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Vivien Townley, soprano
COUNCIL CONCERTS
Vivien Townley was born in Accrington, Lancashire
1979/80
CIVIC HALL, GUILDFORD
SATURDAY 10 MAY
at 7.45 p.m.
and studied at the Royal Manchester College of
Music under Elsie Thurston, where she gained the
A.R.C.M. diplomas in teaching and performing. For
performances in College operas she was awarded the
Ricordi and Imperial League of Opera Prizes. In her
final year at the College, she was awarded the much
coveted Curtis Gold Medal for singing.
Vivien Townley made her Prom debut in 1968 at the
Memorial Concert for Sir Malcolm Sargeant. She
Guildford
Philharmonic
Orchestra
Leader: JOHN LUDLOW
Vivien Townley, Soprano
appeared at the Proms again the following season in
1974 with Pierre Boulez, and at the 1976 Proms in a
performance of Stravinsky’s Les Noces.
During
the
1977/78
season,
Vivien
Townley
appeared at the Norwich Festival in a performance
of Elgar’s The Kingdom. She also sang the title role
in Weber’s Euryanthe with the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Charles Groves,
as well as taking part in performances of Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony in Lyons.
Recent concert engagements include the first performance of John Taverner’s The Immurement of Antigone which was a stunning success and which was
broadcast on Radio 3.
Vivien Townley’s most recent appearance with the
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir under
Vernon Handley was in last season’s performance of
Blacher’s Requiem.
Maureen Guy, Mezzo Soprano
Brian Burrows, Tenor
Ian Caddy, Baritone
Maureen Guy
Andrew Knight, Baritone
The Mezzo Soprano, Maureen Guy, was born in
Christopher Keyte, Bass
Philharmonic Choir
Vernon Handley, Conductor
Glamorganshire and after studying at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama, where she won all the
major awards for singing, began her professional
career with many appearances in Concerts and
Oratorios throughout Great Britain. A Sadler Wells
contract soon followed and since then Maureen Guy
has appeared in many parts of the world with many
distinguished conductors including Solti, Dorati,
Leinsdorf and Guilini. Miss Guy has also sung under
This concert is promoted by Guildford Borough Council
with financial support from the South East Arts
Association.
Guildford Borough Council acknowledges with grateful
thanks the help it has received throughout this season of
concerts from the Red Cross and the Philharmonic
Society.
the baton of Igor Stravinsky when she appeared in a
performance in Athens of Oedipus Rex. She appears
in the complete recordings of Gotterdammerung conducted by Solti and Die Valkure conducted by Eric
Leinsdorf and, during three seasons as a principal
mezzo at Covent Garden, she sang in many varying
operatic roles.
Miss Guy is now on a guest contract with the Welsh
National Opera, and last season appeared in the
Henry Wood Promenade Concerts and the Three
Choirs Festival with numerous appearances in this
country and Europe in the forthcoming season.
Brian Burrows
The
Tenor, Brian Burrows, was born in
Suffolk and read History at St. John’s College
Cambridge where he was a choral scholar. After
Cambridge he sang in Salisbury Cathedral Choir for
a year, and then did post-graduate work in computer
applications at St. Andrew’s University. While working in London for a computer consultancy, he
studied singing, at first privately with Walther
Gruner, and then gave up his job to take up a
scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and
continued his studies at the London Opera Centre.
In 1972 Brian Burrows joined Glyndebourne
Festival Opera, where he first understudied several
roles, and then made his debut there as Giove in
Monteverdi’s Ulisse. Since then he has appeared frequently at Glyndebourne, English National Opera,
Kent Opera, and in oratorio and recitals throughout
this country and Europe. He has made a particular
reputation for his performances of the Evangelist in
the Bach Passions and has studied these roles with
Ernst Haefliger in Munich. In 1979 he returned to
Stockholm to sing thé Evangelist and the tenor arias
in the St. John Passion for the fourth year in
succession.
Major concert engagements in the 1978/79 season
included performances of Die Schone Mullerin with
Geoffrey Parsons at the Wigmore Hall and with
William Glock in the Bath Festival, the Evangelist in
the St. Matthew Passion in the Royal Festival Hall
on Good Friday and The Creation in Switzerland
and Austria under Neville Marriner with the Prague
Chamber Orchestra.
Ian Caddy
Ian Caddy has appeared with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra on a number of occasions, notably
in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music and, last
season, in Boris Blacher’s Requiem.
After his debut with the English National Opera in
September 1977, he toured with them singing Falke
in Die Fledermaus, and this season he sings the part
of Lord Mountarrarat in their revival of Iolanthe at
the London Coliseum. He appeared in English
National Opera North’s opening season in their
“double bill” of Dido and Aeneas (singing Aeneas)
and Les Mamelles de Tiresias.
