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WIU School of Music Presents Joint Recital
April 17, 2025
MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois University School of Music presents a Joint Recital at 5 p.m. Friday, April 18 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.
The recital will feature senior Music student Josiah Daneels, of Mooseheart, baritone and junior Music student Ray Hospenthal, of Bolingbrook, soprano, accompanied by Professor Po-Chuan Chiang and Paul Casiano on piano, along with sophomore Music student Drake Miller, of Canton, on oboe.
The program will include:
I. CLASSICAL CANON
Mein Freund ist Mein from Cantata BWV 140 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Daneels, baritone
Hospenthal, soprano
Miller, oboe
Casiano, piano
Hostias from Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48 - Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Bella siccome un angelo from Don Pasquale - Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Fin ch'han dal vino from Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Daneels, baritone
Casiano, piano
Ah, je ris de me voi from Faust - Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
Die junge Nonne, Op. 43 No. 1 - Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Hospenthal, soprano
Chiang, piano
II. CRUCIFIXION
Mache dich, mein Herze rein from St. Matthew Passion - Bach
Daneels, baritone
Casiano, piano
Ave Maria, CG 89 - Bach / Gounod
My Good Lord's Done Been Here - Moses Hogan (1957 - 2003)
Hospenthal, soprano
Chiang, piano
Selections from Messiah - George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Thus Saith the Lord
But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming
Daneels, baritone
Casiano, piano
III. CONTEMPORARY
Steps of the Palace from Into the Woods - Stephen Sondheim (1930 - 2021)
The Beauty Is from Light in the Piazza - Adam Guettel (b. 1964)
Rose's Turn from Gypsy - Jule Styne (1905 - 1994)
Hospenthal, soprano
Chiang, piano
Time from Tuck Everlasting - Chris Miller (b. 1975)
My Days from The Notebook - Ingrid Michaelson (b. 1979)
Daneels, baritone
Casiano, piano
The Song That Goes Like This from Monty Python's Spamalot - Eric Idle (b. 1943)
Daneels, baritone
Hospenthal, soprano
Casiano, piano
The performance is open free to the public.
For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit Recital Hall - WIU.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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