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The Singers
Sopranos:
Leslie Buckle, Lauretta Carrick, Shari Derksen,
Marcia Epstein, Liz Graves, Jennifer Hibbard,
Lisa Hurrle, Janet Lavoie, Tania Smith
Altos:
Ari Agha, Cathy Ascroft, Rachel Ewert, Jennifer
Farrand, Sheila Gow, Marsha Haug, Laureen Mackenzie, Brandis Purcell, Lorna Rowsell-Petti, Sandy Willott
Tenors:
Michael Bruch, Frejya Evenstar, Ian Macdonald, Llyn
Strelau, Dick Willott
Basses:
Les Antoniuk, Michael Coulson, Marlin Derksen, Ian
Kennedy, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Žekulin
The Players
Marcia Epstein (psaltery), Ian MacDonald (gemshorn, recorder),
Jane Perry (positif organ), Nicholas Žekulin (bells, mute cornetto)
Guest Actors: Josh Bertwistle and Kendra Vanwijk
Pre-concert speaker: Marcia Epstein
Concert theme
In this concert, we reflect on the meaning of life and death. We perform works that muse about the human condition, our sense of
worth in relation to the divine, and our perceptions about death. To
many Medieval and Renaissance Christians, the contemplation of
death included a longing for the glory of the afterlife, when one
would be truly rid of the hardships of this life and could embrace
instead the rapture of the kingdom of God. From this Medieval view
of spirituality comes The Summoning of Everyman, a late 15th century
morality play concerned with humanity’s greatest questions.
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Calgary Renaissance Singers and Players
Our purpose is to inspire, entertain, and educate our audiences and members
through the music, culture,
and history of the Renaissance. We enrich our performances with works of other periods that celebrate the spirit of the
Renaissance. CRSP has been a proud part of this city’s musical landscape since it was founded by Dr. Anthony Petti in 1970. CRSP has
given Canadian premiere performances of seminal Renaissance sacred works, such as the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, as well as commissioning and performing new choral works in Renaissance polyphonic style. The singers thrive on new creative opportunities: from
singing at the local planetarium to acting and dancing to playing instruments; and from collaborating with brass, harpsichord, and recorder players to jamming with jazz saxophonists.
Jane Perry, Artistic Director
Jane Perry is a choral conductor, church musician,
collaborative pianist, and teacher in Calgary. She is the
Artistic Director of the Calgary Renaissance Singers &
Players, Music Director at the Unitarian Church of
Calgary, and Artistic Director of One Voice Chorus (of which she is
also the founding conductor). Jane holds a Master of Music degree
(chamber music performance) from the University of Ottawa and an
Associate Diploma (piano performance) from the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Toronto. In autumn 1998, she was an Artist-in-Residence
at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Jane spent twenty years working as a
professional musician in Ottawa before moving to Calgary. She is now
happily ensconced in Calgary’s arts scene.
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The Everyman Play
Abridged by Lorna Rowsell-Petti
Performed by Josh Bertwistle and Kendra Vanwijk
The characters in the play
were personifications of
abstract qualities such as
good and evil, and there
was usually a struggle for a
man’s soul.
The Everyman Play
The Summoning of Everyman, usually spoken of as
Everyman, is an anonymous
play written in Middle English during the late 15th century, during the reign of
the Tudors. It is generally
considered to be the greatest English morality play.
Frontispiece from edition of Everyman by
John Sklot, c. 1530
Like most morality plays, it
takes a central figure who
represents each of us, and
confronts him (he is always
a male) with a situation
which involves a moral decision.
What is a “morality play”?
The morality play is a form of Medieval
drama presented by amateur bands of actors traveling from town to town. It developed in Europe in the late 14th century and
flourished throughout the 16th century. It
was very popular at a time when most audiences could not read.
Adaptation
The original play would
have taken several hours to
perform. But you will be
happy to know that we are
presenting an abridged version. All the words are original.
