The Program

Elisabeth Harrington, soprano
John Chernoff, piano

Composer: Maria Malibran (1808-1836):
"Il Mattino"

Teresa Senekè (1848-1875):
"S’io t’amo?"

Alma Mahler (1879-1864):

Fünf Lieder (published 1910)
Die stille Stadt
In meines Vaters Garten
Laue Sommernacht
Bei dir ist es traut
Ich wandle unter Blumen

Pauline Viardot (1821-1910):

Les Filles de Cadix
Haï luli! Canción de la Infanta

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Libby Larsen (b. 1950):

Sonnets from the Portugese
I thought once how Theocritus had sung My letters!
With the same heart, I said, I’ll answer thee
If I leave all for thee
Oh, yes!
How do I love thee?

Dolores White:

That Black Reef (2003)
Nails (2003)

Anna Russell (1923-2006):

From the Anna Russell Songbook:
Old Mother Slipper Slopper
Je n’ai pas la Plume de ma Tante
I’m Only a Faded Rose