Car Carols

Car Carols Program

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Ave Maria,
Gratia plena, Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Ave Maria, ora pro nobis,
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Sancta Maria ora pro nobis,
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus
in hora mortis nostrae, Amen.

 Hail, Mary,
full of grace, the Lord be with you.
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners.
Hail, Mary, pray for us,
now and in the hour of our death.
Holy Mary, pray for us,
Hail, Mary, full of grace,
pray for us sinners
in the hour of our death. Amen.

Mary had a little baby,
Born in bethlehem.
Everytime the little baby cried
She rocked him in a weary land.
Ain’t that rockin’ for the world,
Oh, she rocked and rocked,
She rocked him in a weary land.

He was born in a lowly manager
’cause there was found no room in the inn.
Everytime the little baby cried
She rocked him in a weary land.

There were shepherds abiding in the field
Keeping watch o’er the flock by night.
Unto you a babe was born this day
Said the angel of the lord to the shepherds in the field.
Angels call him Christ the Lord,
But I call my Jesus King Emmanuel.
Everytime the little baby cried
She rocked him in a weary land.

Ain’t that rockin’ for the world
Oh, she rocked and rocked
She rocked him in a weary land, all night long.

 

Biography – Stephen Paulus Music

Soloists:
Ann Baltes, soprano
Bill Rosholt, baritone
Grace Rosholt, violin
Alison Read, harp

How far is it to Bethlehem?
Not very far.
Shall we find the stable room
Lit by a star?

Can we see the little child,
Is he within?
If we lift the wooden latch
May we go in?

May we stroke the creatures there,
Ox, ass, or sheep?
May we peek like them and see
Jesus asleep?

If we touch his tiny hand
Will he awake?
Will he know we’ve come so far
Just for his sake?

Great kings have precious gifts,
And we have naught,
Little smiles and little tears
Are all we brought.

For all weary children
Mary must weep.
Here, on his bed of straw
Sleep, children, sleep.

God in his mother’s arms,
Babes in the byre,
Sleep, as they sleep who find
Their heart’s desire.
—Frances Chesterson

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Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child!
Holy infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace!

Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight!
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Saviour is born!

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!

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1. Gegrüßet, Maria, du Mutter der Gnaden!
So sangen die Engel der Jungfrau Maria
In ihrem Gebete, darinnen sie rang.

2. Maria, du sollst einen Sohn empfangen,
Darnach tun Himmel und Erde verlangen,
Daß du die Mutter des Herren sollst sein.

3. O Engel, wie mag ich das erleben,
Ich habe mich noch keinem Manne ergeben
In dieser weiten und breiten Welt.

4. Wie Tau kommt über die Blumenmatten,
So soll dich der heilige Geist überschatten;
So sollt der Heiland geboren sein.

5. Maria, die höret solches gerne,
Sie sprach: ich bin eine Magd des Herren,
Nach deinem Worte geschehe mir!

6. Die Engel sanken auf ihre Knie,
Sie sangen alle Maria, Maria,
Sie sangen Maria den Lobgesang!

1. Hail, Mary, mother of grace!
Thus sang the angels to the virgin Mary
As she struggled in prayer.

2. Mary, you shall conceive a son.
Heaven and Earth desire
For you to be the Mother of the Lord.

3. O angels, how may I experience this?
I have given myself to no man
In this entire wide world.

4. As dew comes over the flowerbeds,
So is it that the Holy Spirit shall overcome you;
So shall the savior be born.

5. Mary heard such things gladly,
She spoke: I am the handmaid of the Lord,
And it shall happen to me according to your word.

6. The angels sank to their knees,
They all sang Mary, Mary,
They sang Mary’s song of praise!

Translation from https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Der_englische_Gruss,_Op._22,_No._1_(Johannes_Brahms)

Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt,
Dormi, Jesu! blandule!
Si non dormis, Mater plorat,
Inter fila cantans orat,
Blande, veni, somnule.		 Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!
If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber, balmily!

—Translation by S. T. Coleridge

Soloists:
Caitlin Schmidt and Megan Wiemann, sopranos (duet)
Aaron Rapp, bass
Sarah Hallas, alto
Charlotte Bahnfleth, alto
Caitlin Schmidt, soprano
Katherine Fortney, alto, and Chris Eggers, tenor (duet)

Tleycantimo choquiliya
Mis prasedes, mi apisión.
Aleloya.

