Senior Recital Program
The CSB/SJU Music Department Presents the Senior Recital of Reagan Hightower Mezzo Soprano Student of Dr. Marcie Givens Lisa Drontle, Piano Saturday, April 24, 2021 2:00pm Stephen B. Humphrey Auditorium, Saint John’s University Program “An die Musik” Franz Schubert (1797-1828) “Ständchen” Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) “Liebeszauber” Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896) “Crépuscule” Jules Massenet (1842-1912) “Notre amour” Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) *5-minute intermission* “El Majo Timido” Enrique Granados (1867-1916) “Voi che sapete” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from le Nozze di Figaro (1756-1791) “Tired” Ralph Vaughn Williams from Four Last Songs (1877-1953) “Silent Noon” Ralph Vaughn Williams (1877-1953) “Let Me Be Your Star” Marc Shaiman from SMASH (b.1959) featuring Emily Booth, mezzo soprano Translations, Texts, and Notes “An die Musik” “To Music” Du holde Kunst, in wieviel grauen Stunden, Beloved art, in how many a bleak hour, Wo mich des Lebens wilder Kreis umstrickt, when I am enmeshed in life’s tumultuous Hast du mein Herz zu warmer Lieb round, entzunden, have you kindled my heart to the warmth of Hast mich in eine bessre Welt entrückt! love, and borne me away to a better world! Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf entflossen, Ein süsser, heiliger Akkord von dir Often a sigh, escaping from your harp, Den Himmel bessrer Zeiten mir erschlossen, a sweet, celestial chord Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür! has revealed to me a heaven of happier times. Beloved art, for this I thank you! Despite his brief life, Franz Schubert composed over 600 lieder (German Art Song).
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