Sag Harbor Song Festival 2024
The third Sag Harbor Song Festival in late September 2024, again presented in collaboration with The Church in Sag Harbor, continued to build on the success of the first two festivals and was a resounding triumph. The vision of Lena Kaplan, the Festival presented six rising stars of immense talent. The music chosen spanned over 30 composers over four centuries, covering a musical panorama of operatic repertory, musical theatre, songs and lieder. The 2024 Festival was led by Artistic Director Brad Woolbright and Music Director Robert Tweten, who also accompanied the extraordinary roster at the piano.
Click the arrow below to enjoy some highlights of the 2024 Festival:
Musical Program
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Ah! lève-toi soleil! (from Roméo et Juliette) | Gounod
— Duke Kim, tenor
Sorge infausta (from Orlando) | Handel
— William Guanbo Su, bass
Deh vieni, non tardar (from Le nozze di Figaro) | Mozart
— Erika Baikoff, soprano
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée | Ravel
I. Chanson romanesque
II. Chanson épique
III. Chanson à boire— Justin Austin, baritone
Romani Songs, Op. 55 | Dvořák
I. My song of love rings through the dusk
II. Hey, ring out, my triangle
III. All round about the woods are still
IV. Songs my mother taught me
V. Come and join the dancing
VI. Wide the sleeves and trousers
VII. Give a hawk a fine cage— Sarah Mesko, mezzo-soprano
Nedda! Silvio! (from I Pagliacci) | Ruggiero Leoncavallo
— Lydia Grindatto, soprano & Justin Austin
Cruda sorte (from L’Italiana in Algeri) | Rossini
— Sarah Mesko
Let us garlands bring | Gerald Finzi
I. Come Away, Come Away Death
II. Who is Silvia?
III. Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun
IV. O Mistress Mine
V. It Was a Lover and his Lass— William Guanbo Su
Silver Aria (from The Ballad of Baby Doe) | Douglas Moore
— Erika Baikoff
Romanze
I. Ideale | Tosti
II. L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra | Tosti
III. Mattinata | Leoncavallo— Duke Kim
Czárdás (from Die Fledermaus) | Johann Strauss
— Lydia Grindatto
Esulti pur la barbara (from L’elisir d’amore) | Donizetti
— Erika Baikoff & Duke Kim
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La calunnia (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia) | Rossini
— William Guanbo Su, bass
Aure, deh, per pietà (from Giulio Cesare) | Handel
— Sarah Mesko, mezzo-soprano
Six Romances, Op. 38 | Rachmaninoff
I. In my garden at night
II. To her
III. Daisies
IV. The pied Piper
V. Dreams
VI. A-Oo (The Quest)— Erika Baikoff, soprano
Chansons de Don Quichotte | Jacques Ibert
I. Chanson du Départ
II. Chanson à Dulcinée
III. Chanson du Duc
IV. Chanson de la Mort— William Guanbo Su
Ah! fors’ è lui… Sempre libera (from La Traviata) | Verdi
— Lydia Grindatto, soprano & Duke Kim, tenor
Mortal Storm, Op. 29 | Robert Owens
I. House in Taos
II. Little Song
III. Jaime
IV. Faithful One
V. Genius Child— Justin Austin, baritone
Poema en forma de canciones | Joaquín Turina
I. Cantares
II. Los dos miedos
III. Las locas por amor— Lydia Grindatto
The Tale of the Oyster (from Fifty Million Frenchmen) | Cole Porter
— Sarah Mesko
Mack the Knife (from The Threepenny Opera) | Kurt Weill
— Justin Austin
“Mario Lanza Songs”
I. Come Prima | Di Paola & Panzer
II. Because You’re Mine | Brodszky & Cahn
III. Be My Love | | Brodszky & Cahn— Duke Kim
I Have Dreamed (from The King and I) | Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. Fred Wells
— Erika Baikoff, Lydia Grindatto, Sarah Mesko, Duke Kim, Justin Austin & William Guanbo Su
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I Could Have Danced all Night (from My Fair Lady) | Lerner & Loewe
— Lydia Grindatto, soprano
Largo al factotum (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia) | Rossini
— Justin Austin, baritone
Habañera (from Carmen) | Bizet
— Sarah Mesko, mezzo-soprano
The Trees on the Mountain (from Susannah) | Carlisle Floyd
— Erika Baikoff, soprano
Father’s Prairie, Mother’s River | Urantugar & Tzi
— William Guanbo Su, bass
Without a Song | Vincent Youmans
— Duke Kim, tenor
Abendsegen (from Hansel & Gretel) | Engelbert Humperdinck
— Erika Baikoff & Sarah Mesko
Musica proibita | Stanislao Gastaldon
— William Guanbo Su
Song to the Moon (from Rusalka)| Dvořák
— Lydia Grindatto
Au fond du temple Saint (from Les pêcheurs de perles) | Puccini
— Duke Kim & Justin Austin
Make Believe (from Showboat) | Jerome Kern
— Sarah Mesko & William Guanbo Su
And This Is My Beloved (from Kismet) | Alexander Borodin, arr. Wright and Forrest
— Lydia Grindatto
If I Were a Bell (from Guys and Dolls) | Frank Loesser
— Erika Baikoff
Maria (from West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein
— Duke Kim
I Wish it So (from Juno) | Marc Blitzstein
— Erika Baikoff
My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms) | Rodgers & Hart
— Sarah Mesko
Soliloquy (from Carousel) | Rodgers & Hammerstein
— Justin Austin
Climb Every Mountain (from The Sound of Music) | Rodgers & Hammerstein
— Lydia Grindatto
Nessun dorma (from Turandot) | Puccini
— Duke Kim
O sole mio | Eduardo di Capua
— Erika Baikoff, Lydia Grindatto, Sarah Mesko, Duke Kim, Justin Austin & William Guanbo Su
