Music Made for Two
Grand opera, beloved songs, musical theater – they sing it all!
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Robin Lynne Frye and Robert Mobsby have performed together since they met at a singing job in the 90s. This husband and wife singing duo always touches audiences as they share their love of music together on stage. With selections ranging from Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Handel and Schumann to Bernstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Berlin and Gershwin, their concerts include something for everyone.
At a Music Made for Two concert, you can be sure of:
Sample programs Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby have performed in the past are below. Please contact them at [email protected] for more information on booking your Music Made for Two concert. They look forward to singing for you! |
“Robert and Robin’s recital was delightful. They are not only engaging and artistic singers, they are also masterful at conceiving eclectic programs that keep listeners on their toes. Our audience thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we would recommend them to anyone seeking a wonderful concert.”
Dr. Matthew Phelps Minister of Music West End United Methodist Church Nashville, Tennessee |
About Robert Mobsby:
Baritone ROBERT MOBSBY has appeared as an oratorio, concert, and opera soloist throughout the Eastern United States. He was a semi-finalist in the Chester Ludgin American Verdi Baritone Competition. Recent performances include opera arias and ensembles with Riverside Opera Company, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and Schubert’s Mass in G with the Cornerstone Chorale, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs at the Reformed Church of Bronxville and Thomas Beveridge’s Give Me the Splendid, Silent Sun with the New Amsterdam Singers. Mr. Mobsby is a frequent duo-recitalist performing with mezzo-soprano Robin Lynne Frye as “Music Made for Two,” most recently at The Church of St. Mary the Virgin in New York and at the First Presbyterian Church in Greenwich, Connecticut. Other performances include Verdi’s Requiem and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with the Waldorf Choral Society, Poulenc’s Le Bal Masqué with the Columbia Festival Orchestra and Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the State College Choral Society in Pennsylvania. Connecticut performances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Christ in Bach’s St. John Passion with the Greater Middletown Chorale, and Bach’s Cantata 106 with the Hartford Symphony. With the Cornerstone Chorale, he has performed Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Mass in C. In Puccini’s La Bohème, Mr. Mobsby has sung Schaunard with Commonwealth Opera and Marcello with Opera Theater of Connecticut. In Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, he has sung Balthazar with Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theatre and Melchior with Connecticut Opera. With Opera Manhattan, Mr. Mobsby sang Le Fauteuil and L’Arbre in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortiléges and Ennius in Massenet’s Cléopâtre, and with Downtown Music Productions, The Father in the premiere of David Strickland’s opera, Phoenix Park (A Poet’s Journey). www.robertmobsby.com
Baritone ROBERT MOBSBY has appeared as an oratorio, concert, and opera soloist throughout the Eastern United States. He was a semi-finalist in the Chester Ludgin American Verdi Baritone Competition. Recent performances include opera arias and ensembles with Riverside Opera Company, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and Schubert’s Mass in G with the Cornerstone Chorale, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs at the Reformed Church of Bronxville and Thomas Beveridge’s Give Me the Splendid, Silent Sun with the New Amsterdam Singers. Mr. Mobsby is a frequent duo-recitalist performing with mezzo-soprano Robin Lynne Frye as “Music Made for Two,” most recently at The Church of St. Mary the Virgin in New York and at the First Presbyterian Church in Greenwich, Connecticut. Other performances include Verdi’s Requiem and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with the Waldorf Choral Society, Poulenc’s Le Bal Masqué with the Columbia Festival Orchestra and Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the State College Choral Society in Pennsylvania. Connecticut performances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Christ in Bach’s St. John Passion with the Greater Middletown Chorale, and Bach’s Cantata 106 with the Hartford Symphony. With the Cornerstone Chorale, he has performed Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Mass in C. In Puccini’s La Bohème, Mr. Mobsby has sung Schaunard with Commonwealth Opera and Marcello with Opera Theater of Connecticut. In Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, he has sung Balthazar with Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theatre and Melchior with Connecticut Opera. With Opera Manhattan, Mr. Mobsby sang Le Fauteuil and L’Arbre in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortiléges and Ennius in Massenet’s Cléopâtre, and with Downtown Music Productions, The Father in the premiere of David Strickland’s opera, Phoenix Park (A Poet’s Journey). www.robertmobsby.com
Sample Programs
Program 1
Che vai pensando, folle pensier, HWV 184 by G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
Giù nei Tartarei regni, HWV 187 by G. F. Handel
Réveil, Op. 11 No. 2 by Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Colloque by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les Fiancés, Op. 68 by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Vier Duette, Op. 28 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Die Nonne und der Ritter
Vor der Tür
Es rauschet das Wasser
Der Jäger und sein Liebchen
INTERMISSION
Pur ti miro (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) by W. A. Mozart (1758-1791)
Ai capricci della sorte (L’Italiana in Algeri) by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Four Cautionary Tales and a Moral by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)
Rebecca (Who slammed doors for fun and perished miserably.)
