RSMI "Night and Dreams, Nocturns and Fantasies" with Graham Johnson

Recorded live at Ravinia's Bennett Gordon Hall on August 12, 2023. Learn more about Ravinia Steans Music Institute's Program for Singers at https://www.ravinia.org/SteansSingers

"Night and Dreams, Nocturns and Fantasies" with Graham Johnson, pianist and scholar

I. EVENING EVOCATIONS
Marx "Nocturne"
Celeste Morales, soprano
Michael Sikich, piano

Mahler "Laue Sommernacht"
Madeleine Lyon, mezzo-soprano
Michael Sikich, piano

Hahn “L’heure exquise” from Chansons grises
Kyle Miller, baritone
Lucas Nogara, piano

Ravel “Le Grillon” from Histoires Naturelles
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Michael Sikich, piano

II. “IN SLEEP A KING, BUT WAKING NO SUCH MATTER”
PERFORMED AND REMOVED FROM PUBLIC RECORDING
Barber “Sleep now” from Three Songs, Op. 10
Yuntong Han, tenor
Matthew Gemmill, piano

Schumann “Muttertraum” from Fünf Lieder, Op. 40
Erik Grendahl, baritone
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

Fauré "Après un rêve"
Cierra Byrd, mezzo-soprano
Lucas Nogara, piano

Duparc "La vie antérieure"
Celeste Morales, soprano
Michael Sikich, piano

PERFORMED AND REMOVED FROM PUBLIC RECORDING
Harbison “The Winds of Dawn” from Flashes and Illuminations
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Michael Sikich, piano

III. SERENADES
Fauré “Diane, Seléné” from L’Horizon chimérique
Erik Grendahl, baritone
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

Duparc "Sérénade florentine"
Edmond Rodriguez, tenor
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

Howells “King David” from A Garland for de la Mare
Erik Grendahl, baritone
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

IV. DARK NIGHTS OF THE SOUL
Schumann “Ich hab im Traum geweinet” from Dichterliebe
Moses Park, tenor
Ting Ting Wong, piano

Brahms “Von ewiger Liebe” from Vier Gesänge, Op. 43
Jacinta Barbachano, soprano
Lucas Nogara, piano

Mussorgsky "Gde ty, zvjozdochka"
Jacinta Barbachano, soprano
Lucas Nogara, piano

Rachmaninoff “K nej” from Six Romances, Op. 38
Yvette Keong, soprano
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

PERFORMED AND REMOVED FROM PUBLIC RECORDING
Dove “Surprise” from Cut my Shadow
Madeleine Lyon, mezzo-soprano
Michael Sikich, piano

Barnes “The Greatest Personal Privation 5” from The Greatest Personal Privation
Melissa Joseph, soprano
Ting Ting Wong, piano

PERFORMED AND REMOVED FROM PUBLIC RECORDING
Barber “I Hear an Army” from Three Songs, Op. 10 (Joyce)
Yuntong Han, tenor
Matthew Gemmill, piano

V. EROS BY NIGHT
Wagner “Träume” from Wesendonck Lieder
Ana Mora, mezzo-soprano
Ting Ting Wong, piano

Wolf “Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen” from Italienisches Liederbuch
Gabrielle Turgeon, soprano
Matthew Gemmill, piano

Debussy “La Chevelure” from Trois Chansons de Bilitis
Elissa Pfaender, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Gemmill, piano

PERFORMED AND REMOVED FROM PUBLIC RECORDING
Barber "Church bell at night" and "Promiscuity" from Hermit Songs
Gabrielle Turgeon, soprano
Matthew Gemmill, piano

PERFORMED AND REMOVED FROM PUBLIC RECORDING
Previn "The Revelation"
Edmond Rodriguez, tenor
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

PERFORMED AND REMOVED FROM PUBLIC RECORDING
Larsen “I Make My Magic” from Love after 1950
Madeleine Lyon, mezzo-soprano
Michael Sikich, piano