Friday, 24 April
Junior Recital: Ruby Pierce and Madeline Pollis, sopranos.
Assisted by David Alpher, piano. Music of Handel, Mozart,
Fauré, Paulin, Tosti, Strauss, Beach, Copland,
Offenbach, Puccini, Verdi, and Delibes.
5:00PM
Thekla Hall
Vassar Camerata. Ella Middleton ’15, Maria Ramsey ’15,
and Patrick Walker ’16, co-directors. “Concertare.” Works by
J.S. Bach, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Palestrina, and Arcadelt.
8:00PM
Martel Recital Hall
Saturday, 25 April
Senior Recital: Jacob Damsky, baritone, and Frank Hoffman, piano.
Assisted by David Alpher, piano. Works by Vaughan Williams,
Wolf, Duparc, Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and others.
1:30PM
Martel Recital Hall
Senior Recital: Zoe Adams and Alexandra Prow, mezzo-sopranos.
Assisted by Richard Mogavero, piano. Works by Debussy, Berlioz,
Mozart, Monteverdi, Mahler and Rorem.
4:00PM
Martel Recital Hall
Vassar College Women’s Chorus. Christine Howlett and
Julia Boscov-Ellen ’15, conductors. “Nature: From a Little Spark May
Burst a Flame.” Featuring music by Antonio Vivaldi, Eleanor Daley,
Erik Ešenvalds, Eric Barnum, R. Murray Schafer and more.
8:00PM
Martel Recital Hall
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t h e d e pa rt m e n t o f m u s i c
VASSAR COLLEGE
Vassar College Madrigal Singers
Drew Minter, conductor
Jane Cardona ’15, rehearsal pianist
present
Animal Tales
Assisted by
Ms. Cardona and Michael Pisani, pianos
Frank Cassara, Dominic Donato, Chris Nappi,
Shereen Sodder ’17 and
Lauren Workman ’17, percussion
Saturday, 18 April 2015
8:00 PM
Martel Recital Hall
Skinner Hall of Music
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texting. Use of these instruments may disturb other audience members and will cause
interference with in-house recording and webcasting.
Program
Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees
Fowles in the Frith Blackbird
John Wilbye
(1574-1638)
Anon. 12th c.
Paul McCartney
(b. 1942)
Tymon Dickson, baritone
La biche
Paul Hindemith
(1895-1963)
Un cygne Hindemith
Tale of a Dog and a Bee
Jean Berger
(1909-2002)
El grillo
Josquin des Prez
(ca. 1450-1621)
The Bluebird
Charles Villiers Stanford
(1852-1924)
Ana Torruella, soprano
Trois beaux oiseaux
Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
Gileann Tan, soprano; Rachel Fuerstman, mezzo-soprano;
Daniel Young, tenor; Michael Oosterhout, baritone
Le chant des oyseaux
An Old Silent Pond
The Monk and His Cat
Clément Jannequin
(ca. 1485-1558)
Norman Dinerstein
(b. 1937)
Samuel Barber
(1910-1981)
Madison Hayes, mezzo-soprano
I Bought Me a Cat
Aaron Copland
(1900-1990)
Benjamin Liu, tenor
Five Eyes
Armstrong Gibbs
(1889-1960)
Animal Crackers, texts by Ogden Nash
I. The Panther
II. The Cow
III. The Firefly
Eric Whitacre
(b. 1970)
INTERMISSION
Moralities, texts by W.H. Auden
I. In the first age the frogs dwelt at peace
II. When first had no second, before time
III. A ship put to sea
Hans Werner Henze
(1926-2012)
Patrick Brady, narrator; Michael Oosterhout (Jove);
Regina Krawiec (Mistress Kind); Ari Bell (Captain);
Madeline Pollis and Tonya Ingerson, sopranos
Vassar College Madrigal Singers
Soprano
Catherine Belleza ’18
Elisabeth Boyce Jacino ’18
Tonya Ingerson ’18
Madeline Pollis ’16
Gileann Tan ’17
Ana Isabel Torruella ’17
Tenor
Patrick Brady ’15
Benjamin Liu ’15
John Rezes ’18
Jack Rowland ’15
Daniel Young ’17
Alto
Melanie Donnelly ’17
Rachel Fuerstman ’16
Madison Hayes ’15
Regina Krawiec ’15
Bass
Ari Bell ’18
Tymon Dickson ’15
Logan Pitts ’17
Michael Oosterhout ’18