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Art of the Piano: Darkness and Light

The sixth Annual Art of the Piano presents:
Darkness and Light

A solo piano showcase complementing the current SAM Gallery exhibit, Darks and Lights.

 “The artists in this show contrast darks and lights as autumn turns to winter. Nature’s cycles, retreating to our roots, and finding home are all explored by our premier Northwest artists.” (quoted from the SAM Website description)  The SAM Gallery is free today. We invite you to explore the exhibit Darks and Lights after you experience this musical journey and share the magical connection that can exist between the visual and performing arts.

The Seasons, Op. 37a by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), “October” and “November”

Valentina Rodov, piano

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

Karin McCullough, piano

 

Ondine                                                               Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral)

Lucy Wenger, piano

Goyescas, Op. 11, subtitled Los majos enamorados (The Gallants in Love) by Enrique Granados (1867 – 1916)

El Amor y la muerte (Balada) (Ballad of Love and Death)

Geisa Dutra, piano

The Life and Works of Claude Debussy

EARLY PERIOD – Introduction, Midge bowman

Nuits d’etoiles (1880)
Romance
Two Arabesques, No. 1 (1888-91)
Suite Bergamasque, Clair de lune (1890)

MIDDLE PERIOD – introduction, midge bowman

La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Fetes galantes, No. 2 Le Faune  (1904) and No. 3 Colloque Sentimental
La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral) (1910)
Children’s Corner, No. 6 Golliwogg’s Cakewalk (1906)

LATE PERIOD – introduction, midge bowman

Bruyères(Heaths) Book II, Prélude No. 5 (1913)
Ondine (Mermaid) Book II, Prélude No. 8(1913)
Sonata for Cello and piano, First movement (1915)

Ya-Li Lee and Susan Strick, sopranos
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo soprano
Lucy Wenger and Karin McCullough, piano
Terry Cook, cello

 

The Life and Works of Claude Debussy

Introduction and Biographical notes

Midge Bowman, Music and Art Historian

 

Early Period

Nuits d’etoiles (1880)
Romance
Mandoline
Two Arabesques, No. 1 (1888-91)
Suite Bergamasque, Clair de lune (1890)
Prose Lyriques, No. 3, de fleurs (1893)

Middle Period

Fetes galantes, No. 2 Le Faune and No. 3 Colloque sentimental (1904)
Children’s Corner, No. 6 Golliwogg’s Cakewalk (1906)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral) (1910)

Late Period

Mallarmé songs, No 2 Place futile (1913)
Preludes, selections (1913)
Sonata for Cello and piano, First Movement (1915)

Intermission

 

La damoiselle élue (1887, re-orchestrated in 1902)

A cantata for two soloists, female choir, and orchestra, based on a text by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It premiered in Paris in 1893.

Ya-Li Lee, Susan Strick, Clarice Warrick and Jill Carlsen, sopranos
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Eun Hee Cho, conductor
Candice Chin, Ann Rackl and Soohee Park (guest artist), violins
Janice Gockel, viola and Terry Cook, cello
Madeline Beery, flute and Rosemary Bell, oboe
Lucy Wenger and Karin McCullough, piano

Special guest artists: King’s High School Chamber Orchestra Members:

Hannah Te and Nathan Molvik, violins
Wonrae Kim, viola and Leo Hong, bass
Caleb de Los Angeles and Tiffany Tu, flutes
Sabrina Steinhubel, Sydney Bivins and Maggie Song, clarinets
Elma Lu, bassoon and  Emmie Wang, piano

Mozart string quartet in F major and piano music by Granados

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

Selections by Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
El Amor y La Muerte: Balada
El Fandango de Candil
El Pelele

Geisa Dutra, piano

LMC Opera – The Italians: from Verdi to verismo

“Pietà, pietà, perdon!….O don fatale” from Don Carlo
“Non pianger mia compagna” from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi – 1866
“Vieni t’affretta” from MacBeth by Giuseppe Verdi – 1847
“O fior del giorno” from Edgar by Giacomo Puccini – 1889
“Voi lo sapete” from Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni – 1890
“Ebben, ne andro lontana” from La Wally by Alfredo Catalani – 1892
“Si, mi chiamano Mimi” from La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini – 1896
“Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea – 1902
“Accerba Volutta” from Adriana Lecouvreur
“Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio”, duet for Butterfly and Suzuki from Madama Butterfly – 1904

Katie Hochman, Diane Althaus and Regina Thomas, sopranos

Gwen Trussler, mezzo soprano
Jennifer Li, piano