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Sarah Brailey, soprano
Victoria Vargas, mezzo soprano
Nicholas Chalmers, tenor
Alan Dunbar, bass
May 14, 2022
7:30 PM
Bach Society of MN Chorus & Orchestra
ORDWAY CONCERT HALL
Matthias Maute
ST. PAUL
Artistic Director
Celebrating 90 Years of the Bach Society of Minnesota
1932 – 2022
A Note from Our Artistic Director
During the last years of his life, Bach pursued two projects on a large scale, the Art of the Fugue and the B
minor Mass. While, according to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the grim reaper death took away his father
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paralleled masterpiece, the B minor Mass.
hand could be called nothing less but a retrospective of his own best choral and vocal compositions. Rather than
In these last years near the end of his life he added three choral movements to the Credo: its opening Credo in
All other movements but these three were “recycled”, i.e. adapted from previous cantata versions or simply kept
in Leipzig.
It is a summit in my own life to be part of such a precious organization that creates a bridge between past and
present and at the same time is committed to help building a new future.
I would like to dedicate the concert therefore to the eight artistic directors that preceded me as well as to all
throughout its rich history.
Matthias Maute, Artistic Director
A Note from Our Past Board President, Jonathan Morgan
the highest level of musicianship, often in collaboration with other musical organizations. We are grateful to be
Yunyue Liu and the support of a dedicated Board of Directors. We thank you for joining us on the journey and
invite you to share our future.
Jonathan Morgan, Past Board President
Bach Society of Minnesota Mass in B minor
BWV 232
The mission of the Bach Society
of Minnesota is to build a diverse Johann Sebastian Bach
community of music lovers who
perform, promote, and appreciate I. Missa
the music of J.S. Bach and those 1. Kyrie
he inspired. 2. Christe
3. Kyrie
Our values focus on community, 4a. Gloria
collaboration, and excellence. 4b. Et in terra pax
BSM strives to create respectful, 5. Laudamus te
successful relationships among 6. Gratias agimus tibi
musicians, audiences, students, 7a. Domine Deus
and partner organizations. 7b. Qui tollis
8. Qui sedes
9a. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Board of Directors: 9b. Cum Sancto Spiritu
Jay Kurtz, President
Amy C Fistler, Vice President II. Symbolum Nicenum
Steven Savitt, Treasurer
Susan Doherty, Secretary 10. Credo in unum Deum
Jonathan Morgan, Past President 11. Patrem omnipotentem
Colin Aldis 12. Et in unum Dominum
Holly Fistler 13. Et incarnatus est
Cléa Galhano 14. Crucifixus
David Gilberstadt 15. Et resurrexit
Richard Helling 16. Et in Spiritum sanctum
Karen Kustritz 17a. Confiteor
Andrea Leap 17b. Et expecto
Richard Resch
III. Sanctus
18a. Sanctus
Artistic Staff: 18b. Pleni sunt coeli
Matthias Maute
Artistic Director IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem
Marcoantonio Real-d’Arbelles 19. Osanna in excelsis
Associate Artistic Director 20. Benedictus
21. Osanna repetatur
Administrative Staff: 22. Agnus Dei
Yunyue Liu 23. Dona nobis pacem
Executive Director
Randi Eriksen
Communication Associate The concert this evening is dedicated to the memory of
Lisa Lilyerd Arnold Kustritz (1933 – 2021), who had a deep
Mini-Concerts Coordinator appreciation of music and was a strong supporter of the
arts community in Saint Paul.
Kyrie - Chor Kyrie - Chorus
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.
Christe – Sopranos Christe - Sopranos
Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy.
Kyrie - Chor Kyrie - Chorus
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.
† Gloria - Chor Gloria - Chorus
Gloria in excelsis Deo, Glory to God in the highest,
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis And peace on earth to men of good will.
Laudamus te - Soprano Laudamus te - Soprano
Laudamus te, benedicimus te, We praise You, we bless You,
We worship You, we glorify You.
