The Pembroke Community ChoirSOPRANO – Meghan Biscope, Anusha Boucher, JoanBoucher, Patricia Charette, Linda Clark (President),Louise Doran, Darlene Forrest-Green, Flynn Fortier,Jennifer Francis, Lani Graham, Jessica Green, JaneHanson, Cathy Kennedy, Heather LaFroy, Beth Lipke,Joyce Moore-Cowan+, Terri Peever, Susanne Richter(Treasurer), Carol Ripley (Secretary), Janet Schultze-Jones (Fundraising), Charlotte Thompson, NormaValiquette, Inge Vibe, Hazel Ward-Moreau, CindyWheeler, Denise Zabloski, Ann Zadow.

ALTO – Cathy Brennan-Hogaboam (Librarian), RenateCarter, Deborah Doran, Annegret Felhaber, NathalieGagné, Rosemarie Gilbert, Anne Harlow (Facilities/Concert Convenor), Judy Harms-Potter, Aneeta Jacob,Joyce Kaiser, Elizabeth Link, Paula Lundrigan, JaneMottershead, Pauline Neilson, Marlene Puetz, JillRenault+ (Registrar/Web), Shelley Roberts, TheresaJean Stang, Diane Wolfgram (Social), Marie Zettler(Past-President).

TENOR – Ana Beck, Conrad Boyce, Lois Detlefsen,Jeffrey Doran, Bentley Horne+, Eric Junop, GeoffMiddleton, Henri Picard, Mary Pye, ClaudetteThanasse (Social Convenor), Mike Zabloski.

BASS – Gordon Brandstadt, Steven Brum, PatriciaCostey-Henry, Jim Gilbert, Dave Harris, RobertLauder, Steven Lips, Norbert Puetz, Mark Reilander,André Renault, Terry Spilchen, Carl Turner.

NOTE: Not all singers appear in all concerts!

Our current life members are: Adrianne Madill, Ruth Grant,Joyce Moore-Cowan, Bentley Horne and Jill Renault.

New patrons are welcome, as they enable us to give our best to the community.Contact Janet Schultze-Jones (Fundraising) for more information.

Patrons~ MAESTRO ~

Friends of Pembroke Community Choir

~ GOLD ~Mulvihill Drug Mart Ltd.

Kings Sports (Pembroke) Inc.Meridian Credit Union Limited

Dr. Jeff Jones and Janet Schultze-Jones

~ SILVER ~Teresa and Wayne Remus • Barbara Fortier

John and Lynne EppsSuzanne Cuypers • Helen Carmichael

Ruth Grant • Elva MerredewTony Donnelly, Royal LePage Edmonds

Scott Rosien Black and LockeChartered Professional Accountants

~ BRONZE ~Rev. Ana Beck • Dr. Bruce Harle

O’Grady and Kuehl, OptometristsLois Wilson, Touch of Solace Esthetics

Resurrection Lutheran ChurchGordon Brandstadt • Darlene TerMarsch

Dean-Sinclair, Chartered Professional AccountantsMalcolm, Deavitt and Binhammer Funeral Home

Visit us at: www.pembrokecommunitychoir.org

Special Acknowledgements and Thanks ...

•The Pembroke Community Choir, now in its 61st year, rehearses every

Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. in Wesley Community Church’s Wesley Hall,210 Renfrew St., Pembroke. We are an unauditioned choir!

New members are most welcome.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH

7:00 p.m.

“The sorrowful Mother”

The Pembroke Community Choirpresents ...The Pembroke Community Choirpresents ...

GERALD LaRONDE - DirectorDARLENE TerMARSCH - Accompanist

GERALD LaRONDE - DirectorDARLENE TerMARSCH - Accompanist

Soloist: Danielle Vaillancourt

To: Fr. Bill Kenney and Staff – Our Lady of Lourdes Church;Kate MacGillivray – Pembroke Symphony Orchestra; thankyou for all your help. To: Wesley Community Church, D-HPrinting, Christian Renault, Chris Thuemen, Nancy Horne,Jayne Brophy – Pembroke Mall, Fleurish (Petawawa),Cogeco, CHIP, MyFm Pembroke Today and Renfrew Today,Star 96, Heritage Radio, CHRI Radio, Whitewater News,City of Pembroke, Ottawa Valley Travel, Petawawa Post,Observer, Eganville Leader, North Renfrew Times and allothers who contributed in any way to the success of thisconcert, we couldn’t do it without you!

