St. James Concert Series
Presents

Linda Carter

Soprano

Dorothy Woodford Arndt

Piano

March 9, 2008



                                  

                                              Program

                                                I

"Come All Ye Songsters" from The Fairy Queen            Henry Purcell (ca. 1659-1695)
If Music Be the Food of Love
"Hark! The Echoing Air" from the Fairy Queen

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Ridente la Calma                                                W. A Mozart (1756-1791)
"Batti, Batti" from Don Giovanni

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A Woman's Life and Love in Lieder and on Broadway

Love affects the sight and senses:
        Seit Ich iehn gesehen                                   Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
        "'Till There Was You" from The Music Man                Meredith Willson

Wow! What a man:
        Er, Der Herrlichste von Allen                           Robert Schumann
        "And This is My Beloved" from Kismet                    Robert Wright and George Forrest/
                                                                     Adapted from Borodin
I can't believe he's picked me!:
        Ich kann's nicht fassen                                 Robert Schumann
        "Somebody, Somewhere" from The Most Happy Fella         Frank Loesser

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From Cantata #202: The Wedding Cantata                          J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
        Recitative: Die Welt wird wieder neu
        Aria: Phoebus eilt mit schnellen Pferden
                                    Ralph Retherford, Cello

                                                II

"I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls"                         Michael Balfe (1808-1870)
                   from Bohemian Girl

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Folias Canaria                                                  Joaquin Rodrigo (1901- )
Adela

La Maja Dolorosa, #2                                            Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
El Tralala y el Punteado
La Maja Dolorosa, #4

Clavelitos                                                      Joaquin Valverde (1846-1910)
                Travis Silvers, Guitar

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His Eye is on the Sparrow                                       Charles H. Gabriel
                                                                   Arranged by Luigi Zaninelli
Shall We Gather at the River                                    Robert Lawry
                                                                   Arranged Zaninelli

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He's Got the Whole World                                        Traditional African-American
                                                                   Arranged by Margaret Bonds
                                                                   
Note: The program above is subject to change.