UC Davis Early Music Ensemble
Concerts 1973–77, summer 1979
Season 1973–74
16 November 1973 — Music of Josquin des Prez. Davis High School.
PRESS (Enterprise, c. 17 November 1973)
November 1973 — Sacramento: television station KCRA-TV. Brief performance and talk concerning early music at UCD for “7:30 Program,” a series devoted to events of note in the Sacramento valley.
19 November 1973 — Lecture-demonstrations: “Performing Josquin’s Works.” 115 Music.
20 November 1973 — Works of Josquin des Prez (c. 1440–1521). 115 Music.
POSTER | PRESS Democrat, c. 15 November 1973 — Enterprise, c. 15 November 1973 — Enterprise, 16 November 1973 — Aggie / McGuire 20 November 1973
8–17 February 1974 — The Triumph of Peace, a Baroque masque of 1634, with the Davis High School Madrigal Singers and others. 8–10 and 15–17 February, a total of nine performances. Music by William Lawes et al. Robert K. Sarlós, director. Main Theatre.
PROGRAM | MAYORAL PROCLAMATION | PHOTOS | PRESS RELEASE | PROMO (Alumnotes, February 1974 — Aggie, 6 February 1974 — Democrat, 6 February 1974 — Enterprise, 9 February 1974) | REVIEWS (Democrat / Harrington, 11 February 1974 — Enterprise, Perry, 11 February 1974 — Union, Simon, 11 February 1974)
PHOTOGRAPHS (color, b&w), etc., in Robert K. Sarlós, “Valenciennes and Banqueting Hall: Theatre Research in Three and Four Dimensions,” Theatre Survey 22/2 (November 1981), 161 – 70, online HERE.
Jerome Rosen: Song IX (“Come Away, Come Away”) autograph, dated 12 January 1974.
24 February 1974 — Inauguration of Veterans Memorial, with Thomas Stauffer, cello, and Geoffrey Antipa, clarinet. Works by Josquin des Prez and Tylman Susato. Veterans Memorial Theater, Davis.
April–May 1974 Series of three noon concerts with commentary. Works by Bach, Susato, anonymous medieval composers, Lawes, and Josquin. [23 and 30 April; 7 May]. 115 Music.
PRESS (Aggie?, c. 1 April 1974)
7 May 1974 Works of medieval composers, Susato, and Josquin. E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento.
31 May 1974 Music from England, 1350–1650. Kleiber Hall.
PROGRAM | PRESS (Enterprise / McColm, 22 May 1974)
Season 1974–75
4 November 1974 — Musical illustrations for lecture/concert of Mary Remnant. Music of Isaac, Encina, and anonymous medieval English composers. 194 Chemistry.
PROGRAM | FLYER | REVIEW (Democrat / Parsons, 5 November 1974)
18 November 1974 Septicentennial Commemoration of St. Thomas Aquinas. Music of Perotin, St. Thomas, and the first performance of a commemorative motet, Adoro, devote, by Richard Swift. Wyatt Pavilion.
11 December 1974 Noon concert of Christmas music. Main Quadrangle.
12 December 1974 Noon concert of Christmas music. Faculty Club.
12 December 1974 Music for Christmas. Music of Perotin, Sweelinck, Smert, Dowland, Gabrieli, Buxtehude, and Bach. With Dona Lee Brandon, organ. Also 13 December. 115 Music.
REVIEWS Democrat / Parsons, 13 December 1974 — Enterprise / Rebecca Stein, 16 December 1974
17 January 1975 Third Subscription Concert for Davis Artists Series. Music of medieval composers, Gibbons, Buxtehude, and Bach. Veterans Memorial Theater, Davis.
TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS | PRESS RELEASE | PRESS Daily Democrat, 7 January 1975 — Enterprise, 7 January 1975 — Enterprise, 15 January 1975
20 January 1975 Class for Davis Adult School. Repeat of 17 January program with demonstrations and commentary. “The Monday Musical: An Introduction to Musical Experience. A Lecture-Concert. Veterans Memorial Theater, Davis.
PROGRAM
25 February 1975 Gregorian chants for celebration of medieval Missa degli Angeli, an event sponsored by the Medieval Studies Program. Dixon, St. Peter’s Catholic Church.
13 March 1975 Concert for Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. Freeborn Hall.
14, 15 March 1975 (Church of St. Martin, Episcopal, Davis)
16 March 1975 (St. John’s Lutheran Church, Sacramento)
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, and works of Giovanni Gabrieli.
