[Virtual] Sopravente Presents Wind Quartets | Music of Handel, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams

Watch on LMC’s YouTube Channel. This concert was recorded live on Saturday, December 17th at Mirabella in Seattle.

Music of Handel, Tchaikovsky, and Vaughan Williams

Ombra mai fu (Largo from the opera Xerxes) by George Frideric Handel (1686–1759)

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

Courante (from Suite in B Major HWV 440) by George Frideric Handel

Karin McCullough, piano

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart), Op. 6, No. 6 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

December (Christmas) from The Seasons, Op. 37b by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Karin McCullough, piano

Whither Must I Wander by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

Fantasia on Greensleeves (from the opera, Sir John in Love) by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Karin McCullough, piano

Sopravente Presents Wind Quartets by Bozza, Goepfart, & Cervantes

Trois Pièces Pour Une Musique De Nuit by Eugène Bozza (1905–1991)
I. Andantino
II. Allegro Vivio
III. Moderato

Quartett, Op. 93 by Karl Goepfart (1859–1942)
I. Allegro Risoluto
II. Scherzo

Six Cuban Dances by Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905), arr. Adam Lesnick
I. Moderato
II. Con Passione
III. Poco Vivo con Spirito
IV. Con Energia
V. Weep No More
VI. Moderato Melanconico

Madeline Beery, flute
Rosemary Bell, oboe
Jane Buckner (guest artist), clarinet
Peter Klein (guest artist), bassoon

Artist Bios
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[Limited In Person] Sopravente Presents Wind Quartets | Music of Handel, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams

This concert is restricted to Mirabella residents and performers due to health protocols. It will be broadcast on LMC’s YouTube Channel on Thursday, December 29th at noon.

Music of Handel, Tchaikovsky, and Vaughan Williams

Ombra mai fu (Largo from the opera Xerxes) by George Frideric Handel (1686–1759)

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

Courante (from Suite in B Major HWV 440) by George Frideric Handel

Karin McCullough, piano

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart), Op. 6, No. 6 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

December (Christmas) from The Seasons, Op. 37b by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Karin McCullough, piano

Whither Must I Wander by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

Fantasia on Greensleeves (from the opera, Sir John in Love) by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Karin McCullough, piano

Sopravente Presents Wind Quartets by Bozza, Goepfart, & Cervantes

Trois Pièces Pour Une Musique De Nuit by Eugène Bozza (1905–1991)
I. Andantino
II. Allegro Vivio
III. Moderato

Quartett, Op. 93 by Karl Goepfart (1859–1942)
I. Allegro Risoluto
II. Scherzo

Six Cuban Dances by Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905), arr. Adam Lesnick
I. Moderato
II. Con Passione
III. Poco Vivo con Spirito
IV. Con Energia
V. Weep No More
VI. Moderato Melanconico

Madeline Beery, flute
Rosemary Bell, oboe
Jane Buckner (guest artist), clarinet
Peter Klein (guest artist), bassoon

Artist Bios
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[In Person] Celebrating the 225th Anniversary of Poet Heinrich Heine

Celebrating the 225th Anniversary of Poet, Heinrich Heine

“Der Atlas” from Schwanengesang (Swan Song), D. 957, No. 8, Music by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus (The sea glittered far and wide), Music by Fanny Hensel (1805–1847)

Neue Liebe (New Love), Music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

“Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen” (I hear the song ringing) from Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love) Op 48, No. 10, Music by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

“Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen” (A boy loved a girl) from Dichterliebe, Op 48, No. 11, Music by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen (At first I almost despaired), Music by Franz Liszt (1811–1866)

Der Fichtenbaum (The Spruce Tree), Music by Robert Franz (1815–1892)

Die Lorelei, Music by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)

Der Tod das ist der kuhle Nacht (Death is the Cool Night), Op.96, No. 1, Music by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Regina Thomas, soprano
Lisa Lanza, piano

“Ostinato” from Ballad and Ostinato by Alexandra Pierce (1934–2021)
Places, oh place in Paris, eternal showplace, where the fashion designer, Madame Lamort, weaves and winds the restless roads of the earth, endless ribbons…   –from the Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke

“Cortège” from Trois Morceaux by Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)

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

“Saint Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves” from Deux Légendes by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Lisa Lanza, piano

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[Virtual] Wind Trios by Joyce, Beethoven, & More | Songs by Purcell, Handel, & More

This concert will be presented in person on Monday, December 12, at University House Wallingford and will premiere on our YouTube channel at noon on Thursday, December 22.

 

Wind Trios by Joyce, Beethoven, and More

Five Elfin Pieces by Brian Joyce (b. 1971)
1. The Busy Village
2. Cautious Explorers
3. Dance in the Glen
4. The Princess’s Song
5. Bound for Home

Variations on a theme of J. Haydn by Johann Wenth (1745–1801)

Suite for Two Oboes and Cor Anglais by Nicholas Blake (1948–1969)
1. Bagatelle
2. Siciliana
3. Rondino

Variations on a theme by Mozart, “La ci darem mano” (Let me hold your hand) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

The Teddy Bear Picnic by John Walter Bratton (1867–1945), arr. by James Horan

Sharon Jung, oboe
Bernard Shapiro, oboe
Gail Perstein, English horn

Songs by Purcell, Handel, and More

If music be the food of love (third version) by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake from Judas Maccabeus by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Liebeszauber by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
Der Mond kommt still gegangen

African American Spirituals, arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico
Deep River
Go, Tell It On the Mountain

Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Artist bios
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[In Person] Wind Trios by Joyce, Beethoven, & More | Songs by Purcell, Handel, & More

Wind Trios by Joyce, Beethoven, and More

Five Elfin Pieces by Brian Joyce (b. 1971)
1. The Busy Village
2. Cautious Explorers
3. Dance in the Glen
4. The Princess’s Song
5. Bound for Home

Variations on a theme of J. Haydn by Johann Wenth (1745–1801)

Suite for Two Oboes and Cor Anglais by Nicholas Blake (1948–1969)
1. Bagatelle
2. Siciliana
3. Rondino

Variations on a theme by Mozart, “La ci darem mano” (Let me hold your hand) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

The Teddy Bear Picnic by John Walter Bratton (1867–1945), arr. by James Horan

Sharon Jung, oboe
Bernard Shapiro, oboe
Gail Perstein, English horn

Songs by Purcell, Handel, and More

If music be the food of love (third version) by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake from Judas Maccabeus by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Liebeszauber by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
Der Mond kommt still gegangen

African American Spirituals, arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico
Deep River
Go, Tell It On the Mountain

Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

 

This concert will be presented in person at 7:00 p.m. on December 12, at University House Wallingford.
It will also premiere on our YouTube channel at noon on Thursday, December 22.

Artist bios
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