Eastern European songs, with the Barnard music faculty
Campus Arts Event
Eastern European songs, with the Barnard music faculty
An evening of Eastern European songs featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and others, performed by Barnard music faculty.
FREE
St. Paul's Chapel
February 12, 2026 | 6:00 pm
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Program

Antonín Dvořák
Song to the Moon, from Rusalka
Traditional Bulgarian folk song and dance, “Lilijano Mome”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Iolanta, op. 69: Atchevo eta prezhde ne znala
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lilacs, op. 21, no. 5
Ihor Shamo
Spring Waters, op. 14, no. 11
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Three Songs
Antonín Dvořák
Když mne stará matka, op. 55, no. 4, from Gipsy Songs
Antonín Dvořák
Struna naladěna, op. 55, no. 5, from Gipsy Songs
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14
Modest Mussorgsky
Boris’s monologue and clock scene (from Boris Godunov)
Radosveta Hurkova
Variations on the song “Polegnala e Tudora”
Evgeny Tcheshmedjiev
Two Frescoes

Performers

Harolyn Blackwell
soprano
Coralie Gallet
soprano
Josephine Mongiardo
soprano
Jean-Paul Björlin
bass-baritone
Robert Osborne
bass-baritone
José García-León
piano
Mika Sasaki
piano
Anneliesa Trethewey
pianist
Liza Wu
piano
Gail Archer
organ

Location

St. Paul's Chapel

1160 Amsterdam Ave

New York, NY 10027

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