Ian Caddy has recorded Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus,
conducted by Malgoire, for CBS and the 12th Century Play of Herod (in the role of Herod) for OUP,
complementing their printed Anthology of Medieval
Music.
In the last two years Ian Caddy has worked with
such distinguished conductors as Kurt Masur,
Rafael Friibeck de Burgos, Sir Charles Groves and
Raymond Leppard. Important concerts have included L’Enfance du Christ in which he sang Joseph with
Dame Janet Baker as Mary, and Verdi’s Requiem
and Bach’s St. John Passion, both in the Royal
Festival Hall conducted by Sir David Willcocks.
Andrew Knight
Andrew Knight studied at the RAM and then
privately with Ilse Wolf and Paul Hamburger. After
two years struggling in the music profession, including one year in a West End show, he took a job
in the City. During this period he organised a series
of young musicians concerts, and was also a finalist
in the Richard Tauber Scholarship. This success,
together with the encouragement of his wife and
teachers, led him to take up music again, full-time.
He joined the Welsh National Opera Chorale for a
year, (during which time he sang Dr. Falke in Die
Fledermaus) and has since freelanced.
Andrew XKnight has gained wide experience as a concert singer. In Oratorio he has sung at the Queen
Elizabeth Hall, in several cathedrals, and with many
choral societies here and abroad.
As a recitalist, Andrew Knight has broadcast on
Radio 3. He has sung in Manchester Midday series,
Liverpool Lieder Circle and Croydon Festival. At his
Wigmore Hall debut with Peter Katin he sang
Schubert’s Winterreise, and they have since performed Schumann’s Dichterliebe there for the Robert
Schumann Society, of which they are founder
members.
Andrew Knight has won prizes in international Singing Competitions in ’s-Hertogenbosch (in the
Netherlands), in Paris, and at Snape Maltings in the
Benson & Hedges’ Gold Award.
Christopher Keyte
The bass, Christopher Keyte, who will be singing in
Elgar’s The Apostles, is one of Britain’s leading concert soloists whose repertoire includes music of all
eras. He was born in Kent and educated at Alleyn’s
School, Dulwich, and then became a choral scholar
at King’s College, Cambridge.
He sings regularly in all the London concert halls
and in Cathedrals at home and abroad under the
most distinguished conductors, and at festivals
throughout Europe — Edinburgh, Aldeburgh,
Cheltenham, Flanders and Lisbon. Christopher
Keyte toured Australia and New Zealand in 1975
and 1977 combining recitals, oratorio performances
and recordings for the Australian Broadcasting
Company and Radio New Zealand.
For the BBC, Christopher Keyte has covered a wide
range of works, from a fifteenth century anonymous
St. Luke Passion to the first broadcast performance
of Cain and Abel by John Tavener.
The Apostles
He has appeared as soloist in over thirty records,
Six soloists, a gigantic orchestra, great length and
demanding chorus parts have all contributed to a
neglect of what is in several ways the biggest and
most original of Elgar’s oratorios. The Dream of
Gerontius has the most superficial attractions, The
Kingdom demands the most involvement on the part
of the audience, The Apostles deals more with the
spirit of Christ’s teaching and such abstracts as
fellowship, comfort, the message of the Beatitudes
and the mystery of the ascension. Perhaps, however,
ranging
from
Purcell’s Indian
Queen
and
under
Charles
Mackerras, Monteverdi’s songs with
Raymond Leppard, the Stravinsky Mass under Colin
Davis and, most recently, two Schubert Masses, with
the choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, directed
by George Guest.
Christopher Keyte appeared with the Guildford
Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra under Vernon
Handley in a performance of The Apostles in 1972.
Philharmonic Choir
The Musical Director acknowledges with thanks the
help he has received in training the choir from
Kenneth Lank and accompanists Linden Knight and
Patricia Wood. The Choir made its first recording in
1973 with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra: Intimations of Immortality by Gerald Finzi, and in
1976 recorded Hadley’s The Trees So High with the
Philharmonia Orchestra.
Vernon Handley
Vernon Handley, Musical Director of the Guildford
Philharmonic Orchestra,
is now one of Britain’s
busiest conductors working regularly with all the major London and regional orchestras. He was born in
Enfield, North London and studied at Balliol
College, Oxford and the Guildhall School of Music
and Drama. Vernon Handley has been Musical
Director of the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
since 1962 and has developed it into a fully
professional body of major importance, which is now
firmly establishing itself as ‘The Orchestra of the
South East’ with concerts in many towns throughout
the South East region from Canterbury to
Winchester.
In 1974 the Composers’ Guild of Great Britain nam-
ed Vernon Handley as ‘Conductor of the Year’ for
his services to British music and, now recognised as
one of the major champions of British music, he is
frequently entrusted with the world premiere of new
works. He is very busy in the recording field and has
an extensive list of recordings in the current
catalogue including works by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky,
Elgar, Tippett, Debussy, Vaughan Williams and
Faure. Many recordings are planned, including the
possibility of a further recording with the Guildford
Philharmonic Orchestra.
