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Taste of the Americas

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Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24, music by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Text from a short prose piece by James Agee (1909-1955)

Emily Riesser, soprano

The text is in the persona of a male child and can be found HERE: 

Ave Maria by Astor Piazzola (1933-1990)

Vicki Boeckman, recorder and Joan Lundquist, piano

Vicki Boeckman, recorder

 

Link for access will be available here by 5pm the day before the concert.

New Works for A New Year: Nicole Truesdell & John Muehleisen

Paris Sonatina for violin and piano by Nicole Truesdell

  1. The Marais
  2. The Montmartre Walking Tour
  3. The Matador Places a Lock on the Pont de l’Archevéché

Candice Chin, violin
Nicole Truesdell, piano

Apparitions: Six Nocturnes on poems by Walt Whitman for Soprano, Violin, B-flat Clarinet, and Piano by John Muehleisen (b. 1955)

  1. Twilight
  2. After the Dazzle of Day
  3. Apparitions
  4. Look Down Fair Moon
  5. As If a Phantom Carress’d Me
  6. A Clear Midnight

Katie Hochman, soprano
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Candice Chin, violin and Asta Vaicekonis, piano

FULL TEXT: Apparitions song texts

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Italian Songs of Love and Loss

Sento nel core (I feel in my heart) by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)

Regina Thomas, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

“Dunque io son la fortunata! ” (Then I am the fortunate girl!)
from Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Diane Althaus as Rosina
Mike Dodaro as Figaro
Joan Lundquist, piano

L’invito (The invitation) by Giaocchino Rossini

Eterno amore e fè (Eternal love and faithfulness) by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

Perchè dolce, caro bene stizzosetta sei con me? (Why dear sweet beloved, are you peevish with me?) by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)

O del mio amato ben perduto incanto (o lost enchantment of my dearly beloved)  by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)

Stornello/Tu dici che non m’ami (Rhyme/You say that you don’t love me) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Regina Thomas, soprano and Joan Lundquist
Commentary prepared and performed by Regina Thomas

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Bite-sized Britannia

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Vicki Boeckman, recorder

Sonatina, Op. 13 by Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
I. Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Moderato

Vicki Boeckman, recorder and Joan Lundquist, piano

 

Ann Rackl and Selina Chu

“Chanson de Nuit” (Night Song) Op. 15, No. 1 by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

“Chanson de Matin” (Morning Song) Op. 15 No. 2

Ann Rackl, violin and Selina Chu, piano

 

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