TENOR

Daniel Babcock, Roger W. Johnson Memorial

Chair

Carl Porter, Singers Memorial Chair

Mark E. Aldrich
Michael Ben-Yehuda
Matt Brown
David Bunker
Jack Burke
Joseph Cruz
Craig Davis
James Edwards

Phil Enns

Robert David Bret6n

Mac Bright
Carver Cossey
James Dunning
Thomas Enders
Karl Forsstrom
Michael Gallup
Larry Gates
Tom Henley
John Hoganson
Michael Jacobs
Eulis Kay
Gordon La Cross

David Evered
David Exline

Michael McKay

Jason Francisco

Martin Minnich
Emmanuel Miranda

Vincent l'{ans
Steven M. Hoffman
Craig S. Kistler
Chang H. Lee

Jinming Liao
Christopher Lindley
Aaron Mosley
Aalon Palmer
Nicholas Preston
Ray Quiett
Patrick Sullivan
Faulkner White
BASS

John Carpenter, 5ingers Memorial Chair

Jim Anderson
Aram Balsamian

Brian Beck

Ricardo McKillips

Seth Peelle
Carl Pike
John Boone Pooler
George Reiss
Robert Rife
James Spivey
David Stankey
Joshua Stansfield
David Svoboda
Roger Swibold
Joseph Tillotson
Steve Webb
Scott Ziemann

TIBRETTO
CAST OF CHARACTERS

Sri Ramakrishna, "The Master"

Ihen He talked, yes, He talked to me.

For three days I wept without stopping.
And He revealed to me what is in the scriptures:

"M.",The Narrator (Mahendranath Gupta)

Sarada Devi, Wife of Sri Ramakrishna'
Narendra (later SwamiVivekananda)
Dr. Mahendra Lal Sarkar
First Devotee
Second Devotee

tr

PRoToGUE

Who is this Woman who liohts the field of battle?

Her body gleams darker thln even the darkest storm-cloud,

And frorir

-Her

teeth there flash the liqhtninq's blinding flanies!

Disheveled Her hair flies behind as 56e ruslies

Undaunted in this war between the oods and the demons.
Lauohino Hel terrible lauoh. She slavi the fleeino asurasAndwith Her dazzling flalh'es She ldys bares the-horrors'of
war.

PARTONE

tr

THE MASTER:

God can be seen.

One can talk to Him
As I am talking to you.

It was not merelv a vision of Him.

We talked togettier day and night.
'
Yes, He talked to me.
Under the banvan tree
I saw Him coming from the Ganges.
We laughed so m-ucht

criptures.
ahamaya.

l:

n'o*'

ln those davs of God-vision

I felt I was fassing through a hurricane,
Evervthino had blown awav from me.
No tiace 5f my old self wai left.
I am like a cast-off leaf before a storm.
The wind blows the leaf where it wants.
The Divine Mother revealed to me in the Kali temple
That it is She who had become everything.
The lmage was Consciousness,
The water-vessels were Consciousness,
The door-sill was Consciousness,
I mvself was Consciousness I foind evervthino soaked in Bliss The Bliss of (atchidananda.
Then like a madman I beoan
To shower flowers in all directions.
Whatever I saw, I worshipped.
Men, animals and other living beings
- all Pure Consciousness.
You know I am a fool.
I know nothinc.
Then who is itWho says all these thinqs?
O Moth6r, I am the maclrine
And You are the Operator.
I am the house
And You dwell within.
I am the car
And You are the Driver.
I am asleep;
You make me conscious.

It is not l! lt is all You!

It is all not l! lt is all You!
Hers is the glory;

THE MASTER:

When she came to stay with me I said,

"Do you want to drag ine down into Maya?"

We are Her instruments.

SARADA DEVI:

God alone is the Doer.

Whv should I do that?

e One.
knowledge and here is Your ignorance.
give me Dure love.
and Your'unholiness.
Take them both. and oive me oure love.
Here is Your qo6d andhere is Vour evil.
Take them bd'th, Motho, and give me pure love.
Here is Your righteousness and here is Your unriqhteousness.
Take them botTr, Mother, and give me pure lovei

l've'only come to help you.

