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LIVE FROM LONDON EASTER 2022
14 April Eric Whitacre The Sacred Veil
Charles Anthony Silvestri, Julia Lawrence Silvestri, & Eric Whitacre text
VOCES8
Emma Denton violoncello
Christopher Glynn piano
Eric Whitacre conductor
17 April Mårten Jansson Requiem Novum
Charles Anthony Silvestri text
Anna Dennis soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Barnaby Smith conductor
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Eric
Whitacre
The Sacred Veil
text by Charles Anthony Silvestri
Julia Lawrence Silvestri
Eric Whitacre
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T
from
he Sacred Veil is a
12-movement work
Grammy-winning
tell a story of courtship,
love, loss and the search for
solace.
Sing Gently
Go, Lovely Rose Eric Whitacre
composer Eric Whitacre The text for the piece The Sacred Veil
and poet, lyricist and draws on Julie’s blogs and
historian Charles Anthony poetry/lyrics written by VOCES8
Silvestri. It was premiered Charles Anthony Silvestri Emma Denton violoncello
at Walt Disney Concert and Eric Whitacre.
Hall, Los Angeles, in Although inspired by this
Christopher Glynn piano
February 2019, conducted extraordinary and moving Eric Whitacre conductor
by the composer. friendship, the piece does
Silvestri’s wife, Julie, died not mention Julie by name.
of ovarian cancer at age It shares a very human Chorale, Grant Gershon, Netherlands Radio Choir.
36 in 2005, leaving two journey — one that many Artistic Director, and co-
The Sacred Veil is published
young children. His texts of us can relate to. commissioned by Monash
by Boosey & Hawkes and
(written collaboratively The Sacred Veil Academy of Performing
was distributed globally by Hal
with Whitacre) and the commissioned by the Arts — MLIVE and NTR
Leonard.
intimate, compelling score Los ZaterdagMatinee for the
© Marc Royce
Angeles Master
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Chorale. In 2022, the Cincinnati Pops a pioneering collaboration with NASA, the
Orchestra and the National Symphony Space Telescope Science Institute, and film-
Orchestra will premiere a new work for makers 59 Productions. His long-form
orchestra, Prelude in C. work The Sacred Veil, a profound meditation
on love, life and loss, was premiered by the
Eric’s compositions have been widely
Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted
recorded and his debut album as a conductor
by the composer, and released on Signum
on Universal, Light and Gold, went straight
Records. In 2021, Eric launched the Virtual
to the top of the charts, earning a Grammy.
School with its first course “The Beautiful
As a guest conductor he has drawn capacity
Grammy Award-winning composer Mess: Masterclass in Composition and
audiences to concerts with many of the
and conductor Eric Whitacre is among Creativity”.
world’s leading orchestras and choirs in
today’s most popular musicians. His venues from Carnegie Hall (New York) to A charismatic speaker, Eric Whitacre has
works are programmed worldwide and the Royal Albert Hall (London). Insatiably given keynote addresses for TED, Apple,
his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have curious and a lover of all types of music, Google, the United Nations Speaker’s
united 100,000 singers from more than Eric has worked with legendary Hollywood Program, in education and for numerous
145 countries over the last decade. Born in composer Hans Zimmer, as well as British global institutions. His collaboration with
Nevada in 1970, Eric is a graduate of the pop icons Laura Mvula, Imogen Heap and Spitfire Audio resulted in a trail-blazing
prestigious Juilliard School of Music (New Annie Lennox. vocal sample library which became an
York). He is currently Visiting Composer at instant best-seller and is used by composers
His composition, Deep Field, was inspired
Pembroke College, Cambridge and recently the world-over. Eric is proud to be a
by the achievements of the Hubble Space
completed his second term as Artist in Yamaha Artist.
Telescope and became the foundation for
Residence with the Los Angeles Master ericwhitacre.com
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Acclaimed lyricist, poet, author, and Kim Arnesen, and for groups such as The
composer Charles Anthony Silvestri King’s Singers, VOCES8, San Francisco
specializes in providing bespoke poetry Gay Men’s Chorus, the Tallis Scholars,
for choral composers, especially texts in Westminster Choir College, the Turtle
Latin, both sacred and secular. He enjoys Creek Chorale, and the Houston Grand
the creative challenges and rewards of the Opera.
collaborative process and has provided
Silvestri’s words have been sung by
lyrics for many composers in different
thousands of choirs around the world,
stages of their careers and for a wide
and have been heard on television and
variety of commissions and occasions.
radio, on Grammy-winning recordings,
“Collaboration between composer
and in the world’s magnificent spaces
and poet is magic,” Silvestri argues. “It
such as the Sydney Opera House, Disney
opens for the composer opportunities
Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the
for organic and dynamic creation not
Kennedy Center, the National Cathedral,
possible with previously published
Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Abbey,
poetry and gives the poet the thrill and
King’s College, the Vatican, and even in
responsibility that his words will be sung-
orbit.
-not read--and will be heard attached to
an emotional soundtrack. There’s magic Born in 1965 in Las Vegas, Silvestri has
and power in the marriage of words and lived in Los Angeles and Rome. He
music.” He is the author of more than currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas, and
fifty published works in collaboration teaches History at Washburn University
with celebrated composers such as Eric in Topeka, Kansas.
