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Mendelssohn piano trio in d minor, Songs by 20th century British composers

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

Songs by David Dubery (b. 1948)

Mobile
The Birds
Remember
One Night in December (Away in a Manger) with Sabine Endrigkeit, recorder

Selections from Sea Pictures, Opus 37 by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

“In Haven”
“Where Corals Lie”
“Sabbath Morning at Sea”

Gwen Trussler, mezzo soprano and Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

Three Songs to Poems by Robert Graves by David Dubery (b. 1948)

Under the olives
I will write
On giving

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano, Sabine Endrigkeit, recorder, Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

LMC Opera: Baroque to the Gluck Reform Opera

LMC Opera: Baroque to the Gluck Reform Opera

“Vi ricordi o boschi ombrosi” (Do you remember, o shady woods?) from L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
“Tu sei morta” (You are dead) from L’Orfeo

Orfeo ~ Darrell Jordan (guest artist), baritone

“Pur ti miro” (I adore you) from L’incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi

Poppea ~ Lisa Cardwell Pontén (guest artist) and Nero ~ Katie Stevenson, mezzo soprano

“Piante ombrose” (Shaded plants) from La Calisto by Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)

Calisto ~ Heather Mullin, Soprano

“Tu sei il cor di questo core” (You are my heart of hearts) from Giulio Cesare in Egitto by G. F. Handel (1685-1759)

“Son nata lagrimar” (I was born to weep) from Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Achilla ~ Darrell Jordan, baritone     Cornelia ~ Brittany Walker, mezzo soprano    Sesto ~ Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano

“Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo by G.F. Handel

Katie Stevenson as Almirena

 “Lo conosco” (I know it) from La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

Serpina ~ Heather Mullin, soprano     Uberto ~ Darrell Jordan, baritone

 “Ombra mai fu” from Serse by G. F. Handel

Serse ~ Brittany Walker (guest artist), mezzo-soprano

“Che fiero momento” from Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

Euridice ~ Lisa Cardwell Pontén (guest artist), soprano    Orfeo ~ Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano

“O malheureuse, Iphigenie” from Iphigenie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Iphigenie ~ Heather Mullin, soprano

Lucy Wenger ~ piano
Stage Direction and commentary ~ Janene Nelson

Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben and piano tributes to the composer by Granados & Dohnányi

Program features Schumann’s song cycle masterpiece and two piano tributes to the composer Photo credits: Adolph von Menzel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Frauenliebe und -leben (Woman’s love and life) by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

  1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
  2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
  3. Ich kann’s nicht fassen
  4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
  5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
  6. Süsser Freund, du blickest
  7. An meinem Herzen
  8. Nun hast du mir der ersten Schmerz getan

Lin Chen, soprano and Nicole Truesdell, piano

 

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

Winterreigen (Winter Rounds) Op.13                    Ernő Dohnányi (1877 – 1960)

  1. Widmung (Dedication)
  2. An Ada (To Ada)
  3. Valse aimable (Agreeable waltz)
  4. Morgengrauen (Dawn)
  5. Postludium (Postlude)

Karin McCullough, piano

French song recital and Mozart String Quartet, K. 590

Love in the moonlight

Ouvre ton coeur (Open your heart) by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Si tu le veux (If you like) by Charles Koechlin (1876-1950)
Chere nuit (Dear night) by Alfred Bachelet (1854-1923)

Quatre airs chantés, FP 46 by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

  1. Air romantique (romantic air)
  2. Air champetre (pastoral air)
  3. Air grave (serious air)
  4. Air vif (lively air)

Chants d’Auvergne (Selections) by Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 – 1957)

La pastoura als camps (The Shepherdess in the Fields)
Baïlèro (Song of the shepherd of the High Auverne)
Lo fiolairé (The spinner)
Malurous qu’o uno fenno (Unfortunate is the one who has a wife)

Mele Santos, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

String Quartet No.23 in F major, K.590 by W.A. Mozart

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Allegretto
  3. Minuetto/Allegretto

Kathryn Zufall and Sally Hufbauer, violin
Barb Clagett, viola
Fran Walton, cello

Spring has Sprung! Music for solo piano and voice

Holde Frühlingszeit (Springtime) by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), text: L. Hensel
Wiegenlied (Lullaby)  by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800), text: Friederike Brun (1765-1835)
Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling (Yearning for Spring) by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791), text: Christian A. Overbeck (1755- 1821)
Frühlingslied (Spring Song) by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), text: Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748-1776)
Erstes Grün (First Grasses)  by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), text: Justinus Kerner (1786-1862)
Frühlingsnacht (Spring Song) by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), text: Joseph v. Eichendorff (1788-1857)
Jasminenstrauch (Jasmine bush) by Robert Schumann (1810-1856), text: Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)
Das Veilchen (The violet) by Clara Schumann (1819-1896), text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Draußen in Sievering (Out there in Sievering) from Die Tänzerin Danny Elßler (The Dancer Fanny Essler)– Johann Strauß (1825-1899)/Oskar Stalla, text: Hans Adler (1880-1957)
An einem Tag im Frühling (A day in Spring) – Franz Doelle (1883-1965) , text: Bruno Balz (1902-1988)
Veronika, der Lenz ist da (Veronika, spring is here)– Walter Jurmann (1903-1971), text: Fritz Rotter (1900-1984)
Ich hab im Frühling nur dich geküsst (I’ve kissed only you in the spring) by Walter Jurmann (1903-1971), text: Fritz Rotter (1900-1984)

Christine Menschner, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Appalachian Spring arranged for solo piano by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

  1. Very slowly. Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a suffused light.
  2. Fast/Allegro. Sudden burst of unison strings in A major arpeggios starts the action. A sentiment both elated and religious gives the keynote to this scene.
  3. Moderate/Moderato. Duo for the Bride and her Intended – scene of tenderness and passion.
  4. Quite fast. The Revivalist and his flock. Folksy feeling – suggestions of square dances and country fiddlers.
  5. Still faster/Subito Allegro. Solo dance of the Bride – presentiment of motherhood. Extremes of joy and fear and wonder.
  6. Very slowly (as at first). Transition scene to music reminiscent of the introduction.
  7. Calm and flowing/Doppio Movimento. Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer husband. There are five variations on a Shaker theme. The theme, sung by a solo clarinet, was taken from a collection of Shaker melodies compiled by Edward D. Andrews, and published under the title “The Gift to Be Simple.” The melody borrowed and used almost literally is called “Simple Gifts.”
  8. Moderate. Coda/Moderato – Coda. The Bride takes her place among her neighbors. At the end the couple are left “quiet and strong in their new house.” Muted strings intone a hushed prayerlike chorale passage. The close is reminiscent of the opening music.

Karin McCullough, piano