4 October 2007

Musikverein, Vienna

Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
Julius Drake (piano)

Pyotr Tschaikovsky:
“Serenada Don Zhuana”, op. 38/1 (“Don Juan’s Serenade”)
“To bilo ranyeyu vesnoi”, op. 38/2 (”It was in the early spring “)
“Sred´ shumnovo bala”, op. 38/3 (”In the midst of the ball “)
“Den li zarit”, op. 47/6 (”Does the day reign?”)
“Pesn’ Min’ony: Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal”, op. 6/6 (Mignon’s song: “None but the lonely heart”)
“Nam zvyozdy krotkiye siyali”, op. 60/12 (”Gentle stars shone for us”)
“Kak, nad goryacheyu zoloy”, op. 25/2 (”As over the burning embers “)

Modest Musorgsky:
“Lieder und Tänze des Todes” (Songs and Dances of Death)
Kalybel’naja (Lullaby)
Serenada (Serenade)
Trepak
Palkavodets (The Field Marshall)

Interval

Charles Ives:
“Ich grolle nicht”
“The Swimmers”
“The Housatonic at Stockbridge”
“The Side Show”
“The Greatest Man”
“Tom Sails Away”
“1,2,3″

Ned Rorem:
“War Scenes”

Samuel Barber:
“There’s nae lark”
“In the dark pinewood”
“Beggar’s Song”
“Rain has fallen”, op. 10/1
“Sleep now”, op. 10/2
“I hear an army”, op. 10/3

Encores

Charles Ives:
Ilmenau
Memories:
a. Very Pleasant
b. Rather Sad

Samuel Barber:
Sure on this shining night, Op. 13, No. 4