The Walter & Emilie Spivey Foundation
and
Clayton State University
present
Isabel Leonard
mezzo-soprano
Vlad Iftinca
piano
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Spivey Hall
Where Great Music Thrives
The Walter & Emilie Spivey Foundation
Created in 1986 to Support Fine Arts Programs and Activities at Clayton State University
Board of Trustees
Alex Crumbley, Chairman
Dr. Harry S. Downs, Chairman Emeritus
Robert G. Edge, Vice Chairman Judge Eugene E. Lawson, Vice Chairman†
Kevin W. Sparger, Treasurer
Dr. Thomas J. Hynes
†deceased
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Thomas J. Hynes, President
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
SPIVEY HALL
Dr. Nasser Momayezi, Dean
Samuel C. Dixon
Executive & Artistic Director
Sherry Echols
Business Manager
Catherine E. Giel
Education Manager
Tammy Moore
Patron Services Manager
Michael Ozment
Production Manager
Tijah Sikes
Patron Services Coordinator
DEPARTMENT OF
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
DIVISION OF MUSIC
Dr. Susan Tusing
Chair
Dr. Shaun Amos
Director of Choral Activities
Dr. Richard Bell
Director of Orchestra &
Instrumental Studies
Dr. Christina Howell
Susan L. Volkert
Assistant Professor of Voice
Megan H. Wefald
Coordinator of Music Education
& Percussion Studies
Marketing Manager
Development Specialist
Elise Marshall
Education Assistant
Richard Morris
Organist-in-Residence
Alan Lind
Iván Segovia
Althea Smith
Dr. Kristin Lyman
mezzo-soprano
Vlad Iftinca
piano
Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:00 PM
Pre-concert talk at 2:00 PM
by Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller
Dr. Michiko Otaki
Dr. Shawn Young
Assistant Professor of Music
Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller
Director of Vocal & Operatic Studies
and Music Coordinator
Mr. Alex Benford
Breanna Mack
Amanda Pillatzki
Mrs. Delores Toothaker
The 2012-2013 Spivey Hall Concert Season is
sponsored in part by
The Walter & Emilie Spivey Foundation
Accompanist
Administrative Assistant
SPIVEY HALL CHILDREN’S CHOIR PROGRAM
Dr. Martha Shaw, Artistic Director
Judy Mason, Asst. Dir. & Accompanist
Craig Hurley, Director, Young Artists
Marcena Kinney, Accomp., Young Artists
Carol Abarr, General Manager
Isabel Leonard
Director of Keyboard Studies
House Managers
Patron Services
22nd Concert Season
Sharon Bonner, Financial Manager
This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts
through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly.
GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Century Club cont.
Program
I
Canción andaluza: El pan de Ronda
Clavelitos
Manuel de Falla
Text by Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán
Text by José Juan Cadenas
Los pelegrinitos
Preludios
Folk Song
Manuel de Falla
Text by Antonio de Trueba
Nana de Sevilla
Folk Song
II
Gracia mía
Enrique Granados
Castillian romance poem
Oración de las madres Manuel de Falla
que tienen a sus hijos en brazos Text by Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Sólo las flores sobre ti
Federico Mompou
Text by Josep Janés
Olas gigantes
Manuel de Falla
Text by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
III
Cinco canciones negras
Xavier Montsalvatge
Cuba dentro de un piano
Text by Rafael Alberti
Punto de Habanera
Text by Nestor Luján
Chévere
Text by Nicolás Guillén
Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito Text by Idelfonso Pereda Valdés
Canto negro
Text by Nicolás Guillén
Mr. & Mrs. David Schoerner*+
George & Lieselotte Miller
Steve & Denise Shivers
David P. Millett, M.D.+
Willard‡ & Suzanne Shull+
Robert Minnear
Robert Spence
Don & Jeannine Morrison*+
Dr.
&
Mrs.
Joseph A. St. Louis, Jr.
in memory of Cullen Wright
Ms.
Frances
C. Stephenson
Susan & Doug Morton
Frank
Stilwell‡
Carlo & Teresa Musso*
Herbert Michael Tanner
Keith Nash
Poppy Tanner
Ed Nystrom
Arne
A.
Troelstra
& Louise M. Troelstra
Robert & Susan Owens
Ludwig
&
Ursula Uhlig
Len & Julie Parsons
Henry
S.
