Recent graduates and students of the uOttawa School of Music voice department are on showcase with this noon hour recital. Weaving together stories of underrepresented voices in the traditional canon, this performance is also part of Chamberfest’s ChamberPride series. Don’t miss the world premiere of p. lukic’s Sappho at the coffeeshop, a piece about young love and relationships with lush harmony and captivating storytelling.

Chamberfest’s City Series has been bringing live music to Ottawa’s City Hall (and beyond) for a decade. This year’s Spring lineup features emerging artists and local favourites from the Ottawa Children’s Choir (ahead of their Western Canada tour) to flute virtuoso Gertrude Letourneau to our Steinway young artists to the world premiere of a new work by p. lukic. Join us for these noon hour recitals on Tuesdays for FREE!

• UOttawa Vocal Students and Alumnivoice
• Jenna Richardspiano
• Gabriela Comeau Gortmezzo-soprano
• Philip Lukicbass-baritone
• Neha Natarajansoprano
• Lauren Reisigsoprano

Programme:

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
Si vous n’avez rien a me dire
Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
Must the winter come so soon, from Vanessa
Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)
Somewhere, from West Side Story
—
Gabriela Comeau mezzo soprano

Ben Moore (b. 1960)
from Love Remained
Hold On (Based on a speech by Joel Burns)
Uncle Ronnie (Based on a letter of Randy Robert Potts to his Uncle Ronnie)
Loved Remained (Poem by Michael Kelly)
—
Philip Lukic bass-baritone

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)
Seascape, from On this Island
Eva Dell’Acqua (1856 – 1930)
Villanelle

—
Neha Natajaran soprano

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
So Anch’io la virtù magica from Don Pasquale
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Je Veux Vivre from Roméo et Juliette
—
Lauren Reisig soprano

p. lukic
Sappho at the coffeeshop**
i. hello (something very strange happened)
ii. recitative (sleepless night)
iii. i wonder how she likes her toast
iv. conversation with mother
v. dear mother
—
Gabriela Comeau, Neha Natajaran and Jenna Richards
** World Premiere