Program: November 2018, Poughkeepsie NY
Amelia Seyssel, Maria Rivera White, & Marla Rathbun

Three Songs by Herbert Howells (vc & piano)

1- O My Deir Hert; 2- King David; 3- Come Sing and Dance

Three Songs by George Bizet (vc, pno & violin)

1- Ouvre ton Coeur (vc & pno); 2- Sérénade (from Les Pecheurs du Perle) (vc, pno & violin); 3- Chanson d'Avril (vc, pno & violin)

Four Selections from 'Along the Field' by Ralph Vaughn Williams (vc & violin)

1- We'll to the Woods No More (#I); 2- The Sigh that Heaves the Grasses (#V); 3- With Rue My Heart Is Laden (#VII); 4- Good-bye (#VI)

Four Selections from 'Canciones amatorias' by Enrique Granados (vc & piano)

1- ¡Llorad, corazón!; 2- ¡Mira, que soy niña!; 3- No lloréis ojuelos; 4- Iban al pinar

Amizade (2014) by Rami Levin (piano & violin)

A piece for violin and piano written for and dedicated to "my dear friend Marla Rathbun"

'Three Songs by Joaquín Rodrigo (vc, piano & violin)

1- Canción del grumete; 2- Fino cristal; 3- De los alamos vengo, madre

Encore: Come You Not From Newcastle (Britten) (vc, piano & violin)

Program: April 2017, Poughkeepsie NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Claude Debussy

Lia's recitative and aria from L'enfant prodigue

Four Songs by American Composers

1- Charles T. Griffes: A Feast of Lanterns; 2- Samuel Barber: St. Ita's Vision; 3- Charles T. Griffes: Thy Dark Eyes to Mine; 4- John Duke: i carry your heart

Three Songs by Reynaldo Hahn

1- Si mes vers avaient des ailes; 2- D'une prison; 3- Le Rossignol

Three Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

1- Let Beauty Awake; 2- The Infinite Shining Heavens; 3- Orpheus With His Lute

Three Songs by Eduardo Toldrá

1- Romanç de Santa Lluçía; 2- Madre, unos ojuelos vi; 3- Después que te conocí

'Three Pastoral Songs' Op. 22 No. 1 by Roger Quilter (vc, piano & Marla Rathbun-violin)

1- I will go with my Father a-ploughing; 2- Cherry Valley; 3- I Wish and I Wish

Encore: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Quilter) Amelia Seyssel, Maria Rivera White, & Marla Rathbun

Program: June 2014, Vantaa, FINLAND
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Two Selections from 'Harmonia Sacra' by Henry Purcell
Continuo realizations by Benjamin Britten

1- Lord, What Is Man?; 2- Evening Hymn

Georges Bizet

Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe

Three Songs from Chant d'Auvergne' by Joseph Canteloube

1- Lo Fiolaire; 2- Brezairola; 3- Malurous qu'o uno fenno

'Cuatro Madrigales amatorios' by Joaquín Rodrigo

1- ¿Con qué la lavaré?; 2- Vos me matásteis; 3- ¿De dónde venís, amore?; 4- De los alamos vengo, madre

'Despite and Still', Opus 41, by Samuel Barber

1- A Last Song; 2- My Lizard; 3- In the Wilderness; 4- Solitary Hotel; 5- Despite and Still

Two Songs from Opus 11 No. 1 by Charles T. Griffes

1- The Lament of Ian the Proud; 2- Thy Dark Eyes to Mine

Trés Poemas de Mariano Brull by Manuel Ponce

1- Granada; 2- Por el ir del Río; 3- Verde Halago

'Cinq mélodies populaires grecques' by Maurice Ravel

1- Le réveille de la mariée; 2- Lá-bas, vers l'eglise; 3- Quel galant!; 4- Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques; 5- Tout gai!

Program: September 2013, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Four Songs by Roger Quilter

1- Over the Mountains; 2- Now sleeps the Crimson Petal; 3- Go, Lovely Rose; 4- Love's Philosophy

Three Songs by Reynaldo Hahn

1- Si mes vers avaient des ailes; 2- D'Une Prison; 3- Le Rossignol des Lilas

'Trés Poemas de Mariano Brull' by Manuel Ponce

1- Granada; 2- Por el ir del Rio; 3- Verde Halago

Four selections from 'Canciones Amatorias' by Enrique Granados

1- Llorad, Corazon, que tenéis razón; 2- Mira que soy niña 3- No lloréis, Ojuelos; 4- Iban al Pinar

'Four Poems by Emily Dickenson' by John Duke

1- New feet within my garden go; 2- The Rose did caper on her cheek; 3- Have you got a brook in your little heart?; 4- I taste a liquor never brewed

