Please join us for an afternoon of diverse and exciting vocal repertoire performed by NEC Prep Voice students! This concert is the second concert of the dual-concert NEC Prep Winter Voice Recital. Please click here for more information on Day 1.

I. Late Renaissance and Early Baroque Songs of the 17th Century

Gibbons: The Silver Swan
performed by Leah Mekler
Caccini: Amarilli, mia bella
performed by Mary Lerner
Purcell: I attempt from Love’s Sickness
performed by Precious Perez
Purcell: Nymphs & Shepherds
performed by Ahjanel Rhoden with Yan Cheng and Pei-Ying Li, Piano

II. Early Italian Songs of the 18th Century

Caldara: Sebben, crudele
performed by Britta Erikson
Durante: Vergin tutto amor
performed by Andrew Feng
Caldara: Come raggio di sol
performed by Nathan Kessel
Scarlatti: Sento nel core
performed by Skylene Eliacin
Giordani: Caro mio ben
performed by Katelyn Pan with Yan Cheng, Piano

III. From Operetta to Broadway - Ballads of Love & Hope

Romberg: One Kiss (The New Moon - 1928)
performed by Alison Cameron
Rodgers: Cockeyed Optimist (South Pacific - 1949)
performed by Madeline Lynch
Anderson: I Never Know When to Say When (Goldilocks - 1958)
performed by Anna Bortnick
Schönberg: Castle on a Cloud (Les Misérables - 1985)
performed by Salomé Lefort
Weber: Think of me (Phantom of the Opera - 1986)
performed by Sophie Attie with Pei-Ying Li, Piano

IV. French Song - Sacred, Sorrowful and Silly!

Adam: O Holy Night/Cantique de Noël  
performed by Adeline Cimino
Fauré: Après un rêve 
performed by Sage Warner
Satie: Le Chapelier (Trois Mélodies)
performed by Eleanor Richardson with Yan Cheng and Pei-Ying Li, Piano

V. Early Italian Love Songs: Unrequited, Frivolous & New

Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento
performed by Alice Izyumoff
Parisotti: Se tu m’ami
performed by Ariane Bowers
Lotti: Pur dicesti, o bocca bella
performed by Gabriella Orbach with Pei-Ying Li, Piano

V. English Song of the Late 19th /Early 20th Century

Quilter: Song of the Blackbird
performed by Jillian Greenspan
Quilter: O Mistress Mine 
performed by Athena Zhang
Vaughan Williams: The Vagabond (Songs of Travel)
performed by Alexander Frieden with Yan Cheng and Pei-Ying Li, Piano

VI. Love makes me sing! From Italy to Spain and Across the Sea

Bellini: Vaga luna
performed by Shilpa Bhat
Donaudy: Amor mi fa cantare
performed by Becca Schrand
Obradors: Del cabello mas sutil
performed by Ruby Sands
Haydn: The Mermaid's Song
performed by Maria Karamoutopoulos with Pei-Ying Li, Piano

Date: December 16, 2012 - 2:00:PM
Price: Free
Location: Williams Hall


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I REMAIN TRUE TO MY STARTING PRINCIPLE. TO WRITE SOLELY AS I MYSELF THINK BEST. FELIX MENDELSSOHN