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Friday, 13 May Opera Workshop Drew Minter, director, and Miriam Charney, music director. Scenes by Mozart, Bizet, Berlioz, Rossini and others. 8:00 PM Skinner Hall of Music Sunday, 15 May Vassar Camerata Sarah Johnson ’16, director. 8:00 PM Skinner Hall of Music Monday, 16 May Mahagonny Ensemble Jaylin Remensperger ’17, director. 8:00 PM Skinner Hall of Music t h e d e pa rt m e n t o f m u s i c VASSAR COLLEGE Vassar College Orchestra Eduardo Navega, conductor Zhanwen Phil Chen ’16, piano Rachel Fuerstman ’16, mezzo-soprano Madeline Pollis ’16, soprano Saturday, 28 May Commencement Concert for the Class of 2016 Presented by members of the music department faculty. 3:00 PM Skinner Hall of Music If you would like to receive the music department’s Calendar of Musical Events or its e-newsletter, This Weekend in Skinner, please call the Concert Administrator’s office, 845-437-7294, or contact the music department through its website, http://music.vassar.edu. Friday, 6 May 2016 8:00 PM Martel Recital Hall Skinner Hall of Music “Quel guardo, il cavaliere in mezzo al cor trafisse, Son vostro cavalier. E tanto era in quel guardo Sapor di paradiso, Che il cavalier Riccardo, Tutto d’amor conquiso, Giurò che ad altra mai, Non volgeria il pensier.” “That look, pierced the knight in the middle of the heart, He folded his body, bent at his knees and said I am your knight. And so it was in that look a taste of paradise, That the knight Richard, Conquered by love, Swore that never to another, Woman would he ever think about.” Ah, ah! So anch’io la virtu magica D’un guardo a tempo e loco, So anch’io come si bruciano I cori a lento foco, D’un breve sorrisetto Conosco anch’io l’effetto, Di menzognera lagrima, D’un subito languor, Conosco i mille modi Dell’amorose frodi, I vezzi e l’arti facili Per adescare un cor. Ah, ah! I too know the magical power of a look at the right time and place, I know how the heart burns in slow fires, of a brief smile I know the effect, Of lying tears, On a sudden languor, I know a thousand ways love can fraud, The charms and arts are easy To fool the heart. Ho testa bizzarra, son pronta vivace, Brillare mi piace scherzar: Se monto in furore Di rado sto al segno, Ma in riso lo sdegno fo presto a cangiar, Ho testa bizzarra, Ma core eccellente, ah! I have a bizarre mind I possess a ready wit, I like joking: If I get furious I’m rarely able to remain calm, But my disdain can soon turn to laughter, Piegò il ginocchio e disse: I have a bizarre mind But an excellent heart, ah! Please silence all cellphones and refrain from using handheld devices during the performance.Use of these instruments will disturb other audience members and cause interference with in-house recording and webcasting. Program Valse Triste, Op. 44 Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 I - Allegro molto moderato Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Zhanwen Phil Chen ’16, piano INTERMISSION “Connais-tu le pays,” from Mignon Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Rachel Fuerstman ’16, mezzo-soprano “Quel guardo, il cavaliere,” from Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Madeline Pollis ’16, soprano Overture Solennelle, Op. 73 Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) Vassar College Orchestra Eduardo Navega, conductor Violin I Jaylin Remensperger Hayley Rothman Hyun Park Maxwell Quill Emma Kline Achal Fernando-Peiris Yvonne Yu Margaret Port Carolyn Savich Peter Kim Adriano Rosental Max Pine Violin II Catherine Belleza Hubert Szczygiel Sydney Lambert Sarah Leonard Jason Sill Julia Simcoe Doulgas Peters Gabriel Kardos Julia Holgado Kataura Ross Karla Zabala Viola Ivan Soler Daniel Melody Antigone Delton Isabel Morrison Clark Xu Emily Prince Christina Griesmer Cello David Toto Sabrina Oh Benjamin Ramsey Lucinda Ellman Lily Horner Alessio Caruso Brendan Wirth Gabrielle Chwae Bass Henry Carroll Matthew Guse Flute Isaiah Hale Katherine Jacobsen Oboe Maya Enriquez Fiona Hart Clarinet Galen March Elena Schultz Andrew Thompson Bassoon Gregory Cristina Lauren Osojnak Nicholas Williams Horn Alexander Bartholomew Nicholas Ginsburg Noah Kayser-Hirsh Kennedy Kooistra Trumpet Pieter Block Spencer McConnell Trombone Razvan Stanescu Claudia Cangemi Matthew Vasti Tuba Molly James Timpani & Percussion Robert Nikolai Zachary Sherman Texts and Translations Connais-tu le pays où fleurit l’oranger? Le pays des fruits d’or et des roses vermeilles, Où la brise est plus douce et l’oiseau plus léger, Où dans toute saison butinent les abeilles, Où rayonne et sourit, comme un bienfait de Dieu, Un éternel printemps sous un ciel toujours bleu! Hélas! Que ne puis-je te suivre Vers ce rivage heureux d’où le sort m’exila! C’est là! c’est là que je voudrais vivre, Aimer, aimer et mourir! Connais-tu la maison où l’on m’attend là-bas? La salle aux lambris d’or, où des hommes de marbre M’appellent dans la nuit en me tendant les bras? Et la cour où l’on danse à l’ombre d’un grand arbre? Et le lac transparent où glissent sur les eaux Mille bateaux légers pariels à des oiseaux! Hélas! Que ne puis-je te suivre Vers ce pays lointain d’où le sort m’exila! C’est là! c’est là que je voudrais vivre, Aimer, aimer et mourir! Do you know the country where the orange flowers bloom? The land of golden fruit and crimson roses, Where the breeze is fresh and the birds fly in the light, Where in any season bees are seen foraging, Where radiant smiles are a blessing from God, An eternal spring under a deep blue sky! Alas! Why can I not follow you To this happy shore, here the fates have exiled me! There it is! This is where I want to live, Love, love and die! Do you know the house is there waiting for me? The room with gold paneling, where men of marble Call me at night, holding my arms? And the courtyard where they dance in the shade of a large tree? And the transparent lake where on the water slide Thousands of birds like weightless boats! Alas! Why can I not follow you To this happy shore, here the fates have exiled me! There it is! This is where I want to live, Love, love and die!
