Eighth Annual Tucson Desert Song Festival: “The American Voice”
The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music presents:
Singers from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute
“Coming to America: Songs of American Immigrants”
Monday, January 27, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $Free
PROGRAM:
“Coming to America: Songs of American Immigrants”
Christine Lyons, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
Kevin Murphy, piano (RSMI director)
I.
Mohammed Fairouz (b. 1985)
Refugee Blues
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
II.
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
On Hearing
The Last Rose of Summer
Sing on there in the Swamp
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
Christine Lyons, soprano
III.
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Four Walt Whitman Songs
Beat! Beat! Drums!
O Captain! My Captain!
Come Up from the Fields, Father
Dirge for Two Veterans
John Matthew Myers, tenor
IV.
Jean Berger (1909-2002)
Heart
Lonely People
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
V.
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
Misery
Harlem Tänzerin
Afrikanischer Tanz
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
VI.
Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
Litany
Stars
Joy
Christine Lyons, soprano
VII.
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Plainchant for America
Christine Lyons, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
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