Music for the Holidays

When:
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2024-12-11T12:00:00-08:00
2024-12-11T13:00:00-08:00
Where:
Seattle Public Library - Central Library
1000 4th Ave
Seattle WA 98104
Cost:
Free

Music for the Holidays

The Holy Family

From Spanisches Liederbuch: Geistliche Lieder by Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Nun wandre Maria
Die ihr schwebet
Ach, des knaben augen

From Mörike Lieder
Auf ein altes Bild
Schlafendes Jesuskind

Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano
Rob Toren, piano

O Gloriosa Domina by Michael Head (1900-1976); words by Nancy Bush

Watchman, tell us of the night by Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000); words by John Bowring

Emily Riesser, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano

Thanksgiving from Winter by George Winston (1949–2023)

Baumkuchen from Confections, A Piano Sweet, by Akira Yuyama (b. 1932)

Fantasia on Greensleeves, adapted from the opera Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), arr. for solo piano by the composer

December: Christmas from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 12 by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Auld Lang Syne (traditional), arranged for solo piano by Jeffrey Biegel (b. 1961)

Postludium from Winterreigen, Op. 13, No. 10 by Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960)

Karin McCullough, piano

Artist bios
Program PDF