Duets for two oboes and Bliss and Benison: a seasonal song recital

Five Inventions for Two Oboes by José Siqueira (1907-1985)
  1. Andantino
  2. Lento non troppo
  3. Allegretto
  4. Andante calmo
  5. Allegro
From Grandfather’s Duet Book by J.M. Friedrichsen (Duets mailed to 11 year old grandson in 1830)
 VII. Caccia
VIII. Alla breve
  IX. Alla marcia
XIX. Siciliana
  X. Presto
Trois Duos Pour Hautbois by Giles Silvestrini (b. 1961)
  1. Scène de plage – Ciel d’orange
  2. Boulevard des Capucines – Claude Monet (1873)
  3. Le ballet espagnol – Edouard Manet (1862)
Sharon Jung & Gail Perstein, oboes

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The Carol of the Field Mice by Michael Head (1900-1976)
A Slumber Song of the Madonna by Michael Head
The Little Road to Bethlehem by Michael Head
“Christbaum” from Weihnachtslieder, op 8 by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)
“Auf ein altes Bild” from Moericke Lieder by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
“Schlafendes Jesuskind” from Moericke Lieder by Hugo Wolf
“Die Hirten” from Weihnachtslieder, op 8 by Peter Cornelius
“Must the Winter Come So Soon?” from Vanessa by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
“In the Bleak Midwinter” from A Christmas Triptych by Mary E. Caldwell (1909-2003)
A Christmas Carol by Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano & TBA, piano

New works by LMC member composers

Clarinet duet by Sarah Conyers

Sarah Conyers & Joe McGovern, clarinets

Solo piano piece by Kathy Roberts

Lucy Wenger, piano

Oh My Child, What a Journey by Nicole Truesdell (b. 1973)

Wooden Squeeze Trapeze by Nicole Truesdell

Kathyrn Zufall, violin & Madeline Beery, flute

London Songs by Janet Anderson (b. 1967)

  • A March day in London (words by Amy Levy)
  • Straw in the street (Amy Levy)
  • London poets (Amy Levy)
  • Fog (words by John Davidson)
  • London’s summer morning (words by Mary Robinson)

Katie Hochman, soprano & Janet Anderson, piano

Scenes from La Clemenza di Tito by Mozart

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Titus Caesar

“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)

Tenor (guest artist) TBA 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)

Tenor (guest artist) TBA 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!)

Tenor (guest artist) TBA as Tito

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

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Stage Direction, Tom Sunderland (guest artist)

Orchestra
Violins, Candice Chin & Ann Rackl
Viola, Carolyn Wyman
Cello, Terry Cook
Piano, Joan Lunquist
Conductor, TBA

Bach violin sonata & soprano vocal recital

Solo violin sonata No. 1 in G minor                 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Angie Kam, violin

“I have dreamt” from Wuthering Heights by Bernard Hermann
Les berceaux by Gabriel Faure
Apres un reve by Gabriel Faure
L’invitation au voyage by Henri Duparc
Morire by Giacomo Puccini
A te by Giacomo Puccini
“In quelle trine morbide” from Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini

Amber Rose Johnson, soprano & Asta Vaicekonis, piano

Music by Villa-Lobos and American composers

Five Preludes, W. 419 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (composition year: 1940

  1. Andantino expressivo in E minor
  2. Andantino in E major
  3. Andante in A mino
  4. Lento in E minor
  5. Poco animato in D major

Hilary Field, guitar

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 W 391 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (composed 1938), arr. Hilary Field

Ária (Cantilena, A minor)

Joyce Allison, soprano Hilary Field, guitar

 Lucy Wenger, piano

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“I Wish It So” from Juno by Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)
“Simple Gifts” from Old American Songs, Set I by Aaron Copland(1900-1990)
“Laurie’s Song” from The Tenderland by Aaron Copland
“I Bought Me a Cat” from Old American Songs, Set I by Aaron Copland

Prelude No. 2 by George Gershwin (1898-1937)

“Blah Blah Blah” from East is West by George Gershwin
“By Strauss” from The Show is on/An American in Paris by George Gershwin

Graceful Ghost Rag by William Bolcolm (b. 1938)

Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise by William Bolcolm

Joyce Allison, soprano     Lucy Wenger, piano