The music of Carlisle Floyd is paired with Samuel Barber in the next Ryan Opera Center Recital. Soprano Kylie Kreucher will be heard in music from Floyd’s Susanna and Barber’s Hermit Songs. And bass-baritone Benjamin R. Sokol will perform Floyd’s solo cantata Pilgrimage and music from Rachmaninoff’s Aleko. We’ll also hear songs by Gwyneth Walker, Sigmund Romberg, and Naomi Shemer. Myungseo Kim will be on piano.
Soprano Kylie Kreucher, Bass-Baritone Benjamin R. Sokol and Pianist Myungseo Kim
Playlist
Aleko’s Cavatina from Aleko, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Benjamin R. Sokol, bass-baritone; Myungseo Kim, piano
“Ain’t it a pretty night,” from Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd
Kylie Kreucher, soprano; Myungseo Kim, piano
Pilgrimage, by Carlisle Floyd
Benjamin R. Sokol, bass-baritone; Myungseo Kim, piano
Selections from Hermit Songs, by Samuel Barber
Kylie Kreucher, soprano; Myungseo Kim, piano
“Chorshat Ha-Ekaliptus” by Naomi Shemer
Benjamin R. Sokol, bass-baritone; Myungseo Kim, piano
“Homage to my Hips,” from No Ordinary Woman!, by Gwyneth Walker
Kylie Kreucher, soprano; Myungseo Kim, piano
“Will you Remember,” by Sigmund Romberg
Kylie Kreucher, soprano; Myungseo Kim, piano