Whitacre, Dan Forrest, Ola Gjeilo, and charlesanthonysilvestri.com
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Emma Denton studied at the Royal albums by Ellie Goulding and Jethro
Academy of Music with David Tull.
Strange, where she received many of
Emma has performed for more than
the Academy’s top awards including
20 years as the cellist of the Carducci
the Louise Child Prize for the highest
Quartet – one of the UK’s most
overall degree, the David Martin/
successful string quartets. They have
Florence Hooten Concerto prize
won prizes at international competitions
and the Max Pirani and Harry Isaacs
including the Concert Artists Guild
chamber music prizes. She was the
(USA), Kuhmo (Finland), Charles
winner of the Muriel Taylor Scholarship
Hennen (Holland), Osaka ( Japan),
and was selected to perform alongside
Bordeaux (France) and London (UK)
Rostropovitch at the 10th anniversary
and have appeared at major concert halls
of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
around the world including Wigmore
Emma has performed concerti with the Hall and Kings Place, London;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya National Concert Hall, Dublin; Tivoli
Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, Concert Hall, Copenhagen; The Frick
London Soloists and can regularly be Collection and Carnegie Hall, New
heard on TV and film scores including York; Library of Congress and John. F
Downton Abbey, Poldark, Everest, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.; St
Murder on the Orient Express and Lawrence Center for the Arts, Toronto;
Paddington. She recently featured on and Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
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Chris read music at New College, Oxford and studied piano with
John Streets in France and Malcolm Martineau at the Royal
Academy of Music, where he now teaches. He has made many
CD recordings and is regularly heard on BBC Radio 3.
An interest in bringing classical song to a wider audience
recently led Chris to commission Jeremy Sams to create new
English translations of Schubert’s song cycles which have been
recorded for Signum Records as well as Wolf: Italian Songbook.
Future plans include recitals with Roderick Williams and Ian
Bostridge, further collaborations with Jeremy Sams (Schumann
songs), CD recordings with Nicky Spence, Kathryn Rudge,
Claire Booth, Roderick Williams and The Sixteen, performances
Christopher Glynn is an award-winning pianist and accompanist,
at the Spitalfields, Lammermuir and Bath festivals, leading
praised for his ‘breathtaking sensitivity’ (Gramophone),
masterclasses for the Britten Pears School, a tour of Wolf ’s
‘irrepressible energy, wit and finesse’ (The Guardian), ‘a perfect
Italian Songbook, and embarking on a project with Rachel Podger
fusion of voice and piano’ (BBC Music Magazine) and as ‘an
to perform and record Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas as well as many
inspired programmer’ (The Times). He is also Artistic Director
appearances at the Wigmore Hall and the Concertgebouw.
of the Ryedale Festival, programming around sixty events each
year in beautiful and historic venues across North Yorkshire.
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The Sacred Veil team would like to thank the following for their generous
support of the project:
Executive Producer Linda Beamer Clifford Brown Peter Dart Jon Fisher Judith Guenther
Sheridan, David and Karen Becker Janet Brown Andrew Davenport Nick Fletcher Beate Gundert
Elizabeth Foster Lynda Beckwith Cathy Buckley Martha C Dawson Valerie Florance Chencheng Guo
Brian BecVar Philip Buri Peter Day María Carmen Flores Colette Halliday
Michael Beczkowiak Celia Burton Jayne De Lawter Judith Floyd Joe Hammer
Associate Producer Linda Bentley Shirley Butterworth Philippe De Vestele Jane Freeman Robert J Hammervold
Craig Beyler and Julia Bergmann Aria Cadeau Alison Debenham Adrian Friday Janet Hanlon
JudithAnn Hartmann Jay Berkenbilt Yuki Caldwell Maartien Delprat Ehren Gadzella Allan Hanson
James Meehan Lise Bible Denise Campbell Anne Diamos Joanne Gaines Andrew Harken
Bruce Ryder John Binde Dallas Caples Anne Dineen G K Galvez Tan Steven Harris
Jesmer Wong Mark Bingham Theresa Casciato Donna Diorio Jennifer Garner Lucy Hart
Timothy Bingham Patrick Casey Florian Divis Tony Giannamore Gillian Haslehust-Smith
Anne Bishop Karen Chambless Denis Donnelly John Gillard James Heath
Supporters Cynthia Bittner Alisha Chen Chris Downard Jeremy Gillikin Liesbet Henckaerts
Mary Amos Phil Blosser Jane Cheshire-Allen John Dudman Judith Godsland Larry Henson
Pamela Anne Linda Bogardus Melissa David Dunn Quentin Goldfinch Jan Hepworth