&
Gillian
W. Valk+
Barbara L. Peeler
Carol
Vernon
Stephen & Lynn Powers*
Megan Wefald & Neal den Exter
Cecilia R. Raxter &
William Whitman &
Charles R. Hubert+
Paula
Schwanenflugel
Susan H. Reinach
Dr.
&
Mrs.
Sam Williams III
Maureen Rhodes
Mr.
&
Mrs.
John B. Wyly
Susan & Olin Riser+
Coleman
Zuber
&
Debbie Taggart
Stephen K. Ross
Anonymous
(3)
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Walter Schlosser, Jr.
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Mary Carter*
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Quincy & Sherry Echols
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Jan Folds*
Catherine Giel
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Patsy F. Hargrave*
Tom & Dwana Horner
Terry & Hoyt Jolly*
Virginia Lam
Sandy McLain*
Mary Emma & Dan McConaughey,
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Tammy Moore
William Muckley
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Kaaren Fay Terrell*
Claude & Michele West
Todd & Terri Williams*
Anonymous (2)*
– Intermission –
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+Charter Member of The Friends of Spivey Hall
*Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Supporter
‡Deceased
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Thomas D. & E. Anne Watry
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John A. Welsh
Jack Whicker
Barbara & Winston Willis
Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller
Anonymous,
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Lauren A. Benevich
Susan & Jack Bertram
Rita & Herschel Bloom
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IV
Hop & Toe Dance
Jennifer Higdon
Text by the composer
God’s World
William Schuman
Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Wild Nights
Glen Roven
Text by Emily Dickinson
When I Have Sung My Songs
Ernest Charles
Two Little Flowers
Text by the composer
Charles Ives
Text by Charles & Harmony Twitchell Ives
The Sleep that Flits on Baby’s Eyes
When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies
John Alden Carpenter
Text by Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Charles Ives
Text by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
V
How Can I Lose You?
Do Not Go, My Love
What If Some Little Pain
Where, Oh Where
I Want to Go with the One I Love
Adam Guettel
Text by the composer
Richard Hageman
Text by Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Ned Rorem
Text by Edmund Spenser
Cole Porter
Text by the composer
Ben Moore
Text by Bertolt Brecht
Campus Club ($500 - $999)
Texts and Translations of the Spanish Songs
Canción andaluz: El pan de Ronda
Andalusian Song: Bread by Ronda
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Poem: Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881-1947)
Aunque todo en el mundo fuese mentira
If everything in this world were a lie
¡nos queda este pan!
We still have this bread!
Moreno, tostado, que huele a
Brown, golden, smelling of
la jara de monte, mountain rockrose,
¡que sabe a verdad!
It tastes of truth!
Por las calles tan blancas, Through the streets,
bajo el cielo azul, so white, under the blue sky,
vayamos despacio, partiendo este pan
let us walk slowly, sharing this bread
¡que sabe a salud!
That tastes of health!
Y aunque todo en el mundo
And even if everything in the world
fuera mentira, were a lie,
¡esto no lo es!
This is not!
Vivamos despacio la hora que es buena,
Let us savor the hour that is good,
¡y vengan tristezas despues!
And let sorrow come later!
Clavelitos
Joaquín Valverde (1846-1910)
Poem: José Juan Cadenas (1872-1947)
Baby Carnations
Clavelitos!
Fresh Carnations!
A quien le doy claveles,
Who will buy carnations,
Clavelitos! Para los churum belles.
Carnations! For the handsome lads.
Clavelitos! Carnations!
Que los doy con los ojos cerraos,
I hand them with my eyes closed,
Y los traigo en el cesto
and I bring them in the basket
a precio modesto My price is modest for
rojos y pintaos.
these red and variegated ones.
Clavelitos! De la tierra adorada.
Carnations! From the beloved land.
Clavelitos! Que vienen de Granada
Carnations! Coming from Granada
Clavelitos! Que los triago aqui para ti
Carnations! I bring them here for you
Y que tienen la esencia presencia and they have the essence, presence
y potencia and strength
que usté vera en mi!
that you will also see in me!
Clavelitos que los traigo bonitos
Carnations! I bring the most beautiful
Pa mi novio los traigo For my loved one
reventones chipé I bring them bursting with life
Porque tiene muchismo quinqué
Because they have a lot of flare
Pa robar corazones, Olé!
To steal hearts, Olé!
Y enseñartes la esencia presencia And to show you the essence, presence
y potencia and strength
Que ya sabe usté.
