S Joshua Sheppard, Bass-Baritone

Candidate for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts

From the studio of Anthony Dean Griffey

William Shi, Piano

Program:

Fahrt zum Hades by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Der Doppelgänger from Schwanengesang by d. 957 by Franz Schubert 

Erlkönig by Franz Schubert 

Vier Ernste Gesänge, op. 121 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh

2. Ich wandte mich und sahe an

3. O Tod, wie bitter, bist du

4. Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete

Intermissions

Silent Noon from The House of Life by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1956)

Death in Love from The House of Life by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Whither Must I Wander? from the Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams

I got me Flowers from the Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Call from the Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Danny Boy, traditional Irish melody with lyrics by Frederic E. Weatherly

This is My Father's World by Franklin L. Sheppard, arr. Paul S. Jones