The Elusive Shepherdess
Dorothy Maddison, soprano
Eckart Sellheim, piano
Recital Hall
Guest Artists Concert Series
Thursday, February 3, 2011
7:30PM

Program
Italian Baroque: The Shepherdess as a Nymph Just Says No
Cantata: Pastorella Vagha Bella
G.F. Handel
I. Aria
(1685-1759)
II. Recitative
III. Aria
Classic and Early Romantic: The Naïve and Clumsy Bourgeois Shepherdess
Says Yes
La Pastorella
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Das Veilchen
W.A. Mozart
(1756-1791)
Pourquoi Rester Seulette?
Camille Saint-Saens
(1835-1921)
Bergerette Watteau
Camille Saint-Saens
(1835-1921)
French Belle Epoque: The Shepherdess becomes an Urban Myth
Trois Chansons from Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse
Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune
(1862-1918)
Pierrot
Apparition

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Late Romanticism: The Shepherdess Meets Wagner and Cupid and Becomes
a God
Fünf Brentano Lieder, Opus 68, Nos 1-5
Richard Strauss
An die Nacht
(1864-1949)
Ich wollt ein Sträuslein binden
Säusle Liebe Myrte
Amor
Als mir dein Lied erklang

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