nola richardson soprano
doctor of musical arts degree recital Yale Institute of Sacred Music • Martin Jean, Director March 31, 2016 • Thursday at 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall
Robert Blocker, Dean
Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Recital
nola richardson soprano
Francis Poulenc 1899–1963
Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, FP 91 I. Le garçon de Liège II. Au-delà III. Aux officiers de la garde blanche Tomoko Nakayama, piano
George Frideric Handel 1685–1759
Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 Accompagnato Aria: Adagio Recitativo Accompagnato Aria Recitativo Aria: Siciliana
adapted from Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata
Daniel Lee, violin Emily Hale, violin Charlie Rasmussen, cello Tomoko Nakayama, harpsichord Lester Trimble 1923–1986
Four Fragments from The Canterbury Tales (1958) Geoffrey I. Prologue Chaucer II. A Knyght III. A Yong Squier IV. The Wyf of Biside Bathe Jonathan Slade, flute Jesse McCandless, clarinet Tomoko Nakayama, harpsichord intermission
Libby Larsen b. 1950
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1989) I. I thought once how Theocritus had sung II. My letters! III. With the same heart, I said, I’ll answer thee IV. If I leave all for thee V. Oh, yes! VI. How do I love thee?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Tomoko Nakayama, piano Barbara Strozzi 1619–1677
L’Astratto, Op. 8, No. 4 Charlie Rasmussen, cello Tomoko Nakayama, piano
Giuseppe Artale
This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
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Robert Blocker, Dean