GUILDFORD FESTIVAL 1993
Saturday 3rd July at 7.30 pm
Holy Trinity Church
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DEBORAH
K ARNEUS
KATARINA
mezzo—-Soprano
BAILILA
JASON
JEREMY
WHITE
GUILDFORD
AININE
(1792 - 1868)
PHILHARMONIC
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tenor
bass
CHOIR
harmonium
piano
conductor
PROGRAMME
Petite Messe Solennelle
Gioacchino Rossini
KYRIE
(1792
-
1868)
Chorus
GLORIA
i)
Gloria
ii)
Gratias
iii)
Domine
iv)
OQui
v)
vi)
in
excelsis
agimus
Deo
Soloists
tibi
Deus
tollis
Tenor
solo
Duet:
Soprano
Bass
Cum
Soloists
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Chorus
Mezzo-soprano,
Quonium
sancto Spiritu
and
Trio:
Tenor and Bass
and Mezzo-soprano
solo
and Chorus
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CREDO
i)
Credo
ii)
iii)
PRELUDE
in Unum Deum
Soloists
and Chorus
Crucifixus
Soprano
solo
Et
Soloists
and
resurrexit
RELIGIEUX
Piano
and Harmonium
SANCTUS
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SALUTARIS
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KYRIE (choir)
KYRIE
Lord. have mercy upon us,
Christ. have mercy upon us.
Lord. have mercy upon us.
Kvrie eleison.
Christe eleison.
Kvurie eleison
GLORIA
GLORIA
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo
(soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, choir)
Glory be to God on high.
and on earth peace to men of goodwill.
We praise You. we bless You. we worship You.
we glorify you.
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Etin terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
l.audamus te. benedicimus te. adoramus te.
glorificamus te
Gratias agimus tibi
Gratias agimus tibi
(mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass)
We give thanks to You for Your great glory.
Domine Deus (tenor)
O Lord God. heavenly King. God the Father
Almighty.
O Lord. the only-begotten Son. Jesus Christ.
O Lord God. Lamb of God. Son of the Father.
Qui tollis (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
Who takes away the sins of the world. have mercy
Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam
Domine Deus
Domine Deus. Rex coelestis. Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili unigenite. Jesu Christe.
Domine Deus. Agnus Dei. Filius Patris.
Qui tollis
Qui tollis peccata mundi. miserere nobis:
upon us;
who takes away the sins of the world. receive our
prayer:
who sits at the right hand of the Father. have mercy
qui tollis peccata mundi. suscipe deprecationem
nostram:
qui sedes ad dexteram Patris. miserere nobis
upon us
Quoniam (bass)
For You anly are holy, You only are the Lord,
You only are mast high. O Jesus Christ
Quoniam
Quonmam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Domimuas,
Tu <olus altissunus. Jesus Christe
Cum sancto Spiritu (choir)
With the Holy Spirit. in the glory of God the Father
Cum sancto Spiritu
Cum sancto Spiritu. in gloria Dei Patris
Amen.
Amen
Glory be to God on high
Amen.
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Amen
CREDO
CREDO
Credo in unum Deum
Credo in unum Deum
(soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, choir)
| believe in one God. the Father Almighty.
maker of heaven and earth. and of all things visible
and invisible
| believe in one God
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten
Son of God.
and born of the Father before all ages.
| believe in one God.
God of God. Light of Light. true God of true God.
begotten not made. consubstantial with the Father.
by whom all things were made
Who for us men and for our salvation
came down from Heaven.
| believe
And was incarnate by the Holy Spirit. out of the
Virgin Mary.
and was made man
Credo in unum Deum. Patrem omnipotentem.
factorem coeli et terrae. visibilium omnium et
invisibilium
Credo in unum Deum
Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, Filium Dei
umgemtum.
et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula
Credo in unum Deum
Deo de Deo. Lumen de Lumine. Deum verum de
Deo vero.
genitum non factum. consubstantialem Patri,
per quem omma facta sunt
Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem
descendit de coelis.
Credo
Etincarnatus est de Spiritu sancto ex Maria Virgine
et homo factus est.
Crucifixus (soprano)
He was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate
He suffered and was buried.
Et resurrexit
(soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor,
bass, choir)
And the third day He rose again accordi
scriptures
ng to the
| believe.
