Harolyn Blackwell, soprano Sunday, February 13, 2005, 4 p.m. NAS Auditorium Entrance at 2100 C Street, NW FREE! No tickets or reservations are required. **Co-sponsored by the African American History Program Committee of the National Academies.
	Harolyn Blackwell, soprano JJ Penna, pianist

  

Program:
I Ah! How pleasant ‘tis to love Music for a while Man is for the woman made Hark, the ech’ing air	Henry Purcell
II Nacht und Traume, D. 827 Die Manner sind mechant, from Vier Refrainlider, D. 866, No. 3	Franz Schubert
Zwei Venetianische Lieder I (‘Leis” rudern hier’), from Myrthen, Op. 25, No. 17 Zwei Venetianische Lieder II (‘Wenn durch die Piazetta), from Myrthen, Op. 25, No. 18	Robert Schumann
Du meines Herzens Kronelein, Op. 21, No. 2 Standchen, Op. 17, No. 2	Richard Strauss
III Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (1915)	Sergei Rachmaninoff
INTERMISSION
IV Violon A sa guitare Les chemins de l’amour	Francis Poulenc
V Genius Child Winter Moon Genius Child Kid in the Park To Be Somebody Troubled Woman Strange Hurt Prayer Borderline My People Joy	Ricky Ian Gordon

  

Harolyn Blackwell Soprano Harolyn Blackwell’s exuberant performances and radiant voice have brought her a wide and varied career on worldwide opera, concert, and recital stages. Blackwell created a sensation at the Metropolitan Opera several seasons ago when she stepped in at the last minute for the entire run of La fille du Regiment. Since then, she has appeared with major national and international opera companies. Blackwell began her career on the Broadway stage, appearing in Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, and made the transition to opera when she appeared in several national telecasts, including The Metropolitan Opera’s Un ballo in Maschera and the 1990 Grammy Awards.

*****    All concerts are free and open to the public — no tickets or reservations are required. Doors to the auditorium open 30 minutes prior to the performance.    Directions to the National Academy of Sciences Auditorium