| The St. Cecilia Singers Jeffrey Ward, conductor Cristiano Rizzotto, piano Jackie Traish, flute; Alaa Dahir, clarinet February 17, 2012, 7:30pm AJ Fletcher Recital Hall East Carolina University Greenville, NC - USA Scherzo for Spring Music: Robert Washburn (b. 1928) Text: Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, The cold doth sting and the pretty birds do sing- Towittawoo, Puhee, Jugjug, Cuckoo. The palm and the may make our country house gay, Lambs frisk and play, shepherds pipe all the day. We hear the birds tune this merry lay: Towittawoo, Puhee, Jugjug, Cuckoo. Fields breathing sweet, daisies kissing our feet, Young lover meet and old wives sunning sit. In ev'ry street these tunes our ears greet, Towittawoo, Puhee, Jugjug, Cuckoo. The sweet spring is here! --- Cristiano Rizzotto Vidal Pessôa (22), organist at the First United Methodist Church in Washington, NC, studies Sacred Music at East Carolina University (ECU). He worked as the organist of the Monastery of Saint Benedict of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until July 2011. www.facebook.com |
