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Music by Bellini and Chopin

Works by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)bellini-capuleti

L’abbandono (Romanza) (The abandonment)
Malinconia, Ninfa gentile (Melancholy gentle nymph)
Vanne, o rosa fortunate (Go, fortunate rose)

“Eccomi . . . O quante volte,” (Here I am… o how many times) from I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Almen, se non poss’io seguir l’amato bene (At least if I am not able to follow my beloved)
Per pietà, bell’idol mio (Have pity, my dearest one)
Ma rendi pur contento (Only make her happy)

Emily Riesser, soprano & Lucy Wenger, piano

Works by Frederick Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturne in F-sharp major, op.15, no.2
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op.27, no.1
Nocturne in D-flat major, op.27, no.2
Ballade no.4 in F-minor, op.52

Valentina Rodov, piano

LMC Opera presents scenes from Falstaff by Verdi

LMC Opera presents scenes from Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Falstaff and his page
Portrait of Sir John Falstaff and his page

Act I, Part II – “Fulgida Alice, amor t’offro….Quell’otre! quell tino” (Radiant Alice, I offer my love…That wineskin!  That tub!)

Act II, Part II  – “Gaia comari di Windsor” (Merry Women of Windsor)

Act II, Part II  – “Sarai la Fata Regina delle Fate” “You will be Queen of the Fairies”

Act III – “Dal labbro il canto estasiato” (From my lips an ecstatic song flies)
“Sul fil d’un soffio estasio” (On the breath of an etesian breeze)

Cast of Characters
Alice Ford sung by Meg Daly, soprano
Meg Page sung by Claudia Kester, mezzo-soprano
Nanetta Ford sung by Ya-Li Lee, soprano
Mistress Quickly sung by Victoria Chaussee, mezzo-soprano
Fenton sung by TBA, tenor
Piano by Lucy Wenger
Stage Direction & Commentary by Regina Thomas

Recorder sonatas by Händel and Genzmer, Hadyn’s “Kaiser” string quartet

Joseph Hadyn
Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791)

Sonate in F-Dur Op. I Nr. 11 by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759)

  1. Larghetto
  2. Allegro
  3. Siciliana
  4. Allegro

Zweite Sonate by Harald Genzmer (1909 – 2007)

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Tranquillo
  3. Vivace
  4. Presto

Sabine Endrigkeit, Recorder     Nola Allen, piano

“Kaiser” string quartet, Op. 76, No. 3 by Franz Joseph Hadyn (1732-1809)

Sally Hufbauer & Kathryn Zufall, violins

Barbara Clagett, viola & Frances Walton, cello

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

Bliss and Benison: A Seasonal Song Recitalwinter-landscape-1352712955hmp1

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