Music Director & Pianist: Luke Housner
January 25–26, 2017
A Czech compositional journey spanning 30 years woven together by common threads of Love and Dedication. 聽We look forward to delving into three seldom-heard, rarely performed song cycles of Dvo艡谩k, Martin暖 and Jan谩膷ek.
Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k 8 Songs, Op. 83, B. 160
1. O na拧i l谩sce nekvete to vytouzen茅 stest铆 (Love will Never Lead Us to that Happy End)
2. V tak mnoh茅m srdci mrtvo jest (Death Reigns in Many a Human Breast)
3. Kol domu se ted鈥 pot谩c铆m (I Wander Often Past Yonder House)
4. J谩 v铆m, 啪e v sladk茅 nad臎ji (I Know that My Love to Thee)
5. Nad krajem v茅vodi lehk媒 sp谩nek (Nature Lies Peaceful in Slumber and Dreaming)
6. Zde v lese u potoka (In the Deepest Forest Glade I Stand)
7. V t茅 sladk茅 moci oc铆 tv媒ch (When Thy Sweet Glances Fall on Me)
8. 脫 du拧e drah谩 jedink谩 (Thou Only, Dear One)
Dvo艡谩k love songs, composed in 1888, are poignantly melodic and contain a musical figuration quoting the Piano Quintet which was composed the year before.
Bohuslav Martin暖 Nipponari听贬68
#4 Prosn臎n媒 啪ivot
#5 Stopy ve sn臎hu
#6 Pohled nazp臎t
#7 U posv谩tn茅ho jezera
Martin暖鈥檚 song cycle of Nipponari鈥檚 texts of Japanese poems, translated into Czech, dating back to the 7th, 9th and 12th century. Each setting deals with the pursuit of a mystifying moment of time which has vanished into the past. 聽Musically impressionist, atmospheric and reminiscent of Debussy with some touches of Puccini鈥檚 il Tabarro and Madama Butterfly sprinkled in.
Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek – Diary of one who vanished
闯补苍谩膷ek’s Diary of One Who Has Vanished is an operatically dramatic song cycle, replete with lighting and staging directions written into the score. 聽Over 22 short episodic movements, the story follows the diary of a young man (tenor) who abandons his home and country for a gypsy woman (mezzo). Musically there is a mix of the declamatory passages of Jenufa combined with the majestic, melodic sweep of K谩t’a Kabanov谩聽(which was composed 2 years after this cycle).
Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek – trio
1. Potkal jsem mladou cig谩nku (One day I met a young gypsy girl)
2. Ta 膷ern谩 cig谩nka (That dark-skinned gypsy girl)
3. Svatoj谩nsk茅 mu拧ky (The glow-worms are dancing)
4. U啪 mlad茅 vla拧t暖vky (The young swallows)
5. T臎啪ko sa mi o艡e (Ploughing is heavy work)
6. Hajsi, vy siv铆 volci (Hey, you grey oxen)
7. Ztratil isem kol铆膷ek (Now I鈥檝e lost the little pin)
8. Nehled鈥檛e, vole膷ci, tesklivo k 煤vrat铆m (Don鈥檛 look so sadly after me)
9. V铆taj, Jan铆膷ku (Welcome, Jan铆膷ek)
10. Bo啪e, d谩ln媒, nesmrteln媒 (God in heaven, eternal one)
11. T谩hne v暖艌a k lesu (The sweet smell of ripening wheat)
12. Tmav谩 ol拧inka, chladn谩 stud谩nka (The shady elder-grove)
13. Klav铆r solo (Piano solo)
14. Sln茅膷ko sa zdvih谩 (The sun climbs high)
15. Moji siv铆 volci (My grey oxen)
16. Co jsem to ud臎lal? (What have I done?)
17. Co komu s煤zeno (What has been ordained)
18. Nedb谩m j谩 v膷il o nic (Nothing matters to me)
19. Let铆 straka let铆 (The magpie flies away)
20. M谩m j谩 panenku (I have a true love)
21. M暖j drah媒 tat铆膷ku (My dear father)
22. Sbohem, rodn媒 kraju (Farewell, my native countryside)
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