American Popular Song Concert

Lullaby of Birdland (1954) by Harry Warren (1893-1981)
“It’s De-Lovely” from Anything Goes (1934) by Cole Porter (1891-1994)
“Cheek to Cheek” from Top Hat (1935) by Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
“My funny valentine” from Babes in Arms (1937) by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Fly me to the Moon (1954) by Bart Howard (1915-2004)
Cry me a River (1953) by Arthur Hamilton (1896-1985)
Misty (1954) by Erroll Garner (1923-1977)
“Make someone happy” from Do-Re-Mi (1960) by Jule Styne (1905-1994)
“So in love” from Kiss me Kate (1949) by Cole Porter
Didn’t we by Jimmy Webb (b. 1946)
Stormy Weather (1933) by Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
“On a Clear Day” from On a Clear Day you can see Forever (1965) by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986)
“The Shadow of your Smile” from The Sandpiper (1965) by Johnny Mandel (b. 1925)
“Somewhere over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz by Harold Arlen
“I’ll Be Seeing You” from Right this Way (1938) by Sammy Fain (1902-1989)
When I have Sung my Songs to You (1934) by Ernest Charles (1895-1984)

Sharon Annette Lancaster, mezzo-soprano

Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

Ann Rackl, violin

Herbolsheimer folk song settings, music for oboe, bassoon & piano

Up and Away – The Story of a Balloon by Alyssa Morris (b. 1984)


Inhale/Exhale
Life on a String
Letting Go

Trio de Salon by Marie Félice Clémence de Reiset, Vicomtesse de Grandval (1830-1907)

Gail Perstein, oboe; Eric Shankland, bassoon (guest performer); Nobuko Hasegawa, piano

The Ballad: Stories in Song

A tribute to Bern Herbolsheimer (1948-2016)

Danny Boy Irish trad., arr. Julie Knowles, b. 1948

Bern Herbolsheimer, 1948-2015 http://bernherbolsheimer.com/bio.php

From American Folk Song Settings American trad., arr. Bern H. Herbolsheimer

The Silvery Moon
Wicked Polly
William Cook
Uncle Joe
Red River Valley

Lesley Chapin, soprano and Carol Hartoon, piano

This performance is part of Herbolsheimer Festival 2017, a year long celebration of the musical legacy of Northwest composer Bern Herbolsheimer. For a complete list of the participating groups and events, please visit http://bernherbolsheimer.com/festival.php

Piano works by Tailleferre, Scriabin, Vine, Schulhoff, Hadyn’s “The Joke” String Quartet

String Quartet, Opus 33 No 2 “The Joke” by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

  1. Allegro moderato, cantabile
  2. Scherzo
  3. Largo sostenuto
  4. Presto

A Musical Joke, K 522 by W.A. Mozart ( 1756- 1791)

III. Adagio cantabile

Kathy Zufall & Ann Rackl, violins
Janice Gockel, viola & Frances Walton, cello

Deux pieces pour piano, Germaine Tailleferre, (1892-1983)

Larghetto
Valse Lente

Sonata-Fantasy, Op. 19,  Alexander Scriabin, (1872-1915)

  1. Andante
  2. Presto

The Anne Landa Preludes by Carl Vine, (1954-

V. Ever After Ever

Esquisses de jazz, Erwin Schulhoff,  (1894-1942)

  1. Charleston

Stephanie Shadbolt, piano

Piano and Vocal music by Beethoven, Scenes from Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito

An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. “Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend” (I sit on a hill gazing)
  2. “Wo die Berge so blau” (Rising from the lowering skies)
  3. “Leichte Segler in den Höhen” (Graceful sailor of the heights)
  4. “Diese Wolken in den Höhen” (These clouds on the heights)
  5. “Es kehret der Maien” (Maytime returns)
  6. “Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder” (Take these, then, my songs)

Regina Thomas, soprano & Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest” by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Largo-Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Alegretto

Maria Khavin, piano

Intermission

Scenes from La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus) by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Performed costumed and staged, with string quartet and piano

“Come ti piace imponi” (Whatever you wish)

Malya Muth as Vitellia     Katie Stevenson (guest artist) as Sesto

“Deh si piacer mi vuoi” (If you would like to please me)

Malya Muth as Vitellia

“Deh prendi un dolce amplesso” (Accept this heartfelt embrace)

Emily Riesser as Annio    Katie Stevenson (guest artist) as Sesto

“Ah perdona al primo affetto questo accento sconsigliato;” (Forgive this rashness born of my affection)

Emily Riesser as Annio     Leslie Stark as Servilia

“Ah, se fosse intorno al trono ogni cor cosi sincero” (Ah, if about a throne every heart were so sincere)

Brian Minnick, tenor (guest artist) as Tito

“Tu fosti tradito” (You were betrayed)

Emily Riesser as Annio

“Deh, per questo istante” (Ah, for just this moment)

Katie Stevenson as Sesto

Se all’impero, amici Dei, necessario e un cor severo!” (If a hard heart is necessary to a ruler, ye benevolent gods)

Brian Minnick (guest artist) as Tito

“S’altro che lacrime per lui non tenti” (If you do nothing but shed tears for him)

Leslie Stark as Servilia

“Ecco, il punto, o Vitellia…Non più di fiori” (Now is the moment, Vitellia…Flowers no more)

Malya Muth as Vitellia

“Ma, che giorno è mai questo?” (But what a day this is!)

Brian Minnick (guest artist) as Tito

FINALE: “Tu è ver, m’assolvi” (You truly forgive me)

Tom Sunderland (guest artist), stage direction

Joan Lundquist, piano Carolyn Wyman, viola
John Burkhardt (guest artist), conductor Candice Chin & Ann Rackl, violins

Terry Cook, cello

 

Songs by Amy Beach and Cole Porter, Music for oboe and English Horn

Concerto for Oboe and Strings (piano reduction) by Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), arr. John Barbirolli

Gail Perstein, oboe and Nobuko Hasegawa, piano

Autumn Song, Op. 56, No. 1 by Amy Marcy Beach (1867-1944)
Four Songs for Children, Op. 75 by Amy Marcy Beach
Sleep, Little Darling, Op. 29, No. 3 by Amy Marcy Beach

Breanna Hanson, soprano and TBA, piano
Fantasy on “Lungi da te” from G. Sarti’s (1729-1802) Armida e Rinaldo for English horn and piano by Gustave Vogt (1781-1870)
Sicilienne for English horn and piano (arranged by Thomas Stacy) by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Recitative and Rondo for English horn and Piano (reduction)         Anton Reicha (1770-1836)
Gail Perstein, English horn and Nobuko Hasegawa, piano
“Love for Sale” from The New Yorkers (1930) by Cole Porter (1891- 1964)
“So in Love” from Kiss Me Kate (1948) by Cole Porter
Breanna Hanson, soprano and TBA, piano