December 12, 1949

Program

• • Semele: Where'er you walk
    • Composer: Handel, George Frideric
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon
    • Composer: Massenet, Jules
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Oh, what a beautiful city
    • Composer: Unknown: African-American
    • Arranger: Boatner, Edward
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Were you there
    • Composer: Unknown: African-American
    • Arranger: Burleigh, Harry Thacker
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • My good Lord done been here
    • Composer: Unknown: United States
    • Arranger: Johnson, Hall
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Widmung; Op. 25, no. 1
    • Composer: Schumann, Robert
    • Author: Rückert, Friedrich
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Traum durch die Dämmerung; Op. 29, no. 1
    • Composer: Strauss, Richard
    • Author: Bierbaum, Otto Julius
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Meine liebe ist grün; Op. 63, no. 1
    • Composer: Brahms, Johannes
    • Author: Schumann, Felix
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Mörike-Lieder: Das verlassene Mägdlein
    • Composer: Wolf, Hugo
    • Author: Mörike, Eduard
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Mausfallen Sprüchlein
    • Composer: Wolf, Hugo
    • Author: Mörike, Eduard
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Sonata for Harpsichord; G Major (unidentified)
    • Composer: Scarlatti, Giuseppe Domenico
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Nocturne for Piano; Op. 72, no. 1; e minor
    • Composer: Chopin, Frédéric
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Capriccio for Piano; Op. 28, no. 6; f minor
    • Composer: Dohnányi, Ernő
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • To the children; Op. 26, no. 7
    • Composer: Rachmaninoff, Sergei
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • April
    • Composer: La Forge, Frank
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • The ash grove
    • Composer: Unknown: England
    • Arranger: Britten, Benjamin
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • An ocean idyll
    • Composer: Smith, Brooks
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
    • Composer: Bizet, Georges
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Carmen: Près des remparts de Séville
    • Composer: Bizet, Georges
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks
  • Carmen: Chanson bohème
    • Composer: Bizet, Georges
    • Mezzo-soprano: Stevens, Risë
    • Piano: Smith, Brooks