Saturday, November 23,  2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

As When the Dove Laments Love from Acis and Galatea

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Text by John Gay

Selections from Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde, op. 23

I. Was weinst du, Blümlein
II. An einem lichten Morgen
V. Das ist ein Tag, der klingen mag
VI. O Lust, o Lust

Music by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Text by Hermann Rollett

Er und Sie

Music by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Text by Justinus Kerner 

Reese Holahan, tenor

Je suis Titania from Mignon

Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
Text by Jules Barbier

Selections from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

I. Nature the gentlest mother
III. Why do they shut me out of heaven
IV. The world feels dusty
V. Heart we will forget him
VII. Sleep is supposed to be

Music by Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
Text by Emily Dickinson 

Emily's Goodbye Aria from Our Town

Ned Rorem (1923–2022)
Text by J. D. McClatchy

In the springtime

Music by Betty Jackson King (1928–1994)
Text by William Shakespeare

Miss Wheatly’s Garden

A winters twilight

Text by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

I want to die while you love me

Text by Georgia Douglas Jonson

Songs for the people

Text by Angelina W. Grimké

Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)

Jessica Dutton is from the studio of Byron Jones. This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Music in Performance (Voice).