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Piano solos by Debussy and Rachmaninoff, Songs of Love and Romance

“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

Songs of Love and Romance
“O del mio dolce ardor” by Christoph Willibard Gluck 1714-1784
“Meine liebe ist grün” by Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
“Von ewiger liebe”  by Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
“Liebst du um schoenheit” by Gustav Mahler 1860-1911
“Love went a riding” by Frank Bridge 1879-1941
“Heart, we will forget him” by Aaron Copland 1900-1908
“Du ar min Afrodite” by Gunnar de Frumerie 1908-1987
“When my soul touches yours” by Leonard Bernstein 1918-1990
“Tell me the truth about love” by Benjamin Britten 1913-1976

Amber Rose Johnson, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Music for violin and piano by Kulesha, Elsner and Hindemith

Dance by Gary Kulesha (b. 1954)

Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, Op. 10 No. 1 by Jozef Elsner (1769-1854)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Rondo Allegretto

Sonata for Violin and Piano by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
I. Lebhaft
II. Langsam
III. Ruhig Bewegt

Angie Kam, violin and Katie O’Rourke, piano

Flute, oboe, bassoon trios by Cambini and Telemann, Barber’s Despite and Still

Trio op. 45 Nr. 1 by Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825)
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Rondo, Allegretto bruioso

Triosonate in E minor by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Affettuoso
Allegro
Grave
Allegro

Madeline Beery, flute
Rosemary Bell, oboe
Peter Klein (guest artist), bassoon

Despite and Still, Opus 41 by Samuel Barber  (1910 – 1981)

  1. A Last Song (Robert Graves)
  2. My Lizard (Theodore Roethke)
  3. In the Wilderness (Robert Graves)
  4. Solitary Hotel (James Joyce, Ulysses)
  5. Despite and Still (Robert Graves)

“A Simple Song” from Mass by Leonard Bernstein

“One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man”  from Wonderful Town (Betty Comden/Adolph Green) (1918 – 1990)

Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Piano music by Ravel and Rachmaninoff, American song recital

Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
I. Modéré –très franc
II. Assez lent – anec une expression intense
III. Modéré
IV. Assez animé
V. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
VI. Vif
VII. Moins vif
VIII. Ėpilogue: lent

Prelude in g minor, Op. 33, No. 8 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
Prelude in C minor, Op. 23, No. 7

Joyce Gibb, piano

Where the music comes from by Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
“Heavenly Grass” from Blue Mountain Ballads by Paul Bowles (1910-1999)
“Cabin” from Blue Mountain Ballads by Paul Bowles (1910-1999)

“The daisies” from Three Songs, Op. 2 by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
“Sure on this shining night” from Four Songs for Voice and piano, Op. 13
Music when soft voices die

“Shenandoah” Traditional folksong arr. by Jay Althouse (1951-)
“Poor wayfairing stranger” Traditional spiritual arr. by Jay Althouse
“Deep River” Traditional spiritual arr. by Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

“But not for me” from Girl Crazy by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
“Falling out of love can be fun” from Miss Liberty by Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Maria Khavin, piano

Art of the Piano

LMC’s annual event will bring a host of stellar “party” pieces played by our talented member pianists and an informative mini-lecture by LMC’s Trustee of Public Concerts, Regina Thomas discussing the connections between the visual and performing arts.

“Song of the Indian Guest” from Sadko, (transcribed for solo piano) by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Preludes Op. 11 by Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
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

Karin McCullough, piano

Meditation for the Left Hand Alone – Leopold Godowsky (1870 – 1938)
Prelude in B minor, Op 32. No. 10 – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)

Stephanie Shadbolt, piano

Histoires by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)

  1. La meneuse de tortues d’or (The Girl Leading the Golden Turtles)
  2. Le petit âne blanc (The Little White Donkey)
  3. A Giddy Girl
  4. La cage de cristal ( The Crystal Cage)
  5. Le cortège de Balkis (The Procession of the Balkis)

Nicole Truesdell and Karin McCullough, piano

Prélude from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
“Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” (Doctor “Steps to Parnassus”) from the Children’s Corner by Claude Debussy
La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) by Claude Debussy

Annie Center, piano