LIVESTREAM: Music for Oboes and English Horn by Beethoven, Powning, Vivaldi and Knight

Mini-Trio for 2 Oboes and Cor Anglais (2007), by Allan Stephenson (b. 1949)

Allegro vivo
Poco Lento
Scherzo

Three Miniatures and an Andante for two oboes and cor anglais, by Tim Knight (b. 1959)

1. Allegro giocoso
2. Slow and peaceful
3. Allegro
Andante – andante espressivo

Trio in F Major for two oboes and English horn (F.XIII#21 originally for 2 violins, cello, and continuo, adapted by Alan Hawkins), by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Largo
Allemanda
Gavotta
Corrente

Jazz Etudes by Graham Powning (b. 1949)

1. Rumba
2. Blues
3. Rag

Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Andante
Eight Variations
Coda (Andante)

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

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LIVESTREAM: Elgar’s Sea Pictures and Debussy Piano Solos

Sea Pictures, Op. 37, by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

“Sea Slumber Song,” poem by Roden Noel
“In Haven (Capri),” poem by Caroline Alice Elgar
“Sabbath Morning at Sea,” poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Where Corals Lie,” poem by Richard Garnett
“The Swimmer,” poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon

Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Minju Kim, piano

Piano Solos by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

“Prélude,” from Suite Bergamasque
“La fille aux cheveux de lin,” from Préludes, Book 1, No. VIII
“Minstrels,” from Préludes, Book 1, No. XII
La plus que lente
Rêverie
Page d’Album
Arabesque No. 1, from Deux Arabesques
“Sarabande,” from Pour le Piano
Nocturne
“Clair de lune,” from Suite Bergamasque

Karin McCullough, piano

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VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR CONCERT: Music of the Sea for Voices and Piano

 

“Music of the Sea” for Voices and Piano

 

Welcome and French Intro – Regina Thomas

“L’invitation au voyage” (Invitation to the voyage) by Henri Duparc (1848-1933)

Regina Thomas, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

“Au bord de l’eau” (At the waterside) by Émile Paladilhe (1844-1926)

Katie Hochman and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Joan Lundquist, piano

German Intro – Regina Thomas

“Gondellied” (Gondola Song) by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847)

Katie Hochman, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

“Am Strande” (At the Beach) by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Katie Hochman and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Joan Lundquist, piano

British Intro – Katie Hochman

“Where Corals Lie” from Sea Pictures by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Regina Thomas, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

“The Ships of Arcady” by Michael Head (1900-1976)

Katie Hochman, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

“Full Fathom Five” by John Ireland (1914-1992)

Katie Hochman and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Joan Lundquist, piano

American Intro – Joan Lundquist

“Tide” by Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

Regina Thomas, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

“The Night Sea” by Amy Beach (1867-1944)

Katie Hochman and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Joan Lundquist, piano

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20th Century: Britain & Spain

Angie Kam, violin Introduction and Allegro for Solo Violin, Op. 24 by Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)

Angie Kam, violin

Seis canciones by Eduard Toldrà (1895-1962)

Katie Stevenson, mezzo soprano

I. La zagala alegre
III. Mañanita de San Juan
V. Cantarcillo

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano and Xin Chang, piano

Xin Chang, piano

Late Romantics: Italy, Russia, USA

Katie Stevenson, mezzo soprano

Arie di stile antico by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)

Xin Chang, piano

Amorosi miei giorni (My loving days)
Ah, mai non cessate (Ah, never cease)
Perduta ho la speranza (I have lost hope)

Katie Stevenson, mezzo soprano and Xin Chang, piano

 

Prelude in g# minor op. 32 No. 12 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Annie Chang Center, piano

Annie Chang Center, piano

Three Browning Songs by Amy Beach (1867-1944)

I. The Year’s at the Spring

II. Ah, Love, but a day!
III. I send my heart up to Thee

Katie Stevenson, mezzo soprano and Xin Chang, piano