Gratias - Chor Gratias - Chorus
Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. We give You thanks for Your great glory.
Domine Deus – Soprano & Tenor Domine Deus – Soprano & Tenor
Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Lord God, King of Heaven,
Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father Almighty.
Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. Lord only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.
Qui tollis - Chor Qui tollis - Chorus
Qui tollis peccata mundi, You who take away the sin of the world,
Miserere nobis. Have mercy on us.
Qui tollis peccata mundi, You who take away the sin of the world,
Suscipe deprecationem nostram. Hear our prayer.
† This Movement is sponsored by Carol d’Arbelle.
Qui sedes - Alto Qui sedes - Alto
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, You who sit at the right hand of the Father,
miserere nobis. have mercy on us.
Quoniam - Bass Quoniam - Bass
Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, For You alone are holy, You alone are Lord,
Tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe. You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ.
Cum Sancto - Chor Cum Sancto - Chorus
Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris, With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father,
Amen. Amen.
INTERMISSION
† Credo - Chor Credo - Chorus
Credo in unum Deum. I believe in one God.
† Patrem omnipotentem - Chor Patrem omnipotentem - Chorus
Patrem omnipotentem, the Father, the Almighty,
factorem coeli et terrae, maker of heaven and earth,
visibilium omnium et invisibilium. of all that is, seen and unseen.
† Et in unum – Soprano & Alto Et in unum - Soprano & Alto
Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
Filium Dei unigenitum, et ex patre natum ante eternally begotten of the Father,
omnia saecula, Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, God from God, light from light,
Deum verum de Deo vero. Genitum non factum, true God from true God, begotten, not made,
consubstantialem Patri; per quem omnia facta of one being with the Father; through Him all things
sunt. Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram were made. For us and for our salvation He came
salutem descendit de coelis. down from heaven.
Et incarnatus - Chor Et incarnatus - Chorus
Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto, By the power of the Holy Spirit He became incarnate
ex Maria virgine; et homo factus est. from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
passus et sepultus est.
Et resurrexit tertia die secundum Scripturas, et On the third day He rose again in accordance with the
ascendit in coelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris, et Scriptures; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at
iterum venturus est cum gloria, judicare vivos et the right hand of the Father; He will come again in
glory to judge the living and the dead, and His king-
dom will have no end.
† These movements are sponsored by Barbara & Richard
Resch
Et in Spiritum - Bass Et in Spiritum - Bass
Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum,
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BIOGRAPHIES Two-time JUNO Award winning conductor, composer, recorder and flute soloist Matthias Maute has achieved an interna- tional reputation. In 2016 he was named artistic director of the Bach Society of Minnesota and in 2019 of the professional choir Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec. Impressed by his artistic approach, The New York Times described the orchestra he con- ducts in Montreal, Ensemble Caprice, as being “an ensemble that encourages the listener to rehear the world.” Maute’s record- ing of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos juxtaposed with Maute’s own arrangements of Preludes from Shostakovich’s Op. 87 Matthias Maute’s compositions are published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Amadeus, Moeck, and Carus. Maute’s 1st violin concer- to was performed by soloist Mark Fewer with the St. John’s Symphony and with I Musici de Montréal. Matthias Maute has made some twenty recordings on the Analekta, Vanguard Classics, Bella Musica, Dorian, Bridge and ATMA Classique labels. Soprano Sarah Brailey has been hailed by The New York Times for her “exquisitely phrased” singing and by Opera UK for “a sound of remarkable purity.” Recent highlights include Handel’s Messiah with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, John Zorn’s Song of Songs with Barbara Hannigan at the Elbphilharmonie, and The Soul