Oxford University Press text with a tune by Felix Mendelssohn that has also been adapted from an earlier source. ‘Vaterland, in deinen Gauen’ from Mendelssohn’s Festgesang was composed in 1840 for male chorus and brass orchestra (including an ophicleide) as part of a commission for the 400th anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press.

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EPISODE FOUR: Noël! Noël! and looking forwards to 2020 with Paul Dyer

After five wonderful and varied concert series this year celebrating thirty years of Baroque music excellence with the Brandenburg, Paul Dyer joins Hugh Ronzani on Tales of Baroque for the first time to talk about the year that has been, Noël! Noël!, and what to look forwards to in Season 2020. A very special and festive episode indeed!

HUGH RONZANIPAUL DYER

Program Notes

Noël! Noël!

Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled: Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With the angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem: Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.

Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold him come, Offspring of a virgin's womb! Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel: Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings; Mild, he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth: Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.


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Noël! Noël! Noël! Noël!

AnonymousSONATA À 9

Although uncredited, this work was first performed by the Brandenburg in 2016 and comes to us from the rich tradition of ensemble music in Central Europe, linked to a vast collection created by the prince-bishop Carl von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn in Moravian Kromeriz. Liechtenstein employed many excellent musicians in his court, including Heinrich Biber between 1668-70.

In this sonata, there are nine distinct parts written for a combination of trumpets, trombones, violins, timpani and basso continuo. However, as per the convention of the period no part was composed for the timpani. Drummers were expected to improvise their parts instead, plying a trade learnt by ‘apprenticeship’ with a master, from whom certain patterns would be copied to suit different types of music.

Ola Gjeilo (1978 – )

PRELUDE

Having emerged as a formidable choral composer in recent years, Ola Gjeilo is a Norwegian composer now based in New York City. His works are highly regarded for their flowing melodies and this piece, in keeping with its title, was conceived by Gjeilo as a concert opener. In simple ABA form, the joyful celebratory starting and closing sections frame a more serene middle part. Gjeilo writes of his work, “Prelude synthesizes ideas from two of my earlier choral works, Nya Vägar and Exsultate, Jubilate. I reworked my favorite parts from each of the compositions and created, what I hope, is a strong and moving piece”.

Johannes Eccard (1553 – 1611)

ICH STEH AN DEINER KRIPPEN HIER

Johannes Eccard is a little-known German composer of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods. He composed exclusively vocal works, highly regarded for their excellent command of polyphonic writing – a style featuring two or more overlapping parts, each following an independent melodic line. Eccard’s tune was not paired with Paul Gerhardt’s 1653 text until well after his death. The text, which translates as ‘I stand beside your crib here’, is a well-known Christmas hymn, and its most famous setting was by JS Bach in 1736.

Exsultate, Jubilate O vos animae beatae Exsultate, Jubilate Summa Trinitas revelatu Et ubique adoratur, Date gloriam, Summa Trias adoratur, Date illi gloriam. Tu virginum corona, Tu nobis pacem dona. To consolare affectus, Unde suspirat cor. Alleluia.

Rejoice, resound with joy. O you blessed souls, Rejoice, resound with joy, The Great Trinity is revealed And everywhere adored; Give glory, The Great Triad is adored, Give It glory. You, o crown of virgins, Grant us peace, Console our feelings, From which our hearts sigh. Alleluia.

Ich steh an deiner Krippe hier, O Jesu du mein Leben; Ich komme, bring und schenke dir, Was du mir hast gegeben. Nimm hin, es ist mein Geist und Sinn, Herz, Seel und Mut, nimm alles hin Und laß dir's wohlgefallen.

Ich lag in tiefster Todesnacht, Du warest meine Sonne, Die Sonne die mir zugebracht Licht, Leben, Freud und Wonne. O Sonne, die das werte Licht Des Glaubens in mir zugericht't, Wie schön sind deine Strahlen.