THE MASTER:

I used to worship my own mother

With flowers and sandal-paste.
The Mother of the Universe
ls embodied as our earthly mother.
SARADA DEVI:

How do you look upon me?

THE MASTTR:

Mother, here is Your truth.

And here Your falsehood
Take them both.
I gave up everythinq at Her Feet

But could not bring myself to give up truth.

PART

TWo

tr

IHE MASTER:

orld

The mother knows everything.

The child doesn't worrv
About the things of th6 world.
SARADA DEVI:

SARADA DEVI:

My own mother said to me,

"Ybu are married to a lunatic.
You will never know the happiness of a mother."
THE MASTTR:

will have so many children,

She'll oroiru wearv of hearino
The cries of "Mother, Motheil" night and day.
Your dauqhter

SARADA DEV!:

And as he was dying he said to me,

SARADA DEVI AND THE MASTER:

ed.

Peoole live like worms in darkness.

You'must take care of them.
Won't you do anything? Am I to do all?

SARADA DEVI:

FIRST DEVOTEE:

I am a woman. What can I do?

You

SARADA DEV! AND IHE MASTER:

"Motliei pleai'e make me well."

Nq no!

You have to do much.

SARADA DEVI:

ln the fullness of the path you will find

That He Who resides in vour heart
Resides in the heart of dll others as well.
Learn to make the whole world your own.
No one is a stranoer.
The whole world is your own.
Note: the last three lines are her final teachings before her death.
PARI THREE

will soon be cured

lf onlv vou

sav.

THE MASTER:

I cannot ask God to cure my disease.

Sometimes I sav. "0 Mother,
Please mend thti sheath of the sword a little."
But such Dravers are less freouent.
I'towadavi I do not find mv "i";
I see thal it is God alone Who iesides in the sheath.
The bodv is a mere oillow-case.
The only real substahce is the lndivisible Satchidananda.
M.

trouble swallowing.
udding.
Doctoi Sarkar):

August 1885
M.
Since last Aoril the Master has not been well.
The doctors'now say the sore in his throat is cancer.
THE MASTER:

I cannot tell the Mother of my illness.

I feel ashamed to talk of it.
FIRST DEVOTEE:

God

will

cure you.

SECOND DEVOTEE:

Yes, you

will be all right.

THE MASTER:

Well, why do I have this illness?

M.
Peoole are amazed to find that
tn sbite of vour illness

illness.

he name and glories of God.

DR. SARKAR:

You must not talk. lt

I woke up aqain covered with perspiration.

t don't urldeistand this illness.'
It seems I shall not recover.

worse.

I have been couohino and mv throat is sore.

ln the mornino irv riouth was filled with water.

My whole body is'aching.

M.
Your suffering is indeed great, but it has deep meaning.
A chanoe is comino over vour mind.
It is being directedto the'formless aspect of God.
THE MASTER:

thers is coming to an end.

truction.

You'only think of God.

THE MASTER:

will make your throat

THE MASTER:

evervth
tall

I saw
I want to
This tendency
ls a sign of m

formlessness.
cannot.

M.
The Master asked me bv a sion to come closer.
The sioht of his sufferin6 was-unbearable.
tn a sdft voice and with-great difficulty he said,
THE MASTER:

ha
For
But
Let

c so much
foeep if I leave you.

re is so much sufferino!
I may give up the body.

M.
These words pierced our hearts.
FIRST DEVOTEE:

ls this another crucifixion

SECOND DEVOTEE:

The sacrifice of the body for the sake of the devotees?

AND SEC0ND DEVOTEES (together):
Pray to the Mother. She must listEn to you.

FIRST

THE MASTER:

Mother, I cannot swallow food because of my pain.

Let me eat iust a little.
She pointed you all out to me and said,
"What? You are eatinq through all these mouths.
lsn't that so?"
I was ashamed to utter a word.
FIRST AND SECOND DEVOTEES (toqether)
When the Master said this,
We lost all hope.

And ate a bowl of porridge.

