LIVESTREAM: Cello Music by Schubert, Elgar, and More

Ave verum corpus, K. 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

“Ave Maria” by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) / Charles Gounod (1818–1893)

Ständchen (Serenade), from Schwanengesang, D. 957 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Allegro Moderato from Moment Musical by Franz Schubert

Élégie by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)

La Cinquantaine by Jean Gabriel-Marie (1852–1928)

Salut d’amour, Op. 12 by Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Les Larmes de Jacqueline, Op.76 No.2 by Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)

“Londonderry Air” by Traditional

Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Melet Whinston, cello
Michael Housley, piano

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IN PERSON: “The String Spring Fling!”

This concert will be presented in person, at Crossroads Community Center in Bellevue.

Duets for violin and piano

Adoration by Florence B. Price (1887-1953) (arranged by Elaine Fine)
The Deserted Garden by Florence B. Price (edited by Owain Evans)

Priere sans paroles by Alfred Tokayer (1900-1943)

Theme from Schindler’s List by John Williams (1993) (dedicated to Itzhak Perlman)

Carmela by William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Mother and Child (second movement of Suite for Violin and Piano) by Wm. Grant Still

V. Hornpipe from Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)

Adrianna Hulscher, violin
Karin McCullough, piano

Springtime in Paris: French piano solos

“Clair de lune” (Menuet), Op. 48, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1942)

“Clair de lune” from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
First Arabesque by Claude Debussy

Sonatine by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
I. Modéré
II Menuet

“Sicilienne” from Neuf pieces breves by Georges Auric (1899-1983)

“Air d’Aline” from Les avventures du roi Pausole, an opera by Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), transcribed for solo piano by Arthur Honegger

“La nuit est venue” (Night has come) from L’histoire de Babar by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
“Pastourelle” from L’eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne’s Fan), a children’s ballet, by Francis Poulenc (transcribed for solo piano by Maurice Ravel)

Karin McCullough, piano

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IN PERSON: Brahms Cello Sonata; Mozart and Liszt Solo Piano Works

This concert will be presented in person at the Music Center of the Northwest, as well as streamed live.

Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38 in E Minor by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
– Allegro non troppo
– Allegretto quasi Menuetto
– Allegro

Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano

Piano Sonata No.10 in C Major, K.330 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
– Allegro moderato
– Andante cantabile in F major
– Allegretto

Etude de Concert S. 144 No. 2 in F minor, “La leggierezza” by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Emiko Hori, piano

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LIVESTREAM: Songs by Berlioz and Weill; The Musical Body

Songs by Berlioz and Weill

From “Les Nuits d’été” (Summer Nights), Op. 7 by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
1. Villanelle
4. L’Absence
6. L’ile inconnue

Speak Low from “One Touch of Venus” by Kurt Weill (1900-1950), words by Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Surabaya Johnny from “Happy End” by Kurt Weill, English words by Michael Feingold (b. 1945), Original German words by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)

Complainte de la Seine by Kurt Weill, words by Maurice Magre (1877-1941)

What Good Would The Moon Be? from “Street Scene” by Kurt Weill, words by Langston Hughes (1901-1967)

Emily Riesser, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

The Musical Body – songs featuring the human form

Heavenly Grass by Paul Bowles (1910–1999)

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

From Cuatro madrigales amatorios by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)
II. Vos me matásteis

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

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

From Tres Poemas by Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)
II. Tu pupila es azul

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

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

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

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

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