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JS Bach Anniversary: Secular Cantatas – CANCELED

CONCERT CANCELED 

Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach (March 1685 – July 1750)

 

Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart’s desire), BWV 208, (“Hunting Cantata”)

Diana: Ya-Li Lee, soprano
Pales: Molly Tomlinson, soprano
Endymion: Brandon Higa, tenor
Pan: Michael Dunlap, bass

Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (Begone, you troublesome shadows), BWV 202, (“Wedding Cantata”)

Emily Riesser, soprano

Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be still, stop chattering), BWV 211, (“Coffee Cantata”)

Narrator: Brandon Higa, tenor
Lieschen: Clarice Alfonso, soprano
Schlendrian: Michael Dunlap, bass

Chamber Ensemble
Kate Kelly, flute
Rosemary Bell, oboe
JJ Barrett, Matt Perry (guest artists) French horn
Candice Chin and Ann Rackl,  violin
Carolyn Wyman, viola
Chris Worswick (guest artist), cello
Aubrey Marks-Johnson (guest artist), continuo

Songs from the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Dreamscape oboe and piano suite

Dreamscape, Oboe and Piano version by Alyssa Morris (1984-)

-Falling Asleep and Chase
-What?
-Innuendo
-Nightmare and Awakening

Gail Perstein, oboe and Asta Vaicekonis, Piano

 

“From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: songs of love and more”

Latin American Love songs, arr. by Edward Kilenyi (b. 1914)
I.  El Galan Incognito
II. La Seña
III. Encantadore Maria
IV. La Calle De La Paloma
V. Os Tormentos
VI. Mi Sueño
Le Bestiaire, Frances Poulenc (poems by Apollinaire) (1918-1919)
I.   Le dromadaire
II.  La chèvre du Thibet
III. La sauterelle
IV. Le dauphin
V.  L’écrevisse
VI. La carpe

 

Animal songs, Flanders and Swann (1956-1967)
I.  The Gnu Song
II. The Hippopotamus Song
III. The Sloth
Malya Muth, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Irish, Scottish & Canadian Folk Song, Mozart Duos for Violin & Viola

Irish, Scottish and Canadian folk songs, program TBA

Molly Tomlinson, soprano

Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002, by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
II. Corrente – Double (Presto)

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219, by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
I. Allegro aperto – Adagio – Allegro aperto

Candice Chin, violin and Emiko Hori, piano

Piano music by Mozart & Debussy, Songs by Donaudy & Ravel

Emiko Hori

First movement, “Allegro moderato” from Sonata K. 330, C Major by W.A. Mozart

from Images, Book 1 by Claude Debussy

-Reflets dans l’eau (“Reflections in the Water”)

-Hommage à Rameau (“Homage to Rameau”)

-Mouvement (“Movement”)

Emiko Hori, piano

Vocalise Etude en forme de habanera by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

from Arie de Stile Antico (Arias in the old style) by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)
Vaghissima sembianza (Very charming image)
No, non mi guardate (No, don’t look at me)
O del mio amato ben perduto incanto! (O lost enchantment of my dearly beloved!)
Amorosi miei giorni (My amorous days)
Ah, mai non cessate (Ah, never cease)
Dormendo stai (You are sleeping)

Villanelle by Eva Dell-acqua(1856-1930)

Ya-Li Lee, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano