Rachel Aubuchon and I performing C'est l'éxtase from Debussy's Ariettes oubliées in 2012 at Whitmore Recital Hall in Columbia, MO. 

01 C'est L'extase

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur, the second song in Debussy's Ariettes oubliées. 

Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing Und Gestern Hat Er Mir Rosen Gebracht by Joseph Marx in 2012 at Whitmore Recital Hall

Und Gestern Hat Er Mir Rosen Gebracht

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing Pierrot Dandy about the famous sad clown crooning to the moon. The piano portrays whimsy and clumsiness as does the avant garde nature of Joseph Marx's compositions. 

04 Pierrot Dandy

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing Caro Nome from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. Gilda has just met a young man, Gualtier Maldé who has wooed her to crippling fragility. In Caro Nome she melts over his earnest name and looks. But Gualtier is not who he says he is, but rather the Duke making an absolute fool of her and her jester father Rigoletto. Sad Sad.

Caro Nome

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing Ah! Moustache by Stephen Foster. A gentile and silly tune from the mid-1800s about the type of man ladies wanna hang with. 

Ah! Moustache

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing A Man Can Love Two Women from Songs From Letters by Libby Larsen. The text from this song is taken directly from letters of Jane's to her daughter Janey. She is referring to Wild Bill's infidelity and his inconsistency. Before her death, Jane asked to be buried next to Wild Bill and during her life she never hid her love for him. Her complacency and forgiveness is wild, strong, and deeply tragic.

A Man Can Love Two Women

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing Heavenly Banquet from The Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber. This set is so interesting because the text is taken directly from ancient writings of actual monks. The texts range in emotion from the somber "Crucifixion" to the playful "Promiscuity." Heavenly Banquet is the diary writings of a lush monk looking forward to toasting with the King of Kings. 

Heavenly Banquet

Rachel Aubuchon and I performing Joy Alone by Jake Heggie in 2012 at Whitmore Recital Hall

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