And ascended into Heaven. and sits at the
right
of the ather
.
And He shall come again with glory to judge
living and the dead
And His Kingdom shall have no end.
both the
Anc: Illl believe] in the Holy Spirit. the Lord and
of
hand
life.
Crucifixus
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato.
Passus et sepultus est.
Et resurrexit
Ft resurrexit tertia die secundum scripturas
Credo
Et ascenditin coclum. sedet ad dexteram Patris
Etiterum venturis est cum gloria judicare vivos
mortuos.
giver
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
who with the Father and Son together is
worshipped
and glorified.
who spake by the prophets.
And [l believe] in one holy catholic and apostolic
church.
| believe.
I confess one baptism for the remission of sins
and | look for the resurrection of the dead.
| believe.
Etin Sprritum sanctum. Dominum et vivificant
em,
qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.
qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et glorificatur
.
qui locutus est per prophetas.
Et unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam .
ecclesiam
Credn
Conliteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum
et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum
| believe in one God
Credo
Et vitam venturi saeculi.
Amen
In unum Deum credo.
PRELUDE RELIGIEUX (piano)
PRELUDE RELIGIEUX
And the life of the world to come.
Amen.
et
cujus regni non erit finis.
SANCTUS (choir)
SANCTUS
Holy. holy. holy. Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Sanctus. sanctus. sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis.
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis.
O SALUTARIS (soprano)
O SALUTARIS
O saving victim
O salutaris hostia.
que coeli pandis ostium,
bella premunt hostilia.
da robur, fer auxilium.
who throws open for us the gate of Heaven,
hostile wars afflict us:
give strength and bring us help.
Amen.
Amen.
AGNUS DEI (mezzo-soprano, choir)
AGNUS DEIl
O Lamb of God. who takes away the sins of the
Agnus Dei. qui tollis peccata mundi.
world
have mercy upon us.
|O Lamb of God.| who takes away the sins of the
world.
have mercy upon us.
[O Lamb of God.| who takes away the sins of the
world,
grant us peace.
miserere nobis
|Agnus Dei.] qui tollis peccata mundi.
miserere nobis.
[Agnus Dei.] qui tollis peccata mundi.
dona nobis pacem
Rossini wrote all of his highly successful operas between the ages of 18 and
37. They include the two supreme comedies: "Il barbiere di Siviglia" and
"La Cenerentola"”, as well as "Guillaume Tell"” - his last and possibly his best
opera. "Guillaume Tell" marked the beginning of a long period of silence; he
retired from opera composition and left Paris to live in Italy. During the
next twenty years he suffered several periods of ill health and composed
virtually nothing. However, in 1855 he went back to Paris and his health and
humour returned as well as his urge to compose. He wrote a quantity of pieces
for piano and voices that he called his "Sins of old age" and the "Petite
Messe Solennelle" was written in 1863 at the age of 71.
It is often said that the work is hardly small, solemn or especially
liturgical. However, if one can enter the spirit of the age in which it was
written and Rossini's idiom, its depth of sincerity can be clearly understood.
As Rossini himself said when he had completed the work:
"Thou knowest well, I was born for comic opera. A little
So bless Thee and
science, a little heart, that is all.
grant me Paradise!l"
A few years after the first performance, Rossini was persuaded to score the
work for full orchestra, but nothing is added to the stature of the work and
Rossini remarked;
"I prefer it with the accompaniment of piano and harmonium
as we performed it."
In fact, a significant part of the appeal of the piece lies in its original
keyboard
parts.
The
harmonium
was
developed
France
in
during
the
Its
mid-nineteenth century and was also known as the "orgue expressif".
sustaining power, combined with the melodic and percussive quality of the
piano, creates a well-balanced and colourful accompaniment.
Rossini sets the normal mass text apart from the urusualinclusion of the
soprano solo 'O Salutaris' as the penultimate item. Particular high points in
the music are the two big contrapuntal passages for the choir - 'Cum sancto
Spiritu' and 'Et vitam venturi saeculi' (in the 'Et resurrexit') and a tribute
to the keyboard works of Bach - the "Prelude religieux".
The Italian critic, Filippi, described the work as;
"The greatest seal on his genius and his glory."
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