Concerts
Dec 12: At Midnight, Calm & Still: A Concert of Christmas
Dulces Voces is excited to present”At Midnight, Calm & Still: a Concert of Christmas” to be performed Saturday, December 12, 2015, at 7:30 pm at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. The concert will feature the Lincoln Early Music Consort. Freewill offerings are welcomed. We look forward to seeing you there!
At Midnight, Calm & Still
A concert of Christmas
Saturday, December 12, 2015, 7:30 PM
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
6001 A Street | Lincoln, Nebraska
Rorate caeli desuper, Salomone Rossi (ca. 1570-1630)
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation.
Ave Maria, Robert Parsons (ca. 1535-1571)
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O nata lux, Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585)
O You born light of light, Jesus, redeemer of the world, mercifully deem worthy and accept the praises and prayers of your supplicants. Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh for the sake of the lost ones, grant us to be made members of your holy body.
Dulces Voces
Adam lay ybounden, Boris Ord (1897-1961)
Rejoice, rejoice, William Byrd (1543-1623)
In rosa primula, Anonymous 14th century
Gabriel fram Heven-King, Anonymous 15th century
Hola he! par la vertu goy, Anonymous (ca. 1520)
Lincoln Early Music Consort
Gabriel archangelus, Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
The archangel Gabriel spoke to the Virgin, saying: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord be with you, you are blessed among women. Archangel Gabriel, come in aid for the people of God, you who always stand by in the sight of the Lord.
Pastores, dicite, quidnam vidistis?, Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553)
Shepherds, speak! What did you see? And announce the birth of Christ! Noel, Noel!
“We saw the child, wrapped in swaddling clothes and choirs of angels praising the Savior!” Noel, Noel!
Dulces Voces
While shepherds watched their flocks, Hymnal #94
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming, Hymnal #81
Congregation, Dulces Voces, & Lincoln Early Music Consort
Al resplandor d’una estrella, Guerrero
By the light of a star the Kings of the Orient seek a new, resplendent sun in the arms of a maiden.
He came so small and poor and with such great humility that the divine and beauteous sun hid his (own) brightness.
And so, following a star, the Kings of the Orient seek…
Look, what tokens of love that God should descend to a village and it is necessary to view him with distant splendor.
And by the light of a star the Kings of the Orient find….
Los reyes siguen la’strella
The kings follow the star; the star follows the Lord and the Lord of them all follows and seeks out the sinner.
Having news of God, they seek with divine zeal: the star [seeks] the sun of justice, the kings, the King of heaven.
They are guided by the star, the star of their Lord….
The kings seek the sovereign King in order to worship him, and the treasonous and tyrannical king seeks him in order to kill him.
The three [kings] follow the star, the star follows the Lord…
Dulces Voces
Intermission
Canite tuba, Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Blow the trumpet in Sion, address the nations, declare to the people and say: Behold, God our Savior draws nigh. Declare, make heard by speaking and shout: Behold, God our Savior draws nigh.
Radix Jesse, Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
The root of Jesse, who will rise up to judge the nations: in him the Gentiles will hope. And his name shall be blessed for ever and ever.
Congaudemus partier/En lux immensa, Anonymous (ca. 13th c.)
MOTETUS
Come together, let us praise the flower of flowers, so pure and chaste, and radiant with abounding grace for us today. We praise today the infant who in the manger lay; To the holy Trinity; and to the Holy Ghost singeth all the heavenly host. Now, by the grace of Mary’s son, our voices are raised as one, to glorify and praise Him! Behold, the child ineffable, his splendor inexpressible, whom we glorify in praise.
TENOR
Yet so vast the light that cast upon the earth that glorious day. The ox and the bull, they bray to the holy Child. Worshipping, they praise the holy child, praise and extol. Thus sword and spear do disappear when Jesus here appears. The flock exits singing: ‘Glory in the highest!’ Let every Christian sing in praise, and sweetly symphonize.
In natali domini, Anonymous (ca. 1500)
On our Savior’s birthdate all the angels celebrate and they sing in holy love: ‘Glory be to God above! God is born of a virgin, God was borne by a virgin, by a virgin ever chaste.’
Now is born Emanuel as foretold by Gabriel, as attests Ezekiel, as fulfilled on this Noël. God is born of a virgin, God was borne by a virgin, by a virgin ever chaste.
Born today is Christ the child, born of Mary undefiled, born this babe, so meek and mild, magi, kings and beasts beguiled. God is born of a virgin, God was borne by a virgin, by a virgin ever chaste.
Dulces Voces
Dies sanctificatus illuxit, Handl
Christmas eve/Apples in winter/Christmas day ida moarnin’, Anonymous Irish
Jesus born in Bethn’y, Anonymous Appalachian
Lincoln Early Music Consort
Ave Maria, Graham Keitch
This score is available through MusicSpoke.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Behold, a Branch is Growing, Joseph Herl (b. 1959)
Dulces Voces
Personent hodie, Hymnal #92
Good Christian friends, rejoice, Hymnal #107
Congregation, Dulces Voces, & Lincoln Early Music Consort
Puer natus est, Morales
A boy is born to us, and a son is given to us. Glory be to God on high, and on the earth be peace to men of good will. Alleluia! The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Alleluia!
