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JOURNEYS: Music of Twentieth Century Composers Christine Thomas, Mezzo Soprano & Reciter Milton Peckarsky, Piano
Thursday, October 26, 2000 7:30 pm Recital Hall, Carroll College
I. Autumnal Equinox II. Sunlit Field with Weeds Hugo Hartig (b. 1947)
At the River Charles Ives (1874-1954) Remembrance Ives Early in the Morning Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
Verlassen Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Abendphantasie Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944)
Intermission
The Way of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph von Rilke Ullmann Kaddish Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
The penultimate piece on the program is for reciter and piano and is based on an epic poem of Rainer Maria Rilke. Ullmann based this melodrama for reciter and piano (and left sketches of future orchestration) on twelve sections of the Rilke poem. The first movement is an impersonal narrative of the death of the young Cornet. The subsequent movements follow him from the monotonous ride through the countryside to the bonding of men at rest, his simultaneous pride at carrying his regiment's flag and fear at what the future may hold, the exhilaration of being treated as a guest in a castle and dancing with beautiful young women after a long period of deprivation, the guilt of enjoying himself while others fight, a rendezvous with an unknown woman, and the final battle between Cornet's men and the enemy. Finally, a messenger is sent to Cornet's home to deliver the news of his death. This leads directly into the Ravel Kaddish.
I call the program "Journeys" because the first line of the first song is "The journey into darkness has begun again," and the last song is also representative of a journey.
Christine Thomas Wauwatosa, WI <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html"> http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html</A>
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"
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