In spite of his crowded schedule, Vernon Handley
still manages to escape to his Welsh home for a
period every year to work on enlarging his already
immense repertoire and to follow his keen interest in
ornithology.
Elgar 1857-1934
modern audiences are ready at last to reconsider this
work and enter into it more fully. The recent kindling
of interest in The Kingdom is a pointer that this may
be so, yet it is as well to remember that The Apostles
is a more subtle work. The orchestral preludes to the
two parts are based on themes which symbolise the
‘Spirit of the Lord’, ‘Christ, the Man of Sorrows’ and
‘the Church’, the prelude to the second part being
much shorter, and of a most intense solemnity.
However, listeners who know one or both of the
other two great oratorios will quickly realise that
Elgar has used themes here, common to all of them,
yet never suggests a mere reworking of material. The
plan of the work, from the ‘Calling of the Apostles’
through ‘The Beatitudes’, ‘The Walking on the
Waters’ to ‘The Betrayal’ and ‘Ascension’ is clear.
Elgar allows himself the luxury of setting the scene
for the ‘Calling of the Apostles’ and a choral hymnlike summing up of the first part in the chorus, ‘Turn
you to the Stronghold’. The shattering of the certainty of the first part by ‘The Betrayal’ is wonderfully brought about by the composer, for he shortens
not only the prelude to the second part, but the
course of events leading to the crucifixion. And yet,
we seem to have lived through the years of these
events in such a way that when the watchers on the
temple roof sing again their phrase heralding the
dawn, it seems that we heard it first ages ago. Elgar
moves his events along not only by the use of his
array of soloists, but by a fragmentation of the
choral parts, thus making a more intellectual demand
on his chorus than in Gerontius and The Kingdom.
The final elaborate ensemble is as quietly exalted as
anything in his music.
The Blessed Virgin
The Angel — Vivien Townley
Mary Magdalene — Maureen Guy
St. John — Brian Burrows
St. Peter — Andrew Knight
Judas — Christopher Keyte
Jesus — Ian Caddy
PROLOGUE
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because He hath anointed me to preach the
Gospel to the poor:
He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,—
to preach the acceptable vear of the Lord,
To give unto them that mourn a garland for
ashes,
the oil of jov for mourning,
the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness;
That they might be called trees of righteous-
The Singers (within the Temple)
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,
and to sing praises unto Thy Name, O
To
and as the garden causeth the things that
are sown in it to spring forth;
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and
praise to spring forth before all the nations.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because He hath anointed me to preach the
Gospel.
PART
I
I.—THE CALLING OF THE APOSTLES
REciT.
(TENOR)
And it came to pass in those days that Jesus
went out into a mountain to pray, and
continued all night in prayer to God.
(ORCHESTRA)
The Angel Gabriel
The voice of Thy watchman!
The Lord returneth to Zion,—
break forth into joy,
sing together ve waste places of Jerusalem:
for the Lord hath comforted His people.
(ORCHESTRA)
The Angel
“Behold My servant, Whom I have chosen;
My beloved, in Whom My soul is well
pleased:
He shall not strive, nor cry aloud:
neither shall anyone hear His voice in the
streets:
a bruised reed shall He not break,
the dimly burning wick shall He not quench,
and in His name shall the Gentiles hope.”
The voice of Thy watchman!
THE
DAWN
SHOFAR (distant)
The Watchers (on the Temple roof)
It
shines!
(Clang of the Gates—SHOFAR)
The face of all the East is now ablaze with
light,
the Dawn reacheth even unto Hebron!
forth
Thy
lovingkindness
in
the
For Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through
Thy work:
I will triumoh in the works of Thy hands.
For, lo, Thine enemies, O Lord, shall perish:
all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
(SHOFAR AND ORCHESTRA)
ness,
glorified.
shew
and Thy faithfulness every night,
Upon the psaltery;
upon the harp with a solemn s~und.
the planting of the Lord, that He might be
FFor as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
Most High:
morning.
REeciT. (TENOR)
And when it was day, He called unto Him
His disciples:
and of them He chose
twelve, whom also He named Apostles,
that they should be with Him, and that
He might send them forth to preach.
CHORUS
The Lord hath chosen them
to stand before Him, to serve Him.
He
hath chosen
mighty;
the
weak
to
confound
the
He will direct their work in truth.
Behold! God exalteth by His power,
who teacheth like Him?
The meek will He guide in judgment,
and the meek will He teach His way.
He will direct their work in truth,
for out of Zion shall go forth the law.
John, Peter and Judas
We are the servants of the Lord.
Peter
Thou wilt shew us the path of life;
in Thy light shall we see light.
Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants.