Dejal to el llando crecida,
miral to el mulo y el buey.
Ximoyollali, mi rey.
Tlein mitztolinia, mi vida?

No sé por qué deneis pena,
tan lindo cara de rosa.
Nocpiholotzin, niño hermosa,
nochalchiuh, naxoquena.

Jesós de mi goraçón,
no lloreis, mi pantasía.		 We sing to you, little flower,
My pleasures, my passion.
Alleluia.

Leave thou the growing cry,
Behold the mule and the ox.
Take comfort, my king.
What bothers you, my beloved?

I know not what pains you,
Such beautiful rosy face,
Noble Lord, handsome child,
My gem, my white-plumed bird.

Jesus of my heart,
Do not cry, my fantasy.

Translation from: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Tleycantimo_choquiliya_(Gaspar_Fernandes)

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Soloist:
Mark Brampton Smith, organ

Psallite, superi; plaudite, caelites; canite, angeli; jubilate.

Quae est ista, quae ascendit quasi aurora consurgens?
Maria est, quae noctem peccati depulit,
gratiae diem protulit,
justitiae solem peperit.

Psallite, superi…

Quae est ista, quae ascendit pulchra ut luna?
Maria est, humore fecunda caelitium gratiarum,
ut soli Deo placeat;
Spiritu Sancto super impleta,
ut terra gratias influat,
ut miseris mortalibus depluat.

Psallite, superi …

Quae est ista, electa ut sol?
Maria est, sola peccati nescia,
ignara noctis tartari,
virtutem luce fulgida,
vitae caelestis radiis coronata.

Psallite, superi…

Quae est ista, terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinate?
Maria est, singularis inimica diaboli;
Maria virguncula, tenellula, placidula,
metuenda diabolo invisa, terribilis, formidabilis;
expugnatrix, debellatrix,
triumphatrix Maria diaboli.

Quae est ista?
Maria est.

Psallite, superi…

Sing, saints above; rejoice, heavenly ones; sing, angels; shout for joy! .

Who is this woman, who ascends like the rising dawn?
It is Mary, who drove out the night of sin
and brought forth the day of grace;
she has given birth to the sun of justice.

Sing, saints above…

Who is this woman who ascends, fair like the moon?
It is Mary, filled with the dew of heavenly grace,
that she might please God alone;
brimming over with the Holy Spirit,
that she might bring grace to the earth,
that she might comfort miserable mortals.

Sing, saints above…

Who is this woman, chosen like the sun?
It is Mary, alone free from sin,
ignorant of Hell’s night,
full of the light of virtue,
crowned with the rays of heavenly life.

Sing, saints above…

Who is this woman, frightful like a well-fortified battle line?
It is Mary, the matchless enemy of the devil,
Mary the young girl, the tender, pleasing one,
dreaded and hated by the devil, frightful, imposing,
the conqueror, the vanquisher,
Mary, the one who triumphed over the devil.

Who is this woman?
It is Mary.

Sing, saints above…
Translation by Robert L Kendrick, ed. RG

On Christmas night all Christians sing
To hear the news the angels sing.

News of great joy,
News of great mirth,
News of our merciful King’s birth.

Then why should we on earth be so sad
since our redeemer made us glad?

When from our sin he set us free
All for to gain our liberty.

All out of darkness we have light
Which made the angels sing this night.

Glory to God and peace to all
Now and for evermore.
Amen.

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Soloist:
Alison Read, harp

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day,
I would my true love did so chance
To see the legend of my play,
To call my true love to my dance.

(Chorus)


Then was I born of a virgin pure,
Of her I took fleshly substance,
Thus was I knit to a man’s nature,
To call my true love to my dance.

(Chorus)

In a manger laid, and wrapped I was,
So very poor, this was my chance,
Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass,
To call my true love to my dance.

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
I would my true love did so chance
To sing the legend of my play
To call my true love to my dance

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

Sing “oh, my love” “Oh my love, my love, my love.” This have I done for my true love.

 

Undine Smith Moore — Seattle Pro Musica

Glory to God in the highest, glory,
Peace on earth goodwill to all!

