Sag Harbor Song Festival 2023

The second Sag Harbor Song Festival in late September 2023, again presented in collaboration with The Church in Sag Harbor, built on the success of the inaugural festival in 2022 and was a resounding triumph. The vision of Lena Kaplan, the Festival presented six rising stars of immense talent. The music chosen spanned nearly 30 composers over four centuries, covering a musical panorama of operatic repertory, musical theatre, songs and lieder. The 2023 Festival was led by Artistic Director Brad Woolbright, who worked closely with Music Director Robert Tweten, and also featured the highly regarded pianist John Arida.

  Our 2023 Talent

Alaysha Fox
Soprano

Liv Redpath
Soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano
Mezzo-soprano

Jack Swanson
Tenor

Zachary Nelson
Baritone

Brandon Cedel
Bass-Baritone

John Arida
Festival Pianist

Brad Woolbright
Artistic Director

Robert Tweten
Music Director

Musical Program

  • Ah! mes amis (from La fille du régiment) | Donizetti

    — Jack Swanson, tenor

    Sole e amore | Puccini
    Morire?
    Terra e mare

    — Alaysha Fox, soprano

    Aleko’s Cavatina (from Aleko) | Rachmaninoff

    — Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone

    Vocalise, Op.34 | Rachmaninoff

    — Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

    Songs of Travel | Vaughan Williams
    The Vagabond
    Roadside Fire
    Youth and Love
    Bright is the Ring of Words

    — Zachary Nelson, baritone

    Da tempeste (from Giulio Cesare) | Handel

    — Liv Redpath, soprano

    Ah, taci ingiusto core (from Don Giovanni) | Mozart

    — Jennifer Johnson Cano, Zachary Nelson & Brandon Cedel

    Ariettes oubliées L.60 | Debussy
    C’est l’extase
    Il pleure dans mon coeur
    L’ombre des arbres
    Chevaux de bois
    Green
    Spleen

    — Liv Redpath

    Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade) | Massenet

    — Alaysha Fox

    Una furtiva lagrima (from L’élisir d’amore) | Donizetti

    — Jack Swanson

    “Sinatra Songs”
    (Love Is) The Tender Trap | Jimmy van Heusen & Sammy Cahn
    Fly Me to the Moon | Bart Howard
    Bang, Bang | Sonny Bono
    That’s Life | Dean Kay & Kelly Gordon

    — Zachary Nelson

    The Tipsy Waltz (from La Périchole) | Offenbach

    — Jennifer Johnson Cano

    Brindisi (from La Traviata) | Verdi

    — Alaysha Fox, Liv Redpath, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Jack Swanson, Zachary Nelson & Brandon Cedel

  • Ritorna vincitor (from Aida) | Verdi

    — Alaysha Fox, soprano

    Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto (from Rinaldo) | Handel

    — Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone

    Tre Sonetti di Petrarca S. 270 | Liszt
    Pace non trovo
    Benedetto sia ‘l giorno
    I’ vidi in terra

    — Jack Swanson, tenor

    Lieder Op. 27 | R. Strauss
    Ruhe, meine Seele!
    Cäcilie
    Heimliche Aufforderung
    Morgen!

    — Alaysha Fox

    The Presentation of the Rose (from Der Rosenkavalier) | R. Strauss

    — Liv Redpath, soprano & Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

    Madamina (from Don Giovanni) | Mozart

    — Zachary Nelson, baritone

    Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Delilah) | Saint-Saëns

    — Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

    Botschaft | Brahms
    Wir Wandelten
    Feldeinsamkeit
    Meine Liebe ist grün

    — Brandon Cedel

    Caro nome (from Rigoletto) | Verdi

    — Liv Redpath, soprano

    Venti scudi (from L’elisir d’amore) | Donizetti

    — Jack Swanson & Zachary Nelson

    The Light in the Piazza (from The Light in the Piazza) | Adam Guettel

    — Liv Redpath

    Somewhere (from West Side Story) | Bernstein

    — Jennifer Johnson Cano

    Sing to Love (from Die Fledermaus) | J. Strauss

    — Alaysha Fox, Liv Redpath, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Jack Swanson, Zachary Nelson & Brandon Cedel

  • Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann) | Offenbach

    — Alaysha Fox, soprano & Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

    Old American Songs | Aaron Copland
    Zion’s Walls
    Simple Gifts
    At the River
    Ching-a-ring-chaw

    — Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone

    Three Salt-Water Ballads | Frederick Keel
    Port of Many Ships
    Trade Winds
    Mother Carey

    — Zachary Nelson, baritone

    Marietta’s Lied (from Die tote Stadt) | Korngold

    — Alaysha Fox

    Rückert Lieder | Mahler
    Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
    Liebst du um Schönheit
    Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!
    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

    — Jennifer Johnson Cano

    Glitter and Be Gay (from Candide) | Bernstein

    — Liv Redpath, soprano

    Tonight (from West Side Story) | Bernstein

    — Liv Redpath & Jack Swanson, tenor

    Being Alive | Sondheim
    What a Wonderful World | Thiele & Weiss
    Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Arlen

    — Brandon Cedel

    I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair | Stephen Foster
    I Hear You Calling Me | Charles Marshall
    Song to the Seals | Sir Granville Bantock

    — Jack Swanson

    Losing My Mind (from Follies) | Sondheim

    — Alaysha Fox

    Stars (from Les Misérables) | Claude-Michel Schönberg

    — Zachary Nelson

    Bring Him Home (from Les Misérables) | Claude-Michel Schönberg

    — Jack Swanson

    You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel) | Rogers & Hammerstein

    — Jennifer Johnson Cano

    Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide) | Bernstein

    — Alaysha Fox, Liv Redpath, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Jack Swanson, Zachary Nelson & Brandon Cedel