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The Longest Time This Night SONGS FROM <strong>VIENNA</strong> [Continued from previous page] Derweil i noch klein war – I bin z'schwach auf der Brust (When I was little) Taubenvergiften (Poisoning pigeons) Der Gondelfahrer (The gondolier), D. 809 Solo to be announced from the stage Billy Joel Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Arr. Billy Joel Louis Roth (1843 – 1929) Text: Carl Lorens (1851 – 1909) Georg Kreisler (1922 – 2011) Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Text: Johann Baptist Mayrhofer Der 23. Psalm (Psalm 23), D. 706 Franz Schubert Text: Biblical; translation by Moses Mendelssohn Morgenblätter (Morning papers), Op. 279 Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825 – 1899) Arr. Helmuth Froschauer (b. 1933) Tritsch Tratsch (Chitchat), Op. 214 Johann Strauss, Jr. Arr. Gerald Wirth (b. 1965) Text: Tina Breckwoldt PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Hotel Residenz Palais Coburg is the Vienna Boys Choir general sponsor. www.wsk.at Exclusive Tour Management: Opus 3 Artists 470 Park Avenue South, 9 th Floor North New York, NY 10016 www.opus3artists.com
Vienna Boys Choir 2012 Fall Tour of the USA PROGRAM NOTES Music from the Imperial Chapel Insanae et vanae curae (Mad and vain worries), Hob. XXI:1, 13c Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) In 1775, Haydn wrote the oratorio Il ritorno di Tobia, a setting of the apocryphal book of Tobit, for the Vienna Tonkünstler-Societät, a society founded by musicians which paid small pensions to musicians and their families. Haydn had applied for membership and waived his fee. In spite of the generous gesture, which certainly helped the society’s funds, the composer had to wait until 1790 before being admitted. Another performance of Tobia, planned for 1781, could not be “produced, because of the departure of an alto”. But in 1784, the oratorio was performed again. Haydn was asked to revise Tobia. Amongst other things, he added a chorus in D minor (Svanisce in un momento). This chorus became later, with a new Latin text, Insanae et vanae curae. It is not known what prompted this (although Haydn certainly knew that he had written a very successful piece); the author of the text remains unknown. The motet was published in 1809, and was reviewed as a work in its own right in 1810. Haydn contrasts the wild passages in D minor (Insanae et vanae curae, insane and vain worries) with calm passages in F Major, quid prodest, o mortalis: what good does it do, o human, to chase worldly goods? The resolution is in D Major, sunt fausta tibi cuncta si Deus est pro te: all good luck is with you, if God be with you. The piece was used in Curt Faudon’s 2009 film about the Vienna Boys’ Choir, ‘Silk Road – Songs along the Road and Time’. There, it is the piece sung by the boys to Emperor Joseph II. Text: Insanae et vanae curae invadunt mentes nostras, saepe furore replent corda, privata spe, Quid prodest o mortalis conari pro mundanis, si coelos negligas. Sunt fausta tibi cuncta, si Deus est pro te. Translation: Insane and stupid worries flood our minds, often mad fury fills the heart, robbed of hope, O mortal man, what good does it to strive for worldly things, if you neglect the heavens? All things work in your favour, with God on your side. Program Notes continued on the next page
Page 1: 2012 Fall Program MUSIC FROM THE IM
Page 5 and 6: Program Notes - page 3 Ego sum pani
Page 7 and 8: Program Notes - page 5 Wie lieblich
Page 9 and 10: Program Notes - page 7 Text: Um Mit
Page 11 and 12: Program Notes - page 9 Translation:
Page 13 and 14: Program Notes - page 11 Translation
Page 15 and 16: Program Notes - page 13 Contemporar
Page 17 and 18: Program Notes - page 15 Laudate Dom
Page 19 and 20: Program Notes - page 17 Slow down,
Page 21 and 22: Program Notes - page 19 Now that yo
Page 23 and 24: Program Notes - page 21 Und so bin
Page 25 and 26: Program Notes - page 23 Look, the s
Page 27 and 28: Program Notes - page 25 Translation
Page 29 and 30: Program Notes - page 27 Tritsch Tra
Page 31: Program Notes - page 29 This is tot

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