Ich sehe dich mit Freuden an Und kann mich nicht satt sehen; Und weil ich nun nichts weiter kann, Bleib ich anbetend stehen. O daß mein Sinn ein Abgrund wär Und meine Seel ein weites Meer, Daß ich dich möchte fassen.

Eins aber hoff ich wirst du mir, Mein Heiland, nicht versagen: Daß ich dich möge für und für In meinem Herzen tragen. So laß mich doch dein Kripplein sein; Komm, komm und lege bei mir ein Dich und all deine Freuden.

I stand beside your crib here, O Jesus, you, my life; I come, bring and give to you What you have given to me. Take it, it is my spirit and mind, Heart, soul and courage, take it all and delight in it.

I lay in the deepest night of death, You were my sun, The sun that has brought me Light, life, joy and bliss. O sun, who has sparked in me The worthy light of faith, How beautiful are your rays.

I look at you with joy And cannot tire of seeing you; And because I cannot do anything else, I will remain in adoration. O, if my mind were an abyss And my soul were a wide sea, I could hold onto you.

One thing I hope that you will not Withhold from me, my saviour: That I might carry you henceforth in my heart. So let me be your little crib; Come, come and stay with me, You and all your joys




Johann Crüger (1598 – 1662)

IM FINSTERN STALL, O WUNDER GROβAnother German composer of the early-Baroque period, throughout his life Johann Crüger travelled across Germany for study and work and became one the most important composers and editors of hymns for the Lutheran church. He had at least 19 children, although many died in infancy or due to plague, as was unfortunately common for the period. This hymn comes to us from Crüger’s 1649 collection of ‘Spiritual Chruch Melodies’, and is strikingly similar to Johannes Eccard’s tune heard in Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594)

‘KYRIE’ FROM MISSA GABRIEL ARCHANGELUS

Kyrie eleison, a prayer which translates as “Lord, have mercy”, is both a prayer sung to ask for mercy from God and the traditional opening movement of a choral mass setting. Palestrina composed at least one hundred choral settings for various masses, and this one is named after the Archangel Gabriel who announced Mary’s pregnancy to her. The publication of this work dates to 1554 as part of Palestrina’s first book of masses, the first ever by an Italian composer.

A wonderful example of Renaissance polyphony, all four voices (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) have roughly equal prominence in the music, although the ear may be drawn to a certain voice at particular times; balancing these moments is one of Palestrina’s greatest skills.

Im finstern Stall, o Wunder groß, des Himmels Licht liegt nackt und bloß, der ew'ge Fürst des Lebens. O göttlich Wort, o Himmelspfort, das tust du nicht vergebens.

Denn durch die blosse Armuth dein räumst du das Himmelreich uns ein und machst uns da zu Fürsten; auch neue Kraft dem Herzen schafft dein hungern und dein dürsten .

O Menschenkinder, freuet euch! dies nackte Kiudlein macht euch reich, und führet eure Seele zur Himmelsfreud, die euch bereit nach dieser Trübsal Höhle.

Drum lasst die Herzen wacker sein singt mit den lieben Engelein, laset eure Stimm erschallen: Gott, Dir sei Ehr! Bei uns sich mehr der Fried und Dein Gefallen.

Du aber, zartes Jesulein, kehr auch bei uns zur Herberg ein, erwärm die kalten Herzen; des Glaubens Licht lass ausgehn nicht, zünd an die Liebeskerzen.

In a dark stable, oh great wonder, the Light of Heaven lies naked and bare, the eternal Prince of life. O divine Word, O Heavenly gate, you do not do that in vain.

Because through your sheer poverty, you grant the Kingdom of Heaven to us, and you make us there like princes. Also your hunger and thirst create new power for our hearts.

O human children, rejoice! this naked little child makes you rich, and leads your souls to heavenly joy, which is prepared for you after this cave of suffering.

So let your hearts be awake sing with the dear angels, let your voice sound: God, praise be to you! May your peace and favour be evermore with us.

But you, tender little Jesus, come home with us, too, warm the cold hearts; don’t let the light of faith go out, light the candles of love.

