Wellesley Choral Society Our 75th Season, 2022-2023 Edward Whalen, Music Director Music from the Silver Screen Our Annual Cabaret Concert Saturday, February04, 2023, 7:00 p.m. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 207 Washington Street, Wellesley Hills, MA www.wellesleychoralsociety.org
2 THE WELLESLEY CHORAL SOCIETY DEPENDS IN PART ON THE GENEROSITY OF ITS FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS. THE SOCIETY WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING DONORS AND TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF JULY, 2021 – JUNE, 2022 In Honor of Ted and Hisako Anonymous (x3) Kate and Gordon Baty Karen and Brian Bell Wil and Ruth Breden John A. Carey Peter V. and Patricia G. Cooper Elisabeth Dambolena Francesca D'Arcangelo Sue D'Arcangelo Wayne Everett Bob Feldman Ted and Anastacia Feldman John Finney Marjorie Freeman Carolyn Gayle Hisako Hiratsuka Max Hobart Dr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Holland Leslie M. Holmes Sara Johnson Maayan Leroy-Melamed Karen Lourence Roberta and Barry MacNutt Luma Marcaccio Lavonne McKeown Kate Meany Holly Mikula Nina Moss Nancy Nichols Ellen Prottas Carolyn Pruyne Ben Singer and Corina Grigore Carol and Danny Singer Dawn Tomlinson Heather Turner Tom Urmston Ted and Corrie Whalen Jo Ann Wong
3 Wellesley Choral Society Our 75th Season, 2022-2023 Music Director, Edward Whalen Accompanist, Hisako Hiratsuka Chorus Leadership Jettora Lundquist, President Carolyn Gayle, Vice -President Nina Moss, Treasurer Lavonne McKeown, Secretary Linda Derezinski, Immediate Past President Carol Singer, Concert Management Robert Feldman, Advertising Drive Francesca d’Arcangelo, Annual Fund Nancy Nichols, Annual Fund Anastacia Feldman, Grant Writer Ted Feldman, Music Committee Sandra Kuhn, Program Booklet Holly Mikula, Publicity Corrie Whalen, Membership/Communications Lane Johnson, Treasurer Emeritus The Wellesley Choral Society is a member of the Greater Boston Choral Consortium, a cooperative association of diverse choral groups in Boston and the surrounding areas. Honorary Board Wil Breden John Finney Max Hobart Leslie Holmes Sara L. Johnson The Wellesley Choral Society is a nonprofit organization, open to all singers, dedicated to studying and performing the world’s great choral music, both sacred and secular. The Society was founded in 1947 after several choruses in the town of Wellesley joined forces for a holiday festival. Edward Whalen became the Society’s tenth music director in 1994. Each year the Society performs three concerts and on occasion hosts a Messiah Sing in December. WCS rehearses at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington St., Wellesley, MA, on Monday evenings from September to May. All singers of high school age and over are welcome! Wellesley Choral Society, P.O.Box 81060, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-0001 http://www.wellesleychoralsociety.org Please LIKE our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wellesleychoralsociety/
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5 Edward “Ted” Whalen was appointed Music Director of the Wellesley Choral Society in 1994. During his tenure with the ensemble, he has led the chorus in a wide scope of repertoire including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Mozart’s Requiem and Great Mass in c minor, Bloch’s Sacred Service, Rachmaninoff’s Sacred Vespers, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, requiems of Brahms, Fauré, and Duruflé, and Poulenc’s Gloria. In May of 2015 the chorus presented a program of Mr. Whalen’s own compositions including Dialogues, a piece written especially for the group. In Spring 2018, the ensemble premiered his composition Stars, written in honor of their 70th anniversary season, and for the Spring 2019 concert, held on Mother’s Day, the chorus premiered a special work entitled Love and Prayers in honor of Mr. Whalen’s mother, Janet Whalen. Ted is a graduate of New England Conservatory, University of Rhode Island, and studied at Tanglewood Music Center and the Aspen Music Festival. He has appeared as conductor with the Boston Aria Guild’s performances of Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel, the Wakefield Festival Chorus, King’s Chapel, Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra, Rhode Island Gilbert and Sullivan Society, University of Rhode Island, and other ensembles. He has prepared choruses for performances at Monadnock Music Festival and conducted gala celebration performances for Boston Baroque. As a vocal soloist, Mr. Whalen has performed with such groups as the Boston Lyric Opera, The Des Moines Metro Opera, Lake George Opera Festival, and Boston Aria Guild. He made his Boston Symphony Hall debut singing the role of Dancairo in the critically acclaimed Chorus proMusica performance of Carmen. Mr. Whalen also sang with Boston Baroque (Banchetto Musicale) for 25 years, appearing on all of the ensemble’s Grammy-nominated recordings. Since 1995, Ted has been the director of Upper School Choruses at Milton Academy. Hisako Hiratsuka joined the Wellesley Choral Society in 1990 as a singer and became our accompanist in 1993. She is a graduate of the Tokyo University of Arts and Music. Her teachers include Yasuko Tani and Victor Rosenbaum. Ms. Hiratsuka is an active chamber music player and accompanist. In recent years she has performed in the Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Boston areas as well as in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Zushi, Chiba, and Kamakura, Japan. She also has accompanied flutists for music festivals in Ecuador and Columbia. Ms. Hiratsuka has been a featured soloist with the WCS, performing such works as Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and the two-piano arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, accompanied by her daughter. Prior to coming to the United States in 1989, Ms. Hiratsuka taught piano in Japan. She currently teaches piano and coaches chamber music groups at Tufts University.
