The Hawai`i Vocal Masterworks Festival
Seventh Annual Hawaii Vocal Masterworks Festival
Romantic Choral Rarities: Schubert, Brahms,
Berlioz, Fauré and the Requiem in C minor by Luigi
Cherubini
Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble
Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Timothy Carney, conductor
Festival Concert: Sunday, June 20, 2010, at 4pm in Mystical Rose Oratory (The
Chapel) Chaminade University.
Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 senior and military; and $5 student (elementary
through college)
The Festival piece this year is the rarely-heard, dramatic Requiem by
Luigi Cherubini, written in memory of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. This is
the 250th anniversary of Cherubini's birth.
The Requiem was greatly admired by Beethoven (it was played at his funeral),
Schumann, Berlioz, and Brahms.

Festival Singer Information:
please contact Tim Carney maestrotim1@gmail.com with
any additional questions.
Festival rehearsals begin Wed. May 19, from 6:30-8:30pm
in Henry Hall 221, on the campus of Chaminade University.
Henry Hall is the building on the 'first road' nearest
the Chapel; it is right in front of Eiben Hall, our usual
venue. Room 221 is on the Diamond Head side on the second
floor.
(Eiben Hall and Ching Center, our usual venue, is closed
for renovations this summer)
Participation fee is $55, and includes a copy of the score
and a ticket to the performance. Your fee helps pay for
the orchestral players.
*** Please pay by check or cash at the first rehearsal;
no need to pre-register.
*** The fee is waived for students, and can be reduced
for anyone with financial need.
*** There is no audition required.
Rehearsal Schedule:
Wednesday, May 19 6:30-8:30pm, Henry 221 (first reading)
Wednesday, May 26 6:30-8:30pm, Henry 221
Wednesday, June 2 6:30-8:30pm, Henry 221
Wednesday, June 9 6:30-8:30pm, Henry 221
Festival week: Wednesday, June 16 6:30-8:30pm, Henry 221;
other
Festival week orchestra rehearsals and dress rehearsal
TBA. (it will involve 2 evenings, depending on the orchestra
schedule, not every night)
You must attend a minimum of three of the five Wednesdays,
including the final Wednesday and orchestra rehearsal in
order to perform.
Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor, by turns ethereal, dramatic and ultimately
transcendent, was triumphantly premiered on January 21, 1817 in a memorial concert
below the abbey church of St. Denis to commemorate the anniversary of the executions
of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The bodies of the long deposed monarchs were
finally being laid to rest in the crypt of St. Denis. Though held in the highest
esteem by many of the greatest composers of his time, this first of Cherubini’s
two Requiems fell into obscurity by the end of the 19th century.
In illuminating liner notes that accompany the album, Martin
Pearlman puzzles over the mysterious fate of Cherubini’s first “mass for the dead:”
“The success of Cherubini's Requiem was immediate, and it was
so overwhelming that Berlioz claimed that it gained a virtual ‘monopoly’ over
memorial concerts in France. Beethoven, who called Cherubini "the greatest
living composer," claimed that, if he himself should write a requiem, this
one would be his only model; the work was performed at Beethoven's memorial service.
For Schumann, the piece was ‘without equal.’ It is remarkable, therefore,
that this beautiful work so admired by these composers, as well as by Mendelssohn,
Brahms and Wagner, this requiem which the nineteenth century put on a level with
the Mozart Requiem, fell into obscurity by the end of the century, along with
most of the rest of Cherubini's music.”
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Further on the horizon:
The Enchanted Isle Early Music and Lute Song Workshop with
Jennifer
Lane, mezzo soprano, David Taylor, lute and theorbo
June 28-July 3; details forthcoming
About the Festival
This annual event joins singers and instrumentalists from
across the state for a week-long music festival. The objective
of this program is
the performance of significant choral-orchestral masterworks.
Singers from many local choruses join with Hawai`i Vocal
Arts Ensemble
to form the Festival Chorus. The chorus rehearses for several
weeks
in advance of the Festival week. An orchestra of professional
musicians joins for the final rehearsals and performance,
held at the
intimate Mystical Rose Oratory overlooking Diamond Head.
"It was such a privilege to get to participate in the festival – and the music is truly unforgettable!
Thank you so very much!" -- Festival participant
"One of the best choirs that I had the privilege to sing with in a long time." -- 2005 Festival participant
"A little extra [donation] – moved by the outstanding Festival Concert!"-- Festival supporter
Past Festivals
Sixth Annual
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Chaminade University of Honolulu
and Tesoro Hawaii
present the Sixth Annual
Hawai‘i Vocal Masterworks Festival
Music of George Frederic Handel
& Felix Mendelssohn
Featuring Ingrid Harwood, soprano
& Jennifer Lane, mezzo soprano
250th Anniversary • 2009
Music from Solomon, Jephtha, Atalanta, Theodora, and the
Coronation anthem “Zadok the Priest”
Felix Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, Wie der Hirt schreit (As the
hart cries after cooling waters) and the “Hebrides Overture”
Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 4 p.m.
Mystical Rose Oratory,
Chaminade University of Honolulu
For tickets, call Honolulu Box Office at 550-TIKS (8457) or order online at honoluluboxoffice.com
For more information, visit hawaiivocalarts.org.
• $20 General Admission
• $15 Senior & Military
• $5 Students
Preferred Seating available for $35.
Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.
“...Jennifer Lane stole the show. Her voice is warm, velvety and resonant.” |
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Fifth Annual
"The performances are crisp, harmonic, seductive—in a traditional no frills manner."
-- Wayne Harada, Honolulu Advertiser
Fourth Annual

Fourth Annual Hawai'i Vocal Masterworks Festival
featuring Joseph Haydn's jubilant and sublime HARMONIEMESSE and
Johannes Brahms' Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Third Annual
Join us for the Hawai`i premiere of Robert Schumann's rare and sumptuous oratorio, Das Paradies Und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri). Based on a Persian legend, Schumann considered it his finest work. Featuring internationally acclaimed soprano Valerie Girard, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane , tenor Everett McCorvey , and baritone, Leslie "Buz" Tennent. Hawai'i Vocal Arts Ensemble will be joined by singers and instrumentalists from across the state to perform this masterwork for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, containing soaring melodies and thrilling harmonies.
June 25, 2006, 4:00 pm at Hawai`i Theatre
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