Canterbury College – Cantabile Singers Passion of Italy Festival with Craig Hella Johnson 2016
Performance Summary
Wednesday 29 June - morning Festival RehearsalSala 2000, Ergife HotelRome
Thursday 30 June - morning Festival Rehearsal
Sala 2000, Ergife HotelRome
Thursday 30 June ConcertSant’Agnese in AgoneRome
Friday 1 July MassSt Peter’s BasilicaRome
Saturday 2 July Dress Rehearsal & Gala ConcertChapel of St Bruno, Basilica Santa Maria degli AngeliRome
Monday 4 July Dress Rehearsal & Gala ConcertSanta Caterina D’Alessandria Pisa
Tuesday 5 July ConcertChiesa di San MoiséVenice
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Artistic DirectorCraig Hella Johnson
OrganistTom Jaber
Pianist Cina Crisara
Orchestra (Rome only)
Harp: Augusta Girdaldi
Cello: Angelo Maria Santisi
Trumpet: Luigi BartoliniGianni MartinoGiuseppe FrioniAndrea Ferracuti
Trombone:Paolo Masi
Steffano CentiniFabrizio Savone
Francesco Chisari
Percussion:Fabrizio Bartolini
Simone Butta
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PARTICIPATING CHOIRS
Canterbury College, Brisbane, AustraliaDirector: Katrina Peddell
23 singers
Conspirare Symphonic Choir & St John's United Methodist Church, TexasDirector: Cina Crisara
41 singers
Edina Wayzata Chorale, MinnesotaDirector: Tom Paulson
45 singers
First United Methodist Church Frisco, TexasDirector: Philip Bentham
12 singers
First United Methodist Church Wichita Falls, TexasDirector: Kristen Gossett
14 singers
Houston Masterworks ChorusDirector: Tom Jaber
56 singers
Kent Place Chamber Singers, New Jersey (Rome only)Director: Edel Thomas
41 singers
Texas Choral ConsortDirector: Brent Baldwin
42 singers
Total singers Rome: 274Pisa: 233
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Gala Concert ProgramCombined choirs
Conducted by Craig Hella Johnson
Gitanjali Chants Craig Hella Johnson
Sicut cervus Palestrina
Trinity Te Deum Eriks Esenvalds
Plorate filii, Israel (from Jepthe) Giacomo Carissimi
Prayer Morten Lauridsen
Geistliches Lied Johannes Brahms
Jubilate Deo Giovanni Gabrieli
Peace Like a River Folksong, arr. Ronald Staheli
Unclouded Day Josiah K. Atwood/arr. Shawn Kirchner
Encore:I Love You/ What a Wonderful World arr. CHJ
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Individual Items
CanterburyAve Maria Poulencfrom Dialogues of the Carmelites
Conspirare/St John’sPraise to the Lord, the Almighty Distler Ave Maria Giancarlo Aquilante
Houston Soon Ah will Be Done William Dawson
Texas Choral Consort Ave Maris Stella Busto
Kent Place (Rome only)Laudate Pueri Dominum Mendelssohn
UMC Frisco
Amazing Grace arr. John Coates, Jr
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Repertoire for Mass at St Peter’s
ENTRANCE:If Ye Love Me – Tallis
OFFERTORY:Sicut cervus - Palestrina
COMMUNION:1. Ubi Caritas - Maurice Durufle2. Wondrous Love - arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
RECESSIONAL:Peace Like a River - arr. Ronald Staheli
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Cantabile Singers Individual Program
Voices of Gondwana Stephen LeekShall We Dream Michael Atherton
Morning Tide Stephen LeekJilbamyn arr. Deline Briscoe/Susan Gouchee
Ngana Stephen LeekThe Parting Glass arr. Waling Jenny's
Festive Alleluia Lyn WilliamsDomine Fili Unigenite Palestrina (ed. Michales)
Ave Maria Frances PoulencSing me to Heaven Daniel E. Gawthrop
Lux Aeterna Michelle RouecheSalmo 150 Emani Agular
Yo le Canto Todo El Dia David L. BrunnerWaltzing Matilda arr. Mark O'Leary
I Still Call Australia Home Peter Allen, arr. David LawrenceA Jubilant Gloria Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Wake Me A Song Andrea Ramsay
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The Event Festival Rehearsal
Date: Wednesday 29 June
Place Rome
Venue: Sala 2000 at Ergife Hotel
