This document provides the program details for a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor taking place on November 29, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. The performance commemorates the centenary of World War I and will feature Ensemble Polymnia, the Aorangi Singers, and soloists singing extracts from the Mass accompanied by narration of WWI poems. The program includes biographies of the conductor and soloists as well as background information on Bach's Mass in B minor.

1. Mass in
B minor
1914
2014
J.S. Bach
A commemoration of the Centenary of The Great War
Ensemble Polymnia
and
The Aorangi Singers
present
7.30pm
Saturday 29 November
St.Mary's-in-Holy-Trinity
Parnell, Auckland
Sarah Bisley | Conductor
with
Soprano | Emma Roxburgh
Alto | Sarah Harris
Tenor | John Murray
Bass | Benson Wilson
and
Raymond Hawthorne | Narrator
To preserve the solemn dignity of this occasion,
please refrain from applauding until the
conclusion of each half of the Mass, thank you.
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2. The Mass in B minor, BWV 232
The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian
Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary
of the Latin Mass. The work was one of Bach's last
compositions, not completed until 1749, the year
before his death. Much of the Mass gave new form to
vocal music that Bach had composed throughout his
career, dating back to 1714 - but extensively revised. To
complete the work, in the late 1740s Bach composed
new sections of the Credo such as "Et incarnatus est".
It was unusual for composers working in the Lutheran
tradition to compose a Missa tota. The Mass was never
performed in its entirety during Bach's lifetime; the first documented complete
performance took place in 1859. Since the nineteenth century it has been widely
hailed as one of the greatest compositions in musical history, and today it is
frequently performed and recorded. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach archived this work
as the Great Catholic Mass.
Extracts from Wikipedia
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3. Programme
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
~
Bugle: The Last Post
~
The Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
I. MISSA
Kyrie eleison (chorus)
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christe eleison (Duet, soprano I,II)
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Kyrie eleison (chorus)
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Gloria in excelsis Deo (chorus) .
Glory be to God on high.
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4. Et in terra pax (chorus)
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
And on earth peace to men of good will.
Laudamus te (Aria, soprano)
Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te.
We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee.
Gratias agimus tibi (chorus)
Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.
We thank thee for thy great glory.
Domine Deus (Duet, soprano, tenor)
Domine Deus, rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu
Christe, Altissime, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.
Lord God, heavenly King, Father Almighty. O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ
Highest, Lord God, Lamb of God, son of the Father.
Qui tollis peccata mundi (chorus)
Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe
deprecationem nostram.
Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest
away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Aria, alto)
Qui sedes ad dextram Patris, miserere nobis.
Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Aria, bass)
Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe.
For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord, thou only, Christ, art most high.
Cum sancto spiritu (chorus)
Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.
With the Holy Ghost in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
~Interval (10 minutes)~
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5. The Dug-Out by Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)
Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,
And one arm bent across your sullen, cold,
Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,
Deep-shadow’d from the candle’s guttering gold;
And you wonder why I shake you by the shoulder;
Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and turn your head...
You are too young to fall asleep for ever;
And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.
~
SYMBOLUM NICENUM
Credo in unum Deum (chorus)
I believe in one God.
Patrem omnipotentem (chorus)
(Credo in unum Deum) Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, visibilium
omnium et invisibilium.
(I believe in one God) The Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all
things visible and invisible.
Et in unum Dominum (Duet, soprano I, alto)
Et in unum Dominum, Jesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum, et ex Patre na-
tum ante omnia saecula, Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo
vero, genitum, non factum, consubstantialem Patri, per quem omnia facta sunt, qui
propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem descendit de coelis.
And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father
before all worlds, God of God, light of light, true God of true God, begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father by who all things were made: who for us men
and for our salvation came down from heaven.
Et incarnatus est (chorus)
Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria virgine, et homo factus est.
And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
~
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6. Futility by Wilfred Owen
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown.
Always it awoke him, even in France,
Until this morning and this snow.
If anything might rouse him now
The kind old sun will know.
Think how it wakes the seeds
Woke, once, the clays of a cold star.
Are limbs so dear-achieved, are sides
Full-nerved, still warm, too hard to stir?
Was it for this the clay grew tall?
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break earth’s sleep at all?
~
Crucifixus (chorus)
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus et sepultus est.
And was crucified also under Pontius Pilate, suffered, and was buried.
Et resurrexit (chorus)
Et resurrexit tertia die secundum scripturas, et ascendit in coelum, sedet ad
dexteram Patris, et iterum venturus est cum gloria judicare vivos et mortuos, cujus
regni non erit finis.
And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father: and he shall come again with glory to judge
both the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
Et in spiritum sanctum (Aria, bass)
Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem, qui ex Patre Filioque procedit,
quicumPatreetFiliosimuladoraturetconglorificatur,quilocutusestperprophetas.