That you already know.
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in memory of E.A. Dunbar, Jr. MD
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Robert & Barbara Gray*+
Thomas E. Gregory
James Honkisz & Catherine Binns+,
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Gretchen Nagy & Allan Sandlin
Christoph Syllaba
Scott Shearer & Conrad Zimmer
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Anne & Homer Whitman
Beth & Bob Williams
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Karen Davis Young & Kevin Young
Anonymous (3)
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Dean’s Club ($250 - $499)
Greg & Claire Allison
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Ulysses & Joy Bernard+
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Frederick & Elizabeth Bliss
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Hugh W. Burke
Malcolm H. & Ann Cole+
Annalee Crawford
Dr. Elizabeth P. Kirk & Alfred Land
Judy Kisla & Leslie Pope
Bill & Joan Kotas
Jo & Fred Kroger
Consulate of the Principality of Liechtenstein
John & Linda Matthews
Juanita Matthews
Don & Jeannine Morrison+
in memory of Ms. Barbara Ann McBrayer
Michael T. Ozment
Reverend Katherine &
Hon. Consulate General of the Czech Republic
Dr. William A. Pasch+
Triska Drake & Kimbrough Taylor
Lawrence F. Pinson+,
Antoinette J. Earley &
in memory of Sandra Rice Pinson
William L. Green
Mr. Billy K. Poole+
Jeffrey & Martha Freeman
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest C. Ramsay
Rick & Franny George
Gail & Allan Ripans
Ines Gutzmer & Greg Hill
Drs. Lila & Lonnie Roberts
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The Friends of Spivey Hall
The Friends of Spivey Hall offer the opportunity for individuals and corporations
to become members of a dedicated team who support the programs of Spivey
Hall. We thank those donors, listed below, whose contributions were received
during the past twelve months. They share the values and vision for Spivey Hall
to excel in providing the very finest in concert music, broadcasting, recording
and education-outreach opportunities.
Major Gift ($25,000+)
The Chaparral Foundation
Trustee Level ($10,000 - $24,999)
Mary J. Robertson & James A. Clark,
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Steinway Piano Galleries
University Partners ($5,000 - $9,999)
Jeffrey M. Adams & Susan M. Hunter+,
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Carol Hoal*
in memory of her uncle, Frank Stilwell
Claire & Alex Crumbley+
Rick & Sherry Dunlap*
Mr. & Mrs. Nicolas I. Quintana
Bob & Linda Schnapper+
Heritage Club ($2,500 - $4,999)
John W. Markham III+
Don & Jeannine Morrison+
Don Russ+
Richard F. Tigner+,
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President’s Club ($1,000 - $2,499)
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Agnew
Richard & Angie Bell
Robert & Teresa Betkowski+
David & Yvonne Carmichael
Dr. John W. Cooledge
Samuel C. Dixon
Dr. & Mrs. Harry S. Downs+
Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards+
Jo W. Koch
Michael Koch
Frank Loulan &
Richard Pearce-Moses
Michael R. Plemons MD
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Si tú me quieres mi niño cariño
Yo te dare un clavelito bonito,
Y veras que bien marchamos
Si estamos juntos en un rinconcito,
Si tu me quieres serrando del alma
Yo te quiero más a ti mi cani,
Y todo los clavelitos bonitos,
Todos serán para ti,
Para ti!
If you love me my sweet dear
I will give you a pretty carnation
and you will see how well we get along
if we are cuddled up in a corner,
If you love me my Serrano of my soul
I do love you more, my dear,
And all of the pretty carnations,
will be for you,
All will be for you!
Los pelegrinitos
Young Pilgrims
Hacia Roma caminan dos pelegrinos
A que los case el Papa, mamita,
Porque son primos, niña bonita.
Towards Rome walk two pilgrims
to be married by the Pope, mamita,
Because they are cousins, niña bonita.
Folk song
Le ha preguntado el Papa como se llaman The Pope asked them what were their names
Él le dice, Pedro, mamita,
He said, “Pedro,” mamita,
Y ella que Ana, niña bonita.
“and she is Ana,” niña bonita.
Las campanas de Roma ya repicaron
Porque los pelegrinos, mamita,
Ya se carason, niña bonita.
The bells of Rome chimed
because the pilgrims, mamita,
Have been married!, niña bonita.
