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Sunday Evening, April 22, 2018, at 8:30Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Celebrating DCINY’s 10th Anniversary Season!

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

presents

THE KING’S SINGERS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATION BOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor

SIMON CARRINGTON, Guest ConductorTHE KING’S SINGERS, Special GuestsPatrick Dunachie, Countertenor

Timothy Wayne-Wright, CountertenorJulian Gregory, Tenor

Christopher Bruerton, Baritone Christopher Gabbitas, Baritone Jonathan Howard, Bass

DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS SINGERS INTERNATIONAL

OUR LIFEBLOOD

BOB CHILCOTT We are BOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor

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RENAISSANCE PIONEERSSelections featuring The King’s Singers

LUDWIG SENFL Das G’läut zu Speyer

JUAN VÁSQUEZ Lágrimas de mi Consuelo

ORLANDUS LASSUS Dessus le marché d’Arras

THE STORYTELLER

ERIC WHITACRE Alone

ERIC WHITACRE The Stolen ChildSIMON CARRINGTON, Guest Conductor

BOB CHILCOTT Thou, my love, art fairBOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor

HUBERT PARRY My Soul, There Is A CountrySIMON CARRINGTON, Guest Conductor

THE JOYS OF FOLKSONGSelections featuring The King’s Singers

TRAD. ARR. LamornaGOFF RICHARDS

TRAD. ARR. Danny BoyPETER KNIGHT

TRAD. ARR. Bobby ShaftoeGORDON LANGFORD

Intermission

THE VISIONARY

BOB CHILCOTT High FlightBOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor

ERIC BARNUM Moonlight MusicSIMON CARRINGTON, Guest Conductor


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BOB CHILCOTT En La MacarenitaBOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor

VIEWS OF OUR CHANGING WORLD

NICO MUHLY To Stand in this HouseSIMON CARRINGTON, Guest Conductor

THE MAGIC OF GREAT SONGWRITERSSelections featuring The King’s Singers

Classic audience favorites and brand new surprises close-harmony style from the lighter side of The King’s Singers’ repertoire

Selections Announced from the Stage


Notes ON THE PROGRAMNotes by Jonathan Howard (The King’s Singers’ Bass)

Tonight’s concert at Carnegie Hall chartsa unique and far-reaching journeythrough the world of a cappella choralmusic, with works from the Renaissanceall the way through to the present day.Many of these pieces have their roots inNew York City. One of them is BobChilcott’s We are – the first piece intonight’s programme written specificallyfor The King’s Singers’ 50th anniversary– which sets a poem called The HumanFamily by Dr. Maya Angelou, who livedin Harlem for much of her life.We are isa powerful affirmation of how similar weall are as humans, in spite of our physicalor cultural differences. Another brandnew work is Nico Muhly’s To stand inthis House, which looks at the worldthrough a number of different lenses,past and present. The four movementscombine prayers from the turmoil ofmedieval England with modern-dayreflections on the state of our world andour place within it by pre-eminentalumni from our spiritual home, King’sCollege, Cambridge. It is our great plea-sure to perform this work in Nico’s homecity, to show how ancient prayers andcontemporary thoughts from our birth-place are just as resonant in your home asthey are in ours. These two very recentworks sit alongside two pieces commis-sioned for the 40th anniversary of TheKing’s Singers ten years ago. BobChilcott’s High Flight is an ode to therealms of possibility typified by flight, as

we travel upwards and into theunknown; and Eric Whitacre’s TheStolen Child sets William Butler Yeats’poem of the same name, that imaginesfairies tempting human children awayfrom their weary world to a fantasticpastoral idyll, full of magic and bounty.

These commissions join music from theRenaissance in Germany, Spain, andFrance, by Ludwig Senfl, Juan Vásquez,and Orlandus Lassus, as well as folk-songs that span the USA, Ireland, andEngland. And of course, true to TheKing’s Singers continuing commitment tocelebrate the diversity of music there isfor all of us to enjoy, we’ll be surprisingyou with some of our favourite songsfrom across our close-harmony reper-toire, many of which also have links toNew York City.

We are absolutely thrilled to be sharingthe stage with so many singers fromacross the world this evening, throughthe support of DCINY. We are particu-larly delighted that they are beingdirected by two of our illustrious prede-cessors in The King’s Singers: BobChilcott and Simon Carrington. We cannot think of a better way to celebrateour 50th anniversary than being herewith you at Carnegie Hall this evening.


Texts & TRANSLATIONS

I note the obvious differencesIn the human family. Some of us are serious, Some thrive on comedy.

Some declare their lives are lived As true profundity, And others claim they really liveThe real reality.

The variety of our skin tonesCan confuse, bemuse, delight, Brown and pink and purple, Tan and blue and white.

I’ve sailed upon the seven seasAnd stopped in every land, I’ve seen the wonders of the world, Not yet one common man.

I know ten thousand womenCalled Jane and Mary Jane, But I’ve not seen any twoWho really were the same.

Nun kumbt hierher all und helft mir einmal in diesem Saal, wem’s Läuten g’fall,und ziecht an bald, treibt wenig G’schall.GLING GLANG GLING

Ziecht an, ziecht an,wer mag und kann.Mur, maun, mur, maun

Zue dem Festtue das Best.

