Chicago Philharmonic 2018-2019

THE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY | FALL 2018 19 2018 2019 SEASON: CONCERT FOR PEACE outbursts in major triads. e orchestra, choir, and soloists joyfully proclaim the Gloria until a sudden stop is followed with an calm a cappella section for the vocal soloists, singing “Qui tollis peccata mundi” (“Who taketh away the sins of the world”). Credo , the confession of faith, is sung by the choir and tenor in a chanting style without orchestral accompaniment. Much like the Gloria, Kilar changes the texture and density of the music to match the text. At one point, he introduces female voices for the rst time in the Credo on the verse “Et incarnatus est ex Maria Virgine” (“was incarnate of the Virgin Mary”). Despite the austere introduction, the movement ends warmly, with the choir singing “Amen” to major chords. A er a lyrical Sanctus for soprano and orchestra, Missa pro pace culminates in an expressive Agnus Dei . Here the composer is most emphatically praying for peace – the intention of the entire Mass. e choir and orchestra begin the movement with three powerful, dissonant iterations of “Agnus dei” (“Lamb of God”); Sanctus returns to these dissonant chords repeatedly. A resolution is reached in Dona nobis pacem with beautiful, warm harmonies sung by a cappella choir, later joined by the orchestra and soloists to reach an exuberant conclusion. Marek Moś, conductor , is the Artistic Director of the AUKSO chamber orchestra from its foundation and Artistic Director of the AUKSO Summer Philharmonic Festival in the Polish lake district. An outstanding Polish violinist and chamber musician, he studied in Bytom and Katowice, under Kazimierz Dębicki and Andrzej Grabiec. Moś is a founder and was for many years primarius of e Silesian Quartet, which in a very short time has become one of Europe’s nest ensembles of that kind. Together with this quartet Marek Moś has performed at important festivals and in prestigious venues in Europe and all over the world, such as the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Concertgebouw and Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, Vredenburg in Utrecht, Schauspielhaus in Berlin, Tivoli in Copenhagen, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, De Singel in Antwerp, Merkin Hall in New York and Jordan Hall in Boston. It was also together with e Silesian Quartet that the artist made 30 world premiere performances of contemporary works – some of them dedicated to the ensemble. Marek Moś has recorded for Polish Radio and Television, as well as for record companies such as CD Accord, Olympia, Patridge, esis and Wergo. Recordings with his participation were o en awarded: the monographic CD with the music of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki has won the Polish Phonographic Industry Award “Fryderyk ‘95”. Another “Fryderyk” was awarded in 1997 to the CD with Karol Szymanowski’s and Witold Lutosławski’s quartets; this recording was also given the title “Record of the Year” by the music magazine Studio. Marek Moś himself has received numerous individual awards, among others during the Contemporary Music Competition in Kraków (1979), International UNESCO Tribune in Paris (1984, 1988) and from the Polish Composers Association (1994, 2005). He also received the silver “Gloria Artis” award from the Minister of Culture (2005) and the Silesian County Marshall Award (2005). Currently, apart from a very intensive concert activity, Marek Moś is also professor at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice. Natalia Rubiś, soprano , praised by the German press for her clear and warm voice with luminous coloraturas, is currently studying under the tutelage of Doris Yarick-Cross at the internationally renowned Opera Program at Yale University. Miss Rubiś is a native of the small village Raba Wyżna, South of Poland, and has had the opportunity to perform all across Europe. She made her professional operatic debut as Calisto in Händel's Giove in Argo at Händel Festspiele in Halle in June 2014. Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte (Kraków), Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni (cover, Znojmo), Helena in Benjamin Britten's A Mid-summer Night's Dream (New Haven), Romilda in Händel's Xerxes (Dresden), Sivene in Gluck's Le Cinesi (Bad Lauchstädt) are just a few of the roles she has performed. Since October 2013 she studied with Prof. Hendrikje Wangemann at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden. In 2014 she completed her Master's Degree at the Music Academy in Wroclaw, Poland with the highest degree. Natalia Rubiś has won several prizes including a Special Prize at the Maria Malibran Vocal Competition in Milan, and a Special Prize, “Giovane Promessa”, at the “Musica Sacra” International Competition in Rome. She was Laureate of the 2nd Prize at e International Competition “21 st Century Art” in Kiev, Ukraine and at the 10th Vocal Competition in Wroclaw. In October 2014 she took part in the Polish premiere of Tempo e tempi by Elliott Carter (for soprano and ensemble) during the Nostalgia Festival in Poznan (Poland). She has performed in many other festivals, such as Chopin and his Europe in Warsaw, Musikforum Viktring Klagenfurt, Music bridge Prague - Dresden, eatrum Musicum in Kraków, andWratislavia Cantans in Wroclaw. e artist collaborates with Wojciech Siudmak and Francis Lai on the World Peace Project "L'Amour Eternel" where she is its Music Ambassador. Natalia Rubiś completed herMaster's Degree in Economy at the University of Economics in Wroclaw. Katarzyna Sądej, mezzo-soprano , performs internationally in recital, concert, opera and oratorio. e Polish-Canadian performer performed at Carnegie Hall, the Cartagena International Music Festival, the Zagreb Music Biennale, the Bard Summerscape Music Festival, the Nuits Blanches Festival of Toronto, the Ojai Music Festival, and Le Salon de Musiques in Los Angeles, among other prestigious venues. Recent opera performances include her L.A. Opera debut as the Page of Herodias in Strauss’ Salome , her SOPAC Ottawa debut as Le Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon , and an appearance in the title role of Bizet’s Carmen in the Palm Springs Opera Guild annual gala concert. She will make her Chinese debut at Opera Chengdu in 2019 as Giannetta in Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore . Upcoming, she will be singing the mezzo-soprano solo in Duru e’s Requiem in Ottawa’s Concerts by the Canal series, and she will make her debut with the Chicago Philharmonic in Wojciech Kilar’s Missa Pro Pace . Other recent highlights include her San Diego Opera and Industry Opera debuts; and, the mezzo-soprano solos in J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor at Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo. Her numerous recital performances have taken her around the world, throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Sądej is a graduate of Bard’s Vocal Arts Program and the University of Toronto’s Opera School. She is a featured soloist on the 2013 Metier Records’ CD Rising at Dawn. Her performance on the recording was described as “…nothing short of enthralling. Hers is a stunningly rich, beautiful voice, with a deep, perfectly centered vibrato and pitch allied to profound expressiveness.” (James Altena, Fanfare Magazine) Sądej has performed numerous world premieres, including a premiere of Pulitzer prize-winning composer John Harbison’s song cycle “A Right to Pleasure.”