Repertoire
“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)
