The Composer at 70
A Special Concert: September 24, 2021 at 7:30 PM CST
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 2120 Lincoln Street, Evanston IL 60201
Music by Francis L. Lynch
James Janssen, Music Director and Conductor
Sally Craige Christensen, Stage Director
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Ode to a Nightingale
for Countertenor, Oboe,Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello
Scott Bass, Countertenor
Text by John Keats (1795-1821)
You Give Me Back My Christmasses
for Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello
Josephine Stracek, Mezzo-Soprano
Text by Rosamund Marriott Watson (1860-1911)
On the Beach at Night
for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Flute, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello
Marissa Simmons, Mezzo-Soprano
Austin Sanders, Baritone
Text by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
for Soprano, Baritone, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello
Andrea Baker, Soprano
Jeremiah Strickler, Baritone
Text by John Keats
Scene 1 from Suppressed Desires
for Soprano, Tenor, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello
Marnie Baylouny, Soprano
Jonathan Weyant, Tenor
Text by Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) & George Cram Cook (1873-1924)
Additional Lyrics by Francis L. Lynch
She sprang it on me before breakfast! from The Family Curse
for Tenor, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello
Karlos Piñero-Mercado, Tenor
Lyrics by Francis L. Lynch
adapted from P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
New York Magic! from The Family Curse
for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello
Josephine Stracek, Mezzo-Soprano
Karlos Piñero-Mercado, Tenor
Lyrics by Francis L. Lynch
adapted from P.G. Wodehouse
Voices at Domrémy: An Opera Scene
for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello
Hillary Esqueda, Soprano
Shannon Keegan, Mezzo-Soprano
Libretto by Hortense Flexner (1885-1973)