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An Evening with Sylvia McNair

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Title An Evening with Sylvia McNair
Description Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
-"Sweeter than Roses"
-"Knotting Song"
-"The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Mörike Lieder
-"Schlafendes Jesuskind"
-"Auf einer Wanderung"
-"Das verlassene Mägdelein"
-"Nixe Binsefuss"
-"Nimmersatte Liebe"
-"Er ists's"

Richard Strauss (1792-1868)
Drei Ophelia Lieder, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Op. 67
-"Wie erkenn' ich mein Treulieb?"
-"Guten Morgen, 's ist Sankt Valentinstag"
-"Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss"

Three Songs
-"Einerlei," Op. 69, No. 3
-"Die Nacht," Op. 10, No. 3
-"Hat gesagt," Op. 36, No.3

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
I Hate Music!
(A Cycle of Five Kid Songs for soprano)
-"My name is Barbara"
-"Jupiter has Seven Moons"
-"I Hate Music!"
-"A Big Indian and a Little Indian"
-"I'm a Person Too"

La Bonne Cuisine (Four Recipes)
-"Plum Pudding"
-"Ox-tails"
-"Tavouk Gueunksis"
-"Rabbit at Top Speed"

Two Love Songs (1949)
-"Extinguish my eyes"
-"When my soul touches yours..."

-"Somewhere" from West Side Story
(arr. Roger Vignoles)
Creator Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and
Grand Center Inc.
Date March 10, 1992

The Sheldon Concert Hall
St. Louis, MO
Contributor Sylvia McNair, soprano
Hal France, piano
Relation "McNair Reigns As Favorite Soprano"
by James Wierzbicki

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 12, 1992
Type Concert

Newspaper article review

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Citation

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Grand Center Inc., “An Evening with Sylvia McNair,” Cook Music Library Digital Exhibitions, accessed April 24, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/cookmusiclibrary/items/show/771.