PreludiosPreludes
Manuel de Falla
Poem: Antonio de Trueba (1819-1889)
Madre, todas las noches junto a mis rajas Mother, every night at my window
Canta un joven llorando indiferencia:
sings a young man of my indifference:
“Quiéreme, niña, y al pie “Love me, sweet girl, and at the foot
de los altares séras bendita.” of the altar you will be blessed.”
Esta dulce tonada tal poder tiene
This sweet melody has such power
Que me pone al oirla that it makes me, upon hearing it
triste y alegre;
sad and happy;
Di por qué causa entristecen y alegran
Tell me why I’m made sad and happy
estas tonadas. by these melodies.
Hija, lo que las niñas como tú sienten
Daughter, what young women like you feel
Cuando junto a sus rejas when by your window the young man
a cantar vienen
comes to sing,
Es el preludio del poema más
is the prelude of the greatest poem
Grande que hay en el mundo.
there is in the world.
Tornada en Santa Madre la Virgen pura
Tristezas y alegrías en elle turman,
Y este poema es, niña,
el que ha empezado junto a tus rejas.
The pure Virgin became the Holy Mother
sadness and happiness she felt in turn,
And this poem is, my child,
The one which began outside your window.
Nana de Sevilla
Seville Lullaby
Este niño chiquito no tiene cuna, ay
No tiene cuna, sí,
No tiene cuna, no.
This tender child does not have a crib, ay
Does not have a crib, yes,
Does not have a crib, no.
Folk song
Su padre es carpintero His father is a carpenter
y le hará una, ay and will make him one, ay
y le hará una, sí,
He will make him one, yes,
y le hará una, no.
He will make him one, no.
——————
Gracia mía
My Dearest
Gracia mía, juro a Dios
que sois tan bella criatura
que a perderse la hermosura
se tiene de hallar en voz.
My dearest, I swear to god
that you are the most beautiful creature
that if Beauty were lost
one would find it in you.
Fuera bien aventurada
en perderse en vos mi vida
porque viniera perdida
para salir más ganada.
If only my life could be so fortunate
to lose myself in you.  
I being lost
would come out winning.
¡Ah! Seréis hermosuras dos
en una sola figura,
que a perderse la hermosura
se tiene de haller en vos.
You then would be twice beautiful
in one figure,
that if Beauty were lost
one would find it in you.
En vuestros verdes ojuelos
nos mostráis vuestro valor
que son causa del amor
y las pestañas son cielos; nacieron por bien de nos.
In your beautiful green eyes,
you show us your great strength
the reason for all love
And your eyelashes are skies;
They were born for our happiness.
Gracia mia…
My dearest...
Enrique Granados (1867-1916), from Canciones amatorias (Songs of Love)
Poem: Castilian romance
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Nicolas I. Quintana, Chair
Jeffrey M. Adams &
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Founded in August 2009, the Friends of Spivey Hall Council, in
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and Clayton State University.
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SPIVEY HALL
Mission Statement
Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall is dedicated to artistic excellence
and enriching the lives of people through access to fine music, consistent
with the vision of its founders, Walter and Emilie Spivey.
Spivey Hall fulfills its mission by presenting performances by
outstanding international classical, jazz and world-music artists in its
acoustically superb, 392-seat recital hall, and through music education
programs developed in collaboration with educators, all of which
address the needs of the diverse communities it serves.
Oracion de las madres
que tienen a sus hijos en brazos
Prayer of Mothers
Holding Their Sons in Their Arms
Dulce Jesús que estás dormido,
por el santo pecho
que te ha amamantado, te pido,
que este hijo mío no sea soldado.
Sweet Jesus, lying asleep,
by the holy breast
that suckled you, I beg you,
That my son not be made a soldier.
Manuel de Falla
Poem: Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881-1947)
Se lo llevarán y era carne mía,
They will take him away but he is my flesh,
me lo matarán y era mi alegría.
They will kill him but he is my happiness.
Cuando esté muriendo dirá:
When he is dying he will say:
“Madre mía...” “Mother of mine...”
y yo no sabré ni la hora
And I will not even know the hour
ni el día. or the day.
Dulce Jesús que estás dormido...
Sweet Jesus, lying asleep...
Sólo las flores sobre ti
Only the Flowers Over You
Sólo las flores sobre ti
eran como una ofrenda blanca.
Sobre tu cuerpo aquella luz
Jamás seria de la rama.
Only the flowers over you
Were like a white offering.
