Operatic Soprano Angel Blue, whose recent performances with the Metropolitan Opera won her a Grammy Award, teams up with conductor and pianist Bryan Wagorn for a recital of music from around the globe. She sings a transcendent program in four languages, with sweet and ethereal French numbers by Gabriel Fauré, some passionate Russian songs of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and a set of impressive German lieder by Richard Strauss. Blue rounds out the program with touching renditions of American folk tunes and spirituals.
PROGRAM
Clair de lune GABRIEL FAURE(1845 – 1924)
Mandoline
Fleur jetée
Clair de lune CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918)
(Bryan Wagorn)
Ne poy krasavitsa primne SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873 – 1943)
(Never sing to me again)
Zdes Khorosho (How fair this place)
Vesnevody (Spring Waters
Heimliche Aufforderung RICHARD STRAUSS (1864 – 1949)
Allerseelen
Morgen
Befreit
Cäcille
INTERMISSION
Lady of the Harbor LEE HOIBY (1926 – 2011)
Winter Song
There Came a Wind like A Bugle
I Wonder What Became of Me HAROLD ARLEN (1905 – 1986)
Youkali KURT WEILL (1900 – 1950)
Our Love is Here to Stay GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898 – 1937)
(TBD)
Bryan Wagorn solo piece
In His Hands (Arr. Hough) TRADITIONAL
Deep River
Ride on, King Jesus