Paul Armstrong Cathryn Booth-LaForce Chesnut-Tangerman Laurey Easland Marcio Goncalves Gill Hepworth
Gregor Arndt Jamie Borsodi Ernest Cho Catharine Eastman Caroline Goodier Robert Herring
Jordan Ashworth Tracy Boval Shaun Chung Lynn Ebersole Hilary Gordon Michael Herron
Jan Aukes William Bowden Nancy Claridge Joshua Egnatuk Kirsten Goulde Marion Hill
Bruce Babcock Larry Boze Janet Clayton Virginia Elgin Karen Goulding Bob Hillegas
Terry Ball Peter Bradley James Cline Emilio Englade Neil Graham M Hilton
Swagata “Ban” Banerjee Kate Bramley Alison Cooper Jennifer Enright Ken Grant Steven Hoey
Judith Barker Kindra Bratteig Carol Copperud Sandra Essex Ginny Grant Björn Hofmann
Rachel Barreca Carol Brighty Lawrence Cottle Thomas C Estes Pete Green Katie Hooper
Steve Bartlett Maggie Broadley Margaret Cox Monika Fahrnberger Tina Greene Felicity Howard
Mary Batstone Tony and DeDe Brown Tim Cox Rob Faris Adam Guenther James Hunt
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Claire Huskins Jon Larsen Danielle Morrow Nancy Rausch David Shriver Jerry Thornburg
Kimberly Ibarra Andy Lentz Liza Mueller Michel Raymond Heidi Shriver Ian Thurgood
Lucy Ivey Linda Leonard-Pell Terry Mullett Christa Reaves David Simon Pauline A Toevs
Berian James Roxanne Leung Sarah Mumford Lori Reckling Barry Smith William Tomlinson
Mary Javian Rachel Lewington Steve Munro Scott Rehorn David Smith Patricia Trussler
Thelma Jenkins-Anthony Grace Lewis-McLaren Sara Murphy Melanie Reinhart Elisabeth Smith Cohon Tunesmith Solutions
Linda Jervis Yuting Lin Nicole Murray Silvia Reseghetti Valerie Sopher Catherine Tweedie
Deanna Johnson Indigo London Lynn Murrell Matt Rhodes Philip Spressart Lyne Uytterhoeven
John Johnstone Joan Loos Miki Nakayama Josh Rist John Stellberg Victor van Buchem
Stephanie Jones Paul Lorijn Harold Nyhof Bonnie Roberts Ron Stenson Kalila Volkov
Jack Jurgemeyer David Love Alison O’Donnell Eileen Roberts Sam Stephens Monica Wahl
Josh Kainz Jen M Marko Otten Victoria Robinson Kyle Stevens Richard Waller
Steven Kaplan Achim Maier Matthew Palka Rebecca Rohre Margaret Stookesberry Daniel Weaver
Suzanne Kapur Sarah Marshall Joon Park Patricia Rose-Wagner N. Stuckey Edgar Weber
Hope Kay Sarah Martyn Donna Parrish Hugh Rosenbaum Patricia O Sulser Lynda Weiss
Michael Kaylor Margaret Mays Brianne Partington Douwe Runia Steven Swadell Karen Wessel
Isaac Keener Mary McAward Leila Patrick Barry Russell John Sweitzer Nicholas Westoby
Patricia Keoughan Trina McCauley Victoria Peacock Tim Rutkoske Christine Swistro Cynthia M Whitacre
Ken Kilminster Alec McQueen Vanessa Pellettier Jon Ruwolt Teel T Jones Lynne Whitworth
Dianne Kiser Barbie McSean Barbara Peters Jill Salisbury-Hughes Paul Tan Michael Wiley
Brenda Klein Kerry Mellin Gabriele Petouchoff Tim Sandkämper Laurie Taylor Makenna Wilkinson
Rachel Knott Brent Mendelsohn Maria Petrova Louise Schaper Lisa Tedesco Jane Williams
Susanna Krebs Melissa Mercier Ralph Pezoldt Elizabeth Scheffler Liz and Larry Tempel Christine Wilms
Wiebke Krull Lisa Micali David Philip Ralf Schnell Barbara Terry Alane Wilson
Beat Kunz Judith Miles Mary Pickering Scrinium Classical The St. Michael - Robert Wolz
Donald Kutzner Robert Miller Glenn Pillsbury Antiquity Albertville High School Fred Woods
Kevin Lackie Brendan Mitchell John Pringle Rev. Betsy Sentigar Choral Program Jeanise Wynn
Amy Lajiness Patty Mitchell Joy Pye Linda & Serge Thomas Thieu Hitomi Yamada
Christopher Lajtha Peg Moline Louisa Radice Francesca Shearcroft Jamie Thomson Diane Yanney
Francois Lanthier Nancy Moore Brian Rainwater Lois Sheridan Bob Thomson Noel Young
Rachel Larrivée Jonathan Moore Patricia Rathwell Jacob Sherrick Mollie Thorn Richard Zelley
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Sing Gently Eric Whitacre Go, Lovely Rose Eric Whitacre
May we sing together, always. Small is the worth
May our voice be soft. Go, lovely rose.
Tell her that wastes her time and me, Of beauty from the light retired;
May our singing be music for others Bid her come forth,
and may it keep others aloft. That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee, Suffer herself to be desired,
How sweet and fair she seems to be. And not blush so to be admired.
Sing gently, always.
Sing gently as one. Then die! that she
Tell her that’s young,
And shuns to have her graces spied, The common fate of all things rare
May we stand together, always. May read in thee;
May our voice be strong. That hadst thou sprung
In deserts, where no men abide, How small a part of time they share
May we hear the singing and
May we always sing along. Thou must have uncommended died. That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
EDMUND WALLER
Sing gently, always.
Sing gently as one.
ERIC WHITACRE
The Sacred Veil 1014 April
The Sacred Veil Eric Whitacre
1. The Veil Opens 2. In a Dark and Distant Year
Whenever there is birth or death, In a dark and distant year,
The sacred veil between the worlds A wand’rer ancient and austere,
Grows thin and opens slightly up, He surrounds himself with books he’s never read.
Just long enough for Love to slip, He was a child then, the world inside his head.
Silent, either in or out
Of this our fragile, fleeting world, He would often wonder, “Who
Whence or whither a new home waits. Could love a dreamer such as you?”
And our beloved ones draw near, And so he trusted no one’s shadow but his own.
In rapt anticipation, or He was a fool then, and he was all alone.
In weary gratitude, they stand;
Our loved ones stand so close, right here, Then quite to his surprise,
Just on the other side Passing there before his eyes,
Of Eternity. A girl unlikely, gently laughing by the shore.
CHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI
She had unlocked his heart and let his spirit soar!
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And on that golden, hopeful day Dream mists
The boy was bold enough to say,
“Come, hold my deepest secrets here among the The delirious girl
foam; Woman goddess
You are the world to me, and you… you feel like Not yet a mother
home.” But the spring life force is so near
CHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI
What a bare symphony here
I recall our gorgeous moments together
3. Home
Beneath my heaving peach skin
You feel like home. Essential you
CHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI
Like some diamond gift incubating
In love
JULIA LAWRENCE SILVESTRI
4. Magnetic Poetry
The enormous need
Egg-ache whispers urging 5. Whenever There is Birth
Moon wind chanting like sweet languid honey {Instrumental: no text}
Sleep-swimming through sweaty summer
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6. I’m afraid […exploratory laparotomy and excision of bilateral
I’m afraid we found something... ovarian dermoids…]
[Fifteen centimeter retroperitoneal cystic mass with
complex internal septation... I’m afraid we’ve found something...
The patient is a twenty-eight-year-old white female, […uterus, tubes, sacral pain… ovaries… recurrent,
primagravida, in the third trimester of pregnancy.] recurrent, recurrent…]
I’m afraid we found something... [Exploratory laparotomy,
[Pathology confirms grades I, II, and III mucinous cystic total abdominal hysterectomy,
adenocarcinoma with focal carcinosarcoma consistent with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy,
ovarian primary. paraaortic lymphadenectomy
Recommend six cycles Taxol and Carboplatin...] Bone scans in sacrum, left ilium, right acetabulum
metastasis...
I’m afraid we’ve found something... metastasis…
[…two left adnexal cysts and a metastasis…]
septated right adnexal cyst…]
I’m afraid we found something...
I’m afraid we’ve found something... I’m afraid we found something...
I’m afraid.
CHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI
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7. I Am Here most worried about her because she loves my hair so much, but
{Instrumental: no text} she is just fine!
Today I visited my oldest at school and he shouted, “Hey
8. Delicious Times everybody! My mom has a wig!” He was the star of the class
as all the kindergarten stared, open-mouthed, in wonderment.
My hair started to fall out at precisely 1:00 on my birthday. It’s been a very funny week. The kids have been amazing, and
we’ve had some really delicious times together.
By Thursday it was making a terrible mess, so the kids helped JULIA LAWRENCE SILVESTRI
me shave off whatever was left. They’d pick up my hair from
the ground and slap it on my head and say, “ You need more
hair!” and they would laugh and laugh. Then at bath time I 9. One Last Breath
wore my wig, and they would beg me to take it off and put it In a dark and distant year
back on again - they howled with laughter. The wand’rer weary, full of fear,
Confronts a fated force more powerful than life —
At bedtime, when my little one plays with my hair, she just A carriage made of sea
stroked my head and said, “It’s so soft and clean!” She says, Has come to take his wife.
“Mommy, your hair went bye-bye but it’ll be back soon!” I was
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The waves too dark and deep to swim, news. The scan showed that I had numerous liver and peritoneal
He hears his love cry out to him, metastases. My doctor said this meant I most likely had about
Her piercing anguish rising high above the foam. two months to live.
“Please don’t let go of me
For you, you are my home!” I am now asking you to pray as you have never prayed before.
Please don’t pray that I will have a peaceful death. Please don’t
From the shore he sees his bride feel pity for me. Just pray hard. Pray that I will be healed in
As she fights hard against the tide. a miraculous, supernatural way. Pray that God will give me
He swears a sacred vow that every loved one keeps. wisdom as to what to do next. Fight with me, don’t give up on
He steels himself, me.
JULIA LAWRENCE SILVESTRI
Takes one last breath, and leaps.
ERIC WHITACRE
10. Dear Friends 11. You rise, I fall
Dear friends: tonight I feel that I must ask you to pray. Listening to your labored breath,
Your struggle ends as mine begins.
I just got out of the hospital tonight and I received some bad You rise; I fall.
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Fading, yet already gone; Silent slumber calls you Child of iridescence
What calls you I cannot provide. Dark and deep Child of dream
You rise; I fall. Child of soft surrender Stars and moons will guide you
Child of sleep. Down the stream.
Broken, with a heavy hand
I reach to you, and close your eyes. ————— Stretched on ocean waves
You rise; I fall. Of endless foam
CHARLES ANTHONY SILVESTRI
Child of sorrow Welcome home my child
Child of rain Welcome home.
ERIC WHITACRE
There is no tomorrow
12. Child of Wonder
No more pain.
Child of wonder
Child of sky Turn your silvered sail
Time to end your voyage Toward the light
Time to die. Child of mourning
Child of night.
—————
The Sacred Veil 16Requiem Novum
Mårten Jansson
text by
Charles Anthony Silvestri
Anna Dennis soprano
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
Barnaby Smith conductor17 April
R equiem Novum – A
Response of Hope and
Wonder came to life after
not be afraid of death but
instead feel comfort in the
knowledge that God will
by good fortune I met the
American poet Charles
Anthony Silvestri at the
it felt very convincing and
inspiring and I am thrilled
with the wonderful poems
I had spent years carrying take care of us after our American Choral Directors Tony wrote.
both a hypothetical but passing. This faith, however, Association (ACDA) As important cathartic
also a pragmatic concept should not deny family and National Convention in occasions, funerals give a
in mind. The pragmatic friends the right to mourn. Minneapolis, 2017. We chance to be together in
idea was two-fold and very I wanted to use the became friends and when I sadness. This fellowship in
simple: firstly, I believed traditional Latin requiem told him about my wish to grief, hope, fear and strength
that a requiem should be in texts, which I deeply respect write a requiem using both is represented by the choir
every composer’s portfolio, as ancient Christian pillars, new texts alongside the throughout the work.
and secondly, I wanted and to encompass the words traditional Latin, he quickly The music they perform
to compose a large-scale inherent drama in my came up with the idea that is largely dark but moves
work for orchestra, soloist music. But I also felt that the voice of the deceased through the ancient liturgy
and choir. The hypothetical additional texts allowing could send words of comfort to end in a more settled and
aspect aligned with the fact the concept of comfort from beyond the veil. The reconciled attitude towards
that I had a strong wish, were needed. Where should choir would represent the the end. In contrast to the
being a man of faith, to I find them? mourning congregation choir the soprano soloist’s
bring to life through music The answer came when and the soprano soloist role is to persuade us to
a belief that we should the comfort from heaven; believe the wonders and
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perfect love in which she is of Weeping – Sanctus then represents the choirs of This leads into the In
enfolded. All this obviously contains the works pivotal Heaven, joining the soprano Paradisum, completing the
calls for a much brighter moment where the soloist by singing in English, in work’s arch as a reprise of
and reassuring mood to lets us know that by crossing contrast to their Earthly material from the Introitus.
the music, though there the veil into eternity, we role. This is followed by the Here on the Other Side of
are passages where she will fall ‘Into Love, into Joy, only a cappella movement – Eternity then functions as
exhorts us to fear what we Into the waiting arms of Pie Jesu - which continues the coda where the soloist
as humans are capable of God’. This moves into the the positive and confident describes the wonders of
inflicting on each other. choir’s confident Sanctus progress but does so in a Heaven and its ‘infinite
Requiem Novum consists of and a jubilant Hosanna in more restrained and lyrical perfect Love’.
twelve distinct parts distilled excelsis. way. The work concludes Mårten Jansson
to seven movements. The The optimism continues in with the seventh movement
overall dramatic arch starts the fifth movement which where the soloist expresses
with a grieving Introitus begins in a more subtle yet her wonderment by stating:
and continues to descend wondrous way, building Eternal Rest.
into the third movement, up to an ecstatic end with Eternal Rest?
the Dies Irae, which is the the soloist and the choir No rest for me;
musical centrepiece and the singing together for the
My journey has only just
dark climax. The movement first and only time in the
begun!
that follows, On That Day Requiem. The choir here
Requiem Novum 2017 April
T he texts I wrote for
Requiem Novum are
very special to me, and very
These themes had been at
the forefront of my creative
spirit for some time when,
became the heart of two
major works: The Sacred Veil,
which I wrote with composer
significance. We here, trapped
in space and time, experience
loss, lack, absence. But from
personal. When Mårten in 2018 Mårten and I began Eric Whitacre, and Requiem the perspective of the dead,
and I were brainstorming the journey of this piece. Novum with Mårten Jansson. loved ones have always been
the concept for the overall My wife Julie died in 2005 While The Sacred Veil takes together, forever, and there is
work, we landed on the idea from complications of a more personal look at the no loss or separation. We here
of writing companion pieces ovarian cancer, just shy of experience of my particular lament sin, fear retribution,
for each of the movements of her 36th birthday. Her death loss, Requiem Novum takes and beg for mercy. But
the traditional Requiem mass, devastated me and our small the wider view, representing from the perspective of the
but from the perspective of children, and we forged ahead a more universal perspective dead, all is forgiveness and
the dead. The work would to create a new kind of family, about life, death, and eternity, love. The only judgement
then create a sort of dialogue, processing our grief and loss and in a more formal liturgical or torment is that which
between the mourners in the as best we could. As a poet, context. we impose upon ourselves.
church and their deceased it would have made sense to In many ways my texts for We here cannot possibly
loved one who had already write about my grief, but for Requiem Novum represent the understand or compass the
crossed over into eternity. a long time I just couldn’t do end result of my grief process, ineffable, the transcendent,
Writing these texts afforded it. It was more than a decade the ultimate understanding the unfathomable nature of
me the opportunity to reflect after Julie’s death that I began, I have come to regarding that lux aeterna, that infinite,
deeply on the themes of time hesitantly, to write poetry those deep concepts. When perfect love.
