Allison Brook, mezzo-soprano

Gioachino Rossini, “Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!” from L’italiana in Algeri 

Sergei Rachmaninoff, О, долго буду я, в молчаньи ночи тайной (“In the silence of the night”) from Six Romances, Op. 4

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Сон (“A dream”) from Six Romances, Op. 38, No. 5 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, selections from Six Romances, Op. 6 
     Отчего (“Why?”)  
     Нет, только тот, кто знал (“None but the lonely heart”)  

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Кукушка (“The Cuckoo”) from Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54, No. 8 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, selections from The Queen of Spades  
     Подруги милые! (“Polina’s Aria”)  
     Уж вечер (“It is evening”)  

Eric Whitacre, selections from Five Hebrew Love Songs  
     “Temuná” (A Picture)  
     “Kalá Kallá” (Light Bride)  
     “Rakút” (Tenderness)  

Jules Massenet, “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” (Oh, let my tears keep on flowing) from Werther 

Johannes Brahms, “Meine liebe ist grün” (My love is green) from Nine Songs, Op. 63, No. 5 

Johannes Brahms, selections from Four Songs, Op. 43 
     “Von ewiger Liebe” (Eternal Love)  
     “Die Mainacht” (May Night)  

Lee Hoiby, “Where the music comes from” from Eleven Songs for Middle Voice and Piano