Ravinia 2022, Issue 3

LISA KOHLER I I am dying of love My darling, what shall I do? You shall die, alas! If there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow Let the cries of the imprisoned come before you, O Lord Wrest me from the clutches of mine enemies Oh Love’s living flame, Tenderly you wound My soul’s deepest center! Since you no longer evade me Will you please at last consummate: Rend the veil of this sweet encounter! “Oh cautery so tender! Oh pampered wound! Oh soft hand! Oh touch so delicately strange, Tasting of eternal life And canceling all debts! Killing, death into life you change! “Oh lamps of fiery lure, In whose shining transparence The deep cavern of the senses, Blind and obscure, Warmth and light, with strange flares, Gives with the lover’s caresses! “How tame and loving Your memory rises in my breast, Where secretly only you live, And in your fragrant breathing, Full of goodness and grace, How delicately in love you make me feel!” Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not. Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly… CAROLINE SHAW (b.1982) Her beacon hand beckons from To the Hands Text: Caroline Shaw, responding to the 1883 sonnet “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, which was mounted on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903 give give to me those yearning to breathe free tempest-tossed they cannot see what lies beyond the olive tree whose branch was lost amid the pleas for mercy, mercy give give to me your tired fighters fleeing flying from the from the from let them i will be your refuge i will be your refuge i will be i will be we will be we will DOYLE LAWSON (b.1944) CHARLES WALLER (1935–2004) ROBERT YATES (1936–2015) JOSEPH H. JENNINGS, arr. (b.1954) Calling my children home Those lives were mine to love and cherish, To guard and guide along life’s way. Oh, God forbid that one should perish, that one alas should go astray. Back in the years with all together, around the place we’d romp and play. So lonely now, I often wonder, oh, will they come back home someday? I’m lonesome for my precious children, they live so far away. Oh, may they hear my calling, and come back home someday. I gave my all for my dear children, their problems still with love I share. I’d brave life’s storms, defy the tempest, to bring them home from anywhere. I lived my life, my love I gave them, to guide them through this world of strife. I hope and pray we’ll live together, in that great glad hereafter life. I’m lonesome for my precious children, they live so far away. Oh, may they hear my calling, and come back home someday. FRANZ BIEBL (1906–2001) Ave Maria Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae et concepit de Spiritu sancto. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus. Maria dixit: Ecce ancilla Domini; fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum. Et verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus. Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. The angel of the Lord made his annunciation to Mary and she conceived by the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Mary said, “Behold the servant of the Lord; let it be unto me according to Your word.” And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners. Holy Mary, pray for us now and at the hour or our death. Amen. – Texts and Translations provided by Chanticleer CHANTICLEER Taking its name after the “clear-singing” rooster in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales , Chan- ticleer comprises 12 male singers who cover the entire vocal range, earning it an interna- tional reputation as “an orchestra of voices” with a repertoire that ranges from the Renais- sance to jazz, gospel, and new music. Found- ed in 1978 by Louis Botto and based out of San Francisco, the chorus gives approximate- ly 100 concerts each year—including a series of performances in the Bay Area, across the United States, and on international tours— and its annual Christmas concerts are also broadcast nationwide on public radio. Led by Tim Keeler since 2020, Chanticleer also op- erates a significant education and outreach program in San Francisco, recently connecting with over 8,000 people and receiving an award for this programming in 2010 from Chorus America. Since 1981 Chanticleer has made more than 40 recordings for Teldec/Warner Classics and its own label, including the Grammy-winning albums Colors of Love (1999)—featuring works by Augusta Read Thomas, Steven Stucky, John Tavener, and Bernard Rands—and John Tavener: Lamentations and Praises (2002). With over a million records sold globally, Chanticleer is one of Billboard ’s top 10 best-selling classical artists. The group’s latest recording is a holiday col- lection released in 2020. The ensemble has commissioned over 80 composers for new works in its history—including from Mark Adamo, Mason Bates, Stacy Garrop, Jake Heggie, Stephen Paulus, and Shulamit Ran—and has earned both the inaugural Dale Warland/Chorus America Commissioning Award and the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming. The group was named Musical America ’s Ensemble of the Year and inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2008, and its former director Joseph Jennings was conferred Chorus America’s inaugural Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his work with Chanticleer in contributing to the African American choral tradition. Chanticleer is making its 11th appearance at Ravinia, where it first performed in 1997. RAVINIA.ORG • RAVINIA MAGAZINE 41