Sag Harbor Song Festival 2022

The inaugural Sag Harbor Song Festival, presented in collaboration with The Church in Sag Harbor in late September 2022, was a huge success. Conceived by Lena Kaplan, the Festival highlighted the talent of six rising stars of immense talent. The event was led by two extraordinary directors: Artistic Director Brad Woolbright and Music Director Robert Tweten.

  Our 2022 Talent

Anna Christy

Sarah Coit

Leah Hawkins

Jonathan Johnson

David Leigh

Jarrett Ott

Brad Woolbright,
Artistic Director

Robert Tweten,
Music Director

Repertoire

  • Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina) | Handel

    Piangerò la sorte mia (from Giulio Cesare)

    — Anna Christy, soprano

    Salut, demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) | Gounod

    — Jonathan Johnson, tenor

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) | Mahler

    — Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano

    Au fond du temple saint (from Les pêcheurs de perles) | Bizet

    — Jonathan Johnson and Jarrett Ott, baritone

    INTERMISSION

    Dunque io son (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia) | Rossini

    — Sarah Coit and Jarrett Ott

    Hatsu Koi | Koshitani

    Hamabe no Uta | Narita

    Kono michi | Yamada

    — Anna Christy

    Now have I fed and eaten up the rose (Three Songs Op. 45) | Samuel Barber

    A Green Lowland of Pianos

    O boundless, boundless Evening

    — Jarrett Ott

    Solitary Hotel (from Despite and Still Op. 41 #4) | Samuel Barber

    — Jarrett Ott

    Sure on This Shining Night | Samuel Barber

    — Jarett Ott

    Dal labbro il canto (from Falstaff) | Verdi

    — Jonathan Johnson

    Bella figlia dell’ amore (Rigoletto Quartet) | Verdi

    — Anna Christy, Sarah Coit, Jonathan Johnson and Jarrett Ott

  • Der Engel (Wesendonck Lieder) | Wagner
    Stehe still!
    Im Treibhaus
    Schmerzen
    Träume

    — Leah Hawkins, soprano


    Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare) | Handel
    Cara speme

    — Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano

    Ella giammai m’amò (from Don Carlo) | Verdi

    — David Leigh, bass

    Io Son l’umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvrer) | Francesco Cilea

    — Leah Hawkins

    Dein ist mein ganzes herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) | Franz Lehar

    — Jonathan Johnson, tenor

    La flûte de Pan (Chansons de Bilitis) | Debussy
    La chevelure
    Le tombeau des Naiades

    — Sarah Coit

    Go Down, Moses | Traditional Arr. D. Leigh
    Oh Waly Waly
    Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger
    Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

    — David Leigh

    New York Lights (from A View from the Bridge) | William Bolcom

    — Jonathan Johnson

    Vissi d’arte (from Tosca) | Puccini

    — Leah Hawkins

  • Come un’ape ne’giorni d’aprile (from La Cenerentola) | Rossini

    — Jarrett Ott, baritone

    Idolatry (Songs of Separation) | William Grant Still
    Poème
    Parted
    If You Should Go
    A Black Pierrot

    — Leah Hawkins, soprano

    Wie schön ist doch die Musik (from Die Schweigsame Frau) | Richard Strauss

    — David Leigh, bass

    Ich wollt’ ein Sträusslein binden | Richard Strauss
    Ständchen
    Ich sehe wie in einem Spiegel

    — Anna Christy, soprano

    Les chemins de l’amour | Poulenc

    — Leah Hawkins

    INTERMISSION

    Chanson Romanesque (from Don Quichotte à Dulcinée) | Ravel
    Chanson épique
    Chanson à boire

    — Jarrett Ott

    Five romances on words from the journal Krokodil, Op. 121 | Shostakovich
    1. First-hand Testimony
    2. A Hard Wish to Fulfill
    3. Caution
    4. Irinka and the Shepherd
    5. Excessive Enthusiasm

    — David Leigh

    Waitin’ | William Bolcom
    Amor

    — Anna Christy

    Merry Widow Duet (from The Merry Widow) | Lehar

    — Leah Hawkins and Jarrett Ott

    O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) | Puccini

    — Anna Christy

  • L’Invitation au Voyage | Henri Duparc
    Phidylé
    Chanson triste
    La vie antérieure

    — Jonathan Johnson, tenor

    La vie en rose | Edith Piaf

    — Leah Hawkins, soprano

    Man of La Mancha medley | Mitch Leigh

    — David Leigh, bass

    Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen, (Harlequin’s aria) (from Ariadne auf Naxos) | Richard Strauss

    — Jarrett Ott, baritone

    Kein andres (from Capriccio) | Richard Strauss

    — Jonathan Johnson

    Hab mir’s gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) | Richard Strauss

    — Leah Hawkins; Anna Christy, soprano; Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano

    INTERMISSION

    On the Steps of the Palace (from Into the Woods) | Sondheim

    — Anna Christy

    Maria (from West Side Story) | Bernstein

    — Jonathan Johnson

    Unusual Way (from Nine) | Maury Yeston

    — Sarah Coit

    The Boy From… (from The Mad Show) | Mary Rodgers & Sondheim

    — Sarah Coit

    Lily’s Eyes (from Secret Garden) | Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman

    — Jonathan Johnson and Jarrett Ott

    Popular (from Wicked) | Stephen Schwarz

    — Anna Christy

    If Ever I Would Leave You (from Camelot) | Lerner & Loewe

    — Jarrett Ott

    Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific) | Rodgers & Hammerstein

    — Jarrett Ott

    If I were a rich man (from Fiddler on the Roof) | Bock & Harnick

    — David Leigh

    Climb Every Mountain (from Sound of Music) | Rodgers & Hammerstein

    — Leah Hawkins

    Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide) | Bernstein

    — Anna Christy, Leah Hawkins, Sarah Coit, Jonathan Johnson, Jarrett Ott, David Leigh