We are BOB CHILCOTT (b. 1955) Text: The Human Family, Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014) (3 minutes)

Das G’läut zu Speyer (The Ringing at Speyer) LUDWIG SENFL (1486 - 1543) Text: Anonymous (2 minutes)

Mirror twins are differentAlthough their features jibe, And lovers think quite differentLying side by side.

We love and lose in China, We weep on England’s moors, And laugh and moan in Guinea, And thrive on Spanish shores.

We seek success in Finland, Are born and die in Maine, In minor ways we differ, In major we’re the same.

I note the obvious differencesBetween each sort and type, But we are more alike, my friends, Than we are unalike.

We are more alike, my friends, Than we are unalike.

We are more alike, my friends, Than we are unalike.

Now everyone come hereand help me oncein this hall,whoever likes ringing,Soon start pulling, make a little noise.GLING GLANG GLING

Start pulling, whoever can and likes to.MUR, MAUN, MUR, MAUN

At the FeastDo your best.


Drumbich bitt,spar euch nit.Jedermann soll hergon.Nun kumbt, ihr Knaben all,greift an und läutt einmal,daß Glock schall.Mar, mir, mur.

Ziecht an, lieben Gesellen,die mit mir läuten wöllen.Laßt aufgahn,nicht klagt‘ an,noch nicht fliecht,Nit irret mich,sunst hör‘ auf ich.Flux fu der dich.

Laßt mehr angehn,da müeßt ihr zue mir her stehn. Nu zue diesem Fest tuct allsambt das Best,nehmt hin Strick und Seil ziecht an reschmit Eil.Streck an, was ein je der mit der Machtkann.So tuet zammstehn lasts wohl auf gehn,daß so viel zwen.

So Hans und Paul,ziecht, seid nit faul.Bitt ich mir sag,wan ist für Tag,was hab‘ wir heut,daß man so läut.

Mit unsern Glockenlaßt zammen lockenziecht unerschrocken.

Wie schnauft ihr mit dem Maul?Jetzt klingt’s wohl und geht ganz recht.Seht zue mitund klenkt mit.

Wiewohl zwar Andacht bloß,Gott’s dienst ist groß,geht über’s Gläutam Kirchtag heut.Solch Gläut mach mich betörnich mag mich selbst nit hörn.

So I’m asking you,Not sparing you.Everyone should come here. Now come on, all you boys,Get a hold and just have a ring,So the bell sounds out!MAR, MIR, MUR

Start pulling, my dear fellows,You who want to ring with me.Let’s rise (the sound),No complaining,Don’t run away yet!Don’t confuse me,Otherwise I’m stopping.Quick, hurry up!

If you let more have a go,Then you must stand by me.Now at this celebration all do yourbest.Take it, let the rest start pulling quickly.

Stretch out, whatever your strengthallows.Do it together like this,Let it indeed go up,So that it swings a lot like this.

So Hans and PaulPull like this, don’t be lazy.Please tell me:What sort of day is thisWhat have we got todayThat people are ringing like this.

With our bellsLet’s draw people togetherLet’s pull fearlessly.

Why are you gasping for air?Now it’s sounding good and it’s goingreally well.Watch with me And ring with me.

Although it’s only a Service,The worship is great.It goes out through the ringingToday at the Festival.Such ringing beguiles me.


Schau eben auf,zeuch gleich mit auf.

Nit ziecht so schnell,so klingts baß hell.So fein greift reinSo, so, mein Knecht.Hui, nun läut zusamm in Gottes Nam.Wer kumbt der kumbt,Hans, tue dich munter umb,daß Glock' entbrunn, und schau mit zue,daß’s Seil nit brechen tue.

So läutt guet Ding,daß’s tapfer kling,Maus, her an Ring,das Opfer bring,weil man das Amt singt.

Nun läutt zam in Gottes Nam.Wer kommen will,darf G’läuts nit viel,mag her treten ungebeten,zue der Metten.Die Schuler kommen schon,Glocken brummen,habt viel Singens,gilt Anbringens,so Pfarrer aufsteht,gen Opfer geht.

Nun läutt zammen in Gott’s namen.Wer will kummen,hats vernummen.An dem Fest heuthab wir lang gläutt Mur maun.

I may not be able to hear myself.Just look up,Pull along with me!

Don’t pull so quickly.Or the bass sounds bright!Take hold deftly like this,Like this, like this, my boy.Whoosh, now ring togetherIn God’s Name.Whoever is coming will come.Hans, do cheer up,So the bell rings out.And watch with me.So that the rope doesn’t break!

Ring the dear thing like this,So that it sounds out boldly,Your muscle to the bell,Bring your sacrifice,Because they’re singing the Mass.

Now ring togetherIn God’s Name.Whoever wants to come,(There doesn’t have to be a lot of ring-ing)May step this way unaskedTo the Mass.The pupils are already coming.Bells are booming.If you have a lot of singing.It’s important to bring people along.The priest then stands upAnd goes towards the sacrament.

Now ring togetherIn God’s Name!Whoever wants to come,Has heard it.At the Feast todayWe’ve rung a long time. MUR MAUN.


Lágrimas de mi consuelo Que aveys hecho maravillas,Y hazeys, Salid, salid sin receloY regad estas mexillas Que soleys.

Lágrimas de mi Consuelo JUAN VÁSQUEZ (1500 - 1560)Text: Garci Sánchez de Badajoz (1460 – 1526) (5 minutes)

Tears of my consolation,What wonders you have doneAnd still do,Flow, flow without fearAnd moisten these cheeks,As is your custom.

Dessus le marché d’Arras Mire li, mire la bon basJe trouvais un espagnard.Sentin, senta, sur la bon basMire li, mire la bon billeMire li, mire la bon bas

Il m’a dit: “Fille écouta,”Mire li, mire la bon bas“De l’argent on vous don’ra.”Sentin, senta, sur la bon basMire li, mire la bon billeMire li, mire la bon bas

Dessus le marché d’Arras ORLANDUS LASSUS (1532 - 1594)Text: Anonymous (2 minutes)

By the marketplace in Arras,Mire li, mire la bon basI met a Spaniard.Sentin, senta, sur la bon basMire li, mire la bon billeMire li, mire la bon bas

He said to me, “Listen, maid,Mire li, mire la bon basI will give you money.”Sentin, senta, sur la bon basMire li, mire la bon billeMire li, mire la bon bas

From childhood’s hour I have not beenAs others were — I have not seenAs others saw — I could not bringMy passions from a common spring —From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow — I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone —And all I lov’d — I lov’d alone —Then — in my childhood — in thedawnOf a most stormy life — was drawnFrom ev’ry depth of good and illThe mystery which binds me still —

Alone ERIC WHITACRE (b. 1970)Text: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) (4 minutes)

From the torrent, or the fountain —From the red cliff of the mountain —From the sun that ’round me roll’dIn its autumn tint of gold —From the lightning in the skyAs it pass’d me flying by —From the thunder, and the storm —And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of Heaven was blue)Of a demon in my view —


Where dips the rocky highlandOf Sleuth Wood in the lake,There lies a leafy islandWhere flapping herons wakeThe drowsy water rats;There we’ve hid our faery vats,Full of berries,And of reddest stolen cherries.Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world’s more full of weepingthan you can understand.

Where the wave of moonlight glossesThe dim gray sands with light,Far off by furthest RossesWe foot it all the night,Weaving olden dancesMingling hands and mingling glancesTill the moon has taken flight;To and fro we leapAnd chase the frothy bubbles,While the world is full of troublesAnd anxious in its sleep.Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world’s more full of weepingthan you can understand.

The Stolen Child ERIC WHITACREText: William Butler Yates (1865 – 1939) (9 minutes)

Where the wandering water gushesFrom the hills above Glen-Car,In pools among the rushesThat scare could bathe a star,We seek for slumbering troutAnd whispering in their earsGive them unquiet dreams;Leaning softly outFrom ferns that drop their tearsOver the young streams.Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world’s more full of weepingthan you can understand.

Away with us he’s going,The solemn-eyed:He’ll hear no more the lowingOf the calves on the warm hillsideOr the kettle on the hobSing peace into his breast,Or see the brown mice bobRound and round the oatmeal chest.For he comes, the human child,To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world’s more full of weepingthan he can understand.

Lo, thou, my love, art fair; Myself hath made thee so:Yea, thou art fair indeed, Wherefore thou shalt not need In beauty to despair; For I accept thee so,

For fair.

Thou, my love, art fair BOB CHILCOTTText: Christ to his spouse, William Baldwin (1515 - 1563) (4 minutes)

For fair, because thine eyesAre like the culvers white, Whose simpleness in deedAll others do exceed:Thy judgement wholly liesIn true sense of sprite

Most wise.


My soul, my soul, there is a country farbeyond the stars,where stands a winged sentry,All skilful in the wars:There, above noise and danger,Sweet Peace sits crowned with smilesAnd, One, born in a mangerCommands the beauteous files.

He is thy gracious friend,And O my soul awake!Dis in pure love descendTo die here for thy sake.

My Soul, There Is A Country HUBERT PARRY (1848 - 1918)Text: Henry Vaughan (1621 - 1695) (4 minutes)

If thou canst get but thither,There grows the flow'r of Peace,The Rose that cannot wither,Thy fortress and thy casw.Leave then thy foolish ranges,For none can thee secureBut One who never changesThy God Thy life Thy cure.

Way down to LamornaTake her down to Lamorna

I’ll sing to you a songIt’s about a lady fairI met the other eveningAt the corner of the squareShe’d a dark and roving eyeShe was a charming roverWe rolled all night in the pale moonlightWay down to Lamorna

‘Twas down in Albert SquareI never shall forgetHer eyes they shone like diamondsAnd the evening it was wetHer hair hung down in curlsShe was a charming roverWe rolled all night in the pale moonlightWay down to Lamorna

As she got in the cabI asked her for her name (Now what’s your name?)And when she gave it meWell, mine it was the sameSo I lifted up her veilHer face was covered overTo my surprise, it was my wifeI took down to Lamorna!