He said he felt stronq aqain
And leaned up aqainit iome pillows.
We fanned him and
Narendra rubbed his feet.
He said to him over and ovet, "
Take care of the bovs."
Then he asked to lie down.
Three times in a rinoino voice
He cried the name df xlti,
His life's Beloved, and lay back.
At two minutes Dast one
A thrill passed over his body.
His hairstood on end.
His face was lit with a smile.
The final ecstasv had beoun.
From which he hever rettrnbd.
Narendra could not bear it

And ran downstairs.

The next dav at noon Dr. Sarkar came
And said thti Master had died
A half hour before.

EPlrocuE

tr

flowers at Your Feet?

M. AND

PART

rouR

l-s-.]

FIN

M.

0n August

Master
he

The
He had diff
He said
Then went

After midni

I
hair.

egular.

uld not eat,

nmy

CREDITS:

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Produced by Richard Gudrin and Don Christensen

Engineered by Ted Ancona
Edited by Michael Riesman and Carl St.Clair
Mastered by Michael Riesman

CART ST.CLAIR

William J. Gillespie Music Director Chair

Music Director, Pacific Symphony

For Pacific Symphony:

Eileen Jeanette - Vice President of Artistic and Orchestra Operations
Brandon Rueda - Director of Orchestra Operations
OMM extends special thanks to Garry Roemer and to the Vendata Society of 5t. Louis for use of the
illustration of Ramakrishna.

Portrait painting by Frank Dvorak

Mandala painting by Paul Huessenstamm
Photo of Pacific Symphony Orchestra and the Pacific Chorale by Stan Sholik

three-year vo
with productio
production of

world premie
concerts highli

simultaneously leading one of the newest orchestras in America and one of the oldest orchestras in

PACIFIC SYMPHONY

Pacific Symphony,

celebrated
anniversary
t
inte
tha
re

marked his 20th

the U.5. in the last 40 years,
on both the national ahd
(ounty. Presenting more
programs, the Symphony

.Clair, who

formed in
inq strides
olOrange
ommuni-ty
to senior

citizens.

id tribute to

in 2009-.10 with a celebratory season featuring

d-thinking projects. These included the launch of a new series of multi-media
Music Unwound," featuring new visual elements, varied formats and more to

St.Clair's milestone

asterworks.
Since 2006-07, the Symphony has performed in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, with
striking architecture by Cesar Pelli and acoustics by the late Russell Johnson. ln September 2008, the

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,OHN ALEXANDER
Artistic Director, Pacific Chorale

Artistic Director

of

PACITIC CHORALE

Pacific Chorale since 1972,

John Alexander is one of America's most

respected choral conductors. His inspired
leadership both on the podium and a's an
advocate for the advancement of the choral art

has qarnered national and

international

Founded in 1968, Pacific C

stimulating American-focus
presents a substantial perfo

5egerstrom Center for the

symphonies. Under the ins
infused an 0ld World art for

admirition and acclaim.

Thn
of
anc
Sy

by
ch

recording, Pacific Chorale Live: Rachmaninov Vespers, was released in November 2010.

lanice Chandler Eteme

Soprano

Christdpheren Nomura
Baritone

Baritone Christdpheren Nomura has emerqed at the

forefront of the'new qeneration of Americin sinqers.
Since making his New Y-ork City debut, he has perfoimed
throughout the world, hailed as one of classical music's

Kevin Deas

l-Chin Feinblatt

Bass

Mezzo-soprano

L'enfant et les sortildges_under. Lorin Maazel, then sang

qood Life
in the world premierE of Derek Bermel's
lermel's The good
Slatkin
and was again
aqain heard in Hannibal
Hanni
Lokumbe's Dear Mrs.
Parks, thii time with the Detroit Symphony. Other
recent highlights
hiohliohts include Beethovent
Beethoven's Ninth Svhohonv
Symphony
under the baton of Daniel Barenboim with Filarmonrca
della Scala in Accra celebrating the 50th anniversary of
the founding
foundinq of Ghana, Copland's
CoplSnd's Old American
American. dongs
Sonqs and Mozart's Marriaqe
Marriage

