Hauser, Christopher

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Ithaca CollegeDigital Commons @ ICAll Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs11-4-2016Junior Recital: Christopher Hauser, baritoneChristopher HauserFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programsPart of the Music CommonsThis Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted forinclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC.Recommended CitationHauser, Christopher, "Junior Recital: Christopher Hauser, baritone" (2016). All Concert & Recital Programs. 2376.https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/2376Junior Recital:Christopher Hauser, baritoneRichard Montgomery, accompanistLeanne Contino, sopranoHockett Family Recital HallFriday, November 4th, 20167:00 pmProgramFinché lo strale George Frederic Handel(1685-1759)L'absent Charles-François Gounod(1818-1893)O ma belle rebelleVeniseDie Schöne Müllerin Franz Schubert(1797-1828)Wohin?Mein!PauseIntermissionFour Poems by Fredegond Shove Ralph Vaughan Williams(1872-1958)Motion and StillnessFour NightsThe New GhostThe Water MillRecitative and Duet: "E il Dottor non si vede ...Pronto io son"Gaetano Donizetti(1797-1848)from Don Pasquale, Act I Scene IVLeanne Contino, sopranoThis recital is in fulfillment of the degree B.M. Vocal Performance. ChristopherHauser is from the studio of Deborah Montgomery-Cove.TranslationsFinché lo straleFinché lo strale non giunge al Until the arrow reaches its   segno,    mark,pensier regale, no, non si sa. a king's thoughts, no one          knows.    Chi non discopre l'idee d'un He who does not know the   regno,      mind of a kingdom,   il corso all'opre, non troverá.  will not discover its course.L'absentO silence des nuits dont la Oh silence of the night whose   voi suele est douce,    voice alone is sweet,quand je n'ai plus sa voi. when I no longer hear hers.Mystérieux rayons, Mysterious rays,qui glissez sur la that glide across the moss in   mousse dans lombre de    the shade off her woods,   ses bois,   Dites-moi si ses yeux, Tell me if her eyes,à l'heure où tout sommeille, at the hour of sleep se rouvrent doucement.  open again gently. Et si ma bien-aimée, alors And if my beloved, as I stand   que moi je veille,      watch,   Se souvient de l'absent.  remembers the absent one.  Quand la lune est aux cieux, When the moon is in the sky,baignant de sa lumière les bathing with its light the   grand bois et l'azur;       great forests and the   blue-heaven;    Quand des cloches du When the church   soir qui tintent la prière,    bells toll the evening   prayer,   vibre l'écho si pur. awaken an echo so pure.Dites-mois si son ame, un Tell me if her soul, for a   instant recueille,      moment contemplative,   s'élève avec leur chant, is lifted with their song,Et si de leurs accords la and if with their strains the   paisible harmonie,      peaceful harmony,   Lui rapelle l'absent! reminds her of the absent   one!     O ma belle rebelleO ma belle rebelle! Las! que Oh my beautiful   tu m'es cruelle,    rebellious-one! Alas! how   cruel you are to me,Ou quand d'un doux souris Either when with a sweet   larron de mes esprits,      smile you steal my soul,Ou quand d'une parole, Or when with a word,   mignardètement molle,      seductively gentle,   Ou quand d'un regard d'yeux Or when with a glance of the   fièrement gracieux,      eyes, proudly graceful,    Ou quand d'un petit geste Or when with a little gesture   tout divin, tout céleste,      so divine, so heavenly,   En amoureuse ardeur tu into amorous passion you   plonges tout mon coeur!    plunge all my heart!   O ma belle rebelle! Las! que Oh my beautiful   tu m'es cruelle,      rebellious-one! Alas! how   cruel you are to me,   Quand la cuisante ardeur qui When the fiery ardor which   me brûlele coeur,      burns my heart,   Fait que jete demande a sa makes me ask of you on this   brûlure grande,      burning fire,   Un rafrraichissement d'un the refreshment of a single   baiser seulement,      kiss.   O ma belle rebelle! Las! que Oh my beautiful   tu m'es cruelle,      rebellious-one! Alas! how   cruel you are to me,   Quand d'un petit baiser tu ne When you do not appease   veux m'apaiser.      me with a little kiss.    