1. Cantus lacrimosusStabat Mater dolorosajuxta crucem lacrimosa,dum pendebat Filius.

Cujus animam gementem,contristatam et dolentem,pertransivit gladius.

O quam tristis et afflictafuit ilia benedictamater Unigeniti!

Quae maerebat et dolebatpia Mater dum videbatnati poenas incliti.

2. Incantation (Arabic)

Salli li ajlinaa,ya qaddisa Maryam,ya walidat Allah,al adharaal adhara,salli li ajlinaa.

3. Vidit Jesum in tormentisQuis est homo qui non fleret,Matrem Christi si videretin tanto supplicio?

Quis non posset contristari,Christi Matrem contemplaridolentum cum Filio?

Pro peccatis suae gentisvidit Jesum in tormentis,et flagellis subditum.

Vidit suum dulcem natummoriendo desolatum,dum emisit spiritum.

Eia Mater, fons amoris,me sentire vim dolorisfac, ut tecum lugeam.

Fac, ut ardeat cor meumin amando Christum Deum,ut sibi complaceam.4. Lament (Carol Barratt)

At the cross her station keeping, stoodthe mournful mother weeping,close to Jesus to the last.

Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,all his bitter anguish bearing,now at length the sword has passed.

O how sad and sore distressedwas that Mother, highly blest,of the sole-begotten One.

Christ above in torment hangs,she beneath beholds the pangsof her dying glorious Son.

Pray for us,O Holy Mary,O mother of God,O virgin of virgins,pray for us.

Is there one who would not weep,whelmed in miseries so deep,Christ's dear Mother to behold?

Can the human heart refrainfrom partaking in her pain,in that Mother's pain untold?

For the sins of his own nation,she saw Jesus wracked with torment,all with scourges rent.

She beheld her tender child,saw him hang in desolation,till his spirit forth he sent.

O thou Mother! fount of love!Touch my spirit from above,make my heart with thine accord:

make me feel as thou hast felt;make my soul to glow and meltwith the love of Christ my Lord.

5. Sancta Mater

Sancta Mater, istud agas,crucifixi fige plagascordi meo valide.

Tui nati vulneratitam dignati pro me patipoenas mecum divide.

Fac me tecum pie flerecrucifixo condolere,donec ego vixero.

Juxta crucem tecum stareet me tibi sociarein planctu desidero.

Holy Mother! pierce me through,in my heart each wound renewof my Saviour crucified:

let me share with thee his pain,who for all my sins was slain,who for me in torments died.

Let me mingle tears with thee,mourning him who mourned for me,all the days that I may live:

by the cross with thee to stay,there with thee to weep and pray,is all I ask of thee to give.

8. Virgo virginumVirgo virginum praeclara,mihi iam non sis amara;fac me tecum plangere.

Feeling all the grief and sorrow.We live life with shadows in our hearts and minds,with tears that wait to fall when sorrow in the world is more than we can truly bear.

We hear the cries of children, we see death cast shadows on their hearts and minds, as mothersin their grief stand crying, weeping, weeping, crying, crying, weeping, weeping for this world.

On our bed of thorns such sorrow must surely end, our tears can wash away the sins of theworld, no more crying, weeping, weeping, crying, crying, weeping, weeping in this world, thisworld.

6. Now my life is only weeping (the Poet Rumi)(Sung in English & Aramaic)Now my life is only weeping, like a candle melting,like a flute my cries are song.

Barchay balchoordd hasha haina, sharach barmooth shaoothshra, barmooth baroof rauvai kal.

