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Handel's Israel in Egypt

Saturday, April 18, 2009
St. Mary's Catholic Church, 3 Elm St.
Northampton MA

Arcadia Players Orchestra and Chorus
Ian Watson, Conductor Handel: Israel in Egypt
But the waters overwhelmed their enemies

But the waters overwhelmed their enemies, there was not one of them left.

Handel: Israel in Egypt
Sing ye to the Lord (soprano solo, Shannon Larkin)

Solo: Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously;
Chorus: The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
Solo: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Chorus: The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Handel's Acis and Galatea
Sunday, January 18, 2009
White Church Community Center, 6 Memorial St.
Deerfield MA

Diana Brewer, soprano ; William Hite and Peter W. Shea, tenor ; Steve Curylo, baritone
Arcadia Players Baroque Ensemble
directed by Ian Watson

Handel: Acis and Galatea
Happy we (duet, Diana Brewer & William Hite)
Happy we! What joys I feel! What charms I see Of all youths thou dearest boy! Of all nymphs thou brightest fair! Thou all my bliss, thou all my joy!

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610

Saturday, December 20, 2008
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 3 Elm St.
Northampton MA

Arcadia Players Orchestra and Chorus
Ian Watson, Conductor

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
Domine ad adiuvandum

English trans.: O God, make speed to save me: O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluja.

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
Nisi Dominus (beginning)

English trans.: Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
Gloria Patri, from Lauda Jerusalem

English trans.: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Cantabile with Viols in Music for Evensong

Saturday, November 15, 2008
Wesley United Methodist Church, 98 North Maple St.
Hadley MA

Cantabile Vocal Ensemble (Diana Brewer, Dorie Goldman, James Mead, David Olsson, Ryan Brandau, Kayla Werlin)
Arcadia Players Consort of Viols
Ian Watson, organ Alfonso Ferrabosco: Alman

Orlando Gibbons: Behold, Thou hast made my days (excerpt), James Mead, tenor solo

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let Thine ears consider my calling; hold not Thy peace at my tears.
For I am stranger with Thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.
O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen.

All-Beethoven Concert

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College
Northampton MA

Arcadia Players Orchestra, Ian Watson, conductor
Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Peter W. Shea, tenor Watch Peter W. Shea and Monica Jakuc Leverett perform Beethoven's song cycle An die ferne Geliebte on YouTube: song 1, songs 2-6

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58
2nd movement, Andante con moto

Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21
Menuetto e Trio (excerpt)

Beethoven and His Contemporaries

Saturday, September 27, 2008
Caswell Library, Deerfield Academy, Old Main Street
Deerfield MA

Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble
(Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Lisa Rautenberg, violin ; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello ; Peter W. Shea, tenor)

Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1, no 3
3rd movement, Menuetto

Beethoven: I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing

Verse 1, version 1, Hess 194
I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing
Gaily in the sunny breeze,
I listened to the wild birds singing,
By a falling crystal stream;
At once the sky grew black and daring,
While thro' the woods the whirlwinds rave,
The trees with aged arms were warring
Across the swelling, drumlie wave. Verse 2, version 2, WoO 153, no. 5
Such was my life's deceitful morning,
Such the pleasures I enjoy'd!
But lang or noon loud tempests, storming,
A' my flowery bliss destroy'd.
Tho' fickle Fortune has deceiv'd me
(She promis'd fair, and perform'd but ill),
Of monie a joy and hope bereav'd me,
I bear a heart shall support me still.

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