Alex Smith, baritone, February 29, 2024

José García-León, Dean

master of music degree recital

Alex Smith, baritone Yale Opera February 29, 2024 | 4:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall JJ Penna, piano

Claude Debussy 1862–1918

Fêtes galantes II, L. 104 I. Les ingénus II. Le faune III. Colloque sentimental

John Harbison b. 1938

Flashes and Illuminations (1996) I. On the Greve II. Chemin de Fer III. The Winds of Dawn IV. Cirque d’Hiver V. To Be Recited to Flossie on Her Birthday VI. December 1

intermission

Paul Verlaine

Eugene Montale Elizabeth Bishop Michael Fried Elizabeth Bishop William Carlos Williams Czesław Miłosz

Maurice Ravel 1875–1937

Histoires naturelles, M. 50 I. Le paon II. Le grillon III. Le cygne IV. Le martin-pêcheur V. La pintade

Jules Renard

George Butterworth 1885–1916

Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad (1911) I. Loveliest of trees V. The lads in their hundreds VI. Is my team ploughing?

A.E. Housman

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

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