Fourth Coast Ensemble

Saturday, May 21, 4:00 pm CST

Nevermore Chamber Music Festival

Fourth Coast Ensemble is a classical vocal quartet specializing in the unique style and repertoire of vocal chamber music. Celebrated for “doing everything an organization can to sustain the viability of art song in Chicago” (Vocal Arts Chicago), Fourth Coast Ensemble embraces a repertoire that spans the history of the genre, from Schubert and Brahms to composers of the present day, including Lita Grier, Andrea Clearfield, and Lori Laitman.

This concert will feature tenor Ace Gangoso, baritone David Govertsen, and pianist Yasuko Oura in a program of classics to moderns, spanning European and American favorites to lesser-known gems.

PROGRAM:

Jake Heggie – Selections from Here and Gone The farms of home: The half moon westers low

Robert Schumann – Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär
Franz Schubert – Ständchen
Franz Schubert – An die Musik
Robert Schumann – Herbstlied

Stacy Garrop – Meditation for the inner storm

Miriam Gideon – She Weeps Over Rahoon
Cecil Cohen – Death of an old Seaman
Gwyneth Walker – Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Florence Price – Travel’s end
Simon Lucy – Lily’s Eyes

Richard Strauss – Morgen
Robert Schumann – Und schlaefst du
Robert Schumann – 3. Schön Blümlein
Stacy Garrop – Smile, o voluptuous cool-breathed earth

Mike Velarde – Dahil Sa Iyo
Amy Beach – The Year’s at the Spring

Kurt Weill – Berlin im Licht