Alex Smith, baritone, February 29, 2024

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José García-León, Dean

master of music degree recital

Alex Smith, baritone

Yale Opera

February 29, 2024 | 4:30 p.m. | Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

JJ Penna, piano

Claude Debussy

1862–1918

John Harbison

b. 1938

Fêtes galantes II, L. 104

I. Les ingénus

II. Le faune

III. Colloque sentimental

Flashes and Illuminations (1996)

I. On the Greve

II. Chemin de Fer

III. The Winds of Dawn

IV. Cirque d’Hiver

V. To Be Recited to Flossie on Her Birthday

VI. December 1

Paul Verlaine

Eugene Montale

Elizabeth Bishop

Michael Fried

Elizabeth Bishop

William Carlos Williams

Czesław Miłosz

intermission

Maurice Ravel

1875–1937

George Butterworth 1885–1916

Histoires naturelles, M. 50

I. Le paon

II. Le grillon

III. Le cygne

IV. Le martin-pêcheur

V. La pintade

Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad (1911)

I. Loveliest of trees

V. The lads in their hundreds

VI. Is my team ploughing?

Jules Renard

A.E. Housman

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree. As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

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