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Concert Program

Women 's Voices

presented by

THE MASTER SINGERS OF WORCESTER

Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director and Conductor
In collaboration with the
Worcester Women's History Project

Soloists  
Soprano: Maria Ferrante Tenor: Michael Calmès
Mezzo-Soprano: D'Anna Fortunate Baritone: Mark Aliapoulios
Pianists  
Olga Rogach Malcolm Halliday
Program
Right To Vote Gwyneth Walker
Nancy Hanks(1784-1818) Gail Kubik(1914-1984)
Abigail Adams (1744-1818) text byRosemary Carr Benét
Be Kind To Every Creature Mrs. E.A. Parkhurst
Father's a Drunkard and Mother is Dead  
The Peace Jubilee  
Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123 Mrs. H.H.A. Beach (1867-1944)
text by St. Francis of Assisi (A.D.1225)
Intermission
 
I'm a Poor Li'l Orphan In This Worl' Julia Perry (1924-1979)
Dry Bones Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Come Down Angels Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
  Soloist: D'Anna Fortunate
Lullabies (premiere performance) Linda Dusman
No Ordinary Woman! Gwyneth Walker
1. Bones, Be Good! text by Lucille Clifton
2. Turning Soloist: Maria Ferrante
3. Homage To My Hips  
4. Homage To My Hair  
5. The Thirty-Eighth Year  
This Train trad. American song
How Can I Keep From Singing? trad. Quaker hymn