Ann Arbor Festival of Song presents the Thirteenth Annual
July 20-22, 2006
Kerrytown Concert House
(415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 (734) 769-2999)
Kevin Bylsma, piano
Featured Singers:
Anne Adams
Jason Baboryk
Emily Benner
Sue Booth
Elizabeth Hanson
Caroline Helton
John Hopkins
Joan Layne
Elizabeth Major
Claire Molloy
Ashley Nowak
Brian Pfaltzgraff
Deanna Relyea
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers
Emily Rogers
Dwight Scheetz
Ellen Strba
Monica Swartout-Bebow
Thursday through Saturday
Daily Art Song Recitals at Noon – Free admission
Thursday Evening, 8:00pm
Birth & Death & Life & Love & Madness
Songs of Mozart, Schumann, Britten, and others
Free admission
Kevin Bylsma, pianist, with guest singers:
Anne Adams, mezzo-soprano
Emily Benner, soprano
Caroline Helton, soprano
John Hopkins, tenor
Brian Pfaltzgraff, tenor
Deanna Relyea, mezzo-soprano
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, soprano
Dwight Scheetz, baritone
Ellen Strba, mezzo-soprano
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Als Luise die Briefe
Deanna
Das Veilchen
Jane
Dove sono (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Emily
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
From Frauenliebe und –leben, op. 42
Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Ich kann’s nicht fassen
Süsser Freund
An meinem Herzen
Ellen
From Kernerlieder, op. 35
Wanderlust
Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend
Wanderung
Stille Thränen
Brian
From Liederkreis, op. 39
In der Fremde
Waldesgespräch
From Myrten, op. 25
Widmung
Jane
INTERMISSION
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
Alte Weisen, op. 33
Mir glänzer die Augen
Ich fürcht nit Gespenster
Du milchjunger Knabe
Wandl’ich in dem Morgentan
Singt mein Schatz wie ein Fink
Röschen biß den Apfel an
Tretet ein, hoher Krieger
Wie glänzt der helle Mond
Caroline
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Sonnet (from Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings)
John
Mother Comfort
Underneath the Abject Willow
Emily, Jane
Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, op. 86
John, Brian, Dwight
Robert Schumann:
O, heil’ge Thränen (from Das Paradies und die Peri, op. 50)
Emily, Jane, John, Dwight
Friday Evening, 8:00pm
Our popular annual cabaret show:
What Now, My Love?
Songs of Passion, Petulance, and Perplexity
Admission $10/$5 students
Kevin Bylsma, pianist, with guest singers:
Anne Adams, mezzo-soprano
Jason Baboryk, baritone
Emily Benner, soprano
Sue Booth, mezzo-soprano
Caroline Helton, soprano
John Hopkins, tenor
Joan Layne, soprano
Claire Molloy, soprano
Ashley Nowak, soprano
Deanna Relyea, mezzo-soprano
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, soprano
Emily Rogers, soprano
Monica Swartout-Bebow, mezzo-soprano
PROGRAM
What now, my love? (Bécaud)
Monica
Love to Me (Guettel)
In a very unusual way (Yeston)
Jason
New Words (Yeston)
Caroline
I wish it so (Blitzstein)
Anne
Ten Minutes Ago (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
Ashley
Moments in the Woods (Sondheim)
Joan
I remember (Sondheim)
Emily Benner
Marry Me a Little (Sondheim)
John
The Girls of Summer (Sondheim)
Emily Benner
Never Say No (Schmidt/Jones)
Caroline, Anne
La Dame de Monte Carlo (Poulenc)
Jane
INTERMISSION
I get a Kick out of You (Porter)
Ashley
Easy to Love (Porter)
John
Tale of the Oyster (Porter)
Emily Benner
Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen)
Anne
Modest Maid (Blitzstein)
Caroline
Pirate Jenny (Weill)
Claire
Speak Low (Weill)
That’s Him
Deanna
My Ship (Weill)
Claire
Stay on your side of town (Werner)
Sue
Selections from Wicked (Schwartz)
What is this Feeling
Emily Rogers, Monica
I’m not that Girl
Emily Rogers
Popular
Monica
Mister Cellophane (Kander/Ebb)
John
[You'll recognize it] (Courage/Roddenberry)
Jane