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Part One
Kyrie
From the Messe de Notre
Dame
(SATB)
Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison, Kyrie Eleison [Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy]
The Lamb
Lyrics by William Blake
(1757 – 1827)
(SATB)
Guillaume de Machaut
(c. 1300-1377)
John Tavener
(1944 – 2013)
Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made
thee? Gave thee life and bid thee feed by the stream and
o’er the mead, gave thee clothing of delight, softest
clothing, wooly, bright; gave thee such a tender voice,
making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee, Dost thou know who made
thee? Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee, Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee:
He is called by thy name, for he calls himself a Lamb. He
is meek, and he is mild; he became a little child. I, a child,
and thou a lamb, we are called by his name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee! Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Everyman
Scene I
Everyman, Death, etc.
Josh Bertwistle
Kendra Vanwijk
Ave verum
corpus
Lyrics from 14th century
Catholic Eucharist hymn
Imant Raminsh
(1943 –)
(SATB)
Ave, verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine. Ave, verum corpus, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine. Cujus
latus perforatum vero fluxit, fluxit sanguine. Esto nobis
praegustatum in mortis examine. O clemens, O pie, Fili
Mariae, Fili Mariae. Amen.
[Hail true body, born from the Virgin Mary, (which) truly suffered as a sacrifice on the cross for humankind. Whose
side was pierced and water and blood flowed out. Let us
experience you in the hour of our death. O kind, O loving
Son of Mary. Amen.]
I give you a new
commandment
Lyrics from 16th century
English Bible, John 13:34-35
(AATB)
I give you a new commandement: that ye love one another,
e’en as I have loved you. By this all men shall know that
ye are my disciples, if ye love one another, e’en as I have
loved you.
John Sheppard
(c.1515 – 1563)
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Everyman
Scene II
Everyman & Fellowship
Da pacem
domine
Lyrics from 6th-7th century
Latin prayer for peace.
(SATB)
Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris quia non est alius qui
pugnet pro nobis nisi tu Deus noster.
[Give peace, O Lord, in our time because there is no one else
who will fight for us if not You, our God.]
Everyman
Scene III
Everyman, Kindred &
Knowledge
Gloria
From the Western Wind Mass
(Melody from 16th century song)
(SATB)
King David ringing
bells (Fieschi Psalter,
14th century)
Arvo Pärt
(1935 –)
Knowledge: Lisa Hurrle
John Taverner
(1490 –1545)
Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.
Domine Deus, rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine, Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. Domine Deus, agnus
Dei, Filius Patris. Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis. Quoniam tu
solus sanctus, tu solus dominus, tu solus altissimus, Jesu
Christe, cum sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. Amen
[Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those of
good will.We adore you. We glorify you. We give thanks
to you for your great glory. Lord God, Heavenly King,
God Almighty Father. Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus
Christ. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. (You)
who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
(You) who take away the sins of the world, hear our
prayer. You who sit at the Father's right hand, have
mercy on us. For you alone are holy, you alone are Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, together with
the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen]
Intermission (10 minutes)
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Part Two
Jabberwocky
(SATB)
Lyrics – Lewis Carroll, from
Marcia Jenneth Epstein
Through the Looking-Glass
(CRSP choir member)
(1871)
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the
wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths
outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the
claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird,and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!”
From an illustration
for Lewis Carroll’s TLG,
by Peter Newell, 1902
With French and
German spoken
text from The Annotated Alice, ed.
Martin Gardner
(1960), p. 193-4: "Le
Jaseroque"
was translated by
F.L. Warrin (1931),
and "Der Jammerwoch" by Robert
Scott (1872).
Everyman
Scene IV
He took his vorpal sword in hand: long time the manxome foe
he sought—then rested he by the Tumtum tree, and
stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood, the Jabberwock, with eyes
of flame, came whiffling through the tulgey wood, and
burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! and through and through the vorpal
blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its
head he went galumphing back.
“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms my
beamish boy! O frabjous day, calloo, callay!” He chortled in
his joy.
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the
wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths
outgrabe.
Everyman & Beauty
Ave Maria
(SATB)
Ave Maria, Ave, Ave, Ave, Ave Maria
[Hail, Mary].
