PERFORMANCE INFORMATION CANTERBURY COLLEGE PASSION OF ITALY JUNE/JULY

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1 PERFORMANCE INFORMATION CANTERBURY COLLEGE PASSION OF ITALY JUNE/JULY Your World of Music

2 Performance Summary Wednesday 29 June - morning Festival Rehearsal Sala 2000, Ergife Hotel Rome Thursday 30 June - morning Festival Rehearsal Sala 2000, Ergife Hotel Rome Thursday 30 June Concert Sant Agnese in Agone Rome Friday 1 July Mass St Peter s Basilica Rome Saturday 2 July Dress Rehearsal & Gala Concert Chapel of St Bruno, Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli Rome Monday 4 July Dress Rehearsal & Gala Concert Santa Caterina D Alessandria Pisa Tuesday 5 July Concert Chiesa di San Moisé Venice 1

3 Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson Organist Tom Jaber Pianist Cina Crisara Orchestra (Rome only) Harp: Augusta Girdaldi Cello: Angelo Maria Santisi Trumpet: Luigi Bartolini Gianni Martino Giuseppe Frioni Andrea Ferracuti Trombone: Paolo Masi Steffano Centini Fabrizio Savone Francesco Chisari Percussion: Fabrizio Bartolini Simone Butta 2

4 PARTICIPATING CHOIRS Canterbury College, Brisbane, Australia Director: Katrina Peddell 23 singers Conspirare Symphonic Choir & St John's United Methodist Church, Texas Director: Cina Crisara 41 singers Edina Wayzata Chorale, Minnesota Director: Tom Paulson 45 singers First United Methodist Church Frisco, Texas Director: Philip Bentham 12 singers First United Methodist Church Wichita Falls, Texas Director: Kristen Gossett 14 singers Houston Masterworks Chorus Director: Tom Jaber 56 singers Kent Place Chamber Singers, New Jersey (Rome only) Director: Edel Thomas 41 singers Texas Choral Consort Director: Brent Baldwin 42 singers Total singers Rome: 274 Pisa: 233 3

5 Gala Concert Program Combined 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 4

6 Individual Items Canterbury Ave Maria from Dialogues of the Carmelites Poulenc Conspirare/St John s Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Ave Maria Distler 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 5

7 Repertoire for Mass at St Peter s ENTRANCE: If Ye Love Me Tallis OFFERTORY: Sicut cervus - Palestrina COMMUNION: 1. Ubi Caritas - Maurice Durufle 2. Wondrous Love - arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw RECESSIONAL: Peace Like a River - arr. Ronald Staheli 6

8 Cantabile Singers Individual Program Voices of Gondwana Shall We Dream Morning Tide Jilbamyn Ngana The Parting Glass Festive Alleluia Domine Fili Unigenite Ave Maria Sing me to Heaven Lux Aeterna Salmo 150 Yo le Canto Todo El Dia Waltzing Matilda I Still Call Australia Home A Jubilant Gloria Wake Me A Song Stephen Leek Michael Atherton Stephen Leek arr. Deline Briscoe/Susan Gouchee Stephen Leek arr. Waling Jenny's Lyn Williams Palestrina (ed. Michales) Frances Poulenc Daniel E. Gawthrop Michelle Roueche Emani Agular David L. Brunner arr. Mark O'Leary Peter Allen, arr. David Lawrence Mary Lynn Lightfoot Andrea Ramsay 7

9 The Event Date: Place Venue: Schedule: Festival Rehearsal Wednesday 29 June Rome Sala 2000 at Ergife Hotel Board coach and depart hotel Arrive at Ergife Palace Hotel Assemble in rehearsal room 15 minutes before start time Introduction Take seats in sections as directed Rehearsal (3 hours) Rehearsal concludes Depart rehearsal room Please refer to itinerary for timing The Event Date: Place Venue: Schedule: Festival Rehearsal Thursday 30 June Rome Sala 2000 at Ergife Hotel Board coach and depart hotel Arrive at Ergife Palace Hotel Assemble in rehearsal room 15 minutes before start time Take seats in sections as directed Rehearsal (3 hours) Rehearsal concludes Depart rehearsal room Please refer to itinerary for timing 8

10 The Event Date Place Venue Schedule: Concert Thursday 30 June Rome Sant Agnese in Agone Arrive at venue Store concert dress Free time for lunch Meet back at venue after lunch Rehearsal (45 minutes) Rehearsal concludes Change into concert dress Concert (1 hour) Concert concludes Change clothes Depart 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. 9

11 Sant Agnese in Agone, Rome 10

12 The Event Date: Place Venue: Schedule: Mass Friday 1 July Rome St Peter s Basilica Arrive at Hotel Columbus near St Peter s Square Change into concert dress Walk to St Peter s Square Join queue to enter Basilica Establish meeting point Free time to explore Basilica Assemble at meeting point Move to main altar when directed Take seats Mass commences Sing during Mass Mass concludes Exit Basilica Return to Hotel Columbus Change 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. 11

13 St Peter s Basilica, Rome 12

14 The Event Date: Place Venue: Venue status Schedule: Gala Concert Saturday 2 July Rome Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli Chapel of St Bruno confirmed Arrive at venue choirs and orchestra Rehearsal (3 hours) Rehearsal concludes Depart venue Free time and lunch on own Return to hotel Change into concert dress 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 Singers Sound checks concludes Break for audience to enter Gala 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 performance Concert concludes Collect belongings Depart venue Please refer to itinerary for timing 13

15 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 of angels in the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian. As a result, Pope Pius IV ( ) 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 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 14

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18 The Event Date: Place Venue: Schedule: Gala Concert Monday 4 July Pisa Santa Caterina d'alessandria Arrive at coach drop point Walk to school Store concert dress Move into church Dress Rehearsal (3 hours) Rehearsal concludes Individual sound checks order TBD -Houston Masterworks Chorus -Conspirare/St Johns -FUMC Frisco -Texas Choral Consort -Canterbury College Cantabile Singers Sound checks conclude Dinner Change into concert dress at school Return to the church Take places as rehearsed Gala 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 performance Concert concludes Change clothes Depart venue Please refer to itinerary for timing 17

19 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. 18

20 Santa Caterina d'alessandria, Pisa 19

21 The Event Date: Place: Venue: Schedule: Concert Tuesday 5 July Venice Chiesa di San Moise Arrive in Venice Store concert dress at church Tour and lunch Meet at venue Rehearsal (45 minutes) Rehearsal concludes Change into concert dress Take places for concert Concert commences (1 hour) Concert concludes Change clothes Depart church Please refer to itinerary for timing Facilities & Equipment Piano: Digital piano provided Performance area: Steps floor in front of altar Other: Music stand 20

22 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 21

23 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 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. 22