Over your body such light
Could never be from the bloomed branches.
Con ese beso se te dió
Todo su olor como una vida.
Resplandecias de la luz
Bajo tus párpados vencida.
With their kiss they gave to you
All of their aroma like a life.
You were resplendent in the light
Under your closed eyelids.
Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
Poem: Josep Janés (1913-1959)
Oh, si pudiera ser afan Oh, if only I could be the destiny
de flor! of the flower!
Y como un lirio dar mi vida
And like a lily give my life
Encima de tu pecho
on top of your chest
Y marchitar mi ser en ti.
And wilt my whole being into you.
Y no saber la noche más
And may the night not know
Que junto a ti,
That by your side,
se apagaria. its light will be extinguished.
Olas gigantes
Immeasurable Waves
Olas gigantes que os rompéis bramando
En las playas desiertas y remotas,
Envuelto entre las sábanas de espuma,
¡Llevadme con vosotras!
Vast waves that break with a roar
on the remote and deserted sands,
enveloped in sheets of foam,
Take me with you!
Just as painters need a surface on which to create their work, musicians
need a background of silence in order for their performances to be heard
and appreciated.
Ráfagas de huracán, que arrebatáis
Del alto bosque las marchitas hojas,
Arrastrando en el ciego torbellino,
¡Llevadme con vosotras!
Hurricane winds that snatch
from the high woods their faded leaves,
dragging them along the blind whirlwind,
Take me with you!
Nubes de tempestad que rompe el rayo
Y en fuego ornáis las desprendidas orlas,
Arrebatado entre la niebla oscura,
¡Llevadme con vosotras!
Clouds of the storm broken by lightning
and decorated broken edges by fire,
whipped in the dark mist,
Take me with you!
Spivey Hall’s superb acoustics make listening to music here exceptionally rewarding. However, these very sensitive acoustics also amplify
all other sounds in the hall, which can significantly diminish the concert
experience.
Llevadme, por piedad, adonde el vertigo
Con la razón me arranque la memoria.
¡Por piedad!... ¡Tengo miedo de quedarme
Con mi dolor a solas, con mi dolor a solas!
Take me I beg you, to where vertigo
Eradicates my memory and reason.
Have mercy!... I dread being alone
with my grief!
Manuel de Falla
Poem: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870)
For great music to thrive in Spivey Hall,
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
Additionally, most Spivey Hall concerts are recorded for delayed public
radio broadcast. Extraneous noise can adversely affect the recording
quality.
Therefore, to optimize the concert experience for the performing artists
and audience members alike:
• Please do not talk during the music.
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Cinco canciones negras (Five Afro-Cuban Songs)
Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002)
Cuba dentro de un piano
Cuba Inside a Piano
Cuando mi madre llevaba un
sorbete de fresa por sombrero,
Y el humo del los barcos
aún era humo de habanero,
Mulata vuelta abajera,
Long ago when my mother used to wear
strawberry sherbet for a hat,
and the smoke of the boat engines
gave the aroma of a cigar,
Made from dark Vuelta Abajo leaves,
Poem: Rafael Alberti (1902-1999)
Cádiz se adormecía Cádiz was falling asleep
entre fandangos y habaneras,
between fandangos and habaneras,
Y un lorito al piano quería hacer and a parrot at the piano wanted to sing
de tenor. like a tenor.
Dime donde está la flor
Quel el hombre tanto venera.
Tell me where the flower is
that man worships so much.
Mi tio Antonio volvía
con su aire de insurrecto.
La Cabaña y el Principe soñaban por los patios del Puerto.
My uncle Antonio used to come back
with an air of a rebel.
The Cabaña and Principe fortresses
were dreaming in the plazas by the harbor.
• Please cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing. (Complimentary
tissues and cough drops are available from the ushers.) If your coughing
persists, kindly move quietly to the lobby.
• Please minimize noise from cough drop or candy wrappers (it’s best to
unwrap them quickly).
• Please turn off all electronic devices before the music begins.
(Browsing web sites, reading email or sending text messages may be
distracting to patrons sitting behind you.)
• Please do not rustle program book pages, papers, or jewelry during the
music.
• Please hold your applause until the end of each complete work, or
group of shorter works. Clapping between movements of a work can
often disrupt the continuity of the performance. If you’re unsure of when
to clap, wait for the musician(s) to turn to the audience, or for others to
applaud first.