7. And the Mother did weep (Karl Jenkins)Vehaeym bachetah (Hebrew); Lacrimavit Mater (Latin)Warkath hahi imma (Aramaic); Kai eklausen he meter (Greek)

Virgin of all virgins blest!Listen to my fond request:let me share thy grief divine.

9. Are you lost out in darkness? (from “The Epic(Sung in English & Aramaic)Are you lost out in darkness?Is your sleep, your silence, endless?Can you no more hear my voice?

Ahtu sheereek bercheshka? Damkuthak shetkaak dalalam?Meshar arlam mashma kaalee ?

10. Ave VerumAve verum corpus natumde Maria Virgine.Vere passum, immolatum incruce pro homine. Cujuslatus perforatum fluxitaqua et sanguine. Estonobis praegustatummortis in examine.

Jesu dulcis! Jesu pie,Fili Mariae. Amen.

Hail, true body,born of the Virgin Mary,truly suffered, sacrificedon the cross for mankind,whose pierced sideflowed with water and blood,be for us a foretastein the trial of death.

Sweet Jesus! Blessed Jesus,Son of Mary. Amen.

11. Fac, ut portem Christi mortemFac, ut portem Christi mortem,passionis fac me sortem,et plagas recolere.

Fac me plagis vulnerari,Fac me cruce inebriariet cruore Filii.

12. Paradisi gloriaFlammis ne urar succensus,per te, Virgo, sim defensusin die judicii.

Christe, cum sit hinc exire,da per Matrem me veniread palmam victoriae.

Quando corpus morietur,fac, ut animae doneturparadisi gloria. Amen.Alleluia.

Let me, to my latest breath,in my body bear the deathof your dying son divine.

Wounded with his every wound,steep my soul till it hath swoonedin his very blood away.

Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,lest in flames I burn and die,in his awful Judgment Day.

Christ, when thou shalt call mehence, by thy Mother my defence,by thy cross my victory.

When my body dies,let my soul be grantedthe glory of Paradise. Amen.Alleuia.

Danielle Vaillancourt – Mezzo-SopranoHailing from Renfrew, Ontario,Danielle was accepted to study atthe Montreal Conservatory of Musicand graduated with a master degreein voice performance in 2012 underthe tutelage of Adrienne Savoie,soprano. Ms. Vaillancourt hasparticipated in many singingcompetitions where she stood outand won major recognition. [MariaCallas Competition in Athens, GRand the Prix d'Europe in 2015 as asemi-finalist). Although Ms.Vaillancourt has sung severaloperatic roles, her heart leanstowards recital and early music andoratorio repertoire. In the last year,Danielle was invited to sing as altosoloist and chorister with theexalted Ottawa Bach Choir directedby Lisette Canton in theperformance and recording of Handel’s Dixit Dominus this past Mayunder the ATMA label. Recent engagements include singing the roleof Suzuki in Pellegrini Opera’s production of Madama Butterfly byPuccini and being one of eight singers in Toronto Summer MusicAcademy – Art of Song directed by Steven Philcox with guest vocalmentors, Julius Drake and Christoph Prégardien, and being part ofthe Vocal Arts program at the Saguenay Lac St-Jean MusicWorkshop with Adrienne Savoie and Jean-François Mailloux.Upcoming performances: Danielle will sing the roles of Stéphano andGertude in the production of Romeo & Juliette by Gounod withPellegrini Opera in October 2019.

PLEASE WITHHOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTILTHE END OF THE WORK!

of Gilgamesh)

Composed in 2008, Karl Jenkins' Stabat Mater is the longest choral workbased on the 13th century prayer Stabat Mater Dolorosa. The poem reflectson the suffering of Mary, mother of Jesus, at the time of his crucifixion andincludes other writings by Jenkins, his wife Carol Barratt, the poet Rumi,and The Epic of Gilgamesh. With a decidedly Middle Eastern feel to it by instrumentation and earlyAramaic and Arabic texts, Danielle Vaillancourt portrays the sorrowful Maryas she sees Jesus in torment and suffering. She is also a voice for the sufferingof the world as “my cries are song...lost out in darkness” . This is resolvedwhen we achieve the glory of paradise: paradisi gloria.