Frontispiece of the missal of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. He presents to Pope Julius III a work dedicated to him. (1554)

Excerpt of the ‘Branle de l’Official’, from the second edition of Thoinot Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1596)




George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)

‘REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER OF ZION’ FROM MESSIAH, HWV 56

It only took Handel seventeen days to compose one of the greatest and most enduring 'oratorios' of all time. Taken from the fifth scene of Messiah, this aria expresses the great joy of man in response to the deeds of the Messiah.

Michael Head (1900 – 1976)

THE LITTLE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM

While his name may be largely forgotten today, Michael Head’s music is an integral part of the rich tradition of early twentieth-century English song. A gifted singer himself, this work is the most famous and enduring of his output, deftly setting Margaret Rose’s beautiful recount of the Nativity in a deeply touching and masterly combination of text and music.

Ola Gjeilo (1978 – ) ARR. ALEX PALMER

THE GROUND

Ola Gjeilo based The Ground on a chorale from the last movement of his Sunrise Mass (2008), composed according to him “to convey a sense of having ‘arrived’ at the end of the Mass; to have reached a kind of peace and grounded strength”. Citing the famed American choral composer Eric Whitacre as an influence, Gjeilo describes himself as a ‘populist’ composer, saying he wants his music to “reach out to … and hopefully touch as many people as possible”.

Thoinot Arbeau (1520 – 1595) ARR. ALEX PALMER

DING DONG! MERRILY ON HIGH

This popular carol was first published with its now well-known text by Anglican priest George Ratcliffe Woodward in 1924, but the melody dates back to the Renaissance. The Branle de l’Official who used the anagrammatic pen name Thoinot Arbeau. Tabourot/Arbeau was most famous for his Orchésogaphie, an in-depth study of late sixteenth-century French social dance that may, or may not, have sat well with his superiors in the church. A video of a recreation of the dance can also be found on YouTube.

Ding dong! Merrily on high, In heav'n the bells are ringing: Ding dong! Verily the sky Is riv'n with angel singing Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria Hosanna in excelsis!

E'en so here below, below, Let steeple bells be swungen, And "Io, io, io!" By priest and people sungen Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria Hosanna in excelsis!

Pray you, dutifully prime Your matin chime, ye ringers, May you beautifully rhyme Your eve'time song, ye singers Gloria Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria Hosanna in excelsis!

Rejoice greatly, Rejoice, O daughter of Zion, Shout! O daughter of Jerusalem, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee:

He is the righteous Savior, And He shall speak peace unto the heathen.

Rejoice, greatly, Rejoice, O daughter of Zion, Shout! O daughter of Jerusalem, Behold thy King cometh unto thee.

Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Osanna, Osanna in excelsis.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Osanna, Osanna in excelsis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Dona nobis pacem.

I walked down the road at set of sun, The lambs were coming home one by one. I heard a sheep bell softly calling them, Along the little road to Bethlehem.

Beside an open door, as I drew nigh, I hear sweet Mary sing a lullaby. She sang about the lambs at close of day, And rocked her tiny King among the hay.

Across the air the silver sheepbells ran. “The lambs are coming home,” sweet Mary sang. “Your star of gold, is shining in the sky, So sleep, my little King, go lullaby.”

I walked down the road at set of sun, The lambs were coming home one by one. I heard a sheepbell softly calling them, Along the little road to Bethlehem.

Antonio VivaldiLA FOLIA, SONATA IN D MINOR, OP.1 NO.12, RV 63

Based on a dance with its roots in the Iberian Peninsula, the folia was enormously popular throughout Europe. Folia means ‘madness’ in Spanish, reminiscent of the frenzied movements and feverish speeds of the dance. While originally an improvisatory form, by Vivaldi’s time it had become characterised by a specific progression of chords. These chords are the basis for Vivaldi’s nineteen variations and, as you will hear with this selection, each one differs masterfully in speed, rhythm, style and mood.




