Music of 20th Century Finno-Ugric Composers

Sunday, May 3, 1998
Riverdale Presbyterian Church, Bronx, NY

Four Slovak Folk Songs
John Lettieri, piano
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Five Songs, for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano*
Õhtul [In the Evening]
Kevadel [In the Spring]
Hällilaul [Lullaby]
Ei oma õnne peita [I Cannot Hide My Happiness]
Kalamehe mõrska [The Fisherman's Bride]
Donna Slawsky, mezzo-soprano
John Lettieri, piano
Mart Saar (1882-1963)
Dialektilisi aforisme [Dialectical Aphorisms]
Kahekõne [Dialogue]
Kuub [A Coat]
Keor [A Dog]
Üksik kaasik [A Lone Copse of Birches]
Kirves ja mets [An Ax and the Woods]
Idüll [An Idyll]
Mees pole pikem kübarast [No Man Stands Taller Than His Hat]
Kahekõne [Dialogue]
Veljo Tormis (b. 1930)
Two Unofficial National Anthems
Estonia: Mu isamaa on minu arm [My Fatherland is All My Joy]
Finland: Finlandia-Hymni (1948 version for mixed chorus)
Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Laevas lauldakse* [Singing Aboard Ship]
Donna Slawsky, mezzo-soprano solo
Veljo Tormis
Two Songs for Mixed Chorus
Min rastas raataa [Where the Thrush Toils]
Sydämeni laulu [Glade of Tuoni]
Jean Sibelius
Two Hymns for Mixed Chorus*
Busslied [Song of Repentance]
Liberi Dei [Children of God]
Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918)
Laudes organi [Praise of the Organ]
John Lettieri, organ
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)