2005–6 Concert Schedule
 

Sunday, May 7, 2006, 8:00 P.M.

Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in D minor
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1976)
  
Sonata in C, Op. 2, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  Allegro con brio (first movement only)
  
Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4
Etude in C minor, Op. 25, No. 12

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
  
Natalya Lundtvedt, piano

Se tu m'ami, se sospiro
Giovanni B. Pergolesi (1710-1736)
  
V'adoro, pupille (from Giulio Cesare)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
  
Una donna a quindici anni (from Cosi fan tutte)
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  
The Silver Swan
Ned Rorem (1923-)
  
Weep You No More
Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
  
La Courte Paille
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
  Le sommeil
  Quelle aventure!
  La reine de coeur
  
Je suis Titania (from Mignon)
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
  
Sophie Delphis, soprano; Su Mi Park, piano

Sonata No. 10 in G for Violin and Piano, Op. 96
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  Allegro moderato
  Adagio espressivo
  Scherzo - Allegro
  Poco allegretto
  
Alan Sklar, violin; Richard Sogg, piano

Sunday, April 2, 2006, 8:00 P.M.

The World is a Butterfly's Wing
(Text by Allen Cohen)
Nancy Bloomer Deussen
  
Delmar McComb, tenor; Ruth Freeman, viola;
Nancy Bloomer Deussen, piano

Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 ("Tempest")
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  Largo - Allegro
  Adagio
  Allegretto
  
Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
  
Brett Waxdeck, piano

Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
  Allegro
  Intermezzo - Trio
  Andante con moto
  Rondo alla Zingarese
  
Welton Lee, violin; Sue Soong, viola; Arlene Lee, cello;
Karen Heather, piano

Sunday, March 5, 2006, 8:00 P.M.

Sonata No. 11 in B flat, Op. 22
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  Allegro con brio
  Adagio con molto expressione
  Menuetto
  Rondo: Allegretto
  
Trudy Roughgarden, piano

A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table William Walton (1902-1983)
  The Lord Mayor's Table
  Glide Gently
  Wapping Old Stairs
  Holy Thursday
  The Contrast
  Rhyme
  
Peggy Spool, soprano; Melissa Lin*, piano

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 4
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
  Fantasia: Adagio di molto
  Allegro con spirito
  
David Budson, cello; Carolyn Smith, piano
* Guest artist

Sunday, February 12, 2006, 8:00 P.M.

Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
  Prelude (moderato)
  Menuet (andantino)
  Clair de Lune (andante tres expressif)
  Passepied (allegreto ma non troppo)
  
Christyna Kozel, piano

Bell Song - from Lakme Leo Delibes (1836-1891)
  
Gavotte - from Manon Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
  
Habanera - from Carmen
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
  
Barbara Reynolds, soprano; Carolyn Smith, piano

Quartet No. 14 in A flat Major, op 105
Anton Dvorak (1841-1904)
  Adagio ma non troppo
  Molto vivace
  Lento molto cantabile
  Allegro non tanto
  
Seungja Kimn, violin; Mary-Mignon Mitchell*, violin; Noriko Iwamoto*, viola; Edward Wu*, cello
* Guest artist


Sunday, January 8, 2006, 8:00 P.M.

Rhapsody in B minor
Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op. 118
Variations on The Theme of Paganini (Book II)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
  
Emiliya Serebrennikova, piano

Don Quichotte a Dulcinee (Poems by Paul Morand) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
  Chanson Romanesque
  Chanson epique
  Chanson a boire
  
Three Michelangelo Songs (Poems by Michelangelo) Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
  Wohl denk' ich oft
  Alles endet, was entstehet
  Fuhlt meine seele
  
In This Winter Place (Poems by Kenneth Patchen)
Robert Conrad (b. 1938)
  Beautiful You Are
  O Sleeping Falls the Maiden Snow
  The Snow is Deep on the Ground
  
