Celebrating Dean Robert Blocker
Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 7 p.m.
Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial HallPeter Salovey
President, Yale University
Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology
Canzon in Double Echo
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612)
YSM Brass Ensemble • William Purvis, conductor *
Psalm LXV: Thy Praise Alone. Tune: York
The audience is invited to stand and sing. Turn to the next page for words and music.
Eclogue for Piano and Strings, Op. 10
Robert Blocker, piano *
William Boughton, conductor *
Members of the Yale Philharmonia
Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Joseph Polisi
President Emeritus, The Juilliard School
“Flower Duet” from Lakmé (1883)
Jaeeun Shin, soprano +
Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Phillippe Gille
Kara Morgan, mezzo-soprano +
Gerald Martin Moore, piano *
Alleluia (1940)
Randall Thompson (1899–1984)
Yale Glee Club • Jeffrey Douma, conductor *
Richard Levin
President Emeritus, Yale University
Frederick William Beinecke Professor Emeritus of Economics
Divertimento in D major, K. 136 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Callisto Quartet and Olmeta Quartet
John A. Herrmann Jr. and Anne-Marie Soullière
Founding members of the Yale School of Music Board of Advisors
Robert Blocker
Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music, Yale University Professor of Piano Professor, School of Management, Affiliate
An die Musik Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Kate Arndt, violin + Recorded September 13, 2020
Marguerite L. Brooks, conductor ^ Callisto Quartet and Olmeta Quartet
The audience is invited to stand and sing after the entire song (both stanzas) is performed. Turn to the next page for words and music.
President Salovey
Irish Blessing Robert Blocker * (b. 1946)
Yale Glee Club • Jeffrey Douma, conductor *
Celebration music
Yale Percussion Group • Robert van Sice, director *
Reception immediately following at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St.
* School of Music faculty
^ School of Music faculty emeritus
+ School of Music student
Psalm LXV: Thy Praise Alone. Tune: York
This hymn was sung in 1718 at the first Commencement after the naming of Yale College and has been sung in every century since. The fourth stanza was composed by Robert Blocker, Dean of the School of Music, for the University tercentennial.
Thy praise alone, O Lord, doth reign In Sion thine own hill; Their vows to thee they do maintain, And evermore fulfill.
For that thou dost their pray’rs still hear And dost thereto agree; Thy people all both far and near With trust shall come to thee.
Of thy great justice hear, O God, Our health of thee doth rise; The hope of all the earth abroad, And the sea-coasts likewise.
We dedicate our lives anew That light and truth will shine Throughout the world, O God, we pray, To all of humankind.
An die Musik Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Text by Franz von Schober (1796–1882)
Translation by Richard Cross
YSM Brass Ensemble
trumpet
Anthony Barrington
Joshua Bialkin
Shania Cordoba
Eric Evans
Lizbeth Yanez
Kevin Cobb *
horn
Stephanie Fritz
Xin He
Jaimee Reynolds
William Sands
Corey Schmidt
Amber Wang
Kate Warren
tromBone
Timothy Jay Maines II
Jarrett May
Addison Maye-Saxon
Yuki Mori
Declan Wilcox
tuBa
Bridget Conley
Connor Higley
Callisto Quartet
Cameron Daly, violin
Gregory Lewis, violin
Eva Kennedy, viola
Hannah Moses, cello
Members of the Yale Philharmonia
VioLin 1
Charlie Lovell-Jones
Anna Lee
Albert Steinberger
Evan Johanson
Andrew Samarasekara
Ladusa Chang-Ou
VioLin 2
Gregory Lewis
Emma Meinrenken
Tristan Siegel
Miranda Werner
VioLa
Florrie Marshall
Emily Rekrut-Pressey
Wilhelm Magner
ceLLo
William Suh
Hans Emil Sollesnes
Jakob Taylor
Bass
Dylan Reckner
Chelsea Strayer
Yale Percussion Group
Jessie Chiang
Sijia Huang
Makana Medeiros
Yukiko Nakamura
Mingyu Son
Michael Yeung
Olmeta Quartet
Andrew Samarasekara, violin
Anna Lee, violin
Brian Isaacs, viola
Jakob Taylor, cello
* School of Music faculty
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
T. Sean Maher, manager
soprano i
Yara Chami
Kinnia Cheuk
Alex Hawley
Maya Ingram
Anjal Jain
Anne Lin
Avery Mitchell
Shreya Pathak
Megan Ruoro
Lila Schweinfurth
soprano ii
Violet Barnum
Senlee Dieme
Sophie Dvorak
Ines Gilles
Lena Goldstein
Sophia Groff
Katie Gurney
Christina Logvynyuk
Elisabeth Moore
Emily Patrick
Eliza Poggi
Mira Raju
aLto i
Anya AitSahlia
Chloe Benzan-Duval
Lucy Ellis
Maya Khurana
Eliza Kravitz
Emily Lau
Hanah Leventhal
Peighton Lotwis
Gloria Lyu
Alejandra Mendez
Sarah Sparling
aLto ii
James Applegate
Willa Hawthorne
Annli Nakayama
Tesse Okunseri
Awuor Onguru
Aryana Ramos-Vazquez
Hai Yen Tran
Ruthie Weinbaum
Kate Yeager
tenor i
Sam Ahn
Justin Ferrugia
Jackson Grady
Ayush Iyer
Zev Kazati-Morgan
Max Moen
Jack Purdue
Bill Qian
Ryan Rogers
Yixiao Zhang
tenor ii
Jonathan Akinniyi
Charlie Calkins
Pablo Causa
Tavian Jones
Kevin Li
David Liebowitz
Chris Song
Noah Stein
Peter Sykes
Tavi Wolfwood
Bobby Xiao
Bass i
Lukas Bocho
Ava Dadvand
Quinn Evans
Creed Gardiner
James Hawes
Robby Hill
Weston Kerekes
Eric Linh
Itembe Matiku
Will Suzuki
Everett Tolbert-Schwartz
Bass ii
Seung Min Baik
Even Brock
Aviv Fetaya
Jonathan Jalbert
Sohum Kapadia
Deven Kinney
Rory Latham
Guilherme Pereira
Kyle Thomas Ramos
Special Thanks
office of the president
Jasmyn Barfield
Susan Dodd Gavin
Katie Pomes
Sandra E. Vitale
Yun Xie
yaLe schooL of music
David Brensilver
Robert Crowson
Katherine Darr
Tara Deming
Sara Gardner
Kate Gonzales
Katie Kelley
Elizabeth Landau
Matthew LeFevre
Julian Liby
Katherine Ludington
Christopher Melillo
Jeffrey Mistri
Benjamin Schwartz
Justina Sullivan