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Song recital for mezzo-soprano, Swiss, Russian and German music for cello and piano

Song recital for mezzo-soprano 

Aufenthalt (Dwelling) by Franz Schubert
“Ombra mai fu di vegetabile” (Never was the shade of any plant) from Serse by GF Handel

Korean mezzo-soprano YeonSoo Lee made her LMC debut in February 2018 and can be seen regularly performing as a member of the Seattle Opera chorus.

Vaga Luna, che inargenti (Beautiful moon, dappled with silver) by Vincenzo Bellini
O mio Fernando from La Favorita by Gaetano Donizetti

 

그리운 금강산 (Pining for Mt. GeumGan) by Choi, Yeongseop
(Mt. GeumGang is the most beautiful mountain in North Korea, located at right next of Military Demarcation Line, MDL with South Korea. It is the reason why Mt. Geumgang is so missed in this song.)
산 촌 (The Village in the Mountain) Cho, DooNam (1912-1984)

YeonSoo Lee, mezzo-soprano and Glenda Williams (guest artist), piano

Music for cello and piano

Suite Italienne by Igor Stravinsky, Movement I, Introduzione
12 Variations on a theme from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” by Ludwig van Beethoven

Annie Center has performed as piano soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and San Francisco Conservatory.

Prayer by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Sonata by Dimitri Shostakovich(1906-1975)
II. Allegro

Erika Pierson, cello and Annie Chang-Center, piano

 

Lieder by Hugo Wolf and Robert Schumann

Lieder by Hugo Wolf

Das Verlassene Mägdlein  (The abandoned maid)
Verborgenheit (Seclusion)
Verschwiegene Liebe (Silent love)
Er ist’s (It is he)

Lieder by Robert Schumann

Er ist’s (It is he)
Schneeglöckchen (Snowflake)
Mondnacht (Moonlight night) from Liederkreis, Op. 39
Mein schöner Stern, ich bitte dich (My beautiful star, I pray to you)
Rose, Meer und Sonne (Rose, Sea and Sun)

Lin Chen, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Songs for soprano, music for piano 4 hands

Michael Head (1900-1976)

Sweet Chance, That Let My Steps Abroad
Holiday in Heaven
The Singer
Dear Delight

Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)

Sérénade Italienne (Italian Serenade)
Les Temps des Lilas (The time of lilacs)
Le Colibri (The hummingbird)

American Composers

Flames by Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park by Tom Lehrer (b. 1928)
Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun by Tom Cipullo
in the House

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Lucy Wenger, piano

Music for piano 4 hands

“Pas de deux” from Souvenirs Ballet Suite, Opus 28, No. 3 by Samuel Barber
Petite Suite by Claude Debussy
-En bateau (Boating)
-Cortège
-Menuet
Selections from Dolly, Opus 56, by Gabriel Faure’
1. Berceuse
2. Mi-a-ou
4. Kitty-Valse
6. Pas Espagnol

Karin McCullough and Lucy Wenger, four hands piano

Clara Schumann: Virtuoso, Composer and Inspiration

Clara Schumann: Virtuoso, Composer and Inspiration

Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896)

A brilliant concert pianist and talented composer in her own right, Clara also inspired such master composers as Robert Schuman, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt. Explore the life and works of Clara Schumann as well the work of her contemporaries influenced by her teaching, editing and opinions. Various artists with a mini-lecture.

Liebst Du um Schönheit (If you love for beauty) by Clara Schumann
Sie liebten sich beide (They once loved each other)
Das Veilchen (The violet)

Christine Menschner, soprano
Jennifer Li, piano

Abegg Variations, Op. 1 by Robert Schumann

Jennifer Li, piano

Andante Espressivo from Sonata No. 3 in F-minor, Op. 5, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms

This movement begins with a poem by Otto Inkermann under the pseudonym C.O. Sternau
Der Abend dämmert, das Mondlicht scheint (Through evening’s shade, the pale moon gleams)
Da sind zwei Herzen in Liebe vereint (while rapt in love’s ecstatic dreams)
Und halten sich selig umfangen Sternau (Two hearts are fondly beating)

Valentina Rodov, piano

Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen (He came in storm and rain) by Clara Schumann
Mein Stern (My star)
Ihr Bildnes (Her portrait)

Clara and Robert Schumann

Amber Rose Johnson, soprano
Abigail Habegger, piano

3 Romances, Op.22 (transcribed for clarinet and piano) by Clara Schumann

Robert Wingert (guest artist), clarinet
Valentina Rodov, piano

Piano solos by Bach, Jobin, Moszkowski and Granados, songs by Bridge and Brahms

Olha Maria (Look Maria) by Tom Jobim (1927–1994)
Imagina (Imagine)

Praeludium in C minor, BWV 999 by JS Bach (1685-1750)
Praeludium in E minor, BWV 855a
Praeludium in G Major, BWV 902a
Praeambulum in D Minor, BWV 875a

From Études de Virtuosité Op. 72 by Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
Etude in C Major, Opus 72 no.10
Etude in Db Major, Opus 72 no.12
Etude in Ab Major, Opus 72 no.11

From the Suite Goyescas by Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
Quejas, ó la Maja y el Ruiseñor (Laments, or The Maja and the Nightingale)
El Pelele (The Straw Man)

Geisa Dutra, piano

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