Shakespeare and Song

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April 12, 1994

PROGRAM

O Mistress Mine Roger Quilter
Twelfth Night, Act II, Sc 3
Joel Rinsema, tenor
Gail Culberson Novak, piano

Horch, Horch die Lerch Franz Schubert
Cymbeline, Act II, Sc 3
Kirsti Aasum, mezzo-soprano
Mark Feary, piano

It Was a Lover and his Lass Gerald Fenzi
As You Like It, Act V, Sc 3
Michael Johnson, bass-baritone
Ren Anderton, piano

Come Away Death Roger Quilter
Twelfth Night, Act II, Sc 4
Yuriko Suzuki, soprano
Theresa McDougall, piano

Under the Greenwood Tree Roger Quilter
As You Like it It, Act II, Sc 5
Kerwin Blau, baritone
Naomi Barban, piano

Take, O Take Those Lips Away
Measure for Measure, Act 4, Sc 1
Kerwin Blau, baritone
Naomi Barban, piano

Orpheus with his Lute Ralph Vaughan Williams
King Henry VIII, Act III, Sc 1
Dal Albretsen, soprano
Roy Hakes, piano

Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind Roger Quilter
As You Like It, Act II Sc 7
David Thomas, baritone
Naomi Barban, piano

Winter Dominick Argento
Love's Labour's Lost, Act 5, Sc 2
Jennifer Johnson, soprano
Debbie Wagner, piano

Fenton's Aria Giuseppe Verdi
from the opera Falstaff
Merry Wives of Windsor
C. Scott Wyatt, tenor
Sean Wyatt, piano

My Lord the Man I Know Gordon Getty
from the opera Plump Jack
Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Sc 4
Jeff Tucker, bass-baritone
Darrell Partin, piano

Horch, die Lerche singt im hain Otto Nicolai
from Die lustige Weibe von Windsor
Merry Wives of Windsor
George Killian, tenor
Michelle Roueché, piano

Nun eilt herbei Otto Nicolai
from Die Lustige Wiber von Windsor
Merry Wives of Windsor
Gaylin Talbot, soprano
Ren Anderton, piano

INTERMISSION

An Sylvia Franz Schubert
The Two Gentleman from Verona, Act IV, Sc 2
Kerwin Blau, baritone
Naomi Barban, piano

Que fais tu Charles Gounod
from the opera Romeo et Juliette
Kirsti Aasum, mezzo-soprano
Mark Feary, piano

Queen Mab Speech Charles Gounod
from the opera Romeo and Juliette
David Thomas, baritone
Naomi Barban, piano

Je viex vivre Charles Gounod
from the opera Romeo and Juilette
Dal Albretsen, soprano
Roy Hakes, piano

Duet: Ah, tu di vrai, c'est le jour Charles Gounod
from the opera Romeo et Juliette
Bonnie Ellsworth, soprano
Joel Rinsema, tenor
Gail Culberson Novak, piano

Je suis Titania Ambroise Thomas
from the opera Mignon
Midsummer Night's Dream
Susy Hopkins, soprano
Ann Nagell, piano

Balcony Scene: Tonight Leonard Bernstein
from West Side Story
Jennifer Johnson, soprano
C. Scott Wyatt, tenor

Where is the Life of Late I've Led Cole Porter
from Kiss Me Kate
Mike Johnson, bass-baritone
Ren Anderton, piano

I Hate Men Cole Porter
from Kiss Me Kate
Bonnie Ellsworth, soprano
Mark Feary, piano

Brush Up Your Shakespeare Cole Porter
from Kiss Me Kate
George Killian, tenor
Jeff Tucker, bass-baritone
Michelle Roueché, piano

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