Lamorna Trad. arr. GOFF RICHARDS (1944 - 2011) (2 minutes)

‘Twas down in Albert SquareI never shall forgetHer eyes they shone like diamondsAnd the evening it was wetHer hair hung down in curlsShe was a charming roverWe rolled all night in the pale moonlightWay down to Lamorna

Down to LamornaTake her down to LamornaTake her down

She said “I know you now,I knew you all along. I knew you in the dark, But I did it for a lark. Now for that lark you’ll pay, for the tak-ing of your Donnah,(You’ll have to pay!)You’ll pay the fare for riding there, Way down to Lamorna!”

‘Twas down in Albert SquareI never shall forgetHer eyes they shone like diamondsAnd the evening it was wetHer hair hung down in curlsShe was a charming rover


We rolled all night in the pale moonlightWay down to LamornaWe rolled all night in the pale moonlightWay down to Lamorna

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes arecallingFrom glen to glen, and down the moun-tain sideThe summer's gone, and all the flowersare dying'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I mustbide.But come ye back when summer's in themeadowOr when the valley's hushed and whitewith snow'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or inshadowOh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I loveyou so.

Danny Boy Trad. arr. PETER KNIGHT (b. 1947)Text: Frederic Weatherly (1848 – 1929) (4 minutes)

And if you come, when all the flowersare dyingAnd I am dead, as dead I well may beYou'll come and find the place where Iam lyingAnd kneel and say an "Ave" there forme.

And I shall hear, tho' soft you treadabove meAnd all my dreams will warm andsweeter beIf you'll not fail to tell me that you lovemeAnd I shall sleep in peace until youcome to me.

Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,Silver buckles at his knee;He'll come back and marry me,Bonny Bobby Shaftoe!Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,Panning out his yellow hair;He's my love for evermore,Bonny Bobby Shaftoe!

Bobby Shaftoe Trad. arr. GORDON LANGFORD (1930 - 2017) (2 minutes)


I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endlesslight, All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours,days, years Driv’n by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which theworld And all her train were hurl’d. I saw eternity. Dance(d) the skies, Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds ofEarth And danced the skies with laughter-sil-vered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined thetumbling mirth

High Flight BOB CHILCOTTText: Henry Vaughan (1621 - 1695) and John Gillespie Magree (1922 - 1941) (6 minutes)

Of sun-split clouds, and done a hundredthings You have not dreamed of - wheeled andsoared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ringthere, I’ve chased the shouting wind along,and flung my eager craft through footless halls ofair. Up, up, the long, delirious, burningblue, I’ve topped the windswept heights witheasy grace Where never lark, nor even eagle flew. And while, with silent, lifting mind I’vetrod the high, untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the faceof God.

Text From: The Merchant of Venice,Act V, Scene 4

Lorenzo:How sweet the moonlight sleeps uponthis bank!Here will we sit and let the sounds ofmusicCreep in our ears. Soft stillness and thenightBecome the touches of sweet harmony.

Moonlight Music ERIC BARNUM (b. 1979)Text: William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) (6 minutes)

Text From: The Tempest, Act I, Scene 2

Ferdinand: This music crept by me upon the waters,Allaying both their fury and my passionWith its sweet air. Thence I have followed it,Or it hath drawn me rather. But ‘tisgone.No, it begins again.


En la Macarenita me dieron agua,En la Macarenita me dieron agua,más fría que la nieve en una talla.

La Macarena.Buena capa, buen sombrero,buena moña “pa un” torero.

Yo no se aquella agüita lo que tenía,Yo no se aquella agüita lo que tenía,que me abrasaba el alma estando fría.

La Macarena…

Me la dio una mocita de filigrana,Me la dio una mocita de filigrana,la más fina y “pulía” de “toa” Triana.

La Macarena…

En La Macarenita (Down in Macarena) Trad. AndalusianArr. Bob Chilcott (3 minutes)

Down in the Macarena I caught his glances,Down in the Macarena I caught his glances.I like the way he woos me, the way hedances.

The Macarena.Got a good coat; got a good hat;It’s a good life for a torero.

Down in the Macarena I saw her glancing,Down in the Macarena I saw her glancing.I like to see her moving, to see her dancing.

The Macarena…

Down in the Macarena we live together,Down in the Macarena we live together.I like the way we’re dancing through lifetogether.

The Macarena…

Domine, Jesu Christe, qui me creasti,redemisti, et preordinasti ad hoc quodsum, tu scis quid de me facere vis; facde me secundum voluntatem tuamcum misericordia.

To Stand in this House NICO MUHLY (b. 1981) (11 minutes)

I. Amicabilis ConcordiaText: King Henry VI (1421 - 1471)

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who hast createdand redeemed me, and hast foreor-dained me unto that which now I am;thou knowest what thou wouldst dowith me; do with me according to thywill, in thy mercy.

O God, make the door of this housewide enough to receive all who needhuman love and fellowship, and aheavenly Father's care; and narrowenough to shut out all envy, pride andhate. Make its threshold smooth

II. The Door of this HouseText: Bishop Thomas Ken (1637 - 1711)

enough to be no stumbling block tochildren, nor to straying feet, butrugged enough to turn back thetempter's power: make it a gateway tothine eternal kingdom.


In later life he often spoke of the happi-ness of his Cambridge years, andagreed with himself to forget thehours of howling loneliness when hesat alone in a room and wept, even ifKing’s Chapel was right outside hiswindow blazing with beauty. To stand

III. In Later LifeText: Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)

in this house is to be reminded of whatis most beautiful about religious faith:its ability to give solace and to inspire,its aspiration to these great and lovelyheights, in which strength and delicacyare so perfectly conjoined.

