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Illinois State University Madrigal Singers

Premiere

October 20, 2003
ISU Madrigal Singers
ISU Center for the Performing Arts

Commissioner

commissioned by Dr. James Major and the Illinois State University Madrigal Singers for the 47th annual Madrigal Dinners

Dedication

to Michael James Montgomery

Text

Sir Philip Sidney

Program Notes

I composed My True Love Hath My Heart in 2003 for the Illinois State University Madrigal Singers, which I was a member of at the time. I had come across the text – and immediately fallen in love with it – that summer when I sang Jean Berger’s setting while working for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. I was newly in love at the time, myself, and was still caught up in the novelty of the sudden swings from quiet adoration to romantic exuberance, so I decided to embody that in the score by writing in huge dynamic shifts – in some sections, nearly every note has a different dynamic marking: from mezzo-piano to forte to piano, and in the closing bars from triple forte all the way down to pianissimo. Also important to the piece is the juxtaposition of unison and extended harmonies – the lovers together and apart – which pervades the work, and which, despite the (happily) tempestuous dynamic shifts and the longing of the extended harmonies, finally settles quietly on a peaceful and contented perfect fifth.

Performance History

Date	Performer(s)	Venue	City/State
October 20, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Choral Arts Festival	Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
October 28, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Ensemble Fall Tour Afternoon performance
October 28, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Ensemble Fall Tour Evening performance
October 29, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Ensemble Fall Tour Afternoon performance
October 29, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Ensemble Fall Tour Evening performance
December 2, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 3, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 4, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 5, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 6, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners Matinee performance	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 6, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners Evening performance	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 8, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 9, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 10, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 11, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
December 12, 2003	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Dinners	Circus Room, Bone Student Center, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
January 3, 2004	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers Shure/Kopija Wedding		Normal, IL
April 24, 2004	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers Dennis Tobenski Senior Composition Recital	Kemp Recital Hall, Illinois State University	Normal, IL
May 11, 2004	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Spring Tour 2004 Afternoon performance
May 11, 2004	Illinois State University Madrigal Singers ISU Madrigal Spring Tour 2004 Evening performance
May 1, 2016	Cappella Orpheus Nelly Matova, director Across the Ocean: The Modern English-American Tradition	St. John Episcopal Chapel	Champaign, IL

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