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7 Music from the Silver Screen Part the First James Bond Theme Monty, arr. Whalen First Appearance “Dr. No” 1962 Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head David and Bacharach, arr. Whalen “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” 1969 Everybody Wants To Be A Cat Huddleston, arr. Whalen “The Aristocats” 1970 Come Saturday Morning Previn and Karlin “The Sterile Cuckoo” 1969 Ellen Straus When You Wish Upon a Star Harline and Washington, arr. Whalen “Pinocchio” 1940 Luma Marcaccio, Katie Ozelius, Corrie Whalen, Rebecca Crane Bob Weaver, Chris Crowley, Paul Merry TV Theme Song Sing Along I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair Rodgers and Hammerstein, arr. Whalen “South Pacific” 1958 Disney Medley Ashman, Menken, John, and Rice, arr. Whalen Be Our Guest – “Beauty and the Beast” 1991 Beauty and the Beast – “Beauty and the Beast” 1991 A Whole New World - “Aladdin” 1992 The Circle of Life – “The Lion King” 1994 Please be sure to participate in our Silent Auction during this Intermission! Part the Second continues on page 13
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9 Our Offerings for the 2022-2023 Season Anniversaries: Music of Tye, Tomkins, Schutz, Franck, and Vaughan Williams Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 3:00 pm Winter Pops Music from the Silver Screen Saturday, February 4, 2022 Spring Concert Schubert, Mass in G, Jommelli, Missa pro Defunctis Sunday, May 14, 2022 All concerts at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church For additional details, please visit www.wellesleychoralsociety.org Please LIKE our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wellesleychoralsociety/
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11 Wellesley Choral Society 75nd Anniversary SOPRANO ALTO TENOR Francesca D’Arcangelo Linda Derezinski Harriet Dishman Anastacia Feldman Celeste Harring Robin Ingalls Luma Marcaccio Rebecca Mayer Kate Meany Holly Mikula Gyöngyi Molnar Nina Moss Emily Myers Nancy Nichols Katie Ozelius Carol Singer Jo Ann Wong Barabara Allen Irene Axelrod Kate Baty Ellen Carita Ruth Chang Elinor Dulit Carolyn Gayle Meg Gayton Linda Hirsch Chloe King Anne Kott Sandra Kuhn Jettora Lundquist Lavonne McKeown Lucy O’Mara Michele Petteruti Ellen Prottas Alice Shabecoff Lora Simon Sara Smith Elizabeth Spark Melanie Tamura Mandy Waddell Corrie Whalen Marlene Williamson Rebecca Crane Ted Feldman Ellen Straus Bob Weaver BARITONE Robert O’Mara BASS Chris Crowley Robert Feldman Paul Merry Wellesley Choral Society is a community chorus made up of singers from Wellesley as well as many other separate towns and cities in the Greater Boston area. This season we are from: Ashland, Auburndale, Dover, Framingham, Gloucester, Lexington, Medfield, Millis, Natick, Needham, Newton, Roslindale, Sherborn, Somerville, Southborough, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, West Roxbury, and Weston.
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13 Part the Second Tonight Whalen? With deepest and sincere apologies to Leonard Bernstein, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, and others “West Side Story” 1961 Lacrymosa Mozart “Amadeus” 1984 The Boy Next Door Martin and Blane “Meet Me in St. Louis” 1944 and If You Were the Only Girl in the World Grey and Ayer “The Bing Boys are Here” 1914 Corrie Whalen, Ted Whalen Lida Rose Wilson, arr. Rector and Bergman “The Music Man” 1962 My Eyes are Fully Open Gilbert and Sullivan “The Pirates of Penzance” 1983 Linda Derezinski, Jettora Lundquist, Ted Whalen Beatle’s Sing Along – Here Come’s the Sun Harrison “The Parent Trap” 1998 Let the River Run Simon, arr. Whalen after Johnson “Working Girl” 1988 Irene Axelrod, Drum Silent Auction winners will be announced during this intermission! Part the Third continues on page 15
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15 Part the Third Fugue for Tinhorns Loesser and Loewe, arr. Whalen “Guys and Dolls” 1955 Sous le dôme épais from “Lakme” Delibes “True Romance” 1993 Luma Marcaccio, Celeste Harring Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Raye and Price, arr. Whalen after Lojeski “Buck Privates” 1941 Name that Tune The Entertainer Joplin, arr. Whalen “The Sting” 1973 Robin Ingalls, Carol Singer, Linda Derezinski, Francesca D’Arcangelo, Katie Ozelius Jettora Lundquist, Lucy O’Mara, Corrie Whalen, Rebecca Crane Bob Weaver, Ellen Straus Bob O’Mara, Chris Crowley, Paul Merry Moon River Mancini, arr. Whalen “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 1961 Over the Rainbow Arlen, arr. Whalen “The Wizard of Oz” 1939 WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT CONCERT? The Wellesley Choral Society is a no-audition chorus, open to all who love to sing. Come visit us during open rehearsals and see if we are the chorus for you! Spring OPEN REHERSALS will be held on Monday, February 06 and Monday February 13. We rehearse on Monday nights from 7:30 – 9:15 at the UU Wellesley Chapel (participation via zoom is also available). ALL VOICE PARTS ARE WELCOME. Please contact Jettora Lundquist, President, for more information: ([email protected])
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20 Music is an essential part of all our lives, and making music is an essential part of our community. The Wellesley Choral Society has been making music in Wellesley for 75 years! Devoted singers, skilled professionals, and inspired compositions, however, are not enough to bring this music to life. Member dues and concert ticket sales only account for just over half of the chorus’s operating expenses, so we therefore depend on financial support from individuals and organizations. To contribute to the Wellesley Choral Society, please send your checks made out to: Wellesley Choral Society c/o Nina Moss, Treasurer 104 Sherbourne Place Waltham, MA 02451 Thank you so much for supporting the Wellesley Choral Society!
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