Roerich Museum, New York

4 March 1987

Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

Purcell (1659-1695): Four Songs
I see she flies me everywhere
Sweeter than Roses
Alleluia
Queen’s Epicedium (Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary, 1965)

Britten (1913-1976): Tit for Tat (Five settings from boyhood of poems by Walter de la Mare)
A Song of Enchantment
Autumn
Silver
Vigil
Tit for Tat

Brahms (1833-1897): Four Songs
Ständchen (Kugler)
An ein Veilchen (Holty)
Es träumte mir (Daumer)
Botschaft (Daumer)

Interval

Handel (1685-1759): Selected Arias
“A dispetto” from Tamerlano
“Ombra mai fu” from Serse
“Vi vi tiranno” from Rodelinda

Brahms: Three Songs
Therese (Keller)
Treue Liebe (Ferrand)
Das Mädchen (Kapper)

Britten: Folksong Arrangements
Little Sir William
O Waly, Waly
Oliver Cromwell

Purcell (Realized by Britten): Evening Hymn