Pianists, and the William C. Byrd Young Artists Competition, he was

also selected to participate in the La Gesse Piano Festival in France. He

holds the bachelor of music degree with distinction and the performer’s

certificate from the Eastman School of Music; a master of music degree

from the Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia; and a doctor 

of musical arts degree in chamber music from The Catholic University of

America. Holt is the pianist of the United States Army Chorus and the

pianist and associate conductor of the Choral Arts Society of

Washington.

Concerts at the National Gallery ofArt

30 December 2001

James Tocco, pianist Brahms: Sonata No. 1

Corigliano: Etude-Fantasy

Rachmaninoff: Moments musicaux

6 January 2002

National Gallery Orchestra Gala Viennese New Year Concert 

George Manos, conductor

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During the months ofJanuaiy and February 2002,

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The Sixtieth Season of

THE WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL and

F. LAMMOT BELIN CONCERTS

National Gallery of Art

2402d Concert

ALESSANDRA MARC, soprano

JOSEPH HOLT, pianist

Sunday Evening, 23 December 2001

Seven O'clock

West Building, West Garden Court

Admissionfree
George Frideric Handel

(1685-1759)

PROGRAM

Piangero la sorte mia

From Julius Ceasar

Henry Purcell Sweeter Than Roses

(1659-1695) If Music Be the Food of Love

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Johannes Brahms

(1833-1897)

Tod, das ist die ktihle Nacht 

Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer

Botschaft 

Meine Liebe ist grim

Richard Strauss

(1864-1949)

Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8

Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4

Wiegenlied, Op. 41, No. 1

Freundliche Vision, Op. 48, No. 1

Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1

INTERMISSION

Samuel Barber 

(1910-1981)

Saint Ita’s Vision

Op. 29, No. 3

Aaron Copland

(1900-1990)

Arr. Copland

Why Do They Shut Me out of Heaven

Simple Gifts

John Jacob Niles

(1892-1980)

What Songs Were Sung

I Wonder as I Wander

John Newton, arr. Lawrence P. Schreiber Amazing Grace

* * *

Traditional Christmas Selections

The response of audiences and music critics to the artistry of Alessandra

Marc has been a succession of superlatives. Le Figaro headlined: “Une

etoile est nee (A Star is Born)”; The New Yorker proclaimed: “an

instrument of unsurpassed beauty and impact and perhaps the richest,

fullest, most beautiful big soprano voice around”; and The Washington

Post declared: “Alessandra Marc has the most beautiful voice in the

world.” Frequent guest appearances in the most prestigious opera houses

and concert halls throughout the world have brought her into

collaboration with the most eminent conductors of our time, including

Daniel Barenboim, Sir George Solti, Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson

Thomas, Lorin Maazel, and Giuseppe Sinopoli, at whose funeral Mass

she sang in April 2001 in Rome.

Alessandra Marc’s 2000-2001 season began with her return to the

Metropolitan Opera in New York for triumphal appearances as Turandot, 

a role she repeated later in the season with the Washington Opera. In

addition to her appearance with the National Gallery Orchestra under 

George Manos in November 2000, she also appeared with the symphony

orchestras of Milwaukee, Montreal (At Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher 

Hall), Cincinnati, and Munich. Recent special appearances have included

a command performance with l’Orquestre Philharmonique de Monaco

on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the coronation of Prince

Rainier of Monaco, Marc’s Hollywood Bowl debut with the Los Angeles

Philharmonic, and Berlin’s annual AIDS benefit gala.

Her discography is likewise impressive. Delos Records issued her first

aria recital recording, American Diva, and her most recent recording, an

opera gala with Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Her

new releases also include four on the Teldec label: Schoenberg’s

Erwartung, Berg’s Altenberg Lieder and Lulu Suite, with Sinopoli and

the Dresden Staatskapelle, and the final scene of Richard Strauss’

Salome with the North German Radio Orchestra. Alessandra Marc

appears at the National Gallery by arrangement with Prima Americas

Artists Management, Inc., of New York City.

Pianist Joseph Holt enjoys a wide-ranging musical career as a

chamber music performer, educator, conductor, and arranger. He has

collaborated with many artists, among them Jessye Norman, Denyce 

Graves, Roberta Peters, and Richard Tucker. A prizewinner in the Wolf

Trap Brahms Competition, the Washington International Competition for