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[In Person] Piano Solos by Liszt & Schumann | Music for Cello & Piano by Beethoven, Boulanger, & O’Rourke

Piano Solos by Liszt & Schumann

Concert Etudes, S. 144, No. 3 “Un Sospiro” by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17, 1st movement by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Emiko Hori, piano

Music for Cello and Piano by Beethoven, Boulanger, & O’Rourke

7 Variations on “Bei Männern welche Liebe Fühlen” from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, for Cello and Piano, by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Berceuse for Cello and Piano by Katie O’Rourke

Trois Pièces for for Cello and Piano by Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)

Erika Pierson, cello and Katie O’Rourke, piano

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[Virtual] Black History Month Celebration: Piano Pieces by Joplin, Wiggins, Bonds, and More

This concert will be recorded at Crossroads Community Center on February 21, 2023. Watch the concert on YouTube here when it’s available.

Piano Pieces by Scott Joplin, “Blind Tom” Wiggins, Margaret Bonds, and More

“The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin (ca. 1868-1917)

“Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin

“The Battle of Manassas” by Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins (1849–1908)

Diana Gao, piano

 

“Spring Intermezzo” from Four Seasonal Sketches by Betty Jackson King (1928-1994)

Three Visions – A Suite for Solo Piano by William Grant Still (1895–1978)
I. Dark Horsemen
II. Summerland

“Troubled Water” from Spiritual Suite by Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)

Lisa Lanza, piano

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[In Person] Black History Month Celebration: Piano Pieces by Joplin, Wiggins, Bonds, and More

Piano Pieces by Scott Joplin, “Blind Tom” Wiggins, Margaret Bonds, and More
with Commentary by Whitney Henderson, PhD

“The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin (ca. 1868-1917)

“Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin

“The Battle of Manassas” by Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins (1849–1908)

Diana Gao, piano

 

“Spring Intermezzo” from Four Seasonal Sketches by Betty Jackson King (1928-1994)

Three Visions – A Suite for Solo Piano by William Grant Still (1895–1978)
I. Dark Horsemen
II. Summerland

“Troubled Water” from Spiritual Suite by Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)

Lisa Lanza, piano

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[In Person] 150th Anniversary of Rachmaninov’s Birth

150th Anniversary of Rachmaninov’s Birth

From Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3
Elégie
Prélude

Valentina Rodov, piano

From Preludes, Op. 32
5. Moderato
10. Lento

Luke Raffanti, piano

Cello Sonata, Op. 19
2. Allegro scherzando
3. Andante espressivo

Jonas Chen (guest artist), cello and Luke Raffanti, piano

 

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Polka italienne (Italian Polka)

Valentina Rodov and Luke Raffanti, piano

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[In Person] Trios for Wind Instruments | Songs by French & Russian Composers

Trios for Wind Instruments

Suite pour Trio d’Anches by Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
I. Dialogue
II. Scherzino
III. Aria
IV. Finale

Cinq Pièces en Trio by Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
1 .Allegro vivo
2. Andantino
3. Allegro assai
4. Andante
5. Allegro quasi marziale

Gail Perstein, oboe
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Eric Shankland, bassoon

Songs by French and Russian Composers

La mésange by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Le papillon et la fleur by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Désespoir by Pauline Viardot
Havanaise by Pauline Viardot

V’molchani nochi by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Serenade “O Ditya” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Susan Strick, soprano
Sharon Wong (guest artist), piano

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