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LMC Opera: The Music of Franz Lehar and Sigmund Romberg

Operetta music by Franz Lehár (1870-1948)

“Vilja” from Die lustige Witwe
“Einer wird kommen” from Der Zarewitsch
“Ich Mocht weider einmal die Heimat sehn” from Das Land des Lächelns
“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns
“Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden” from Paganini
“Meine Lippen sie Kussen” from Giuditta
“Niemand liebt Dich so wie ich” from Paganini

Operetta music by Sigmund Romberg (1877- 1951)

“Romance” from The Desert Song
“Deep in my Heart”  from The Student Prince
”Softly as the Morning Sunrise” from The New Moon
“Lover, come back to me” from The New Moon
“One Kiss” from The New Moon

Katie Hochman, soprano
Christine Menschner, soprano
Clarice Alfonso, soprano
Regina Thomas, soprano
Jesse Nordstrom (guest artist), tenor
Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

French and British songs, Trios for two oboes & English horn

Automne (Autumn) by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Il pleure dans mon coeur (It’s raining in my heart) by Claude Debussy (1862-1968)
Il Neige (The snow) by Herman Bemberg (1859-1931)
Paysage sentimental (Sentimental Journey) by Claude Debussy
From Seven Elizabethan Songs, Opus 12 by Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
– Fair House of Joy
– The Faithless Shepherdess
– My Life’s Delight
Magnificat by Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
What Songs were Sung by John Ness Beck (1930-1987)
Go Tell it on the Mountain  traditional Spiritual, arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953)

Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Variations and Fugue on St. Antoni Chorale for Two Oboes and Cor Anglais by Graham Powning (b. 1949 in Sydney, Australia)
Theme – andante
Var. I – l’istesso tempo
Var. II – presto
Var. III – lento
Var. IV – tempo di valse
Var. V – andante
Var. VI – vivo
Var VII – siciliana
Var. VIII – andante
Var. IX – allegro
Var. X – andante
Fugue – andante
Coda – presto

Mini-Trio for 2 Oboes and Cor Anglais Allan Stephenson (b. 1949 near Liverpool, England, since 1973 living in Cape Town, South Africa)
I. Allegro vivo
II. Poco lento
III. Scherzo and Trio

Sharon Jung, oboe
Bernard Shapiro (guest performer), oboe
Gail Perstein, English horn

Songs for Mezzo-Soprano viola and piano, Bach’s b minor Partita for violin

b minor Partita, BWV 1002 by J. S. Bach

I. Allemanda
II. Double
III. Courante
IV. Double
V. Sarabande
VI. Double
VII. Tempo di Bourrée
VIII. Double

Angie Kam, violin

Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme mit Bratsche und Klavier, Opus 91 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Gestillte Sehnsucht (Longing at rest)
Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred lullaby)

Three Songs for Medium Voice, Viola and Piano by Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Far, far from each other
Where is it that our soul doth go?
Music when soft voices die

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Wyman, viola
Joan Lundquist, piano

Music by JS Bach for solo violin and keyboard

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Bach Partitia in E Major for Solo Violin BWV 1006

  1. Preludio
  2. Loure
  3. Gavotte en Rondeau
  4. Menuet I
  5. Menuet II
  6. Bouree
  7. Gigue

Violin/Keyboard Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016 by JS Bach (1720-1723)
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Adagio ma non tanto
IV. Allegro

Italian Piano Concerto in F Major, BWV 971 (1735)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto

Adriana Hulscher, violin
Karin McCullough, piano

Desert Fables for Oboe, Cabaret Songs by Weill, Britten, Bolcom & Schoenberg

Three Desert Fables for Solo Oboe by Jenni Brandon (1977-)

  1. The Joshua Tree and the Moth – A desert fable of love and survival
  2. The Rock and the Chuckwalla – Basking in the sun . . .
  3. The Ocotillo and the Bee – A Desert Waltz

Gail Perstein, oboe

Love in the Dictionary  by Celius Dougherty (1902-1986)
“Tell me the truth about Love” from Cabaret Songs by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Aria from The Mirror of Arcadia (Brettl-Lieder)  from  by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)Image result for hearts with an arrow
“I’m a Stranger Here Myself”from One Touch of Venus by Kurt Weill (1900-2012)
“Amor“ from Cabaret Songs by William Bolcom (b. 1938 )

Amber Rose Johnson, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Fantasy No. 3, originally in B minor, for Solo Alto Recorder by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Snake for Solo English Horn by Michael Berkeley (b. 1948-)
Partly inspired by the poem The Snake by D.H. Lawrence

Gail Perstein, English horn and recorder