Fatima Ayazlar
mezzo-soprano |
Tyler Duncan
baritone |
Ralf Grobe
bass/baritone |
Stephen Hegedus
bass/baritone |
Teresa Herold
mezzo-soprano |
Dan Kempson
baritone |
Caitlin Lynch
soprano |
Angela Meade
soprano |
Reginald Mobley
countertenor |
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Ralf Grobe, Bass-Baritone |
Quonian tu solus sanctus, Mass in B minor
Es ist genug, Elias |
Johann Sebastian Bach
Felix Mendelssohn |
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Linda Hall, accompanist
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Angela Meade, Soprano |
Laudate Dominum, Vesperae solennes de confessore
Inflammatus et accensus, Stabat mater |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gioacchino Rossini |
Linda Hall, accompanist
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Stephen Hegedus, Bass-Baritone |
Thus saith the Lord & But who may abide,
Messiah
Herr Gott Abrahams, Elias |
George Frideric Handel
Felix Mendelssohn |
Linda Hall, accompanist
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IV
Fatima Ayazlar, Mezzo-Soprano |
Fac ut portem, Stabat mater
Erbarme dich, mein Gott, St. Matthew Passion |
Gioacchino Rossini
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Linda Hall, accompanist
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V
Tyler Duncan, Baritone |
Ich habe genug, Schlummert ein
Why do the nations rage, Messiah |
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel |
Erika Switzer, accompanist
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VI
Reginald Mobley, Countertenor |
Es ist vollbracht, St. John Passion
Thou art gone up on high, Messiah |
Johann SebastianBach
George Frideric Handel |
Linda Hall, accompanist
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VII
Caitlin Lynch, Soprano |
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit, Ein Deutsches Requiem
Rejoice greatly, Messiah |
Johannes Brahms
George Frideric Handel |
Linda Hall, accompanist
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VIII
Dan Kempson, Baritone |
Ja, es sollen wohl Berge weichen, Elias
Hostias et preces tibi, Messe de requiem |
Felix Mendelssohn
Gabriel Fauré |
Linda Hall, accompanist
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Teresa Herold, Mezzo-Soprano |
Esurientes implevit bonis, Magnificat in D
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, Messiah |
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel |
Linda Hall, accompanist
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P R E S E N T A T I O N
O F A W A R D S
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| First Place |
$7,000 |
This year marks the 25th presentation of the Ruth Lopin Nash Award, given by the Lopin family in memory of the late Mrs. Nash, a music lover and musician. Ellen Lopin Blair, Chairwoman of the Society and a member of the chorus, will present the award in honor of her sister.
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| Second Place |
$5,000 |
The Herbert Cohen Award was created by his family in 2001 and named in his memory. Herb was a member of the chorus and served on the Board of Directors. This award will be presented by Herb’s daughter.
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| Third Place |
$2,500 |
The Stanley C. Meyerson Award was created in his memory in 2004 by his family. His sister Linda
Amster, a member of the chorus, will present the award.
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| Fourth Place |
$1,500 |
This is the first presentation of the Docia G. Franklin Award, which was created in her memory by her
grandaughter, Joanne Spellun, a member of the chorus. Ms. Spellun will present the award.
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| Other Finalists |
$500 each |
These awards will be presented by Janet
Plucknett, Competition Chairwoman and Vice President of the Society.
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THE C O M P E T I T I O N
C O M M I T T E E
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Janet Plucknett, Competition Chairwoman
Kent Tritle, Music Director • David Rosenmeyer, Associate Conductor
Ellen Blair • Alfred Hubay • Karen Krueger • Grace Matubis • Richard Pace •
Susan Shelhart • Joanne Spellun • Jane Woodside • Paul Zorovich
Flowers courtesy of Susan Fisher and Gary Schieneman
in memory of Grace Fisher and Dr. Bruce Schieneman.
Special thanks to Marie Gangemi for program design and layout.
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T H E
L Y N D O N W O O D S I D E
O R A T O R I O – S O L O C O M P E T I T I O N
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In 1977 the Oratorio Society of New York inaugurated a Solo Competition to encourage the art of oratorio singing and to give young singers an opportunity to advance their careers. International in scope, the competition is well known in the music world and attracts 100 to 150 singers each year. Many of the competition’s winners have appeared in concert with the Oratorio Society and have been awarded contracts with other major choral societies and orchestras around the country. Two prior winners, Sidney Outlaw and Weston Hurt, have performed in Carnegie Hall with the Society.
In 2006, the competition’s name was changed to honor Lyndon Woodside, the Society’s late Music Director, and his dedication to the competition from its inception.
The competition is held in March and April every year. Applications are available on the Oratorio Society website:
www.osny.org.
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T H E C O M P E T I T I O N
J U D G E S
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Julianne Baird has been hailed a “national artistic treasure” and a “well-nigh peerless performer in the repertory of the baroque.” Ms. Baird maintains a busy concert and recording schedule of solo recitals and performances of baroque opera and oratorio. With more than 125 recordings to her credit, she is widely acknowledged as one of leaders of 17th and 18th century music. In addition to her major roles in a series of acclaimed recordings of Handel and Gluck operatic premieres, recent projects include a Carnegie Hall performance and subsequent recording of the lead role in Scarlatti’s
La Giuditta. She also recently recorded the Handel
Deutshe Arien with Tempesta di Mare. Recordings of Handel arias from
Alcina and Rinaldo with the Dryden Ensemble and a newly commissioned opera are planned for 2008-09.
