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Ladies Musical Club of Seattle 127th Annual Luncheon

Every March the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle celebrates the impactful programs we provide our community with a gala luncheon. Please join us for a delicious lunch at the elegant Women’s University Club on March 24th from 11am to 1:30pm at the Women’s University Club located at 1105 6th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. Click for a map, parking, and additional information about the Women’s University Club.

Our keynote speaker will be internationally-known soprano and opera director, Linda Kitchen (pictured). Attendees to our luncheon will also enjoy performances by past Frances Walton Competition winners Erik Steighner saxophone (Erik’s website) and Cameron O’Connor, guitar (Cameron’s website).

Tickets are $60 per person. For more information please email [email protected].

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Music of Spain and South America

Co-sponsored by the City of Burien

El Simpatico Tango for Clarinet and Bassoon by Carlos Posadas (1874-1918) arr. John Gibson

Julie Shankland, clarinet and Eric Shankland (guest artist), bassoon

Milonga del ángel  by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Adiós Nonino “Tango Rhapsody”

Joyce Gibb, piano

from Siete canciones populares by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

“Cancion” (Song)
“Nana” (Lullaby)
“Jota” (Aragonese dance)

“Aranjuez, Ma Pensee” from Concierto de Aranjuez  by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
“Junto al Generalife” 

Diane Althaus, soprano and Lucas Victor (guest artist), guitar

Suite populaire espagnole, arranged from “Siete Canciones populares españolas”      Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Arranged for cello and piano by Maurice Maréchal (1892-1964)

  1. El Paño moruno
  2. Nana
  3. Cancion
  4. Polo
  5. Asturiana
  6. Jota

Ericka Pierson, cello and Annie Center, piano

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
“Carceleras”(Jailers) from Las hijas del Zebedeo (The daughters of Zebedee) by Ruperto Chapí (1851-1909)
*The Vito is a dance from Andalusia in southern Spain.

Clarice Warrick, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, H136  by Enrique Granados
“La maja dolorosa” (The sorrowful woman)
“El mirar de la maja” (The gaze of the beloved)

Diane Althaus, soprano and Lucas Victor (guest artist), guitar

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

Clarice Warrick, soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

“Oriental” from Danzas españolas  by Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Ericka Pierson, cello and Annie Center, piano

Poema en forma de canciones, Op.19 by Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)

  1. Dedicatoria (Dedication)
  2. Nunca olvida (You never forget)
  3. Cantares (Songs)
  4. Los dos miedos (Two fears)
  5. Las locas por amor (Crazy for love)

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano     Joan Lundquist, piano

The Music of Maurice Ravel

The Music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Le tombeau de Couperin, arranged for oboe and for piano, selections (1914–17)

Gail Perstein, oboe     Katie O’Rourke, piano

Prélude in a minor for piano (1913)
“Oiseaux tristes” (Sad birds) from Miroirs (1904-05)

Joyce Gibb, piano

 

Histoires Naturelles (Natural histories) (1906)

  1. Le paon (The peacock)
  2. Le grillon (The cricket)
  3. Le cygne (The swan)
  4. Le martin-pêcheur (The kingfisher)
  5. La pintade (The guinea‑fowl)

Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano and Joan Lundquist, piano

Sonatine for piano (1903-1905)

  1. Modéré
  2. Mouvement de menuet
  3. Anime

Katie O’Rourke, piano

Cinq mélodies populaires grecques,(five popular greek songs) for voice and piano (1904–06)

  1. Chanson de la mariée: Réveille-toi, perdrix mignonne
  2. Là-bas, vers l’église
  3. Quel galant m’est comparable
  4. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques: O joie de mon âme
  5. Tout gai!

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano    Katie O’Rourke, piano

Introduction and Allegro for Harp, String Quartet, Flute and Clarinet (1905)

Sophie Baird-Daniel, harp (guest artist)
Kathy Zufall and Anne Rackl, violins     Janice Gockel, viola     Fran Walton, cello
Carol Wollenberg, flute and Julie Buetow, clarinet

Famous French melodies for solo piano and for voice

Special Concert co-sponsored by the Ladies Musical Club and the City of Seatac. 

Sérénade, (poem by Victor Hugo) by Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Sérénade,Op.7 (poem by Eugène Adénis-Colombeau) by Gabriel Pierné (1835-1937)
Sérénade Italienne, Op. 2, No. 5 (poem by Paul Bourget) by Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Sérénade Florentine, (poem by Henri Cazalis) by Henri Duparc (1848-1933)

 

La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Suite Bergamasque, Movement 1 “Prélude” and Movement 3, “Clair de lune”  by Claude Debussy

 

L’heure exquise (The exquisite hour) (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Clair de lune     L. 45, No. 2 (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Claude Debussy
Clair de lune Op. 83, No. 1 (poem by Paul Verlaine) by Josef Zygmunt Szulc (1875-1956)
La Nuit (Duet) by Ernest Chausson

Meditation from Thais  by Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Nocturne No. 2 In E-Flat Major, Op. 9 by  Frédéric Chopin (1810-1842)

Enfant, si j’etais Roi (If I were king) (poem by Victor Hugo)  by Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Oh, quand je dors (Oh, when I sleep) (poem by Victor Hugo)  by Franz Liszt
Les Trois Chansons (poem by Victor Hugo) by Gabriel Pierné (1835-1937)
Puisque ici bas (Duet) (poem by Victor Hugo) by Gabriel Fauré 

Children’s Corner, No. 6 “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk” by Claude Debussy
La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral)

Guitare  by Franz Liszt
Guitare (poem by Victor Hugo) by Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Mandoline (poem by Paul Verlaine)  by Gabriel Fauré
Tout gai! (everyone is joyous!) (poem by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Tiina Ritalahti, Katie Hochman, Ya-Li Lee and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Karin McCullough, Joan Lundquist and Lucy Wenger, piano