Performances

THE SHAKESPEARE CONCERTS PERFORMANCE HISTORY

David Amram

Take, O Take Those Lips Away (from Measure for Measure)
   Patrice Tiedemann, soprano; Rohan Gregory, violin; Peter Sulski, viola; and David Russell, cello
March 26, 2009: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
March 27, 2009: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

O Mistress Mine (from Twelfth Night)
   Patrice Tiedemann, soprano; Tracy Kraus, flute; Peter Sulski, viola; and David Russell, cello
March 26, 2009: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
March 27, 2009: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Fool’s Song (from King Lear)
Paul Soper, baritone; Rane Moore, clarinet; Peter Sulski, viola; and David Russell, cello
March 26, 2009: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
March 27, 2009: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Thomas Arne

When Daisies Pied (from Love’s Labour’s Lost)
   Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; and Ian Watson, piano
April 7, 2011: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
April 8, 2011: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Where The Bee Sucks (from The Tempest)
   Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; and Ian Watson, piano
April 7, 2011: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
April 8, 2011: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

William Byrd

The Earl of Oxford March
   Ian Watson, piano
April 7, 2011: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
April 8, 2011: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
   Ian Watson, harpsichord
April 10 – 12, 2011: CD recording, Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

Samuel Barber

Give Me Some Music
from Antony and Cleopatra (op. 41, #1)
   Patrice Tiedemann, soprano & Miroslav Sekera, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Ludwig Van Beethoven

“The Tempest” piano sonata (Opus 31, #2)
   Miroslav Sekera (piano)
February 21, 2003: Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
February 23, 2003: Temple Emeth, Boston, MA
March 1, 2003: St Thomas, Virgin Islands
April 2, 2005: Smith College, Northampton, MA
April 3, 2005: Clark University, Worcester, MA

Hector Berlioz

La Mort D’Ophélie
Words adapted from Shakespeare by Ernest Legouvé
   Kellie Van Horn, mezzo-soprano and John McGinn, piano
May 12, 2006: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
May 13, 2006: 1794 Meeting House, North Quabbin, MA
March 17, 2007: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 19, 2007: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
March 31, 2012: New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Johannes Brahms

Five Ophelia Songs
WoO post. 22 (from Hamlet)
   Diane Thornton, contralto and John McGinn, piano
January 25, 2004: Raab Hall, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
   Eve Gigliotti, soprano and John McGinn, piano
March 17, 2007: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 19, 2007: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
   Kellie Van Horn, mezzo-soprano; and John McGinn, piano
March 31, 2012: New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns, and Harp (Opus 17)
including: Come away death, a Song from Twelfth Night
   Julie-Dawn Lloyd, soprano; Loretta Pennington, soprano; Zhanna Alkhazova, soprano;
   Diane Thornton, contralto; Carolyn Cantrell and Kimberly Hamill, French horn; and
   Anna Reinersman, harp; conducted by John McGinn
January 24, 2004: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
January 25, 2004: Raab Hall, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

Benjamin Britten

Three Divertimenti (Opus 31)
   Krista Reisner and Rohan Gregory, violins; Peter Sulski, viola; Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello
May 12, 2006: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
May 13, 2006: 1794 Meeting House, North Quabbin, MA
March 17, 2007: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 19, 2007: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Howard Frazin

Sonnet CXVI (Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments)
   Patrice Tiedemann, soprano; Krista Reisner and Rohan Gregory, violins;
   Peter Sulski, viola; David Russell, cello; Miroslav Sekera, piano; Ian Watson, conductor
March 26, 2009: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
March 27, 2009: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Charles Francois Gounod

Je veux vivre
from Romeo et Juliette
   Hillarie O’Toole, soprano and John McGinn, piano
April 2, 2005: Smith College, Northampton, MA
April 3, 2005: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Adieu, Good Man Devil from Twelfth Night (op. 29, #3)
   Kellie Van Horn, mezzo & John McGinn, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Hey, Robin! from Twelfth Night (op. 29, #4)
   Kellie Van Horn, mezzo & John McGinn, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

