Guest Artist:
Heather Roberts, Soprano (top)
Eric Schank, Piano
Volksliedchen (Little Folksong)
Text by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)
Set by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Wie Melodien zieht es mir (Like a Melody it Pervades me)
Text by Klaus Groth (1819-1899)
Set by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808 (first stanza).
Second stanza by Georg Scherer (1824-1909)
Set by Johannes Brahms
Vergebliches Ständchen (Futile Serenade)
Text by Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (1803-1869), loosely based on a folk song from the Lower Rhine.
Set by Johannes Brahms
"When I bring to you colour'd toys;” “On the day when death will knock at thy door;” "The sleep that flits on baby's eyes;” from Gitanjali (Song Offerings)
Text by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Set by John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
Prayer of the Goldfish; Prayer of the Cat; Prayer of the Litte Bird,
from Prayers from the Arc
words by Carmen Bernos de Gastold; Translated by Rumer Godden
set by Theron Kirk (1919-1999)
Fields of Athenry
(Irish ballad)
Kaweo Kanoho, Tenor (top)
Kayleen Yuda, Pianist
Man is for the Woman Made
Text by Peter Anthony Motteux (1660-1718)
Set by Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695)
My Lovely Celia
Text by Anonymous
Set by George Munro (?-1731)
Chanson d'amour (Song of Love)
Text by Armand Silvestre (1837-1901)
Set by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Come Raggio Di Sol (As a Ray of Sunlight)
Text by Anonymous
Set by Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Five Eyes
Text by Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
Set by C. Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960)
Silent and Lone; In His Wide Linen Vesture; from Gypsy Songs
Original words by Adolf Heyduk (1835-1923)
Set by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Guest Artist: Phyllis Haines, Soprano (top)
Beebe Frietas, Piano
Adieu (Farewell)
Texts by Charles Jean Grandmougin (1850-1930)
Set by Gabriel Fauré
Une herbe pauvre (Scanty grass)
Text by Paul Éluard (1895-1952)
Set by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), from Tel jour Telle nuit, no. 6.
Le front comme un drapeau perdu (The brow like a lost flag)
Text by Paul Éluard (1895-1952)
Set by Francis Poulenc, from Tel jour Telle nuit, no. 3.
Hier (Yesterday)
Text by Marie Laurencin (1885-1956)
Set by Francis Poulenc
Der Schmied (The Blacksmith)
Text by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862)
Set by Johannes Brahms
Das Mädchen spricht (The maiden speaks)
Text by Otto Friedrich Gruppe (1804-1876)
Set by Johannes Brahms
Du bist die Ruh (You are peace)
Text by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)
Set By Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Botschaft (Message)
Text by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875) after a Persian text by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (ca. 1327-1390).
Set by Johannes Brahms
Debra Lynn, Soprano (top)
Celia Canty, Piano
Die Mainacht (The May Night)
Text by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748-1776)
Set by Johannes Brahms
Les chemins de l'amour (Valse Chantée) (The ways of Love)
Text by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)
Set by Francis Poulenc
Come Ready and See Me
text by James Purdy (1923-
set by Richard Hundley (1931-
Widmung (Dedication)
Text by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)
Set by Robert Schuman
Danny Boy (Traditional?) The tune was possibly composed by Rory Dall O'Cahan (also known as Rory Dall Morison because of living in Scotland many years) in the 1600's. These words were written by Frederick Edward Weatherly in 1913.
