CHELSEA
CHIMILAR
MEZZO-SOPRANO

MARY PRICE- PIANO
KATHLEEN STRAHM-VIOLIN
BERNNY APODACA-VOICE
ALEX RESNICK-GUITAR

MASTER'S RECITAL
ORGAN HALL
NOV. 29, 2016 • 7:30PM

ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY

School of Music

Program
Neun Deutsche Arien, HWV 202-210

Georg Friedrich Handel
(1685-17 59)

4. Silsse Stille, sanfte Quelle

9. Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden

Canticle II Abraham and Isaac op.51

Benjamin Britten
(1913-1976)

**There will be a JO-minute intermission**

When I Walked Roseless Tracks

John Alexander Blyth
(1956-)

Whose Woods These Are
Winter
The Life I Never Led

Alan Menken
(1949-)

A Trip to the Library

Jerry Bock
(1928-2010)

Stars and The Moon

Jason Robert Brown
(1970-)

Shy

Mary Rodgers
(1931-2014)

Alto's Lament

Zina Goldrich
(1964-)

Siisse Stille, sanfte Quelle
Sweet silence, gentle spring of peaceful composure.
Even my soul will be pleased
When after a time of
Extreme vanity,
I imagine that peace before my eyes
has been eternally prepared for us!
Flammende rose, Zierde der Erden
Burning rose, jewel of the earth
Enchanting splendor of the shining garden!
My eyes which perceive your excellence
must before your grace in amazement confess,
that a divine hand has made you.

Canticle II Abraham and Isaac op.51
The five works to which Britten gave the title "canticle" are all settings of
texts of a religious or spiritual nature and each is scored for a different
combination of voices and instruments. The tale of how Abraham is
summoned by God to offer up his own child Isaac for sacrifice is set as a
highly dramatic scene, using two voices, tenor and alto, which not only
perform the respective roles of father and son but also, singing in rhythmic
unison, the other-worldly sound of the voice of God.

* The grouping of three songs with guitar are written by Canadian
composer John Alexander Blyth, and feature text by Thomas Hardy,
Robert Frost, and Blyth.
*Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please tum all
beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you.*

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