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What Time Is It Anyway? Across a Day in American Song

What Time Is It Anyway? Across a Day in American Song

DAYBREAK
Why I Wake Early – Poem by Mary Oliver (1935–2019)

Will There Really Be a Morning? by Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956); poem: Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
The Daisies by Samuel Barber (1920–1981); poem: James Stephens (1880–1950)
It’s All I Have to Bring Today by Craig Urquhart (b. 1953); poem: Emily Dickinson
Arise, My Love by Richard Hundley (1931–2018); Biblical text from The Song of Solomon
Early in the Morning by Ned Rorem (1923–2022); poem: Robert Hillyer (1895–1961)

MIDDAY
September, 1918 – Poem by Amy Lowell (1874–1925)

Spring Wind by Eric Thiman (1900–1975); poem: Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)
Silent Noon by Shona Mackay (b. unpublished); poem: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
An Old Tune by Lockrem Johnson (1924–1977); poem: Robert Abraham
Afternoon on a Hill by Richard Hundley (1931-2018); poem: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
Heavenly Grass by Paul Bowles (1910–1999); poem: Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)
Silent Noon by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958); poem: D. G. Rossetti (1828–1882)

EVENING
How Dark the Beginning – Poem by Maggie Smith (b. 1977)

There Will Be Stars by John Duke (1899–1984); poem: Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)
A Green Lowland of Pianos by Samuel Barber; Polish poem: Jerzy Harasymowicz (1933–1999), transl. Czesław Miłosz
O Boundless, Boundless Evening by Samuel Barber; Georg Heym (1887–1912), transl. Christopher Middleton
Sure on This Shining Night by Samuel Barber; poem: James Agee (1909–1955)
Good morning midnight by Lori Laitman (b. 1955); poem: Emily Dickinson
Good Night by Lockrem Johnson; lyrics from the tombstone of Mark Twain’s daughter

DAWN

Will There Really Be a Morning? by Richard Hundley; poem: Emily Dickinson

Clarice Alfonso (guest artist) and Susan Payne O’Brien, sopranos
Rhonda Kline, piano

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Spanish Songs of Love & Loss | Piano Music by Griffes, Franck, & Scriabin

Spanish Songs of Love and Loss

Abril (“April”) by Eduardo Toldrá (1895–1962)

Fino cristal (“Fine crystal”) by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)

Allá arriba, en aquella montaña (“Up there, on that mountain”) by Jesús Guridi (1886–1961)

Llorad corazón, que tenéis razón (“The girl was lamenting”) from the song cycle, Canciones amatorias (“Love songs”) by Enrique Granados (1867–1916)

Elegia eterna (“Eternal elegy”) by Enrique Granados (1867–1916)

Cançó de la fira (“Song of the fair”) by Federico Mompou (1893–1987)

Cancion del cucu (“Song of the cuckoo”) by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)

La petenera (flamenco-style song) from La Marchenera by F. Moreno Torroba (1891–1982)

Diane Althaus, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Piano Music by Griffes, Franck, and Scriabin

The Fountain of the Acqua Paola from Roman Sketches, Op. 7, No. 3 by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884–1920)

Prélude, fugue et variation, Op. 18 by César Franck (1822–1890), arr. Harold Bauer

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 by Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
III. Andante
IV. Presto con fuoco

Jonathan Shih, piano

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Love Songs by Beethoven | Grieg Lyric Pieces

Love Songs by Beethoven

An die ferne Geliebte (“To the distant Beloved”), Op. 98, song cycle by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Adelaide, Op.46 by Ludwig van Beethoven

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

Edvard Grieg’s Lyric Pieces

Lyric Pieces by Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Op. 43, No. 1 Butterfly
Op. 43, No. 6 To the Spring
Op. 54, No. 4 Notturno (“Nocturne”)
Op. 71, No. 3 Smatroll (“Little Troll”)
Op. 68, No. 3 At Your Feet
Op. 65, No. 6 Wedding Day at Troldhagen

Karin McCullough, piano

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Love and Water | Music for Cello and Piano

Love and Water

Flute Sonata in E minor, Op. 167, “Undine” by Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)

Stasia Kulsa, flute
Stephanie Shadbolt, piano

Anne of the Waves by Howard J. Buss (b. 1951)
I. From the Waves
II. Dreaming
III. Glistening

Stasia Kulsa, flute

Music for Cello and Piano

12 Variations on a Theme from Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45 for cello and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1 for cello and piano by Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
I. Moderato

Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano

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LMC Opera: French Romantic Masterpieces

LMC Opera: French Romantic Masterpieces

“Je rends a votre amour” (I return to your love) from Guillaume Tell by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
“Comme une pâle fleur” (Like a pale flower) from Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
“Nuit paisible” (Peaceful night) from Beatrice et Benedict by Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
“Entre l’amour et le devoir” (Between love and duty) from Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz
“Légères hirondelles” (Light swallows) from Mignon by Ambroise Thomas
“Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux” (Weep, weep my eyes) from Le Cid by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
“Sous le dôme épais” (Under the thick canopy) “The Flower duet” from Lakme by Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
“The Gypsy Song” from Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Katie Hochman, Emily Riesser, and Laurel Sprigg, sopranos
Victoria Chaussee, mezzo-soprano
Colin Ward, baritone
Stasia Kulsa, flute
Erika Fiebig, cello
Maria Khavin, piano
Regina Thomas, soprano and commentary

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