Three Songs by Maria Grever

1- Te quiero dijiste; 2- ¿Por Qué?; 3- Júrame

Encore: Oliver Cromwell (Britten

Program: February 2012, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Three Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

1- Bright Is the Ring of Words; 2- Silent Noon; 3- The Winter's Willow

Three Songs by Maria Grever

1- Atardecer en España; 2- No Espero Nada de Ti; 3- Capullito de Rosa

Three Songs from Canciones Amatorias by Enrique Granados

1- Llorad, Corazon, que tenéis razón; 2- No lloréis, Ojuelos; 3- Iban al Pinar

Three Folksong Arrangements by Benjamin Britten

1- The Ash Grove; 2- Come You Not from Newcastle; 3- The Plough Boy

Encore: Oliver Cromwell (Britten)

Program: May 2011, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel, soprano; Maria Rivera White, piano; Marla Rathbun, violin; & Greta Parks, cello

Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques by Maurice Ravel
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

1- Le Réveil de la Mariée; 2- Là-bas, vers l'église; 3- Quel galant m'est comparable; 4- Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques; 5- Tou gai!

Three Pastoral Songs Opus 22, No. 1 by Roger Quilter
Amelia Seyssel, Maria Rivera White, Marla Rathbun & Greta Parks

1- I will go with my Father a-ploughing; 2- Cherry Valley; 3- I Wish and I Wish

Two Pieces by Gaspar Cassadó
Greta Parks & Maria Rivera White

1- Lamento de Boabdil; 2- Requiebros

Selections from Siete canciones populares españolas by Manuel de Falla
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

1- El paño moruno; 2- Asturiana; 3- Nana; 4- Jota

Selections from Scottish & Welsh Folk Song Arrangements by Ludwig van Beethoven & Franz J. Haydn
Amelia Seyssel, Maria Rivera White, Marla Rathbun & Greta Parks

1- Faithfu' Johnnie (Beethoven, Op. 108 No. 20); 2- The Ash Grove (Haydn, Hob. XXXIb:7); 3- John Anderson, My Jo (Haydn, Hob. XXXIa:2bis); 4- Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie (Beethoven, Op. 108 No. 7)

Encore: The Ploughman Laddie (Haydn)
Amelia Seyssel, Maria Rivera White, Marla Rathbun & Greta Parks

Program: May 2010, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

'Americana'

A Retrospective on Samuel Barber - Early, Middle & Late

Early Songs: 1- The Daisies (1926); 2- With Rue My Heart is Laden  (1928); 3- Sure On This Shining Night (1938)

Selections from Opus 29, 'Hermit Songs' (1953): 1- St. Ita's Vision; 2- The Crucifixion; 3- Sea Snatch

'Despite and Still', Opus 41 (1968): 1- A Last Song; 2- My Lizard; 3- In the Wilderness; 4- Solitary Hotel; 5- Despite and Still

Song selections by John Duke

1- New Feet within My garden go>; 2- Little Elegy; 3- February Twilight; 4- i carry your heart; 5- I taste a liquor never brewed

Song selections by Charles T. Griffes

1- The Lament of Ian the Proud; 2- In a Myrtle Shade; 3- A Feast of Lanterns 4- Thy Dark Eyes to Mine 5- We'll to the woods, and gather may

Encore: I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair (Foster)

Program: May 2008, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Four selections from Chants d'Auvergne
by Joseph Canteloube

1- Malurous qu'o uno fenno; 2- Lo Fiolaire; 3- Passo pel Prat; 4- Brezairola

Three Songs by Eduard Toldrá

1- Cántico; 2- Madre, unos ojuelos vi; 3- Después que te conocí

Three Songs by Joaquín Rodrigo

1- Fino cristal; 2- Canción del grumete; 3- De los alamos vengo, madre

Three Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

1- Let Beauty Awake; 2- The Infinite Shining Heavens; 3- Orpheus with His Lute

Three Songs by John Duke

1- Have you got a brook in your little heart?; 2- February Twilight; 3- i carry your heart

Three Songs by Charles Tomlinson Griffes

1- The Lament of Ian the Proud; 2- Thy Dark Eyes to Mine; 3- Evening Song

Encore: Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)

Program: June 2007, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Three Songs by Roger Quilter

1- Over the Mountain; 2- Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal; 3- Love's Philosophy

Three Songs by Peter Warlock

1- Pretty Ring time; 2- Fair and True; 3- The Lover's Maze

Five Greek Folk Songs arranged by Maurice Ravel

1- Le Réveil de la mariée; 2- Là-bas, vers l'Église; 3- Quel galant; 4- Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques; 5- Tout gai!

