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Scenes & Arias by Verdi & Rossini, Trios for Oboe, Bassoon & Clarinet – Canceled

La Danza (The Dance) by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Stornello (You say that you don’t love me) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
“Udiste”(Listen) from the opera Il Trovatore by Verdi
“Dunque io son” (Then it is I?) from The Barber of Seville by Rossini

Diane Althaus, soprano
Mike Dodaro, baritone
Asta Vaicekonis, piano

Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon in B flat major Gordon Jacob (1896-1984)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
IV. Allegro vivace

Century Dances Cecilia McDowall (1951-)
1. Allemande-German Dance
2. Minuet-Ghost Dance
3. Mazurka-Polish Dance
4.Tango-Argentine Dance
5. Last Dance

Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Julie Shankland, clarinet

 

German Art Song Recital for mezzo-soprano, Beethoven Piano Sonata-CANCELED

Mezzo-soprano, Kathryn Vinson

Das Veilchen by W.A. Mozart
Abendempfindung by W.A. Mozart

Frage by Felix Mendelssohn
Du bist die ruh by Franz Schubert
Traum Durch die Daemmerung by Richard Strauss

Sapphische Ode by Johannes Brahms
Die Mainacht by Johannes Brahms
Nachtigall by Johannes Brahms

Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Qiao Hexin, piano

 Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

I. Vivace ma non troppo — Adagioespressivo
II. Prestissimo
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

Qiao Hexin, piano

Hexin Qiao, piano

Music for Mezzo-soprano and Strings, Beethoven String Quartet selections

French opera favorites, arr. Bryan Fiehler arranged for voice and string quartet (b. 1981)

“Habanera” from Carmen Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
“Vois sous l’archet frémissant” Jacques Offenbach from Les Contes d’Hoffmann (1819–1880)
“Seguedille” from Carmen Georges Bizet
“Mon cœur s’ouvre á ta voix” Camille Saint-Saëns from Samson et Dalila (1835–1921)
“Je suis Lazuli” from l’Étoile Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) 

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Candice Chin, violin
Robert Redman (guest artist), violin
Ryan May (guest artist), viola
Terry Cook, cello 

Selections from String Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven Op. 59, No. 2 (1770–1827) 

Allegro
Molto Adagio
Finale Presto

Candice Chin, violin
Robert Redman (guest artist), violin
Ryan May (guest artist), viola
Terry Cook, cello 

3 Old English Folk Songs arr. Rebecca Clarke arranged for voice & violin (1886–1979) 

  1. It was a lover and his lass
  2. Phillis on the new made hay
  3. The tailor and his mouse 

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Candice Chin, violin

 

Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Duets by Brahms, Schumann & Mendelssohn, Scenes from Suor Angelica

Scene for the Principessa and Suor Angelica from Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini

Sister Angelica, a Florentine noblewoman, has been compelled by her family to take the veil, following the birth of her child out of wedlock, and for seven years has in vain been waiting to hear news from her friends and family. Finally, she receives a visit from her aunt, the dowager princess and the news is devastating.

Lori Williams, soprano as Suor Angelica
Dawn Padula, mezzo soprano as La zia Principessa
Joan Lundquist, piano

Duets by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Weg der Liebe, Erster Teil (Love’s way, first part)
Weg der Liebe, Zweiter Teil (Love’s way, second part)

Duets by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Herbstlied (Autumn Song)
An den Abendstern (To the Evening Star)
Ländliches Lied (Country Song)

Duets by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Grüß (Greetings)
Herbstlied (Autumn Song)
Ich wollt’, meine Lieb’ (I want, my dear)

Susan Strick, soprano
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Wolf’s Mörike Lieder, selections & Piano music by Rameau and Ravel

Hugo Wolf

Mörike Lieder, selections by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

6. Er ist’s! (It is Spring)
7. Das verlassene Mägdlein (The Forsaken Maiden)
8. Begegnung (Encounter)
9. Nimmersatte Liebe (Insatiable Love)

12. Verborgenheit (Solitude)
16. Elfenlied (Song of the Elves)
19. Um Mitternacht (At Midnight)

23. Auf ein altes Bild (To an old Painting)
25. Schlafendes Jesuskind (Sleeping baby Jesus)
28. Gebet (Prayer)
29. An den Schlaf (To Sleep)

Janene Nelson, mezzo-soprano
Asta Vaicekonis, piano

 

Sonatine by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

  1. Modéré (moderate)
  2. Mouvement de menuet (Minuet tempo)
  3. Animé (animated)

From Pieces de Clavecin by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

-L’Egyptienne ( The Egyptian)
-Le Rappel des Oiseaux (The gathering of the Birds)
-La Poule (The Hen)

Maria Khavin, piano