Nola Richardson, soprano

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