Spivey Hall’s musicians and your fellow music-lovers greatly appreciate
your cooperation.
Thank You...and Enjoy the Performance!
Forthcoming Performances
Elias String Quartet
SPIVEY HALL DEBUT
Sunday, April 7, 2013 3:00 PM
Pre-concert Talk 2:00 PM
Standing ovations at London’s Wigmore Hall and impressive
performances on CD lead the UK press to rave about the Elias String
Quartet, formed in Manchester in 2008. “The musicianship of this young
quartet is irresistible,” declares the UK’s Observer. “The players are
individually brilliant, but their interplay is profound,” lauds The Sunday Times.
“Magic moments abound,” glows The Strad, citing the quartet’s “ability to live
and breathe each phrase with an enraptured sensitivity.”
PROGRAM
HAYDN Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 64 No. 6
JANÁČEK Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”
SCHUMANN Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1
Richard Goode
2013 SPIVEY MEMORIAL CONCERT
Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:00 PM
One of today’s greatest pianists and most searching musicians,
Richard Goode “is the supreme master of musical rhetoric,
a genius at distilling and expressing the absolute essence
of the musical thought behind any
composition” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto).
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN – The Last Works
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Opp. 109, 110, and 111,
plus the Bagatelles Op. 119 Nos. 6 – 11
Ya no brilla la Perla azul No longer shines the blue pearl
del mar de las Antillas. of the Antillean Sea.
Ya se apagò. Its light has been extinguished.
Se nos ha muerto. It is dead to us now.
Me encontré con la bella Trinidad:
I ran into the beautiful city of Trinidad:
Cuba se había perdido; y ahora era verdad;
No era mentira.
Un cañonero huido llegó cantándolo en guajiras.
Cuba was lost, and it was true this time;
it was not a lie.
A fleeing gun boat came in
singing the story in guajira rhythm.
La Habana ya se perdió.
Tuvo la culpa el dinero.
Calló, cayó el cañonero.
Havana was already lost.
Money was to blame.
It fell; the gun boat fell silent.
Pero después, pero ¡Ah después...
But later, ah but later...
fue cuando al “Sí”
They took the “Sí”
lo hicieron ... “Yes”! and turned it into ... “Yes”!
Punto de habanera (Siglo XVIII)
Poem: Néstor Luján (1922-1995)
Habanera Strain (18th century)
La niña criolla pasa con The creole girl passes by with
su miriña que blanco. her white crinoline.
¡Que blanco!
How white!
Hola, crespón de tu espuma.
¡Marineros contempladla!
Va mojadita de lunas
que le hacen su piel mulata.
Hello, crepe of  foam.
Sailors, look at her!
She walks, moist from the moon droplets
that make her skin dusky.
Niña no te quejes, Young girl, do not complain,
tan solo por esta tarde. just for this afternoon
Quisiera mandar al agua
I would like to make the water stay
que no se escape de pronto de la carcel in the prison
de tu falda. of your skirt.
Tu cuerpo encierra esta tarde Your body encloses this evening
rumor de abrirse de dalia.
The murmur of the dahlia opening.
Niña, no te quejes, Young girl do not complain,
tu cuerpo de fruta está your body made of fruit
Dormido en fresco brocado.
sleeps in fresh embroideries.
Tu cintura vibra fina con la nobleza Your waist quivers finely with the nobility
de un látigo. of a whip.
Toda tu piel huele alegre Your skin smells happy,
a limonal y naranjo. like lemon and orange trees.
Los marineros te miran
The sailors look at you…
Y se te quedan mirando.
and continue looking  at you.
La niña criolla pasa con The creole girl passes by with
su miriña que blanco. her white crinoline.
ChévereIndulgence
Poem: Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989)
Chévere del navajazo se vuelve él mismo navaja.
Pica tajadas de luna,
más la luna se le acaba:
The one who thrusts the knife,
he himself turns into the knife.
He cuts the moon into slices,
but then he runs out of the moon:
Pica tajadas de sombra,
más la sombra se le acaba:
Pica tajadas de canto,
más el canto se le acaba,
He cuts the shadow into slices,
then he runs out of the shadow:
He cuts the song into slices,
then he runs out of song,
¡y entonces, pica que pica, carne de su negra mala!
And then, he slashes,
the flesh of his bad black woman!
Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito
Lullaby
for a Little Black Boy
Ninghe, Ninghe, tan chiquito,
El negrito que no quiere dormir.
