Join us for a recital of eclectic songs with mezzo-soprano Sophia Maekawa and bass Wm. Clay Thompson. We will hear Ms. Maekawa in Purcell’s “When I am laid in earth” from Dido and Aeneas as well as Debussy’s Les Chansons de Bilitis. And we will hear Mr. Thompson as Mefistofele in Boito’s “Ecco il mondo” and in two arrangements by Steven Mark Kohn of “Ten Thousand Miles Away” and “The Ocean Burial”. We will also hear music by Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Roger Quilter, and Kosaku Yamada. Our singers will be joined by Ryan Opera Center pianist Michael Banwarth.
Mezzo-Soprano Sophia Maekawa, Bass Wm. Clay Thompson, and Pianist Michael Banwarth
Playlist
“Ecco il mondo” from Mefistofele, by Arrigo Boito
“Automne”, by Gabriel Fauré
“Les Ingénus”, by Claude Debussy
Wm. Clay Thompson, bass; Michael Banwarth, piano
“When I am laid in earth” from Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano; Michael Banwarth, piano
Ten Thousand Miles Away and The Ocean Burial, traditional songs, arranged by Steven Mark Kohn
Duna, by Josephine McGill
Wm. Clay Thompson, bass; Michael Banwarth, piano
Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Claude Debussy
Heimliches Lieben, by Franz Schubert
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano; Michael Banwarth, piano
Revival Scene from Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd
Wm. Clay Thompson, bass; Michael Banwarth, piano
Kanega narimasu, by Kosaku Yamada
Love’s Philosophy, by Roger Quilter
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano; Michael Banwarth, piano