in the world premiere recording of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison, for which she received a GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Sarah is the Artistic Di- rector of the Handel Aria Competition and the Director of Vocal Studies at the University of Chicago. www.sarahbrailey.com. Mezzo-soprano Victoria Vargas h - ater of Saint Louis, Chautauqua Opera, Sarasota Opera, Ash Lawn Highland Festival and others. Her concert credits include Western New York Chamber Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, La Jolla Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra. She has placed seven times at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at both the district and regional levels. Upcoming this season she will perform as the alto soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Billings Sympho- ny, perform the role of Julia Child in the opera Bon Appétit! for Opera Reading Project, and create the role of Nelly in the world premiere of Edward Tulane for Minnesota Opera. Mrs. Vargas has served on faculty at the MacPhail Center for Music and Carleton College. She is currently in her second year as Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Minnesota. Nicholas Chalmers, tenor, has sung with The Bach Society of Minnesota, The Rose Ensemble, La Grande Bande, Glori- ous Revolution Baroque, and Transept. Recent solo engagements include the Oratorio Society, Bach Roots, the Schubert Club, Border CrosSing, and Lyra Baroque. Nicholas received a B.M. in music from St. Olaf College, as well as an M.M. in Choral Conducting at the University of Minnesota. Nicholas is the Director of Choirs at Chesterton Academy and is Director of Music at Annunciation Church. He is also Artistic Director of the Mirandola Ensemble, which presents pro- grams of rarely performed early music from the Medieval and Renaissance eras strategically juxtaposed with the composi- tions of 20th and 21st century composers. Sought after as an educator and clinician, during the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years Nicholas piloted a high-school choral residency program in collaboration with Minnesota PublicRadio. Baritone Alan Dunbar is a versatile performer, lauded for his beautiful tone and his nuanced musical and textual interpretation. Spanning repertoire from the 17th century to the 21st century, his past performances include the premieres of solo works by Libby Larsen, Justin Merritt, and Elliot Carter; performances as bass soloist in Bach’s passions and solo cantatas with Voices of Ascension, Bach Society of Minnesota, Bach Roots Festival, and Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra;numerous productions vocal performance from Indiana University. Alan was a founding member of the Minnesota-based internationally acclaimed male chamber vocal ensemble Cantus. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Voice at Winona State University.
Dr. Barbara J. Resch (Pre-Concert Talk) retired in 2015 from a long career at the Fort Wayne campus of Indiana
University, where she served variously as Professor of Music Education, Chair of the Department of Music, and
Associate Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Her research interests were in the psychology of music,
particularly the musical preferences of adolescents. Dr. Resch produced four CDs of Lutheran hymnody with the
children's choirs of Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne and has written and presented extensively on the
historic and current role of children's choirs in the Lutheran service. In 2015 the Resches relocated to the Twin Cities,
where Barbara has enjoyed exploring Minnesota, spending time with family, teaching classes for Osher Lifelong
Learning, and playing piano duets with her husband.
ORCHESTRA CHORUS
Flute †Soprano I
Immanuel Davis Jenny French
Paul Jacobson Anna Christofaro
Oboe & Oboe Gabrielle Doran
d'amore Carey Shunskis
Curtis Foster †Soprano II
Sarah Davol Andrea Leap*
MaryAnn Shore Pamela Marentette
Bassoon Kira Winter
Ben Matus
Alto
Allen Hamrick
Alyssa Burdick
Trumpet Kris Kautzman
Josh Cohen Laura Potratz
Tom Pfotenhauer
Lena Console Tenor
John Notermann
Horn Bill Pederson
Michael Stiles Laurent Kuehnl
Violin 1
Bass
Margaret Humphrey
Tim Takach
Theresa Elliott
Eric Sorum
Elizabeth York
Bob Peskin
Violin 2
Marc Levine
Ginna Watson *Andrea Leap performs
Kangwon Kim as soprano II in number
2. Christe.
Viola
Spencer Martin
† Soprano Sections are
Cello sponsored by Jan
Rebecca Humphrey Hickenbottom in honor
Tulio Rondón of David LaBerge.
