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[In Person] The Musical Body | Piano Solos by Ravel, Piazzolla, & Gershwin

The Musical Body

Heavenly Grass by Paul Bowles (1910–1999)

Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair by Chuck Israels (b. 1936)

In dem Schatten meiner Locken by Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)

2. Vos me matásteis from Cuatro madrigales amatorios by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)

Take, O take those lips away by Peter Warlock (1894–1930)

2. Tu pupila es azu from Tres Poemas by Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)

Cantique à l’Epouse by Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)

Chanson d’Amour by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

“Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss” from Giuditta by Franz Lehar (1870–1948)

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Piano Solos by Ravel, Piazzolla, and Gershwin

Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
I. Modéré –très franc
II. Assez lent – anec une expression intense
III. Modéré
IV. Assez animé
V. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
VI. Vif
VII. Moins vif
VIII. Ėpilogue: lent

Tanti Anni Prima by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)

The Man I Love by George Gershwin (1893–1937)

Joyce Gibb, piano

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[In Person] Poulenc’s The Human Voice

The Human Voice (La Voix Humaine)

Opera in One Act, presented in English
Based on the play by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Music by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

A forty-minute, one-act opera
Arranged for soprano and piano

Synopsis: A woman’s last conversation with the lover who has left her for another.

Emily Riesser, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

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[In Person] Woodwind Trios & Piano Works by Chopin

Wind Trios by Milhaud and Douglas

Pastorale, Op. 147 by Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)

Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon by Bill Douglas (b. 1944)
I. Bebop Cantando
II. Angelico
III. Dragon

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

Piano Works by Chopin

Four Mazurkas, Op. 67 by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
#1 in G Major (1835)
#2 in G minor (1849)
#3 in C Major (1835)
#4 in A minor (1846)

The Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 by Frédéric Chopin

Diana Gao, piano

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[In Person] French Art Songs and Oboe Concerti

French Art Songs

C by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Nuit d’étoiles (Starry Night) by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Après un rêve (After a dream) by Gabriel Fauré
Extase (Rapture) by Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
Nell, Op. 18, No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré

Lin Chen, soprano
Minju Kim, piano

Oboe Concerti

Concertino in C Major for Oboe by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
Adagio
Polacca

 

Concerto for oboe by Erland Von Koch (1910–2009)
Allegro poco vivace
Lento espressivo e rubato
Molto vivace

Sharon Jung, oboe
Joan Lundquist, piano

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[In Person] Trios by Piazzola, de Falla, & Turina | Songs by Poulenc, Barber, & More

Trios by Piazzola, de Falla, and Turina

Oblivion by Astor Piazzola (1921–1992)

Jota, from Seven Popular Songs by Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)

Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 76 by Joachin Turina (1882–1949)
I. Lento – Allegro Moderato
II. Molto Vivace
III. Lento – Allegro Vivo

Ann Rackl, violin
Larry Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano

Songs by Poulenc, Barber, and More

Air Champêtre, FP. 46, no. 2, from Airs chantés by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Heidenröslein (“Wild Rose”), D.257 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Nuit d’Etoiles (“Starry Night”) by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sure on this shining night, Op. 13, No. 3, from Four Songs by Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
O del mio amato ben by Stefano Donaudy (1879–1925)
La lune blanche, Op. 61, No. 3 by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
S’altro che lacrime, from La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Fair Robin I Love, from Tartuffe by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925)

Sydney Belden, soprano
Luke Raffanti, piano

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