Et unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, who prodeedeth from
the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and
glorified, who spake by the Prophets. And I believe in one holy Catholic and Apostolic
Church.
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7. Confiteor (chorus)
Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum.
Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the resurrection of
the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Sanctus (chorus)
Sanctus, sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts.
Benedictus (Aria, tenor)
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Blessed is he, who cometh in the name of the Lord.
Agnus Dei (Aria, alto)
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Dona nobis pacem (chorus)
Grant us thy peace.
~End~
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8. Emma Roxburgh | Soprano
Emma began her singing training at the University of Otago,
graduating from there with a BA and Bmus (hons) in Voice.
ShewentontocompleteaProfessionalPerformanceDiploma
at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK
(PPRNCM) Emma performs regularly as a concert soloist, is
a member of the Chapmann Tripp Opera Chorus and is also
one of NZ Opera’s current Resident Artists and Freemasons
Scholars.
Roles include Lucia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia
(RNCM), Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Wellington
City Opera), Susanna in Figaro (Opera Factory, Cover NZ
Opera), Second Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Cover
NZ Opera), Ramiro in La Finta Giardiniera (Opera Unleashed), Jano in Jenufa (NZ
Opera), Siebel in Gounod’s Faust (Cover NZ Opera), Hortense in The Opera Ball
(NZ Opera), Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Viva Voce), and Settler in Jenny Mcleod’s
opera Hohepa (NZ Opera). Concert work has included Mozart’s C Minor Mass
with Auckland Choral and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite with the APO.
EmmaisalsoanexperiencedsingingteacherandhasbeenanOperaIdol competition
adjudicator for Opera Factory in Auckland.
Sarah Harris | Alto
Originally from Wales, Sarah began singing in the Chester
Cathedral Choir with whom she performed on BBC
Radio 3’s Daily Service and BBC Songs of Praise, as well as
attendinguptosevenchoralservicesperweek.Shealsosang
with the Chester Nave Choir and the Chester Bach Singers.
Sarah then relocated to York and was there accepted into
the York Minster Chapter House Choir, The Ebor Singers,
and the York Musical Society. She also appeared as a soloist
in various venues across the North.
Sarah now lives in Auckland and since her arrival has sung
with Viva Voce, Auckland University Chamber Choir, The
Graduate Choir of NZ, and Auckland Cathedral of the Holy
Trinity Choir. She also performs as an oratorio soloist in Auckland, notably with
Ensemble Polymnia for Mozart’s Requiem and now Bach’s Mass in B minor, and
with her 8-part vocal ensemble, Laudamus who can be seen around NZ.
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9. John Murray | Tenor
Born in Mount Maunganui, John studied voice at the Royal
NorthernCollegeofMusicinManchester,Englandfollowing
which he enjoyed a successful career as a freelance soloist
before returing to NZ 10 years ago with his family. John’s
stagerolesincludeAlfredo(Latraviata),Cavaradossi(Tosca),
Rodolfo(LaBohème),Faust(bothGounod’sFaustandBoito’s
Mefistofele), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Don Ottavio (Don
Giovanni), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Macduff (Macbeth),
Male Chorus (Rape of Lucretia), Almaviva (Il barbiere di
Siviglia ) and Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress). John
also had his debut with the New Zealand Opera as Acis in
Handel’s Acis and Galatea and has been a principal cover on
a number of NZ Opera productions. On the concert platform, John has performed
throughout Britain & Europe as well as the Middle East and he is well known to NZ
audiences particularly on the recital platform and in the high baroque repertoire of
Bach and Handel. John’s interest in contemporary music and theatre has also led to
him performing and directing a number of new works here and abroad.
Benson Wilson | Bass-baritone
A New Zealand born Samoan baritone, Benson is currently
a music student at the University of Auckland, working on
his final year for a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours
in Vocal Performance. In 2014 he was the runner-up in
New Zealand’s premiere competition for classical singing,
the Lexus Song Quest, and was most recently the 3rd place
winner of the prestigious NZ Aria competition held annually
in Rotorua.
UponcompletionofhisdegreeBensonplanstostudyanother
year in Auckland before travelling abroad for postgraduate
qualifications in Europe, the UK or the USA. In the long
term he would like to start an NZ secondary boarding
school to act as a South Pacific Music Academy, where young secondary students
are nurtured by top world class instructors.
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10. Raymond Hawthorne| Narrator
Raymond Hawthorne is one of New Zealand’s most senior
practitioners in the performing arts arena. His impressive
CV (now spanning 59 years) commenced in 1955 when he
became a member of the New Zealand Players under the
direction of Richard Campion.
In 1957 he was granted a New Zealand Government bursary
to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He
then pursued a career in the United Kingdom as an actor,
director, singer and teacher, later returning to RADA as a
tutor/director.
