DEREK LEE RAGIN
 Countertenor


RECITAL PROGRAM 1



Nicola PORPORA                        Alto Giove                 from Polifemo (1735)
(1686– 1768)

George Frideric HANDEL         Ombra mai fu                 from Serse (1738)
(1685 – 1759)

Riccardo BROSCHI                 Ombra fedele anch’io         from Idaspe (1736)
(1698 – 1756)

George Frideric HANDEL         A dispetto                           from Tamerlano (1724)
(1685 – 1759)


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Charles IVES                   When Stars are in the Quiet Skies (1891)
(1874 – 1954)                   Weil’auf mir (1902)
                                         Ich grolle nicht (1899)
                                         Memories (1897)
                                               a. Very Pleasant
                                               b. Rather Sad

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Ned ROREM                         WAR SCENES (1969)
  1. A Night Battle
  2. Specimen Case
  3. An Incident
  4. The Real War will never get in the Books


I N T E R M I S S I O N



Samuel BARBER           Sure on this Shining Night (1938)
(1910 – 1981)                 Sea Snatch
                                        Sleep Now
                                        The Crucifixion
                                        Solitary Hotel         


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NEGRO SPRITUALS      My Good Lord’s Done Been Here (arr: Hogan)
                                         This Little Light of Mine (arr: Work)
                                         Walk Together Children (arr: Hogan)
                                         There’s a Man Goin’ Round (arr: Hogan)
                                         Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit (arr: Hogan)







This program will first be performed in the UK on May 5th 2006 and is available thereafter.