BENJAMIN BRITTEN - a biography in music
David Adams, tenor Markus Beam, baritone Jennifer Casey Cabot, soprano Suzanne DuPlantis, mezzo soprano Randi Marrazzo, soprano with Laura Ward, at the piano and joined by Jim Bergwall, narrator
Allen Krantz, guitar Robert Martin, violin Alison Reese, harp Andrew Senn, organ
Lyric Fest SUnDaY APril 30 at 3pm First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Let the florid music praise! from On this Island Jennifer Casey Cabot, Laura Ward text by W.H. Auden
Encinctured with a twine of leaves from Nocturne David Adams, Alison Reese, Laura Ward text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Bonny at Morn from Eight Folk Song Arrangements Markus Beam, Laura Ward traditional
The Shooting of his Dear from Folk Song Arrangements Randi Marrazzo, Allen Krantz traditional
The Birds text by Hilaire Belloc Suzanne DuPlantis, Laura Ward
Lord! I married me a wife from Eight Folk Song Arrangements Markus Beam, Laura Ward traditional
Antique from Les Illuminations Jennifer Casey Cabot, Robert Martin, Laura Ward text by Arthur Rimbaud
Since she whom I loved from The Holy Sonnets of John Donne David Adams, Laura Ward
The Old Lute from Songs from the Chinese Randi Marrazzo, Allen Krantz text by Po Ch¸-i
Abraham and Isaac Canticle II David Adams, Suzanne DuPlantis, Laura Ward from the Chester Miracle Plays text anonymous
INTERMISSION Soon the coach will carry you away from The Little Sweep Randi Marrazzo, Laura Ward librettist Eric Crozier
Síun casto amorÖ from The Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo David Adams, Laura Ward
Funeral Blues from the Cabaret Songs Suzanne DuPlantis, Laura Ward text by W.H. Auden
Spring Carol from The Ceremony of Carols Jennifer Casey Cabot, Suzanne DuPlantis, Alison Reese text by William Cornysh
Look! Now is our chance! from Peter Grimes David Adams, Andrew Senn, Laura Ward libretto by Montagu Slater after poem by George Crabbe Embroidery in childhood from Peter Grimes Jennifer Casey Cabot, Alison Reese, Laura Ward
The Last Rose of Summer from Mooreís Irish Melodies Jennifer Casey Cabot, Laura Ward Thomas Moore
Lost in my Labyrinth from The Turn of the Screw Randi Marrazzo, Laura Ward libretto by Myfanwy Piper after novella by Henry James Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray! from Billy Budd Markus Beam, Laura Ward, Andrew Senn libretto: E.M. Forster, Eric Crozier after novella by Herman Melville So Abram arose from War Requiem David Adams, Markus Beam, Laura Ward, Alison Reese, Andrew Senn text by Wilfred Owen Jennifer Casey Cabot, Randi Marrazzo
The Death of Nicolas from St. Nicolas David Adams, Andrew Senn, Laura Ward libretto by Eric Crozier Markus Beam, Jennifer Casey Cabot, Suzanne DuPlantis, Randi Marrazzo
Please join us for a reception in Buttonwood Hall immediately following this afternoonís performance.