Everyman
Scene V
Everyman & Strength
David MacIntyre
(1952 – )
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Instrumental
Interlude
The Players (see p. 2)
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
D’amour je suis deshéritée
Ach meidlein rein
D’amour je suis deshéritée
Johann Walther
(1496 – 1570)
Claudin de Sermisy
(c. 1490 – c. 1562)
Anonymous
Paulus Rephun
(1505 – 1546)
Everyman
Scene VI
Everyman & Discretion
Justorum Animæ
Lyrics from Book of Wisdom
William Byrd
3:1
(1543 – 1623)
Justorum animæ in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem
sunt in pace.
(SSATB)
[The souls of the just are in the hands of God, And the pains
of death shall not hurt them. In the eyes of the unknowing they appear to die, but they are at peace.]
Everyman
Scene VII
Everyman & Five Wits
Adjuva me
Domine
Lyrics from Psalm 119 verses
Jean Conseil
117, 122, and 124.
(1505 – 1534)
Adjuva me Domine, et salvus ero: et meditabor in justificationibus tuis semper. Suscipe servum tuum in bonum: non
calumnientur me superbi. Fac cum servo tuo, secundum
misericordiam tuam.
(SATB)
[Help me O Lord, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate
always on your justification. Uphold your servant unto
good and the proud shall not slander me. Deal with your
servant according to your mercy.]
Everyman
Scene VIII
Everyman & Good Deeds
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The 23rd Psalm
(SATB)
“Dedicated to my mother”
Bobby McFerrin
From Medicine Music (1990)
(1950 –)
The Lord is my shepherd, I have all I need. She makes me lie
down in green meadows, beside the still waters she will
lead. She restores my soul; she rights my wrongs. She
leads me in a path of good things and fills my heart with
songs.
Even though I walk through a dark and dreary land, there is
nothing that can shake me; she has said She won't forsake me, I'm in her hand. She sets a table before me in
the presence of my foes. She anoints my head with oil
and my cup overflows.
Surely, surely goodness and kindness will follow me all the
days of my life; and I will live in her house forever, forever and ever. Glory be to our Mother, and Daughter
and to the Holy of Holies, as it was in the beginning, is
now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Everyman
Scene IX
Knowledge (Conclusion)
Exsultate justi
From Psalm 33:1-3
(SATB)
Ludovico da Viadana
(1564 – 1641)
Exsultate justi in Domino rectos decet collaudatio. Confitemini Domino in cithara; in psalterio decem chordarum
psallite illi. Cantate ei canticum novum, bene psallite in
vociferatione.]
[Good people, rejoice in the Lord: It is right to praise Him together. Worship the Lord with the lute, sing to Him with
the harp and the ten string psaltery. Sing to Him a new
hymn. Serenade Him well with loud voices!]
Post-Concert Reception
Following this evening’s program, please join the performers
downstairs for refreshments and conversation.
From the main lobby, there is elevator access as well as a stairway to the lower level.
Fellowship,
from Everyman
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Thanks
This performance is made possible by our audience, sponsors, and many
volunteers and professionals:
Funding
 Alberta Foundation for the Arts
 Calgary Arts Development
Rehearsal space
 Unitarian Church of Calgary
Construction of the bell stand
 John Lavoie, woodworker
Concert
Production
Volunteers
 Concert producers – Sandy Willott,
Sheila Gow  Concert programme –
Tania Smith, assisted by Rachel Ewert,
Jane Perry, Nick Žekulin, Lorna RowsellPetti, Marcia Epstein and others  Concert recording – Llyn Strelau, Rod Shaver
 Costumes – Brandis Purcell, assisted by
Marsha Haug, Lisa Hurrle, Lauretta Carrick
 Credit card services – Jewels By Design
 Dressers – Cora Castle, Kim Williams
 Facebook, Online tickets – Frejya Evenstar  Flowers – Marsha Haug  Front
of House – Robin MacAulay, John Lavoie,
Ben Gaudet, coordinated by Janet Lavoie
 Graphic design –Tania Smith  Programme printing – Brandis Purcell, Lauretta Carrick  Publicity – Lauretta Carrick, Leslie Buckle, Jennifer Farrand
 Reception catering – Hedda Zahner
 Slide show –Nick Žekulin, Jack Partridge  Stage manager – Rik Barry
 Snacks for choir –Ian Macdonald
 Thank-you notes – Marlin Derksen
Tickets – Michael Coulson  Treasurer –
Liz Graves  Venue logistics – Michael
Bruch, Jane Perry  Website – Tania
Smith
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Images
Slide show
Programme images
To celebrate that the CRSP is performing a work by the great late mediæval
poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut for the first time, most of the
slides “illustrating” today’s concert
are from the Cathedral of Notre Dame
in Reims, the city with which Machaut
was primarily associated, where he
died in 1377 and for which he wrote
his Messe de Notre Dame from which
we are performing the Kyrie today. A
cathedral has stood on the site since
the beginning of the 5th century;
since 1051 French kings were crowned
here. The present-day Gothic cathedral, with its more than 2300 statues,
replaced an older church destroyed
by fire in 1211. The Marc Chagall
stained-glass windows were installed
in 1974.
