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The Human Voice by Poulenc

The Human Voice (La Voix Humaine)

Opera in One Act, presented in English

Based on the play by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

Music by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

 

a forty-minute, one-act opera
Arranged for soprano and piano

Synopsis: a woman’s last conversation with the lover who has left her for another.

Emily Riesser, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Baroque piano music, music for viola and piano by Faure, Carter & Glazunov

1685 was a very good year

Grieg’s Holberg Suite (Prelude) written to commemorate the birth in 1685 of famous Danish playwright Holberg
Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti
Italian Concerto by JS Bach

Karin McCullough, piano

Clair de Lune by Gabriel Faure
Elegy Op. 24 by Gabriel Faure
Elegy by Elliott Carter
Waltz Op. 42 No. 3 by Aleksandr Glazunov
Elegy Op. 44 by Aleksandr Glazunov

Grace Huang, piano
Yi Zhou, viola

Piano solos by Brahms, Tchaikovsky & Chopin, Mexican & South American Folk Song, Jewish-Spanish Songs

Sonata No 3 in F-minor, Op.5, no.2 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

  1. Andante Espressivo

Valse Sentimentale Op.51, no.6 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Scherzo no.2 in B- Flat minor Op.31 by Frederic Chopin ( 1810-1849)

Valentina Rodov, piano

Folk Songs from Mexico and South America, with piano accompaniments by Edward Kilenyi

El Galan Incognito (The Incognito Galant)
La Seña (The Signal)
Encanatora Maria (Maria Dear)
La Calle de la Paloma (The Street called Dove Street)
Os Tormentos de Amor (The Torments of Love)
Mi Sueño (My Dream)

Malya Muth, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Jewish-Spanish Song Cycle by Daniel Akiva

La serena
Durme, durme
Como la rosa
Ya vie el cativo
Durme hermozo hijico
Ya abaxa la novia

Malya Muth, soprano and Hilary Field, guitar

Debussy and Rachmaninoff piano music, soprano song recital

“Clair de Lune” from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, Opus 36 (1931 version) by  Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
I. Allegro agitato – meno mosso
II. Non allegro – lento – piu mosso
III. Allegro molto – poco meno mosso – presto

Joyce Gibb, piano

Se l’aura spira (If the breezes blow) by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 – 1644)
O del mio dolce ardor (Of my sweet ardor) by Christoph W. Gluck (1714-1787)

Nacht und Träume (Night and dreams) by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On wings of song) by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Après un rêve (After a dream) by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Serenade (Op. 63 no. 6) by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Ne poi kracavitsa (Op. 4 no. 4) by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Susan Strick, soprano
Nicole Truesdell, piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7, Songs by Rachmaninoff

Sonata 7, Opus 30 No 2 in c minor Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Allegro con brio
  2. Adagio cantabile
  3. Scherzo– allegro
  4. Finale– allegro

Selina Chu, piano Ann Rackl, violin

Songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

I Wait for Thee Op. 14, No. 1
Do Not Grieve Op. 14, No. 8
Spring Waters Op. 14 No. 11

Twilight Op. 21, No. 3
Lilacs Op. 21, No. 5
Fragment from A. Musset Op. 21, No. 6

Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14

Dora Barnes, soprano
Abigail Habegger, piano