5:45 pm - Sunday, September 21, 2003

Dorothea Kelley Recital Hall
4808 Drexel Drive
Dallas, TX

Erik Werner and Heejung Kang

Lieder, Arias and Songs by
Wagner, Schumann, Hoiby, Mozart, and Kletzki

Program

Richard Wagner - from Tannhauser

• Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise

Robert Schumann - Four Songs by J. Kerner from Liederkreis, op. 35

• 2. Stirb Lieb un Freund

• 5. Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend

• 7. Wanderung

• 10. Stille Traenen

Lee Hoiby - Three Songs from "I was There - Five Poems of Walt Whitman"

• 1. Beginning my Studies

• 4. O Captain! My Captain!

• 2. A Clear Midnight

Richard Wagner - from Tannhauser:

• Lied an den Abendstern

W.A. Mozart - from Don Giovanni, KV 527

• Cavatine: Deh, vieni alla finestra

Maurice Ravel - Don Quichotte a Dulcinee: Trois Poems de Paul Morand (1934)

1. Chanson Romanesque

2. Chanson epique

3. Chanson a boire

W.A. Mozart - from Don Giovanni, KV 527

• Fin ch'han dal vino

Josef Knettel

• Junggesellenlied (Loens?)

• Liebeslied (Rilke)

• Stille Fahrt (Bergmann)

Paul Kletzki

• Requiem (Meyer) op. 6

• Nebel (Lenau) op. 2

• Bitte (Lenau) op 2

Digital Photo Essay by Ed Flaspoehler
(Click on images for Enlarged View)

Erik Nelson Werner completed his Abitur in Wiesbaden, Germany, and studied voice in Berlin. He won the Geneva International Music Competition in 2001 and was invited to sing at the Bayerischer Staatsoper. He won prizes from Wigmore Hall International Song Competition in London, the Brahms Competition in Graz, Austria, and the Schwerin International Song Competition. He sang at the Ravinia Music Festival's Stearns Institute in August 2002.

Heejung Kang was born in Seoul, Korea, and studied at the Seoul Music and Art High School for musically gifted teenagers. She won highest honors from the College of Music, Ewha Woman's University, in Seoul. Later, from this university, she earned her Masters Degree in piano. Currently, she is completing her degree in piano performance at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. She has also studied at the City University of New York and the Mannes College of Music.

Sponsors

Ann Bell, Hazel and Bill Hendrix, Sheila Jones Harms, Bruce Jaster, Dr. & Mrs. J.B. Kerbow, Dr. & Mrs. Jerold Lancourt, Gaston Maurin & Kyle Kerr.

One of the Wagner Society’s main purposes is to help financially young and deserving singers in advancing their careers.

This is a Benefit Recital to help Mr. Werner further his wonderfully promising career. Suggested donation is $25, but smaller -- and especially -- LARGER gifts would all be appreciated.

If you would like to sponsor this program and have your name listed in the program, send $50 -- OR MORE.

All proceeds go to Mr. Werner, winner of the Dallas Opera Career Development Grant for singers, the McCammon Award, and the Richard Tucker Award.

Light Refreshments Were Served