Lillian Windsor (Winzig)

Carnegie Hall - Live Performance

February 19, 1954

 

The recordings below are of this concert given by my great aunt, Lillian "Lilly" Winzig (performing as Lillian Windsor), at Carnegie Hall in 1954. The recordings were originally made on reel-to-reel, transferred to "high quality" tape cassette, and then later transferred to audio CD. From there we saved copies in raw WAV formats, as well as several MP3 formats, including the version provided below (128kbps/VBR). The picture at left was the photo used in the playbill and program for the concert (click for larger version).

My aunt Lilly still resides in Hawthorne, NY, operating the Winzig's Delicatessen, which has been open for 95 years!

My dad (Francis T. "Tommy" Winzig) and I (Thomas Winzig) will add more information as we can compile it. After 5 years, we've now been able to track down the complete list of pieces performed, noted below! The prologue and epilogue tracks contain more information about my aunt and this performance, as recorded by my great uncle, Francis F. J. Winzig, before he died.

Thomas S. Winzig, July 22, 2005, updated September 13, 2010.

Disc 1 of 2

  1. Prologue by Francis F. J. Winzig
  2. Exsultate, Jubilate (Mozart, W. A.)

Frauenliebe und leben (Schumann)

    1. "Seit ich ihn gesehen" ("Since I Saw Him")
    2. "Er, der Herrlichste von allen" ("He, the Noblest of All")
    3. "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben" ("I Cannot Grasp or Believe It")
    4. "Du Ring an meinem Finger" ("You Ring Upon My Finger")
    5. "Helft mir, ihr Schwestern" ("Help Me, Sisters")
    6. "Süßer Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an" ("Sweet Friend, You Gaze")
    7. (Continuation of track 8 "Suesser Freund, du blickest")
    8. "An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust" ("At My Heart, At My Breast")
    9. "Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan" ("Now You Have Caused Me Pain for the First Time")

Disc 2 of 2

  1. Agathe's Aria ("Der Frischeuetz") (Weber)
  2. Norina's Aria ("Don Pasquale") (Donizetti)
  3. Sylvie (Fauré)
  4. Air Champetre (Poulenc)
  5. Beau Soir (Debussy)
  6. Fantoches (Debussy)
  7. Mistress Ford's Aria ("Merry Wives of Windsor") (Nicolai)
  8. "Think on Me" (Alicia Ann Scott)
  9. "Sing a Song of Sixpence" (Handel)
  10. Bless this House (Helen Taylor and May H. Morgan, 1927)
  11. "I'll see you again" (Noel Coward)
  12. Epilogue by Francis F. J. Winzig 3.4MB]

UPDATE 3/28/2013 (Aunt Lilly's 90th Birthday!)

Another recording of my Aunt Lilly was found on vinyl. I don't yet have all the details of this album, but here is some of the music from it:

  1. Les Filles de Cadix (Delibes)
  2. Romany Life (Herbert)
  3. Der Nussbaum (Schumann)
  4. Widmung (Schumann)
  5. Zueignung (Strauss)
  6. Cacilie (Strauss)
  7. Through the Years (Youmans)
  8. Corner of My Heart (Mallon-Barkley)