Me puisséje un jour, dure, If I could one day, harsh one,   venger de ton injure;      be-avenged of your injury,Mon petit maître amour te My little master Cupid you   puisse outrer un jour,      could provoke,   Et pour moi langoureuse il te And make you languish for   fasse amoureuse,      being in love,   Comme il m'a langoureux As he has made me languish   pour toi fait amoureux.      for being in love with   you.   Alors par ma vengeance, tu Then, through my   auras connaissance,      vengeance, you would   know,   Quel mal fait du baiser un what harm it causes to   amant refuser.       refuse a lover a kiss.   VeniseDans Venise la rouge, pas un In the red Venice, not one   bateau qui bouge,    boat stirs,Pas un pecheur dans l'eau, not one fisherman on the   pas un fallot.      water, not one lantern.   La lune qui s'efface couvre The moon that passes which   son front qui passe,      covers her brow,   D'un nuage étoilé demi voilé! With a starry cloud,   half-veiled!   Tout se tait for les gardes All keeps silent, except the   aux longues hallebardes,      guards with their long   halberds,   Qui veillent aux créneaux Who keep watch on the   des arsenaux.       battlements of the   arsenals.    Ah! maintenant plus d'une Ah! Now more than one girl   attend au clair de lune,    awaits in the light of the   moon,   Quelque jeune muguet, Some young beauty, ear at   l'oreille au guet.      attention.   Sous la brise amoureuse la Beneath the amorous breeze,   Vanina rêveuse,      the dreamy Vanina,   Dans son berceau flottant Passes by in her floating   passe en chantant.      cradle, singing.   Tandis que pour la fête Whilst for the festivity   Narcissa qui s'aprête,      Narcissa readying herself,Met devant son miroir, le Puts on before her mirror,   masque noir.      the black mask.   Laisson la vieille horloge au Let us leave the old clock on   palais du vieux Doge,      the palace of the old   Doge,   Lui compter de ses nuit les For him to count during his   longs ennuis.      nights, the long hours of   boredom.   Sur sa mer nonchalante On her nonchalant sea,   Venise l'indolente,      indolent Venice,   Ni compte ni se jours ni ses Counts neither her days nor   amours.      her loves,   Car Venise est si belle qu'une For Venice is so beautiful   chaine sur elle,      that a chain on her,   Semble un collier jeté sur la Resembles a necklace across   beauté.       a beautiful woman.    Wohin?Ich hört' ein Bächlein I heard a little brook babbling   rauschen wohl aus dem    right out of the   Felsenquell,    rock-spring,Hinab zum Tale rauschen so Downward towards the valley   frisch und wunderhell.      rushing so freshly and   wonderously-clear.    Ich weiß nicht wie mir wurde, I know not how it became to   nicht wer den Rat mir    me, nor who advised me   gab,      to follow it,   Ich musste auch hinunter mit I must go down with my   meinem Wanderstab.      walking stick.   Hinunter und immer weiter Downward and further and   und immer dem Bache    always after the brook,      nach,   und immer frischer rauschte, And ever more freshly it   und immer heller der    babbled and ever more   Bach.      clear became the brook.Ist das denn meine Straße? O Is this then my road? Oh   Bächlein, sprich, wohin?      brooke, speak, to where?Du hast mit deinem You have with your babbling   Rauschen mir ganz    my senses completely   berauscht den Sinn.      intoxicated.   Was sag' ich denn vom What speak I of babbling?   Rauschen? Das kann kein    There can no babbling   Rauschen sein:      be:   Es singen wohl die Nixen tief There probably sing the   unten ihren Reihn.      nymphs deep down in   the Rhine.   Las singen, Gesell, laß Let sing, fellow, let bubble   rauschen, und wandre    and walk cheerfully on!      frölich nach!   Es gehn ja Mühlenräder in There certainly turn   jedem klaren Bach.       millwheels in every clear   brook.     Mein!Bächlein, lass dein Rauschen Little brook, stop your   sein, Räder, stellt euer    murmuring, wheels stop   Brausen ein!    your thundering!All ihr muntern Waldvögelein, All you merry woodland   groß und klein,      birds, large and small,   Endet eure Melodein! Stop your singing!Durch den hain aus und ein, Through the grove out and   schalle heut ein Reim    in, sing today one rhyme   allein:      only:   Die geliebte Müllerin ist The beloved miller's   mein!      daughter is mine!   