The Ann Arbor Festival of Song
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14th Annual
Art Fair Song Fest
Wed-Sat July 18-21, 2007
Kerrytown Concert House
415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor
All events FREE except where indicated. |
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Wednesday, July 18, 8pm:
Two Ladies--Und I’m ze Only Mann
A concert of duets and other amusements featuring sopranos Emily Benner and Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, and bass-baritone Allen Schrott presents a world premier of Sleep Sound, a song cycle written for him by Theodor Duda. With Kevin Bylsma at the piano.
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FREE ADMISSION
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Thursday, July 19, Noon:
Art Song Recital featuring guest singers and Kevin Bylsma.
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FREE ADMISSION |
Thursday, July 19, 8pm:
The Singers’ Bible: Italian Songs and Arias
of the 17th and 18th Centuries
You thought you’d never be done with them when you studied them with your voice teacher--but now they haunt your dreams. Free your mind with the purging catharsis of hearing these gems performed expertly by our singers and pianist Kevin Bylsma.
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FREE ADMISSION |
Friday, July 20, Noon:
Art Song Recital featuring guest singers and Kevin Bylsma.
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FREE ADMISSION |
Friday, July 20, 8pm:
AB FAB CAB
(Absolutely Fabulous Cabaret)
Our popular annual show, featuring a wide and unusual variety of classic and contemporary musical theatre, jazz, pop, standards, rarities, and classical works. Various singers with pianist Kevin Bylsma.
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$10/$5 student; call 734-769-2999 for reservations |
Saturday, July 21, Noon:
Art Song Recital featuring guest singers and Kevin Bylsma.
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FREE ADMISSION |
Featured singers:
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Sopranos:
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Mezzos: |
Megan Bell
Emily Benner
Caroline Helton
Joan Layne
Marlayna Maynard
Ashley Nowak
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers
Leslie Helene Smith
Maribeth Stahl
Wendy Wisniewski
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Julie Cross
Deanna Relyea
Monica Swartout-Bebow
Countertenor
Daniel Schuetz
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Tenors
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Baritones/Basses
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John Hopkins
Steven Mullan
Michael Ryan
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Jason Baboryk
Errin Brooks
Dwight Scheetz
Dale Schriemer
Allen Schrott
Jeff Wisniewski
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ART FAIR SONG FEST 2007
EVENING PROGRAMS
Wednesday Evening, 8pm
Two Ladies – Und I’m ze Only Mann
Emily Benner and Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, sopranos
Allen Schrott, bass-baritone
Kevin Bylsma, piano
Sound the trumpet Henry Purcell
(Britten realization) (1659-1695)
Christe eleison Johann Sebastian Bach
(from Mass in B minor) (1685-1750)
Domine (from Mass in C minor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sull’ aria (from Le Nozze di Figaro) (1756-1791)
Herbstlied Felix Mendelssohn
Abschiedslied der Zugvögel (1809-1847)
Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein
INTERMISSION
Sleep Sound (World premier) Theodor Duda
I. Toccata: How clear, how lovely bright (b. 1951)
II. Arietta al rovescio: Bells in tower
III. Scherzo: I lay me down in slumber
IV. Ciaccona piccola: Like mine, the veins of these that slumber
V. Elegia: Good-night
Les chemins de l'amour (1940) Francis Poulenc
(1899-1963)
Psyché Emile Paladilhe
(1844-1926)
Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme Gabriel Fauré
(1845-1924)
Mother Comfort Benjamin Britten
Underneath the Abject Willow (1913-1976)
Walpurgisnacht Johannes Brahms
Die Schwestern (1833-1897)
Thursday Evening, July 19, 8pm
The Singers’ Bible:
Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Megan Bell, Emily Benner, Caroline Helton, Joan Layne, Marlayna Maynard, Ashley Nowak, Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, Leslie Helene Smith, Wendy Wisniewski, sopranos;
