No Surprises!

Open Concert Program

Soprano Ellen McAteer and pianist Roland Graham present an imaginative program of unexpected musical pairings, bringing together masterworks by Strauss, Ravel, Poulenc, and Orff with contemporary selections by Radiohead and Wainwright.

Ellen McAteer, soprano
Roland Graham, piano

Program

"Music for a while", from incidental music to Oedipus, Z 583, No. 2 (Henry Purcell; text: John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee)
"No Surprises" (Radiohead)
"Allerseelen," from Eight Poems from 'Letzte Blätter', Op. 10, No. 8 (Richard Strauss; text: Hermann von Gilm)
"Morgen!," from Four Songs, Op. 27, No. 4 (Richard Strauss; text: John Henry Mackay)
"In trutina," from Carmina Burana (Carl Orff; text: anonymous, pre-1230)
Song (Roland Graham; text: Langston Hughes)
Leaving for Paris No. 2 (Rufus Wainwright)
Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera (Maurice Ravel)
"Les chemins de l’amour" (Francis Poulenc; text: Jean Anouilh)
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" (Rufus Wainwright)