Brad Walker, bass-baritone

brad walker bass-baritone

artist diploma degree recital April 12, 2015 • Sunday at 4:30 pm Morse Recital Hall

Robert Blocker, Dean

Artist Diploma Degree Recital

brad walker bass-baritone Timothy Shaindlin, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mentre ti lascio, K. 513 1756–1791 Karl Loewe 1796–1869

Die Gruft der Liebenden, Op. 21

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906–1975

Six Romances on Verses by English Poets, Op. 62a I. Sir Walter Raleigh to His Sonne II. Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast III. Macpherson’s Farewell IV. Jenny V. Sonnet LXVI VI. The King’s Campaign

Anonymous Eugen von Puttkamer-Plauth

Sir Walter Raleigh Robert Burns Burns Burns William Shakespeare Traditional

intermission Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840–1893

Selections from 6 French Songs, Op. 65 I. Sérénade: Où vas-tu,

souffle d’aurore II. Déception

Édouard Turquety Paul Collin

Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872–1958

Songs of Travel (1904) I. The Vagabond II. Let Beauty Awake III. The Roadside Fire IV. Youth and Love V. In Dreams VI. The Infinite Shining Heavens VII. Whither must I Wander VIII. Bright is the Ring of Words IX. I Have Trod the Upward

and the Downward Slope

Robert Louis Stevenson

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Artist Diploma degree.

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, silence electronic devices. Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

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Robert Blocker, Dean