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The Music Salon's Past Programs


 

 

        2010
January 10, 2010
February 14, 2010

        2009
December 13, 2009
November 8, 2009
October 11, 2009
September 13, 2009
August 9, 2009
July 12, 2009
June 14, 2009
May 10, 2009
April 12, 2009
March 8, 2009
February 8, 2009
January 11, 2009

        2008
December 14, 2008
November 9, 2008
October 12, 2008
September 14, 2008
August 10, 2008
July 13, 2008
June 8, 2008
May 11, 2008
April 13, 2008

 


February 14, 2010

Amour, viens aider (Samson et Dalila)
I still believe (Miss Saigon)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Schoenberg (1944– )/Boublil (1941– )/Maltby (1937– )

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

Un moto di gioia (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Vaga luna che inargenti

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

Gail Bedi, soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

Embroidery Aria (Peter Grimes)
Du bist wie eine Blume

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Lisa Bryce, soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

Iolanta's arioso (Otchego eto prezhde ne znala) (Iolanta)
Quando m'en vo (La Boheme)

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Zhanna Alkhazova, soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

Dos gardenias

Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996)

Elena Greco, vocals; Richard Gordon, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Black Orpheus
Corcovado
Insensatez

Louis Bonfá (1922-2001)
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)

Guillermo Cardenas, trumpet; Richard Gordon, piano

Yo se que te amo
Como fue
Quien eres tu

Armando Manzanero (1935– )
Ernesto Duarte
Nelson Ned (1947– 

Hector Lopez, vocals and guitar

Cancion de cuna
Prelude No. 1
Diddy wa Diddy

Leo Brouwer (1939- )
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Blind Blake (Arthur Blake) (c.1893-c.1933)

Anthony Purdy, guitar


January 10, 2010

Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
Ronda
Look to the Rainbow (Finian's Rainbow)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Federico Longas (1893-1968)
E.Y. Harburg (1896-1981)/Burton Lane (1912-1997)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

Sempre libera (La Traviata)
Der Hoelle Rache (The Magic Flute)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)

Alyssa Bowlby, lyric coloratura soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

Hai gia vinta la causa...Vedro mentr'io sospiro
  (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Bella siccome un angelo (Don Pasquale)
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)/Richard Rodgers (1902-79)

Stefanos Koroneos, baritone; Richard Gordon, piano

Der Maenner Sippe sass hier im Saal (Die Walküre)
Du bist der Lenz (Die Walküre)

Richard Wagner (1813-83)

Rosa D'Imperio, dramatic soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

Love is here to stay (The Goldwyn Follies)
Where or when (Babes in Arms)
When I fall in love (One Minute to Zero)

Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)/George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Richard Rodgers (1902-79)/Lorenz Hart (1895-1943)
Edward Heyman (1907-81)/Victor Young (1900-56)

Guillermo Cardenas, trumpet; Richard Gordon, piano

Dos Gardenias
Come rain or come shine (St. Louis Woman)

Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996)
Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)

Elena Greco, vocals; Richard Gordon, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Aria con Variazioni
Fantasia

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1644)
Luis Milan (1536)

Frank Galante, guitar

Five Simple Studies

Four Breathy Shorts
  1. Short Happy Life
  2. Short Shift
  3. Film Short
  4. Short Breath

Leo Brouwer (1939- )

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, guitar


December 13, 2009

Canciones clásicas españolas
  Chiquitita
  En el pinar
  El vito

Fernando Obradors (1897-1945)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Richard Gordon, piano

My funny valentine (Babes in Arms)
And I love her
How high the moon

Richard Rodgers (1902-79)/Lorenz Hart (1895-1943)
Paul McCartney (1942– )/John Lennon (1940-80)
Morgan Lewis (1906-?)/Nancy Hamilton

Guillermo Cardenas, trumpet; Richard Gordon, piano

Dos Gardenias
Come rain or come shine (St. Louis Woman)

Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996)
Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)

Elena Greco, vocals; Richard Gordon, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Selected poems

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet

Five Preludes for Guitar

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Anthony Purdy, guitar


November 8, 2009

Woodstock
Gracias a la vida
You take my breath away
Luna guajira
Angústia

Joni Mitchell (1943– ) (arr. Cassidy)
Violetta Parra (1917-1967)
Claire Hamill (1954– ) (arr. Cassidy)
Sarah Plant/Bernardo Palombo
Orlando Brito (1930s)

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar

Study No. 11
Prelude No. 5

Prelude to a False God
Trembling Leaves of Lorien

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)


Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, guitar


October 11, 2009

Study No. 11
Prelude No. 5

Prelude to a False God
Trembling Leaves of Lorien

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)


Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, guitar

Gracias a la vida
You take my breath away

Violetta Parra (1917-1967)
Claire Hamill (1954– ) (arr. Cassidy)

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar

Skylark

Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)

Ilana Kochinska, soprano; Elena Greco, piano


September 13, 2009

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
  Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
  Ging heut' Morgen über's Feld
  Ich hab' ein glühend Messer
  Die zwei blauen Augen

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Douglas Martin, piano

Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
Lullaby (Mother's Aria) (The Consul)
El pan de Ronda (Canción Andaluza)
On my own (Les Miserables)
Come rain or come shine (St. Louis Woman)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Manuel De Falla (1876-1946)
Claude-Michel Schoenberg (1944– )/Boublil et al.
Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Douglas Martin, piano

Cry me a river
How high the moon

Arthur Hamilton (192?-?)
Morgan Lewis (1906-?)/Nancy Hamilton

Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Douglas Martin, piano

Woodstock
Luna guajira

Joni Mitchell (1943– ) (arr. Cassidy)
Sarah Plant/Bernardo Palombo

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Etude No. 11
Prelude No. 2

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Anthony Purdy, guitar


August 9, 2009

Nana

Manuel De Falla (1876-1946)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Purdy, guitar

Luna guajira

Sarah Plant/Bernardo Palombo

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar

Sonata in A Minor
Suite
Two Suite (Daisy's Song)

Dominico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681)
Frank Galante

Frank Galante, guitar

Selected readings

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet

TBA
Prelude for Cello

Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Anthony Purdy, guitar


July 12, 2009

O del mio dolce ardor (Paride ed Elena)
O del mio dolce ardor
Caro mio ben
Caro mio ben

Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
Anonymous (19?– )
Giuseppi Giordani (1751-17898)
Anonymous (19?– )

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

On My Own (Les Miserables)
¿Corazón, porqué pasáis?
El vito
Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer

Claude-Michel Schoenberg (1944– )/Boublil et al.
Fernando Obradors (1897-1945)

Stevie Wonder (1950– )/Syreeta Wright (1946-2004)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

I'll Be There

Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch and Bob West

Elena Greco, flute; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Blue Monk
Moonglow
Satin Doll

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Eddie Delange (1904-1949)/Hudson/Mills
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)/Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)

Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Angústia
True Colors

Orlando Brito (1930s)
Cyndi Lauper (1953– )

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Lagrima
Adelita
Berceuse
Prelude No. 1

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)

Leo Brouwer (1939- )
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Anthony Purdy, guitar


June 14, 2009

Tu il cuor (Edgar)
Quand la femme a vingt ans (Don Quichotte)
Ronda
El paño moruno

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Federico Longas (1893-1968)
Manuel De Falla (1876-1946)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Abendempfindung
Meine Liebe ist gruen
Von ewiger Liebe

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Vado, ma dove? Oh, Dei!
Dolente immagine

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

Gail Bedi, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
Mögen alle bösen Zungen (Spanisches Liederbuch)
Nimmersatte Liebe (Mörike Lieder)
Barbara-Song (Threepenny Opera)

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)


Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

Ilana Kochinska, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Solamente una vez
Piel Canela
Quiet Nights

Agustín Lara (1897-1970)
Bobby Capó (1922-1989)
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)

Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Come rain or come shine (St. Louis Woman)
Angústia

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)
Orlando Brito (1930s)

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Selected readings

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet

Profoundly grounded
Prelude from the Cello Suite No. 1
Capricho arabe

Anthony Purdy (1955– )
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)

Anthony Purdy, guitar


May 10, 2009

Study No. 5
Sonatina
Study No. 6
Andantino

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)

Frank Galante, guitar

Ne pensons qu'au plaisir d'amour (Don Quichotte)
Lullaby (Mother's Aria) (The Consul)
Ronda

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Federico Longas (1893-1968)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Angústia

Orlando Brito (written in 1930s)

Elena Greco, vocals; Eric Sedgwick, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Summertime
Black Orpheus
Insensatez

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Louis Bonfá (1922-2001)
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)

Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Erbarme dich (St. Matthew Passion)
Ombra fedele anch'io (Idaspe)

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Riccardo Broschi (1698-1756)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Lágrima
Angelita
Berceuse
Waltz

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)

Leo Brouwer (1939- )
Ferrnando Sor (1778-1839)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

Sonata for two guitars

Antonio Soler (1729-1783)