Frühling, sind das alle deine Spring, are these all your   Blümelein? Sonne! Hast du    flowers? Sun! Can you   keinen hellern Schein?      not shine any brighter?   Ach, so muss ich ganz allein Ah, so must I be all alone   mit dem seligen worte    with the blissful word   mein,      Mine,   Unverstanden in der weiten Not understood in all of   Schöpfung sein!       creation be!    PauseMeine Laute hab ich gehängt My lute I have hung upon the   an die Wand,    wall,hab' sie um schlungen mit I have it wound about with a   einem grünen Band.      green ribbon.   Ich kann nicht mehr singen, I can no longer sing, my   mein Herz ist zu voll,      heart is too full.   Weis nicht, wie ich's in Reime I know not, how to force it   zwingen soll.      into rhyme.   Meiner Sehnsucht Of my yearnings most   allerheißesten Schmerz    passionate pain was I   durft' ich aushauchen in    allowed to breath out in   Liederscherz,      light songs,   Und wie ich klagte so süß And when I lamented so   und fein,      sweetly and tenderly,   glaubt' ich doch, mein Leiden I believed that my sorrows   wär' nicht klein.      were not so small.   Ei, wie groß ist wohl meines Ah, how great is my joy's   Glückes Last      burden,   Daß kein Klang auf Erden es That no sound on Earth can   in sich fast?      contain it?   Nun, liebe Laute, ruh' an dem Now, dear lute, rest on the   Nagel hier!      nail here!   Und weht ein Lüftchen über And if a little breeze brushes   die Saiten dir,      over your strings,   Und streift eine Biene mit And a bee brushes with its   ihren flügeln dich,      wings over you,    Da wird mir so bange, und es Then I become so anxious,   durchschauert mich.      and it shudders over me.Warum ließ ich das Band Why did I let the ribbon also   auch hängen so lang?      hang so long?   Oft fliegt's um die Saiten mit Often it flies about with a   seufzendem Klang.      sighing sound.   Ist es der Nachklang meiner Is it the echo of my love's   Liebespein?      pain?   Soll es das Vorspiel neuer Shall it prelude the new   Liedersein?       songs?    Recitative and Duet: E il Dottor non si vede ...Pronto io sonMalatesta: Buone nuove, Malatesta: Good news,   Norina! Il nostro    Norina! Our strategy...   stratagemma...Norina: Mene lavo le mani. Norina: I wash my hands.M: Come? Che fu? M: How? But why?N: Leggete. N: Just read this!M: "Mia Norina, vi scrivo colla M: "My Norina, I write to you   morte nel cuore." (Lo    with a broken heart."   farem vivo...) "Don    (That can be mended...)   Pasquale, aggirato da quel    "Don Pasquale, encouraged   furfante" (Grazie...) "da    by that rascal," (Thank   quella faccia doppia del    you...) "that two faced   Dottore, sposa una sorella,    doctor, is going to marry   mi scaccia di sua casa,    Malatesta's own sister. He   mi disereda infine.       has ordered me out of   his house and disinherited   me.   M: Amor m'impone di M: My love for you tells me I   rinunziare a voi; lascio    must give you up. I   Roma oggi stesso, e    leave Rome today. Very   quanto prima l'Europa.    soon I shall leave Europe.   Addio: siate felice, questo    Goodbye: Be Happy. That   è l'ardente mio voto. Il    is my wish for you.   vostro Ernesto..." Le solite    Yours, Ernesto." The usual   pazzie!      follies!   N: Ma s'egli parte! N: He will part from me!M: Non partirà, v'acerto. In M: He will not part, believe   quatro salti son da lui,    me. In four jumps to see   della nostra trama lo    him, I put aside our plot   metto a parte, ed ei    and he remains with a   rimane, e con tanto di    full heart!      cor!   N: Ma questa trama si può N: But this plot, can I know   saper qual sia?      it?   M: A punire il nipote, che M: To punish his nephew for   opponsiale sue voglie, Don    opposing his wishes, Don   Pasquale ha deciso    Pasquale has decided to   prender moglie.      take a wife.   