Senior Recital: Willow Song

Senior Recital
featuring Catherine Garner on piano
December 2, 2006 at ECU Fletcher Recital Hall

from The Ballad of Baby Doe
by Douglas Moore

Lyrics:

Willow, where we met together.
Willow, when our love was new.
Willow, if he once should be returning,
Pray tell him I am weeping too.

So far from each other,
While the days pass in their emptiness away.
Oh, my love, must it be forever.
Never once again to meet as on that day?
To never rediscover the way of telling,
The way of knowing all our hearts would say?

Gone are the ways of pleasure.
Gone are the friends I had of yore.
Only the recollection fatal of the word
That was spoken "nevermore."

Oh, Willow, where we met together.
Willow, when our love was new.
Willow, if he once should be returning,
Pray tell him I am weeping too.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• vocal
• coloratura
• soprano
• Sarah
• Davis
• opera
• willow
• song
• aria

[SCVoice]

Not a bad voice, but incredibly bad rhythm. You miscounted almost every other measure in the first section. Either the pianist is great at covering up your mistakes or she miscounts as badly as you do. You have to do your homework before you put something like this aria on a recital program.

[sergioalpert66]

Great job Sarah. I enjoyed every second of it. You're voice is so special.

[cpguerra]

She sounds like Glynda, the good witch. Terrible tempi. Breathing is very bad. Too bad, one of my most favorite arias.

[usenetposts]

I liked this one better than the other one I commented on.