Recital: Rebekah Rosa Luxon Schweitzer '23 MM, Soprano

NEC: Pierce Hall | Directions

241 St. Botolph St.
Boston, MA
United States

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow.

Rebekah Rosa Luxon Schweitzer '23 MM studies Voice with Lisa Saffer and is the recipient of the Musical Theater Scholarship.

This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here:
https://necmusic.edu/live

Artists
  • Rebekah Rosa Luxon Schweitzer '23 MM, soprano
  • Mara Riley, soprano
  • Brian Bartling, archlute
  • Lisa Saffer, studio teacher
  1. Barbara Strozzi

    L’Astratto
         from Arie a voce sola, op. 8

    Godere e facere

    Dal pianto degli amanti scherniti
         from Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, op. 1

    Artists
    • Brian Bartling, archlute
    • Mara Riley, soprano
  2. Clara Schumann | from Sechs Lieder, op. 13

    Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
    Mein Stern
    Sie liebten sich beide
    Die stille Lotosblume
    Lorelei

    Artists
  3. Francis Poulenc/Nadia Boulanger

    * Poulenc, from Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101
    ‡ Boulanger, from Sept chansons (1915-1922)
    § Boulanger, from Cinq chansons(1909)

    Au bord de la route  (‡)
    Violon  (*)
    Cantique  (§)
    Il vole  (*)
    Élégie  (§)                             
    Fleurs  (*)

    Artists
  4. Libby Larsen | Sonnets from the Portuguese

    I thought once how Theocritus had sung
    If I leave all for thee
    My letters
    Oh, Yes
    With the same heart
    How do I love thee

    Artists
  5. Thank you to my parents, Tom and Ivy, for making me.

    Thank you to Lisa for teaching me.

    Thank you to Becky Luce for showing what a love of singing looks like.