A Day at the Zoo
February 2, 2016
Melanie Henley Heyn, Soprano
Natalia Kawalek, Mezzo-soprano
Eszter Augusztinovicz, Violin
Raphael Handschuh, Viola
Chanda VanderHart, Piano
Christof Zellhofer, Cornet
Desiré DeVille, Burlesque
Bryan Benner, Zookeeper
Program
Robert Schumann
Maurice Ravel
Tom Cipullo
Der Handschuh, Op. 87 (Friedrich von Schiller)
from Hístoires naturelles (Jules Renard)
Le paon
Le grillon
from Late Summer (Stanley Kunitz)
Touch me
"How the Monkey Looked for Trouble”, ein Märchen aus Trinidad
adapted by Talespin (www.talespin.eu)
illustrations by Kyle Alkema
Erika Chun
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Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
The Hippopotamus
INTERVAL
William Bolcom
from Let Evening Come
Tis not that Dying hurts us so (Emily Dickenson)
Interlude
Let Evening Come (Jane Kenyon)
Camille Saint-Saëns
from Le carnival des animaux
Der Schwann
Maurice Ravel
from Hístoires naturelles
Le cygne
Le martin-pêcheur
La pintade
Bryan Benner
Ruei-Ran Wu
The Story of Ricki Ticki Tavi
"Zékéyé and the Little Tune", a tale from Camaroon
adapted by Talespin
illustrations by Nathalie Dieterlé