Four Tonadillas by Enrique Granados

1- El Majo Timido; 2- Callejeo; 3- El Tra-la-la y el punteado; 4- El Majo Discreto

Three Songs from the British Isles arranged by Benjamin Britten

1- The Plough Boy; 2- The Bonny Earl o'Morey; 3- Dear Harp of My Country

Three Canciones by Maria Grever

1- Capullito de Rosa; 2- Te quiero dijiste; 3- Júrame

Encore: Estrellita (Ponce)

Program: July 2006, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios by Joaquín Rodrigo

1- Con que la lavaré; 2- Vos me matásteis; 3- ¿De donde venis, amore?; 4- De los alamos vengo, madre

Four Canciones by Maria Grever

1- Así; 2- Despedida; 3- No Espero nada de Tí; 4- ¿Por Qué?

Four Canciones Amatorias, by Enrique Granados

1- Llorad, corazon; 2- No lloréis, ojuelos; 3- Mira, que soy niña; 4- Iban al Pinar

Three Canciones Castellanas by Jesús Guridi

1- En Aquella Montaña; 2- No Quiero Tus Avellanas; 3- Mañanita de San Juan

Trés Poemas de Mariano Brull by Manuel Ponce

1- Granada; 2- Por el ir del Río; 3- Verde Halago

Four Canciones Clásicas Españolas by Fernando Obradors

1- Al Amor; 2- Con amores, la mi madre; 3- Tres Morillas; 4- Aquel Sombrero de Monte

Encores: Del Cabello Mas Sútil (Obradors); El tra-la-la y el punteado (Granados)

Program: October 2005, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Three Songs by Peter Warlock

1- Pretty Ring Time 2- Fair and True 3- Sigh no more, Ladies

Three Songs by Charles T. Griffes

1- The Lament of Ian the Proud 2- Thy Dark Eyes to Mine 3- Evening Song

Three Song Arrangements by Benjamin Britten

1- The Plough Boy 2- Come You Not From Newcastle 3- Dear Harp of My Country

Three Songs by Georges Bizet

1- Ouvre ton coeur 2- Sérénade 3- Adieux de l'Hôtesse Arabe

Four selections from Siete canciones populares españolas by Manuel de Falla

1- El paño moruno 2- Seguidilla Murciana 3- Nana 4- Canción

Four selections from Chants d'Auvergne by Joseph Canteloube

1- Malurous qu'o uno fenno 2- Lo Fiolaire 3- Passo pel Prat 4- Brezairola

Encores: Del Cabello Mas Sutil (Obradors) and Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)

Program: April 2005, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Henry Purcell's Three Divine Hymns:
(with realizations by Benjamin Britten)

1- Lord, What is Man?; 2- We Sing to Him; 3- Evening Hymn

Three Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

1- Let Beauty Awake; 2- The Infinite Shining Heavens; 3- Bright is the Ring of Words

Three Songs by Roger Quilter

1- Now sleeps the Crimson Petal; 2- Weep You No More; 3- Love's Philosophy

Cuatro Madrigales Amatorias by Joaquín Rodrigo

1- ¿Con qué la lavaré?; 2- Vos me matásteis; 3- ¿De donde venís, amore?; 4- De los alamos vengo, madre

Cuatro Canciones Amatorias by Enrique Granados

1- Llorad, corazón, que tenéis razón; 2- Mira que soy niña, ¡Amor, déjame! 3- No lloreis, Ojuelos; 4- Iban al Pinar

Cuatro Canciones Clásicas by Fernando Obradors

1- Al Amor; 2- Con amores, la mi madre; 3- Tres Morillas; 4- Aquel Sombrero de Monte

Encores: Estrellita (Ponce) and Júrame (Grever)

Program: February 2005, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Karin Lemke

Three Songs by English Composers

1- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Bright Is The Ring of Words; VBenjamin Britten: Dear Harp of My Country; 3- Peter Warlock: Pretty Ring Time

Four Tonadillas by Enrique Granados

1- Callejeo; 2- La Maja Dolorosa (Entabla); 3- El Majo timido; 4- El tra-la-la y el punteado

Claude Debussy

Lia's Aria from L'Enfant Prodigue

Three Chansons by Gabriel Fauré

1- Mandoline; 2- Les Roses d'Ispahan; 3- Chanson d'Amour

Four Songs by Samuel Barber:

1- The Daisies; 2- Sure On This Shining Night; 3- My Lizard; 4- St. Ita's Vision

Encores: Beautiful Dreamer (Foster) and Oliver Cromwell (Britten)

Program: May 2004, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Kumiko Imamura

Three Songs by Roger Quilter

1- Over the Mountains; 2- Weep You No More; 3- Love's Philosophy

Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios by Joaquín Rodrigo

1- ¿Con qué la lavaré?; 2- Vos me matásteis; 3- De donde venis, amore?; 4- De los álamos vengo, madre

Three French Chansons:

1- Georges Bizet: Ouvre ton coeur; 2- Georges Bizet: Sérénade; 3- Leo Delibes: Les Filles de Cadix

Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques by Maurice Ravel

1- Chanson de la Mariée; 2- Lá-bas, vers l'église;
3- Quel galant m'est comparable; 4- Chanson de cueilleuses de lentisques; 5- Tout gai!

