WESTMINSTER CONCERT SERIES, “Four Seasons of Song,” Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, April 7

The seasons were a popular subject for art song composers of the 19th century. They found inspiration in the many poems that were written about the changing seasons. And as the theme for Monday’s Westminster Concert Series program, it served as a fabulous vehicle for the five members of the school’s vocal department.

The quintet — sopranos Cheryl Hart and Shana Osterloh; mezzo-soprano Aubrey Adams-McMillan; tenor Brian Stucki; and baritone Michael Chipman — drew on the vast repertoire and put together a wonderfully diverse program that didn’t just focus on songs of the season; a number of selections merely referenced or evoked a particular time of year. It was a riveting evening of music that put the considerable talents of the singers — as well as the musicality of pianists Karlyn Bond and Emily Williams, the two accompanists — on display. It was 90 minutes of entertainment of the highest order in an inviting salon-like setting complete with a vintage sofa, chairs and rug that went by all too quickly.

Of the 22 selections the five singers performed on the program, several stood out for a variety of reasons.

Adams-McMillan gave a wonderfully sensitive account of the relatively obscure French composer Charles Koechlin’s evocative “L’hiver,” while bringing lightness and fluidity to her reading of Hector Berlioz’s “Villanelle” from Les nuits d’été; Chipman brought eloquence to his rendition of Franz Schubert’s heartfelt “Im Abendrot;” and Hart, with Stucki playing cello, sang the early baroque composer Barbara Strozzi’s “Che si può fare” with wonderfully crafted expressiveness.

Stucki and Chipman brought a wealth of expressions and finely molded lyricism to their account of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ little known “Dirge for Fidele,” from William Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline; Osterloh gave a lyric account of Gustav Mahler’s charming “Frülingsmorgen;” and the ensemble ended the evening with a captivating account of the closing song, “Zum Schluss,” from Johannes Brahms’ delightful Liebeslieder Walzer.