Sunday, April 24th, 1977
Manchester College Auditorium
Jack Laumer, Conductor
Carmina Burana | Carl Orff | |||
Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi |
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Intermission | ||||
Part II |
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with the Manchester College A Cappella Choir and Chorale James Baldwin, conductor |
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Program Notes by John H. Planer |
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Carmina Burana |
Carl Orff (b. 1895) |
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Carl Orff was a composer, conductor, and music educator. He was born on July 10, 1895, in Munich, Germany, and is still living. He spent most of his life in Munich. As a child he studied piano, organ, and cello. Five collections of songs were published when he was sixteen. Orff's interests were varied; although he loved music, he was also interested in literature, science, and languages, including Latin and Greek. When he was twenty, he served as composer for the Munich Chamber Players, and at twenty-two he was composer for the National Theater at Mannheim and the Court Theater in Darmstadt. When he was twenty-six, Orff became interested in medieval, renaissance, and early baroque music. In 1924 Orff and Dorothee Gunther established the Gunther School, which combined music, dance, and gymnastics. As a child, Orff disliked musical exercises. From 1930 to 1933, while he was conducting the Munich Bach Society, Orff composed a graded series of music for use in the elementary schools (Schulwerk -- Music for Children). the music progresses from clapping and speaking to singing simple songs accompanied by bright, appealing, yet simple instruments to complex compositions for advanced students. In 1950-1954, Orff revised this collection. The Orff Method has profoundly influenced modern music education both in Europe and in the United States. Orff's Schulwerk has been translated into English and adapted for use in American schools. Orff was essentially self-taught. He studied music for one year at a conservatory and later studied privately with Heinrich Kaminski, who interested him in early music. Orff's music reveals his own interests: colorful orchestration, melodic and rhythmic influences of early music, settings of ancient texts, and love of myth, fairy tale, and legend. His lack of extensive formal training, his experience in the theater, and his work with dance music have produced a simple, clear, and dramatically effective style which can easily be appreciated and which does not demand sophisticated, cerebral listening. Carmina Burana is probably Carl Orff's most popular composition. It is a dramatic cantata for soloists, large chorus, small chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra, including two pianos, celesta, five tympani, sleigh bells, triangle, ratchet, crash and suspended cymbals, gong, glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes, tambourine, antique cymbals, and castanets. The composition was intended to be staged, with costumes, scenery, pantomime, and dancing. The texts were taken from a collection of medieval poems compiled in southern Germany sometime after 1250. These lyrics comprise an anthology of more than two hundred compositions which was probably copied by an aristocratic clergyman who enjoyed them. The poems were copied into the manuscript in four groups: (1) moral and satirical poems protesting an lamenting the lowering of moral standards; (2) love songs -- both chaste and lusty; (3) drinking and gambling songs; and (4) sacred plays. Most of the poems are anonymous, but we do know the names of a few poets since later manuscripts, which do indicate the names of authors, contain some of the same poems. yet most of the authors remain anonymous. Not all of the songs are by goliards, the wandering student-poets of the late middle ages. Most of the poems date from the late eleventh or twelfth centuries, and most of the poetry originated in France, even though the texts were collected and later copied in southern Germany. Most of the poems are in Latin, but some are in old French and medieval German. Carl Orff selected various texs from the first three sections of this collection: the protest songs, love songs, and drinking-gambling songs. These poems he then grouped into three section: "In the Spring" describing the delights of nature and love, "In the Tavern" describing the pleasures and punishments of sensuality, and "The Court of Love" describing various types of love. |
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Orchestra Personnel |
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Violin I Vincent Houser, Concertmaster Vladimir Tsypin Martha Geissler Susan Stone Matt Topper Violin II Chris Shenk *+ Carolyn Harlan + Jane Haugen Marcie Bogert Viola Denise Lutter * Tim Beck + Chris John Naida Walker Peggy Favorite Cello Linda Phelps * Vivien Singleton Sarah Kurtz + David Kennedy + Betty Bueker Bass Mark Tomlonson * Randy Gratz Herb Ingraham Piccolo Paula Coutz + Flute Paula Coutz + Jerilee Kinzie + Becky Kinne + Oboe George Donner Carol Martin + English Horn Stephanie Jones |