and space, traditional faith, about that experience and its a person crosses over into Charles Anthony Silvestri
sin and redemption, grief, aftermath. The largest groups eternity, time and space no Biography: p. 5
loss, and eternity. of these poems eventually longer have any meaning or
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Swedish composer Mårten for mixed voice choirs
Jansson (b.1965) is a sought- including the Royal Chapel in
after and frequently performed Stockholm and various German
choral composer enjoying choirs. Many of his scores are
popularity all around the published by Bärenreiter such
world. A graduate of the Royal as The Choirmasters Burial, Far,
College of Music in Stockholm Est is ein Ros’ Entsprungen and
he spent 10 years as the music the Missa Popularis – which is
director of “Carmen”, one of the regularly performed in both
most prominent women’s vocal liturgical and concert settings
ensembles in Sweden, which such as Carnegie Hall, Cologne
led him to compose many Cathedral, San Francisco Opera
works for upper voice choir. In and Latvian Radio. The first
2012 Mårten was elected to the album dedicated to his music
Society of Swedish Composers was released by the English
(FST), and he began writing choir Chantage in 2017. In 2018
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Bärenreiter held the Mårten Jansson
coincided with the beginning of a as the full orchestral version heard
Choral Competition in which choirs
3-year appointment as composer-in- here there is a version for organ,
from around the world submitted residence for the St Louis Chamber choir and soprano soloist.
videos of their performance of Maria
Chorus, USA, directed by Philip Alongside his composing Mårten
IV. This piece was premiered on Barnes. Mårten’s association with also teaches choral conducting and
Swedish television from the Castle
VOCES8 began in 2020 with a music theory. He gained a PhD
Church, Stockholm with the King commission, Elemental Elegy that in composition from Aberdeen
and Royal family present. Another
was recorded as part of VOCES8’s University in 2021.
piece, Lead Me, Lord was premiered
15th-anniversary album After Silence.
martenjansson.se
in Crathie Kirk on the Balmoral This piece includes a commissioned
Estate, Aberdeenshire with HRH text by Charles Anthony Silvestri
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince with whom Mårten also collaborated
Charles present. on Requiem Novum. Requiem Novum
The Choir & Organ Magazine marks Mårten’s first collaboration
ran a feature on Mårten in 2019 with Walton Music, published to
which highlighted his work and coincide with this recording. As well
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Centre, Orff ’s Carmina Burana Oratorio with the Orchestra of
with the Orquestra Gulbenkian the Age of Enlightenment with
in Lisbon, and Bach’s Christmas Masaaki Suzuki, and Bach Easter
Oratorio in Sydney Opera House. Oratorio with the BBC National
BBC Proms appearances include Orchestra of Wales and Jonathan
performances with the CBSO, Cohen, Handel’s Il Trionfo di
the BBCSO, the Britten Sinfonia Dori and Blow’s Venus and Adonis
and the Orchestra of the Age of in Moscow, Pergolesi Stabat
Enlightenment. Mater with Helsinki Baroque
Orchestra, Haydn Schöpfung
Recent concert performances
with Düsseldorf Symphoniker
have included contemporary
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and Adam Fischer, and with
music work for Birmingham
the Early Opera Company
Contemporary Music Group,
Described by the Times and from baroque music conducted by Christian Curnyn
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
as a “delectable soprano to premiering new works. at Wigmore Hall.
concerts with Peter Whelan and
and a serene, ever-sentient Notable performances
with Maxim Emelyanychev, all
presence”, Anna Dennis have included Britten’s
three Monteverdi operas with
enjoys a wide-ranging War Requiem at the Berlin
John Eliot Gardiner,Schoenberg’s
performing repertoire from Philharmonie, Thomas Adès’
2nd String Quartet (Auditorio
opera to the concert stage Life Story at the Lincoln
de Tenerife), Bach’s Christmas
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Barnaby Smith is Artistic Director Christina Pluhar, Masaki Suzuki, Jacob
of the internationally renowned vocal Collier, Ola Gjeilo, Eric Whitacre,
ensemble VOCES8, LIVE From Jonathan Dove and Christopher Tin
London digital festivals, and the UK amongst others. Digital collaborations
and US branches of The VOCES8 have included The Sixteen, the English
Foundation charity including its Digital Chamber Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort
Academy and Milton Abbey Festival. & Players, The King’s Singers, The
He is in demand as a conductor, choir Tallis Scholars, the Academy of
trainer, teacher, countertenor and Ancient Music and Chanticleer. A
arranger. passionate pedagogue, he has taught
at Academies and Universities across
Barnaby has conducted orchestras
the world including co-curating the
including the Philharmonia Orchestra,
Masters course in ensemble singing at
the Academy of Ancient Music,
the University of Cambridge.
Australian National Academy of
Music, English Chamber Orchestra, Barnaby completed his studies in
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Specialist Early Music Performance at
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Monte the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis where
Carlo Symphony and he directed the he was a pupil of Andreas Scholl and
music for the Olympic Mascots Film Ulrich Messthaler.
