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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