TraditionalDECK THE HALL

As with many famous Christmas carols, the melody of Deck the Hall is an ancient one originally paired to a different text. The melody is Welsh dating to at least the sixteenth century but was not published before 1794, where it was set to the text of Welsh winter carol Nos galan, meaning “New Year’s Eve”. The English-language setting comes to us from Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, and first appeared in the second volume of Welsh Melodies published in 1862. Although in English, it retained the famous ‘Fa la la la la...’ passages from the original Welsh setting.

George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)

‘ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT DIVINE’ FROM ODE FOR THE BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN ANNE, HWV 74

Having settled in London in the autumn of 1712, the secular cantata this aria comes from was one of the first works Handel wrote in England, and perhaps contributed to Queen Anne awarding him a generous life pension of two hundred pounds per annum barely a year before her own death. As suggested by its titled, it was composed in celebration of Queen Anne’s birthday, although strangely there is no record of its first performance. Far more recently however, the aria was heard as the bridal entry music for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Eternal source of light divine! With double warmth thy beams display, And with distinguish'd glory shine, To add lustre to this day.

Deck the halls with boughs of holly 'Tis the season to be jolly Don we now our gay apparel Troll the ancient Yuletide carol Fa la la la la, la la la la!

See the blazing yule before us Strike the harp and join the chorus Follow me in merry measure While I tell of Yuletide treasure Fa la la la la, la la la la!

Fast away, the old year passes Hail the new, ye lads and lasses Sing we joyous all together, oh Heedless of the wind and weather Fa la la la la, la la la la (hey)

Deck the halls with boughs of holly 'Tis the season to be jolly Don we now our gay apparel Troll the ancient Yuletide carol Fa la la la la, la la la la

George Frideric Handel, Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74 (c.1712)

CREDIT © BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD, R.M.20.G.2. F. 1V




TraditionalGOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN

Groups of wassailers, going from door-to-door singing in return for something to drink to the good health of those they visited, have long regaled in this secular English carol dated to the sixteenth century (or earlier). Clearly they were not always well-received, as noted by Charles Dickens in his 1843 work, A Christmas Carol: “…at the first sound of ‘God bless you, merry gentlemen! May nothing you dismay!’ Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost.”

Alex Palmer (1992 – )

A SPARKLING CHRISTMAS

This work for string quartet was commissioned by Paul Dyer for the 2018 Noël! Noël! performances of the young London-based composer Alex Palmer. The work takes melodies from four famous Christmas carols: Ding! Dong! Merrily on High, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Joy to the World. It begins with a rapid rhythmic introduction that becomes the accompaniment for a lively rendition of each of the four carols. These are then gradually layered on top of each other to create a whimsical and effervescent combination of Christmas favourites.

Adolphe Adam (1803–1856) ARR. ALEX PALMER

CANTIQUE DE NOËL (O HOLY NIGHT)

Adolphe Adam is best known for his ballet Giselle (1841) and composed this carol in 1847. The original French text was penned by wine merchant and poet Placide Cappeau (1808 – 1877), an abolitionist who likened the redemption of Jesus to freedom from slavery. Due to Cappeau’s socialist beliefs, the church leadership banned the carol, but its great popularity ensured continued performances throughout France.

After hearing the carol in 1855, the American abolitionist John Sullivan Dwight was inspired to write the English version of the text that you will hear. This carol is also believed to be the second song ever broadcast on radio, when Canadian inventor Reginald Fassenden played the piece in an experimental AM radio program on Christmas Eve, 1906.

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining, It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till He appear'd and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! O night divine, O night when Christ was born; O night divine, O night, O night Divine.

Traditional ARR. ALEX PALMER

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

American priest Phillips Brooks wrote the text for this beloved carol, inspired after visiting the town of Bethlehem in 1865. In the Commonwealth it is usually sung to the older tune known as Forest Green, collected in 1903 by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams from a Mr. Garman, resident in the town of Forest Green, Surrey. Vaughan Williams harmonised and published the tune in 1906, which is the best-known version in Australia today. This version is an arrangement of the tune for three sackbuts and Baroque trumpet. Sackbuts are forerunners to the modern trombone and prevailed during the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

TraditionalTHE COVENTRY CAROL

While the music for this English carol as we know it today comes from the late sixteenth century, The Coventry Carol is the second of three songs originally performed by the city’s guilds as part of a mystery play recounting the nativity story. Entitled The Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors, references to Coventry guild pageants can be found from 1392 onwards. Although depicting the mothers of Bethlehem singing to quieten their children (for fear of Herod’s men slaughtering them), traditionally the vocal parts would have been sung by men.

Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, By, by, lully, lullay.

O sisters two, How may we do For to preserve this day This poor youngling For whom we do sing: ‘By, by, lully, lullay?’

Herod the King In his raging Charged he hath this day His men of might In his own sight All young children to slay.

That woe is me, Poor child, for thee And ever morne* and say For thy parting Neither say nor sing: ‘By, by, lully, lullay.’


TraditionalO COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL

Not only does 2019 mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, but also twenty-years since the formation of the Brandenburg Choir. Following its performance in the original Latin as Adeste fideles in the first Noël! Noël! series of concerts, O Come, All Ye Faithful has been a regular part of the Brandenburg festive tradition.

The hymn has been attributed to various composers, and while the earliest surviving manuscript of the work bears the name of King John IV of Portugal (1604 – 1656), it is likely that the tune is even older. The text has been translated countless times; the version you will hear is the most famous English translation by the English priest Frederick Oakeley in 1852.

The image featured in this year’s Noël! Noël! marketing is of a stained-glass window in the southern porch of All Saints’ Church at Woollahra. The window depicts an angelic choir, with the text from the Venite ‘O come let us worship’ written below.

The majority of the stained glass windows in All Saints’ Church were made by the world-renowned English company Heaton, Butler and Bayne that produced stained-glass windows from 1862 to 1953. Examples of their work can be found in Westminster Abbey, London, Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, Fraumünster, Zürich, and St. Matthew's Cathedral in Wyoming, USA.

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold him, born the King of Angels! O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

God of God, Light of Light, Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb: very God, begotten, not created. Sing, choirs of angels! Sing in exultation! Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above: “Glory to God in the highest.”



Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 – 1863)

STILLE NACHT (SILENT NIGHT)

A true Christmas favourite, this carol was first performed on Christmas Eve in 1818. At the time of its composition, Franz Xaver Gruber was the organist and choirmaster at St Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria, where he had met local priest Father Joseph Mohr and had become his good friend. Mohr, having written the words to Stille Nacht sometime earlier in 1816, needed a carol for his midnight mass and Gruber spent just a few hours composing the melody. As they say, ‘the rest is history’.

Upon hearing it in 1834, it was an immediate favourite of King Frederick William IV of Prussia, and by 1939 it had been performed as far as New York City. The current English version dates to 1859, and today the church where it was first performed is known as the Stille-Nacht-Kapelle (Silent Night Chapel).

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! Alles schläft; einsam wacht Nur das traute hoch heilige Paar. Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh!

Douce nuit! Sainte nuit! Dans les cieux, l’astre luit. Le mystère annoncé s’accomplit. Cet enfant sur la paille endormi, C’est l’amour infini!

Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light. Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus, Lord at Thy birth!

Silent night! Holy night! Everything sleeps, only awake is The holy betrothed couple. Lovely boy with curly hair, Sleep in heavenly peace!

Silent night! Holy night! In the heavens, the star shines. The foretold mystery is coming to pass. This child asleep on the straw, Is the infinite love!


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Vivaldi’s Venice

SYDNEY 26 FEBRUARY – 13 MARCH 2020 BRISBANE 3 MARCH 2020 MELBOURNE 5–8 MARCH 2020

XAVIER DE MAISTRE (FRANCE) HARP PAUL DYER CONDUCTOR, HARPSICHORD AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA

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Documents

Noël! Noël!...Marcello Concerto for harp (oboe) in D minor, S D935 Vivaldi L’inverno, Concerto for harp (violin) in F minor, RV 297 Vivaldi’s Venice The rich musical tradition