Songs of Solace
University of Michigan Master's Recital, Britton Recital Hall
Paige Gadbois, Soprano and Lydia Qiu, piano
SATB Choir
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Dedicated not to those we've loved and lost, but to the ones they left behind.
Program:
City Called Heaven, Arr. Norah Duncan IV
African American Spiritual
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Le rossignol des lilas, Reynaldo Hahn
Die Nachtigall, Sieben frühe Lieder, Alban Berg
The Nightingale Charmed by the Rose, Four Romances, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
King David, Herbert Howells
Kdyz mne stará matka (Songs My Mother Taught Me), Cigánské Melodie (Gypsy Songs), Antonín DvoÅ™ák
New Words from In the Beginning, Maury Yeston
Goodnight Moon, Eric Whitacre
Take My Mother Home, Honey and Rue, André Previn
Richard Strauss:
Freundliche vision, Ich Schwebe, and Morgen
City Called Heaven, Arr. Josephine Poelinitz
African American Spiritual
Program Note:
This program, titled Songs of Solace, highlights the role of song in healing from loss, grief, and sorrow. I find a natural catharsis in the musical expression of such emotions. All relate in their own unique ways to these characters and stories, yet we’ve seen this music connect people from all walks of life. Love and loss are universal. Creating this program has been healing for me. I hope listening to it will be the same for you. If grief is naught but "love enduring", let this recital be an expression of love for all those we’ve loved and lost and a means of finding community with the ones they’ve left behind.