Schedule: Board coach and depart hotelArrive at Ergife Palace HotelAssemble in rehearsal room 15 minutes before start timeIntroductionTake seats in sections as directedRehearsal (3 hours)Rehearsal concludesDepart rehearsal room
Please refer to itinerary for timing
The Event Festival Rehearsal
Date: Thursday 30 June
Place Rome
Venue: Sala 2000 at Ergife Hotel
Schedule: Board coach and depart hotelArrive at Ergife Palace HotelAssemble in rehearsal room 15 minutes before start timeTake seats in sections as directedRehearsal (3 hours)
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Rehearsal concludesDepart rehearsal room
Please refer to itinerary for timing
The Event Concert
Date Thursday 30 June
Place Rome
Venue Sant’Agnese in Agone
Schedule: Arrive at venueStore concert dressFree time for lunchMeet back at venue after lunchRehearsal (45 minutes)Rehearsal concludesChange into concert dressConcert (1 hour)Concert concludesChange clothesDepart venue
Please refer to itinerary for timing
Facilities & Equipment Piano:Digital piano provided
Performance area:floor in front of altar
Other: Music stand
Sant’Agnese in Agone
Sant'Agnese in Agone is a 17th century Baroque church located on the Piazza Navona in Rome, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred in the ancient Stadium of Domitian.The name of this church is unrelated to the ‘agony’ of the martyr: in agone was the ancient name of Piazza Navona (piazza in agone), and meant instead, from the Greek, ‘in the site of the competitions’.Inside the church is a shrine for Saint Agnes, containing her skull.
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Sant’Agnese in Agone, Rome
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The Event Mass
Date: Friday 1 July
Place Rome
Venue: St Peter’s Basilica
Schedule: Arrive at Hotel Columbus near St Peter’s SquareChange into concert dressWalk to St Peter’s SquareJoin queue to enter BasilicaEstablish meeting pointFree time to explore BasilicaAssemble at meeting pointMove to main altar when directedTake seatsMass commencesSing during MassMass concludes
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Exit BasilicaReturn to Hotel ColumbusChange clothes
Please refer to itinerary for timing
Equipment & facilities Performance space:The choir will be seated in the pews directly adjacent to the Cantoria (choir stalls) where the organ console is located.
Bathrooms: Outside; pass as entering Basilica
St Peter’s Basilica
St Peter’s Basilica is the world’s largest Basilica of Christianity, nested into the heart of the Vatican City.
St. Peter's Basilica stands on the traditional site where Peter - the apostle who is considered the first pope - was crucified and buried. St. Peter's tomb is under the main altar and many other popes are buried in the basilica as well. Originally founded by Constantine in 324, St. Peter's Basilica was rebuilt in the 16th century by Renaissance masters including Bramante, Michelangelo and Bernini.
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St Peter’s Basilica, Rome
The Event Gala Concert
Date: Saturday 2 July
Place Rome
Venue: Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli – Chapel of St Bruno
Venue status confirmed
Schedule: Arrive at venue – choirs and orchestraRehearsal (3 hours)Rehearsal concludesDepart venueFree time and lunch on ownReturn to hotelChange into concert dress
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Return to basilica Individual sound checks – order TBD-Kent Place Chamber Singers-Houston Masterworks Chorus-Conspirare/St Johns-FUMC Frisco-Texas Choral Consort-Canterbury College Cantabile SingersSound checks concludesBreak for audience to enterGala Concert commences
o Individual performances (order TBD)-Kent Place Chamber Singers-Houston Masterworks Chorus-Conspirare/St Johns-FUMC Frisco-Texas Choral Consort-Canterbury College Cantabile Singers