Luke 2:14

Carlos Oliver Simon, composer – CMSCVA

Soloists:
Aaron Rapp, bass
Mark Anderson, tenor
Linda Palmer, soprano

He is.

Can’t you see mother Mary?
Heavy laden with child,
The spirit come upon her,
She was blessed all the while.

Ev’ry knee’s gonna bow,
Ev’ry tongue’s gon’ confess
His Holy name!

Wonderful counselor,
Almighty God,
Prince of Peace,
Everlasting Father,
He is.

Can’t you see that ol’ angel?
Just like the prophet told,
That she would bear a son,
The only son of God.

Can’t you see Father Joseph?
Protecting Mary from disgrace.
The angel reassured him:
“Do not fear but trust in faith!”

Can’t you see heav’n rejoicin’
At the coming of the Son?
Sent to save this sinsick world.
Through Him all vict’ry’s won,

And He is wonderful counselor,
He is the mighty God,
He is the everlasting Father!

Ev’ry knee’s gonna bow,
Ev’ry tongue’s gon’ confess
His Holy name!
He is!

Biography – Stephen Paulus Music

O sweet was the song the Virgin sang
When she to Bethlehem Judah came,
And was delivered of a son,
And Jesus was his name.

Lulee, lully, lullo, lullaby.

“O sweet babe,” sang she,
“My son.”

And so a Savior is born
Who was given from on high
To visit us
That were forlorn.

Lullee, lully, lullo, lullaby.

And Jesus was his name,
And sweet was the song she sang.

William Ballet (17th century)

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Words by G. R. Woodward (1848 – 1934)

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!

E’en so here below, below,
Let steeple bells be swungen,
And “io, io, io!”
By priest and people sungen.

Gloria! Hosanna in excelsis!

Pray you, dutifully prime
Your matin chime, ye ringers!
May you beautifully rhyme
Your evetime song, ye singers!

Gloria! Hosanna in excelsis!

Craig Hella Johnson

Soloists:
Caitlin Schmidt and Amanda Jones, sopranos


Ensemble:
Kara Noah and Ann Baltes, sopranos; Brittany Pahnke, mezzo soprano;
Matthew Walsh, tenor
Bill Rosholt, baritone
John Millholland, bass
Mark Brampton Smith, piano

We can be together for now and forever
I love you, I love you

And when I’m prayin’, I hear him saying’ “I love you, I love you.”

People all over the world, they’re opening up, they’re comin’ around and they’re sayin’ I love you.

–Randy Stonehill

I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, “How do you do?”
They’re really saying
“I love you”

I hear babies cry
I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more
Than I’ll never know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

