Faculty Recital: Traditions & Change, Renewal & Parting

YST faculty Alan Bennett (tenor), Albert Tiu (piano), Priscilla Fong (mezzo-soprano) and Abigail Sin (piano) present the works of Leos Janacek, Carl Nielsen and Karol Szmanowski—exploring themes of traditional life and its inevitable change, concluding with Janacek’s epic song cycle, The Diary of One Who Vanished.

PROGRAMME

ALAN BENNETT, tenor

ALBERT TIU, piano

PRISCILLA FONG, mezzo-soprano

ABIGAIL SIN, piano

CARL NIELSEN

6 Songs of Ludvig Holstein, Op. 10

I. Æbleblomst
II. Erindringens Sø
III. Sommersang
IV. Sang bag Ploven
V. I Aften
VI. Hilsen

ZOLTAN KODALY

From Hungarian Folk Music Settings:

Apró alma lehullott

Szőlőhegyen keresztül

A csitári hëgyek alatt

JEAN SIBELIUS

Six Songs, Op. 36

I. Svarta rosor
II. Men min fogel märks dock icke
III. Bollspelet vid Trianon
IV. Säf, säf, susa
V. Marssnön
VI. Demanten par marssnön

LEOS JANACEK

Zápisník zmizelého (The Diary of One Who Disappeared)

I. Potkal jsem mladou cigánku II. Ta černá cigánka
III. Svatojanské musky
IV. Už mladé vlaštúvky
V. Tĕžko sa mi oře
VI. Hajsi, vy siví volci
VII. Zratil sem kolíček
VIII. Nehedˇte, volečci, tesklivo k úvratím
IX. Vítaj, Janíčku
X. Bože, dálnŷ, nesmrtelnŷ, proč’s cigánu život dal?
XI. Tahne vůňa k lesu
XII. Tmavá olšinka, chladná studénka
XIII. Klavír-solo
XIV. Slnéčko sa zdvihá, stín sa krátí
XV. Moji siví volci, co na mne hledíte?
XVI. Co sem to udĕlal?
XVII. Co komu súzeno, tomu neuteče
XVIII. Nedbám já včil o nic, než aby večer byl
XIX. Letí straka letí
XX. Mám já panenku
XXI. Můj drahý tatíčku, jak vy sa mýlíte
XXII. Sbohem, rodný kraju, sbohem, má dĕdino

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