An active teacher and scholar, Julianne Baird is recognized internationally as one whose “virtuosic vocal style is firmly rooted in scholarship” and as one of the few who can both demonstrate the full range of the singer's art and explain it. Her book
Introduction to the Art of Singing, now in its third printing, is used by singers and professional schools internationally. Dr. Baird holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and is a professor at Rutgers University
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Alfred F. Hubay's career at the Metropolitan Opera spanned over 60 years and included the positions of House Manager, Box Office Manager, and Consultant to the Marketing and Box Office operations. He was a panelist on the Texaco Opera Quiz for 38 consecutive years.
Mr. Hubay serves on the boards of the Oratorio Society of New York, the Glimmerglass Opera, the George London Foundation for Singers, the Marilyn Horne Foundation, the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation,Horizon Concerts, and the Martina Arroyo Foundation. He is vice-president of the Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts and a trustee for the Lanie and Ethel Foundation and is on the advisory board of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. He is also a judge for the George London Foundation.the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Opera Index, Opera at Florham, and the Marcella Sembrich Voice Scholarship Competition.
In 1979 Mr. Hubay was awarded the Verdi Medal of Achievement by the Metropolitan Opera National Council.
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Clara Longstreth has conducted New Amsterdam Singers, known for the breadth and variety of its repertoire and for its commitment to contemporary choral music, since its formation in 1968 and has led the chorus in over a dozen international tours.
Ms. Longstreth has served on the faculty of Rutgers University, where she conducted the Voorhees Choir of Douglas College. In 1997, she guest-conducted the Limón Dance Company in performances with NAS and the Riverside Church Choir. In 2000 she conducted NAS and the Mannes College Orchestra in the folk opera
Down in the Valley during Symphony Space’s “Wall to Wall Weill” series. In 2006 Ms. Longstreth presented a lecture-demonstration on “Adventures in Programming” at the Eastern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association. In 2007 she was engaged to serve as consultant on contemporary music to Hunter College High School under a program funded by the New York State Music Fund.
Ms. Longstreth has served as adjudicator of choral festivals, conducted the Riverdale Country School choral groups, and conducted the Juilliard chorus and orchestra at Alice Tully Hall. A student of G. Wallace Woodworth at Harvard, Ms. Longstreth trained for her Master’s degree at the Juilliard School under Richard Westenburg. Further study included work with Amy Kaiser, Semyon Bychkov, and Helmuth Rilling.
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Frank Nemhauser is Music Director of the Berkshire Choral Festival and the Westchester Choral Society and the Associate Dean and Director of Vocal Studies at the Mannes College of Music. He has served as Music Director of the Hartford Chorale, Chorus Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Director of the Collegiate Chorale. Mr. Nemhauser has been a guest conductor with the Houston Masterworks Chorus, the Dessoff, Choirs, the Greenwich Choral Society, and the Handel Choir of Baltimore and has led workshops and clinics for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, the New Amsterdam Singers, the Augusta Choral Society, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, and the Southwestern Virginia Spotlight on the Arts Festival. In addition to conducting at the Festival’s home in the Berkshires, Mr. Nemhauser has led BCF performances in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Canterbury, England, and Salzburg, Austria.
As a singer, Frank Nemhauser has appeared throughout the United States and Europe, appearing with the New York City Opera National Company, the Ensemble for Early Music, and Chanticleer and has performed at numerous festivals.
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One of America’s leading choral conductors and organists,
Kent Tritle is now in his third season as the Oratorio Society’s Musical Director. He is also the founder and music director of
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, the acclaimed concert series at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, and in 2008 became the new Music Director for Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra, the revered ensemble founded by Richard Westenburg. During 1996-2004 he was Music Director of the Emmy-nominated Dessoff Choirs, winners of the ASCAP/Chorus America award for adventurous programming of contemporary music.
Mr. Tritle is also organist of the New York Philharmonic. With the Philharmonic he has recorded Brahms’
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Britten’s War
Requiem, and Henze’s Symphony No. 9, all conducted by Kurt Masur, as well as the Grammy-nominated
Sweeney Todd conducted by Andrew Litton. He has frequently appeared as a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, as well as in recital in Europe and across the United States.
Kent Tritle holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from The Juilliard School in organ performance and choral conducting and has served on the faculty since 1996.
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O F F IC I A L
A C C O M P A N I S T
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Linda Hall is currently on the staff of the Metropolitan Opera as an assistant conductor. Ms. Hall has frequently performed on the Texaco Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts. She has adjudicated the regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and has been the official pianist for the National Council semifinals onstage at the Metropolitan Opera for several years.
She collaborates with many singers and instrumentalists in concerts throughout the United States and abroad. She has recorded with cellist Jascha Silberstein on the Heritage label and with flutist Patricia Spencer on the Neuma label. During the summer, she has taught master classes in Israel, Japan, and China. Linda Hall is a native of New York State. She resides in White Plains.
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