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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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May artist bios

 

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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April artist bios

 

Songs by Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

Nuvoletta, Op. 25

Monks and raisins, Op. 18, No. 2

Sure on this shining night, Op. 13, No. 3

The secrets of the old, Op. 13, No. 2

Solitary hotel, Op. 41, No. 4

Nocturne, Op. 13, No. 4

There’s nae lark

From Mélodies passagères (Fleeting songs), Op. 27
1. Puisque tout passe
2. Un Cygne
5. Départ

Lin Chen, soprano
Tim Fuller (guest artist), piano

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April artist bios

 

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

Élégie by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)

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

Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Melet Whinston, cello
Michael Housley (guest artist), piano

Gaspard de le Nuit suite by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
I. Ondine
II. Le Gibet
III. Scarbo

Luke Raffanti, piano

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April artist bios

 

From Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49, for Oboe Solo by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Pan
Bacchus

Sharon Jung, oboe

From Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
I. Preferably Clarinet in A

Julie Shankland, clarinet

Snake for unaccompanied Cor Anglais by Michael Berkeley (1948-), godson of Benjamin Britten

Gail Perstein, English horn (cor Anglais)

From 16 Waltzes for Solo Bassoon by Francisco Mignone (1897-1986)
Aquela Modinha que o Villla n ão escreveu (That Modinha that Villa-Lobos Didn’t Write)

Eric Shankland, bassoon

Pastoral Quartet for 2 oboes, English horn and bassoon by Friedrich Gustave Lange (1861-1939)
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro vivace
Allegretto

Sharon Jung, oboe
Julie Shankland, clarinet (substituting on the oboe 2 part)
Gail Perstein, English horn
Eric Shankland, bassoon

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March artist bios