Songs of the Bygone

Traces of a Vanishing World

A wry and nostalgic musical exploration of aspects of daily life that are no longer part of our world today.

Dr. Anne K. Hege, Artistic Director
Edna Yeh, Assistant Conductor
Kate Campbell, Accompanist

Program

  • Fire, Fire My Heart – Thomas Morley
  • In Autumn – Gwyneth Walker
  • Lost is my Quiet – Henry Purcell
  • Five Fragments of Jade, op. 40 – Jenő Takács
    • I. Song On the River
    • II. The Leaf On the Water
    • III. The Fisherman
    • IV. Intoxication of Love
    • V. On the River
  • Far from home – György Ligeti
    • Lament
    • A dark raven
    • Once the forest
    • Summer sends a gentle breeze
  • Gesang aus Fingal (Song from Fingal) – Johannes Brahms
  • Songs of Land, Sea and Air – Gustav Holst
    • Song of the Shoemakers
    • Song of the Fishermen
    • The Corn Song
    • Song of the Lumbermen
    • Song of the Ship-builders
  • Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten (We hasten with weak, yet eager steps) – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ach! Synku Synku (Oh! My son, My son) – Czech Folk Song Arr. Donald Patriquin
  • Hoj, hura hoj! – Otmar Macha
  • On Music and Nature: Three Hopkins Settings (premiere) – Ann Callaway
    • Henry Purcell
    • Moonrise June 19, 1876
    • The Woodlark
  • What Can We Poor Females Do? – Henry Purcell
  • Women Should be Pedestals – Gwyneth Walker
  • Women on the Plains
    • Old Grandma
    • Away, Far down the River
    • Punching the Dough
  • Opening chorus from “The Bartered Bride” – Bedřich Smetana Arr. Emily Ellsworth
  • Songs of Land, Sea and Air – Gustav Holst
    • Clouds O’er the Summer Sky
    • Round from ‘The Perfect Fool’
  • La Lluvia (The Rain) – Stephen Hatfield
  • Singing in the Rain – Nacio Herb Brown, Text by Arthur Freed, Arr. Anita Kerr

Full Program (pdf)