Jonathan Clark, bass; Charles Calhoun*, piano

Sonata in A for violin and piano, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  Adagio Sostenuto-Presto
  Andante con variazioni
  Presto
  
Irina Fainkichen*, violin; Era Lifschitz, piano
* Guest artist
 
December 11, 2005, 8:00 P.M.
    Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
    Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
      Prelude: Lento
      Fugue: Adagio
      Scherzo: Allegretto
      Intermezzo: Lento
      Finale: Allegretto
      
    Virginia Smedberg, violin; Claudia Bloom, violin; Chalmers Smith, viola; Tita McCall, cello; Carolyn Smith, piano

    Four Songs on Poems by Edgar Alan Poe
    Nurit Barlev (b 1959)
      A Dream within a Dream
      The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour
      To One in Paradise
      The Bells
      
    Kathleen Nitz Kasdorf*, soprano; Nurit Barlev, piano

    Prelude op. 32 no. 10 in b minor
    Prelude op. 32 no. 5 in G major
    Etude-Tableau op. 33 no. 4 in d minor
    Lilacs, op. 21 no. 5
    Etude-Tableau op. 33 no. 6 in E flat major

    Sergei Rachmaninov (1872-1943)
     
    Etude op. 42 no. 4 in F# major
    Etude op. 42 no. 5 in C# minor

    Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
      
    Bridget Conrad, piano

    * Guest artist
   
 
November 13, 2005, 8:00 P.M.
    Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 R. Schumann (1810-1856)
      In der Nacht
      Fabel
      Traumeswirren
      Ende vom Lied
      
    Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 F. Chopin
    (1810-1849)
    Rose Chen, piano

    Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano Cesar Frank
    (1822-1890)
      Allegretto ben moderato
      Allegro
      Recitativo-Fantasia ben moderato
      Allegretto poco mosso
    Ryan Chen, violin; Amy Chiu*, piano

    Phantasie Trio No. 1 (1907)
    Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
      Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
      Andante con molto expressione
      Allegro scherzoso
      Andante
      Allegro moderato
    The Finlay Trio: Lois Swift,* violin; Laurel Brobst-Gilbert, cello; Patricia Finlay,* piano

    * Guest artist
   
 
October 9, 2005, 8:00 P.M.
 
Four Etudes, Op. 7 Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)
c minor - Con moto
  D Major - Allegro brillante
  e minor - Andantino
  F# Major - Vivo
 
Mark Reiss, piano  
 
Two songs from Songs of Tagore ll (R. Tagore) Lorie Griswold
(1926- )
  In the Night
  I Thought I Would Write Love's Words
Orientale (e.e.cummings)
Keep Cool (Ibsen/Ginsbury)
Songs of Tagore
  The First Jasmines
  Send Me the Love
  With the Morning Sun
  Let My Song Be Simple
Kathleen Nitz*, soprano; Diana Tucker*, flute; Claudia Bloom, violin; Nurit Barlev, piano
 
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75)
  Andante
  Allegretto
  Largo-Andante
Claudia Bloom, violin; Nora Ayzman, piano
* Guest artist
   
 
    May 15, 2005, 8:00 P.M.  
    Infelice! E tuo credevi che un brando vindice
    Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
      from Ernani
    Dormiro sol nel manto mio regal
    Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
      from Don Carlos
    Madamina! il catalogo e questo
    W. A. Mozart (1756-91)
      from Don Giovanni
    Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
    Georges Bizet (1838-75)
      (Toreadors Song) from Carmen
    Kang Liu, Bass-Baritone; Marjorie Cassingham, Piano

    Phantasiestucke, op.12
    R. Schumann (1810-1856)
      Des Abends
      Aufschwung
      Warum?
      In der Nacht
    El Pelele
    Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
    Emily Lu, Piano

    Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 105
    R. Schumann (1810-1856)
      Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
      Allegretto
      Lebhaft
    Alan Sklar, Violin; Richard Sogg*, Piano

    * Guest artist

     

   
 