Three Canciones by María Grever

1- Capullito de Rosa; 2- Gitanerias; 3- Atardecer en España

Three Songs by John Duke

1- Have you got a brook in your little heart?; 2- i carry your heart; 3- I taste a liquor never brewed

Encore: Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)

Program: November 2003, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Songs for Children

1- Georges Bizet: Berceuse (Lullaby);   2- Roger Quilter -A Good Child, -The Lamplighter, -Where Go the Boats?, 3- Federic Mompou: -Aserrin, Aserran, -Pito, Pito colorito

Three Songs by John Duke

1- Have you got a brook?; 2- February Twilight; 3- The Rose did caper on her cheek

Four Canciones Amatorias by Enrique Granados

1- Llorad, corazón; 2- Mira, que soy niña; 3- No lloréis, ojuelos; 4- Iban al pinar

Four Songs by Samuel Barber

1- St. Ita's Vision; 2- The Crucifixion; 3- Sea Snatch; 4- My Lizard

Three Song Arrangements by Benjamin Britten

1- The Plough Boy; 2- The Bonny Earl o' Morey; 3- Dear Harp of My Country

Encore: Oliver Cromwell (Britten)

Program: June 2003, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Maria Rivera White

Three Songs by Roger Quilter

1- Over the Mountains; 2- Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal; 3- Love's Philosophy

Four Songs by Peter Warlock

1- Cradle Song; 2- Sigh No More Ladies; 3- Fair and True; 4- Pretty Ring Time

Three Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

1- Let Beauty Awake; 2- The Infinite Shining Heavens; 3- Bright is the Ring of Words

Four Canciones by Fernando Obradors

1- Al Amor; 2- Con amores, la mi madre; 3- Dos Cantares populares; 4- Coplas de Curro Dulce

Four Tonadillas by Enrique Granados

1- El Majo Timido; 2- Callejeo; 3- El Mirar de la Maja;
4- El Majo Discreto

Three Canciones by María Grever

1- Así; 2- Te Quiero Dijiste; 3- Júrame

Encore: El tra-la-la y el punteado (Granados)

Program: April 2002, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Peter Wittenberg

Claude Debussy

Lia's Aria from L'Enfant Prodigue

Three Songs by Georges Bizet

1- Ouvre ton Coeur; 2- Sérénade; 3- Chanson d'Avril

Cinq Mélodies Populaire Grecques by Maurice Ravel

1- Chanson de la Mariée; 2- Lá-bas, vers l'église; 3- Quel galant m'est comparable; 4- Chanson de cueilleuses de lentisques; 5- Tout gai!

Siete Canciones Populares Españolas by Manuel deFalla

1- El paño moruno; 2- Seguidilla Murciana; 3- Asturiana; 4- Jota; 5- Nana; 6- Canción; 7- Polo

Four Poems by Emily Dickenson by John Duke

1- New Feet within my Garden go; 2- The Rose did caper on her cheek; 3- Have you got a brook in your little heart?; 4- I taste a liquor never brewed

Four Folksongs from British Isles arr. by Benjamin Britten

1- O Can Ye Sew Cushions; 2- Come You not from Newcastle; 3- The Ash Grove; 4- Oliver Cromwell

Three Mexican Songs

María Grever: Júrame; Manuel Ponce: China del Alma; Agustín Lara: Novillero

Encore: Estrellita (Ponce)

Program: April 1998, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amelia Seyssel & Huguette van Ackere

Enrique Granados

"La Maja Dolorosa": 1- Entabla; 2- Coplas; 3- Seguidilla

Five Songs by Manuel Ponce

1- Palomita; 2- Estrellita; 3- Que pronto; 4- China del Alma; 5- Serenata Mexicana

Two Songs by Georges Bizet

1- Chanson d'Avril; 2- Ouvre ton Coeur

Two Songs by Agustín Lara

1- Solamente una Vez; 2- Granada: Fantasía Española

Two Songs by María Grever

1- Te quiero dijiste; 2- Júrame

Two Songs by Gabriel Fauré

1- Chanson d'Amour; 2- Les Rose d'Ispahan

Four Songs by Fernando Obradors

1- ¿Corazón, porqué pasáis?; 2- Con amores, la mi madre; 3- Dos cantares populares; 4- Coplas de Curro Dulce

Leo Delibes

Les Filles de Cadiz