with the Pittsburgh Symphony under leonard

[eonar"d

of Fioaro
Figaro with the
Chicago Symphony, Messiah with the Cleveland Orc
Orchestra, Brooklvn Philhaimonic 5nd Handel 8
Havdn Society,
Haydn
Societv, an oDenino
opening Derforma
rubeck Quartet,
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Orchestra, and
performances of Brubeckt To
Center's Mostly
Mostlv
Mozart
Mozart Festival and Carneqie
Svmohonv and
Svmphonv
Barenboim. Mozart's Requiem
Barenboim,
Reouidm with the Atlanta Symphony,
Svmohonv. and How the Grinch St-ole ihriitmai with

performa
with
Hope!
Hall,

Stage of Santa Monica, and in December.2009 with

Camerata Sinoers of Lono Beach. Feinblatt's most
Fantasv
recent solo woik
woJk includes Btethoven's
B-eethoven's Chorale Fantasy
celebratino Carl St. Clair's
Clair's 20th
with Pacific Symphony,
Svmohonv. celebrating
the Kacn
Rachmaninoff Vespers
anniversary, a-nd'perfcirming
anntvetsary,
an0 perrormrng rne
in May lul0.
2010.
wrth tne
with
the Pacrlrc
Pacific Chorale
chorale rn
Feinblatt ralso was one of the ouest artists ol
-----^l
-Oroanica." an
annual
concert event-at UCIA's Rovce
Feinbfatt
Hallwith
lal[with organist
Christooh Bull in April
Aoril 2009. Fe
brqanist Christoph
quest
guest
"orqanica," and in .lune
of "Organica,"
2008 her
is a frequen-t
frequenl
June 20
perforniance ilas reviewdd by Charles L6nberqer in The Beverly Hills 0utlook: "Best of all the guest
hrtists...who vocally
vocallv caressed hrt
sonos by
bv Faui6
raui6 and Gounod with a lory
low. velvety
velvetv dark yet
vet strong
strond and
art songs
artists...who
nioht."
sturdv instrument.-.she was a wonder and a revelation this niqht."
sturdy
rne
the
Herrc
Performing
Arts
in Bach's
in B
6 Minor
Mtn0r ar
at
urange County
Orange
Lounry
Feinblatt was also
FetnDtatt
atso Ine
the mezzo SotorSI
soloist rn
uacns Mass rn
Center with the
the John
lohn Alexander Sinoers
october 2004. Feinblatt has beeh a vocal music teacher at
Singers in October
Fountain Valley High School since-sprinq 2007. She currently studies with voice teacher Monika
Bruckner in 5h6rma-n 0aks, and has cbac6ed with Dr. Kathleen'Roland-Silverstein in Studio City.

Nicholas Preston

Pacif ic Symphony Musicians

Tenor

FIRST VIOLIN

vl0tA

Raymond Kobler, Concertmaster

Eleanor and Michael Gordon Chair

Robert Becker,"
Catherine and James Emmi Chair
Carolyn Riley
John Acevedo
Meredith Crawford
Luke Maurer

Paul Manaster,
Associate Concertmaster
Jeanne Skrocki,
Assistant Concertmaster
Nancy Coade Eldridge
Christine Frank

Kimiyo Takeya

Requiem. Nicholas has oerformed as a ouest artist at

Loybla Marymount Univbrsity with the Sinatra Opera
Loybla.
Workshop, performing
qerforming the role of lamino
Tamino in The
The Magic
playecl the role of Father Grenville-in
Flute. He a-lso
also playecJ
Grenr
scenes from the acclaimed opera Dead Man Walking,
Hegje accompanying. He hii

wit
ma
is up,ur.o
a

Los Angeles Opera Chorus and

tist in Lbs Ang.eles Opera's Educa

tl'r!3.,..

',l,li;in tfS:f%38.t.,fli
he prayeo rne rote
lt
rore or-tne
., ,.J'ttCount
the-ir prodirction
Amerrcan Adventure, wrricrr was rirrntlY<j
and directed by .Kgn Shapiro.
Preston received his primary vocal traininq at Loyola Marymount Universitv. where he sano in the
University Choruses under the direction ofOr. tvta'ry Bredeh, and studied voice with Dr. Kar[Snider.
Nicholas iesides in Culver City with his wife Kathlebn, who'is also a member of Pacific choraie Jnd
The John Alexander singers, and is pursuing her Ph.D. in quantitative psychology at ucLA.

