David Smith is a student of Sandra Piques Eddy.
Featuring performances by:
David Lee Smith, countertenor
Jessica Ryu, piano
Reuel Hon, piano
Emmalyne Parke, soprano
Tomer Nuriyev, piano
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SECOND STAGE: David Lee Smith, countertenor | Suddenly Seeking Inspiration | Graduating Student Project
Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 3:00 pm 4:00 pm
program
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
“Welcome, wanderer… I know a bank” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Nisi dominus, RV. 608
I. Nisi Dominus
II. Vanum est vobis
III. Surgite
IV. Cum dederit
V. Sicut sagittae
VI. Beatus vir
VII. Gloria patri
VIII. Sicut erat in principio
IX. Amen
Intermission
C.O. Crew Presentation (Various Works)
I. Jump Jim Crow (c. 1828); Thomas Dartmouth Rice (1808-1860)
II. Go Down Moses (unknown); Negro Spiritual
III. Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861); Julia Ward Howe, poet (1819-1910), tune (traditional)
IV. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1863); Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, aka Louis Lambert, words and music (1829-1892)
V. Lorena (1856); Rev. Henry D. L. Webster (1824-1896)
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Duets
I. Te deprecamur, unknown
II. Esurientes, from Magnificat
V. Auditui meo, from Psalm 50
VII. Beata cuius brachiis, unknown
Cabaret Collage
Je ne t’aime pas (1934); Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
I Don’t Care Much (1987 revival addition), from Cabaret (1966); John Kander (b. 1927)
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss/I Can’t Help It, from der Blaue Engel (1930); Friedrich Hollaender (1896-1976)
Je te veux (c. 1903); Erik Satie (1866-1925)
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