Scores at Abbey Road Studios with
Barnaby Smith is managed worldwide
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the British Film Orchestra. Barnaby’s
by Percius.
collaborations have included projects
with Rachel Podger, Roderick Williams, percius.co.uk
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others. history. Santtu is known for his
Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival expressive, balletic conducting
Hall has been the Philharmonia’s and irrepressible energy. Pekka
home since 1995. The Orchestra Kuusisto is a Featured Artist in
also has residencies at venues 2021/22, and House of Absolute
and festivals across England, are Artists in Residence.
each embracing a Learning & The Philharmonia has an
Engagement programme that extraordinary 76-year recording
empowers people to engage with legacy, which in the last decade
orchestral music. has been built on by pioneering
The Philharmonia Riccardo Muti and The Philharmonia is a registered work with digital technology.
Orchestra creates Esa-Pekka Salonen are charity, proud to be supported The Orchestra’s installations and
thrilling performances just a few of the great by Arts Council England, many VR expeirences have introduced
for a global audience. artists to be associated generous individuals, corporate hundreds of thousands of people
with the Philharmonia, supporters and Trusts and to the symphony orchestra. The
The Philharmonia Foundations. Philharmonia has won four Royal
was founded in 1945. and the Orchestra has Philharmonic Society awards for
Herbert von Karajan, premiered works by Santtu-Matias Rouvali is the its digital projects and audience
Otto Klemperer, Richard Strauss, Sir Philharmonia’s new Principal engagement work.
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Peter Maxwell Davies, Conductor, the sixth person to
Arturo Toscanini, Errollyn Wallen, Kaija hold that title in the Orchestra’s philharmonia.co.uk
Saariaho and many
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Philharmonia Orchestra VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Violin I Flute Soprano
Rebecca Chan Thomas Hancox Andrea Haines
Eunsley Park Molly Noon
Oboe
Soong Choo Eleonore Cockerham
Timothy Rundle
Cassandra Hamilton Hannah Littleton
Erzsebet Racz Clarinet Adrian Peacock producer
Mark van de Wiel Alto David Hinitt engineer
Violin II
Annabelle Meare Bassoon Katie Jeffries-Harris
Clare Stewart Paul Smith executive producer
Gideon Robinson Joshua Wilson
Martha McLorinan Tim Vaughan, Aytan Buyukoglu
Nuno Carapina
Horn Libby Percival VOCES8 Studios
Marina Gillam
Alec Frank-Gemmill
Viola Jonathan Maloney Recorded at All Hallows’, Gospel
Tenor
Oak, London, May 15th and 16th
William Bender Blake Morgan
Timpani 2021
Sylvain Séailles Euan Williamson
Jude Carlton
Raquel Lopez Bolivar Josh Cooter Score published by Walton Music.
Percussion Oli Martin Smith Version for choir, soprano and
Cello
Paul Stoneman organ also available.
Timothy Walden
Richard Cartlidge Bass
Karen Stephenson
Christopher Moore With thanks to
Yaroslava Trofymchuk Harp
Jonathan Pacey The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia
Gabriella Dall’Olio Foundation
Bass Greg Link
Neil Tarlton Rev’d Prebendary David Houlding
Peter Norris Alexander Van Ingen
Gareth Sheppard
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Requiem Novum
A Response of Hope and Wonder
texts from the Requiem and by Charles Anthony Silvestri
I. Introitus
Requiem dona eis, Domine: Rest give unto them, O Lord,
et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion, A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Zion;
et tibi redetur votum in Ierusalem. and a vow shall be paid to Thee in Jerusalem:
Exaudi orationem meam, hear my prayer;
ad te omnis caro veniet. all flesh shall come to Thee.
Requiem dona eis Domine: Rest give unto them, O Lord,
et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
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II. Or So The Living Pray
Where now I know the answers
Or so the living pray
To questions hidden then
For their beloved dead,
When still I stood
And pure is their intention to do so;
where now you stand and
grieve.
But the living only see
As through a glass, darkly,
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.
the great Enigma that awaits beyond,
Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy.
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.
Where glimpse of Truth, and grief,
And darker shadows still,
Entwine to weave the old familiar words.
Do not grieve, my friends,
That I have gone away,
For I have crossed into Infinity
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III. Cry Not In Anguished Voices Dies iræ, dies illa That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
Solvet sæclum in favilla: shall heaven and earth in ashes lay,
Cry not in anguished voices Teste David cum Sibylla. as David and the Sybil say.
For gifts already given;
He sees the pain our choices Quantus tremor est futurus, What horror must invade the mind
Inflict on hopes of heaven. Quando iudex est venturus, when the approaching Judge shall find
Cuncta stricte discussurus! and sift the deeds of all mankind!
It is we who must have mercy,
Each one upon another; Tuba mirum spargens sonum The mighty trumpet’s wondrous tone
Whyever would one curse Per sepulchra regionum, shall rend each tomb’s sepulchral stone
Him who is himself our brother? Coget omnes ante thronum. and summon all before the Throne.
The Lord has mercy boundless Mors stupebit, et natura, Now death and nature with surprise
And that He freely gives; Cum resurget creatura, behold the trembling sinners rise
Our fear of death is groundless, Iudicanti responsura. to meet the Judge’s searching eyes.
For he who died now lives!
