Akosua Achiah Adwini-Poku, Mezzo-Soprano

from the studio of Barbara Hill-Moore

In Collaboration with

Katia Dinas, piano

Braylon Hughes, cello

Sunday, April 27, 2025 6: 00 p.m.

O' Donnell Recital Hall

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

Program

La Lucrezia, HWV 145 George Frideric Handel

O numi eterni!...Gia superbo del mio afanno

Ma voi forse nel cielo…Il suo che preme

Ah! che ancor nell'abisso…Questi la disperata anima

A voi, a voi, padre, consorte…Gia nel seno comincia

Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 Johannes Brahms

1. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!

2. Hochgetürmte Rimaflut

3. Wißt ihr, wann mein Kindchen

4. Lieber Gott, du weißt

5. Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze

6. Röslein dreie in der Reihe

7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn

8. Rote Abendwolken ziehn

Stride la Vampa! from Il Trovatore Giuseppe Verdi

Beside the Sea Florence Price

Four Encore Songs

1. Tobacco

2. A Flea and a Fly

3. "Come, come," said Tom's Father

4. Song of the Open Road

Eat the Rich Melissa Dunphy

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Performer's Diploma of Music in Voice