Watch & Listen: Eric Owens and Lawrence Brownlee Duo Recital

By UMS

Performance and live webcast from March 16, 2019 in Hill Auditorium.

Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Myra Huang, piano

Full Program

Mozart “Se vuol ballare” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mr. Owens)
Mozart “Il mio tesoro” from Don Giovanni (Mr. Brownlee)
Verdi “Infelice! E tuo credevi” from Ernani (Mr. Owens)
Donizetti “Voglio dire, lo stupendo elisir” from L’elisir d’amore (Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Owens)
Donizetti “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore (Mr. Brownlee)
Faust “Le veau d’or” from Faust (Mr. Owens)
Donizetti “Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!” from La fille du regiment (Mr. Brownlee)
Bizet “Au fond du temple saint” from Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Owens)

— Intermission —
(featuring interviews with great American tenor George Shirley and the evening’s soloists)

Traditional Spirituals
arr. Damien Sneed “All Night, All Day” (Mr. Brownlee)
arr. Hall Johnson “Deep River” (Mr. Owens)
arr. Damien Sneed “Come By Here” (Mr. Brownlee)
“Give Me Jesus” (Mr. Owens)
arr. Margaret Bonds/Craig Terry “He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands” (Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Owens)

American Popular Songs
Harold Vicars and Clarence Lucas, Arr. Terry “Song of Songs” (Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Owens)
Harry Warren and Al Dubin, Arr. Terry “Lulu’s Back In Town” (Mr. Brownlee)
Frank Loesser and Louis Alter, Arr. Terry “Dolores” (Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Owens)
Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rogers “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific (Mr. Owens)
Vincent Youmans “Through the Years” (Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Owens)

Gospel Favorites
“I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired” (Mr. Brownlee)
“Every Time I Feel the Spirit” (Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Owens)