Individual citizens are internally plural:they have within them the full rangeof behavioural possibilities. They arelike complex musical scores fromwhich certain melodies can be teasedout and others ignored or suppressed,depending at least in part on who isdoing the conducting. … All over the

IV. A Finer MusicText: Zadie Smith (b. 1975)

world, … the conductors standing infront of this human orchestra haveonly the meanest and most banalmelodies in mind. … Those of us whoremember a finer music must now tryto play it, and encourage others, if wecan, to sing along.


As a composer, conductor, and singer,Bob Chilcott has enjoyed a lifelong asso-ciation with choral music, as choristerand choral scholar in the choir of King’sCollege, Cambridge, and for 12 years asa member of the King’s Singers. Hebecame a full-time composer in 1997,and his extensive catalogue is publishedby Oxford University Press. His mostpopular pieces include Can you hearme?, A Little Jazz Mass, Requiem, andSt. John Passion.

Bob has conducted choirs in more than30 countries worldwide and workedwith thousands of amateur singers in acontinuing series of Singing Days. Forseven years he conducted the Chorus ofThe Royal College of Music in Londonand since 2002 he has been PrincipalGuest Conductor, BBC Singers. In 2017Bob was awarded an Honorary Fellow-ship by The Royal School of ChurchMusic.

His music has been widely recorded byleading choirs including The King’sSingers, King’s College, Cambridge,Wells Cathedral, Westminster Abbey,The Sixteen, Tenebrae, and The BBCSingers. In 2016 he collaborated withKatie Melua on the album In Winter andin 2017 two new discs were released byCommotio and Choralis – All GoodThings (Naxos), and In Winter’s Arms(Signum), his first recording collabora-tion with an American choir. Forthcom-ing recordings are with GloucesterCathedral Choir, Houston ChamberChoir, and Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir.This is Bob Chilcott’s third appearancewith DCINY.

BOB CHILCOTT, Guest Conductor

THE Artists


Simon Carrington, Yale Professor Emeri-tus, has enjoyed a distinguished career assinger, double bassist, and conductor.From 2003 to 2009 he was professor ofchoral conducting at Yale and director ofthe Yale Schola Cantorum, which hebrought to international prominence,and he led the introduction of a graduatedegree for singers specializing in orato-rio, early music and chamber ensemble.Previous positions include director ofchoral activities at the New EnglandConservatory, Boston, and University ofKansas.

Prior to coming to the US, he was a cre-ative force for 25 years with The King’sSingers, which he co–founded whilst atCambridge University. With The King’sSingers he gave 3,000 performances inthe world’s most prestigious concerthalls, made more than 70 recordings, andappeared on television and radio. In theearly days of The King’s Singers he had alively career as a freelance bassist, play-ing in the major symphony and chamberorchestras in London.

Now based in Europe he maintains anactive schedule as a conductor, leadingworkshops and master classes world-wide. He has taught young conductorsat the Royal Academy of Music, the LisztConservatorium, the University of theAndes, the World Symposium inArgentina, and the Schools of Music atEastman, Indiana, Michigan, Temple,and USC. In 2014 he received an hon-orary doctorate from New England Conservatory and is now also VisitingProfessor of Conducting at the Universityof Birmingham, UK. www.simoncarrington.com

SIMON CARRINGTON, Guest Conductor


The King’s Singers were officially bornon May 1, 1968, formed by six recently-graduated choral scholars from King’sCollege, Cambridge. Their vocal line-upwas (by chance) two countertenors, atenor, two baritones, and a bass, and thegroup has never wavered from this for-mation since. 2018 marks the 50th birth-day of the group, and to celebrate, TheKing’s Singers are presenting theiranniversary season: GOLD. Everythingin this GOLD season, from triple-albumto book and concert tour, celebrates theamazing musical heritage of The King’sSingers, and also looks at the brightfuture of vocal music in all its forms.

The group has consistently been wel-comed on the world’s great stages – fromLondon’s Royal Albert Hall to the OperaHouse in Sydney or New York’s CarnegieHall. Two Grammy® Awards, an Emmy®Award, and a place in Gramophone mag-azine’s inaugural Hall of Fame sit amongthe accolades bestowed upon the group.

This love of diversity has always fuelledThe King’s Singers’ commitment to creat-ing new music. A panoply of commis-sioned works by many of the supremecomposers of our times – including SirJohn Tavener, John Rutter, LucianoBerio, Nico Muhly, and Eric Whitacre –sits alongside countless bespoke arrange-ments in the group’s extensive repertoire.

The world may have changed a lot in thefifty years since the original King’sSingers came together, but today’s groupis still charged by the same lifeblood –one that wants to radiate the joy singingbrings every day.

Official website: www.kingssingers.comFacebook: King’s SingersTwitter: @kingssingersInstagram: kingssingersSpotify: The King’s SingersYouTube: kingssingersvideos

THE KING’S SINGERS, Special Guests



Distinguished Concerts Singers Inter-national (DCSI) forms the backbone ofDistinguished Concerts InternationalNew York (DCINY), the city’s preemi-nent producer of choral and orchestralconcerts in New York’s most presti-gious concert venues. DCSI is comprised of singers and chorus mem-bers from around the world. Between30-40% of the singers are alumni ofDCSI and have sung in 2 or more ofthe DCINY concert series over theyears. The DCSI has drawn membersfrom 45 countries and 6 continents.

