Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rachmaninoff: The Composer
Saturday, October 21, 2023
ERIKA BAIKOFF, soprano
GILLES VONSATTEL, piano
BENJAMIN BEILMAN, violin
CLIVE GREENSMITH, cello
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
“Romance” from Soirées à Saint-Petersbourg for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 44, No. 1 (1860)
BEILMAN, GREENSMITH, VONSATTEL
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Souvenir d’un lieu cher for Violin and Piano, Op. 42 (1878)
Méditation
Scherzo
Mélodie
BEILMAN, VONSATTEL
Mily Balakirev (1836–1910)
“The Goldfish’s Song” for Voice and Piano (1860)
BAIKOFF, VONSATTEL
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
“Where are you, little star?” for Voice and Piano (1857)
BAIKOFF, VONSATTEL
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1973)
“Arion” for Voice and Piano, Op. 34, No. 5 (1912)
BAIKOFF, VONSATTEL
Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
“The Lark” from A Farewell to Saint Petersburg for Voice and Piano (1840)
BAIKOFF, VONSATTEL
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
“It wasn’t the wind, blowing from up high” from In Spring for Voice and Piano, Op. 43, No. 2 (1897)
BAIKOFF, VONSATTEL
Rachmaninoff
“These Summer Nights” for Voice and Piano, Op. 14, No. 5 (1896)
BAIKOFF, VONSATTEL
—INTERMISSION—
Rachmaninoff
Trio élégiaque in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 9 (1893, rev. 1917)
Moderato
Quasi variazione
Allegro risoluto - Moderato
VONSATTEL, BEILMAN, GREENSMITH
Balakirev “The Goldfish’s Song” for Voice and Piano (1860)
Text by Mikhail Lermontov
Дитя мое, Я созову моих сестер! Усни! Постель твоя мягка, О милый мой, не утаю, |
My child, I will call my sisters! Sleep! Your bed is soft, Oh my dear, I will not hide |
Mussorgsky “Where are you, little star?” for Voice and Piano (1857)
Text by Nikolai Grekov
Где ты, звездочка? Где ты, девица, Туча черная |
Where are you, little star? Where are you, maiden, A dark cloud |
Rachmaninoff “Arion” for Voice and Piano, Op. 34, No. 5 (1912)
Text by Alexander Pushkin
Нас было много на челне; На руль склонясь, наш кормщик умный А я — беспечной веры полн, — Погиб и кормщик и пловец! — Я гимны прежние пою |
There were many of us aboard; He leaned over, our wise helmsman And I — full of carefree faith — Dead were the helmsman and the oarsmen! I sing the same old hymns |
Glinka “The Lark” from A Farewell to Saint Petersburg for Voice and Piano (1840)
Text by Nestor Kukolnik
Между небом и землёй Не видать певца полей! Ветер песенку несёт, Лейся ж, песенка моя, |
Between the sky and the earth The field singer can’t be seen! Flow on, my song, |
Rimsky-Korsakov “It wasn’t the wind, blowing from up high” from In Spring for Voice and Piano, Op. 43, No. 2 (1897)
Text by Aleksei Tolstoy
Не ветер, вея с высоты, Житейский вихрь её терзал Твоя же речь ласкает слух, |
It wasn’t the wind, blowing from up high, Life’s whirlwind tormented it Your voice soothes my ear, |
Rachmaninoff “These Summer Nights” for Voice and Piano, Op. 14, No. 5 (1896)
Text by Daniil Rathaus
Эти летние ночи прекрасные, Забывается скорбь необъятная, И открыли друг другу невластные |
These beautiful summer nights, One forgets the unbounded grief And the lovers opened to each other |
All translations by Jack Slavin