Rutter's Requiem and Orchestral Works by Wagner, Vaughan Williams and Beethoven

First Parish in Lexington presents
Rutter's Requiem and Orchestral Works
by Wagner, Vaughan Williams and Beethoven
Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 7 PM

On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 7 PM, the 40-member First Parish Festival Choir, soloists and a 25-member chamber orchestra, under the direction of Rip Jackson, performed John Rutter's deeply inspiring choral work “Requiem.” Richard Wagner's beautiful “Siegfried Idyll,” Ralph Vaughan Williams's ethereal “Fantasia on Greensleeves” and Beethoven’s powerful “Benedictus.” (from the Mass in C) was also be on the program.

The First Parish Festival Choir consists of members of the sanctuary choir and guest singers from the community and also professional singers. Their director, Rip Jackson has led the music program at First Parish in Lexington since 2015. Over the years, they have presented many diverse concerts including Vivaldi’s Gloria, “Music from the African Diaspora,” Appalachian Folk Music, Broadway Cabarets, a Jams for Justice concert (benefiting LexRAP) and a Ukrainian Medical Relief Concert. In 2018, they presented a fully staged production of Paul Winter’s Missa Gaia with a professional dance company from Vermont. And in June of 2019, they toured Germany performing concerts in beautiful churches and cathedrals.

PROGRAM

Benedictus by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
from Mass in C, Op. 86
Julia Jaffe, David Meharry, Yunona Tabala, and Jamie Willis
First Parish Festival Choir

Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Adapted from the opera Sir John in Love

Siegfried Idyll (WWV 103) by Richard Wagner (1813–1883)

Requiem by John Rutter (1945– )
Liz Savir
First Parish Festival Choir

1. Requiem Aeternam
2. Out of the Deep
3. Pie Jesu
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei
6. The Lord is My Shepherd
7. Lux Aeterna

Musicians
Rip Jackson, Conductor

First Parish Festival Choir
Soprano: Maureen Bovet, Jennifer Burks, Marybeth McCaffrey, Kelly Rice, Liz Savir, Yunona Tabala, Toni Tasker, and Kathy Willis

Alto: Tish Callanan, Mary Edelman, Ann Flentje, Julia Jaffe, Elisabeth Jas, Erin Lashway, Sarah Menard, Meg Newhouse, Ruth Rose, Cammy Thomas, and Anya van Ommering

Tenor: Austin Burns, Bert Gassmann, Tim Jacoby, Ben Soule, and Jamie Willis

Bass: David Bovet, Andrew Donovan, Grant Hicks, Paul Koons, David Meharry, Andreas Padilla, Tom Rich and Frank Smith

Orchestra
Violin 1
Amy Sims, concertmaster
Elizabeth Whitfield
Rebecca Hawkins

Violin 2
Phil Maffa, principal
Caroline Kim
Caroline Leguia

Viola
Oliver Chang, principal
Noriko Futagami

Cello
Javier Caballero, principal
Jessica Billings-White

Contrabass
Robb Aistrup, principal
Peter Tillotson

Flute
Yulia Musayelyan
Cindy Moore

Oboe
Mary Cicconetti

Clarinet
Bill Kirkley
Jeffrey Leonard

Bassoon
Sam Childers

Horn
Megan Riccio
Elizabeth Jones

Trumpet
Greg Gettel

Timpani/Glockenspiel
Robert Schulz

Harp
Katie Lyon-Pingree

Behind the Scenes

Art and Poster Design: Laurie Wright, LMW Design
A/V Tech: Omar Khudari
Co-producers: Debbie Armstrong and Rip Jackson
Custodian: McKenna O’Hare Gibson
House Manager: Andrew Kvaal
Orchestra Dinner: Debbie Armstrong, Marty Kvaal and Deb Weiner Soule
Publicity: Scott Abrahamson, David Bovet, Rip Jackson, Tim Jacoby, Mary Hissong, David Pollack and Laurie Wright
Reception: Carolyn Fleiss and Marja Meharry
Score Preparation: Debbie Armstrong, Andrew Donovan, Mary Edelman, Rip Jackson, Sarah Matthews
Sound Design and Engineer: Bill Pittore
Stage Manager: Debbie Armstrong
Ushers: David Horton, Pete Tasker, Larry Roop and Robin Rude
Volunteers: Simon Andrews, Liz Hartmann, Brain Herrick, Mary Hissong, Jeffrey Leonard, Michael MacClary, Ruth Rose and Toni Tasker