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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

 

Songs, duets and music for flute and piccolo

La Flûte Invisible by Camille Saint-Saëns

Ya-Li Lee, soprano
Kris Palmer, flute
Joan Lundquist, piano

Mountain Song by Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

Kris Palmer, flute and Joan Lundquist, piano

For Poulenc by Ned Rorem
Love
Early in the Morning
Deep River by traditional Spiritual,arr. Mark Hayes
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico

Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Rossignols amoureux from Hippolyte et Aricie by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Le rossignol by Leo Delibes

Ya-Li Lee, soprano
Kris Palmer, flute
Joan Lundquist, piano

Le Merle Noir (The Blackbird) by Olivier Messiaen
Colibri (Hummingbirds) by Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Le cyne (The Swan) Volière (The Aviery) from Le carnaval des animaux (The carnival of animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns

Kris Palmer, flute
Joan Lundquist, piano

INTERMISSION

Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying from King Arthur by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Beth Ann Bonnecroy and Ya-Li Lee, sopranos
Kris Palmer, flute
Joan Lundquist, piano

Sweet Bird from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, H. 55 by G.F. Handel (1865-1759)

Ya-Li Lee, soprano
Kris Palmer, flute
Joan Lundquist, piano

With darkness deep as is my woe from Theodora by G.F. Handel (1865-1759)
Oh, that I on wings could rise from Theodora

Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Sound the Trumpet, Z. 723 by Henry Purcell

Beth Ann Bonnecroy and Ya-Li Lee, sopranos
Kris Palmer, flute
Joan Lundquist, piano

Spanish vocal and piano music, Korean songs, Mendelssohn trio in d minor

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Valses Poeticos by Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

  1. Vivace molto and Melodico
  2. Tempo de Vals noble
  3. Tempo de Vals lento
  4. Allegro humoristico
  5. Allegretto (elegante)
  6. Quasi ad libitum (sentimental)
  7. Vivo
  8. Presto

Karin McCullough, piano

Canciones clasicas espanolas  (Classical Spanish songs) by Fernando J. Obradors (1897-1945)
La mi sola, Laureola (My only, Laureola)
Al amor (To the beloved)
Corazon, porque pasais? (Heart, why do you keep awake?)
El majo celoso (The jealous lad)
“Con amores, la mi madre” (With love, mother) from Dos cantares populares
“Del cabello mas sutil” (Of the softest hair) from Dos cantares populares
Chiquitata la Novia (Beautiful bride)

Ki-Jung Jun, soprano     Joan Lundquist, piano

“Asturias (Leyenda)” from Suite Espagnola, by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
“Cuba (Nocturno)” from Suite Espagnola

Karin McCullough, piano

Intermission

Piano trio in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

  1. Molto Allegro agitato
  2. Andante con molto tranquillo

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

Korean Art Songs by Heung-yeoul Lee 1909-1980

Singing Cosmos
The river of my heart
In the flower clouds

Ki-Jung Jun, soprano     Joan Lundquist, piano

LMC Opera: America in the 20th Century

“The Trees on the Mountain” from Susannah by Carlisle Floyd
“No more pale moon” from Tartuffe by Kirke Mechem
“I have dreamt” from Wuthering Heights by Bernard Hermann
“What will it be for me?” from Regina by Marc Blitzstein
“Must the winter come so soon?” from Vanessa by Samuel Barber
“Who is there to love me?” from A hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber
“Kiss me not goodbye” from The Mighty Casey by William Schumann
“Steal me, sweet thief” from The Old Maid and The Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti
“Isn’t the weather awful” from The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti

Amber Rose Johnson, Clarice Warrick, Emily Riesser and Molly Tomlinson, sopranos
Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, direction and narration

Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate, French vocal duets

Exsultate, Jubilate by W.A. Mozart ( 1756- 1791)
Dans un bois solitaire et sombre (In the woods lonely and quiet) by W.A. Mozart
Oiseaux, si tous les ans (Since birds every year) by W.A. Mozart

Ya-Li Lee, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Les Danses de Lormont  by Cesar Franck  (1822-1890)
Les trois Oiseaux  by  Léo Delibes (1836 – 1891)
Mimi Pinson by Gabriel Pierné (1863 – 1937)
Au bord de l’eau by Émile Paladilhe (1844 – 1926)
El desdichado by Camille Saint-Saëns  (1835-1921)
Fantoches by Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Marine by Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Joie  by Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

Katie Hochman, soprano
Catherine Treadgold, mezzo soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano