"Chausson: Le Charme" genre: Vocals
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	Op. 2, No. 2 by Ernest Chausson (1855-1899). Richard Kennedy, tenor, has sung with the Boston Symphony, the American Chamber Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and the Utah, Charlotte, Richmond symphonies, among many others. He has appeared as soloist in New York, Boston, and Washington with premiere choral organizations, and with the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, the Bach Festival Choir in Rochester, New York, the Detroit Oratorio Society, and with the Los Angeles Master Chorale as aria soloist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. He has given solo recitals in Austria, Canada, in New York City at Carnegie Recital Hall and the National Arts Club, in Washington, D.C. at the British Embassy, and at Spoleto Festival USA. Mr. Kennedy has been a winner of the Franz Schubert Prize for Singers awarded in Austria, and an international finalist in the Opera Company of Philadelphia/Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition.
	Credits: Richard Kennedy, tenor; Steven H. Smith, piano. Recorded live Nov. 17, 1999 at Penn State University Recital Hall
	Lyrics Text by Armand Silvestre (1837-1901), from "Chanson des heures" Quand ton sourire me surprit, Je sentis frémir tout mon être, Mais ce qui domptait nous esprit, Je ne pus d'abord le connaître. Quand ton regard tomba sur moi, Je sentis mon âme se fondre, Mais ce que serait cet émoi, Je ne pus d'abord en répondre. Ce qui me vainquit à jamais, Ce fut un plus douloureux charme; Et je n'ai su que je t'aimais, Qu'en voyant ta première larme. When your smile surprised me, I felt a shudder through my entire being, But what tamed my spirit, At first I did not recognize. When your glance fell on me, I felt my soul melt, But what that emotion was, At first I could not answer it. What conquered me forever, That was a charm more sad, And I did not know that I loved you, Until I saw your first tear. Translation to English by Thomas A. Gregg

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