An American in Paris: Piano Solos & Vocal Music by Gershwin & French composers, Oboe Recital

Six Pastiches by Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)

Hornpipe
Romantic Song
Menuet
Comic Song
Waltz
Music Hall

Arioso for Oboe and Piano by Graham Waterhouse (b. 1992)

Pieces for oboe and piano by Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)

Sumerset Pastoral
The Passing of the Faery

American Folk Songs for English horn and piano by Arthur Frackenpohl (1924-2019)

He’s Gone Away
John Henry
Go ‘way from my Window
Mama Don’t ‘low

Gail Perstein, oboe and English horn; Nobuko Hasegawa, piano

An American in Paris—Gershwin and the French

Four songs by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1898-1937)
1. Love is here to stay (from Goldwyn Follies)
2. Slap that bass (from Shall We Dance)
3. I got rhythm (from Girl Crazy)
4. By Strauss (from The Show is on and in the 1951 movie An American in Paris)

An American in Paris
(Composed by George Gershwin, here in piano transcription by William Daly)

Pièce en Forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
C’est ainsi que tu es (It is thus that you are) by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Bess, You is my Woman (duet from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
With guest artist Mike Dodaro, baritone

Diane Althaus, soprano
Mike Dodaro (guest artist), baritone
Abigail Habegger, piano

Irish, Scottish & Canadian Folk Songs, JS Bach’s Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2

Folk song settings by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

How Sweet the Answer
The Ash Grove
The Last Rose of Summer
Avenging and Bright
The Sally Gardens

Beautiful Dreamer  by Stephen Foster (1826-1864)

Folk song settings by Aaron Copland (1900 -1990)

Simple Gifts
Long Time Ago

Songs My Mother Taught Me from 114 songs by Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Real American Folk Song by George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Molly Tomlinson, soprano

Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Angie Kam, violin

Song Recital: Unsettling Femininity, Music for Piano Four Hands **CANCELED** **CANCELED**

Unsettling Femininity: Works about women and by female composers

Amber Rose Johnson, soprano

Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the spinning wheel)  by Franz Schubert
Chanson perpétuelle (Everlasting song) by Ernest Chausson
Au pays où se fait la guerre  (In the land of war) by Henri Duparc

Sköldmön  (The Amazon) by Ture Rangström
Die Lorelei (The Loreley) by Franz Lizst

 Amber Rose Johnson, soprano and Grant Hanner (guest artist), piano

Childsplay, a program of piano 4 hands

Selections from the Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major
Slavonic Dance No. 6 in Ab major

Selections from Le Carnaval des Animaux Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
II. Poules et Coqs
V. L’Elephant
VII. Aquarium
XIII. Le Cygne
XIV. Final

Cori Belle and Maria Khavin, piano

 

Piano music by Mozart & Chopin, Folk song arrangements for violin & mezzo-soprano **CANCELED**

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Rondo in a-Minor K511 by  W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Mazurka in b-minor, op.33 no.4 by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise in C sharp minor, op.26, no.1 by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Valentina Rodov, piano

Candice Chin and Katie Stevenson

Three Old English Folk Songs arr. for voice & violin by Rebecca Clarke (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

Korean Art Song, solo piano music by Ravel, Rachmaninoff and Gershwin **CANCELED **

*Pianist Joyce Gibb

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Prelude in D Major, Op.32, No. 4  by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)|
Valses nobles et sentimentales Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

  1. Modéré –très franc
  2. Assez lent – anec une expression intense
  3. Modéré
  4. Assez animé
  5. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
  6. Vif
  7. Moins vif
  8. Ėpilogue: lent

Embraceable You – Etude No. 4  by Earl Wild ( based on George Gershwin) (1893-1937)
The Man I Love  by George Gershwin (1893 – 1937)

Joyce Gibb, piano

ki-jung jun, soprano
Soprano, Ki-jung Jun

First Love by Hyokeun Kim (1959- Current)
Singing Cosmos by Heungryul Lee (1909-1980)
Greeting by Hakjoon Yoon (1973- Current)
Spring comes across the river by Keungsoo Lim (1949- Current)
Fate by Wonjoo Lee (1981- Current)
Willow song by Wonjoo Lee (1981- Current)
In the florid clouds by Heungryul Lee (1909-1980)

Ki-Jung Jun, soprano
Rita Eunhong Kim (guest artist), piano