A Russian Recital
Fotina Naumenko,* soprano
Joy Schreier, piano
Byron Jones,* translation readings
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857): The Lark
Text by Nestor Kukolnik
Cesar Cui (1835–1918): The Statue at the Tsar’s Village
Cesar Cui: Desire
Texts by Aleksandr Pushkin
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953): Selections from 12 Russian Folk Songs, op. 104
Traditional Folk Song Texts, Anonymous
The Berries on the Mountain
White Snowflakes
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Lullaby, op. 16
Poetry by Apollon Maykov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908): Snow Maiden's Aria from The Snow Maiden
Libretto by the composer based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s 1873 play The Snow Maiden
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Nightingale and the Rose
Poetry by Aleksey Koltsov
Julie Weissberg (1878–1942): The Sky Above, op. 2, No. 1
Poetry by Paul-Marie Verlaine
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Lilacs, op. 21, No. 5
Poetry by Ekaterina Beketova
Sergei Rachmaninoff: How Fair This Spot, op. 21, No. 7
Poetry by Galina Glafira Adolfovna Einerling
Kurt Sander (b. 1969): Beloved
Poetry by Lubov Schukina-Naumova
I. Childhood
II. And you, oh my dear
III. The day will come
IV. My story will be long
Joy Schreier, piano
Akemi Takayama,* violin
Aleksandr Alabiev (1787–1851): The Nightingale
Poetry by Anton Delvig
*denotes Shenandoah Conservatory faculty