PROGRAM | TEXT & TRANSLATION | PRESS (Enterprise, ?13 March 1975)
30 March 1975 Music for Spring. Faculty Club Easter brunch festivity.
6 April 1975 Music from England. Works of Henry VIII, Ferrabosco, Gibbons, Bull. E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento.
13 April 1975 Music of Monteverdi, Telemann, Weiss, Schütz, Isaac. E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento.
18 April 1975 Curtis Lasell, organ. Handel: Concerto in B♭ Major, op. 2, no. 1. 115 Music.
4 May 1975 Music of Ockeghem, Schütz, Claudin de Sermisy, Janequin. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
22 May 1975 Recital for the University Farm Circle. Ockeghem: Requiem. Faculty Club.
PRESS (Enterprise, 20 May 1975)
23 May 1975 Noon Concert: “The Cat in Music.” Music of Lawes and Janequin, and accompaniment for Bach, Concerto in C Minor for Two Harpsichords. 115 Music.
2 June 1975 Recital for Phi Beta Kappa initiation. Works of Ockeghem and Janequin. Faculty Club.
7 June 1975 Ockeghem: Requiem. Pierre Attaingnant: chansons and dances. 194 Chemistry.
PROGRAM | TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS | REVIEW (Enterprise / H. D. Stein, 9 June 1975
13 August 1975 Madrigals in the Library Courtyard. (“The Late-Summer Early Music Ensemble”). Library Courtyard.
14 August 1975 Concert for summer advisees and parents. Recreation Pool Lodge.
Season 1975–76
PERFORMANCES OF THE PLAY OF DANIEL
Early Music Ensemble, D. Kern Holoman, musical director; Alan Stambusky, stage director. Designed by Ed Pinson. By arrangement with Oxford University Press.
PROGRAM | POSTER | PROMO (Enterprise, 2 December 1975 — Aggie, 10 December 1975 — Democrat, 11 December 1975 — Union, 13 December 1975) |PHOTOS | REVIEWS (Bee / Glackin, 14 December 1975 – Enterprise / Stein, 15 December 1975) |“Staging the ‘Play of Daniel,’” Early Music 4, no. 2 (April 1976): 159–63 ONLINE
12 December 1975 Wyatt Pavilion. Also 13–14 December; a total of four performances.
22 January 1976 UC San Diego: Mandeville Center.
23 January 1976 UC Irvine: Department of Music Recital Hall.
25 January 1976 UC Santa Cruz: University Theatre.
PROMO UCSC events — San Jose Mercury-News, 24 January 1976
30 January 1976 UC Berkeley: Hertz Hall.
PROMO (Richmond CA Independent, 24 January 1976)
15 February 1976 Sacramento: Pioneer Congregational Church.
20 February 1976 Wyatt Pavilion. Also 21–22 February, a total of four performances, plus a special performance for the American Musicological Society and the Medieval Association of the Pacific.
PROGRAM | MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION program and flyer | AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY program
15 February 1976 Blessing and Mass of Dedication, St. James Catholic Church, Davis.
4 March 1976 Noon Concert. Works of Josquin des Prez, and William Byrd: Mass in Four Parts. 115 Music.
14 March 1976 Music of Dowland, Jenkins, and Byrd: Mass in Four Parts. 194 Chemistry.
6 April 1976 Concert for University Farm Circle to honor Mrs. David Saxon. Faculty Club.
PRESS PHOTO (Enterprise, 8 April 1976)
11 April 1976 Byrd: Mass in Four Parts. E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento.
PROGRAM | REVIEW (Bee / Glackin, 13 April 1976)
11 April 1976 Byrd: Mass in Four Parts. Church of St. Martin, Episcopal. Davis.
23 May 1976 German Baroque music of Schütz, Praetorius, Schein, and Bach. 115 Music.
REVIEW (Aggie / Dodd, c. 25 May 1976)
7 June 1976 Recital for Phi Beta Kappa induction. Faculty Club.
Season 1976–77
7 October 1976 — Noon Concert. Music of Pierre de la Rue and Josquin des Prez. 115 Music.
REVIEW (Aggie / Clark, 11 October 1976)
21 October 1976 — Noon Concert. Bicentennial Gala. Music of the 1890s in the United States. 115 Music.
28 November 1976 — Inaugural Concert for Exhibition, “Five Centuries of Tapestry.” Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.
