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When selecting music for my recital I was looking for texts that I Betrayal, Death, and Loss
connected to and melodies that I would enjoy singing. What I wasn’t Da eben seinen Lauf vollbracht is truly the turning point in the
looking for was a connection between pieces. Digging deeper into the story. The story of the entire piece was what drew me to organize these
texts of the pieces I selected, I found a storyline that could be pieces in this way. The text tells the story of a man and a woman and
interpreted when stringing them together. I have tried to convey this their love for each other, but he had developed feelings for another
with how I have grouped the pieces into couples with adjectives to woman. The woman is reflecting on her life and their past love begging
describe the feeling, message, and plotline of each set. The goal of the him to reflect on how she could love him more than his new interest.
story was to create a complete cycle with the final piece tying back to In the section that I am performing, she realizes that she does not need
the beginning, showing the cyclical nature of both life and love. him, and is too good for him. She tells him to go with his new love and
let God be the true judge of his character. On her deathbed, she wishes
Longing, Desire, and Yearning him well and good life but not to tread “upon her green grave.”
Beginning with L’heure exquise, we see the singer picturing Ici-bas! continues this story into the afterlife, singing of how
themselves in the dark of night at a pond. The singer is using vivid lonely death is for the deceased and how the dead yearn for their
imagery to describe the scene they are in when they hear a voice they friends and their loves. Relationships they “dream that last forever.”
believe to be their love. They are “dreaming it is the exquisite hour, ”
the hour in which their love will come. Rest, Peace, and Hope
Tu ch’hai le penne, Amore continues to express the singer’s A chi more per Dio ends this story of death by describing how
yearning for their lover calling out to them to “fly swiftly to where my eternal it truly is. The woman in Da eben seinen Lauf vollbracht confesses
heart is.” In contrast to the previous piece where the singer is her love for her husband to God and how God may be his judge while
describing where they are at, this piece is describing to their love where she will be eternally at rest in the afterlife and this peace is further
they should fly to be reunited. conveying her message.
Ending the cycle is Abendfriede, a song that encompasses the
Beauty, Joy, and Love thoughts and feelings of all the previous pieces. The piece tells of a
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges portrays a beautiful place along the town in the late evening and how a sense of peace and calm is lying
Ganges River in India. In doing research about this text, I learned about over it. As the sun falls to the horizon, we hear a bird singing its
how meaningful the Ganges River is to the Hindu religion, being evening song leaving with us a message for tomorrow, “it will be a
regarded as the holiest river in the world. Tying back to L’heure exquise, beautiful morning.”
the singer is describing a flowering garden under the moonlight and
describes the personification of the violets and roses here. This piece Choir Members
truly sets the scene for where the singer and their love will be reunited.
In La speranza al cor mi dice, the singer is still wishing for their Jonathan Adkins Dorian Gordon Ashley Rodriguez
love to come but is beginning to have doubts about their desire for love Jake Ballard Amber Hale Jessica Rogers
singing that “love’s deceit appears, and with it, fears.” But no matter Essence Davis Olivia Jett Katelyn Rose
how fearful they are, “hope comes again and foretells joy to come.”
Hannah Douglas Kat Jump Dylan Shade
Justin Felix Sierra Kidd Emily Sparks
Caitlin Flemm Matt McBee Adam Sparks
Larkin Gensheimer Ethan Neal Hailey Wells
 Program Notes Program Notes
When selecting music for my recital I was looking for texts that I Betrayal, Death, and Loss
connected to and melodies that I would enjoy singing. What I wasn’t Da eben seinen Lauf vollbracht is truly the turning point in the
looking for was a connection between pieces. Digging deeper into the story. The story of the entire piece was what drew me to organize these
texts of the pieces I selected, I found a storyline that could be pieces in this way. The text tells the story of a man and a woman and
interpreted when stringing them together. I have tried to convey this their love for each other, but he had developed feelings for another
with how I have grouped the pieces into couples with adjectives to woman. The woman is reflecting on her life and their past love begging
describe the feeling, message, and plotline of each set. The goal of the him to reflect on how she could love him more than his new interest.
story was to create a complete cycle with the final piece tying back to In the section that I am performing, she realizes that she does not need
the beginning, showing the cyclical nature of both life and love. him, and is too good for him. She tells him to go with his new love and
let God be the true judge of his character. On her deathbed, she wishes
Longing, Desire, and Yearning him well and good life but not to tread “upon her green grave.”
Beginning with L’heure exquise, we see the singer picturing Ici-bas! continues this story into the afterlife, singing of how
themselves in the dark of night at a pond. The singer is using vivid lonely death is for the deceased and how the dead yearn for their
imagery to describe the scene they are in when they hear a voice they friends and their loves. Relationships they “dream that last forever.”
believe to be their love. They are “dreaming it is the exquisite hour, ”
the hour in which their love will come. Rest, Peace, and Hope
Tu ch’hai le penne, Amore continues to express the singer’s A chi more per Dio ends this story of death by describing how
yearning for their lover calling out to them to “fly swiftly to where my eternal it truly is. The woman in Da eben seinen Lauf vollbracht confesses
heart is.” In contrast to the previous piece where the singer is her love for her husband to God and how God may be his judge while
describing where they are at, this piece is describing to their love where she will be eternally at rest in the afterlife and this peace is further
they should fly to be reunited. conveying her message.
Ending the cycle is Abendfriede, a song that encompasses the
Beauty, Joy, and Love thoughts and feelings of all the previous pieces. The piece tells of a
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges portrays a beautiful place along the town in the late evening and how a sense of peace and calm is lying
Ganges River in India. In doing research about this text, I learned about over it. As the sun falls to the horizon, we hear a bird singing its
how meaningful the Ganges River is to the Hindu religion, being evening song leaving with us a message for tomorrow, “it will be a
regarded as the holiest river in the world. Tying back to L’heure exquise, beautiful morning.”
the singer is describing a flowering garden under the moonlight and
describes the personification of the violets and roses here. This piece Choir Members
truly sets the scene for where the singer and their love will be reunited.
In La speranza al cor mi dice, the singer is still wishing for their Jonathan Adkins Dorian Gordon Ashley Rodriguez
love to come but is beginning to have doubts about their desire for love Jake Ballard Amber Hale Jessica Rogers
singing that “love’s deceit appears, and with it, fears.” But no matter Essence Davis Olivia Jett Katelyn Rose
how fearful they are, “hope comes again and foretells joy to come.”
Hannah Douglas Kat Jump Dylan Shade
Justin Felix Sierra Kidd Emily Sparks
Caitlin Flemm Matt McBee Adam Sparks
Larkin Gensheimer Ethan Neal Hailey Wells