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LMC Opera – Queen for a Day: Operatic Depictions of Nobility

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

“Nasce il sole” from Rodrigo by George Frideric Handel

Lin Chen as Esilena, Last Visigothic Queen of Spain

“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)

“Tu che le vanita” from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)

Laurel Sprigg as Élisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain

“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

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Gottschalk Birthday Celebration

Gottschalk Birthday Celebration

The Dying Poet, meditation for piano, D. 45
The Last Hope, Op. 16
Suis Moi! Caprice, Op. 45

Diana Gao, piano

Le Bananiere, Op. 5, arr. for four hands

Steven Damouni (guest artist) and Diana Gao, piano

Viens, o ma belle

Colin Ward, baritone and Karin McCullough, piano

Ave Maria

Dora Barnes, soprano and Karin McCullough, piano

The Mountaineer’s Song

Colin Ward, baritone and Karin McCullough, piano

Souvenir de Porto Rico

Lin Chen, violin, Katie Hollenbach clarinet, and Karin McCullough, piano

Slumber on, baby dear

Dora Barnes, soprano and Karin McCullough, piano

O Loving Heart

Dora Barnes, soprano, Lin Chen, violin, Katie Hollenbach, clarinet,
and Karin McCullough, piano

O, ma charmante, épargnez moi! (O my charmer, spare me)

Karin McCullough, piano

Canadian Boat Song

Colin Ward, baritone and Karin McCullough, piano

I Don’t See It, Mama

Dora Barnes, soprano and Karin McCullough, piano

The Banjo, Op. 15

Steven Damouni (guest artist), piano

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Works for Oboe and Piano | Songs from Finland

Works for Oboe and Piano

Concerto for Oboe (with Piano reduction), Op7 by Marie Félicie Clémence de Reiset, Vicomtesse de Grandval (1828–1907)
(A Monsier Georges Gillet, 1st Hautbois-Solo de la Sociéte des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris et de l’Opéra Italien)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andantino con moto
III. Final (Moderato maestoso)

From French Suite for Oboe and Piano by Alan Richardson (1904–1978)
(To Léon Goossens)
1. Rendezvous
2. Les Peupliers
4. Causerie
5. Les Moulins

Gail Perstein, oboe
Asta Vaicekonis, piano

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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Spanish Love Songs and Piano Solos

Spanish Love Songs

Marinela, Marinela by José Serrano (1873–1941)
Elegia eterna by Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
Del cabello más sutil by F. J. Obradors (1897–1945)
Nana by Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Cançó de Grumet by Eduard Toldrà (1895–1962)

¿Con qué la lavaré? by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)
Jo et pressentia com la mar by Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
Paño murciano by Joaquin Nin (1879–1949)
La rosa y el sauce by Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
Las locas por amor by Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)

Diane Althaus, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Piano Solos by Mozart and Bach-Busoni

Sonata K. 310 in A minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
– Allegro maestoso

Chaconne from Violin Partita in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750),
arr. for piano by Ferrucio Busoni (1866–1924)

Emiko Hori, piano

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Songs by Luksan & Chaminade; Debussy Piano Solo | Songs by Schubert, Brahms, and More

Songs by Luksan and Chaminade; Debussy Piano Solo

Monotone by Steven Luksan
Valley Song by Steven Luksan
Prayers of Steel by Steven Luksan

Susan Payne O’Brien, soprano
Michelle Huang, piano

Feux d’artifice from Preludes Book II by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Michelle Huang, piano

Ma première lettre by Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
Viens, mon bien-aimé! by Cécile Chaminade

Susan Payne O’Brien, soprano
Michelle Huang, piano

Songs by Schubert, Brahms, and More

Frühlingsglaube by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Nacht und Träume

Bei dir sind meine Gedanken by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Wir wandelten

Ging heut’ Morgen über‘s Feld by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

Le papillon et la fleur by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

Phidylé by Henri Duparc (1848–1933)

Susan Strick, soprano
Asta Vaičekonis, piano

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