DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS |
IAN RUCKER, BARITONE
MICHAEL BANWARTH, PIANO

PROGRAM:

Gabriel Fauré - Poème d’un jour, Op. 21

Gustav Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

         Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (When my sweetheart is married)

                                                  Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld (I went this morning over the field)

                                                                     Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer (I have a gleaming knife)

Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz (The two blue eyes of my beloved)

Frank Loesser - Joey, Joey, Joey from The Most Happy Fella

Leonard Bernstein - Lonely Town from On the Town

Richard Rodgers - Soliloquy from Carousel

Classical Music Chicago presents the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. The free weekly concert series features extraordinary music by artists who are early in their careers. Enjoy classical concerts in-person at the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, located at 55 E. Wacker. Face masks are optional. You may also view from the comfort of your own home.

Join Classical Music Chicago in person or online on June 26 at 12:15 pm for Ian Rucker, baritone and pianist Michael Banwarth in music by Gabriel Fauré, Gustav Mahler, Frank Loesser, Leonard Bernstein and Richard Rodgers. Our live concert can also be viewed from our website and 98.7 WFMT.