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[In Person] Works by Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Chopin

Works for Cello & Piano by Schumann and Saint-Saëns

Fantasiestücke, Op.73 by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
I. Zart und mit Ausdruck (Tender and with expression)
II. Lebhaft, leicht (Lively, light)
III. Rasch und mit Feuer (Quick and with fire)

Le Cygne (The Swan), from Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Larry Chu, cello and Selina Chu, piano

An Afternoon of Fantasies: Piano Music by Chopin and Rachmaninoff

Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
1. Elegie in e-flat minor
2. Prelude in c-sharp minor

Valentina Rodov, piano

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[In Person] Songs by French & Russian Composers | Piano Solos by Liszt & Schumann

Songs by French and Russian Composers

La mésange by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Le papillon et la fleur by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Désespoir by Pauline Viardot
Havanaise by Pauline Viardot

V’molchani nochi by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Serenade “O Ditya” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Susan Strick, soprano
Sandra Heinke, piano

Piano Solos by Liszt & Schumann

Concert Etudes, S. 144, No. 3 “Un Sospiro” by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17, 1st movement by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Emiko Hori, piano

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[In Person] Music for Cello and Piano

Music for Cello and Piano, from Classical to Romantic to Modern

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

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

IV. 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,” Traditional

Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Melicent Whinston, cello
Michael Housley, piano

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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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