Cabeza de coco, grano de café,
Con lindas motitas, con ojos grandotes como dos ventanas que miran al mar.
Little child, so small,
The black child who does not want to sleep.
Coconut head, my little coffee bean,
With pretty freckles, and large eyes
Like two windows looking into the sea.
Poem: Idelfonso Pereda Valdés (1899-1996)
Cierra los ojitos, negrito asustado:
Close your eyes, frightened little black baby:
El mandinga blanco te puede comer.
The pale boogey-man may eat you up.
¡Ya no eres esclavo!
You are not a slave anymore!
Y si duermes mucho And if you sleep a lot
el señor de casa the master of the house
Promete comprar traje con botones
Promises to buy you a suit with buttons
Para ser un “groom.”
So you can be a “groom.”
Ninghe, ninghe, Duérmete, negrito, Sleep little black one,
Cabeza de coco, grano de café.
Coconut head, my little coffee bean.
Concluding the
Spivey Hall 2012-2013 Vocal Series
Chanticleer
Saturday, April 20, 2013 8:15 PM
(Limited Ticket Availability)
Pre-concert Dinner 6:30 PM (Advanced reservation required)
Grammy Award-winning Chanticleer – based in
San Francisco – is cherished for the seamless blend of its twelve
male voices ranging from countertenor to bass.
This world-renowned “Orchestra of Voices” performs
original interpretations of a vocal literature,
from Renaissance, jazz, and gospel to venture-some new music.
“The singing of Chanticleer is breathtaking in its
accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, variety of color and
swagger of style” (The Boston Globe).
Nowhere do they sound better than in the superb acoustics
of Spivey Hall, where their every performance is cause for celebration.
PROGRAM
Temptation and its dangers are evoked by
The Siren’s Call,
featuring new works by CHEN Yi and Michael McGLENN,
two composers long associated with Chanticleer.
Musical seduction by MONTEVERDI, GESUALDO,
BARBER, POULENC, CORIGLIANO,
and Mason BATES (among others) will culminate
with a new arrangement for Chanticleer of “Temptation”
by Tom WAITS, followed by a selection of
folk songs, jazz tunes, and spirituals.
Visit www.spiveyhall.org for details.
Tickets
www.spiveyhall.org
(678) 466-4200
Vlad Iftinca
Pianist Vlad Iftinca is a staff musician at the Metropolitan Opera and the
Staff Music Coach for its Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
Born in Romania, he received his primary education at Reina Sofia School of
Music and the Real Conservatorio in Madrid, Spain. He pursued additional
studies at the Mannes School of Music and the Juilliard School in New York.
Mr. Iftinca has collaborated with distinguished singers such as Deborah
Voigt, Hei-Kyung Hong, Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, and Isabel
Leonard. His recital appearances include the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer
Recital Series, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall in New York City, Los
Angeles Opera, San Francisco Conservatory, Seoul Performing Arts Center,
Hong Kong Arts Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Ravinia Festival’s
“Rising Stars” recital series.
Mr. Iftinca has been part of the music staff at the Renata Scotto Opera
Academy in Westchester, New York, and from 2004 to 2006 he collaborated
with “Regina Resnik Presents,” performing in San Francisco and New York.
Other engagements include “Opera on the Avalon” in St. John’s, Canada;
the Samling Foundation for Young Singers in Newcastle, United Kingdom;
and recitals in New York, Utah, and Florida. Last fall he appeared at the
Beijing Music Festival.
Joined by the Spanish pianist Consuelo Martín Colinet, Mr. Iftinca recorded
the complete works for four hands and two pianos of Joaquín Rodrigo, which
was released in 1999 by the Spanish record label Dial Discos.
Canto negro
Poem: Nicolás Guillén
Black Song
¡Yambambó, yambambé!
¡Yambambó, yambambé!
Repica el congo solongo,
The Congo solongo struts by,
Repica el negro bien negro. ¡Aoé!
The black man struts by. ¡Aoé!
Congo solongo del Songo The Congo solongo from Songo
Baila yambó sobre un pié.Dances yambó on one foot.
¡Yambambó Yambambé!
¡Yambambó, yambambé!
Mamatomba serembé cuserambá,
El negro canta y se ajuma.
Mamatomba serembé cuserambá,
El negro se ajuma y canta.
Mamatomba serembé cuserambá,
El negro canta y se va.
Mamatomba serembé cuserambá,
The black man sings and gets drunk.
