# Ying Fan at Zellerbach Playhouse, December 11, 2022

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/events/2022-23/recital/ying-fang-soprano-myra-huang-piano/) presents [Ying Fan](https://imgartists.com/roster/ying-fang/), accompanied by [Myra Huang](https://brooklynartsongsociety.org/artist/myra-huang/)  
[Zellerbach Playhouse](https://calperformances.org/visit/venues/zellerbach-playhouse.php)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94305+USA&hl=en)  
3:00 PM, Sunday, December 11, 2022

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## Set One

[3:03 PM] {Pre-recorded announcements; pause; performers enter}

01. [3:05 PM] J.S. Bach: _Zerfliesse mein Herze_ from St John Passion, BWV 245  
[3:11 PM] {applause; performers leave; pause for late-comers to be seated; performers re-enter}  
   
[3:12 PM] {Selection of Four Leider by Franz Schubert}
02. [3:12 PM] _Ganymed_, D. 544
03. [3:17 PM] _Im Abendrot_, D. 799
04. [3:21 PM] _Im Frühling_, D. 882
05. [3:26 PM] _Nacht und Träume_, D. 827  
[3:29 PM] {applause at end-segment; performers head off-stage briefly; then return}  
   
[3:30 PM] {Selection of Three Leider by Richard Strauss}
06. [3:31 PM] _Die Nacht_, Op. 10, No. 3
07. [3:34 PM] _Allerseelen_, Op. 10, No. 8
08. [3:37 PM] _Morgen!_, Op. 27, No. 4  
[3:41 PM] {applause; set break!}

## Set Two

[3:57 PM] {lights down; performers return for set two}

09. [3:57 PM] Reynaldo Hahn: _À Chloris_
10. [4:01 PM] Debussy: _Nuit d’Étoiles_
11. [4:04 PM] Ernest Chausson: _Le Colibri_  
[4:07 PM] {applause at end-segment; performers head off-stage briefly; then return}  
   
[4:08 PM] {Dominick Argento: Six Elizabethan Songs}
12. [4:09 PM] _Spring_
13. [4:10 PM] Sleep
14. [4:13 PM] Winter
15. [4:15 PM] Dirge
16. [4:19 PM] Diaphenia  
17. [4:21 PM] Hymn  
[4:25 PM] {applause at end-segment; performers head off-stage briefly; then return}  
   
[4:26 PM] {Five Chinese Songs}
18. [4:26 PM] Zhang Yuanren: _听雨 (Listening to the Rain)_
19. [4:28 PM] Zhang Rui: _雪花的快乐 (Happiness of the Snowflake)_
20. [4:33 PM] Zhou Yi: _钗头凤 (Phoenix Hairpin)_
21. [4:36 PM] Lu Zaiyi: _桥 (Bridge)_
22. [4:39 PM] Liu Qing: _越人歌 (Yue People’s Song)_  
[4:42 PM] {applause at set end; encore break!}  
   
**Encore**  
[4:43 PM] {YF names the encore over shouted requests from the audience}  
23. [4:43 PM] Arlen/Harburg: _Over the Rainbow_  
[4:46 PM] {applause at show end; curtain call; all off}  
[4:47 PM] {short break before Q&A}

## Post-Show Q&A Session moderated by Jeremy Geffen

[4:50 PM] {begin discussion}
[5:17 PM] {all done!}

## Performers

* [Ying Fan](https://imgartists.com/roster/ying-fang/): soprano vox;
* [Myra Huang](https://brooklynartsongsociety.org/artist/myra-huang/): piano.

## Notes

I hadn't originally planned to attend this recital, originally scheduled for ?Nov, but Ying Fan came down with COVID-19, and apparently the rescheduled date (today!) had enough ticket returns that Cal sent out a last-minute e-blast: $20 tickets to see the latest opera star in recital. Hard to resist that when I'd otherwise be lazing about the house on a Sunday afternoon!

It was a fun show, and Fan certainly has exceptional performing skills: more than a few times she sent shivers up and down my back with the strength of her emotive delivery.

As a listener to many different styles of music, I find that leider is exceptionally difficult to appreciate -- it's almost always just too artificially dramatic. But Myra Huang's nimble accompaniement to Fan's extraordinary singing put me right at ease. This isn't the sort of thing I want to listen to every day, but when I'm in the mood for it, I'm happy to devour a musical meal of this quality!

_Over the Rainbow_ was a sweet ending, and during the Q&A Fan acknowledged it as a personal favorite on account of it's optimistic core. Hope! Yeah, we all need to keep hope alive in these grey and soggy times!

[Program Notes](https://calperformances.org/program-notes/2022-23/ying-fang-soprano-myra-huang-piano/) or {{:2022:2022-12:20221211pn.pdf|program notes}}

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