This thesis consists of two parts: (1) the program notes of the “Solo Recital” and (2) the program notes of the “Performance Recital”.

　　The program of the “Solo Recital” includes Georg Fridric Handel: “Let me wander” and “Or let the merry bells ring round” from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55; “O sleep, why dost thou leave me?” and “Where eʹer you walk” from Semele, HWV58. Johannes Brahms: Dämmrung senkte sich von oben, op. 59, no. 1; Auf dem See, op. 59, no. 2; Mein wundes Herz, op. 59, no. 7; Dein blaues Auge, op. 59, no. 8. Charles-François Gounod: Au Printemps and Mignon. Reynaldo Hahn: Fêtes galantes, Rêverie, and Le rossignol des lilas. Huang Zi: Homesickness; Bi-Guang Lian: Chance; Guizhou Folk Song: The Love Song of Tea Mountains; Ty-Zen Hsiao: The Vagabond and Snack Peddler’s Song.

　　The program of the “Performance Recital” includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Komm, liebe Zither; Un moto di gioja, K. 579; “Venite, inginocchiatevi” and “Giunse alfin il momento” from Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492. Robert Schumann: Lied der Suleika, from Myrthen, op. 25, no. 9; Lied der Braut I, from Myrthen, op. 25, no. 11; Lied der Braut II, from Myrthen, op. 25, no. 12. Felix Mendelssohn: Der Mond, op. 86, no. 5; Altdeutsches Frühlingslied, op. 86, no. 6; “Denn in seiner Hand ” from Psalm95, op. 46, no. 3; Gruß, op. 63, no.3. Gabriel Urbain Fauré: Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme, op.10, no. 1; Mai, op. 1, no. 2; Sylvie, op. 6, no. 3. Virgil Thomson: “We cannot retrace our steps” from The mother of us all. Hsuan-Wen Chang: Four Rhymes of Nostalgia and hometown; Ty-Zen Hsiao: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and The Lord’s prayer.