–George David Weiss and Bob Thiele

Composer Profiles

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882 - 1943) was born in Drummondsville, Ontario, Canada. His ancestors were among the slaves who escaped to the North and settled in that slave-founded town. In 1908 Dett became the first black student to graduate from the Oberlin Conservatory, where he majored in piano and composition. He later earned a Masters degree from the Eastman Conservatory and studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Dett's teaching career spanned 25 years, including 19 years at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, where he inagurated that institution's first music degree and led its choir on international tours. Dett's oratorio, The Ordering of Moses, was premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1937 and aired live on radio--the first national broadcast of a major work by an African-American composer. Tragically, the broadcast was cut short before the end due to objections from listeners calling in to NBC. The Cincinnati Symphony and Chorus released a recording of the entire work in 2014. https://nathanieldett.org/
William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) is best known today for his spiritual arrangements, such as Ezekiel Saw de Wheel and Ain’ a That Good News. He was a student, and later a long-time faculty member, at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, whose choir Dawson formed into an internationally acclaimed touring ensemble. His performing experience included work as a classical trombonist and as a jazz bassist with Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines. This melding of classical, jazz, and folk-music influences characterizes all of Dawson’s compositions, including his Negro Folk Symphony, which premiered in 1934 under the baton of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and is currently experiencing a revival. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(composer)
Stephen Paulus (1949 – 2014) was a prolific American composer of classical music. He wrote over 600 works for chorus, opera, orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo voice, concert band, piano, and organ, receiving premieres and performances throughout the world as well as a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition in 2015, an award he won the following year. https://stephenpaulus.com/
Peter Bloesch is a multifaceted composer from Iowa City with extensive experience in choral music, holiday pops arranging, and film and television scoring, including collaborations with Mike Post on TV hits L.A. Law and Law and Order. Bloesch's original choral works and arrangements have been performed by numerous choirs and orchestras, including the Grammy-award winning male choir, Chanticleer. About his setting of Silent Night, the composer writes: "My arrangement for 8-part mixed choir is lush and expressive, and full of fresh harmonies. By casting the familiar melody in a different light, my setting allows audiences to hear this carol as if for the first time." The WCC presented the world premieres of Bloesch's Ding Dong Merrily On High in 2015. He writes, “This playful arrangement features jaunty, syncopated rhythms throughout. Each of the eight vocal parts is quite independent and interesting to sing, and the combined effect is one of great merriment.” https://peterbloesch.com/
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna. His reputation and status as a composer are such that he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs" of music, a comment originally made by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow. He wrote in many genres, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music, piano works, and choral compositions, many of which reveal the influence of folk music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms
Edmund Rubbra (1901 – 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his fame in the mid-20th century. The most famous of his pieces are his eleven symphonies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Rubbra
Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629) was a Portuguese-Mexican composer and organist active in the cathedrals of Santiago (present-day Antigua), Guatemala, and Puebla, Mexico. He composed both Latin motets and villancicos, a genre strongly influenced by popular styles and dance music. Like other Catholic musicians in New Spain, Fernandes often composed music using local languages, such as Nahuatl, the tounge of the Aztec Empire. The rhythmic intricacy of this repertoire may point to the influence of indigenous music as well. The resulting fusion of styles is at once charming and imaginative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Fernandes
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-1678) was a Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun. She spent her adult life cloistered in the convent of Santa Radegonda, Milan, where she lead an internationally renouned music program, and eventually became abbess. During her lifetime she published four volumes of sacred and secular music that were distributed throughout Europe. Cozzolani is one of more than a dozen cloistered women who published sacred music in seventeenth-century Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiara_Margarita_Cozzolani
Linda is a founding member of the Wisconsin Chamber Choir and serves as its Assistant Conductor. She holds a music degree from Luther College, and has published with Milwaukee-based Hal Leonard Publishing company.
John Rutter (born 1945) is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and recording producer, whose career has focused on choral music. A graduate of Clare College, Cambridge, he returned to that institution in 1975 to conduct its renowned choir, which incorporated women's voices for the first time under Rutter's leadership. In 1981, Rutter founded his own choir, the Cambridge Singers, with which he has made many recordings of sacred choral repertoire (including his own works), particularly under his own label Collegium Records. He resides at Hemingford Abbots in Cambridgeshire and frequently conducts choirs and orchestras around the world. https://johnrutter.com/
Undine Smith Moore (1904 – 1989), the "Dean of Black Women Composers," was an American composer and music professor. Originally trained as a classical pianist, Moore developed a compositional output of mostly vocal music—her preferred genre. Much of her work was inspired by African-American spirituals and folk music. Her oratorio, Scenes from the Life of a Martyr, was based on the life of Martin Luther King. Moore was a renowned teacher, most notably at Virginia State University, Petersburg, where she co-founded the university's Black Music Center. She stated that she experienced “teaching itself as an art." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine_Smith_Moore
Carlos Simon is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. His music ranges from concert music for large and small ensembles to film scores with influences of jazz, gospel, and neo-romanticism. Simon's latest album, MY ANCESTOR'S GIFT, was released on the Navona Records label in April 2018. Simon was named as one of the recipients for the 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence. The Sphinx Medal of Excellence is the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, recognizing extraordinary classical Black and Latinx musicians. http://coliversimon.com/
Craig Morris Johnson was born in 1962 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. He and one of his sisters adopted the name Hella, after the village in Norway that their family came from. He is renowned as one of today's most influential voices in choral conducting. As a Grammy- winning founder and Artistic Director of Conspirare, Johnson has assembled some of the finest singers in the country to form a world-class ensemble committed to creating dynamic choral art. "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Hella_Johnson https://conspirare.org/people/craig-hella-johnson/"
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