"Gracias Señor" ("Thank You, Lord"), a sacred song of thanksgiving by Cuban composer, Mercy Ferrer. 
Piano collaborator: Nana Morimoto
Recorded: 12/8/2020

Gracias Señor- M. Ferrer

Soprano aria from Mozart's "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore" in the solo version without choir.
Recorded live 6-4-2023 in Tequesta, FL.
Piano collaborator: Darren Matias
"Laudate Dominum" is Psalm 117 in Latin. The lyrics are as follows:
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord. Amen.

Laudate Dominum- W. A. Mozart

"La Promessa" ("The Promise"), an Italian song by composer Gioachino Rossini which is the eighth of his Soirées musicales (Musical Evenings) collection.  
Piano collaborator: Darren Matias
Recorded live in Tequesta, FL: 6/4/2023
Lyrics:
That I could ever cease to love you,
do not believe it, dear eyes!
Not even as a joke will I deceive you, no.
You alone are my flame,
and you will be dear eyes,
my beautiful flame as long as I shall live.

La Promessa- G. Rossini

Samuel Liddle's "How Lovely are Thy Dwellings", with lyrics taken from Psalm 84:1-3, 8,10. 
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.

How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings- S. Liddle

Handel's "Come Unto Him", from the oratorio, "Messiah". Lyrics taken from the Book of Matthew 11:28 of the Holy Bible.
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.

Come Unto Him- G. F. Handel

Dvořák's  Biblical Song No. 2 "Lord, Thou Art My Refuge", with lyrics from Psalm 119:114-117, 119, 120 of the Holy Bible.
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.

Biblical Song No. 2- Lord, Thou Art My Refuge- A. Dvořák

Dvořák's  Biblical Song No. 4 "God is My Shepherd", with lyrics from Psalm 23:1-4 of the Holy Bible.
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.

Biblical Song No. 4- God Is My Shepherd- A. Dvořák

Dvořák's  Biblical Song No. 5, "I Will Sing New Songs", with lyrics from Psalm 144:9; 145:1-3,5,6 of the Holy Bible.
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.

Biblical Song No. 5- I Will Sing New Songs- A. Dvořák

Dvořák's  Biblical Song No. 6, "Hear My Prayer, O Lord", with lyrics from Psalm 61:1,3,4; Psalm 63:1,4/5 of the Holy Bible.
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.

Biblical Song No. 6- Hear My Prayer, O Lord- A. Dvořák

Dvořák's  Biblical Song No. 4 "God is My Shepherd", with lyrics from Psalm 121:1-4 of the Holy Bible.
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.

Biblical Song No. 9- I Will Lift Mine Eyes- A. Dvořák

Mozart's setting of Psalm 117 of the Hoy Bible, in Latin, from his work "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore" (Solemn Vespers), KV 339.
Piano collaborator: Brandon Glick
Taken from the mini-sacred recital on 3/26/2023 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart, FL.
Psalm 117 in English:
1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

Laudate Dominum - W. A. Mozart (with choir)

The well-known soprano song "Italian Street Song" from Victor Herbert's famed operetta "Naughty Marietta". This is a live recording from a performance of the operetta at the Eissey Theater in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with Palm Beach Light Opera, January, 2010.

Italian Street Song- V. Herbert

One of the soprano arias from the comedic cantata known as the Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach, sung by the character Liesgen
Recorded live in concert on March 20, 2016 at First Presbyterian Church of West Palm Beach
Acompanist: Tom Wierzbicki
Lyrics (German above, English beneath)
Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße,
Ah! how sweet coffee tastes!
Lieblicher als tausend Küsse,
Lovelier than a thousand kisses,
Milder als Muskatenwein.
smoother than muscatel wine.
Coffee, Coffee muss ich haben,
Coffee, I must have coffee,
Und wenn jemand mich will laben,
and if anyone wants to give me a treat,
Ach, so schenkt mir Coffee ein!
ah!, just give me some coffee!:

Coffee Cantata Movement 4: Ei Wie Schmekt Der Coffee- J.S. Bach

Fleur desséchée (Pressed Flower) by 19th century composer Pauline Viardot. Lyrics based on poetry by Alexander Pushkin, translated into French by Louis Pomey
Piano collaborator: Nana Morimoto
Recorded live at First Presbyterian Church of West Palm Beach March 4, 2017

English lyrics:
In this old book you have been forgotten
Flower without scent or color
But a strange reverie
Fills my heart when I see you.
What day, what place witnessed your birth?
What was your destiny? Who picked you?
Who knows? Perhaps I knew
Those whose love preserved you!
Faded rose, do you recall
The first hours or the farewells?
The conversations in the meadow
Or in the silent wood?
Is he still living? Does she exist?
On which branches do their nets sway?
Or like you, who were so lovely,
Are their charming looks withered?

Fleur desséchée- P. Viardot

Jacqueline Pimienta is a privately trained soprano with varied experience, having performed opera, operetta, musical theater, and many art song and sacred music recitals in South Florida. Operatic roles include Lucy in The Telephone (Menotti), Clotilde in Norma (Bellini), Frasquita in Carmen (Bizet), and Miss Rose in Lakmé (Delibes). In addition, during her work with the Crittenden Opera Training Program she performed a number of other opera scenes. In the operetta repertoire, she has performed the roles of Marietta in Naughty Marietta (Herbert), Mascha in The Chocolate Soldier (Oscar Strauss), Yum-Yum in The Mikado and Josephine in HMS Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan). She has also sung the role of Ellen Manville in Susan Birkenhead’s musical comedy, What About Luv? Coral Gables Symphony and Opera featured Ms. Pimienta singing Mozart’s Alleluia in the pilot of American Ideal, a public television program. She has sung a number of concert programs of varied art song, lieder, and arias, as well as a complete program of 19th Century French vocal music.

	Along with her performance of secular classical repertoire, Ms. Pimienta is strongly drawn to and has a particular love and devotion to the oratorio and other classical sacred repertoire. Recently, she has enjoyed much positive response performing that literature in a variety of venues, ranging from church service music, as guest soloist on area church concert series, and as part of the literature on song recitals, which have included, among other selections, sacred works of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Antonín Dvořák’s set of Biblical Songs. She continues to enhance her knowledge of that repertoire and seek out performing venues in which to share her love of sacred song.
       Ms. Pimienta received her Bachelor of Arts in Language and Linguistics from Florida Atlantic University, and is fluent in Spanish, French, and English. She is a professional interpreter and translator, as well as a language coach for classical singers. She is also trained in Middle Eastern dance and modern jazz. She continues to study voice and coach the vocal repertoire with professionals in the Palm Beach County area. Ms. Pimienta has twice won first-place in the classical division for her level at the National Association of Teachers of Singing district auditions. She was featured as the soprano soloist in Handel’s “Messiah” with the Indian River Pops Orchestra and most recently, she offered a sacred music program for St. Mary’s Episcopal Church’s Lenten Concert Series in Stuart.

Jacqueline Pimienta

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