While the majority of singers are dedi-cated amateur musicians, many professional and semi-professionalensembles, as well as individual professional singers, have also partici-pated in the DCSI. All singers and/orensembles go through an auditionprocess reviewed by the DCINY Artis-tic team in order to receive an invita-tion to appear on the DCINY concertseries. The DCSI can vary in size frombetween 100 to 500 singers, dependingupon the repertoire.

The Former and Current King’s Singers(And years of participation)

Patrick Dunachie, Countertenor I (2016-Present)Julian Gregory, Tenor (2014-Present) Christopher Bruerton, Baritone I (2012-Present)Jonathan Howard, Bass (2010-Present) Timothy Wayne-Wright, Countertenor II (2009-Present) Christopher Gabbitas, Baritone II (2004-Present)Robin Tyson, Countertenor II (2001-2009) Paul Phoenix, Tenor (1997-2014) Gabriel Crouch, Baritone II (1996-2004) Nigel Short, Countertenor II (1994-2000) Philip Lawson, Baritone I (1993-2012) David Hurley, Countertenor I (1990-2016) Stephen Connolly, Bass (1987-2010) Bruce Russell, Baritone I (1987-1996) Bob Chilcott, Tenor (1986-1997) Colin Mason, Bass (1982-1987) Jeremy Jackman, Countertenor I (1980-1990) Bill Ives, Tenor (1978-1985) Anthony Holt, Baritone I (1970-1987) Nigel Perrin, Countertenor I (1970-1980) Simon Carrington, Baritone II (1968-1993)Alastair Hume, Countertenor II (1968-1993) Brian Kay, Bass (1968-1982) Alastair Thompson, Tenor (1968-1978) Martin Lane, Countertenor I (1968-1968) Richard Salter, Baritone I (1968-1968)



Bel Canto Chorale (IA), Jacob Yochum, DirectorBOUNDLESS vocal ensemble (ID), Vicki Blake Thompson, Director*Cantare Chorale of the Sierra Foothills (CA), Mariia Pechenova, DirectorCAPA Concert Choir (TX), Lora Maeurer, DirectorThe CharlieChords (MA), Utsav Bhargava, Director*Choir of the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), Hermann Kruse, DirectorChorus of East Providence (RI), Beth Armstrong, DirectorChrist Episcopal Church Chancel Choir (FL), Rachel Root, DirectorThe Christopher Wren Singers (VA), Halla Walcott, DirectorCony High School Madrigals (ME), Jacob Whitaker, DirectorEastwood Chamber Choir (Canada), Tammy McMath, DirectorHolland Park School Choir (UK), Nicholas Robson, DirectorLes Petits Chanteurs de Laval / Le Choeur des Jeunes de Laval (Canada),Philippe Ostiguy, Director*Ozark’s Technical Community College Choral Ensemble (MO), Alberta L. Smith, DirectorPilgrim Choir of First Congregational Church, Riverside (CA), Linda Susan Corbitt, DirectorProsper High School Varsity Mixed Choir (TX), Aaron Tombrella, DirectorRhythmos Choir (Australia), Jonathan Paxman, Director*Sounds of the Southwest Singers (AZ), Matt Deller, DirectorSt. Louis University High School Varsity Chorus (MO), Addie Akin, DirectorStellenbosch Madrigal Singers (South Africa), Elsje Kemp, DirectorSwansea University Choral Society (UK), Catrin John, DirectorToronto Youth Choir (Canada), Matthew Otto, DirectorYreka High School Vocal Ensemble (CA), Eric James Seiler, DirectorAnd Individual Singers from around the globe

*Denotes DCINY Alumni


Performing Arts PartnersDCINY would like to thank our Performing Arts Partners, who, with theirfinancial support, have made this performance possible.

Caroline AbbottCamille AckerSamuel AddisonChris AdomshickOmar Ait El CaidZach Alfred-LevowSamantha AmatonLauren AndrusEmily AngrisanoBeth ArmstrongStewart ArmstrongTyler AshcraftTroy BahrenburgFelicia BakerRobin BallClaire BattistaJonathon BattistaCady BeaulieuIsaac BeelSophie BelonogovaUtsav BhargavaJean-Philippe BiguéMatthew BirchSara-Ann BirkenJennifer BirminghamRebekah BissettMarion BlaisVicki Blake ThompsonAlison BlaneLauren BlevinsPaul BookerKatherine BostonGabrielle BowdenBarbara BownTerry BoylesJustine Brasseur-MasseAndrew BraunCoral BreachSandy BrinsonAriel BrookesGrace BrownMimi BrownBill BuchholzJulie BuckleyNiklas BüdenbenderShayLee BunkersMadeline BurkeKaren BurrDelaney ButlerMichelle ButlerAlexandra ButuJeremiah CampbellSkye Campbell