John
O blessed are they which love Thee,
for they shall rejoice in Thy peace:
and shall be filled with the law.
Judas
We shall eat of the riches of the Gentiles,
and in their glory shall we boast ourselves.
John, Peter and Judas
For out of Zion shall go forth the law.
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
CHORUS
The Lord hath chosen them,
they shall be named the Priests of the Lord,
men shall call them the Ministers of our God.
John
O blessed are they which love Thee.
Peter
In Thy light shall we see light.
Judas
Mary,
God exalteth bv His power.
CHORUS
and
Peter
The People
He will direct their work;
they are the servants of the Lord.
and the poor among men shall rejoice—
Mary,
The Angel and CHORUS
John
and Peter
in the Holy One of Israel.)
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice;
with the voice together shall they sing:
for they shall see eye to eve,
when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Jesus
BLESSED are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness:
for they shall be
filled.
John, Peter and Judas
Come ye, and let us walk in the light of the
Lord.
Jesus
Mary, John, Peter and Judas
(Mercy and truth are met together:
righteousness and peace have kissed each
other.
Behold, T send you forth.
The People
He that receiveth you, receiveth Me;
and he that receiveth Me,
receiveth Him that sent Me.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness,—)
Jesus
BLESSED are the merciful:
~ John, Peter and Judas
for they shall obtain
mercy.
We are the servants of the Lord.
The People
The Angel
(Reap in mercy.
Look down from heaven, O God,
and behold, and visit this vine.
Mary,
John, and Peter
He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is
he.
CHORUS
Amen.
John
in the Lord;
Judas
I.—.BY
THE
The poor is hated even of his own
bour:
the rich hath many friends.
WAYSIDE
Jesus
BLESSED are the poor in spirit:
for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
Mary
(The
Blessed
Virgin),
The People
Draw out thy soul to the hungry,
John,
and
Peter
(He setteth the poor on high from affliction:
John
and satisfy the afflicted soul;
Judas
Peter
He poureth contemot upon princes.)
then shall thy light rise in obscurity.)
Jesus
BLESSED are they that mourn:
for they shall
be comforted.
John
(The Lord shall give
neigh-
them
rest
from
their
Jesus
BLESSED are the pure in heart:
see God.
for they shall
Mary
(Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil.
SOTTOW,
John
Peter
and will turn their mourning into joy,
Mary
and
John
and will comfort them:
—
Women
Weeping may endure for a night,
Peter
Who can say, I have made my heart clean?
Judas
The stars are not pure in his sight,
The People
Men
but joy cometh in the morning.)
Jesus
BLESSED are the meek:
Blessed are the undefiled.
for they shall inherit
the earth.
how much less man.)
Jesus
BLESSED are the peacemakers:
for they shall
be called the children of God.
The People
The People
(The meek also shall increase their joy—
(The work of righteousness shall be peace.)
“This shall ye have of Mine hand; ye shall
Jesus
BLESSED are they which are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(There arose a great tempest in the sea.)
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad;
for great is your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the prophets which
were before you.
SorL1 AND CHORUS
Blessed are they which have bzen sorrowful
for all Thy scourges,
Mary
The voice of Thy thunder is in the heavens!
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of Thy
cataracts.
with waves:
and One cometh unto it,
walking on the sea! ... and they that are
in the ship, toiling in rowing, are troubled
and cry out for fear.
The Apostles (in the ship)
III.—BY THE SEA OF GALILEE
It is a spirit!
(TENOR)
And straightway Jesus constrained His disciples
to get into a ship, and to go before Him
unto the other side:
and He went up into a mountain to pray:
and when the evening was come, He was
there alone.
And His disciples went over the sea toward
Capernaum.
Jesus
Be of good cheer; It is I, be not afraid.
Peter
Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee
upon the waters.
Jesus
Come!
The Apostles
IN THE TOWER OF MAGDALA
He walketh on the waters,
Mary Magdalene
O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in
anguish, the troubled spirit, crieth unto
Thee.
Hear and have mercy; for Thou art merciful:
have pity upon me, because I have sinned
before Thee.
Hear the voice of the forlorn, and deliver me
out of my fear.
Help
me,
desolate
helper but
Woe is
me!
Magdalene
Is Thy wrath against the sea?
I see a ship .in the midst of the sea, distressed
for they shall rejoice for Thee,
when they have seen all Thy glory,
and shall be glad for ever.
REciT.
lie down in sorrow.”
woman,
Thee:
for
I am
as
which
when
have
no
they have
Judas
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon him,
and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed
him.
Peter
Lord, save me; I perish!
Mary Magdalene
He stretcheth forth His hand.
Jesus
gathered the summer fruits—
as the grape-gleanings of the vintage.
Have pity upon me, because I have sinned
O thou of little faith; wherefore didst thou
My tears run down like a river day and night.
The wind ceaseth, and they worship Him.
before
Thee.
