This concert will be presented in person on Monday, December 12, at University House Wallingford and will premiere on our YouTube channel at noon on Thursday, December 22.
Wind Trios by Joyce, Beethoven, and More
Five Elfin Pieces by Brian Joyce (b. 1971)
1. The Busy Village
2. Cautious Explorers
3. Dance in the Glen
4. The Princess’s Song
5. Bound for Home
Variations on a theme of J. Haydn by Johann Wenth (1745–1801)
Suite for Two Oboes and Cor Anglais by Nicholas Blake (1948–1969)
1. Bagatelle
2. Siciliana
3. Rondino
Variations on a theme by Mozart, “La ci darem mano” (Let me hold your hand) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
The Teddy Bear Picnic by John Walter Bratton (1867–1945), arr. by James Horan
Sharon Jung, oboe
Bernard Shapiro, oboe
Gail Perstein, English horn
Songs by Purcell, Handel, and More
If music be the food of love (third version) by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake from Judas Maccabeus by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Liebeszauber by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
Der Mond kommt still gegangen
African American Spirituals, arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico
Deep River
Go, Tell It On the Mountain
Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano