American Voices – December 2016
December 11, 2016
Songs by Bernstein, Copland, and Menotti — Featuring singers Arsenia Brickley, Marc Callahan, Jeanne Fischer, Eugene Galvin, Melissa Martin, Jay Pierson, Emily Wolber Scheuring, and Timothy Sparks
“Buckaroo Holiday” from Copland's Rodeo
“Oh, Happy We” from Bernstein's Candide — Jeanne Fischer, Timothy Sparks
“Somewhere” from Bernstein's West Side Story — Arsenia Brickley
“Steal Me, Sweet Thief” from Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief — Melissa Martin
“Bob’s Aria” from Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief — Marc Callahan
Aaron Copland – Old American Songs
“The Boatmen’s Dance” — Timothy Sparks
“Long Time Ago” — Emily Wolber Scheuring
“I Bought Me a Cat” — Jay Pierson
“Zion’s Wall” — Eugene Galvin
Aaron Copland – “A Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
Ensemble
Samuel Barber – Adagio for String Orchestra, Op. 11
William Schuman – New England Triptych: Three Pieces for Orchestra after William Billings
Be Glad, Then, America
When Jesus Wept
Chester
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