PROGRAM

Joaquin Nin

(1879-1949)

Hugo Wolf

(1860-1903)

Joaquin Rodrigro

(b.1902)

Alec Rowley

(1892-1958)

Claude Debussy

(1862-1918)

Maurice Ravel

(1875-1937)

Henri Biisser

(1872-1973)

I

Villancico andaluz

Villancico asturiano

Villancico Castellano

II

Ach, des Knaben Augen (Bernhoff) 

Schlafendes Jesuskind (Moricke) 

Nun wandre, Maria (Spanisches Liederbuch)

Auf eine Christblume II (Moricke) 

Die ihr schwebet (Spanisches Liederbuch)

III

Coplillas de Belen (Kamhi)

Pastorcito santo (de Vega)

Aire y donaire (Kamhi)

INTERMISSION

IV

Three Mystical Songs

Three Jolly Shepherds

The Prophecy

The Birthday

V

Noel des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons

Noel des jouets

Le sommeil de l’enfant Jesus (Raffalli)

The Fifty-eighth season of

THE WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL and

F. LAMMOT BELIN CONCERTS

National Gallery ofArt

2326th Concert

CARMEN BALTHROP, soprano

JOSE CACERES, pianist

Sunday Evening, 5 December 1999

at Seven O’clock

West Building, West Garden Court

Admissionfree
PROGRAM

Joaquin Nin

(1879-1949)

Hugo Wolf

(1860-1903)

Joaquin Rodrigro

(b.1902)

Alec Rowley

(1892-1958)

Claude Debussy

(1862-1918)

Maurice Ravel

(1875-1937)

Henri Biisser

(1872-1973)

I

Villancico andaluz

Villancico asturiano

Villancico Castellano

II

Ach, des Knaben Augen (Bernhoff) 

Schlafendes Jesuskind (Moricke) 

Nun wandre, Maria (Spanisches Liederbuch)

Auf eine Christblume II (Moricke) 

Die ihr schwebet (Spanisches Liederbuch)

III

Coplillas de Belen (Kamhi)

Pastorcito santo (de Vega)

Aire y donaire (Kamhi)

INTERMISSION

IV

Three Mystical Songs

Three Jolly Shepherds

The Prophecy

The Birthday

V

Noel des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons

Noel des jouets

Le sommeil de l’enfant Jesus (Raffalli)

Audiences and critics are in enthusiastic agreement on

the subject of the artistry of soprano Carmen Balthrop.

“[She] is not only a versatile singer, she’s also a consummate

performer. She made some of the most gorgeous sounds to be

heard anywhere today” (The Washington Post). “Her soprano has

breadth and penetration, but also a softness of texture, a lovely

soprano of uncommon purity” (The New York Times). Balthrop 

has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, as

well as the symphony orchestras of Boston, San Francisco,

Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Houston, and Detroit. In addition, she 

has given recitals at the White House, the Kennedy Center, and

international centers in China, Italy, Mexico, and the Bahamas.

She recently performed as soloist in Bach’s Saint John Passion

and Handel’s Messiah at the Kennedy Center. With Opera

Columbus (Ohio), she made her debut as Violetta in Latraviata

and had the title roles in Madama Butterfly and La boheme.

Balthrop’s repertoire ranges from works of Monteverdi to 

those of contemporary composer Robert Greenleaf. She has

recorded for Fonit Cetra, Deutsche Grammophon, and Sony

Classics Video. Her CD surveying Portuguese and Spanish

songs has recently been released by Elan Recordings. A resident

of the Washington, DC, area, Carmen Balthrop heads the vocal

division of the music department at the University ofMaryland, 

College Park, where she was elected to the University Hall

of Fame in 1995. She appears at the National Gallery by

arrangement with Dorothy Cone Artists Representatives of

New York City.

Since his New York debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

in 1990, Jose Caceres has been heard with several outstanding

orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra, the

American Youth Philharmonic, the Fairfax Symphony, and the

Puerto Rico Symphony. His recital performances have taken

him on tour throughout the United States, Central and South

America, the Caribbean, and Europe. A recipient of numerous

national and international awards, including the National

Symphony Orchestra’s Young Soloists Competition and the

Teresa Carreno International Piano Competition ofVenezuela, 

Caceres became the first American pianist of Hispanic descent

to win the John F. Kennedy Center’s Fellowships of the

Americas National Program Award. With a repertoire that

ranges from Bach to avant-garde composers, he has brought

to the forefront some of the most important and challenging

music