    April 10, 2005, 8:00 P.M.  
    Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 102 no. 2
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
      Allegro con brio
      Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
      Allegro Fugato
    Ilya Levtov, cello;* Ray Walton, piano

     
    Moment Musical no. 3, Op. 16
    Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     
    Sonata no. 2, Op. 14
    Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
      Allegro, ma non troppo
      Scherzo, Allegro marcato
      Andante
      Vivace
    Natalya Duvanenko, piano

     
    Trio in B Major, Op. 8
    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
      Allegro con brio, Tranquillo
      Scherzo: Allegro molto, Meno Allegro
      Adagio
      Allegro
    Miraloma Trio: Welton Lee, violin; Arlene Lee, cello; Karen Heather, piano

     

     

   
 

    March 13, 2005 8:00 P.M.  
    Preludes, Op. 1
    Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
      no 1 Andante ma non troppo
      no 2 Andante con moto
      no 3 Andantino
      no 4 Andantino con moto
      no 5 Allegro molto, impetuoso
      no 6 Lento, mesto
      no 7 Moderato
     
    Prelude, Op. 23, no. 2
    Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
    Christyna Kozel, piano

    Samplers
    Robert Conrad (born 1938)
      Sampler: Esther Brown, 1782
      Sampler: wrought by Sarah Bane, 1830
      Sampler: Martha H. Story, August 1826
      Mourning Scene: wrought by Martha Wardell
      Sampler: Margaret A. Duff, 1832
      Sampler: wrought by Phila Bartlette, 1829
      Sampler: Ruth Ayer, circa 1785-90
      Sampler: made by Hannah Francis, 1817
    Through the Year, Four Songs for the Seasons
    Conrad
      Spring
      Summer
      Fall
      Winter
    Pavanne for the Nursery
    Conrad
    Laura Barton-Holding, soprano; Christopher Koelzer*, piano

    Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
    Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
      Allegro Serioso, non troppo
      Adagio
      Maestoso elargamente, ma non troppo -- Presto
    Wangchen Long, violin; Michael Graham, cello

     

   
 

    Feb. 13, 2005 8:00 pm  
    Polonaise in E flat minor, Op. 26, No.2
    Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
      Nocturne in C minor, Op.48, No.1
      Scherzo in B flat minor, Op.31
    Emiliya Serebrennikova, piano

     
    Và godendo (Serse)
    George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
    Heidenröslein
      Ständchen
    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    Caro nome (Rigoletto)
    Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
    Vergebliches Ständchen
    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
      Immer Leiser wird mein Schlummer
    Parlez-moi d’amour
    Jean Lenoir/Neuberger (1891-1976)
    Frou Frou
    Henri Chatau (1843-1933)
    Je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette)
    Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
      
    Sophie Delphis, soprano; Susan Gross Bratman, piano

     
    String Quartet in C minor, Op.35
    Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
      Grave
       Tres calme
      Gaiment et pas trop vite
    Seungja Kimn, violin; Joan Norton*, violin; Noriko Iwamoto*, viola; Jody McGeen*, cello

     *Guest Performers

     

   
 

    Jan. 9, 2005 8:00 pm  
    Introduction and Rondo, Op. 2, No. 2
    Dioniso Aguado (1784-1849)
    Introduction, Theme and Variations, Op. 9
    Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
    Romance
    J.Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856)
    Recuerdos de la Alhambra
    Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)
      
    Babak Falsafi, guitar

    Morgengruss
    Ungeduld
    Der Lindenbaum
    Der Doppelgänger
    Des Baches Wiengenlied
    Die Forelle
    Nähe des Geliebten
    Litanei
    An die Musik
    Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
    Edith Zitelli, soprano; Susan Gross Bratman, piano

    "The Presentment" (from "October 1, 1905")
    Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
    Sonata for Piano
    Bela Bartok (1880-1945)
      Allegro Moderato
      Sostenuto e pesante
      Allegro molto
    Brett Waxdeck, piano