| A Song Recital Beth Anne Hatton, soprano Brian Mountford, piano |
 Music of Schubert, Schumann, Mahler, Schoenberg, Mompou, Sibelius, Beydts, Satie, Barber, others Sunday, November 10th, 2019, 4:00 pm Behind the Door 219 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 ADMISSION: $15 at the door, cash or check only (reservations requested by email to vpropera@gmail.com) A collection of intimate moments rather than grand themes. Rest at the end of a day. A visit to the fair. Contentment. The first flush of love. Desire and longing. Crickets, frogs, cats, pigeons. “The maiden listens, lying under the walnut tree. She hears the leaves rustling above, whispering of her future…” PROGRAM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Der Einsame Seligkeit Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Widmung Die Blume der Ergebung Röselein, Röselein! Marienwürmchen Der Nussbaum Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Erwartung (Op. 2, No. 1) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) from Rückert-Lieder Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft Liebst du um Schönheit INTERMISSION Samuel Barber (1910-1981) from Hermit Songs, op. 29 The Desire for Hermitage The Monk and his Cat Eric Satie (1866-1925) Ludions air du rat spleen la grenouille américaine air du poète chanson du chat Louis Beydts (1896-1953) from Chansons pour les oiseaux La Colombe poignardée Le petit pigeon bleu Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Jubal (Op. 35, No. 1) Federico Mompou (1893-1987) El Niño Mudo Neu Canço de la Fira _________________________ ABOUT THE PERFORMERS  Beth Anne Hatton has performed in opera and oratorio, singing music by composers from Satie to Strauss and from Mozart to Bach. Opera News praised her “voice of gleaming lucidity and tender emotion.” She has performed with a number of period instrument ensembles, most notably Anima, and is a founding member of Opera Feroce, a collaborative opera company in miniature, which has performed frequently at VPR. She has collaborated with composers of new works, and can be heard on “Photographs” a recording of compositions by Eric Qin [Tzadik]. Stepping across genres, she has performed A Love Supreme in John Coltrane tribute concerts with a jazz quintet, singing Coltrane’s words to the notes of his solo in Psalm. With VPR: Alcina; Idomeneo; Der Rosenkavalier: The True Story; Opera Feroce’s Amor & Psyche, Jewels of the Baroque, and Armenio in Armenia, among others. Singer, pianist and composer Brian Mountford lives in New York, and sings with the New York City Master Chorale and C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective. He sang in the Yale Glee Club under Fenno Heath, and studied music at UC Berkeley. Image from Camille Flammarion’s 1888 book L’atmosphère : météorologie populaire |
| “miniatures Behind the Door 2019 series” is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). |