Raise a Glass
Il segreto per esser felici from Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti
Ah quel diner from La Perichole by Offenbach
3 Songs by Roger Quilter:
1. Drink to me only with thine eyes
2. Dream Valley
3. Fill a glass with golden wine
Romanze (Emmy’s Aria) from Der Vampyr by Marschner
Chacun a son gout from Die Fledermaus by Strauss
Java Jive by Oakland and Drake
Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
With Love from…
Austria: Sonata quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, #1, 1st movement, in c# minor, dedicated to the “Immortal Beloved” Contessina Giulietta Guicciardi (1801) by Ludwig v. Beethoven
Germany: Romanze, Op. 28, #2, in F# Major, from Drei Romanzen, a Christmas present to his fiancée Clara Wieck (1839) by Robert Schumann
Spain: Granada (Serenata), from Suite Espanola, Op. 47, #1, in F Major (1886) by Isaac Albeniz
Russia: Etude, Op. 2, #1, in c# minor (1887) by Alexander Scriabin
Germany/Austria: Romance, Op. 118, #5, in F Major (1895) by Johannes Brahms
Norway: At Your Feet, from Lyric Pieces, Op. 68, #3, in D major (1901) by Edvard Grieg
Hungary: An Ada, Op. 13, #2, in d minor, from Winter Rounds, dedicated to Ada Thomas (1905) by Erno Dohnanyi
France: La fille aux cheveux de lin, Prelude VIII, in G flat Major, from Preludes Book One, dedicated to his mistress Marie-Blanche Vasnier (1910) by Claude Debussy
Argentina: Danza de la moza donosa, in a minor, from Danzas Argentinas, dedicated to Emilia L. Stahlberg (1937) by Alberto Ginastera
USA: Prelude to a Kiss (1938) by Duke Ellington
Karin McCullough, piano
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