Recital #3 – French Repertoire

Music Director & Pianist: Audrey Saint-Gil

April 3–5, 2018


For the third and final recital in AVA’s 2017/18 Recital Series, AVA’s award-winning Resident Artists will perform a selection of French repertoire, including Boulanger, Duparc and more. AVA Vocal Coach and the recital’s music director Audrey Saint-Gil will accompany the performers on piano. Singers include Gabriela Flores, Hannah Ludwig, Brent Michael Smith, Matthew White, Timothy Renner and Ethan Simpson.

Program

Un grand sommeil noir (A Long Black Slumber), Paul Verlaine

Stravinsky – Brent Michael Smith

Varese – Matthew White

Boulanger – Timothy Renner

 

Nadia Boulanger

J’ai frappé – Ethan Simpson

Chanson – Ethan Simpson

 

Henri Duparc

Lamento – Matthew White

Testament – Ethan Simpson

Serenade – Timothy Renner

Le galop – Timothy Renner

 

INTERMISSION

 

Act 1 “Ariane et barbe -bleue”, Paul Dukas

Ariane: Hannah Ludwig

La nourrice: Gabriela Flores

Barbe-Bleue: Brent Michael Smith

Meet the Artists
Brent Michael Smith ’20
bass
Matthew White ’19
tenor
Timothy Renner ’20
baritone
Ethan Vincent ’19
baritone
Hannah Ludwig ’18
mezzo-soprano
Gabriela Flores ’19
mezzo-soprano