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Famous French melodies for solo piano and for voice

Special Concert co-sponsored by the Ladies Musical Club and the City of Seatac. 

Sérénade, (poem by Victor Hugo) by Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Sérénade,Op.7 (poem by Eugène Adénis-Colombeau) by Gabriel Pierné (1835-1937)
Sérénade Italienne, Op. 2, No. 5 (poem by Paul Bourget) by Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Sérénade Florentine, (poem by Henri Cazalis) by Henri Duparc (1848-1933)

 

La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Suite Bergamasque, Movement 1 “Prélude” and Movement 3, “Clair de lune”  by Claude Debussy

 

L’heure exquise (The exquisite hour) (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Clair de lune     L. 45, No. 2 (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Claude Debussy
Clair de lune Op. 83, No. 1 (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Josef Zygmunt Szulc (1875-1956)
La Nuit (Duet) by Ernest Chausson

Meditation from Thais  by Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Nocturne No. 2 In E-Flat Major, Op. 9 by  Frédéric Chopin (1810-1842)

Enfant, si j’etais Roi (If I were king) (poem by Victor Hugo)  by Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Oh, quand je dors (Oh, when I sleep) (poem by Victor Hugo)  by Franz Liszt
Les Trois Chansons (poem by Victor Hugo) by Gabriel Pierné (1835-1937)
Puisque ici bas (Duet) (poem by Victor Hugo) by Gabriel Fauré 

Children’s Corner, No. 6 “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk” by Claude Debussy
La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral)

Guitare  by Franz Liszt
Guitare (poem by Victor Hugo) by Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Mandoline (poem by Paul Verlaine)  by Gabriel Fauré
Tout gai! (everyone is joyous!) (poem by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Tiina Ritalahti, Katie Hochman, Ya-Li Lee and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Karin McCullough, Joan Lundquist and Lucy Wenger, piano

Music of America and the British Isles

THE AMERICANS

4 Songs, Op. 13 by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

  1. A nun takes the veil
  2. The secrets of the old
  3. Sure on this shining night
  4. Nocturne

“Steal me, sweet thief” from The Old Maid and the Thief  by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
“Monica’s Waltz” from The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti

Lin Chen, soprano and Lucy Wenger, piano

The Graceful Ghost Rag  by William Bolcom (b. 1938)
Sonata Fred the Cat by Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Lucy Wenger, piano

Violin sonata No. 4 “Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting” by Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Candice Chin, violin and Joan Lundquist, piano

FROM ACROSS THE POND: BRITISH COMPOSERS

The Echoing Green by John Ireland (1879 – 1962)
Garden in Her face by John Ireland
Full fathom five by John Ireland
You Spotted Snakes by Frederick Keel (1871-1954)
It was a lover  by Vaughn Williams (1872-1958)
Last invocation by Vaughn Williams
Love song of the birds by Vaughn Williams

Katie Hochman, soprano
Catherine Treadgold, mezzo-soprano
Candice Chin, violin
Joan Lundquist, piano

Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach

Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach (March 31, 1685 – July 28, 1750)

“Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen göttlichen Flammen” from Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How beautifully shines the Morning Star), BWV 1

Lin Chen, soprano
Gail Perstein, English horn
Lucy Wenger, piano

Violin Sonata No. 1 in g minor (Adagio and Andante movements), BWV 1001

Candice Chin, violin     Karin McCullough, piano

“Mein gläubiges Herze” from Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68

Lin Chen, soprano     Karin McCullough, piano

“Nichts kann mich erretten” from Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano     Lucy Wenger, piano

The Goldberg Variations
Original aria
First Variation
Last Variation (Quodlibet)
Aria (Recapitulation)

Karin McCullough, piano

“Die Armut, so Gott auf sich nimmt” from Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91

Lin Chen, soprano and Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano
Lucy Wenger, piano

Bist du bei mir

Katie Hochman, soprano and Karin McCullough, piano
INTERMISSION

“Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris”, No. 9 from Mass in b minor, BWV 232

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano
Gail Perstein, oboe and Lucy Wenger, piano

 “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben” (Part II, No.58) from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Katie Hochman, soprano    Kris Palmer, flute     Karin McCullough, piano

Prelude and Fugue VI in d minor from Book 2 of The Well-Temper-Clavier

Lucy Wenger, piano

“Ei, wie schmeckt der Coffee suesse” from Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211
“The Coffee Cantata”

Lin Chen, soprano     Kris Palmer, flute     Karin McCullough, piano

Trio sonata in G Major, BWV 1038

Kris Palmer, flute    Candice Chin, violin    Karin McCullough, piano

Songs by Chausson & Wolf, Woodwind Ensembles

Divertissement for Woodwind Trio by Roger Boutry (1932-)

Suite Breve en Trio by Eugéne Bozza (1905-1991)

Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon

Songs by Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)

Le Charme (Charm)
Sérénade (Serenade)
Les Papillons (Butterflies)
Le Colibri (Hummingbird)

Songs by Hugo Wolf (1860 – 1904)

Um Mitternacht (At midnight)
Nachtzauber (Night magic)
Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag (A little lesson before day)
In der Frühe (Early in the morning)
Morgenstimmung (Morning mood)

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano  and Elisabeth Moore (guest artist), piano

Intermission

Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni by Mozart   L. von Beethoven (1770-1827)

3 Jazz Etudes   Graham Powning (1949-)

  1. Rumba
  2. Blues
  3. Rag

Variations on “Waltzing Matilda” by  Graham Powning (1949-)

Kandel’s Hora (Harry Kandel’s Orchestra 1918), Traditional Klezmer

Frailach, Traditional Klezmer

Gail Perstein, English horn
Bernard Shapiro (guest artist) and Sharon Jung, oboes

LMC Opera: Famous Mothers

“Nur eine Mutter weiß allein, Was lieben heißt und glücklich sein.” (Only a mother knows what it means to love and be happy)

– from Robert Schumann’s Woman’s love and life

Opening Scene from Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
“All that gold” from Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
“Come bello quale incanto” (How beautifully charming) from Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
“La Mamma Morta” (My mama died) from Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
“Voi lo sapete, o mamma” (You know, mama) from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
“Son nata lagrimar” (I was born to weep) from Giulio Cesare in Egitto by G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Mama, a Rainbow
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust (At my heart, at my breast) by Robert Schumann (1810-1956)
Wiegenlied (cradlesong) by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wiegenlied (cradlesong) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
“Chacun le Sait” (Everyone knows it) from La Fille du Regiment by Gaetano Donizetti
“Viens, Mallika”(Come, Mallika) from Lakmé by Leo Delibes (1836–1891)
“Climb every mountain” from The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)

Lin Chen, Meg Daly, Ki-Jung Jun, Mele Santos, Regina Thomas, sopranos
Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano