carthage music department presents
The Performing Arts Series Presents:
Trio Celeste
Patrick Terry, countertenor
Charlie Rasmussen, viola da gamba
Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama, harpsichord
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
H. F. Johnson Recital Hall
program
Bess of Bedlam, Z. 370 (1682)
A Souldiers Resolution, No. 12
madness & ecstacy
Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)
Tobias Hume from the First Part of Ayres (1605) (1579? – 1645)
Sweeter than roses, Z. 585/1
Henry Purcell from Pausanias (1695)
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1029
Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio (1685 – 1750)
Allegro
Andante
Allegro
Mein treues Bluth
Jakob Kremberg from Musicalische Gemüths-Ergötzung (1689) (c. 1650 – 1715)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903
Est ist Vollbracht
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach from the St. John Passion, BWV 245 (1724)
intermission
Amarilli, mia bella
Giulio Caccini from Le nuove musiche (1602) (1551 – 1618)
Lasciatemi morire! SV 22 (1623)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)
Lasciatemi qui solo Francesca Caccini from Primo Libro delle Musiche (1618) (1587 – 1640)
Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251 (1632)
Claudio Monteverdi from Scherzi musicali
Care selve, amici prati, RV 671
Antonio Vivaldi Allegro non molto (1678 – 1741)
Recitativo
Allegro ma poco
Patrick Terry - Countertenor
Patrick was born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin, but he has been heard on operatic stages across the world. Career highlights include singing Eustazio at the Glyndebourne Festival, Rinaldo with the Minnesota Opera, Rosencrantz with the Bayerische Staatsoper, and premiering Brett Dean’s “In this brief moment” with the Elbphilharmonie. He earned degrees from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, The Royal Academy of Music in London, and was the first countertenor to join the Jette Parker Young Artist program at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Charlie Rasmussen - Viola da gamba
Charlie Rasmussen, cello and viola da gamba, is the Instrumental Director at Just Bach Concerts in Madison and performs frequently around the region. Recent ensemble appearances include the Madison Bach Musicians, Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble, and the New Milwaukee Consort. Charlie also serves on the board of directors of Early Music Now and performs frequently on their Milwaukee Early Music series. Charlie coaches the viol consort at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and has been on faculty at the Madison and Whitewater Early Music Festivals. He has released two albums on the Centaur Records label. Charlie is a cello faculty member and the Suzuki Coordinator at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.
Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama - Harpsichord
Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano and Harpsichord from the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University, and Master of Music in Piano and Early Music/Harpsichord from Indiana University, where she was the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious Rudolph Ganz Memorial Award, and Willi Apel Scholarship. She has studied piano with Ludmila Lazar and Shigeo Neriki; harpsichord with David Schrader and Elisabeth Wright; fortepiano with Elizabeth Wright and Kenneth Drake; chamber music with Rostislav Dubinsky; early chamber music with Stanley Ritchie; and conducting with Thomas Baldner and Imre Pallo. As a conductor, she has conducted Indiana University’s Symphony Orchestra, Indiana University Ad-hoc Orchestra, and Indiana University Opera Workshops. Her love for vocal music and theater led her to serve as the recitative coach for Martina Arroyo’s voice studio as well as one of the opera coaches for Indiana University Opera Theater for 6 years. Currently Ms. Nakayama teaches as an adjunct faculty member of the Carthage Music Department and University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She is a Juilliard School Dalcroze Institute certified instructor of Dalcroze Eurhythmics and received her Dalcroze License from the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement in Dallas, Texas. She often gives demonstrations and lectures to music teachers and students in the Midwest. She frequently collaborates with Early Music specialists in the Greater Milwaukee and Chicago area. In 2024, she formed the Trio Celeste with violist da gamba Charlie Rasmussen and countertenor Patrick Terri, generously sponsored by Early Music Now.
upcoming events
New Play Initiative presents: Blue Bird
October 24, 25, 30, 31, November 1• 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 26 • 3:00 p.m.
Wartburg Theatre
Tickets Required. Visit www.carthage.edu/tickets for ticket information
Performing Arts Series: Austin Pancner
Friday, October 24 • 7:30 p.m.
H. F. Johnson Recital Hall
Tickets Required. Visit www.carthage.edu/tickets for ticket information
John Cargille: With a Whimper or a Bang?, Student Recital
Sunday, October 26 • 1:00 p.m.
H. F. Johnson Recital Hall
Annaliese Ruhs, Student Recital
Saturday, November 1 • 1:00 p.m.
H. F. Johnson Recital Hall
Madison Edge, Student Recital
Saturday, November 1 • 4:00 p.m.
H. F. Johnson Recital Hall
Andre'a Santoyo, Student Recital
Saturday, November 1 • 7:30 p.m.
H. F. Johnson Recital Hall
Fine Arts at Carthage acknowledges that the land on which our building stands is part of the traditional Potawatomi, Sioux, Peoria, Kickapoo, and Miami peoples past, present, and future. These homelands reside along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes. We honor with gratitude the land itself, and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations. Many Indigenous peoples thrive in this place—alive and strong, andthis calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit as well.