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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

 

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