Whatscever mine eyes desired I kept not from
them, I withheld not my heart from any
JOy.
CHorus
Let
us
fill
ourselves
ointments,
costly
Mary
Magdalene
The Apostles
Of a truth Thou art the Son of God.
Peter, John and Judas
(Fantasy)
with
doubt?
wine
and
The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and
in
the
and let no flower of the spring pass by us.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before
they be withered.
Mary Magdalene
“Ye that kindle a fire, walk in the flame of
your fire, and among the brands that ye
have kindled.
This shall ye have of Mine hand; ve shall lie
down in sorrow.”
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth;
the noise of them that rejoice endeth,—
our dance is turned into mourning.
storm.
Mary
Magdalene
Who stilleth the raging of the sea,—
Who maketh the storm a calm?
Thy providence, O Father, governeth it:
for Thou hast made a way in the sea,
and a safe path in the waves:
shewing
that
Thou
canst
save
from
all
danger.
Thy face, Lord, will T seek.
Theou hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
My soul followeth hard after Thee:
Thy right hand upholdeth me.
IN CASAREA PHILIPPI
REciT.
CHorus
(TENOR)
When Jesus came into the parts of Casarea
Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying:
Mary
The Apostles
Jesus
Thy sins are forgiven;
thy faith hath saved thee;—
Go in
Some say John the Baptist; some Elias; and
others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Jesus
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jesus
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona:
for flesh
and blood hath not revealed it unto thee,
but My Father Which is in heaven.
Thou art Peter,—
and upon this rock I will build My church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it.
SoL1
AND
CHORUS
Proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth,
and unto every nation, and kindred, and
tongue,
the everlasting Gospel.
Jesus
And
1 will give unto thee the keys of the
kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
IN CAPERNAUM
Mary
pcace.
SOLTI
But whom say ye that I am?
Peter
Magdalene
Hide not Thy face from me:
put not Thy servant away in anger.
Jesus
Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?
(Women)
This man, if he were a prophet. would have
known who and what manner of woman
this is that toucheth him:
for she is a
sinner.
AND
CHORUS
Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of
hope.
To
the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled
against Him;
Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of
hope.
The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom,
making
peace
and
perfect
health
to
flourish;
both which are the gifts of God:
and it enlargeth their rejoicing that love
Him.
Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of
hope.
Thou art a God of the afflicted,
Thou art an helper of the oppressed,
Thou art an upholder of the weak,
Thou art a protector of the forlorn,
A Saviour of them that are witthout hope.
Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of
hope.
Blessed is he who is not fallen from his hope
in the Lord.
For He will forgive their iniquity, and He will
remember their sin no more.
END
OF
PaArT
1.
Magdalene
Thy face, Lord, will T seek;
my soul followeth hard after Thee;
help me, desolate woman.
INTERVAL
Mary
Hearken, O daughter:
—
When thou art in tribulation,
if thou turn to the Lord thy God,
and shall be obedient unto His voice,
He will not forsake thee.
Hearken, O daughter;—
Come thou,
for there is peace to thee.
REcIT. (TENOR)
She stood at His feet weeping, and began to
wash His feet with tears, and did wipe
them with the hairs of her head, and
kissed His feet, and anointed them with
the ointment.
PART II
IV.—THE BETRAYAL
INTRODUCTION—(ORCHESTRA)
REciT. (TENOR)
And it came to pass that He went throughout
every city and
village preaching and
shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom
of God: and the Twelve were with Him;
And He began to teach them, that the Son of
man must suffer many things, and be
rejected, and be killed.
CHORUS
“I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of
the flock shall be scattered abroad.”
Peter
Be it far from Thee, Lord, this shall never be
Thee.
unto
Though all men shall be offended because of
Thee, yet will I never be offended.
IN THE PALACE OF THE HIGH
PRIEST
Servants
Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth;
this man was also with Him.
Peter
I know not what thou sayest.
The Apostles
Servants
Though we should die with Thee. yet will we
not deny Thee.
Art not thou also one of His disciples?
Peter
As thy soul liveth, T am not.
CuoraL REcIT. (TENORS AND BASSES)
Then gathered the chief Priests and Pharisees
—
a council, and said:
Servants
Did not we see thee in the garden with Him?
Surely thou also art one of them.
“What do we?
For this Man docth many miracles.TM
So from that day forth they took counsel that
they might put Him to death.
Then entered Satan into Judas, and he went
his way, and communed with the chief
Priests and Captains.
Judas
What are ye willing to give me. and T will
Peter
I swear by the Lord, T know not this Man of
Whom ve speak.
REecIT. (CONTRALTO)
Then led they Jesus unto the hall of judgment.
CHORUS (SOPRANOS AND CONTRALTOS)
And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter,
and he went out, and wept bitterly.
deliver Him unto you?
