Recognized globally for his rich, powerful voice that commands the stage, baritone Lester Lynch has established a place in the classical music world as one of the most in-demand artists of the 21st century. As an accomplished concert artist, Lynch has performed a wide variety of roles with orchestras around the world, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra New York Philharmonic, Opera Philadelphia, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Program

with John Wilson, piano

Samuel Barber: Dover Beach
René Mandel, violin
Wyatt Underhill, violin
Kaya Bryla, viola
Anne Richardson, cello

Gerald Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring
     I. Come Away, Come Away, Death
     II. Who is Silvia?
     III. Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun
     IV. O Mistress Mine 
     V. It Was a Lover and His Lass

Richard Wagner: “Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge”
     from Das Rheingold 

R. Wagner (arr. Franz Liszt): Liebestod aus Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, S. 447

Umberto Giordano: “Nemico della patria”
     from Andrea Chénier

-Intermission- 

Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (Песни и пляски смерти)            
     I. Lullaby (Колыбельная)
     II. Serenade (Серенада)
     III. Trepak (Трепак)
     IV. The Field Marshal (Полководец)

Negro Spiritual (arr. Lena J. McLin): Hold Out Your Light
Negro Spiritual (arr. Dr. Uzee Brown Jr.): Sweet Home
Negro Spiritual (arr. Lester Lynch, Victor Simonson): Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

George Gershwin: A Foggy Day
Cole Porter: “Were thine that special”
     from Kiss Me, Kate
Irving Berlin: I Love a Piano

Featured Artists

Lester Lynch, voice
John Wilson, piano