Lucas Zuehl 11-09-24

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PROGRAMNOTES

ThethemeforthisrecitalemergedfrommydiscoveryofSchoenberg’sDasBuch derHängendenGärten.TheatonalstyleandabstracttextputthestoryofEdenin aunique,ethereallight.Fromthere,IdecidedtoincludeselectionsfromHaydn’s epicoratorioTheCreation,whichshowsGod’scraftsmanshipbyanimatingeach animalthroughwildtexturesintheorchestra ThecantatacycleMembraJesu NostriexpressesthecomposerBuxtehude’sreligiousdevotionfromthe17th century,thepoetArnulfofLeuven’sdevotionfromthe13thcentury,andthe devotionthatAdamandEvemusthavefelt.ItaddressesdierentpartsofChrist’s cruciedbody thisprogramincludesselectionsfromtheAdcorandAdpectus cantatas,or“totheheart”and“tothechest.”Amorerecentcomposer,Jake Heggie,hasmultipleenigmaticcollectionsstemmingfromthetheBookof Genesis,soI’veincludedonesongfromhisEve-song,inwhichEvegrappleswith theDevilinsnakeform,andonefromOfGodsandCats,whichdepictsaslightly lessseriousevent.Fauré’ssongcycle,Lachansond'Ève,concludeswithasongin thisprogram,inwhichEveacceptsandinvitesthevastconsequencesofeatingthe fruit.ThecharacterofDonQuixoteinRavel’sDonQuichottemirrorstheinnocent andloyalAdam,whileAdam’sinnerconictattheendofhistimeinEdenis reectedinthebaroqueItalianchurcharia,“Pietà,Signore.”Thisrecital’slastset containssongsthatportraythecomplicatedbeautyofthenewworldinheritedby EveandAdam.BookendingthisprogramaretwoRussianOrthodoxchoirworks: Sviridov’sPushkin’sGarlandandRachmanino’sVespers,whicharesomeofthe closestmusicalcompositionstoGod’sgloryIhaveeverheard.

I’dliketothankthemembersofthechoir:CarolineBusselberg,AllieSmith, RebeccaMiess,MadisonPaez,GabySoto,HollyDuerichen,SpencerBurke,James Monson,MatthewPaez,BlakeWayment,AndrewFellows,andKobeHagen. Thankyoutomypianist,MollySmith,fordealingsoelegantlywithsometough transpositions I’malsogratefultomyteacher,JenniferYoungs,forprofoundly shapingmyvoiceandmusicthroughoutmyyearsatBYU.

SeniorRecital

THEGARDENOFEDEN

LucasZuehl,Bass-baritone MollySmith,Piano 5:30PM November9,2024

BYUSchoolofMusicRecitalHall

I. Indarkness,withoutform

Pushkin’sGarland

No VIITheBellsofDawn

TheCreation

Pt.I Inthebeginning

DasBuchderhängendenGärten

No.2HainindiesenParadiesen

TheCreation

Pt.IIAndGodsaid:Lettheearthbringforth

OfGodsandCats

1.Inthebeginning…

DonQuichotteàDulcinée

II.Chansonépique

DasBuchderhängendenGärten

GgyorgySviridov(1915-1998)

AlexanderPushkin(1799-1837)

JosephHaydn(1732-1809)

GottfriedvanSwieten(1733-1803)

ArnoldSchoenberg(1874-1951)

StefanGeorge(1868-1933)

DasbuchderhängendenGärten

No 13Dulehnestwider

III. Achoice

II. Youngsplendors

JakeHeggie(b.1961)

GavinGeoreyDillard(b.1954)

MauriceRavel(1875-1937)

PaulMorand(1888-1976)

Eve-Song

No.5Snake

MembraJesuNostriV.Adpectus

Aveverum,templumDei

Pietà,Signore

JakeHeggie(b 1961)

PhilipLitell(b.1950)

No 11Alswirhinterdembeblümten

MembraJesuNostriVI Adcor

Vivacordisvoceclamo

Ganymed

DieterichBuxtehude(1637-1707)

ArnulfofLeuven(ca.1200-1250)

HugoWolf(1860-1903)

JohannWolfgangvonGoethe(1749-1832)

Lachansond'Ève

AlessandroStradella(1639-1682)

AnonymousPoet

GabrielFauré(1845-1924)

No.10Ômort,poussièred'étoiles CharlesvanLamberghe(1861-1907)

SongsofTravel

IV. Freshworld

RalphVaughanWilliams(1872-1958)

No.2LetBeautyawake RobertLouisStevenson(1850-1894)

DeuxRomances

ClaudeDebussy(1862-1918)

No 1L'âmeévaporée PaulBourget(1852-1945)

FreundlicheVision

RichardStrauss(1864-1949)

OttoJuliusBierbaum(1865-1910)

Vespers

SergeiRachmanino(1873-1943)

No 2Blagosloven TextfromRussianOrthodoxAll-nightVigil

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