N: Già mel diceste. N: You already told me.M: Orben, io suo dottore, M: Well, I, his doctor,   vistolo cosi fermonel    knowing of what he has   proposto, cambio tattica, e    proposed, change tactics,   tosto, nell'interesse vostro    and soon the interest in   e in quel d'Ernesto mi    that of Ernesto, I will   pongo a secondarlo. Don    second him. Don Pasquale   Pasquale sach'io tengo al    knows I have a convent   conventouna sorella, vi fo    sister. You pass that part,   passar per quella, egli    he does not know you, I   non vi conosce, e vi    present you, and you will   presento pria ch'altri mi    prevail. You'll see, the   prevenga. Vi vede, resta    rest is easy.      cotto.   N: Va benissimo. N: That's great.M: Caldo, caldo vi sposa. M: You marry. Carlotto, my   Carlotto mio cugino ci    cousin, will make note...   fará da nottaro... al resto    then the rest is up to   poi tocca a pensare a    you to. You despair... the   voi. Lo fate disperar... il    old man goes crazy, we   vechio impazza, lo    have the discretion... and   abbiamo discrezione... al    then...      lor!   N: Basta, ho capito. N: Ah, I just realized.M: Va benone. M: It is perfect.N: Pronto io son, purch' io N: Ready I am, but do not   non manchi, all'a mor, del    mistake, my love, of my   caro bene. Farò imbrogli,    good. I will cheat, I will   farò scene. So ben io    play. I know well how to.   quel ch'ho da far.   M: Voi sapete se d'Ernesto, M: You know of Ernesto, I am   sono amico, e bengli    his friend, and you are   voglio. Solotende il nostro    his lover. Only with our   im broglio Don Pasquale    cheating, Don Pasquale,   a cor bellar.      we will decieve.   N: Siamo intesi, prendo im N: We are understood, we   pegno.      each take part.   M: Io la parte ora v'insegno. M: I now will teach you the   part.   N: Mi volete fiera? N:  Should I be haughty?M: No. M: No.N: Mi volete mesta? N: Should I be naughty?M: No, no. La parte non e M: No, no. That is not the   questa.      part.   N: Ho da piangere? N: Should I cry?M: No, no, no, no. M: No, no, no, no.N: Ogridare? Mesta? Fiera? N: Or shout? Be naughty?   Nè pianger, nè gridar?      Haughty? Nor weep? Nor   cry?   M: No la parte non è questa; M: No that is not the part,   state un poco ad    will you listen a little!      ascoltar.   M: Convien far la M: You must be simple.   semplicetta.   N: La semplicetta? La N: Simple? Be simple?   semplicetta?   M: Or la parte ecco M: Or the part I will show   v'insegno.      you.   N: Posso in questo dar N: I do without lessons.   lezione.   M: Collo toro, bocca stretta. M: Twisted neck, mouth   narrow.   N: Or proviam quest' altra N: Or this other action.   azione.   M: Or proviam quest' altra M: Or this other action!   azione!   N: Mi vergogno... N: I'm ashamed...M: Brava! Brava! Brava! M: Brava! Brava! Brava!N: Son zitella... N: I am a trickster...M: Brava, brava, M: Brava, brava, rascal! That   brinconcella! Va benissimo    is great!       cosi, brava!   N: Grazie, serva! N: Thank you, thank you!M: Collo torto, torto. M: Neck twisted, twisted.N: Cosi? N: Like this?M: Brava! Bocca stretta, M: Bravo! Mouth narrow,   stretta.      narrow.   N: Cosi? N: Like this?M: Ah, Brava! M: Ah, brava!N: Vado, corro. Si vado corro, N: I go, I run. I go running to   al gran cimento.      the great ordeal!   M: Si corriamo, al gran M: I go running, to the great   cimento.      ordeal.   N: Pieno ho il core N: Full is my heart of   d'ardimento.      courage.   M: Ah! Si corriamo, si M: Ah! I go running, running   corriamo al grancimento    to the great ordeal with   pieno ho il core    a heart full of courage.   d'ardimento. La saetta fra    The thunderbolt bursts   non molto sentiremo ad    long before it is heard.      iscopiar.   M&N: A quel vecchio M&N: The old man's   affè la testa questa volta    head will whirl this time.   ha da girar.   N: M'incomincio avendicar. N: I begin to avenge!M: La saetta sentiremo ad M: The thunderbolt bursts   iscopiar.      long before it is heard. N: Serva, grazie, signor si! N: Thank you, thank you, sir!M: Brava, va benissimo cosi. M: Brava, it is great like that.N: La sa prò, la vo' spuntar, N: And now, it is time to   la vo' spuntar!      begin!   M: Ah, la saetta sentirem. M: Ah, the thunderbolt we   Sentirem ad iscopiar!      feel. The thunderbolt we   feel before it bursts!    

Junior Recital: Christopher Hauser, baritone

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