o Festival Chorus performanceConcert concludesCollect belongingsDepart venue
Please refer to itinerary for timing
2 July continued . . .
Equipment & facilities Piano Yamaha mod. GT2 Grantouch digital grand piano
Performance space:5 rows of choir steps and flat floor
Organ:Organ confirmed
Santa Maria degli Angeli
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, better known by its shorter name Santa Maria degli Angeli, is a unique Renaissance church in Rome. In 1541, a Sicilian priest, Fr. Antonio Lo Duca, had a vision
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of angels in the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian. As a result, Pope Pius IV (1559-1565) ordered that a church be built within the Baths. The church was designed by Michelangelo, who began work in 1563 but died a year later in 1564. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to the angels, and to the Christian slaves who died building the baths. Like most churches in Rome, Santa Maria degli Angeli is filled with art and monumental tombs and also has some holy relics. In the left transept, the new Chapel of St Bruno was constructed as part of the restoration works for the 1700 Jubilee. On the left side is the Meridian Line, a sundial laid down along the meridian that crosses through Rome, at latitude 15º.
Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome
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Chapel of St Bruno
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The Event Gala Concert
Date: Monday 4 July
Place Pisa
Venue: Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
Schedule: Arrive at coach drop pointWalk to schoolStore concert dressMove into churchDress Rehearsal (3 hours)Rehearsal concludesIndividual sound checks – order TBD-Houston Masterworks Chorus-Conspirare/St Johns-FUMC Frisco-Texas Choral Consort-Canterbury College Cantabile SingersSound checks concludeDinnerChange into concert dress at schoolReturn to the church Take places as rehearsedGala Concert commences
o Individual performances (order TBD)-Houston Masterworks Chorus-Conspirare/St Johns-FUMC Frisco-Texas Choral Consort-Canterbury College Cantabile Singers
o Festival Chorus performanceConcert concludesChange clothesDepart venue
Please refer to itinerary for timing
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4 July continued . . .
Equipment & facilities Piano digital grand piano
Performance space:5 rows of choir steps and flat floor in front of altar
Organ:Organ confirmed
Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
Santa Caterina d'Alessandria is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church in Pisa. It is mentioned for the first time in 1211, then associated with a hospital. The current edifice was built between 1251 and 1300, commissioned by St Dominic himself, and entrusted to the friars of his order.
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Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Pisa
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The Event Concert
Date: Tuesday 5 July
Place: Venice
Venue: Chiesa di San Moise
Schedule: Arrive in VeniceStore concert dress at church Tour and lunchMeet at venueRehearsal (45 minutes)Rehearsal concludesChange into concert dressTake places for concertConcert commences (1 hour)Concert concludesChange clothesDepart church
Please refer to itinerary for timing
Facilities & Equipment Piano:Digital piano provided
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Performance area:Steps floor in front of altar
Other: Music stand
Chiesa di San Moisé, Venice
The Chiesa di San Moisè is a church in Venice and it is dedicated to Moses as, like the Byzantines, the Venetians tended to canonise Old Testament prophets. It also honors Moisè Venier, who paid for it to be rebuilt in the
9th century.
The church is located close to St Mark’s Square
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Additional Information
CONCERT DRESS:Each choir is to wear their usual formal concert dress for the Mass at St Peter’s and the Gala Concerts.
However if you would prefer, then concert blacks would be fine – -ladies: neck to toe, shoulders and upper arms need to be covered and dresses/skirts should be full length. They may also wear trousers if they’d prefer.-men: black trousers, jacket (optional), white shirt and tie, or black shirt.
WHEN VISITING CHURCHES-women must have knees and shoulders covered-men must wear long trousers-men are not permitted to wear hats
CATHOLIC CHURCHES:Please be reminded that when you are in Catholic Churches for
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rehearsals and concerts, modest and respectful behaviour is expected i.e. loud and raucous conversation, shouting and other outbursts are to be avoided.Catholic churches are always active places of prayer even when services are not being held so your peaceful respect for those who are there to pray is greatly appreciated.
WATER:Performers should be sure to bring their own bottled water with them each day. It is a good idea to buy a bottle at the start of the tour and refill it as necessary from public fountains or at your hotel.
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