3 December 1976 — Demonstration for lecture of Colin Slim (UC Irvine). “The Newberry Partbooks.” 115 Music.
3 December 1976 — A Gift of Madrigals and Motets for Henry VIII and Pierre de la Rue: Missa Puer natus. Kleiber Hall.
29 January 1977 — Commencement of School of Nursing. American River College, Sacramento. Music of Josquin des Prez and Randall Thompson.
6 February 1977 — Music of Buxtehude, Bach, and Pierre de la Rue. California State University, Chico.
24 February 1977 — Noon Concert. Music of the Spanish and Italian Renaissance, for guitar and lute. 115 Music.
2 March 1977 — Gala Concert for Early Music Ensemble’s departure for England and France. Veterans Memorial Theatre, Davis.
PROGRAM | REVIEW (Aggie / Monica Clark, 8 March 1977)
CONCERTS IN ENGLAND & FRANCE
MASTER PROGRAM | PRESS RELEASE | PHOTO ALBUM
12 March 1977 — Church of St. Séverin, Paris.
13 March 1977 — American Church, Paris.
PROGRAM | NOTES
13 March 1977 — “Féstival du Son,” Palais des Congrès, Paris. Sponsored by Radio France, ORTF.
15 March 1977 — Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. (Informal.)
15 March 1977 — Radio France, ORTF, Paris. Taping session for broadcast.
16 March 1977 — Chartres Cathedral, Chartres. (Informal).
17 March 1977 — American Cathedral, Paris. Presented by France-États-Unis, the Department of State, and the Franco-American Commission for International Exchange.
20 March 1977 — New College Chapel, Oxford University.
23 March 1977 — St. John’s, Smith Square, London.
27 March 1977 — Winchester Cathedral, Winchester. Evensong service and recital.
13 April 1977 — Concert for Music 27A. 115 Music.
30 April 1977 — Concert for Northern California Renaissance Conference. 115 Music.
7–8 May 1977 — Bach: St. John Passion. Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, Davis.
PROGRAM | TEXT & TRANSLATION | REVIEW 12 May 1977 Aggie / Sturges
18 May 1977 — Roger Sessions: Mass for Unison Choir and Organ. For the composer’s seventieth birthday. Church of St. Martin, Episcopal, Davis.
PROGRAM | REVIEW (Aggie / Rutkosky, 23 May 1977)
24 May 1977 — Davis: four concerts for public school children, Davis Joint Unified School District.
26 May 1977 — “A Gift of Madrigals and Motets for Henry VIII” and Pierre de la Rue: Missa Puer natus. UC Irvine, Concert for Campus Concert Series, with Colin Slim, lecturer.
6 June 1977 — Madrigals for the Book Faire. Library Courtyard.
7 June 1977 — Recital for Phi Beta Kappa induction. Faculty Club.
8 June 1977 — Chorus parts for Berlioz: Grande Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, University Concert Band, Jonathan Elkus, conducting. Freeborn Hall.
D. Kern Holoman was succeeded as Director, Early Music Ensemble, by Bruce Lamott (1977–79) and David Nutter (from 1979.).
Summer 1979 and later
THE PLAY OF DANIEL IN ENGLAND, Summer 1979
PROGRAM NOTE | REVIEWS Democrat / Halsey, 22 June 1979 — Union / Simon, 23 June 1979 | FEATURES & PROMO: UCD Humanities magazine 1979 — Davis News-Advertiser [Democrat], 8 November 1978 — Democrat, 6 June 1979 — Enterprise, 15 July 1979 — Aggie / Downing, 24 October 1979
21 June 1979 — St. James Catholic Church, Davis
23 June 1979 — St. James Catholic Church, Davis
24 June 1979 — Presentation Catholic Church, Sacramento
1 July 1979 — Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford
4 July 1979 — Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, for the 900th Anniversary Celebration
8 July 1979 — Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, for the 900th Anniversary Celebration
11 July 1979 — Bretton Hall College, Bretton
12 July 1979 — All Saints’ Church, York
OTHER CONCERTS IN ENGLAND, Summer 1979
6 July 1979 — Oxford Handel Festival Concert
7 July 1979 — Recital at Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford
7 July 1979 — Oxford Handel Festival Concert
8 August 1980 — House Concert, chez Warren Roberts
8 January 1981 — Noon Concert: Berlioz and Brahms