HEAR ME WITH YOUR EYES
Óyeme con los ojos
November 18, 2006

Conducted by Cynthia Powell
Kyung-A Lee, piano
Elaine Christy, harp
Nathalie Joachim, flute
Joanne Lin, cello
Ana María Rosado, guitar
Barbara Merjan, percussion and Aztec instruments
Angeles Acosta, narrator

A THOUSAND SWEET REFRAINS
April 22, 2006

Conducted by Cynthia Powell
Kyung-A Lee, piano
Allegra Lilly, harp
Kathy Canfield, Katie Dennis, Rachel Drehmann, Anita Miller,
French horns
Morgan Russell, flute

Stravinsky: Four Russian Peasant Songs with Four French Horns
Brahms: Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp
Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
André Caplet: Messe a Trois Voix
Allison Sniffin: Hear Me with Your Eyes (work-in-progress excerpts from a new commissioned piece)

TWILIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF DREAMS
Concert of mystical, darkly transcendent music for an autumn evening.
November 19, 2005

Conducted by Cynthia Powell
Kyung-A Lee, piano
The Momenta String Quartet:
Miranda Cuckson and Song-Del'Aquilla Cho, violins
Stephanie Griffin, viola; and Joanne Lin, cello
Rachel Calin, double bass
Morgan Russell, Flute

Gustav Holst: Seven Partsongs for Female Vocies and Strings (1-6)
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Two Partsongs
Matti Hyokki: On Suuri sun rantas autius
Jeffrey Van: Echo
Donald Patriquin: Hajnal Csillag (Morning Star)
Meredith Monk: Quarry Weave
E.J. Moeran: When Icicles Hang by the Wall
Peter Warlock: Three Partsongs -- The Bayley Berith the Bell Away, Lullaby, Mourn no More
Elena Kats-Chernin: Memorial Rag
Timothy Luby: When I am Dead My Dearest
Veljo Tormis: Lauliku Lapsepoli (The Songster's Childhood)
Harri Wessman: Vesi Vasyy Lumen Alle (Water Under Snow is Weary)
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartet Eb

SIRENS
Songs of the Sea - Haunting tales of the deep
April 30, 2005

Conducted by Cynthia Powell
Kyung-A Lee, piano
Barbara Biggers, harp
Nathalie Joachim, flute
Amy Fraser, bassoon

Lili Boulanger: Les Sirenes
Nick Page: Niska Banja
Paul Halley: The Grey Selchie
Eleanor Daley: The Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle
Carl Bertil Agnestig: Who Can Sail
Alice Parker: Three Seas
Allister MacGillivray: Away from the Roll of the Sea
Donald Patriquin: Wreck of the Steamship Ethie
Stella Goud: The Maid on the Shore
Brian Holmes: The Mermaid
Gustav Holst: Hymn to the Waters

NOVEMBER SONG
Heartwarming music of autumnal delight
November 20, 2004

Conducted by Cynthia Powell
Kyung-A Lee, piano
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Stephanie Griffin, viola

C. Armstrong Gibbs, arr. Allison Sniffin: The Song of Shadows
David Conte: In Praise of Music
Gustav Holst: Ave Maria
Yehezkel Braun: Songs and Ballads by H.N. Bialik
Rebecca Clark: Dumka, Duo Concertante for violin, viola and piano
Serge Rachmaninoff: from Six Songs for Female Chorus
Edward Elgar: Snow
Jorunn Vioar, arr. Bora Yoon: Vökuró
Harri Wessman: Vesi Vasyy Lumen Alle

SALUT PRINTEMPS
Melodia Women's Choir's debut concert, a welcome to spring with soaring music for women's voices.
May 17, 2004

Conducted by Cynthia Powell
Linda Glasgal, piano
Nancy Ranger, oboe

Claude Debussy: Salut Printemps
Eleanor Daley: The Rose Trilogy
Meredith Monk: Quarry Weave II
Paul Halley: Seeds of Love
Gabriel Fauré: Messe Basse
Arr. Benjamin Britten: The Sally Gardens
Johannes Brahms: In Stiller Nacht
Jayme Ovalle: Xango
Claudio Monteverdi: Interrotte Speranze