Clarinet Lila Van Lue *+ Jane Grandstaff Robert Jones Bass Clarinet Robert Jones Bassoon Mike Trentacosti Lovena Miller + Contrabassoon Thomas Owen Horn John Snyder *+ Denise Reed + Diane Daly + Frank Bueker Trumpet Jack Laumer Steve Hammer + Randy Replogle + Trombone Bill Anders * Craig McBride + John Reed + Tuba Jeff Courtright + Timpani Diane Laumer Percussion Ken Jordan Diane Leverenz + Linda Ross + Kent Williams + Larry Ford Piano David Eicher Diana Holthuis * Denotes principal + Denotes MC student |
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Manchester College Chorale |
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James Baldwin, Conductor Nolan Long, Accompanist |
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Soprano I Mary Baldwin Lisa Clevenger Susan Crosby Lee Ann Davis Susan Halt Sharon Knechel Nadine Mong Rachel Norris Davonne Rogers Kaye Rowe Carol Streator Soprano II Carolyn Caldwell Peggy Corl Ruth Davis Brenda Eberly Lana Groombridge Rebecca Heusel Nina Hill Peggy Howenstine Jayne Liffick Judy Mason Rebecca Menzie Susan Norton Rebecca Thrush Annamarie Wagoner Tenor I David Baker Kim Heusel Delmas Keeney Brad Seward Jerry Snyder Tenor II William Baxter Glenn Hampson John Neher Dwayne Rice Allen Weldy Jeff White |
Alto I Wilma Detwiler Julie Easterday Karen Eberly Jayne Flanigan Perri Graham Rebecca Kinne Rebecca Klingler Cynthia Krall Chere McKinley Dawn Robbins Nancy Spangler Sandra Wilson Alto II Barbara Beeson Rebecca Dull Christine Gary Harriet Hamer Carolyn Harlan Jenny Hollenberg Norma Hooten Linda Knoll Sarah Kurtz Sandra Miller Donna Royer Ruth Snyder Lila Van Lue Grace Zunkel Lynn Zunkel Bass I Jerry Durnbaugh John Peiffer Daniel Petry Thomas Powers William White Phillip Wright Phillip Zimmerman Bass II Mark Albright Robert Floros Paul Gilmore Grant Holsinger Bruce Hughes Nolan Long Neal Mock Allen Willmert |
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Manchester College A Cappella Choir |
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James Baldwin, Conductor Christine Shenk, Accompanist |
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Soprano I Susan Cosby Susan Halt Sharon Knechel Rachel Norris Davonne Rogers Soprano II Peggy Corl Lee Ann Davis Peggy Howenstine Susan Norton Rebecca Thrush Tenor I David Baker Delmas Keeney * Bradley Seward * Tenor II William Baxter Glenn Hampson * Allen Weldy * soli |
Alto I Brenda Eberly Perri Graham Rebecca menzie Dawn Robbins Christine Shenk Lynn Zunkel Alto II Rebecca Dull Karen Eberly Cynthia Krall Sarah Kurtz Sandra Miller Donna Royer Bass I John Peiffer Daniel Petry * William White Phillip Wright Bass II Mark Albright * Robert Floros Bruce Hughes Nolan Long * |
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Manchester Church of the Brethren
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Rachel Norris, conductor | ||||
Andrea Aungst Lynn Berry Mia Brown Chris Caldwell Craig Caldwell Dan Daggett Jeff Gilbert |
Cindy Grossnickel Joy McFadden Kristene Merritt Mike Miller Barbara Orpurt Scott Phillips John Regenbogen |
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L. Brad Liebl, baritone, is currently Artist-in-residence with Opera-Omaha in Nebraska. He received the Bachelor of Music in voice from Saint Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin. His Master of Music in voice was earned at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, where Mr. Liebl is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Brad Liebl's professional background includes five years with the Cincinnati Opera. This summer he will be singing with the nationally-renowned Wolf Trap Opera Company in Washington, D.C. Mr. Liebl will follow this performance with an appearance with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in their presentation of Carmina Burana. Carol McAmis, soprano, has been on the faculty of Manchester College since 1974. She holds a bachelor's degree in piano and a master's degree in voice from the University of Kansas. An active member of the University of Kansas Opera Theatre, she has performed leading roles in Tales of Hoffmann, The Marriage of Figaro, Gianni Schicchi, and The Medium. This past summer Miss McAmis played the role of Donna Elvira in Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. In 1974, she was a member of the Phyllis Curtin Seminar for Singers at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Massachusetts. Miss McAmis teaches voice and humanities at Manchester College. Glenn Hampson, tenor, is a graduate of Oswego High School, Oswego, Illinois. He holds an Associate of Arts degree from Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois, and is presently completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education at Manchester College. He is a senior voice major from the studio of Carol McAmis. |