O l g a B y k h o v s k y mezzo–soprano

Born in Moscow as a musically gifted child; study of piano at the Gnessin Music School, continued at the Myaskovsky Music School for piano, voice, and organ. Began voice lessons at the age of 16 with Galina Kuznetsova, principal voice teacher of the New Opera Theater in Moscow. Study of Applied Linguistics at Moscow University and at Columbia University.Opera at the New England Conservatory, vocal study with Normma Giustiani and coached repertoire with William Merrill and Jeffrey Stevens. Performed at the Roman Music Festival and as soloist with the prize-winning children's choir EDERA of Rome. Recitals around Boston, in collaboration with BSO Violist Michael Zaretsky and and pianist Yakov Yakoulov. In 2007 sang the premiere of Yakoulov’s composition of Hildegard Von Bingen’s chants, which he dedicated to her.

M i c h a e l Z a r e t s k y viola

Graduated Moscow State Conservatory cum laude. Moscow Philharmonic String Quartet, Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra. Principal viola,Jerusalem Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra; soloist, Radio Israel. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Solo recitals and chamber music. Faculty member, Boston University and Longy School of Music. Regularly performances in the US and abroad. Numerous recordings with favorable reviews including Russian music for viola and piano, music of the Bachs, Brahms and Schumann, and Hindemith. Besides the traditional viola repertoire, Mr. Zaretsky performs an extensive repertoire of new music including works of Jakov Jakoulov and John Williams.

W i l l i a m M e r r i l l pianist

One of Boston's highly respected collaborative pianists/coaches. His professional affiliations include the Boston Lyric Opera, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Goldovsky Opera Institute, and the New England Conservatory Opera Department. The Boston Globe has praised his playing as “supportive, elegant, and apparently effortless”.

N o r m m a G i u s t i a n i soprano

Soprano and music educator, founded the non–profit Roman Music Festival in 1997.Masters of Music, Boston University; Artist Diploma (Voice), New England Conservatory; Fulbright Award (Italy); Rockefeller Grant (Germany) Performed extensively throughout Germany, Italy and the United States, including performances at Maggio Musicale in Florence, San Carlo Opera in Naples and with the Boston Lyric Opera.Operatic debut at the Teatro Eliseo in the first production of Cosi fan tutte staged in Rome; leading soprano, Stadtische Bühne, Freiburg; major roles in La Boheme, Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Othello, Faust, Orfeo, and many others.Currently divides her time between performing and teaching in Europe and the United States.  And she has trained the award-winning Roman Children’s Choir.

B o s t o n C o l l e g eDepartment of Slavic & Eastern Languages & LiteraturesКафедра славяноведения и востоковедения

The Greater Boston Festival of Orthodox Music The Roman Music Festival

« A m u s i c a l b o u q u e t f o r M o t h e r s ’ D a y »

 

Normma Giustiani soprano Olga Bykhovsky mezzo–soprano

Michael Zaretsky viola William Merrill pianoSunday, 13 May 2012

3.00 pm Boston College, Gasson Hall 100(Chestnut Hill middle campus)

DUET «O sanctissima» (arr Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770–1827)after a Sicilian melody

Ms BYKHOVSKY «Vergin, tutto amor» (Francesco Durante, 1684–1755)

DUET «Ave verum corpus» (W.A. Mozart 1756–1791, K.618, arr H. Gerl)

Ms BYKHOVSKY «Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala» (Antonín Dvořák, 1841-1904)(Als die alte Mutter / Songs my mother taught me) from Cigánské melodie / Zigeunermelodien op 55.4 (1880)

Ms BYKHOVSKY «Wiegenlied» (Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 Op.49.4) (Guten Abend, gut’ Nacht / Lullaby and good night)

Ms BYKHOVSKY, MR ZARETSKY Zwei Gesänge / Two songs for alto and viola (Johannes Brahms, Op.91)—«Gestillte Sehnsucht» (In goldenen Abendschein getauchet / Stilled longing)—«Geistliches Wiegenlied » (Die ihr schwebet / Sacred lullaby)

Ms BYKHOVSKY «Giusto ciel, in tal periglio» (Gioachino Rossini, 1792–1868) from Maometto II

Ms BYKHOVSKY (with Matthew Shifrin)«Where the dreamy Volga flows» (Irving Berlin, 1888–1989) Russian lullaby (1927)

Ms BYKHOVSKY (Abraham Goldfaden, 1840–1908) ָרזינקעס מיט מאנדלען(Rozinkes mit mandlen / Raisins and Almonds — Yiddish lullaby)from Shulamisin (1880)

Ms BYKHOVSKY (with Matthew Shifrin)«То не ветер ветку клонит» (Aleksandr Egorovič Varlamov, 1801-1848) (To ne veter vetku klonit / That isn’t the wind bending the branch)

Ms BYKHOVSKY Two Russian folksongs —«Зачем тебя я, милый мой, узнала» (Začem tebja ja, milyj moj, uznala / Why did I ever meet you, my dear)—«Метелица» (Metelica / The snowstorm)

Ms BYKHOVSKY «Туча со громом сговаривалась» (Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov, 1844–1908) (Tuča so gromom sgovorilas’ / Storm cloud and thunder were conspiring) Lel’’s third song from Sneguročka (The Snow Maiden) (1881)

Ms GIUSTIANI «With a song in my heart» (Richard Rodgers, 1902–1979; Lorenz Hart, 1895–1943) from Spring is here (1929)

Ms GIUSTIANI «When I grow too old to dream» (Sigmund Romberg, 1887–1961; Oscar Hammerstein II, 1895–1960)popular song (1934)

FINALE: «You raise me up» (Rolf Løvland / Brendan Graham, 2002) from Once in a red moon (Secret Garden, Brian Kennedy)