For The Rain It Raineth Every Day from Twelfth Night (op. 29, #5)
   Alan Schneider, tenor & John McGinn, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Desdemona’s Song from Othello (op. 31, #1)
   Kellie Van Horn, mezzo & John McGinn, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Under The Greenwood from Othello (op. 31, #2)
   Patrice Tiedemann, soprano & John McGinn, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Garden Scene from Much Ado About Nothing
   Peter Hughes, violin and John McGinn, piano
April 2, 2005: Smith College, Northampton, MA
April 3, 2005: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Mädchen im Brautgemach from Much Ado About Nothing
   Krista Reisner, violin and Miroslav Sekera, piano
March 26, 2009: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
March 27, 2009: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Paul Moravec

Ariel Fantasy from Tempest Fantasy
   Krista reisner, violin and John McGinn, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Thomas Morley

It Was a Lover and His Lass (from As You Like It)
   Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; and Ian Watson, piano
April 7, 2011: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
April 8, 2011: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Francis Poulenc

Fancy
from The Merchant of Venice
   Kellie Van Horn, mezzo & John McGinn, piano
March 16, 2008: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA
March 17, 2008: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Sergei Prokofiev

Two Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
Opus 75 (from the ballet, opus 64)
   John McGinn, piano
January 24, 2004: Traina Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Four Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
Opus 75 (from the ballet, opus 64)
   Miroslav Sekera, piano
March 25, 2010: Helen Hills Hills Chapel; Smith College, Northampton, MA
March 26, 2010: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Roger Quilters

O Mistress Mine
from Twelfth Night (op. 6, #2)
Loretta Pennington, soprano and John McGinn, piano
January 24, 2004: Traina Hall, Clark University
January 25, 2004: Raab Hall, Boston Public Library

Franz Schubert

An Silvia
from The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, Scene 2
   Paul Vincent, baritone and Miroslav Sekera, piano
January 24, 2004: Traina Hall, Clark University
January 25, 2004: Raab Hall, Boston Public Library

   Kellie van Horn, mezzo-soprano; and Ian Watson, piano
March 25, 2010: Helen Hills Hills Chapel; Smith College, Northampton, MA
March 26, 2010: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Trinklied
from Anthony and Cleopatra
   Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; and Ian Watson, piano
March 25, 2010: Helen Hills Hills Chapel; Smith College, Northampton, MA
March 26, 2010: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Hark, Hark
from Cymbeline
   Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; and Ian Watson, piano
March 25, 2010: Helen Hills Hills Chapel; Smith College, Northampton, MA
March 26, 2010: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Auf dem Strom
   Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; Eric Ruske, French horn; and Ian Watson, piano
March 25, 2010: Helen Hills Hills Chapel; Smith College, Northampton, MA
March 26, 2010: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Robert Schumann

Herzeleid
Opus 107 (arranged by Aribert Reimann)
Patrice Tiedemann, soprano; Krista Reisner and Rohan Gregory, violins;
Peter Sulski, viola; and David Russell, cello
March 26, 2009: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
March 27, 2009: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
   Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; and John McGinn, piano
March 31, 2012: New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Martin Shaw

I Know a Bank
from A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, Act II, Scene 1
   Julie-Dawn Lloyd, soprano; Zhanna Alkhazova, soprano; and John McGinn, piano
January 24, 2004: Traina Hall, Clark University
January 25, 2004: Raab Hall, Boston Public Library

Igor Stravinsky

Three Shakespeare Songs (Sonnet VIII; Full Fadom Five; & When Daisies Pied)
   Kellie Van Horn, mezzo-soprano; Rane Moore, clarinet;
   Jessi Rosinski, flute & Peter Sulski, viola;
March 26, 2009: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
March 27, 2009: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Ambroise Thomas

Ô vin dissipe la tristesse (from the opera Hamlet)
   Elem Eley, baritone; and John McGinn, piano
February 21, 2003: Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
February 23, 2003: Temple Emeth, Boston, MA

Être ou ne pas être (from the opera Hamlet)
   Tom O’Toole, baritone; and John McGinn, piano
April 2, 2005: Smith College, Northampton, MA
April 3, 2005: Clark University, Worcester, MA
May 12, 2006: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
May 13, 2006: 1794 Meeting House, North Quabbin, MA

Michael Tippett

Songs for Ariel (from The Tempest)
   1 Come Unto These Yellow Sands 2 Full Fathom Five 3 Where the Bee Sucks
   Justin Vickers, tenor; and Ian Watson, piano
April 7, 2011: First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
April 8, 2011: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA