Fisher Center, Bard College Conservatory of Music
Conservatory Sundays: Dawn Upshaw and Friends
A Winter Songfest
December 16, 2012
Tickets: $15, 25, 50, 100*; Free to Bard students, call the Box Office to reserve.
*Guests at the $100 level are invited to join Dawn Upshaw onstage for a postconcert reception of spirits and sweets in the Sosnoff Theater immediately following the performance. Limited tickets are available for this exclusive opportunity; please reserve early. To purchase the $100 tickets, please contact 845-758-7928.
LISTEN:
Dawn Upshaw and singers in the Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Piano Fellows, and the brass quintet Monstrare present a program of festive songs and ensembles to benefit The Bard College Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
Program includes
| William Billings | Bethlehem |
| Giovanni Gabrieli | Canzona per Sonare, No. 2 from Canzoni per sonare con ogni sorte di strumenti |
| Peter Warlock | The First Mercy |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | This is the Truth Sent from Above |
| Richard Hundley | Maiden Snow |
| Ned Rorem | Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening |
| Dominick Argento | Winter |
| Traditional, arr. Aaron Copland |
Simple Gifts |
| Irving Berlin | White Christmas |
| Richard Rodgers | Sing for Your Supper |
| Marc Blitzstein | The New Suit (Zipperfly) |
| Claudio Monteverdi, arr. Raymond Mase | Ah dolente partita Quel augellin che canta from Madrigals, Book Four |
| Hugo Wolf | Fussreise Auf eine Christblume |
| Hugo Distler | Es ist ein Ros entsprungen |
| Traditional, Arr. Charles Ives |
In the Mornin’ |
| Traditional, Arr. Stephen Richards |
R’tzei |
| Traditional, Arr. John Jacob Niles |
I Wonder as I Wander |
| Robert MacGimsey | Sweet Little Jesus Boy |
| Walter Kent | I’ll Be Home for Christmas |
| Traditional, Arr. Michael Blubé |
Jingle Bells |
| Traditional, Arr. Arthur Warrell |
We Wish You a Merry Christmas |