Jessica Pray, soprano, April 19, 2017

Robert Blocker, Dean

master of music degree recital

Jessica Pray soprano

April 19, 2017 • Wednesday at 4:30 pm Morse Recital Hall

Master of Music Degree Recital

Jessica Pray soprano April 19, 2017 • Morse Recital Hall douglas dickson piano & harpsichord

Dominick Argento b. 1927

Six Elizabethan Songs (1962) I. Spring II. Sleep III. Winter IV. Dirge V. Diaphenia VI. Hymn

Thomas Nash Samuel Daniel William Shakespeare Shakespeare Henry Constable Ben Jonson

Felice Doynov, flute Lydia Consilvio, oboe Laura Park, violin Ravenna Michalsen, cello Antón García Abril b. 1933

Selections from Siete canciones de amor (2010) I. Oigo fuera la lluvia II. Al calor de tus manos III. Rumor de mar y viento VII. Cuando yo te busque por el alba

Antonio Carvajal

intermission

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree.

Yale School of Music

Franz Schubert 1729–1828

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 Eric Braley, clarinet

Wilhelm Müller & Karl August Varnhagen von Ense

Francis Poulenc 1899–1963

Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101 I. La Dame d’André II. Dans l’herbe III. Il vole IV. Mon cadavre est doux

comme un gant V. Violon VI. Fleurs

Louise de Vilmorin

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943

“How Beautiful this Spot!” from Twelve Romances, Op. 21, No. 7

Glafira Galina

Rachmaninoff

“Do not sing, my beauty!” from Six Romances, Op. 4, No. 4

Aleksandr Pushkin

Pyotry Illyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893

“Was I not a blade of grass in the field?” from Seven Romances, Op. 47, No. 7

Ivan Surkov

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Robert Blocker, Dean