Armistice: The Journey Home
John Brancy, baritone
Peter Dugan, piano

HOLST (arr. Peter Dugan) From The Planets, for solo piano
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

SPEAKS When the Boys Come Home

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS from Songs of Travel, Nos. 1-8
The Vagabond
Let Beauty Awake
The Roadside Fire
Youth and Love
In Dreams
The Infinite Shining Heavens
Whither Must I Wander
Bright is the Ring of Words

IVES They Are There!
Élégie

LEONARDO DUGAN I Have a Rendezvous with Death*

PETE SEEGER Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

SCHUBERT Der Schiffer

STEPHAN Am Abend

SCHUBERT Der Wanderer

STEPHAN Memento Vivere

SCHUBERT Du bist die Ruh

RACHMANINOFF Ja zhdu tebja (I Wait for Thee)
Zdes’ khorosho (How Fair this Spot)
Vesennije Vody (Spring Waters)

BERLIN Goodbye, France

NOVELLO The Land of Might-Have-Been
Shine Through My Dreams

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS from Songs of Travel, No. 9
I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope

*Commissioned by The Juilliard School for the 20th annual  Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital

Inspired by the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, Armistice: the Journey Home explores timeless themes of longing, loss, love, and the search for peace in the wake of catastrophe.  Musical selections range from Schubert’s Der Wanderer, to Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, to Ives’ They Are There, as well as lesser known works, including two songs by German composer Rudi Stephan, who was killed in the war.