Carnegie Well Recital Hall
Soprano Yulia Petrachuk performs an evening of spellbinding art songs by Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Duparc; WORLD PREMIERE of Russian song cycle “Russian Winter” for soprano and virtuoso harp by American composer Emmanuel M. Dubois.
Operatic arias by Cilea, Bellini, Donizetti, Flotow, Gounod, Mozart, Lehar, Rachmaninoff and breathtaking duets from operas Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod and Aleko by Sergey Rachmaninoff.
Piano works by Bach-Busoni and Scriabin performed by renown Italian virtuoso pianist Carlo Pari
CONCERT PROGRAM:
I PART
CLAUDE DEBUSSY:
- Romance, L.79
- Apparition, L.53 (from Quatre chansons de jeunesse, n.4)
HENRI DUPARC: Phidylé
BACH-BUSONI: Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
EMMANUEL M. DUBOIS: Song cycle for soprano and harp “Russian Winter”, op.49 (World premiere)
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Sonata №2, Op.19
SERGEY RACHMANINOFF:
- Christ is risen (Христос воскрес), Op.26, №6
- How Fair this Spot (Здесь хорошо), Op. 21, №7
- In the Silence of the Secret Night (В молчаньи ночи тайной), Op. 4, №3
- The Sleep (Сон), Op. 38, №5
- Spring Waters (Весенние воды), Op.14, №11
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Does the Day Reign? (День ли царит), Op.47, №6
II PART
FRANCESCO CILEA: “Io son l’umile ancella”, Adriana’s aria from the opera Adriana Lecouvreur
VINCENZO BELLINI: “Il mulino... Vi ravviso, o luoghi”, Rodolfo’s aria from the opera “La Sonnambula”
GAETANO DONIZETTI: “Spirito gentil...”, Fernando’s aria from the opera La Favorita
CHARLES GOUNOD:
- “Jewelry Song” from the opera Faust
- “Va! Je t’ai pardonne!”, Duet of Romeo et Juliette from the opera Romeo et Juliette
WOLFGANG MOZART: “Madamina, il catalogo e’ questo”, Leporello’s aria from the opera Don Giovanni
FRIDERICH VON FLOTOW: “Ach so fromm”, Lyonel’s aria from the opera Martha
SERGEY RACHMANINOFF: Scene of Aleko and Zemphira and Aleko’s cavatina “All the gipsy camp is sleeping” from the opera Aleko
FRANZ LEHAR: “Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss” from the operetta Giuditta