Afternoon of Art Song
Afternoon of Art Song

Afternoon of Art Song

Featuring fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series

About the Performance

Performers

Kate Johnson, soprano
Su Hyeon Park, soprano
Emily Amesquita, mezzo-soprano
Cydney Marie, mezzo-soprano
Ilanna Starr, mezzo-soprano
Ricky L. Owens Jr., countertenor
Edward Ferran, tenor
Justice Yates, bass-baritone

Faculty collaborative pianists:
Matthew Gemmill
Ye In Kwak
Michael Sikich
Ting Ting Wong

Program

1:30 PM – Bennett Gordon Hall

Henry Thacker Burleigh: Five Songs of Laurence Hope (selections) 1. Worth While 3. Kashmiri Song 4. Among the Fuchsias

Ricky L. Owens Jr., countertenor; Michael Sikich, piano


Fernando Obradors: Canciones clásicas españolas (selections) Con amores, la mi madre (Book 1, no. 5) Del cabello más sutil (Book 1, no. 6) El vito (Book 3, no. 6)

Kate Johnson, soprano; Michael Sikich, piano


Matthew Aucoin: Three Whitman Songs (selections) 1. The Sleepers 3. A Clear Midnight

Johannes Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121 (selections) 3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du

Justice Yates, bass-baritone; Ye In Kwak, piano


Lorenzo Palomo: Una primavera Andaluza (selections) 1. Los álamos del río 2. La niña de blanco 3. Sólo tú 4. Llueve, llueve

Edward Ferran, tenor; Matthew Gemmill, piano


–Intermission–


Hye-young Cho: Evocation SELECTION

Joowon Kim: Like the Wind that Met with Lotus SELECTION

Su Hyeon Park, baritone; Ting Ting Wong, piano


Camille Nickerson: Five Creole Songs (selections) 1. Chère, mo lemmé toi 3. Dansé conni conné 4. Fais do do

Cydney Marie, mezzo-soprano; Ting Ting Wong, piano


Arthur Honegger: Saluste du Bartas 1. Le château du Bartas 2. Tout le long de la Baïse 3. Le départ 4. La promenade 5. Nérac en fête 6. Duo

Ilanna Starr, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Gemmill, piano


Samuel Barber: Four songs Rain Has Fallen, op. 10, no. 1 Sleep Now, op. 10, no. 2 Nocturne, op. 13, no. 4 I Hear an Army, op. 10, no. 3

Emily Amesquita, mezzo-soprano; Ye In Kwak, piano

Program and featured artists are subject to change.