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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

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