I am grateful to the choir who has worked hard with unfamiliar languagesand interesting harmonies to bring this work to fruition. It is important tocelebrate the works of living composers and the choir has risen to the challenge with this third work inperformances of Jenkins' writings. The Armed Man (2013), The Peacemakers (2015 - Carnegie Hall) andStabat Mater.

Sir Karl Jenkins (b. 1944 - Wales) is one of the most performedliving composers in the world. Educated at Gowerton Grammar

School, Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music,London, The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace alone has been

performed over 2000 times in 20 different countries since the CDwas released while his recorded output has resulted in seventeen

gold and platinum disc awards.

Compositions include Requiem, Stabat Mater, Quirk, StellaNatalis, The Peacemakers, Motets, Cantata Memoria, The Healers,

and Symphonic Adiemus. He has composed music for HRH ThePrince of Wales, Bryn Terfel, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Evelyn

Glennie and the London Symphony Orchestra amongst manyothers.

A Doctor of Music, he holds Fellowships, Honorary Doctorates andProfessorships at five universities or conservatoires, including the

Royal Academy of Music, where a room has been named in hishonour. In November 2009 he was given the Cymru For The World

Award and in March 2010 was honoured with the Hopkins Medalgiven by the St. David’s Society for the State of New York.

In 2015 he was confirmed as the most popular living composer inClassic FM’s ‘Ultimate Hall of Fame’ and holds the Classic FM ‘Red

f’ award for ‘outstanding service to classical music’. He wasawarded a Knighthood in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours for

“services to composing and crossing musical genres”.

Coming Soon...

Our Orchestra

FluteSandra Allen • Cheryl St. Elier

RecorderSandra Allen

OboeSusan Morris • Karen Allen

ClarinetJeff Jones • Marc Seguin

BassoonHugh Boniface • Susan Artymko

French HornMary Boland • Gail Marion

TrumpetStephan Grasmuck • John Artymko

TromboneMike Britton • Clarissa Sugen

Bass TromboneGeorge Doubt

PercussionDarbucca – Bill Pinkerton

Riq – Casey TompkinsBass Drum – Dale Tapp

TimpaniTamara Thompson

ViolinKirsten Waymann • Alison Arthur

Ron LavigneJana Lau • Laura Vokey • Pia Voorand

ViolaCraig Stuart • Shalva Chabukiani

CelloNing Wang • Marion Arthur

Double BassLeah Diduch • Pete Kilpatrick

Gerald LaRonde – Choral Director

Gerald is a retired high school music teacherwho has been a part of the music-makingscene in Pembroke and area for many years.This marks his eighth year as director for thePembroke Community Choir. He receivedBachelor of Music and Bachelor of Educationdegrees from Queen’s University. Gerald hasbeen music director for productions by theformer Pembroke Musical Society, PembrokeLittle Theatre, Streetlight Theatre, as well asa number of musicals presented by FellowesHigh School. He is currently music directorat the Church of the Most Holy Name of Je-sus.

Darlene TerMarsch – Accompanist

A native of the Ottawa Valley, DarleneTerMarsch is accomplished in piano, vocal,organ, harpsichord and percussion, and hasstudied piano and voice through the RoyalConservatory of Music. Although her earlystudies were primarily classical, herknowledge of musical genres has broadenedconsiderably through years of accompanyingvarious soloists and musical groups, i.e.,Kiwanis Music Festival, Pembroke CommunityChoir, Pembroke Musical Society, Deep RiverSymphony Orchestra, Legion Swing Band, GTSwing Orchestra, Pembroke SymphonyOrchestra, Streetlight Theatre Company, DeepRiver Cantando Singers, Ottawa Valley MusicFestival Chorus, and Atyeo's Dance Studio.Her experience as a church organist began atThe Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus,Pembroke, at the age of 14. Since 1991, shehas been the Music Director at St. George’sProtestant Chapel, Garrison Petawawa.