Karen Mercedes, contralto
UPCOMING
PERFORMANCES
Songs of Adam Krieger (1634-1666)
Karen Mercedes, contralto
Barbara Gholz, violin
Joyce Rizzolo, violin
Marta Howard, viola
Bob Huesmann, viola
Jan Timbers, cello
Sharon Ollison, harpsichord
Tuesday, 15 December 2009 - 12:00 p.m.
Dumbarton House
2715 Q Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Sponsored by Friday Morning Music Club
Classical Songs from the Movies
Patrick Doyle: In Pace (from Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet)
Jocelyn Pook: How Sweet the Moonlight (from The Merchant of Venice)
Wojciech Kilar: Vocalise (from The Ninth Gate)
Stephen Warbeck: Ricordo Ancor (from Captain Corelli's Mandolin)
Michael Nyman: Rochester's Farewell (from The Libertine)
Nigel Westlake: When You Taught Me How to Dance (from Miss Potter)
Karen Mercedes, contralto
Patrick O'Donnell, piano
Thursday, 15 April 2010 - 12:00 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre
1611 North Kent Street
Arlington, VA 22209
Sponsored by Friday Morning Music Club
Baroque Alto Cantatas with Flute and Continuo
- George Frideric Handel: Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132c
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Johann Adolf Hasse: Passa da pena in pena
Karen Mercedes, contralto
Heidi Schuller, flute
Jan Timbers, cello
Sharon Ollison, harpsichord
Tuesday, 20 April 2010 - 12:00 p.m.
Dumbarton House
2715 Q Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Sponsored by Friday Morning Music Club
Thomas Oboe Lee's Hancock Shaker Village
for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet
Karen Mercedes, contralto
Barbara Gholz, violin
Ramona Matthews, violin
Billie Anderton, viola
Brigitta Gruenther, cello
Friday, 4 June 2010 - 12:00 p.m.
Charles Sumner School
1201 17th Street, NW (@ M Street, NW)
Washington, DC 20036
Sponsored by Friday Morning Music Club
Letters from Operas
Letter arias and scenes from Macbeth, Werther, The Ballad of Baby Doe
Emmeline, Serse, Eugene Onegin, Chérubin, The Dangerous Liasons,
Gigantes y Cabezudos, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Le Nozze di Figaro, ...
Diana Vera, soprano
Elana Fox Lippa, soprano
Karen Mercedes, contralto
TBD, piano
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Classical Songs from Films
Songs composed for film scores 1989-2009
by Debbie Wiseman, Nigel Westlake, Michael Nyman, Osvaldo Golijov,
Joe Hishaishi, Stephen Warbeck, Javier Navarrete, Howard Shore,
Wojciech Kilar, Patrick Cassidy, James Horner, Danny Elfman,
Zbigniew Preisner, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Geoffrey Burgon, Patrick Doyle,
Howard Goodall, John WIlliams, Hans Zimmer, and Mark Isham
Lauren O'Neal, soprano
Karen Mercedes, contralto
TBD, piano
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