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Celebrating National Poetry Month: Original works by Member Composers

Think of Santos , Poem by Claudia Castro Luna, Music by Hilary Field

Eight Poems from “Killing Marías,” Poem by Claudia Castro Luna, Music by Hilary Field
María
María Agustina Mystical Rose
María Cristina Hanging Chrysallis
María de los Angeles Boundless Love
María Queen of Lullabies
María Estela Cause of Our Joy
María Luisa y Sus Tres Niños Fiercest of Mothers
María

Oda a la Esperanza (Ode to Hope), Poem by Pablo Neruda, Music by Hilary Field

Hilary Field, guitar
Jill Carlsen, reader

Fragments from an Alzheimer’s Journey: Goodbye Again, Poetry by Esther Altshul Helfgott, Music by Janet Anderson
  1. He’s sadness
  2. Today I wheel him to the window
  3. More and more
  4. His face is my grandfather’s
  5. Today as I walked into his room
  6. He’s better today
  7. Tonight at dinner
  8. He’s bedridden
  9. He’s weak and tired
  10. How long?
  11. Goodbye. Again.
Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Kathryn Zufall, violin
Janet Anderson, piano
Memories of You, Poems by Alina Rios, Settings by Nicole Truesdell
  1. Go Ahead and Howl
  2. Doors
  3. Falling
  4. Life in Clover
Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Jill Carlsen, recorder
Mathew Briggs, percussion (guest artist)

Music for piano by Ravel and Chopin, French song recital

Sonetto No. 123 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)

Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5

Valses nobles et sentimentales  by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

  1. Modéré – très franc
  2. Assez lent – avec une expression intense
  3. Modéré
  4. Assez animé
  5. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
  6. Vif
  7. Moins vif
  8. Épilogue: lent

Joyce Gibb, piano

A Chloris by Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947)
Sylvie by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Psyché by Emile Paladilhe (1844-1926)
Nell by Gabriel Fauré
Lydia by Gabriel Fauré
Phidylé by Henri Duparc (1848-1023)

Susan Strick, soprano and Nola Allen, piano

Mendelssohn piano trio in D minor and Dvorak Gypsy Songs

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, cello
Selina Chu, piano

Gypsy Songs, Op. 55 by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

  1. Má píseň zas mi láskou zní (My Song of Love Rings Through the Dusk)
  2. Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj přerozkošně zvoní (Hey, Ring Out, My Triangle)
  3. A les je tichý kolem kol (All Round About the Woods are Still)
  4. Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala (Songs My Mother Taught Me)
  5. Struna naladěna, hochu, toč se v kole (Come and Join the Dance)
  6. Široké rukávy a široké gate (The Gypsy Songman)
  7. Dejte klec jestřábu ze zlata ryzého (Give a Hawk a Fine Cage)
Růžena Maturová as the first Rusalka

“Song to the Moon” from Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák

Ya-Li Lee, soprano and Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

Spanish Songs and Piano Duets

Anda, Jaleo (Come on, Jaleo) by Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Zorongo by Federico Garcia Lorca

Tres Morillas (Three Moorish girls) by Fernando Obradors (1897-1945)
El Vito (The Vito*) by Fernando Obradors
*The Vito is a dance from Andalusia in southern Spain.

Escenes de l’exili (Scenes from Exile) by Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Canto gitano (Gypsy song) by Enrique Granados
Elegia eterna (Eternal elegy) by Enrique Granados

“Carceleras”(Jailers) from Las hijas del Zebedeo (The daughters of Zebedee) by Ruperto Chapí (1851-1909)

 Clarice Warrick, soprano and Lucy Wenger, piano

A program for Piano 4 hands

 

Risa Jun and Dr. Yelena Balabanova in 2015 christening the new Steinway B placed by LMC on long term loan to the Central library.

Orchestral Suite No.2 in b minor, Minuet and Scherzo by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Orchestral Suite No.3 in d major, Air by J.S. Bach
Vocalise Op.34 No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
L’enfant prodigue (The prodigal son), Prelude by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
The Young Prince and Princess (Scheherezade,Op.35) by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Neapolitan Song by Luigi Denza (1846-1922)

Risa Jun and Yelena Balbanova (guest artist), piano

Songs Rachmaninoff and Strauss, Piano music by Tchaikovsky and Chopin

Songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

In the Silent Night, Op. 4 No. 3
Believe It or Not, Op. 14, No.7
A Dream, Op. 8, No. 5

Songs by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

“Epheu” from Madchenblumen, Op. 22, No. 3
Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27, No. 3
Freundliche Vision, Op. 48, No.1
Befreit, Op. 39, No. 4 

Malya Muth, soprano and Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

The Seasons, op.37b by Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

  • October, “Autumn Song”,
    November, “Troika”
    December, “Christmas”

Fantasie in f-minor, op.49 by Frederic Chopin (1810-1839)

Valentina Rodov, piano