The London Telegraph said of Ms. Birsan, “…she sang with radiant delicacy.” The American soprano has shared her engaging skills with many of the world’s finest opera houses and orchestras, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Welsh National Opera, the Edinburgh Festival and the Boston Lyric Opera.

This concert is sponsored by Daniel Yip and Teresa Rodriguez-Yip

GEORGE FRIDERICH HANDEL | Judas Maccabaeus – Overture

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH | BWV 1067 Orchestral Suite No. 2

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Fantasia on Greensleeves

– INTERMISSION –

GUSTAV MAHLER | Songs of a Wayfarer for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
I. When my Sweetheart is Married
II. I Went This Morning over the Field
III. I Have a Gleaming Knife
IV. The Two Blue Eyes of my Beloved

LUDWIG Von BEETHOVEN | “Ah! Perfido” Scena and Aria for Soprano

SAMF CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I: Nigel Armstrong, Gabriela Peña, Piotr Szewczyk, Ingan Han, Scott Jackson
VIOLIN II: Aurica Duca, Clinton Dewing, Ann Hertler, Tania Aniela Moldovan
VIOLA: Jorge Peña, Mario Rivera, Ellen Olson
CELLO: Jin Kim-Peña, Besty Federman, Brian Magnus
BASS: Paul Strasshofer
FLUTE: Les Roettges
OBOE: Eric Olson
CLARINET: Patrick Graham, Giovanni Bertoni
BASSOON: Conrad Cornelison, Stephanie Magnus
HORN: Mary Beth Orr, Sean Morgan
PIANO: Yukino Miyake
HARMONIUM/ORGAN: David McIntyre
PERCUSSION: Joel Panian