CHORUS (TENORS AND BASSES)
And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of
silver.
Judas then, having received a band of men and
officers, cometh with lanterns and torches
and weapons.
RECIT.
(CONTRALTO)
Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when
he saw that He was condemned, repented
himself, and brought again the thirty
pieces of silver to the chief Priests and
Elders.
Judas
Let Him make speed, and hasten His work,
that we may see it; He shall bear the
glory, and shall sit and rule upon His
throne, the great King,—the Lord of the
whole earth.)
Whomscever
1
shall
hold Him fast.
kiss,
that
same
is
He
THE TEMPLE
The Singers (within the Temple)
O Lord God, to Whom vengeance belongeth,
lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth.
O Lord God, to Whom vengeance belongeth,
render a reward to the proud.
IN GETHSEMANE
Lord, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked triumph?
Judas
Hail,
Master!
Jesus
Whom seek ye?
The People
Jesus of Nazareth.
Judas
My punishment is greater than I can bear.
The Singers
How long shall they utter and speak hard
things?
and all the workers of iniquity boast themJesus
I -am He:
if therefore ye seek Me.
let these go their way.
REcIT. (CONTRALTO)
And they all forsook Him and fled:
but Peter followed Him afar off, to see the
end.
CHORAL RECIT. (TENORS AND BASSES)
And they that had laid hands on Jesus, led
Him away to the High Priest.
selves?
They break in pieces Thy people, O Lord,
and afflict Thine heritage.
Judas
Mine iniquity is greater than can be forgiven.
The Priests
A voice of trembling,—of fear,
Why art thou so grieved in thy mind?
Judas
I have sinned in that I have betrayed the
innocent blood.
The People (remote)
The Priests
SELAH!
Crucify Him!
RECIT.
And
he
cast
down
Judas
(CONTRALTO)
the
pieces
of
silver
and
They gather themselves together and condemn
the innocent
departed.
The Singers
Lord, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see;
He that planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He that formed the eye, shall He not see?
Judas (without
the
blood.
The People
Temple)
Whither shall T go from Thy Spirit?
Or whither shall T flee from Thy presence?
If 1 say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover
Crucify
Judas
Mine end is come,—the measure of my covetousness;
over me is spread an heavy night, an image
of that darkness which shall afterward
receive me: yet am I unto myself more
grievous than the darkness.
The Singers (within the Temple)
me,
then shall my night be turned to day;—
yea, the darkness is no darkness with Thee,
but the night is as clear as the day.
Him!
He shall bring upon them their own iniquity.
V.—.GOLGOTHA
Sheol is naked before Thee,
and Abaddon hath no covering.
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”’
The Singers (within the Temple)
CHORUS
Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest,
that Thou mayest give him rest from the
days of adversity,—
Truly this was the Son of God.
Mary
The
Judas
“Rest from the days of adversity,”—
sword
soul.
hath
He satisfied the longing soul,
and filled the hungry soul with goodness.
The Singers
—until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Judas
Our life is short and tedious, and in the death
of a man there is no remedy; neither was
there any man known to have returned
from the grave.
For we are born at all adventure, and we shall
be hereafter as though we had never been;
for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke,
and a little spark in the moving of our
heart,
which being extinguished, our body shall be
turned into ashes, and our spirit shall
vanish as the soft air.
and our name shall be forgotten in time, and
no man have our work in remembrance;
and our life shall pass away as the trace
of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a
mist, that is driven away with the beams
of the sun, and overcome with the heat
thereof.
mine
own
Thou hast trodden the winepress alone,
and of Thy people there was none with Thee.
They shall look upon Him Whom they have
pierced,
and they shall mourn for Him,
as one mourneth for his only son,
And shall be in bitterness for Him,
as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Mary
The
sword
soul.
hath
pierced
through
mine
own
VI.-.AT THE SEPULCHRE
REcIT.
(CONTRALTO)
And very early in the morning they came unto
the sepulchre at the rising of the sun;
and they entered in, and
body of the Lord Jesus.
found
not
the
The Watchers (on the Temple roof)
The face of all the East is now ablaze with
light;
the Dawn reacheth even unto Hebron!
The Singers
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man,
that they are vanity.
CHorus (Angels) (SOPRANOS AND CONTRALTOS)
Alleluia!
Why seek ye the living among the dead?
Judas
“The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man,”—
My hope is like dust that is blown away with
the wind;
it is not possible to escape Thine hand,—
upon me.
through
Mary and John
Never man spake like this Man;
a sudden fear, and not
pierced
looked for,
comes
He is not here, but is risen.
Beheld the place where they laid Him.
Go, tell His disciples and Peter that He gceth
before you into Galilee: there shall ye see
Him, as He said unto you.
Alleluia!
The Apostles and the Holy Women
VII.—THE ASCENSION
All the ends of the world shall remember and
The Apostles
We trusted that it had been He which should
have redeemed Israel.
