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Michigan Chamber Players Faculty Artists of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance urns presents Michigan Chamber Players Faculty Artists of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance Richard Aaron, Cello Yehonatan Berick, Violin Grace Browning, Harp Timothy Cheek, Piano John Ellis, Piano Caroline Helton, Soprano Martin Katz, Piano Carmen Pelton, Soprano Rico Serbo, Tenor Program Sunday Afternoon, March 9, 2008 at 4:00 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor Sylvie Bodorova Sadaj, sinko, sadaj (Set, Sun, Set) I. ao sa stalo nove II. Dala som mu pierko III. Sadaj, slnko, sadaj IV. Neorem, nesejem V. Zavej, le vetriaok VI. Preao le ma VII. Op'taj sa Balala Ms. Pelton, Mr. Serbo, Ms. Browning, Mr. Cheek Robert Kahn Sieben Lieder aus "Jungbrunnen", for Voice & Piano Trio, Op. 46 Ms. Helton, Mr. Berick, Mr. Aaron, Mr. Katz INTERMISSION Johannes Brahms Trio in c minor. No. 3, Op. 101 Allegro energico Presto non assai Andante grazioso Allegro molto Mr. Aaron, Mr. Berick, Mr. Ellis 43rd Performance of the Thanks to all of the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance Faculty 129th Annual Season Artists for their ongoing commitment of time and energy to this special UMS performance. The photographing or sound and video recording of this concert or possession of any device for such recording is prohibited. Michigan Chamber Players Sadaj, sinko, sadaj (Set, Sun, Set) And I find that feather from you disagree­ Sylvie Bodorov£ able, disagreeable, disagreeable!!! Bom 1954 III. Sadaj, slnko, sadaj Sylvie Bodorova is one of the leading Set, sun, set behind the high mountain, Czech/Slovak composers of today. Her most if you won't set, I'll pull you down by your legs. to date include the Terezin notable works If the sun knew how difficult it is to work, Ghetto Requiem (1998) for baritone and it would hurry up and go behind the mountain. string quartet and her fourth string quartet. Her largest composition is the oratorio Judas IV. Neorem, nesejem Maccabeus (2002), and she is currently at work on another oratorio, Moses, to be pre- I'm not plowing, I'm not sowing, yet my rye miered in July. Since the 1990s, BodorovS has is growing, been a regular visiting faculty member at the I have such a pretty girl, and she alone is Cincinnati Conservatory. The work heard this dating me. evening was written in 2005 for famed Slovak soprano Gabriela Befiafkovci and tenor I didn't go with her, she alone came to me, like that lamb goes to green grass. Stefan Margita. I alone am going with him! I alone am going I. ao sa stalo nove with him! She alone is going with me! She alone is What just happened in the Trenain castle? going with me! Ah, Janek's watching over his horses in the nice marjoram. V. Zavej, le vetriaok He's watching over them, he's watching, Blow, breeze, along our side of the hill, until he trembles all over, until you dry the tears from my eyes. ah, because his girl is bringing him bad news. Blow, breeze, along the green slope, Don't bring it to me, don't bring it, until you bring a cure for the wound in my for God's sake, heart. ah, tell it, my dear, tell it to someone else! Blow, breeze, blow along the green mountain, I'll tell someone else that he's not guilty, carry my sweetheart to me in a green shirt! ah, for you, my dear, we'll go to jail I VI. Preao le ma II. Dala som mu pierko Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Why is my shep­ I gave him a feather with all sorts of colors, herd boss swearing at me? I thought he was a handsome guy. Because I didn't spend the night by him. I gave him a feather, I did, I did. I spent the night next to my sweetheart, last She gave me that feather with all sorts of colors, night. so really she thought I'm a handsome guy. She gave me that feather, she did, she did! VII. Op~taj sa Balal'a And you can't see straight, Ask Balal, from where does the water spring? and you find that feather from me disagree­ From small cliff to large, greet my pretty girl! able, disagreeable, disagreeable. Ask the owl, where is Janik sleeping? I really can't see straight, At the neighbor's under the pear tree, next and I already find that feather from her to that cute Aniaka! disagreeable. Ask Balal, from where does the water and you find that feather from me disagree­ spring?Ask Balal!!! able, disagreeable, disagreeable!!! Translations by Timothy Cheek. Michigan Chamber Players Lieder aus "Jungbrunnen", for Voice & 1939, at the age of 73, he and his wife were Piano Trio, Op. 46 able to emigrate to England, where he con­ Robert Kahn tinued to compose prolifically until his death Born July 21, 1865 in Mannheim in 1951. Died May 29, 1951 in Biddenden, Kent Kahn wrote over 200 songs