Mamatomba serembé cuserambá,
He gets drunk and sings.
Mamatomba serembé cuserambá,
He sings and then he leaves.
Acuememe serembó aé, yambambé, aó
Tamba, tamba del negro que tumba,
Tamba del negro, caramba, Caramba que el negro tumba,
¡Yambá, Yambó!
Acuememe serembó aé, yambambé, aó
Tamba, tamba the black man staggers,
Tamba the black man, damn,
Damn! the black man falls,
¡Yambá, Yambó!
¡Yambambé, Yambambó, Yambambé!
Baila yambó sobre un pie!
¡Yambambé, Yambambó, Yambambé!
He dances yambó on one foot!
Isabel Leonard
Highly acclaimed for her passionate intensity and remarkable vocal beauty,
Isabel Leonard continues to make waves in the world of classical music
both at home in the United States and abroad. This season Metropolitan
Opera audiences hear her in two role debuts: as Miranda in Adés’s Tempest
and as Blanche in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites. She appears as
Rosina in the English version of Rossini’s Barber of Seville. The season
also brings a role debut with the Canadian Opera Company: Sesto in
Christopher Alden’s production of Mozart’s Clemenza di Tito. This spring,
in addition to Spivey Hall, she appears in recital at the University of Notre
Dame, at the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, with San
Francisco Performances, and in her Zankel Hall recital debut. She will be
the featured soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Berlioz’s Nuits d’été
in concerts with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and she closes the season
in Japan at the Saito Kinen Festival, where she will perform the title role
in L’Enfant et les sortilèges and Concepción in Ravel’s Heure espagnole
with Seiji Ozawa conducting.
Last season’s highlights included Ms. Leonard’s highly acclaimed Rosina
in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Metropolitan Opera. A Met audience favorite,
she also appeared as Zerlina in the new production of Don Giovanni, with
Sir Andrew Davis conducting. She returned to the Vienna State Opera
for another Rosina and made a sensational role debut as Ruggiero in the
new David Alden production of Handel’s Alcina at Opera National de
Bordeaux. She finished the season at the Glyndebourne Festival with one
of her signature roles, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro.
Ms. Leonard made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2007 as Stéphano
in Roméo et Juliette, conducted by Plácido Domingo and starring Anna
Netrebko and Roberto Alagna. This production was also recorded for
video and television transmission and broadcast live over the Metropolitan
Opera worldwide radio network. She has appeared with Opera Colorado,
Fort Worth Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, and Santa Fe Opera. Her
professional U.S. opera debut was as Stéphano in Atlanta Opera’s
production of Roméo et Juliette in the 2006-07 season. She made her New
York Philharmonic debut in Ravel’s Enfant et les sortilèges, conducted by
Lorin Maazel, and her American orchestral debut in The Three-Cornered
Hat with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the 2006 Tanglewood
Festival, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
In constant demand as a recitalist, Ms. Leonard made her first coast-to-coast
recital tour in the 2007-08 season, appearing in Atlanta, Washington, D.C.,
San Francisco, and Fort Worth and ending with her Carnegie/Weill Hall
debut. She appeared as a guest soloist in the Marilyn Horne Foundation’s
75th Birthday Gala in Carnegie Hall and was featured in a solo recital as
part of the Foundation’s On Wings of Song series in New York City. She
has performed with soprano Barbara Bonney in recital at Alice Tully Hall,
presented by the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. A graduate of
the Juilliard School, she appeared in numerous productions of the Juilliard
Opera Theater, including Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers, Mozart’s Finta
giardiniera, Cavalli’s Calisto, and Wargo’s Music Shop.
Ms. Leonard is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the
Beverly Sills Award, the Richard Gold Award of the Shoshana Foundation,
a Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Award, the William Schuman
Graduation Prize of the Juilliard School, the Makiko Narumi Prize of the
Juilliard School, and the Marilyn Horne Foundation award of the Music
Academy of the West. She was a winner of the Giulio Gari Competition.
A native New Yorker, Ms. Leonard received both her Bachelor and Master
of Music at the Juilliard School. She studies with Edith Bers, and has also
studied with Marilyn Horne, Brian Zeger, Warren Jones, Margo Garrett,
Denise Massé, and Janine Reiss.
Personal direction:
Angela Blasi, Vice-president
Columbia Artists Management, LLC
Phone: 212-841-9551 Email: [email protected]