Rachel Weishoff, mezzo-soprano, February 28, 2018

Robert Blocker, Dean

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Rachel Weishoff mezzo-soprano

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 • 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall

Master of Musical Arts Recital

Rachel Weishoff mezzo-soprano douglas dickson piano

Gaetano Donizetti 1797–1848

Soirées d’automne à l’Infrascata (1837) I. La lontananza II. Amore e morte III. Me voglio fa’ na casa

Claude Debussy 1862–1918

3 Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 I. La flûte de Pan II. La Chevelure III. Le Tombeau des naïades

Samuel Barber 1910–1981

Despite and Still, Op. 41 I. A Last Song II. My Lizard III. In the Wilderness IV. Solitary Hotel V. Despite and Still intermission

Felice Romani Giovanni Redaelli Neapolitan Pierre Louÿs

Robert Graves Theodore Roethke Graves James Joyce Graves

Yale School of Music

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 I. Seit ich ihn gesehen II. Er, der Herrlichste von allen III. Ich kann’s nicht fassen IV. Du Ring an meinem Finger V. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern VI. Süsser Freund, du blickest VII. An meinem Herzen VIII. Nun hast du mir der ersten

Schmerz getan

Adelbert von Chamisso

Maurice Ravel 1875–1937

2 Mélodies hébraïques (1914) I. Kaddisch II. L’énigme éternelle

Biblical

Manuel de Falla 1876–1946

7 canciones populares Españolas (1914–15) I. El paño moruno II. Seguidilla murciana III. Asturiana IV. Jota V. Nana VI. Canción VII. Polo

Traditional Spanish

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Robert Blocker, Dean