The Phoenix Concerts

Witches, Ghosts and Fairy Tales
music for voice and piano

Elaine Valby, mezzo
Paul Sperry, tenor
Jocelyn Dueck, piano

On a Nineteenth Century Color Lithograph of
Red Riding Hood by the Artist J.H. — Tom Cipullo (Gray)

Mr. Sperry; Ms. Dueck

Ghost Chapter: A Cold Cold Kiss
O Death, Rock Me Asleep — traditional, England (Boleyn)
Mercy #62 — Paula M. Kimper (Gardinier)
Jimmy Whelan — traditional, Newfoundland
In Memoriam: Helen Coates — Leonard Bernstein
Seven Times — Gilda Lyons (Sexton)
Mona's Prayer — Daron Hagen (Muldoon)

Ms. Valby; Ms. Dueck

Phantoms and Visitations* — Gilda Lyons
1. Ghostly Phenomena
2. The Phantom Rat
3. Apparitions at the Moment of Passing
4. The Queen and the Countess
5. Hauntings
6. In County Wicklow

Mr. Sperry; Ms. Dueck

Three Witches
The Witch's Lullaby — Conrad Susa (Sexton)
Song to the Witch of the Cloisters — John Corigliano (Hoffman)
Susannah Fry — Theodore Chanler (de la Mare)

Ms. Valby; Ms. Dueck

Tommy Kane — Daron Hagen (Newspaper Article)
Der Erlkönig — Franz Schubert (Goethe)
Mr. Sperry; Ms. Dueck

* = world premiere