David CarawayRachel CarnegieCharlotte CarpentierKaryn CarrollKevin CarrollBianca CasciatoHarry CastleKirsten CaswellOlivia Lucia CavigioliCrystal ChamberlainAda ChanCheyenne Chandler StrubAmy ChapmanKendra ChuahShannon ChunDaniel Roy Bailey Lawson ClarkMegan ClarkeSawyer CleelandJames ClementsSue CohoonEvan ColclaserRobert CollieRory ColmanStephanie ColsantKristin ConwayCathy CoonisLinda CorbittFrancesca CornoKatherine CowettLucian CronkiteBlake CrovelleEdward CroweKaren CroweJames P. CrowleyDale Cruttenden Jr.Alex CurcuruEric DanielsonNicholas DanielsonBetsey DarnellRhys DaviesRosalie DaviesKaren DayJonathan Decelles-GagnonLeann Weitz DellerMatt DellerTerry DeLombaLora DetelinovÉtienne DézielLailita DochertyLilah Douglas-HomeCatherine DowneyRebecca Downs

Marilyn EanetMadeline EastmanDean EbonaDominic EbonaMoa EkblomJanet ElsilaVictoria EnglandIan EpsteinNikki FahimipourQueency FerraroDaniel FinkAshley FisherKassidy FitzpatrickMaggie FitzroyEva FleckensteinCassi FloresJuan FloresRachael FosterHelené FouchéEmmily FrancisAbbey FrederickRaina FreitasAnna FreudenburgKate FurbyDonna GagneMarie-Pier GamacheMiriam GamacheMeghan GanschowJoan GarfieldAnthony GartnerJudy GatesDaniel GatewoodClaire GillamPaul GillamHazel GisborneStella GiulianiniSally GodfreyAustin GordonRenae GraftonAndrea GreenacreIsabel GreenmanErnst-Walter GriegerBetsy GriffithsSuki GriffithsAnn Marie GrymesUrsula GubischPeter GuhlSam GuillemetteWiebke GünschmannDylan HaggardOlivia HakesNicholas HamblyTeresa Hamilton

Distinguished Concerts Singers International


Ping Han ChuangConnie HansonTed HansonMarc-Olivier HardyHaley HarigConnor HarrisJeanne T. HarrisJimmy R. HarrisJordan HarrisChandon HaslamKaren HasselPierce HastingsEllen HeathSharon HellmannNadine HendricksLeandrae Henry-DaCostaKathryn HillHaley HollandStephan HollerbachOdin Holloway-ConditAnna HornyakAngela HoskinsSandriëtte HowardTiffany HoxieJudy Hunt-BrownIan HunterTim HutchinsVictoria IoanidisJérôme IsacAidan IssoglioAna IvicKirsten IzzettDakota Jackson-LaneElizabeth Megan JamesCatrin JohnJonathen JohnsonNatalia JohnsonLillian JohnstonJalen JonesTyler JonesGene JoyKathy KeleshianElsje KempHarri KempTara KhobiaryYola KhodjaCallum KillickAlice KilpatrickJoon KimElizabeth KingJessie Potter KingstonJohn Paul KinneyPatricia KinneyLinda KiracibasiKatherine KirkLizaveta KirkizhElizabeth KIrschSamual KlovstadCarson KochErin KonvalinIsabella Kraft

Vicki KrainHermann KruseTheo Langston-JonesLinda LarkinsEpp Laugaste-PoobusCatherine LaushwayAriel LavoieKevin LawlessEunillyne Tan LazadoKela LehmanVictoria LeretteDaniel LeventisJacob LevinOlivia LewisMusang (David) LiuLee Ann LoneyPaul LorijnAndrew LoweLandry LuAllenMarco Antonio LuquinCharles LynnDavid MacbethAnna MaceyLora MaeurerSuzie MaltzAustin MannDaniel MartinDorothea MarzahnAnn MasonMareike MathieuOdile MattiaudaKaitlyn MattinglyHans MauderIan MazeyCharlie McCallChloe McCarthyMillie J. McClintockCandice McCoyBob McCranieDarci McDonaldBrooklynn MerrillPaula MerrittNiko MiguelFern MillerDylan MillisConnie MiserakJacen MiserakMichaela MitchellThomas MolenDani MooreDenise MorelMcKenzie Morey-AdamsGreyson MorrisonHal MortonShelley MortonJeanne MuellerAaron MulroneyJoseph MurrayBrianne MurueloBeth MyersRanjana Naidoo

Kim NavasBarb NelsonYan Mei NgNeo NgoKevin NguyenPhuong Anh NguyenMicah NicolAndrea NiedermanEva NikolaevaRosie OldhamJames OlivierFelix OrrellSophie OsborneRuth E. O'SheaPhilippe OstiguyJonathan PaxmanCindy PearsonMariia PechenovaCarrie PenalozaElizabeth PetersonKarli PetersonTommy PetitclercLauren PetrikSophie KhoushpeymanVicki PhilabaumEllie PickeringSteve PolingJames PollardOtto PopescuKatelin PorterSam PottingerMarguerite PotvinPatricia PowlesAleksandra PozorJohnathan PrichardJulia RaffaghelloMadelyn RaganEmily RandallSuthish RathakrishnanMatthew RauschenbachMicah RayAnnick ReadClara ReadKirsten ReadMartha ReadCaleb ReedJakob Rhode-BrählerSam RichardsonNancy M. RiffleJacob RileyMaureen RobbinsElenor RobinsNicholas Robson-HillMaryann RodriguesEthan RogersVictoria RomanivRachel RootTim RootNick RoseKaren RoweJeff Rucker


