Karen Mercedes, contralto

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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

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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