Roundup of Texas Art Song Composers
featuring composers from the Lone Star State
Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 2:00 pm
St. Paul’s E&R Church (UCC)
6464 East Lovers Lane, Dallas, TX 75214
Tickets: Adult $25, Senior $15, Student $10
Put on your sittin’ britches and enjoy a concert that's as hot as a two-dollar pistol! Y’all come hear some great music that's hotter than a honeymoon hotel. This concert will make you as happy as a hog in mud!
A note from Artistic Director Christian Bester... (click to read here)
A note from Artistic Director Christian Bester... (click to read here)
Featured composers:
Lane Harder, Mark Landson, Michael Capps, David Featherstone, Max Whittaker & Robert Gross
Performers:
Brooke Clark Gibson, mezzo-soprano, Amy Canchola, soprano, Keron Jackson, bass, Alison Read, harp, Brian Bentley, piano.
Lane Harder, Mark Landson, Michael Capps, David Featherstone, Max Whittaker & Robert Gross
Performers:
Brooke Clark Gibson, mezzo-soprano, Amy Canchola, soprano, Keron Jackson, bass, Alison Read, harp, Brian Bentley, piano.
PROGRAM
Dr. Robert Gross, composer
Carmina Spei (Songs of Hope)
Performed by: Brooke Clark Gibson, mezzo-soprano, Alison Read, harp
1. Hope Is the Thing With Feathers - Text by Emily Dickinson
2. Mirage - Text by Christina Georgina Rosetti
3. Hope - Text by Arthur Conan Doyle
>> Composer program notes and text
David Featherstone, composer
Cemetery Shadows - Text by Candy Lish Fowler
A Collage of 4 Art Songs for Soprano, Violin, and Piano
Performed by: Jackie Lengfelder, Soprano, Rhea Edelman, Violin, and Dr. Bret Serin, Piano
1. Mary's Lament from the oratorio "Testament" (2008)
2. Agnus Dei from “Requiem” (2015)
3 Cemetery Shadows (2018) - Text by Candy Lish Fowler
4 Braided Women (2022)- Text by Candy Lish Fowler
>> Composer program notes and text
Max Whittaker, composer
Songs for the Celebration of the Passage of Time - Text by Max Whittaker
Performed by: Brooke Clark Gibson, mezzo-soprano, Brian Bentley, piano
1. Haiku
2. Elegy
3. River of Time
>> Composer program notes and text
Michael Capps, composer
After Paradise - Text by Czeslaw Milosz
Performed by: Amy Canchola, soprano, Brian Bentley, piano
1. Understanding and Pity
2. I haven’t learned yet to speak as I should
>> Composer program notes and text
Mark Landson, composer
Selections from the song cycle “Nothing Gold Can Stay” - Text by Robert Frost
Performed by: Keron Jackson, bass, Brian Bentley, piano
1. Fire and Ice
2. Acquainted with the Night
3. Nothing Gold Can Stay
>> Composer program notes and text
Lane Harder, composer
Her Irretrievable Way - Text by Wallace Stevens
1. Explanation
2. The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage
3. Gubbinal
>> Composer program notes and text
Dr. Robert Gross, composer
Carmina Spei (Songs of Hope)
Performed by: Brooke Clark Gibson, mezzo-soprano, Alison Read, harp
1. Hope Is the Thing With Feathers - Text by Emily Dickinson
2. Mirage - Text by Christina Georgina Rosetti
3. Hope - Text by Arthur Conan Doyle
>> Composer program notes and text
David Featherstone, composer
Cemetery Shadows - Text by Candy Lish Fowler
A Collage of 4 Art Songs for Soprano, Violin, and Piano
Performed by: Jackie Lengfelder, Soprano, Rhea Edelman, Violin, and Dr. Bret Serin, Piano
1. Mary's Lament from the oratorio "Testament" (2008)
2. Agnus Dei from “Requiem” (2015)
3 Cemetery Shadows (2018) - Text by Candy Lish Fowler
4 Braided Women (2022)- Text by Candy Lish Fowler
>> Composer program notes and text
Max Whittaker, composer
Songs for the Celebration of the Passage of Time - Text by Max Whittaker
Performed by: Brooke Clark Gibson, mezzo-soprano, Brian Bentley, piano
1. Haiku
2. Elegy
3. River of Time
>> Composer program notes and text
Michael Capps, composer
After Paradise - Text by Czeslaw Milosz
Performed by: Amy Canchola, soprano, Brian Bentley, piano
1. Understanding and Pity
2. I haven’t learned yet to speak as I should
>> Composer program notes and text
Mark Landson, composer
Selections from the song cycle “Nothing Gold Can Stay” - Text by Robert Frost
Performed by: Keron Jackson, bass, Brian Bentley, piano
1. Fire and Ice
2. Acquainted with the Night
3. Nothing Gold Can Stay
>> Composer program notes and text
Lane Harder, composer
Her Irretrievable Way - Text by Wallace Stevens
1. Explanation
2. The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage
3. Gubbinal
>> Composer program notes and text