’Tis the Season
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000, at 8:00 pm
Silva Concert Hall
Yuletide Feast at 6:00 pm in Studio One
Catered by West Brothers
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Bach: Cantata 191, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Handel: “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah
Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis
Madrigals, motets and carols
Elizabethan costume and pageantry
The Register-Guard’s review of the concert
Eugene Concert Choir
Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble
Oregon Mozart Players
Judith Pannill, soprano
Janet Campbell, alto
Stephen Robinson, tenor
Neil Wilson, bass
Concert Sponsors:
The Register-Guard and Symantec
We begin this December with a unique holiday concert, a grand festivity combined with elements that made our English Madrigal Dinner so popular. The audience will be treated to an enchanting evening in a castle setting, with fanfare, pageantry, stunning Elizabethan dress, madrigals, motets and holiday carol singing with the audience. Then the choirs will be joined by the Oregon Mozart Players and four professional soloists for the featured grand works: Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Bach’s Cantata 191, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah.
Our annual Madrigal Dinner has been so welcomed and cherished that we could not bring ourselves to let it go completely. This December 2, we will hold a pre-concert “Yuletide Feast” in Studio One at 6:00 pm. Catering will be provided and served by West Bros. Catering and will feature a delectable Renaissance menu:
Wild Mushroom Pie, Wassail, Freshly Baked Bread
Fancy Field Greens with Spiced Walnuts, Red Onion, Blue Cheese Crumbles & Balsamic Vinegar
Roast Prime Rib with Creamy Horseradish
Tuscany Pasta, tossed with Sun-dried Tomatoes, Arugula, Pine Nuts, Garlic, Olive Oil and Pecorino Cheese
Roasted Red Potatoes with Rosemary and Thyme
Caramel Nut Torte
The Lords and Ladies of the Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble will make a private appearance at the evening’s Feast.
Judith Pannill, Soprano
Judith Pannill appears as a guest artist with Eugene Concert Choir during the 2000-01 season. Her season will include concerts of works by Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with the New York Vocal Ensemble; Haydn and Mozart at the historic Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Handel with Princeton Pro Musica and her debut as soloist with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in Poulenc’s Gloria.
Ms. Pannill has performed throughout the forty-eight contiguous United States, Canada, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. An accomplished violinist as well, Ms. Pannill graduated “first in her class” with double degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. She later received her Master’s Degree in Opera from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
Janet Carlsen Campbell, Alto
Janet Carlsen Campbell’s career has focused primarily on works from the oratorio and chamber repertoire. During the 1999-2000 season, she performed with the North Carolina Symphony, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and the Camelback Chamber Orchestra. Additionally, she has performed (as a soloist) recitals of Bach’s sacred cantatas with Ensembles Versailles and both the Durufle Requiem and Vivaldi’s Gloria.
Ms. Campbell graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and received a Master of Music in Vocal Performance/Pedagogy from Arizona State University. She is currently working toward her Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance degree at Arizona State University.
Stephen Robinson, Tenor
Steve Robinson has performed with the Kansas City Lyric Opera, the St. Louis Opera Theatre and the Cincinnati Opera. His solo appearances with the Kansas City Philharmonic include Handel’s Messiah, Judas Maccabaeus and a première arrangement of Leonard Bernstein’s “Songfest,” conducted by the late composer. Mr. Robinson holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Kansas and is a Music Therapist at the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services.
Neil Wilson, Bass
Neil Wilson appears once again with the Eugene Concert Choir. We are pleased to welcome him back after his appearance in last season’s Messiah. Mr. Wilson has sung to critical acclaim throughout the United States and Germany during a wide-ranging career as teacher and singer. He has over 40 opera and musical theatre roles to his credit. Recently, he appeared as a bass soloist at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in a performance of Mozart’s Grand Mass in c minor. He has been a soloist with the Denver, Rochester, and San Antonio symphonies, among others.
Mr. Wilson’s European performances include oratorio, cantata, and recital appearances in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Cologne, as well as Lyon and St. Etienne, France. He also appeared as a bass soloist with the Musical Arts Society on several different occasions.
