Reginald Bennett, Jr., bass-baritone

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Io ti lascio” -- Mr. Bennett
“Vado, ma dove” -- Ms. Norris
“Là ci darem la mano” -- Duet

 Three songs of Howard Swanson
“A Death Song”
“I will lie down in Autumn”
“The Negro speaks of Rivers”
Mr. Bennett

 From Susannah by Carlisle Floyd
“The trees on the mountains”
Ms. Norris

 From Porgy and Bess by George and Ira Gershwin
“Bess, you is my woman now” -- Duet
“I got plenty o’ nothin’” -- Mr. Bennett
“Summertime” -- Ms. Norris
“My man’s gone now” -- Ms. Norris

 INTERMISSION

 Mr. Bennett sings:
From Showboat by Jerome Kern
“Ol’ man river”  

Florence Price
“Song to the Dark Virgin”

Spirituals arranged by Harry T. Burleigh
“Deep river”
“Balm in Gilead”
“Were you there?”
“My Lord, what a morning”

 Sacred Songs of Duke Ellington
“The Lord’s Prayer”
“In the beginning”

Reginald Bennett Bio