Liber scriptus proferetur, Then shall with universal dread
In quo totum continetur, the Book of Consciences be read
Unde mundus iudicetur. to judge the lives of all the dead.
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Quantus iudex ergo cum For now before the Judge severe Quærens me sedisti lassus: In weariness You sought for me,
sedebit, all hidden things must plain Redimisti Crucem passus: and suffering upon the tree!
Quidquid latet, apparebit: appear; Tantus labor non sit cassus. let not in vain such labor be.
Nil inultum remanebit. no crime can pass unpunished here.
Iuste iudex ultionis, O Judge of justice, hear, I pray,
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus, O what shall I, so guilty plead? Donum fac remissionis, for pity take my sins away
Quem patronum rogaturus, and who for me will intercede? Ante diem rationis. before the dreadful reckoning day.
Cum vix iustus sit securus? when even Saints shall comfort
need? Ingemisco tamquam reus: Your gracious face, O Lord, I seek;
Culpa rubet vultus meus: deep shame and grief are on my
Rex tremendæ maiestatis, O King of dreadful majesty! Supplicanti parce, Deus. cheek;
Qui salvandos salvas gratis, grace and mercy You grant free; in sighs and tears my sorrows
Salva me, fons pietatis. as Fount of Kindness, save me! speak.
Recordare, Iesu pie, Recall, dear Jesus, for my sake Qui Mariam absolvisti, You Who did Mary’s guilt unbind,
Quod sum causa tuæ viæ: you did our suffering nature take Et latronem exaudisti, and mercy for the robber find,
Ne me perdas illa die. then do not now my soul forsake! Mihi quoque spem dedisti. have filled with hope my anxious
mind.
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Preces meæ non sunt dignæ; How worthless are my prayers I know, Huic ergo parce, Deus. to be judged for all their past.
Sed tu bonus fac benigne, yet, Lord forbid that I should go
Ne perenni cremer igne. into the fires of endless woe. Pie Iesu Domine, Lord, have mercy, Jesus blest,
Dona eis requiem. grant them Rest.
Inter oves locum præsta Divorced from the accursed band, Amen. Amen.
Et ab hædis me sequestra, o make me with Your sheep to stand,
Statuens in parte dextra. as child of grace, at Your right Hand.
Confutatis maledictis, When the doomed can no more flee
Flammis acribus addictis: from the fires of misery
Voca me cum benedictis. with the chosen call me.
Oro supplex et acclinis, Before You, humbled, Lord, I lie,
Cor contritum quasi cinis: my heart like ashes, crushed and dry,
Gere curam mei finis. assist me when I die.
Lacrimosa dies illa, Full of tears and full of dread
Qua resurget ex favilla is that day that wakes the dead,
Iudicandu homo reus: calling all, with solemn blast
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IV. On That Day of Weeping
On that day of weeping But just as stone is worn away Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus
There is no weeping here; By endless washing of the sea, Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
For here is only Heaven, So the stubborn spines of our illusion Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria tua.
Here is only joy, And the armor of our pride Hosanna in excelsis.
And God is only Love. Are sanded down to the raw,
However long it may require, Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
The torments that we fear are real; Until, at last, Hosanna in excelsis.
For once we are enfolded We lay aside our heavy burdens
In the perfect love of God, And accept the indescribable gift. [Holy, holy, holy,
Gentle, boundless, freely given, Lord God of Hosts.
We remember past transgressions, Abandon your illusions Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.
And die before you die, Hosanna in the highest.
Our selfishness and self delusion. So on that day you cross the veil
To stand in our shame And slip into eternity, Blessed is He Who cometh in the Name of the
Before such terrible love You will fall headlong Lord.
Is exquisite torment, Into Love, into Joy, Hosanna in the highest.]
And we become our own tormentors. Into waiting arms of God.
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V. I Stand Upon a Landscape of Infinity VI. Pie Jesu
I stand upon a landscape of infinity, Drawn into the Light, Pie Jesu Domine,
Vast, yet intimate. I fade, I lose myself ... dona eis requiem sempiternam.
In the distance I see the Presence, Holy! Holy!
Glowing with impossible light; There is no I [Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest;
The thrum of hosts beyond number There is only We grant them eternal rest.]
Surrounds me as they sing Only the endless and eternal One.
Their endless Holy! Holy!
I cannot describe ...
Wave upon wave of Love Words fail ...
Emanate from that light; Holy! Holy! Holy! VII. Eternal Rest
While lightning flashes
Of golden evangelion Eternal Rest.
Carry prayers and blessings Eternal Rest?
To and from the Presence. No rest for me;
Holy! Holy! My journey has only just begun!
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In Paradisum deducant te Angeli; May the Angels lead thee into paradise:
in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, may the Martyrs receive thee at thy coming,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem. and lead thee into the holy city of Jerusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, May the choir of Angels receive thee,
et cum Lazaro, quondam paupere and with Lazarus, who once was poor,
æternam habeas requiem. mayest thou have eternal rest.
Here, on the other side of eternity,
I need not await your coming,
For we are already together,
as always we have been. Here, on the other side of eternity,
There are no limits of thought,
Here, on the other side of eternity, Or dimensions, or understanding
Time and space have no meaning, For here, all is known,
For past and future fall away, All is revealed,
And there is only ever now. And all is infinite, perfect Love.
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