which were performed enthusiastically by singers of his Robert Kahn was a successful composer, day, often accompanied by the composer at teacher, conductor, and collaborative pianist, the piano. The Lieder aus "Jungbrunnen," for whose compositions are dominated by cham­ Voice & Piano Trio, Op. 46, are typical of ber music, piano compositions, songs, and Kahn's other song output in his choice of tra­ choral works. He came from a well-to-do ditional German lyric poetry and his conserva­ Jewish family in Mannheim, and as a young tive yet expressive settings in the Romantic man Kahn was able to meet and impress style. The highly idiomatic piano and string Johannes Brahms. The two composers spent writing shows his gift for chamber music, and a few years in close contact toward the end the vocal line unfolds in beautiful, symmetri­ of Brahms's life, developing a friendship that cal phrases, in which Kahn demonstrates little was pivotal for the younger composer. Kahn interest in the intense word painting or vocal went on to serve on the faculty of the Royal virtuosity of contemporaries such as Hugo Conservatory of Music in Berlin and was also Wolf or Richard Strauss. They are little gems appointed to the Prussian Academy of the from the golden age of German song, which Arts, but in 1934, despite his well-respected unfortunately were buried first by Nazi sup­ position and success as composer and per­ pression and then through the obscurity former, he was forced by the Nazis to resign borne of chaos in post-war Germany. his post and was forbidden to perform in public or to publish his compositions. In early I Nun stehn die Rosen in Blute, Now the roses are in bloom, Ein Netz wird bald gewoben sein. And a net is being woven, Mein Flatterhaft Gemute, My fickle emotions, Dich fangen sie nicht ein! They won't catch you! Und blieb ich Armster hangen And if I, poor me, were to be trapped In dieser jungen Rosenzeit In this youthful time of roses An schonsten Rosenwangen, By the most beautiful rosy cheeks, Meine Jugend tate mir leid. My youth would make me sorry. Ich mag nur lachen und singen, I only like to laugh and sing, Durch bluhnde Wa'lder schweift mein Lauf; Through blooming forests sweeps my path; Mein Herz will sich erschwingen My heart wants to swing Bis in die Wipfel hinauf! Up to the very treetops! Mein Herzblut geht in Sprungen, My heart's blood is jumping, Mein Rosslein geht im Trab: My little horse is trotting: Hurrah, welch lustig Reiten, Hurray! What joyous riding, Wildfremdes Land zur Seiten; Wild country on either side: Muss alles mir bezwingen, I must conquer everything Was sich nicht selbst ergab. That doesn't yield itself to me. Michigan Chamber Players Die Fahn' im Windeszuge, The flags in the breeze, Sie flatted auf und ab, They flap up and down, So reiten wir durch's Leben, So we ride through life, Bis Herz und Glieder beben, Until our hearts and limbs tremble, Bergauf, da gent's im Fluge, Going so quickly uphill, Und sachte, sacht bergab. And softly, softly downhill. III Waldesnacht, du wunderkuhle, Forest night, your miraculous coolness, Die ich tausend Male gruss', That I greet a thousand times, Nach dem lautenWeltgewuhle, After the world's loud torments, 0 wie ist dein Rauschen suss. 0, how sweet is your rustling. Traumerisch die muden Glieder Dreamily I bury my tired limbs Berg ich weich in Moos, Softly in the moss, Und mir ist, als wurd' ich wieder And it seems to me, as if I were All der irren Qualen los. Again free of all my confusing anguish. In den heimlich engen Kreisen In its secret, close company Wird dir wohl, du wildes Herz, You will be well, you wild heart, Und ein Friede schwebt mit leisem And with softly beating wings Flugelschlagen niederwarts. Peace floats down to you. Singet, holde Vogellieder Sing me softly to sleep, Mien in Schlummer sacht! Dear birdsongs! Irre Qualen, lost euch wieder, Confusing fears, loose yourselves again, Wildes Herz, nun gute Nacht! Wild heart, now goodnight! IV Wie bin ich nun in kuhler Nacht How am I now in the cool night Im Wald herum gestrichen! Wandering about in the forest! Die Ba'ume, noch von Regen schwer, The trees, still heavy with rain, Sie wogten tropfend hin und her; They swayed dripping here and there; Ha'tt' nicht mein Herz gebrannt so sehr, Had my heart not burned so much Nach Haus war ich gewichen. I would have slunk back home. Die lohe Glut kein Regen mag, The glowing fire cannot be cooled, Kein Thau zu kuhlen taugen, Neither by rain nor by dew, Der rothe Blitz entflammt sie nicht, The red lightning that suddenly breaks Der jah die schwarzen Eichen bricht, The black oaks doesn't set the fire, Das that der Liebsten Angesicht My beloved's face has done that Mit den zwei lichten Augen.
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