Cantate domino, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name: tell his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory unto the heathen: and his wonders unto all people.
Dulces Voces
Dulces Voces
Colleen Baade
Jessica Brauer
Curt Butler
Jason Hellmuth
Roger Hochstetler
Jane Mehrends
John Mills
Jennifer Stevens
Laura Waldman
Lincoln Early Music Consort
Paul Burrow: recorder, psaltery, guitar, percussion, krummhorn
Carole Goebes: recorder, viol, bowed psaltery
Bob Haack: percussion, guitar
Jean Henderson: recorder, viol
Genevieve Randall: recorder, Renaissance flute, krummhorn
Thank you for silencing your devices. This concert is being recorded for later broadcast on NET Radio.
Last year’s concert will air tomorrow from 1 – 3 on NET Radio, 91.1 FM in Lincoln. Thank you for your support over the years.
We also wish to thank the staff of NET Radio and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church for their continued support.
Auditioning Tenors & Basses
Founded in 1993, Dulces Voces (Sweet Voices) is a vocal ensemble specializing in secular and sacred music composed before 1750. The ensemble, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, performs mostly a cappella music with no conductor or advisor, and therefore draws on its volunteer members for repertoire and performance practice. The members come from varying backgrounds and professions, and all profoundly love making music together.
We are excited to grow our membership this season and will be holding auditions for Tenors and Basses this fall beginning in August. Auditions will be held by appointment during our regular rehearsal time (Mondays 6 – 8 pm). Other voice parts will be considered if interest is expressed.
All interested singers should apply by filling out the form below. Questions may be directed to dulcesvoces@gmail.com. If you are having trouble viewing the form, click here.
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June 27 & 28: Flatwater Shakespeare Company
As You Like It in The Swan at Wyuka in Lincoln
We are so pleased to sing a few songs before the Flatwater Shakespeare Company’s production of As You Like It! The curtain goes up at 7 PM, and we will be there a bit before (June 27 & 28) to warm up the audience. We wish to thank Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music for partnering with us on these performances.
Flatwater performs As You Like It each weekend of June. If you attended our concert last month, you know you can expect a wonderful performance!
For ticket and venue information, visit Flatwater Shakespeare Company’s website.
A Month of Maying: May 30, 2015, 8 PM
Saturday, May 30th, 8 PM, St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, 13th & R Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska
We are excited to have special guests from the Flatwater Shakespeare Company join us for a scene from As You Like It. This concert is all about what the merry, merry month of May has to offer.
This sweet and merry month of May, William Byrd (ca. 1540 – 1623)
Bonjour mon coeur, Claude Goudimel (ca. 1514 – 1572)
Hello my heart, hello my sweet life, hello my eye, hello my dear friend!
Ah hello, my most beautiful one, my sweetheart; hello, my delight, my love, my sweet spring, my fresh new flower, my sweet pleasure, my sweet little dove, my sparrow, my turtledove! Hello, my sweet rebel.
Ecce, amica mea, Cristóbal de Morales (ca. 1500 – 1553)
Behold, O my love, my dove, my beautiful, my beautiful one
She cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.
My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold my beloved, my beautiful one,
standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.
Behold my beloved speaketh to me.
Arise, make haste, my dove, my fair one, and come away; my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.
For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. Come, my dove.
The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land:
The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:
My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
Clear or cloudy, John Dowland (ca. 1563 – 1626)
Act III, Scene 2 from As You Like It, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Emma Gruhl, Megan Higgins, and Cale Yates of Flatwater Shakespeare Company
Ay! linda amiga, Anonymous (16th c.)
Oh, beautiful beloved whom I will never see again,
Exquisite body that brings me death.
There is no love without pain,
Nor pain without grief,
Nor pain so sharp as that of love.
Get me up, mother, when the sun rises.
I went throughout the green fields
Looking for my love.
Por Mayo era, Anonymous (16th c.)
‘Twas in May, sometime in May, when it gets hot, when ladies and maidens all go about with lovers, when those who are suffering go to serve their loves. But I don’t know when it’s daytime nor do I know when it’s nighttime, if not for a little bird that sings to me at dawn.
Surge, propera amica mea, Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Arise, my love, my dove, my fair one, and come away;
For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. Come, my dove.
The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land:
The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love,
my beautiful one, and come:
My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
La rosa enflorece, Traditional Sephardic, arr. Angelina Figus
The rose flowers in May.
My soul dims, suffering from love.
Nightingales sing and sigh of love
And passion kills me, increasing my pain.
Come more quickly, my dove,
More quickly to me,
More quickly you my soul: I feel myself dying.
Now is the month of maying, Thomas Morley (ca. 1557 – 1602)
We are very pleased to partner with the Flatwater Shakespeare Company and Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music.
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