Peace be unto you.
turn unto the Lord:
and all the kindreds of the nations shall
worship before Thee.
for the kingdom is the Lord’s:
and He is the Governor among the nations.
Jesus
Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon
you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem,
until ye be endued with power from on
high.
CHORUS
“I have done Thy commandment.
I have finished the work which Thou gavest
Me to do;
The Apostles
Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel?
I laid down My life for the sheep.”
The Apostles
“In the world ye shall have tribulation:
Jesus
It is not for you to know the times or the
seasons, which the Father hath put in
His own power.
But ye shall receive power, when the Holy
Ghost is come upon you.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;
and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the world.
but be of good cheer:
I have overcome the world.”
Mystic
CHORUS
“What are these wounds in Thine hands?’’
“Those with which I was wounded in the house
of My friends.”
They platted a crown of thorns,
and put it about His head,—
they mocked Him,—
they spat upon Him,—
they smote Him with a reed,—
REeciT. (CONTRALTO)
And when He had spoken these things—while
He blessed them—He was taken up; and
a cloud received Him out of their sight;
and they looked stedfastly toward heaven.
they crucified Him.
Alleluia!
The Apostles and the Holy Women
They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness
The Apostles
unto a people that shall be born, that He
Give us one heart, and one way:
hath done this.
in Thy light shall we see light:
Thou wilt shew us the path of life.
Mystic
CHORUS
“Now I am no more in the world,
Mystic Cuorus (In Heaven)
but these are in the world,
and I come to Thee.”
Alleluia!
Mary, Mary Magdalene, John and Peter
Give us one heart, and one way.
The Apostles and the Holy Women
The kingdom is the Lord’s:
and He is the Governor among the nations.
Mary
My soul doth magnify the Lord:
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God
Mystic
Alleluia!
MysTtic
CHORUS
my
From henceforth shall the Son of man be
seated at the right hand of the power of
Thou drewest near in the day that T called
Mary, Mary Magdalene, John and Peter
In His love and in His pity He redeemed
Saviour.
Mary Magdalene
upon Thee:
Thou saidst, Fear not.
God.
them.
Tutti
Peter
For He hath not desnised nor abhorred the
affliction of the afflicted;
Alleluia!
neither hath He hid His face from him;
The Apostles and the Holy Women
but when he cried unto Him, He heard.
MysTtic
CHORUS
Alleluia!
“Holy Father, keep through Thine own name
those whom Thou hast given Me, that they
may be one, as We are.”
Words printed by permission of Novello
& Company, Limited
“ON THE MOVE”
On May 8th the orchestra returned to the Leas CIiff
Hall, Folkestone, for another successful concert in
their annual season. The Guildford Philharmonic
Orchestra is now a regular visitor to Folkestone and
a large audience welcomed the orchestra under
Vernon Handley on this, its seventh appearance.
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Jack Brymer was the soloist in Mozart’s Clarinet
Concerto which was preceded by Rossini’s Overture
The Italian Girl in Algiers. After the interval the
orchestra’s performance of Holst’s Somerset Rhap-
sody and Stravinsky’s Suite The Firebird were
enthusiastically received by the capacity house. It is
a pity that the orchestra’s forthcoming engagement
at the Leas CIiff Hall, that was to have included
Elgar’s First Symphony, has had to be postponed
because of improvement and renovation work to be
undertaken at the Hall but it is hoped that this should
be complete before the next concert due in May
1981.
Artists appearing include:
Cristina Ortiz
Janos Furst
Jack Brymer
Imogen Cooper
Ilana Vered
Peter Frankl
Ian Partridge
Teresa Cabhill
Lesley Garrett
Michael Roll
Arve Teleffsen
Helen Walker
Marilyn de Blieck
Peter Knapp
Peter Donohoe
John Hancorn
Vanya Milanova
Mischa Maisky
Adrian Thompson
Michael Conn
Many concerts have been arranged throughout the
South East for the
Maidstone,
1980/81
Season in Farnham,
Folkestone,
Eastbourne, Dorking
Camberley
and
Woking,
Horsham,
more are in planning for
Canterbury, Reading,
Chichester,
many
Luton,
Winchester,
Salisbury,
and
Port-
Performing works by:
Alwyn, Arnold, Bartok, Beethoven, Bizet, Bliss,
Britten, Brahms, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Delius,
Dvorak, Elgar, Forbes, Greig, Josephs, Mathias,
smouth, Norwich and in the West Country.
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nicolai, Offenbach, Paganini,
Prokofiev, Ravel Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov,
The Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra thanks its
Schubert, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky.
audiences for their support during the past season
and hopes that they will take advantage of the sub-
scription benefits offered for the 1980/81 series —
details of which are available this evening and completed application forms can be left at the stands in
the foyer, or sent to 72 North Street, Guildford.