Anthony Purdy and Frank Galante, guitars


April 12, 2009

Ronda
Amour, viens aider (Samson et Dalila)

Federico Longas (1893-1968)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Son nata a lagrimar (Giulio Cesare)

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Traumgekrönt (lyrics by Rilke)
Und gestern hat er mir Rosen gebracht (lyrics by Lingen)
Nachtgebet (lyrics by Hess)
Hat Dich die Liebe berührt (lyrics by Heyse)

Joseph Marx (1882-1964)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

I Want Magic! (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Gde-zhe ty moy zhelannyi? (Where are you,
  my beloved?) (The Enchantress)
So lasst mich scheinen, bis ich werde (Mignon III)
  (No. 7, Goethe Lieder)
Surabaya Johnny (Happy End)

André Previn (1925-1993)/Philip Littell (1868-1943)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)/Hauptmann and Brecht

Ilana Kochinska, lyric soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Autumn Leaves
Theme from New World Symphony

Joseph Kosma (1905-1969)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Selected Poems

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet

Prelude No. 4
Serenata Española

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Joaquin Malats (1872-1912)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

The Girl from Ipanema
The Water Is Wide (bolero style)

Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)
Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)

Elena Greco, vocals and flute; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion


March 8, 2009

Adieu, forêts (Jeanne d'Arc)
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
Lo que está de Dios

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Mitch Leigh (1928– )/Joe Darion (1917-2001)
Francisco Barbieri (1823-1894)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano

Vado, ma dove? Oh, Dei!

Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)

Gail Bedi, soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano

The White Swan
Frustration
The Message
 

Ernest Charles (1895-1984)

Serate Musicali
  L'Invito
  La Pastorella dell'Alpi

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Eileen Mackintosh, soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano

Del salón en el ángulo oscuro
Il en n'est de l'amour
Paradise regained
Gift of the Gods

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

Anna Tonna, mezzo-soprano; Alexander Wu, piano

Cantos de España
  Bajo la Palmera
  Seguidilla

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

Alexander Wu, piano

Five Simple Studies

Four Breathy Shorts
  1. Short Happy Life
  2. Short Shift
  3. Film Short
  4. Short Breath

Leo Brouwer Mezquida (1939– )

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, guitar

Selected Poems

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet


February 8, 2009

Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
O ma lyre (Sappho)
Stella del marinar (La Gioconda)
Amour, viens aider (Samson et Dalila)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Charles Gounod (1818-1883)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano

Son nata a lagrimar (Giulio Cesare)
Never-Land (Peter Pan)

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Kelly Horsted, piano

Bring Him Home (Les Misérables)

Claude-Michel Schoenberg (1944– )/
  Alain Boublil (1941– )

Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Kelly Horsted, piano

Quiet Nights

Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)

Guillermo Cardenas, muted trumpet; Anthony Purdy, guitar

Diddy wa Diddy
Surrealistic Pillow
Ballad of a Tangerine Puppet
Little Martha
Malaika

Blind Blake (Arthur Blake) (c.1893-c.1933)
Jorma Kaukonen, Jr. (1940- )
Donovan (1946- )
Duane Allman (1946-1971)
Fadhili William (1938-2001) (Swahili song
  in Calypso style)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

Selected Poems

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet

Fantasia No. 10
Pavana: Trés diferencias
Diferencias sobre Conde Claros
Fantasia No. 10

Luys de Narváez (c.1505-c.1555)
Enrique Valderrábano (c.1500-c.1557)
Alonso Mudarra (c.1510-1580)
Alonso Mudarra (c.1510-1580)

Frank Galante, vihuela


January 11, 2009

Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
Stella del marinar (La Gioconda)
Desengaño
Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Evita)
Look to the Rainbow (Finian's Rainbow)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Rafael Taboada y Mantilla (1838-1914)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- )
Burton Lane (1912-1996)/E.Y. Harburg (1896-1981)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Horsted, piano

Sakura Variations
Profoundly Grounded
Prelude No. 4

Yuquijiro Yucoh (1925&8211; )
Anthony Purdy (1955– )
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

Suite in D for Baroque guitar
   1. Corrente
   2. Sarabanda
   3. Balletto
"Pinceladas Nocturnas"

Domenico Pellegrini (1759-1840)
 
 
 
Ernesto Cordero (1946- )

Frank Gallante, guitar

Guitar duo transcription of
  Duet for Two Ten-Course Lutes
  by William Lawes (1602-1645)
   1. Corant I
   2. Alman
   3. Corant II

Julian Bream (1933- )

