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Songs for Soprano by Mozart & Strauss | Selections for Solo Flute

Songs for Soprano

Zeffiretti lusinghieri, from Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

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

The Musical Junk Drawer: Selections for Solo Flute

Syrinx by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Voyage III by Elżbieta Sikora (b. 1943)

Giga from Il Pastor Fido by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Aye, Aye, Rascal from Celtic Suite 1 – “Tales of Old” by Herman Beeftink (b. 1953)

Selections from King Frederick the Great’s Flute Book by Frederick the Great (1712–1786); Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)

The Great Train Race by Ian Clarke (b. 1964)

Stasia Kulsa, flute

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“Living Room” Concert – Woodwind Celebration

This month’s concert will take place in the Living Room on Level 3 of the Central Branch.

Woodwind Celebration

Duet for Flute (substituting Oboe) and Clarinet, Op. 46, No. 1 by Kaspar Kummer (1795-1870)
I. Allegro
II. Andante poco Adagio
III. Allegretto con moto

Gail Perstein, oboe
Julie Shankland, bass clarinet

Suite de trois morceaux (Suite of three pieces), Op. 116 by Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
1. Allegretto
2. Idylle
3. Valse

Emily Lee, flute

Trio for Oboe, English Horn and Clarinet by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933)
Introduction
Doppelfuge
Sarabande
Rigaudon et Musette

Bernard Shapiro, oboe
Gail Perstein, English horn
Julie Shankland, clarinet

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LMC Opera: “Mythology, Folklore, and Legend”

LMC Opera Presents “Mythology, Folklore, and Legend”

“Fear no Danger to ensue” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695)
“When I am laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
“Einsam in trüben Tagen” (Lonely, in troubled days) from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

“Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” (“In men who know the feeling of love”) from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
“Lel’s Third Song” (Says the Rain Cloud to the Thunder One Day) from The Snow Maiden by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
“Lieben, Hassen” (Love, Hate) from Ariadne Auf Naxos by Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

“Se come voi piccina io” (If I was little like you) from Le Villi by Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
“Là ci darem la mano” (There we will give each other our hands) from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Fantasy based on Don Giovanni by Jules Herman (1830–1911)
“Batti, batti o bel Masetto” (Strike me o dear Masetto) from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Schelm, halt fest”(Rascal, stay put!) from Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)

Katie Hochman, Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, Lin Chen, and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Colin Ward, baritone
Stasia Kulsa, flute
John Burkhardt (guest artist), piano

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Music of Steven Luksan

Music of Steven Luksan

I call to the Earth and Sea
1. You Sea!
3. Night
4. Immortality

Clarice Alfonso, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

Trance, from Sacred Suite

Melicent Whinston, cello and Steven Luksan, piano

Night Songs:
The House Should be Full of Roses
Summer stars
July Midnight

Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

Resistance
1. Work
3. Communion
5. Re-visioning

Emily Riesser, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

II. Lento, from Sonata

Brittany Harrington, bassoon and Steven Luksan, piano

Smoke and Steel:
Monotone
Valley Song
Prayers of Steel

Susan Payne O’Brien, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

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Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons

Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons

The Seasons, Op. 37b by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
1. January: By the Hearth
2. February: Carnival
3. March: Song of the Lark
4. April: Snowdrop
5. May: May Nights
6. June: Barcarolle
7. July: Song of the Reaper
8. August: The Harvest
9. September: The Hunt
10. October: Autumn Song
11. November: Troika
12. December: Christmas
All twelve pieces, six played by Tatiana and six by Maria

“Pas de Deux,” excerpt from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tatiana Moore and Maria Khavin, piano

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