Joy In Singing Winner

a 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization

Paul Sperry, Music Director

2011 Debut Artist Award winner:
Michael Kelly, baritone

We are pleased
to present Mr. Kelly in recital with pianist Jonathan Ware
at Merkin Concert Hall
on Monday evening,
October 24, 1011 at 8 PM.
Tickets will be available this fall at the Merkin Hall Box Office
or online at
www.kaufman-center.org

Captivating audiences with exquisite musicality and a voice of arresting beauty, Michael Kelly is quickly establishing himself as one of his generation’s finest artists. Michael was recently featured in recital at NY's Trinity Church, and was a winner in the Liederkranz Foundation’s Song Competition. He has performed with Opernhaus Zurich, Chicago Opera Theatre, Gotham Chamber Opera, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Tanglewood Music Center, and has been presented in recitals in NY, Houston, Chicago, Switzerland, Germany, France, and Corsica. He holds a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School.

Please see Michael's website for more information

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Debut Artist Program, October 24, 2011

Hoffnung, D. 637 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Aus Heliopolis, D. 753 (Johann Meyerhofer)
Versunken, D. 715 (Wolfgang von Goethe)
Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Ludwig Uhland)
Drang in die Ferne, D. 770 (Karl von Leitner)
Willkommen und Abschied, D. 767 (Wolfgang von Goethe)

Love Remained Ben Moore (b. 1960)
Hold On
Dear Uncle Ronnie
Love Remained
Hope

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Fur (Arnold Weinstein) Wiliam Bolcom (b. 1938)

Schickelgruber (Howard Dietz) Kurt Weill (1900-1950

The Lake Isle of Innisfree (William Butler Yeats) Ben Moore (b. 1960)

O You Whom I Often and Silently Come (Walt Whitman) Ned Rorem(b. 1923)

George (Arnold Weinstein) William Bolcom (b. 1938)

Tomorrow Eric Korngold (1897-1957

Tel Jour Telle Nuit (Paul Eluard) Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Bonne journée
Une ruine coquille vide
Le front comme un drapeau perdu
Une roulotte couverte en tuiles
A toutes brides
Une herbe pauvre
Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer
Figure de force brûlante et farouche
Nous avons fait la nuit

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