Anthony Purdy and Frank Gallante, guitars

Dance of the Bongoes

Guillermo Cardenas (19?- )

Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

The Water Is Wide (bolero style)

Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion


December 14, 2008

Ronda
Stella del marinar (La Gioconda)
Unexpected Song (Song and Dance)

Federico Longas (1893-1968)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- )

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Addio, addio miei sospiri (originally from
  Berton's Tancredi, interpolated into
  Gluck's Orfeo e Euridice)
Lieder, Op. 91
   No. 1, Gestillte Sehnsucht
   No. 2, Geistliches Wiegenlied

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Allegro de Concerti
Excursions

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936– )

Erika Dohi, piano

A New Hiding Place (arr. of "My Lord What a Morning")
Three Preludes
    1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (in Bb)
    2. Andante con moto e poco rubato ("Blues Lullaby")
    3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso ("Spanish Prelude")
Romantico
Vals Criollo

Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)



Rafael Landestoy (1953– )
  (Dominican Republic)

Alexander Wu, piano

Anji
Prelude No. 1

Davey Graham (1940-2008)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

The Water Is Wide

Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar


November 9, 2008

Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
Stella del marinar (La Gioconda)
Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Preludes No. 1 and No. 5

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

The Water Is Wide
Hanukía (Sephardic Hanukkah song)
Los peces en el río (South American Christmas song)

Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)
Traditional
Traditional

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar


October 12, 2008

Tu il cuor mi strazi (Edgar)
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Mitch Leigh (1928- )/Joe Darion (1917-2001)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

"Pauline Viardot" (animated slideshow)

Elena Greco (19?- )

Elena Greco, presentation/graphic artist

Habañera (duet)
Never-Land (Peter Pan) (duet)

Pauline Viardot-García (1821-1910)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Chacun à son goût (Die Fledermaus)

Johann Strauss (1825-1899)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Befreit
La maja dolorosa I

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Youtha Franklin, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Mein Herr Marquis (Die Fledermaus)
The Willow Song (The Ballad of Baby Doe)
O luce di quest' anima (Linda di Chamounix)

Johann Strauss (1825-1899)
Douglas Moore (1893-1969)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

The Water Is Wide (bolero style)

Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)

Elena Greco, vocals; Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Suite in D Minor

Robert deVisee (1650-1725)

Anthony Purdy, guitarist

Various Poems

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet

Pandeiro Deluxe

Guillermo Cardenas (19?- )

Guillermo Cardenas, percussion


September 14, 2008

Ronda
Adieu, forêts (Jeanne d'Arc)
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina (Evita)

Federico Longas (1893-1968)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- )

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Never-Land (Peter Pan) (duet)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Hayden DeWitt and Elena Greco, mezzo-sopranos; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Selections from The Realm of You (song cycle)
  The Kiss (lyrics by Sara Teasdale)
  A Quoi Bon Dire (lyrics by Charlotte Mew)
  Our Share (lyrics by Emily Dickinson)

Ishmael Wallace (1971- )

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Tatyana's Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Michelle Trovato, lyric coloratura soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Dich, teure Halle (Tannhäuser)
Io son l'umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)

Kathy Geary, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Selections from Equator Poems

Anthony Purdy (1955– )

Anthony Purdy, poet

Serenata Española

Joaquin Malats (1872-1912)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

Unusual Way (Nine)
So In Love

Maury Yeston (1945- )
Cole Porter (1891-1964)

Courtney Graves, vocalist; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Tamora Suite

Guillermo Cardenas (19?- )

Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

The Water Is Wide (bolero style)
Luna Guajira

Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)
Sarah Plant/Bernardo Palombo

Elena Greco, vocals; Ishmael Wallace, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion


August 10, 2008

O ma lyre (Sapho)
Serenata
Unexpected Song (Song and Dance)

Charles Gounod (1818-1883)
Antonio de la Cruz (1825-1889)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- )

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

"Mozart's Aria" (from Mozart)
"Violin Aria" (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947)
Jacques Offenbach (1818-1880)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Io son l'umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Ebben, n'andro lontana (La Wally)
This River

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893)
Uzee Brown, Jr. (1950- )

Youtha Franklin, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Clairières dans le ciel (lyrics Francis Jammes)
   No. 1 "Elle etait descendue au bas de la prairie"
   No. 7 "Nous nous aimerons tant"

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)

Kristi Kelly, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

La Vie en Rose
Stridono Lassu (I Pagliacci)

Louis Gugliemi (1916-1991)/Edit Piaf (1915-1963)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)

Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Barcarolle ("Belle nuit") (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Jacques Offenbach (1818-1880)

Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Berceuse
Prelude No. 5

Leo Brouwer (1939- )
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Anthony Purdy, guitar

Pegao

José Feliciano (1945- )

Anthony Purdy, guitar; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Angústia
Dos Gardenias

Orlando Brito
Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996)

Elena Greco, vocals; Ishmael Wallace, piano; Guillermo Cardenas, percussion

Dance of the Bongoes

Guillermo Cardenas (19?- )

Guillermo Cardenas, percussion


July 13, 2008

O ma lyre (Sapho)
Ronda
Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas)
I Don't Know How to Love Him
   (Jesus Christ Superstar)

Charles Gounod (1818-1883)
Federico Longas (1893-1968)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- )

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano

Over the Rainbow
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
O mio babbino (Gianni Schicchi)
Quando m'en vo (La Bohème)
Porgi, amor (Don Giovanni)
Ach, ich fühl's (Die Zauberflöte)
Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot)
Vilja (The Merry Widow)

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/E.Y. Harburg (1896-1981)
Alan Jay Lerner (1918-86)/Frederick Lowe (1901-88)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Franz Lehar (1870-1948)

Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Eric Sedgwick, piano


June 8, 2008

Wondrous Love
Desengaño
Lo que está de Dios
Dos Gardenias

Traditional Appalachian
Rafael Taboada y Mantilla (1838-1914)
Francisco Barbieri (1823-1894)
Isolina Carrillo (1907-1996)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Variations per Pianoforte avec accompagnato
  d'un Czakan
    (The Czakan was a novelty instrument,
     a combination recorder and walking stick.)

Erzherzog Rudolph von Österreich (1788-1831)

Orfeo Duo: Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano

From the Rubaiyat
  (text by Omar Khayyam, transl. by Edward Fitzgerald)

Ishmael Wallace (1971- )

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Mi chiamano Mimì (La Bohème)
Donde lieta (La Bohème)
Over the Rainbow
Porgi, amor (Don Giovanni)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Harold Arlen (1905-1986)/E.Y. Harburg (1896-1981)
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)

Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

It Would Have Been Wonderful (Annie Warbucks)
Night Song (Golden Boy)

Charles Strouse (1928- )
Charles Strouse (1928- )

Courtney Graves, vocalist; Ishmael Wallace, piano


May 11, 2008

Criolla en La
  Pueblerino
  Prelude No. 2
  Sencillo
  Ritmo Brasilero
  Fantasía

Rafael Landestoy (1953- )
  (Dominican Republic)

Francisco Roldán, guitar

Mi chiamano Mimì (La Bohème)
Donde lieta (La Bohème)
Ach, ich fühl's (Die Zauberflöte)
Mon manège à moi

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)
Norbert Glanzberg (1910-2001)

Evelyn Thatcher, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Sommi Dei (Radamisto)
Il capro e la capretta (Marcellina's aria)
  (Marriage of Figaro)

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)

Youtha Franklin, soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Ich und du (song cycle)
   Liebeslied (Rilke)
   Du schlank und rein wie eine flamme (George)
   Opfer (Rilke)
   Auch noch das Entzuecken (Rilke)
   Die Beiden (Hofmannsthal)
   Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern, Maria (Novalis)
Widmung

Ishmael Wallace (1971- )






Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Jos voisin laulaa (If I Could Sing )
  (based on a Finnish folk song)
Bulerias: El alma de los vientos (The Soul of the Winds)
  (based on Flamenco traditions)

Traditional

Traditional

Ulla Suokko, flute, voice; Carlos Revollar, guitar


April 13, 2008

Ronda
Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas)
Amour, Viens Aider (Samson et Dalila)
The Water Is Wide

Federico Longas (1893-1968)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Traditional (originated in Scotland in the 1600s)

Elena Greco, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Hymns to the Eternal Feminine (lyrics by Goethe)
  Songs for mezzo, violin and piano
   1 Allgegenwaertige (Her Omnipresence)
   2 Dem Aufgehenden Vollmonde
    (To the Rising Full Moon)
   3 Bin so in Lieb zu ihr versunken
    (Plunged so deep in Love)
   4 Chorus Mysticus (Mystic Chorus; the last verses
    of Faust, Part Two)

Ishmael Wallace (1971- )

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano

"Mozart's Aria" (from the operetta Mozart)

Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947)

Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano; Ishmael Wallace, piano

Sonata in C Major, Op. 16
   1 Allegro
   2 Andantino
   3 Rondo, Allegro

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)

Orfeo Duo: Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano


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