Comedy Tonight!

Author

Diane Thueson Reich, Brigham Young University
Robert Brandt, Brigham Young University
Scott Holden, Brigham Young University

Files

Description

BYU Guest Faculty Artists perform several enthralling Art Songs, meant to be different than a typical song and capture attention. All three performers are successful individual performers that now teach at BYU.

Venue

Caine Performance Hall, USU

Pieces

Comedy Tonight! – Stephen Sondheim; "Pronta, io son!" – Gaetano Donizetti; La Diva de "l'Empire" – Eric Satie; Quelle aventure! – Francis Poulenc; "Ah! quel diner je viens de faire" – Jacques Offenbach; Embryons desséchés – Eric Satie; Der Tambour – Hugo Wolf; Storchenbotschaft – Hugo Wolf; Abscheid – Hugo Wolf; I'm Nobody – Lori Laitman; Amor – William Bolcom; Mrs. Noah's aria – Henry Mollicone; The Warthog – Donald Swan and Michael Flanders; The Armadillo – Donald Swan and Michael Flanders; The Spider – Donald Swan and Michael Flanders; The Sloth – Donald Swan; The Ostrich – Donald Swan and Michael Flanders; I'm Glad I'm Not a Tenor – Ben Moor; Content to Be Behind Me – Ben Moor; Dreaming – Lori Laitman

Performance Date

9-9-2017

Type

Faculty/Guest Recital

Keywords

Comedy Tonight, Art song, vocal performance, piano performance

Disciplines

Music

Recommended Citation

Reich, Diane Thueson; Brandt, Robert; and Holden, Scott, "Comedy Tonight!" (2017). All Music Department Programs. 121.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/121