He returned to New Zealand in 1971 and, since that time,
has worked in opera and theatre and has taught acting and
directing. He was Head of Major in Directing and Writing for Theatre and Screen
at the School of Performing & Screen Arts (SPASA) at Unitec, from the beginning
of 1997.
Raymond now freelances as an actor, director and tutor.
Recently, he directed Fallen Angels by Noel Coward for ATC, two operas for Opera
Factory–LaServaPadronaandMenotti’sTheMedium–andlastmonthasuccessful
and much acclaimed production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Mercury Theatre
for Opera Studio and the A.C.O.
In 2000 Raymond was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
(O.N.Z.M.) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Sarah Bisley | Conductor, writes:
No doubt every family has a story of their own from both
the First and Second World Wars; not only tales of heroism
but those of complete and utter sacrifice, and the terrible
sense of loss that loved ones had to live through.
One of our stories concerns the children of my great-
grandfather, the Rev. Isaac Richards (the vicar of St. Mark’s
Remuera in the 1890s, later Bishop of Dunedin) and his wife
Gertrude. Of their six New Zealand–born children, three
died directly or indirectly as a result of the Great War. My
two great-uncles, Hugh Liddon and Robert Richards both
fell in Gallipoli in 1915, just before and after Anzac Day. Then
to add to the tragedy of losing these fine young men, one of
their sisters died of tuberculosis, while looking after her grief-stricken parents.
Three descendants of their siblings feel privileged to be performing this evening.
Myself, alto Ursula Bisley, and our soprano soloist, Emma Roxburgh.
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11. The Aorangi Singers
Soprano I
Milla Dickens (Leader)
Katharine Watts
Inga Friedrich
Lesley Salkeld
Karen Staniland
Susan Evans
Alto I
Dylis Fong
Heather Ridge
Thérèse Turnock
Rodnie Whitlock
Marguerite Rogers
Tenor
Richard Phillips
Bryan Whitlock
Benjamin Tan
Ensemble Polymnia
Violin I
Amalia Hall (Concertmaster)
Angela Kong
Rosana Fea
Charles Ferrall
Ashley Ayton
Viola
Judith Gust (Leader)
Sharyn Palmer
Robyn Strange
Iona McDonald
Organ Continuo
Myles Hartley
Soprano II
Susan Elliott
Carole Kenealy
Elizabeth Bauld
Philippa Gravatt
Annie Tatton
Alto II
Ursula Bisley
Elizabeth Hessell
Caroline Mumford
Hilary Nobes
Bass
Peter Janssen
Philip Hawkins
Robert Dyson
Anthony Blaschke
Violin II
Kirsten McCrae (Leader)
Michael Hunter
Russell Finnemore
Christine Chong
Mary Salisbury
Violoncello Continuo
Margaret Cooke
tutti
Maria Renhart
Graham Falla
Contrabass Continuo
Ted Malan
tutti
Andrew Kincaid
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12. Flute
Adrianna Lis (solo)
Mary-Kate Thomson
Oboe, Oboe d’Amore
Nicola Popplewell (solo)
Mike Merry
Oboe
Noah Rudd
Bassoon
Carole Wang
David Nation
French Horn
James Morton (solo)
Trumpet in D
Matthew Verrill (solo)
Michael Plunkett
Peter Mumby
Timpani
Sam Rich
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13. Production Team
Artistic Director | Sarah Bisley
Stage Manager | Charles Ferrall
Stage Crew |Anthony Blaschke & Warren Cook
Publicity & Programme design | Sarah Harris
Acknowledgements
Our grateful thanks are due to our sponsors Tasteful Tours, the Auckland Council
Creative Communites Scheme and the Waitemata Local District Board. For the
loan of instruments, we wish to acknowledge the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
and Bach Musica New Zealand.
Ensemble Polymnia is an Incorporated Charitable Trust.
If you would like to make a donation or offer any other form of assistance, please
contact us on (09) 521 0087 or email us at office@ensemblepolymnia.com.
All donations are tax deductible.
Please visit our website at www.ensemblepolymnia.co.nz for updates on our
programmes forecast in 2015.
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14. White Night in St. Petersburg
Sunday September 27 at 5 pm
Q Theatre,
305 Queen St,
Auckland
Recalling our conductor’s European
performances, a delicious evening with
Debussy’s “Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune”,
Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor” and
the celebrated “Symphony No.5 in E minor” of
Tchaikovsky.
With soloist Rosemary Barnes, one of New
Zealand’s leading pianists.
Forthcoming concerts in 2015:
Psalmus Hungaricus
Sunday June 7th at 5pm
Q Theatre
305 Queen St,
Auckland
An all-Hungarian programme, featuring "Concerto
per organo e orchestra" by
Erzsébet Szőnyi , and the monumental "Psalmus
Hungaricus" for tenor, chorus and orchestra
by Zoltán Kodály seldom performed outside of
Hungary.
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