'JUNETEENTH Worldwide Concert' of Denyce Graves, Mezzo-Soprano, & Laura Ward, Pianist, Long Beach June 19

DENYCE GRAVES

Mezzo-Soprano

Laura Ward
Piano

PROGRAM

Ombra mai fu
From Semele
Iris Hence Away
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)

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Chanson Perpetuelle

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

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From Samson et Dalila
Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)

From Carmen
Habanera
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

INTERMISSION

From Adriana Lecouvrer
Acerba voluttà
Francesco Cilèa (1866-1950)

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Siete Canciones populares Espanolas
El Pano Moruno
Seguidilla Murciana
Asturiana
Jota
Nana
Cancion
Polo
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

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The Man I Love
Music by George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1896 – 1983)

Don’t Blame Me
Music by Jimmy McHugh (1894 – 1969)
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields (1905 – 1974)

Guess Who I Saw Today
Music by Murray Grand (1919 – 2007)
Lyrics by Elisse Boyd

From Babes in Arms
I Wish I Were in Love Again
Music by Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979)

Lyrics by Lorenz Hart (1895 – 1943)

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Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Give Me Jesus
Git on Board
Spiritual