Festival Music from England and Estonia
Mimi S. Daitz, conductor
John Lettieri, accompanist
Sunday, December 13, 2003, Christ Church, Riverdale, NY
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| Rejoice in the Lamb, Festival Cantata for chorus, soloists and organ poetry by Christopher Smart (1722-1771) Jackie Stevens, soprano; Nancy Quigley, alto; Colin McNamara, tenor; Isaac ben Ayala, bass; John Lettieri, organ |
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) |
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| Four songs from Winter Words, written for the Leeds Festival lyrics and ballads by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) Brenda Fitch Fairaday, soprano; John Lettieri, piano "At Day-close in November" "Midnight on the Great Western" "Wagtail and Baby" "Proud Sisters" |
Benjamin Britten |
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| Ten Songs for mixed chorus for the July 2004 Estonian United Song Festival | |
| "Koit" [Dawn] (Friedrich Kuhlbars) |
Mihkel Lüdig (1880-1958) |
| "Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" [My fatherland, my pride and joy], Estonian national anthem] (Johann Voldemar Jannsen) | Fredrik Pacius (1808-1891) |
| "Mu isamaa on minu arm" [My fatherland is my dearest], unofficial national anthem (Lydia Koidula) | Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993) |
| "Laul rõõmule" [Song to joy] (Schiller, translated by Juhan Kunder) | Aleksander Läte (1860-1948) |
| Sanctus, from Estonian Mass | Urmas Sisask (b.1960) |
| "Ta lendab mesipuu poole" [It flies to the beehive] (Juhan Liiv) | Peep Sarapik (1949-1994) |
| "Muusicale" [To music] (Byron, translated by Minni Nurme) | Gustav Ernesaks |
| "Tuljak" [The wedding polka] (Karl Ferdinand Karlson) | Miina Härma (1864-1941) |
| Extract from the cantata "Ilus mass" [Beautiful Land] (Hando Runnel) Rose Ann Kimmel, soprano | Rein Rannap (b.1953) |
| ""Kodumaa" [Homeland] (Mihkel Veske) The audience is invited to sing one stanza with us, at the end of the song. | Raimund Kull (1892-1942) |
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