Double Bass
Michelle Wenderlich A note of appreciation to
Dr. Barbara Resch for
Timpani
speaking with audience
Peter Kogan
members at tonight’s
Continuo pre-concert talk.
Tami Morse
Bach Society of Minnesota – Past & Present The Bach Society of Minnesota was founded in 1932 by students at the University of Minnesota who wanted to perform music of the great Johann Sebastian Bach. One of the oldest Bach societies in the United States, the ensemble features the timeless music of both Bach and those he inspired. Bach choirs, festivals, and societies emerged in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when scholars and singers renewed an interest in the composer’s artistry. His works were catalogued and published, inspiring a greater appreciation of the Bach corpus. University of Minnesota music students of Professor Donald Ferguson suggested that members of two music fraternities, Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha Iota, prepare a Bach cantata under Ferguson’s direction. They then there had been since 1898 only one major Bach choir in the United States: the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Bach Society, under Ferguson’s direction, met each week for rehearsal. Then, near the end of the year, it held an “open rehearsal” to which the public was invited. The following April the society performed the Mass in B minor. This great work would be repeated many times throughout the history of the Bach Society. A music, an evening organ recital, and two nights of choral works featuring Bach’s Saint John Passion and Mass in B minor. In 1950, nearing age seventy, Ferguson reached the mandatory retirement age for the U of M and retired from the Bach Society. During the 1950s various attempts were made to revive the festivals during a period of transition. In 1959 Dr. David LaBerge, an associate professor of psychology at the university, reorganized the Bach Soci ety into a large chorus of 100 singers and reinstated the annual festivals. Unlike Ferguson, LaBerge performed more than just the music of Bach. In the 1960s and 70s choruses grew even larger when the group performed people. When LaBerge retired in 1980, Henry Charles Smith became music director of the Bach Society in addition to serving as resident conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra. During the 1980s both organizations collaborated on annual concerts of Handel’s Messiah. In 1985 the society celebrated the 300th anniversary of Bach’s birth. Subsequent artistic directors include Paul Oakley, who succeeded Henry Charles Smith in 1987; Roderick Kettlewell, 1997; and Myles Hernandez in 2000. In 2004, the Bach Society reconnected with the University of Minnesota when conductor Thomas Lancaster, professor at the School of Music, took the helm and made it an early music ensemble on period instruments. Paul Boehnke, who became director in 2007, brought a community perspective and began the Cantata Workshops and took the Bach Society on tours throughout Minnesota. Since Maute’s appointment in 2017, the society is gaining international recognition while sharing its mission to build a diverse community of music lovers who perform, promote, and appreciate the music of J.S. Bach and those he inspired.
BACH SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA 1932 - 2022 AND BEYOND!
We are grateful to the Bach Society community, past and present, for their contributions to a musical
legacy spanning 90 years and their support to continue bringing world-class performance to Minnesota
and beyond! The Bach Society of Minnesota wishes to thank all the sponsors for making the dream of
the Minnesota Bach Festival a reality.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board,
thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
MINNESOTA BACH FESTIVAL SPONSORS
Oratorio Sponsors Cantata Sponsor Concerto Sponsors Partita Sponsors
The Kustritz Family Dr. Thomas & Laurie Rossin Marcia Leatham Cindy Chapman
Jonathan & Martha Morgan Yunyue Liu & Marco Real The Fistler Family
Jay Kurtz & Joan Rabe
A complete list of BSM donors can be found on
our website at bachsocietymn.org/donors
and by scanning the following QR codeUPCOMING
April 29 - May 28, 2022
Matthias Maute
Artistic Director
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A Festival Gala: Bach & Brunch SOL
An intimate gathering with BSM
May 15 | Summit Manor
Mini-Mobile Concerts
Free public concerts coming to a park near you
May 18 – 22 | Various Locations
B+A+C+H
A Chamber Concert by Lyra Baroque
May 20 | Live Stream only
The Baroque and The Spiritual
A Chamber Song Recital
May 28 | Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
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