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Deep River by H. T. Burleigh, arr. for violin and piano

Adrianna Hulscher, violin and Karin McCullough, piano

Commentary – Introduction to H. T. Burleigh

Deep River by H. T. Burleigh (1866-1949)
Balm in Gilead by H. T. Burleigh
My Lord, What a Mornin’ by H. T. Burleigh

Ibidunni Ojikutu (guest), soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Southland Sketches for violin & piano by H. T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

1. Andante
2. Adagio ma non troppo
3. Allegretto grazioso
4. Allegro

Andrew Kam, violin and Minju Kim, piano

Passionale Song Cycle by H. T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

1. Her Eyes, Twin Pools
2. Your Lips Are Wine
3. Your Eyes So Deep
4. The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face

Clarice Alfonso, soprano and Karin McCullough, piano

From the Southland by H. T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

1. Through Moanin’ Pines
2. The Frolic
3. In De Col’ Moonlight
4. A Jubilee
5. On Bended Knees
6. A New Hidin’ Place

Karin McCullough, piano

Commentary – Introduction to Dvořák & Moses Hogan

“Largo” from New World Symphony by Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), arr. for violin and piano

Adrianna Hulscher, violin and Karin McCullough, piano

Give Me Jesus by Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

Ibidunni Ojikutu (guest), soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

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February artist bios

 

Raise a Glass

Il segreto per esser felici from Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti

Ah quel diner from La Perichole by Offenbach

3 Songs by Roger Quilter:
1. Drink to me only with thine eyes
2. Dream Valley
3. Fill a glass with golden wine

Romanze (Emmy’s Aria) from Der Vampyr by Marschner

Chacun a son gout from Die Fledermaus by Strauss

Java Jive by Oakland and Drake

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

With Love from…
Austria: Sonata quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, #1, 1st movement, in c# minor, dedicated to the “Immortal Beloved” Contessina Giulietta Guicciardi (1801) by Ludwig v. Beethoven
Germany: Romanze, Op. 28, #2, in F# Major, from Drei Romanzen, a Christmas present to his fiancée Clara Wieck (1839) by Robert Schumann
Spain: Granada (Serenata), from Suite Espanola, Op. 47, #1, in F Major (1886) by Isaac Albeniz
Russia: Etude, Op. 2, #1, in c# minor (1887) by Alexander Scriabin
Germany/Austria: Romance, Op. 118, #5, in F Major (1895) by Johannes Brahms
Norway: At Your Feet, from Lyric Pieces, Op. 68, #3, in D major (1901) by Edvard Grieg
Hungary: An Ada, Op. 13, #2, in d minor, from Winter Rounds, dedicated to Ada Thomas (1905) by Erno Dohnanyi
France: La fille aux cheveux de lin, Prelude VIII, in G flat Major, from Preludes Book One, dedicated to his mistress Marie-Blanche Vasnier (1910) by Claude Debussy
Argentina: Danza de la moza donosa, in a minor, from Danzas Argentinas, dedicated to Emilia L. Stahlberg (1937) by Alberto Ginastera
USA: Prelude to a Kiss (1938) by Duke Ellington

Karin McCullough, piano

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February artist bios

 

From the Southland by H. T. Burleigh (1866-1949)
1. Through Moanin’ Pines
2. The Frolic
3. In De Col’ Moonlight
4. A Jubilee
5. On Bended Knees
6. A New Hidin’ Place

“Solace” (a Mexican Serenade) by Scott Joplin (1868-1970)

Deep River, arr. by Calvin Taylor (b. 1948)
Wayfarin’ Stranger, arr. by Calvin Taylor

Prelude to a Kiss by Duke Ellington (1899-1974), original piano solo in D flat Major

Karin McCullough, piano

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Music of Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

“An die Musik” (“To Music”), D.547

“Ave Maria” (“Hail Mary”), D.839

“Die Forelle” (“The Trout”), D.550

“Gretchen am Spinnrade” (“Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel”), D.118

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano and Minju Kim, piano

Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 3, D.899

Valentina Rodov, piano

“Der Neugierige” (“The Questioner”) from Die schöne Müllerin, D.795

“Heidenröslein” (“Rose on the Heath”), D.257

Serenade, arr. for cello

Soohyun Juhn (guest artist), cello and Valentina Rodov, piano

Fantasia in F minor for four hands, D 940

Johanna Mastenbrook and Valentina Rodov, piano

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February artist bios

 

“Loving You” by Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
“I Remember” by Stephen Sondheim
“Marry Me a Little” by Stephen Sondheim
“I Won’t Mind” by Jeff Blumenkrantz (b. 1965)
“On My Own” by Claude-Michel Schönberg (b. 1944)
“Tell Me on a Sunday” by Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)
“Love Never Dies” by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lin Chen, soprano
Xin Chang, piano

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January artist bios