Jim (Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion.)
Matilda (Who told lies, and was burned to death.)
Henry King (Who chewed little bits of string and was early cut off in dreadful agonies.)
Charles Augustus Fortescue (Who always did what was right, and so accumulated an immense fortune.)
ENCORE
El Desdichado by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Che vai pensando, folle pensier, HWV 184 by G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
Giù nei Tartarei regni, HWV 187 by G. F. Handel
Réveil, Op. 11 No. 2 by Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Colloque by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les Fiancés, Op. 68 by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Vier Duette, Op. 28 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Die Nonne und der Ritter
Vor der Tür
Es rauschet das Wasser
Der Jäger und sein Liebchen
INTERMISSION
Pur ti miro (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) by W. A. Mozart (1758-1791)
Ai capricci della sorte (L’Italiana in Algeri) by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Four Cautionary Tales and a Moral by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)
Rebecca (Who slammed doors for fun and perished miserably.)
Jim (Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion.)
Matilda (Who told lies, and was burned to death.)
Henry King (Who chewed little bits of string and was early cut off in dreadful agonies.)
Charles Augustus Fortescue (Who always did what was right, and so accumulated an immense fortune.)
ENCORE
El Desdichado by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Program 2
The Passing Bell by Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains by Roger Quilter
It Was a Lover and His Lass by Roger Quilter
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
O del mio amato ben by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)
Spirate pur, spirate by Stefano Donaudy
L’ultima canzone by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
Performed by Ms. Frye
Selections from Mignon by Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
De son coeur j’ai calmé la fièvre
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Connais-tu le pays
Performed by Ms. Frye
Légères hirondelles
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
INTERMISSION
Selections from Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
There’s a Law
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
What a Movie!
Performed by Ms. Frye
Well, of All People
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Die tote Stadt) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Schweig’, damit dich Niemand warnt (Der Freischütz) by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
You’re Just in Love (Call Me Madam) by Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
An Old Fashioned Wedding (Annie Get Your Gun) by Irving Berlin
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
The Passing Bell by Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains by Roger Quilter
It Was a Lover and His Lass by Roger Quilter
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
O del mio amato ben by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)
Spirate pur, spirate by Stefano Donaudy
L’ultima canzone by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
Performed by Ms. Frye
Selections from Mignon by Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
De son coeur j’ai calmé la fièvre
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Connais-tu le pays
Performed by Ms. Frye
Légères hirondelles
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
INTERMISSION
Selections from Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
There’s a Law
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
What a Movie!
Performed by Ms. Frye
Well, of All People
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Die tote Stadt) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Schweig’, damit dich Niemand warnt (Der Freischütz) by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
You’re Just in Love (Call Me Madam) by Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
An Old Fashioned Wedding (Annie Get Your Gun) by Irving Berlin
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Program 3
Gruss, Op. 63, No. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Herbstlied, Op. 63, No. 4 by Felix Mendelssohn
Ich wollt’, meine Lieb’ ergösse sich, Op. 63, No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Haugtussa, Op. 67 by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Det Syng
Veslemöy
Møte
Elsk
Killingdans
Performed by Ms. Frye
Thousands of Miles (Lost in the Stars) by Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
What Good Would the Moon Be (Street Scene) by Kurt Weill
Performed by Ms. Frye
We’ll Go Away Together (Street Scene) by Kurt Weill
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
INTERMISSION
Selections from Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Si tu m’aimes, Carmen
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Les tringles des sistres tintaient
Performed by Ms. Frye
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Vagabond
Let Beauty Awake
Whither Must I Wander?
Bright is the Ring of Words
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
I Don’t Think I’ll Fall in Love Today (Treasure Girl) by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
The Half of It, Dearie, Blues (Lady, Be Good!) by George Gershwin
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (Shall We Dance) by George Gershwin
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Gruss, Op. 63, No. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Herbstlied, Op. 63, No. 4 by Felix Mendelssohn
Ich wollt’, meine Lieb’ ergösse sich, Op. 63, No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Haugtussa, Op. 67 by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Det Syng
Veslemöy
Møte
Elsk
Killingdans
Performed by Ms. Frye
Thousands of Miles (Lost in the Stars) by Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
What Good Would the Moon Be (Street Scene) by Kurt Weill
Performed by Ms. Frye
We’ll Go Away Together (Street Scene) by Kurt Weill
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
INTERMISSION
Selections from Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Si tu m’aimes, Carmen
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Les tringles des sistres tintaient
Performed by Ms. Frye
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Vagabond
Let Beauty Awake
Whither Must I Wander?
