Music for the Holidays

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

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Music for Soprano, Flute, and Piano | Twelve Months of Music

Music for Soprano, Flute, and Piano

Flammende Rose (Flaming Rose) by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Le Portrait (The Portrait) by Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Susan Strick, soprano
Jan Bleakney, flute
Sharon Wong, piano

Twelve Months of Music

January: At the Fireside from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
February: Carnivalse by Chilly Gonzales (b. 1972)
March: Frühling, S. 480/2 by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
April: Snowdrop from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 4 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
May: May Night, Op. 27, No. 4 by Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
June: Mysterious Summer’s Night by Larysa Kuzmenko (b. 1956)
July: Song of the Reaper from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 7 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
August: Sommervise, Op. 45, No. 3 by Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
September: In Autumn from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 4 by Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
October: Autumn Song from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 10 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
November: Thanksgiving by George Winston (1949–2023)
December: Postludium from Winterreigen, Op. 13, No. 10 by Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960)

Karin McCullough, piano

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Piano Music by Bach & Rachmaninoff | Arensky Piano Trio No. 1 – Selections

Piano Music by Bach & Rachmaninoff

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Preludes, Op. 23 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
3. Tempo di minuetto (D minor)
6. Andante (E-flat major)
7. Allegro (C minor)
8. Allegro vivace (A-flat major)

Silas Berlin, piano

Selections from Arensky Piano Trio No. 1

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 by Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
1. Allegro Moderato
3. Elegia Adagio

Kathryn Zufall, violin
Erika Fiebig, cello
Sophia Chou, piano

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Music for Violin, Voice, and Piano

Music for Violin, Voice, and Piano

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Allegro amabile
Andante Tranquillo – Vivace
Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Angie Kam, violin
Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano

No. 3 Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano

Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Frühling
September
Beim Schlafengehen
Im Abendrot

Laurel Sprigg, soprano
Angie Kam, violin
Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano

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Woodwind Trios | Songs of Finland

Woodwind Trios

Mini-Trio for 2 Oboes and Cor Anglais (2007) by Allan Stephenson (b. 1949)
Allegro vivo
Poco Lento
Scherzo
Rondo Finale alla Haydn

Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-18270)
Andante
Eight Variations
Coda (Andante)

The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (1907) by John Walter Bratton (1867-1945); arr. James Horan

Sharon Jung and Bernard Shapiro, oboes
Gail Perstein, English horn

Songs of Finland

Suvilaula by Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959)
Rakastunut

Purjein kuutamolla by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)
Sinipiika
Kaiutar by Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Paimenet by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)

Pai, pai, paitaressu by Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)
Ma elän

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

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