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“Ms. Janes-Yaffé is a captivating recitalist. She became the singer of preference of all [the composers] because of her willingness to prepare their work and her enormous skill in presenting it with accuracy and immediate vitality.”

Phyllis Curtin, Legendary Opera Singer and Vocal Pedagogue

Yiddish

Dudele
(A Song to You, God)

Tum-balalayke 
(Play, Balalaika)

S’brent
(It’s Burning)

Reb Motenyu
(Rabbi Motenyu)

S’dremlen feygl
(Birds Drowsing on the Branches)

Rozhinkes mit mandlen
(Raisins and Almonds)

Mai komashmo lon
(What is the Meaning?)

Tayere Malke
(Dear Malke)

Freylekh
(Joyful)

Lomir ale freylekh zayn
(Let’s All Be Joyful)

Sheyn bin ikh, sheyn
(Pretty Am I, Pretty)

Dona dona dona

Vos vet zayn az Meshiakh vet kumen
(What Will Happen When the Messiah Comes?)

Undzer nigndl
(Our Little Tune)

Nigun
(Melody)

Oy, dortn, dortn
(Oh, Far Away)

Zog, Maran
(Tell Me, Marrano)

Az der rebbe zingt
(When the Rebbe Sings)

Zog nit keynmol
(Never Say)

Art Songs (English)

BARBER, Samuel
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
The Monk and His Cat
Sure on This Shining Night

 

CARTER, Elliott
Dust of Snow
The Rose Family

 

EARNEST, John David
Love Song
Crickets and Commas (5 songs)

 

FAGIN, Gary
Songs of Love and Longing (5 songs)

 

FOSS, Lukas
Where the Bee Sucks

HOIBY, Lee
Jean qui rit
The Message
The Serpent
What If
Where the Music Comes From

 

HUNDLEY, Richard
Arise, My Love
Come Ready and See Me
Maiden Snow
Strings in the Earth and Air
Will There Really Be a Morning?

 

IVES, Charles
The Side Show
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Memories

 

MARDIN, Arif
Song
Poem
I Will Wait

PURCELL, Henry
Music for a While

 

ROUMAIN, Daniel Bernard
Wooden Men

 

THOMSON, Virgil
Let’s Take a Walk
Prayer to St. Catherine
Susie Asado
From ‘Sneeden’s Landing’

 

WILLIAMS, Tom
Three Penny Poems (with viola)
Meditations on a Landscape (with fixed media and live electronics)

 

SPIRITUALS
Motherless Child
Ride On, King Jesus

Art Songs (German)

BRAHMS, Johannes
Ach, wende diesen Blick
Es war eine schöne Jüdin
Es steht ein Lind
Ich träumte mir
Mädchenlied
Die Sonne scheint nicht mehr
Vergebliches Ständchen

HINDEMITH, Paul
Die Serenaden
(6 songs; with oboe, viola, cello)

MARTIN, Frank
Drey Minnelieder
(3 songs; version with piano or with
flute and guitar)

SCHUBERT, Franz
An die Musik
Die Auflösung
Grablied für die Mutter
Gretchen am Spinnrad
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
(with clarinet)
Der König in Thule
Seligkeit
Ständchen
Szene aus ‘Faust’
Der Tod und das Mädchen

SCHÖNBERG, Arnold
Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs)
(5 songs)

STRAUSS, Richard
Das Zügenglöcklein
Du, meines Herzens Krönelein
Ich trage meine Minne
Morgen
Muttertändelei
Wir beide wollen springen

Art Songs (Italian)

DONAUDY, Stefano
Ah, mai non cessate
Come l’allodoletta
O, del mio amato ben
Quand’il tuo diavol nacque
Vorrei poterti odiare

Art Songs (French)

CHAUSSON, Ernest
Chanson Perpetuelle (with piano quintet)

DEBUSSY, Claude
Quatre chansons de jeunesse
(4 songs)

FAURÉ, Gabriel
Claire de lune
Lydia
Mandoline
Notre amour

POULENC, Francis
La courte paille
(7 songs)

THOMSON, Virgil
Stabat Mater
(with string quartet)

Art Songs (Yiddish)

DE CORMIER, Robert
44 Folk songs

Art Songs (Portuguese)

VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor
Bachianas Brasileiras
(with piano or cello ensemble)

Art Songs (Spanish)

OBRADORS, Fernando
Al Amor
Con amores, la mi madre

Oratorio

BACH, J.S.
Messe in H-Moll
Johannes-Passion
Kantate Nr. 202 (“Weichet nur…”)
Weihnachts-Oratorium

BRAHMS, Johannes
Requiem

DVORAK, Antonin
Te Deum

HANDEL, G.F.
The Messiah

HAYDN, F.J.
Die Schöpfung

LEVITCH, Leon
Song of Dreams

MOZART, W.A.
Exultate Jubilate
C-moll Messe

ORFF, Carl
Carmina Burana

POULENC, Francis
Gloria

SCHUBERT, Franz
G-Dur Messe

Concert (with Orchestra)

FAGIN, Gary
Songs of Love and Longing

GRIEG, Edvard
Solvejg’s Song from “Peer Gynt”

MAHLER, Gustav
Symphonie Nr. 4

MENDELSSOHN, Felix
Symphonie Nr. 2 (“Lobgesang”)

WOLFSON, David
Songs of Love and Separation

ARIAS from operas and operettas of Nico Dostal, Leo Fall, George Gershwin, Charles Gounod, Arif Mardin, W.A. Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Giacomo Puccini, Robert Stolz, Oscar Straus, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, C.M. von Weber

Opera

BARAB
A Game of Chance (First Knitter)

BARBER
A Hand of Bridge (Geraldine)

BIZET
Carmen (Frasquita)

BRITTEN
Death in Venice
(Strawberry Seller, Girl on the Shore)

DONIZETTI
L’elisir d’amore (Adina)

HAYDN
Philomon und Baucis (Baucis)

HUMPERDINCK
Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel)

OFFENBACH
Les contes d’Hoffmann (Antonia)

LORTZING
Zar und Zimmermann (Marie)

MARDIN
I Will Wait (The Beloved)

MENOTTI
The Medium (Monica)

MOZART
Don Giovanni (Zerlina)
Die Zauberflöte (Papagena)

POULENC
Dialogues des Carmelites (Blanche)

PUCCINI
La bohème (Musetta)

RIHM
Jakob Lenz (Frederike)

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride (Esmeralda)

STRAUSS, R.
Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie)

VERDI
Falstaff (Nanetta)
Rigoletto (Gilda)

WAGNER
Parsifal (Blumenmädchen)

WOLF-FERRARI
I quattro rusteghi (Lucieta, Marina)

Operetta

KÜNNEKE
Der Vetter aus Dingsda (Hannchen)

STRAUSS, Joh.
Die Fledermaus (Adele)
Der Zigeunerbaron (Arsena)
Wiener Blut (Franziska)

LEHÁR
Die lustige Witwe (Valencienne)

ZELLER
Der Vogelhändler (Christel)

OFFENBACH
Un mari à la porte (Rosine)

Musical Theatre

ARLEN
The Wizard of Oz (Auntie Em, Glenda)

LOEWE
Brigadoon (Fiona)

BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (Maria)

RODGERS
Oklahoma (Laurie)