Saturday 17 May at 7.30 p.m.
Guildford Philharmonic Society
Methodist Hall, Wharf Road
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
To be followed by a Recital for violin and piano
Bradley Creswick, violin
John Forster, pianoforte
Sonata in D — Leclair
Sonata — Cesar Franck
La Campanella — Paganini
Rondo — Mozart arr. Kreisler
Details from our stand in the foyer this evening and
Jfrom Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, 72 North |
Street, Guildford.
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Director of Music/Conductor
Vernon Handley
First Violins:
John Ludlow
John Allan
Christopher Bearman
Sheila Beckensall
Gordon Buchan
Vito Gambazza
Kathleen Hamburger
Jonathan Josephs
Robert Lewcock
Timothy Marchmont
Hazel Mulligan
Martin Pring
Brian Underwood
Second Violins:
Nicholas Maxted Jones
Rosemary Roberts
Marie Louise Amberg
Constance Ames
Timothy Callaghan
Ruth Dawson
Cynthia Dunn
Andrew Laing
David Richmond
Adrienne Sturdy
Derek Waring
Violas:
Stuart Green
William Hallett
Jean Burt
John Harries
Frederick Campbell
Alison Hunka
Linda Court
Louisa Koziol
Cellos:
Philip Brothers
Geoffrey Thomas
John Stilwell
Pauline Sadgrove
Christina Macrae
John Hursey
Sally Howard Lucy
Concerts Manager:
Basses:
Trumpets:
Thomas Martin
Kevin Rundell
Randall Shannon
Jeremy Gordon
Michael Fagg
Dugald Lees
Michael Hinton
Kathleen Atkins
Nicholas Bomford
Concerts Assistant:
David Groves
Flutes:
Henry Messent
Catharine Hill
Piccolo:
Alan Baker
Oboes:
Gareth Hulse
Jane Marshall
Cor Anglais:
Janice Knight
Clarinets:
Hale Hambleton
Ted Hobart
Trombones:
Ian White
David Whitson
Bass Trombone:
Robin Turner
Tuba:
Stephen Wick
Timpani:
Roger Blair
Percussion:
Jonathan Bose
Ben Hoffnung
Richard Parmigiani
David Stirling
Victor Slaymark
Bass Clarinet:
Paul Allen
Bassoons:
Robert Jordan
Anna Meadows
Contra Bassoon:
Nicholas Reader
Horns:
Peter Clack
Dennis Scard
Ronald Harris
George Woodcock
David Clack
The audience may be interested to know that the
violin sections are listed in alphabetical order after
the first desk because a system of rotation of desks is
adopted in this orchestra so that all players have the
opportunity of playing in all positions in the section.
CHANGE OF SOLOIST
ANNE COLLINS - Mezzo Soprano
Owing to the indisposition of Maureen Guy we are very grateful to Anne
Collins for stepping in at very short notice to sing the role of Mary
Magdalene.
Anne Collins was born in County Durham and studied at the Royal College
of Music with Oda Slobodskaya and Meriel St.Clair making her London
recital debut in the Purcell Room in 1970.
Miss Collins joined Sadlers Wells Opera, now the English National Opera,
and remained with the Company for five years.
While there she sang an
extensive repertoire of roles including 'Ulrica' in UN BALLO IN MASCHERA,
'Suzuki'
in MADAME BUTTERFLY,
and
and conducted by the composer.
company has been as
'Erda'
'Beroe'
in Henze's THE BASSARIDS produced
Her most outstanding success with the
in the RING CYCLES under Reginald Goodhall,
which has been recorded by EMI.
She also appeared at this time with the
English Opera Group and at the Aldeburgh and Cheltenham Festivals.
In 1975 she made her debut at the Royal Opera House,
'Grimgerde'
Covent Garden as
in Gotz Friedrich's production of DIE WALKURE and in 1977 she
sang for the first time for the Welsh National Opera as
'Sosostris'
Tippett's MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE.
in
R
Anne Collins appears regularly on the
ma jor choral societies and orchestras.
concert platform with many of Britain's
In 1975 she made her debut at
the BBC
Promenade Concerts under Rudolf Kempe and in 1976 she had the honour to appear
as the contralto soloist
in the Last Night
of that season.
Her recordings
include the Janacek GLAGOLITHIC MASS under Kempe for Decca, Monteverdi
Madrigals and Vivaldi Cantatas for Philips,
the Elgar CORONATION ODE and
RULE BRITANNIA for EMI,
Recent appearances have included the Three Choirs Festival,
Edinburgh
Festival and in PETER GRIMES for English National Opera North and performances
in Germany, France and Spain.
She is currently appearing with English National
Opera North and during the summer she will appear as guest with English
National Opera in their productions of Wagner's "RING" CYCLE,
and "ROMEO AND JULIET".
'"BORIS GODUNOV"