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Special “Living Room” Concert: Songs for Mezzo-soprano & Violin, Duets for Two Violas

***Concert today will take place in the Living Room instead of our usual location in the auditorium***

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

Carl Siegemund Schönebeck, 3 concertante duos, op. 13

5 duos by Béla Bartók

Carolyn Wyman, viola
Brian Lew, viola

Vocal music by Handel and Rebecca Clarke, Piano duets by Mozart, Schumann and Karp

Dawn Padula

Selections from Hercules, HWV 60 by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
“Cease, ruler of the day, to rise”
“Where shall I fly?”

Songs by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)

Down by the Salley Gardens
June Twilight
The Seal Man

Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Sonata KV 521 1st movement (Allegro) by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Variations on a Theme Op. 23 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Dallas Tango by David Karp (b. 1986)

Risa Jun, piano
Dr. Yelena Balabanova (guest artist), piano

Heggie’s On the Road to Christmas, Trios for Oboe, Clarinet & Bassoon

On the Road to Christmas, song cycle by Jake Heggie

Prologue: The Night Is Freezing Fast
1. The Car Ride to Christmas
2. Good King Merrily on High
3. I Wonder as I Wander
4. The Road to Bethlehem
5. And Then the Setting Sun
6. Christmas Time of Year

“This Journey” from Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally

 

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Three Dialogues For Clarinet and Bassoon by Oisten Sommerfeldt

I. Strolling Dialogue
II. Thoughtful Dialogue
III. Jovial Dialogue

Eric Shankland (guest artist), bassoon
Julie Shankland, clarinet

Century Dances by Cecilia McDowall

1. Allemande-German Dance
2. Minuet-Ghost Dance
3. Mazurka-Polish Dance
4.Tango-Argentine Dance
5. Last Dance

Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland (guest artist), bassoon
Julie Shankland, clarinet

Soprano Song Recital, Piano Solos by Ravel & Rameau

Jota by Manuel de Falla
El tra la la y el punteado by Enrique Granados
Con amores, la mi madre by Fernando Obradors
Tus ojillos negros by Manuel de Falla

Come Ready and See Me by Richard Hundley
A Prayer to Saint Catherine by Virgil Thompson

V’molchani nochi by Sergei Rachmaninov
Ne poy krasavitsa by Sergei Rachmaninov

Susan Strick, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano

Maurice Ravel

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

Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel

LMC Opera presents Hansel & Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)

A  one-hour condensed version of Humperdinck’s Opera presented in English with costumes, some set pieces and props.

Scene 1:

When Mother gets home, she sees that the children have been playing when they are supposed to have been working.

Scene 2:

The children get lost in the forest and encounter various creatures.

Scene 3:

The witch’s house is discovered. The children are captured by her magic.

Scene 4:

The witch has been baked into gingerbread. The children celebrate. Their Mother finds them and takes them home!

 

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Emily Riesser, soprano as Hansel
Clarice Alfonso, soprano as Gretel
Katie Hochman, soprano as Mother
Ya-Li Lee, soprano as The Sandman/Dew Fairy

Meg Daly, soprano as The Witch
Abigail Habegger, piano
Regina Thomas, Direction