A free concert followed by caroling at St. Matthew
Saturday, December 9, 2023
CONCERT
3:00-4:00 p.m.
CAROLING
5:00-7:00 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 700 Pleasure Road, Lancaster will be hosting A Thrill of Hope, a concert presented by Marie Engle, New York based American lyric mezzo-soprano, and Melody Fader, collaborative pianist. The concert is Saturday, December 9 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. followed by light refreshments. There will be a free-will offering. The evening concludes with neighborhood caroling from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The concert will feature art songs by Schumann, Barber and more as well as carols. The community is invited to attend this free event.
CONCERT PROGRAM
Joy to the World
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Frauenliebe und -leben
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
-
- Seit ich ihn gesehen
- Er der Herrlichste von Allen
- Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben
- Du Ring an meinem Finger
- Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
- Süßer Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
- An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
- Non hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Brief Intermission
“Amor” from Cabaret Songs
William Bolcom (b. 1938)
L’invitation au Voyage
Henri Duparc (1848-1943)
Ganymed
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
“Sanglots” from Banalités
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
Silent Night
Franz Gruber (1787-1863)
Marie Engle is an American lyric mezzo-soprano based in New York. Her operatic roles include Dorabella (Opera Delaware), Donna Elvira (Wichita Grand Opera), Ramiro in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera (Juilliard Opera), Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Chautauqua) and Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen (Chautauqua).
Marie was a young artist at Opera Delaware in 2020. She is currently preparing the role of Anne in Nadia Boulanger’s never-performed opera La ville morte for its American premiere in NYC.
Marie is an active recitalist and chamber musician and spent two summers performing at the Marlboro Music Festival and School. She has joined Matthew Polenzani and Julius Drake in their Carnegie Hall recital performance of Janáček’s The Diary of One who Disappeared. A great interpreter of Lieder, she made her orchestral debut with Mahler’s “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen.”
Marie has won awards from the Gerda Lissner and Laffont Competitions and has performed on WQXR’s Midday Masterpieces. She made her Pierrot Lunaire debut at Juilliard’s Chamberfest in 2018 and will revive the piece this November in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Marie produces and performs chamber music recitals around the US, Canada and Austria, including the 2021 debut of her musical autobiography, From a Bulb: Regrowth after Loss, a chamber concert-drama featuring diverse repertoire and self-written monologues. She is currently working with the Brooklyn Peace Center to create similar narrative concerts in a peace and community-building project called Common Melody.
Marie completed her B.M. at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music and her M.M. at the Juilliard School, where she studied with Marlena Malas. She spent two years in Vienna, studying German and Lieder, and participating in the 2016 season of the Franz Schubert Institute. Marie also spent a year in Paris, studying French and mélodie, with Susan Manoff, and joining the Académie d’Orsay-Royaumont for courses with Véronique Gens and Manoff, and performances at the Musée d’Orsay and the Royaumont Abbey.
Marie also loves to cook, go thrift-shopping and organize game nights with friends in NYC.
Pianist Melody Fader enjoys a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician, and a vocal and dance accompanist. She has performed in such iconic New York venues as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and internationally in Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Guatemala, Chile, Canada and Italy.
Ms. Fader is the founder, artistic director, and pianist for her Melody and Company Chamber Series ensemble, that recently won grants from both the Queens Council on the Arts and the Puffin Foundation.
Her first commercial album, Music of Frederic Chopin, was released in February 2012 on Centaur Records and she is currently working on her second album.
For two seasons, Ms. Fader served as company pianist and soloist for Dance Theatre of Harlem, touring extensively with the company. She is the resident pianist with New Chamber Ballet for their annual performance cycle at New York’s City Center, and has also performed with Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Buglisi Dance Theater and the New York Theater Ballet and Stars of American Ballet.
Ms. Fader was a prize winner at both the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition and the Aspen Concerto Competition, leading to solo as well as chamber music performances throughout the U.S.
She earned her Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music, and Master of Music in Collaborative Piano at the Juilliard School, where she studied with Margo Garrett. For more information, please visit www.melodyfader.com