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This month’s concert will take place in the Living Room on Level 3.
Serenade by Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966)
Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 255 by Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
Three Pieces for Cello and Piano by Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Melody in Eb for cello and piano by John Woods Duke (1899–1984)
Variations for Cello and Piano by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
Mary Riles, cello
Peter Nelson-King, piano
LMC Opera – Queen for a Day: Operatic Depictions of Nobility
“Piangero la sorte mio” from Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Emily Riesser as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Nasce il sole” from Rodrigo by George Frideric Handel
Lin Chen as Esilena, Last Visigothic Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Thy Hand, Belinda… When I am laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Katie Hochman as Dido, Queen of Carthage
“Ah, lo veggo” – Recit and Trio from Paride ed Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Susan Payne O’Brien as Elena (Helen), Queen of Sparta
Emily Riesser as Paride (Paris), son of King Priam of Troy
Lin Chen as Amore (Cupid)
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Tu che le vanita” from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Laurel Sprigg as Élisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Morró, ma prima in grazia” from Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Susan Payne O’Brien as Amelia
“Nous sommes assaillis” from Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Laurel Sprigg as Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Katie Hochman as Maguelonne, her sister
Regina Thomas as Armelinde, her sister
Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, stage direction and commentary
We regret to inform you that, due to circumstances beyond our control, the April 8 LMC Opera concert at University House Wallingford has been CANCELLED. We hope to reschedule the concert in the future.
LMC Opera – Queen for a Day: Operatic Depictions of Nobility
“Piangero la sorte mio” from Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Emily Riesser as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Nasce il sole” from Rodrigo by George Frideric Handel
Lin Chen as Esilena, Last Visigothic Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Thy Hand, Belinda… When I am laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Katie Hochman as Dido, Queen of Carthage
“Ah, lo veggo” – Recit and Trio from Paride ed Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Susan Payne O’Brien as Elena (Helen), Queen of Sparta
Emily Riesser as Paride (Paris), son of King Priam of Troy
Lin Chen as Amore (Cupid)
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Tu che le vanita” from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Laurel Sprigg as Élisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Morró, ma prima in grazia” from Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Susan Payne O’Brien as Amelia
“Nous sommes assaillis” from Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Laurel Sprigg as Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Katie Hochman as Maguelonne, her sister
Regina Thomas as Armelinde, her sister
Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, stage direction and commentary
Songs for Soprano
Frühlingsglaube by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Chanson triste by Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
Una donna a quindici anni, from Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Stephanie Guasch, soprano
Sharon Wong, piano
Music for Clarinet and Guitar
Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Melodies) (1905) by Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), Arr. Mark Hilliard Wilson
Café 1930 from Histoire Du Tango (1985) by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992), Arr. Dmitriy Varelas
Romanian Folk Dances (1915) by Béla Bartók (1881–1945), Arr. Mark Hilliard Wilson
I. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)
II. Brâul (Sash Dance)
III. Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)
IV. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)
V. Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
VI. Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)
Ana Isabel Frías, clarinet
Mark Hilliard Wilson (guest artist), guitar
Lieder by Strauss
Zeffiretti lusinghieri, from Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5 Lieder, Op.48, TrV 202 by Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Text: No. 1 by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1864–1929), Nos. 2-4 by Karl Henckell (1865–1910)
1. Freundliche Vision (A pleasant vision)
2. Ich schwebe (I float)
3. Kling! (Resound!)
4. Winterweihe (Winter dedication)
Emily Riesser, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Music by LMC Composers
Songs by Eldon Leuning
From Far, From Eve and Morning, poem by A.E. Housman
Have You Got A Brook?, poem by Emily Dickinson
How Do I Love Love Thee?, poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browing
It’s All I Have, poem by Emily Dickinson
My River Runs to Thee, poem by Emily Dickinson
Not in Lone Splendour, poem by Emily Dickinson/John Keats
Katie Hochman, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano
Blueprint 6 Late Fall – Afternoon by Garrett Fisher, realized by Nicole Truesdell
Nicole Truesdell, piano
Six Miniatures by Patrick O’Keefe
#1 – Moderately fast, quirky, mischievous
#2 – Slow, calm – a lullaby
#3 – Fast, light, energetic
#4 – Slow, somber, melancholy
#5 – Moderate tempo, wistful
#6 – Quick, light, playful
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Bøn (Prayer from the Writings of the Báb) by Katherine Roberts
Emily Riesser, soprano
Li-Cheng Hung piano
This Day by Katherine Roberts
Emily Riesser, soprano
Cary Lee, tenor (guest artist)
Li-Cheng Hung, piano
Emily Acri, violin
Mary Riles, cello