Deanna Relyea, Monica Swartout-Bebow, mezzo-sopranos;
Daniel Schuetz, countertenor;
John Hopkins, Michael Ryan, tenors;
Jason Baboryk, Jeff Wisniewski, baritones;
Kevin Bylsma, piano
Amarilli, mia bella Giulio Caccini (1545-1618)
Ashley Nowak, soprano
Lasciatemi morire! Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Deanna Relyea, mezzo-soprano
Vittoria, mio core! Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, soprano
Che fiero costume Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
Caroline Helton, soprano
Tu lo sai Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Daniel Schuetz, countertenor
Sento nel core Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Jeff Wisniewski, baritone
O cessate di piagarmi
Emily Benner, soprano
Gia il sole dal Gange
Le violette
Michael Ryan, tenor
Se Florindo è fedele
Monica Swartout-Bebow, mezzo-soprano
Star vicino Anonymous, ca. 1681
Megan Bell, soprano
Pur dicesti Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
Marlayna Maynard, soprano
Non posso disperar Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747)
Per la gloria d’adorarvi
John Hopkins, tenor
Alma del core Antonio Caldara (ca. 1670-1736)
Joan Layne, soprano
Come raggio di sol
Jason Baboryk, baritone
Sebben, crudele
Marlayna Maynard, soprano
BRIEF INTERMISSION
Vergin, tutt’ amor Francesco Durante (1684-1755)
Megan Bell, soprano
Danza, danza fanciulla
Caroline Helton, soprano
Il mio bel foco/Quella fiamma che m’accende
Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Monica Swartout-Bebow, mezzo-soprano
Nina Anonymous, ca. 1749
Michael Ryan, tenor
O del mio dolce ardor
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)
Emily Benner, soprano
Nel cor più non me sento
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Wendy Wisniewski, soprano
Jeff Wisniewski, baritone
Pietà, Signore François Joseph Fétis (1784-1871)
Leslie Helene Smith, soprano
Se tu m'ami Alessandro Parisotti (1853-1913)
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, soprano
Caro mio ben Tommaso Giordani (1730-1806)
Emily Benner, soprano
Friday Evening, 8pm
AB FAB CABABsolutely FABulous CABaret
Pianist: Kevin Bylsma
Singers: Jason Baboryk, Emily Benner, Caroline Helton, John Hopkins, Joan Layne, Steven Mullan, Ashley Nowak, Deanna Relyea, Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, Michael Ryan, Dwight Scheetz, Dale Schriemer, Maribeth Stahl, and Monica Swartout-Bebow
PROGRAM
Cabaret (Kander/Ebb) Ashley Nowak
Not a cloud in the sky (Bucchino) Jason Baboryk
Just a Map (Bock/Harnick) Deanna Relyea
How Glory Goes (Guettel) John Hopkins
Come sinfonia (Donaggio) Steven Mullan
O sole mio (di Capua)
Torna a Sorrento (de Curtis) Michael Ryan
What more do I need (Sondheim) Maribeth Stahl
My Book (Blumenkrantz) Caroline Helton
Movie of My Life (Werner) Monica Swartout-Bebow
Medley: My Lord, what a morning (arr. Hayes) Joan Layne
Daybreak in Alabama (Ricky Ian Gordon)
Summertime (Gershwin)
It never was you (Weill) Steven Mullan
I don’t want to Rock n’Roll (Yeston) Dale Schriemer
Brush up your Shakespeare (Porter) John Hopkins, Dwight Scheetz
Pretty Women (Sondheim) Jason Baboryk
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (Tepper/Bennett) Emily Benner, Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, Monica Swartout-Bebow
INTERMISSION
An Old-Fashioned Wedding (Berlin) Joan Layne, John Hopkins
Always a Bridesmaid (Roberts/DiPietro) Maribeth Stahl
To Keep My Love Alive (Rodgers/Hart) Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers
The Next Ten Minutes (Jason Robert Brown) Maribeth Stahl, John Hopkins
100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man (Bernstein) Monica Swartout-Bebow
The Shape of Things (Harnick) Deanna Relyea
Hosing the Furniture (Larson) Caroline Helton
In Old Mexico (Lehrer) Dale Schriemer
The Song that Goes Like This (DuPrez/Idle) Maribeth Stahl, John Hopkins
Anyone Can Whistle (Sondheim) Ashley Nowak
On the Street Where You Live (Lerner/Loewe) Steven Mullan
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (Gershwin) Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, Dale Schriemer, Ensemble
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