Songs by Berlioz and Weill
From “Les Nuits d’été” (Summer Nights), Op. 7 by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
1. Villanelle
4. L’Absence
6. L’ile inconnue
Speak Low from “One Touch of Venus” by Kurt Weill (1900-1950), words by Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
Surabaya Johnny from “Happy End” by Kurt Weill, English words by Michael Feingold (b. 1945), Original German words by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Complainte de la Seine by Kurt Weill, words by Maurice Magre (1877-1941)
What Good Would The Moon Be? from “Street Scene” by Kurt Weill, words by Langston Hughes (1901-1967)
Emily Riesser, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano
The Musical Body – songs featuring the human form
Heavenly Grass by Paul Bowles (1910–1999)
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair by Chuck Israels (b. 1936)
From Cuatro madrigales amatorios by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)
II. Vos me matásteis
In dem Schatten meiner Locken by Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Take, O take those lips away by Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
From Tres Poemas by Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)
II. Tu pupila es azul
Cantique à l’Epouse by Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
Chanson d’Amour by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
From Giuditta by Franz Lehar (1870–1948)
Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss
Tiina Ritalahti, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano