Thomas Arne's secular cantata of 1761 was performed for audiences of all walks of life at Vauxhall Gardens, the pleasure gardens of 18th-century London. 


(Recitative)
The kind appointment Celia made, 
And named the myrtle bower.
There, fretting long, poor Damon stayed
Beyond the promised hour.
No longer able to contain his anxious expectation,
With rage he sought t'allay his pain,
And vented thus his passion.

(Air)
To all the sex deceitful
A long and last adieu,
Since women prove ungrateful
As oft as men prove true.
The pains they give are many,
And oh! too hard to bear.
The joys they give, if any,
Are short and insincere.

(Recitative)
Now Celia from Mama got loose
And reached the calm retreat,
With modest blush she begged excuse
And chid her tardy feet.
The Shepherd, from each doubt released,
his joy could not restrain,
But as each tender thought increased
Thus changed his railing strain.

(Air)
How engaging, how endearing
Is a lover's pain and care,
And what joys the nymphs appearing
After absence or despair.
Women wise increase desiring
By contriving kind delays
And advancing or retiring,
All they mean is more to please.

Thomas Arne - The Lover's Recantation - Charm City Baroque featuring Kerry Holahan, Soprano

The Lament of Ian the Proud from the song cycle "Three Poems of Fiona Macleod", written in 1918 by American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920)

Charles Griffes - The Lament Of Ian The Proud - Kerry Holahan, Soprano - Bethany Pietroniro, Piano

Sdegno campion audace by Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597 – 1646)

Sdegno, campion audace
Della ragion guerriera 
Spiegando sua bandiera 
Non vuol più tregua, no, 
Non vuol più pace. 
Se t'invita lo sdegno, 
Alma col suo furore, 
Rompi quel giogo indegno;
Ah, non ha core il core 
Hor che sdegno l'avviva, 
Viva lo sdegno, viva, 
Ch'innalzando la face 
Non vuol più tregua, no, 
Non vuol più pace.

Disdain, bold champion,
Warrior of reason, 
Unfurling its banner, 
Wants no more truce, no, 
And no more peace. 
If disdain invites you, 
O soul, with its fury, 
Break that unworthy yoke; 
Alas, the heart has no heart 
Once disdain has enlivened it. 
Long live disdain, 
Which, rising its torch, 
Wants no more truce, no, 
And no more peace.


Virgilio Mazzocchi - Sdegno, campion audace | Kerry Holahan, soprano | Marc Bellassai, harpsichord

Baltimore Choral Arts Society directed by Tom Hall
featuring soprano Kerry Holahan

"Christmas with Choral Arts" concert
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Baltimore, Maryland
December 2, 2014

http://www.baltimorechoralarts.org/

Baltimore Choral Arts Christmas Concert

Mozart - Laudate Dominum | Kerry Holahan, soprano | Baltimore Choral Arts Society

On a Gate-tower at Youzhou 登幽州台歌
Tang Dynasty poem by Chen Zi-ang 陈子昂

Setting by Wu Yiming 吴羿明
https://www.wuyiming.org/

Kerry Holahan, soprano
Andrew Stewart, piano

前不见古人，后不见来者。
念天地之悠悠，独怆然而涕下

Where are the sages of the past
And those of future years？
Sky and earth forever last,
Lonely, I am sad with running tears

On A Gate-tower at Youzhou

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

ARIA  DI  ROMANESCA.  Dunque  dovrò  del  puro  servir  mio

in: Primo Libro d’Arie Musicali Per Cantarsi Nel Gravicembalo, e Tiorba, a 1-3 voci, Firenze, 1630

Kerry Holahan, soprano
Marc Bellassai, harpsichord

Dunque dovrò del puro servir mio
Crudel'hor riportar tormenti, e pene:
O tradite speranze, ò van desio,
Che sepolta nel duol l'alma mi tiene.
Te, te Amor, te solo hora incolpar degg'io,
Che m'involi Tiranno ogni mio bene.
Te, te incolpar degg'io, che prendi à gioco,
Che m'arda il cor di crudeltade il foco.

Frescobaldi 'Dunque Dovro' - Kerry Holahan, soprano

J.S. Bach Cantata 51
Mvt. 3 aria: Höchster mache deine güte

Kerry Holahan, soprano

Höchster, mache deine Güte
Ferner alle Morgen neu.
So soll vor die Vatertreu
Auch ein dankbares Gemüte
Durch ein frommes Leben weisen,
Dass wir deine Kinder heißen.

Most High God, make your goodness
new every morning from now on.
Then to your fatherly love
a thankful spirit in us in turn
through a devout life will show
that we are called your children.

Kerry Holahan, Soprano

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