MODES MAKE MAGNIFICENT MELODIES!

The Pittsburgh Camerata performs a collection of beautiful tunes from Medieval to Contemporary.

 

Don’t miss the last performance of These Living Seas: Modes of Expression

 

Saturday, May 1, 2010

8:00 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

5801 Hampton St, Highland Park

 

Arrive at 7:30 p.m. and hear Rebecca’s thoughts on the modes, what they are and why they survive.

 

www.pittsburghcamerata.org

412-421-5884

 

The Program

Alas, departing is grounds for woe                Anonymous 15th century

The Lover’s Ghost                                          Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Anima mea                                                     Martin de Rivaflecha (d. 1528)

Come rest in this bosom                                 Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

MLK                                                               U2, arr. Bob Chilcott

I love my love                                                 Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Nel puro ardor                                                Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)

Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder                      Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Nun bin ich einmal frei                                  Jacob Regnart (1540-1599)

Worldes blis ne last no throwe                      Anonymous 13th cenury

We Ride                                                          Jon Foreman (b. 1976) arr. R. Rollett

 

Intermission

 

Ave maris stella                                              Guilliame Dufay (1400-1474)

The paper reeds by the brook                         Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Pins and Needles                                            Mute Math, arr. R. Rollett

Tu pauperum refugium                                  Josquin des Pres (1450-1521)

Jonah’s Song                                                    Peter Schickele (b. 1935)

Kyrie from “Mass in g”                                  Ralph Vaughan Williams

Thou lovely source of true delight                 Kevin Twit (b.1964)

Ave maris stella from “1610 Vespers”           Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)