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Music for Oboe and piano by Koechlin, Widor and Gossens, Bach keyboard music

From Fourteen Pieces, Op. 179 Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
Andante
Allegretto

From Three Pieces for oboe and piano, ACC.1670 Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Pavane
Pastorale

Concerto in 1 movement for oboe and orchestra, Op. 45 Eugene Gossens (1893-1962)

Sharon Jung, oboe
Abigail Habegger, piano

Keyboard music by J.S. Bach

Prelude in E flat Major, BWV 552 “Italian” from The Well-Tempered Klavier
Fugue in d sharp minor, BWV 853 from The Well-Tempered Klavier
Goldberg Variations, BWV 998 selections
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto

Karin McCullough, piano

Songs by Bellini & Rossini, Brahms piano trio No. 2 selections

Piano Trio No. 2, B major, Op 8 by Johannes Brahms

III. Adagio non troppo — Allegro — Tempo primo
I. Allegro con moto — Tempo un poco più Moderato — Schnell

Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu (guest artist), cello
Selina Chu, piano

Sei Ariette da camera (Six little salon arias) by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835)

Malinconia, ninfa gentile (Melancholy, gentle nymph)
Vanne, o rosa fortunata (Go, o fortunate rose)
Bella Nice, che d’amore (Beautiful, Nice, which I love)
Almen se non poss’io (At least, if I am not able)
Per pieta, bel’idol mio (Have mercy, beloved)
Ma rendi pur contento (Only to make her happy)

La Regata Veneziana: Three songs in the Venetian dialect by Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)

Anzoleta avanti la regata (Anzoletta before the regatta)
Anzoleta co passa la regata (Anzoletta during the regatta)
Anzoleta dopo la regata (Anzoletta after the regatta)

Molly Tomlinson, soprano and TBA, piano

LMC Opera: Mozart Masterpieces

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by W.A. Mozart, select scenes

No. 1 Zu Hilfe! zu Hilfe! sonst bin ich verloren (Help, Help oh I am lost!)
No. 2 Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (The birdcatcher I am indeed)
No. 3 “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön”  (This likeness is enchantingly lovely)

Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart, select scenes

“Deh vieni alla finestra” (come to the window)
“La ci darem la mano” (take my hand)
“Deh, fuggi il traditor” (flee from the treacherous one)

Così fan tutte (Women are like that), select scenes

From Act I
No. 2 “Al fato dan legge quegli occhi” (To fate he leaves in those eyes)
No. 4 “Ah, guarda sorella” (Ah, look sister)
No. 11 “Ah, scostati…Smanie implacabili” (Ah, leave me….Implacable restlessness)
No. 14 “Temerari…Come scoglio” (Audacious ones…Like a rock)
From Act II
No. 23 “Il core vi dono” (My heart I give you)
No. 24 “Ah lo veggio quell’anima bella” (Ah I see that beautiful soul)
Finale

Meg Daly and Emily Riesser, sopranos
Jesse Nordstrom (guest artist), tenor
Darrell J. Jordan (guest artist), baritone
Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, stage direction and commentary

Copland’s Poems of Emily Dickinson, Late/Post Romantic piano music

Emily Dickinson (Born on December 10, 1830)

Poems by Emily Dickinson, Settings by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

1. Nature, the Gentlest Mother
3. Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?
4. The World Feels Dusty
5. Heart, We Will Forget Him
6. Dear March, Come In!
7. Sleep is Supposed to Be
8. When They Come Back
9. I Felt a Funeral in My Brain
10. I’ve Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes
11. Going to Heaven!
12. The chariot

Lin Chen, soprano
Lucy Wenger, piano

Prelude from Suite Bergamasque (1890-1905) by Claude Debussy
Reverie (1890) by Debussy

Preludes, Opus 11 (1888) by Alexander Scriabin
No. 1 in C Major (Ondeggiante Carezzando)
No. 2 in a minor (Allegretto)
No. 4 in e minor (Lento)
Etude in C sharp minor (Andante), Op. 2, No. 1 (1887) by Scriabin

Piano Pieces, Op. 118 (1893) by Johannes Brahms
No. 1: Intermezzo (Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato)
No. 2: Intermezzo (Andante teneramente)
No. 5: Romance (Andante

Karin McCullough, piano

Oboe duets by George, Goddard & Sellner, Songs from American & British Musical Theater

Canonic Sonata #1 by Thom Ritter George (1942 -)

  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Rondo

Canonic Sonata #4 by Thom Ritter George

  1. Allegretto
  2. Adagio cantabile
  3. Rondo

Tricks & Games by Mark Goddard (1960 -)

  1. Trumpet Prelude
  2. Chinese Chequers
  3. Follow my Leader
  4. Leap Frog
  5. Draughts
  6. Baboushka
  7. Cowboys
  8. Indians
  9. Hobby Horse
  10. Tin Soldiers
  11. Cat’s Cradle
  12. Rag Time
  13. Trumpet Postlude

Duet #10  by Joseph Sellner (1787 – 1843)

  1. Allegro Agitato
  2. Adagio
  3. Rondo. Allegro

Sharon Jung and Gail Perstein, oboes

“The Sun whose rays are all ablaze” from the Mikado by Gilbert (1836-1911) and Sullivan (1842-1900)
“Once Upon A Dream” from Jekyll & Hyde by Frank Wildhorn (b. 1959)
“Loving You” from Passion by Stephen Sondheim (b. 1954)
“How Could I ever Know” from the Secret Garden by Lucy Simon (b. 1943) and Marsha Norman (b. 1947)
“Is this Home?” from Beauty and The Beast by Tim Rice (b. 1944) and Alan Menken (b. 1949)
“Tell Me on a Sunday” from Tell Me on a Sunday by Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)
“Till I Hear You Sing”  from Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber
“Love Never Dies” from Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lin Chen, soprano and Nicole Truesdell, piano