Lawrence University, Wisconsin

Harper Hall

6 March 1987, 8pm

Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

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

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)
Es träumte mir (Daumer)
An ein Veilchen (Holty)
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
Treue Liebe (Ferrand)
Therese (Keller)
Das Mädchen (Kapper)

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

Purcell (Realized by Britten): Evening Hymn