Bright is the Ring of Words
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
I Don’t Think I’ll Fall in Love Today (Treasure Girl) by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
The Half of It, Dearie, Blues (Lady, Be Good!) by George Gershwin
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (Shall We Dance) by George Gershwin
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Program 4
Er und Sie (Op. 78, No. 2) by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Ich bin dein Baum (Op. 101, No. 3) by Robert Schumann
Tanzlied (Op. 78, No. 1) by Robert Schumann
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Let Us Garlands Bring by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
Come Away, Come Away, Death
Who is Silvia?
O Mistress Mine
Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun
It was a Lover and His Lass
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Cinco Canciones Negras by Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002)
Cuba dentro de un piano
Punto de Habanera
Chévere
Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito
Canto negro
Performed by Ms. Frye
INTERMISSION
Satires of Circumstance by Betty Roe (1930 - )
Outside the Window
By Her Aunt’s Grave
In the Moonlight
In the Restaurant
At a Watering Place
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Carousel by Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
Soliloquy
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
June is Bustin’ Out All Over
Performed by Ms. Frye
If I Loved You
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
ENCORE
Without a Song (Great Day) by Vincent Youmans (1898-1946)
Er und Sie (Op. 78, No. 2) by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Ich bin dein Baum (Op. 101, No. 3) by Robert Schumann
Tanzlied (Op. 78, No. 1) by Robert Schumann
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Let Us Garlands Bring by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
Come Away, Come Away, Death
Who is Silvia?
O Mistress Mine
Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun
It was a Lover and His Lass
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Cinco Canciones Negras by Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002)
Cuba dentro de un piano
Punto de Habanera
Chévere
Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito
Canto negro
Performed by Ms. Frye
INTERMISSION
Satires of Circumstance by Betty Roe (1930 - )
Outside the Window
By Her Aunt’s Grave
In the Moonlight
In the Restaurant
At a Watering Place
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Carousel by Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
Soliloquy
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
June is Bustin’ Out All Over
Performed by Ms. Frye
If I Loved You
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
ENCORE
Without a Song (Great Day) by Vincent Youmans (1898-1946)
Program 5
Heimatgedenken (Op. 16, No. 1) by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)
Der beste Liebesbrief (Op. 6, No. 2) by Peter Cornelius
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Canciones Clásicas Españolas by Fernando Obradors (1897-1945)
Al amor (Vol. 1, No. 2)
Con amores, la mi madre (Vol. 1, No. 5)
El majo celoso (Vol. 1, No. 4)
El vito (Vol. 3, No. 6)
Performed by Ms. Frye
Selections from La Gioconda (Op. 9) by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Ah! Pescator
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Voce di donna o d’angelo
Performed by Ms. Frye
Qui chiamata m’avete … Bella così
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
INTERMISSION
Pleurs d’or (Op. 72) by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme (Op. 10, No. 1) by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
To Julia (Op. 8) by Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Prelude
The Bracelet
The Maiden Blush
To Daisies
The Night Piece
Julia’s Hair
Interlude
Cherry Ripe
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Show Boat by Jerome Kern (1885-1945)
Make Believe
Why Do I Love You?
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
ENCORE
Without a Song (Great Day) by Vincent Youmans (1898-1946)
Heimatgedenken (Op. 16, No. 1) by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)
Der beste Liebesbrief (Op. 6, No. 2) by Peter Cornelius
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Canciones Clásicas Españolas by Fernando Obradors (1897-1945)
Al amor (Vol. 1, No. 2)
Con amores, la mi madre (Vol. 1, No. 5)
El majo celoso (Vol. 1, No. 4)
El vito (Vol. 3, No. 6)
Performed by Ms. Frye
Selections from La Gioconda (Op. 9) by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Ah! Pescator
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Voce di donna o d’angelo
Performed by Ms. Frye
Qui chiamata m’avete … Bella così
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
INTERMISSION
Pleurs d’or (Op. 72) by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme (Op. 10, No. 1) by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
To Julia (Op. 8) by Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Prelude
The Bracelet
The Maiden Blush
To Daisies
The Night Piece
Julia’s Hair
Interlude
Cherry Ripe
Performed by Mr. Mobsby
Selections from Show Boat by Jerome Kern (1885-1945)
Make Believe
Why Do I Love You?
Performed by Ms. Frye and Mr. Mobsby
ENCORE
Without a Song (Great Day) by Vincent Youmans (1898-1946)