Becky RumpMaud RutherfordMadeleine-SophieSanchezNoah SandidgeMelissa SangiulianoJérôme Savard-GrattonOphélie Savard-GrattonAlyssa SchriverGrace SeamonBrendan SeastrunkClaire SeatonAlex SekowskiMatthew ShadwellGeraldine ShallcrossPatrice SheedyDeana ShieldsStephen ShoffFlorentin SiegertBernadette SilvaMadelyn SissonRebecca SkerrattEmma SlaytonLauren SloanMacKenzie SmithPeace SmithSandie Smith

Alan SmitheeGeraldine SmitsKaren SogardCatherine SoukupGail SouthallArden SpiesChris SpiesSuzanne SpinellaKatie StensetherHenry StevensKarissa StilesChristopher StonekingBrooke StringerLouise Stryvoldt-ChaigneauAimee StuermerStephanie TacitVirginie TailleferJane TannenwaldRonald TannenwaldMadeleine TavaresMadisson TerryJim ThompsonCeleste ThordarsonAnne-Kirstine ThuenRuei Ting TsaiDanielle ToccalinoNathan Todisman

Aaron TombrellaAndreas TotzeckSamuel Trottier-LapointeBabs TylerCarla Van GreunenKatelyn Van NockerLiesbeth Van ReesRobert VarelaRhea VerbanicBarbara WachenbergMerlin WadgeBree'Anna WaiteHalla WalcottAled WaltersPaula G. WasserJonny WattSandra WaymanEmiline WebbDrew WeberSabine WeilerDevin WeissPamela WeissJason WestenLydia WhiteCheryl WhitermoreLouisa WhitmoreKaleigh WiensRuth Wilkins

Brandon WillefordDanielle WilliamsJulie WilliamsonPiper WiseKensey WishonVal WithamsRylee WithersJimmy WolfeTerry WolfeBrittany WoodJohn WoodAl WoodsLachlain WylieClearsa WynnHeather WyrostekJane WytzkaNathan YankechClemetine YatesJacob YochumAlex YoungJeff YoungLaura YoungVivian YuMoaz YusufMadison ZahorskyVivian Zink

The Performing Arts Partners list includes names supplied by directors. Any questionsregarding missing or misspelled names should be addressed to the individual directors.


DCINY 2018 Concert Series

Friday Evening, May 25, 2018 at 7:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallVocal ColorsThe Music of Reese Norris and OthersReese Norris, Composer/ConductorBarnum: A Thousand Red BirdsEric Barnum, Composer/ConductorDistinguished Concerts Singers InternationalMarina Alexander, DirectorThe Arcadian Chorale (NJ) & Richmond Choral Society (NY)

Monday Evening, May 28, 2018 at 7:00David Geffen Hall, Lincoln CenterThe Sacred and Profane: Carmina BuranaRosephanye Powell: Gospel TrinityWilliam Powell, Guest ConductorRosephanye Powell, Composer-in-Residence, Narrator & Soloist

DCINY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General DirectorJonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, Artistic Director & Principal ConductorDanuta Gross, Director of Finance & AdministrationKevin Taylor, Director of Program DevelopmentJames M. Meaders, Artistic and Educational ConsultantJason Mlynek, Associate Director of Program DevelopmentKatie Silvestre, Program DevelopmentJulia Falkenburg, Program DevelopmentKimberly Wetzel, Program DevelopmentJeff Binner, Program DevelopmentJason Arnold, Program Development AssistantMaggie Latona, Program Development AssistantElisabeth Erdmann, Program Development AssistantTabitha Glista-Stewart, Production ManagerNolan Dresden, Production AssociateAndrea Niederman, Director of Marketing, Box Office & PromotionsMalcom Moon, Box Office & Marketing AssistantDeAnna Choi, Office Operations Manager, Accounting & BillingMaria Braginsky, Concert Operations LiaisonMarisa Tornello, Concert Operations AssociateMorgan Yachinich, Concert Operations Associate & Executive AssistantDennis Wees, Concert Operations AssistantSeth McCay, Graphic Design & Website

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Orff: Carmina BuranaJonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal ConductorDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Evening, June 17, 2018 at 8:30Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie HallSpirit JourneyChoplin: Our Father: A Journey through the Lord’s PrayerPepper Choplin, Composer/ConductorHayes: Spirit Suite I, II, and other worksKevin McBeth, Guest ConductorAndy Waggoner, Guest ConductorMark Hayes, Composer-in-ResidenceDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International

Sunday Afternoon, June 24, 2018 at 2:00Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall||: Song/Play :||Núñez: Liminality (World Premiere: Courtesy of the DCINY Premiere Project)Francisco J. Núñez, Composer/ConductorGrases: La Cigarra y La Hormiga (World Premiere: Courtesy of the DCINY Premiere Project)Cristian Grases, Composer/ConductorDistinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers InternationalHanrich Claassen, Symphonic Conductor & Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras Music DirectorFlorida Symphony Youth Orchestras (FL)

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