Ayako Sugaya
Ann Shiau Tenney
Maia Jasper
Robert Schumitzky
Agnes Gottschewski
Dana Freeman
Grace 0h
Jean Kim

Angel Liu
Shalini Vijayan
sEcoND vrouN
Bridget Dolkas"'
Jessica Guideri ""
Yen-Ping Lai
Yu-Tong Sharp
Ako Kojian
Ovsep Ketendjian
Linda Owen

Phil Luna
MarlaJoy Weisshaar
Robin Sandusky

Alice Miller-Wrate
Xiaowei 5hi

Julia Staudhammer
Joseph Wen-Xiang Zhang
Pamela Jacobson
Erik Rynearson
Cheryl Gates
Margaret Henken

cEtt0
Timothy Landauer'o
Kevin Plunkett'*"
John Acosta
Robert Vos
tiizl6 Mezo
lan McKinnell
M. Andrew Honea

Waldemar de Almeida
Jennifer Goss
Rudolph Stein
BASS

Steven Edelman"
Douglas Basyen'u'
Christian Kollgaard
David Parmeter
Paul Zibits
David Black
Andrew Bumatay
Constance Deeter

FTUTE

TRUMPET

Mercedes Smith "

Valerie and Hans lmhof Chair
Sharon O'Connor
Cynthia Ellis

Barry Perkins"'
Tony Ellis
David Wailes

Ptccot0

Michael Hoffman*

TROMEONE

Cynthia Ellis

David Stetson

080E

BASS TROMBONE

Jessica Pearlman*
Sue Radford Chair
Deborah Shidler+
ENGtlsH HORN
Lelie Resnick
CLARINET

Benjamin Lulich,"'
The Hanson Family Foundation Chair
David Chang
BASS CTARINET

Joshua Ranz
BASSOON

Rose Corrigan*

Elliot Moreau
Andrew Klein
Allen Savedoff

Robert Sanders
TUBA

James Self "

TIMPANI

Todd

Millef

PERCUSSION

Robert A. Slack*'
Cliff Hulling
HARP

Mindy Ball.
Michelle Temple
PrANO/CETESTE

Sandra Matthews*
PERSONNET MANAGER

Paul Zibits

CONTRABASSOON

TIBRARIANS

Allen Savedoff

Russell Dicey, Brent Anderson

IRENCH HORN

PRODUCT!0N/STAGE MANAGER

Keith Popejoy.
Mark Adams

Libby Farley

James Taylor"*
Russell Dicey

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Will Hunter
*

Principal

**Assistant
+

Principal

0n leave
2010-11 Season

Pacific Chorale Rostel

Anne Williams

SOPRANO
Hannah Rae Arevalo

AtIO

Susanne Aultz
Judith Bohlen
Sarah Dixon
Julie Foyle
Karen F. Henderson
Nancy Hodgson
Susan Jacobs
Sinae Kang

Kathy Kerstein
Joyce Kim
Kellee King
Earbara Kingsbury
Andrea Klyver
Susan Lew
Susan Lindley
Rita Major
Jennifer Mancini
Hannah McMeans
Lenora Meister
Donna Morse
Kris Oca
Linda Williams Pearce
Dana Ramos
Chikayo Rattee
Meri Rogoff
Kathleen Sullivan
Sarah Thompson
Carol Tsai
Ruthanne Walker
Roberta Wall
Lorraine Joy Welling
Iinda Wells-Sholik

Nancy Beach
Mary Breuer
Kay Brown
Monika Bruckner
Julie Ann Campen
Kathryn Cobb-Woll
5r. Paulette Deters
Harriet Edwards
l-Chin Feinblatt
Tiffany Fernandez
Marilyn Forsstrom
Mary Galloway
Geraldine Gibb
Kathryn Gibson
Sandy Grim
Laura Harrison
Anne Henley
Kathryn Holder

Adrienne Larsen
Kaii Lee

Jeanette Moon
Michele M. Mulidor
Pat Newton
Kathleen Preston
Bonnie Pridonoff
Heather Ralph
Loraine Reed
Karen Rose
Vanessa Rothholtz

,oan Severa
Jane Shepherd
Jane Shim
Marijke van Niekerk