Christopher James, Second Year Master's Voice Recital

Collaborator

Margaret Halbig, harpsichord

Program

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Anastasio’s aria - “Vedrò con mio diletto”
     from Giustino, RV 717

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Achille’s aria - “Cruelle, non jamais”
     from Iphigénie en Aulide

John Dowland (1563–1626)
“Sorrow, sorrow stay”
     from The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres
“Can she excuse my wrongs”
“All ye, wh0m Love or Fortune hath betray’d”
     from The First Booke of Songes or Ayres

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Cold Genius’ aria - “What Power art thou...”
     from King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z. 628

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Dardano’s aria - “Pena tiranna”
     from Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11

-Intermission-

arr. Arne Dørumsgaard (1921–2006)
Selections from Ten Early Spanish Songs
     “De Antequera sale el moro”
          Cristóbal de Morales (1500–1553)
     “A la caza, sus, a caza”
          Gabriel Mena (1470–1528)
     “De la vida de este mundo”
          Anonymous

G. F. Handel
Cesare’s arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
     “Non è sì vago e bello”
     “Va tacito e nascosto”
     “Se in fiorito ameno prato”
     “Al lampo dell’armi”
     “Dall’ondoso periglio - Aure, deh, per pietà”

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