[Dove image]. Cote, J. (2009). From
Flickr with license: https://flic.kr/p/
6PTkDF
[Jane Perry icon] William Morris Letter
J. Openclipart. https://openclipart.
org/people/kuba/william-morrisletter-j.svg
[Everyman play]. Frontispiece from
edition of Everyman published by
John Sklot c. 1530. Wikimedia Commons.
Lamb of God. (2004). by Waiting for
the Word. From Flickr, with license: https://flic.kr/p/e8BySW
[King David]. c. 14th century. Walters
Art Museum, on Flickr with license:
https://flic.kr/p/kyCMvY
[Jabberwocky]. (1902) by Peter Newell. from Lewis Carroll, Through the
Looking Glass. New York: Harper &
Brothers, p. 20. from Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org/
stream/throughlookinggl00carr
#page/n59/mode/2up
Musical Angels. (c. 1530). A detail from
Frei Carlos's Assumption of the Virgin, Portugal. From How to Hold a
Sackbut, http://kimballtrombone.
hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Holda-Sackbut-The-Grip-of-the-Trombone-Throughout-History
[Trumpeters]. (1557). Image from page
608 of “Prodigiorvm ac ostentorvm chronicon” Internet Archive
on Flickr, https://flic.kr/p/oeXmKG
[Fellowship] (c. 1510-1537). Image from
page 98 of "Six anonymous plays."
Internet Archive on Flickr https://
flic.kr/p/owd74K
[CRSP website header] “Unknown
master, Italian Two Angels, first
quarter of 14th century.” Carolmare (2008) on Flickr with license.
Other images are from church & choir
websites.
The illustrations for the Everyman morality play are taken from a variety of
primarily 16th C. woodcuts.
The illustration of the Jabberwock
was created by John Tenniel (1820–
1914) for the 1871 first edition of Lewis
Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass,
and What Alice Found there.
The slide for the Instrumental Interlude is taken from the series of 137
woodcuts depicting the Triumphal
Procession of Emperor Maximilian I
(1516–1518).
The final slide (Angel Musicians) is a
composite of the left and right panels
of the three surviving panels from a
monumental altarpiece dating from
the 1480s by Hans Memling (c1430–
1494). The middle section depicts
Christ with six singing angels.
Engage us!
Engage an ensemble of CRSP singers for your special occasion, celebration or festival: corporate events, school visits, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, weddings, etc. Contact us at
[email protected]
Become a CRSP Singer or Player
Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players invite prospective new singers
(especially tenors and basses!) and instrumentalists to audition for
admission to the choir. We rehearse on Wednesdays 7:30-9:30pm at the
Unitarian Church of Calgary, 1703 - 1 St NW. To arrange an audition, contact Artistic Director Jane Perry at [email protected]
Upcoming Concerts of Interest
Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 7:30 PM – Enchor
Chamber Choir presents “Keep Calm and
Groove On!” at Scarboro United Church. Information at www.enchor.com
Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 3:00 PM - Spiritus
Chamber Choir, with Calgary Philharmonic
Choir present “Vocal MAYhem” at Knox United
Church. Information at www.spirituschamberchoir.ca
Sunday, May 31, 7:30 PM Luminous Voices presents “One Voice, Many Voices” with music by
Pizzetti and Dove, at Knox United Church. Information at http://www.luminousvoices.ca