Musical Program
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Si può? (from Pagliacci) | Leoncavallo
— Darren Lekeith Drone, baritone
Cara speme (from Giulio Cesare) | Handel
— Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) | Verdi
— Susanna Phillips, soprano & David Portillo, tenor
Four Serious Songs Op. 121 | Brahms
I. Denn es gehet dem Menschen
II. Ich wandte mich
III. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
IV. Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete— Le Bu, bass-baritone
Chants d’Auvergne | Canteloube
I. Baïlèro
II. Lo fiolairé
III. Brezairola
IV. L’aïo dè rotso— Amber Norelai, soprano
Four Lieder, Op. 12/13 | Clara Schumann
I. Liebst du um Schönheit
II. Warum willst du and’re fragen
III. Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
IV. Liebeszauber— Cecelia Hall
Ave Maria (from Otello) | Verdi
— Susanna Phillips
Di Provenza il mar, il suol (from La Traviata) | Verdi
— Darren Lekeith Drone
Quando m’en vo (from La bohème) | Puccini
— Amber Norelai
Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte) | Mozart
— Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall & Le Bu
I. Júrame (from Spanish Tango) | Maria Grever
II. Bella enamorada (from El último romántico) | R. Soutullo y J. Vert
III. No puede ser (from La Taberna del Puerto) | Pablo Sorozábal— David Portillo
The Champagne Song (from Die Fledermaus) | Johann Strauss
— Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu
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Where’er you walk (from Semele) | Handel
— David Portillo, tenor
Aprite un po’ quegli occhi (from Le Nozze di Figaro) | Mozart
— Le Bu, bass-baritone
Parto, parto ( from La Clemenza di Tito) | Mozart
— Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Hermit Songs | Samuel Barber
I. At St. Patrick’s Purgatory
II. Church Bell at Night
III. St. Ita’s Vision
IV. The Heavenly Banquet
V. The Crucifixion
VI. Sea-Snatch
VII. Promiscuity
VIII. The Monk and his Cat
IX. The Praises of God
X. The Desire for Hermitage— Susanna Phillips, soprano
The Bell Song (from Lakmé) | Delibes
— Amber Norelai, soprano
Suoni la tromba (from I Puritani) | Bellini
— Darren Lekeith Drone, baritone & Le Bu
Pst, pst, Nannetta (from Falstaff) | Verdi
— Amber Norelai & David Portillo
Vecchia zimarra, senti (from La bohème) | Puccini
— Le Bu
Am I In Your Light? (from Doctor Atomic) | John Adams
— Cecelia Hall
Canciones Clásicas Españolas | F. Obradors
I. Al Amor
II. Del cabello más sutil
III. Chiquitita la novia— David Portillo
Me llaman la primorosa (from El Barbero de Sevilla) | M. Nieto y G. Giménez
— Amber Norelai
I. A Red Headed Woman (from Porgy and Bess) | Gershwin
II. A Woman is a Sometime Thing
III. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’— Darren Lekeith Drone
Speak Low (from One Touch of Venus) | Kurt Weill
— Cecelia Hall
Six Songs from “Do You Sing, Mr. Twain?” | Gordon Myers
— Susanna Phillips
Sure On This Shining Night | Morten Lauridsen
— Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu
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De España Vengo (from El Niño Judío) | Pablo Luna
— Amber Norelai, soprano
Granada | Agustín Lara
— David Portillo, tenor
Riez, allez! (from Don Quichotte) | Massenet
— Le Bu, bass-baritone
Seguidilla (from Carmen) | Bizet
— Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Old American Songs | Copland
I. The Boatmen’s Dance
II. The Dodger
III. Simple Gifts
IV. At the River
V. I Bought Me a Cat— Darren Lekeith Drone, baritone
Silent Noon | R. Vaughan Williams
— Le Bu
I. Autumn in New York (from Thumbs Up!) | Vernon Duke
II. Till there was you (from The Music Man) | Meredith Willson
III. Love is here to stay (from The Goldwyn Follies) | George Gershwin— Susanna Phillips, soprano
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat (from Guys and Dolls) | Frank Loesser
— David Portillo and Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu
No One Is Alone (from Into the Woods) | Stephen Sondheim
— Amber Norelai, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo & Darren Lekeith Drone
Being Alive (from Company) | Stephen Sondheim
— David Portillo
Getting Married Today (from Company) | Stephen Sondheim
— Susanna Phillips, Amber Norelai & David Portillo
I. Waitin’ for my Dearie (from Brigadoon) | Lerner & Loewe
II. Somebody, somewhere (from Most Happy Fella) | Frank Loesser— Amber Norelai
It Never Was You (from Knickerbocker Holiday) | Kurt Weill
— Cecelia Hall & Darren Lekeith Drone
Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific) | Rodgers & Hammerstein
— Le Bu
I. I’d Rather be Sailing (from A New Brain) | William Finn
II. Friend Like Me (from Aladdin) | Alan Menken & Howard Ashman— Darren Lekeith Drone
Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) | Arlen & Harburg
— Cecelia Hall
You’ll Never Walk Alone/Climb Every Mountain | Rodgers & Hammerstein (arr. Mark Hayes)
— Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu