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Carnegie Hall Presents

Vocal Adrenaline

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Sunday, Mar 6, 2011 | 2 PM
Joyce DiDonato
David Zobel
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • David Zobel, Piano
  • Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano

Program

  • HAYDN "Berenice, che fai," Hob. XXIVa:10
  • ROSSINI "L'invito"
  • ROSSINI "La partenza"
  • ROSSINI "Le dodo des enfants"
  • ROSSINI "Chanson de Zora"
  • CHAMINADE "Viens! mon bien-aimé!"
  • CHAMINADE "Villanelle"
  • CHAMINADE "Aubade"
  • CHAMINADE "L'été"
  • ROSSINI "Assisa al piè d’un salice...Deh, calma," from Otello
  • JAKE HEGGIE The Breaking Waves (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • BUZZI-PECCIA "Lolita" (serenata spagnola)
  • LEONCAVALLO "Serenata francese"
  • DI CHIARA "La spagnola"

  • Encores:
  • MASSENET "Je suis gris!" from Chérubin
  • ROSSINI "Tanti affetti" from La donna del Lago
  • ARLEN "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
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This Yankee Diva (as she calls herself) is a “gilt-edged opera star” (The New York Times). Though she made her name singing Rossini, she’s also built a reputation as an interpreter of new music. On this recital, she introduces us to new songs from Jake Heggie—DiDonato starred in the New York premiere of his opera Dead Man Walking—and works by Rossini, Haydn, and Chaminade.
Fauré “En sourdine” from Mélodies, Op. 58, No. 2
Joyce DiDonato,  Mezzo-Soprano / Julius Drake, Piano
Wigmore Hall Live
Sunday, Apr 3, 2011 | 2 PM
Dorothea Röschmann
David Daniels
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • David Daniels, Countertenor
  • Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano
  • Jory Vinikour, Co-Director and Harpsichord
  • Juilliard415
  • Monica Huggett, Co-Director and Leader

Program

  • HANDEL Overture to Rodelinda
  • HANDEL "Ho perduto il caro sposo" from Rodelinda
  • HANDEL "Crede l'uomo ch'egli riposi" from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
  • HANDEL Passacaglia from Terpsicore and Il pastor fido
  • HANDEL "Se'il mio duol" from Rodelinda
  • HANDEL "Perfido, di a quell'empio tiranna" from Radamisto
  • HANDEL "Io t'abbraccio" from Rodelinda
  • HANDEL Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, Op. 3, No. 2
  • HANDEL "Per le porte del tormento passan l'anime" from Sosarme, re di Media
  • HANDEL "V'adoro, pupille" from Giulio Cesare
  • HANDEL "Voi che udite il mio lamento" from Agrippina
  • HANDEL "Morrai si, l'empia tua testa" from Rodelinda
  • HANDEL "Scherzano sul tuo volto" from Rinaldo

  • Encores:
  • HANDEL "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo
  • HANDEL "Ch'io parta? Sì, crudele" from Partenope
  • MONTEVERDI "Pur ti miro" from L'incoronazione di Poppea
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These are two singers who bring a theatrical flair to everything they do and excel in this repertoire. Röschmann is “a fundamentally dramatic singer” who “effortlessly takes on character” (The New York Times). Daniels is a “quintessential exponent of the Handelian style” (The Wall Street Journal). Together, they take you through some of the highlights from operas and oratorios by the Baroque era’s most illustrious composer for the stage.
Handel Rodelinda (“Vivi, tiranno”)
David Daniels, Countertenor; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington
Virgin Classics
Monday, Apr 25, 2011 | 8 PM
Sylvia Schwartz
Bernarda Fink
Michael Schade
Thomas Quasthoff
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Bernarda Fink, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Justus Zeyen, Piano
  • Malcolm Martineau, Piano
  • Michael Schade, Tenor
  • Sylvia Schwartz, Soprano
  • Thomas Quasthoff, Bass-Baritone

Program

  • SCHUMANN Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138
  • BRAHMS Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52
  • BRAHMS "An die Heimat," Op. 64, No. 1
  • BRAHMS "Der Abend," Op. 64, No. 2
  • BRAHMS "O schöne Nacht," Op. 92, No. 1
  • BRAHMS "Abendlied," Op. 92, No. 3
  • BRAHMS Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 65

  • Encores:
  • BRAHMS "Da unten im Tale" from Deutsche Volkslieder, No. 6
  • TRAD. "In einem kühlen Grunde"
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A recital with any one of these singers would be memorable; a program with them all together is outstanding. In Schumann’s setting of Spanish folk poetry, Schwartz, Fink, Schade, and Quasthoff all show off their skills individually before joining up in the final song. At the heart of this program are Brahms’s two brilliant sets of vocal quartets with their two-piano accompaniment.
Brahms Liebeslieder, Walzer, Op. 52, No. 11 ("Nein, Es Ist Nicht Auszukommen")
Martial Singher, Bass / Marlena Kleinman, Mezzo-Soprano / Wayne Conner, Tenor / Benita Valente, Soprano / Rudolf Serkin, Piano / Leon Fleisher, Piano
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