Great Britons

January 26, 2004

Read a Port Folio Weekly Review
"...a titillating evening of chamber music that was superb in planning and realization."

Sonata in F Major

Charles Hillen,  recorder; Michael Murphy,  lute, theorbo; Linda Murphy,  Baroque guitar


Daniel Purcell
(1660-1717)

Lute Songs
  • Flow, my tears
  • Come away, come sweet love
  • Fine knacks for ladies

Billye Brown Youmans,  soprano; Michael Murphy,  lute

John Dowland
(1563-1626)

Phantasy Quartet, Opus 2

Sherie Aguirre,  oboe; Yun Zhang,  violin; Beverly Baker,  viola; Janet Kriner,  cello


Benjamin Britten
(1913-1976)
 
Intermission
Three Intermezzi, Opus 13 (1880)

F. Gerard Errante,  clairnet; Charles Woodward,  piano


Charles Villiers Stanford
(1852-1924)
 
Three Songs on Poems by Edith Sitwell (1932)
  • Through Gilded Trellises
  • Sir Guy Faulk
  • Daphne

Billye Brown Youmans,  soprano; Charles Woodward,  piano


William Walton

(1902-1983)

Facade 2 (1922-23)
  • Came the Great Popinjay
  • Aubade
  • March
  • Madam Mouse Trots
  • The Octogenarian
  • Gardener Janus Catches a Naiad
  • Water Party
  • Said King Pompey

Les Wasserman,  speaker; Debra Cross,  flute/piccolo; F. Gerard Errante,  clarinet/bass clairnet; James Nesbit,  alto saxophone;  Geoffrey McBride,  trumpet; Janet Kriner,  cello; David Walker,   percussion; Allen Shaffer,  conductor

William Walton

Reception provided by
CORA
Flowers provided by
Bloom

Prodigies

February 16, 2004
 

Sonata for Violin and Piano, K.6
(composed in 1764 at age 6)

Yun Zhang,  violin;  Allen Shaffer,  harpsichord


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)

Duo for flute and piano (1971)
  • Poetic, somewhat mournful
  • Lively, with bounce

Kathleen Winters,  flute (Winner of the Consort's 2003 Young Artists Competition); Ruth Winters,  piano



Aaron Copland

(1900-1990)

Trio in G Major, Wo) 37
(1786, age 15)

Kathleen Winters,  flute; David Savige,  bassoon; Ruth Winters,  piano


Ludwig van Beethoven

(1770-1827)
   
Sextet in D Major, Opus 110
(1824, age 14)

Yun Zhang,  violin; Beverly Baker and Jennifer Snyder,  violas; Janet Kriner,  cello; Christopher White,  double bass; Ruth Winters,  piano


Felix Mendelssohn
(1810-1849)
Reception provided by
Bazemores
Flowers provided by
Bloom


 

Stravinsky!

35th Anniversary Concert
March 29, 2004
 

Read a review of the program from ArtSong Update
 
Pastorale (1933)

Yun Zhang,  violin; Oksana Lutsyshyn,  piano


Igor Stravinsky

(1882-1971)
 
Three Pieces (1919)

F. Gerard Errante,  solo clarinet

 
 
Serenade in A (1925)

Oksana Lutsyshyn,  piano

 
 
Intermission
The Soldier's Tale
to be read, played and danced

Music by Igor Stravinsky (1918)
Text by
C. F. Ramuz
English version by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black
Choreography by Amanda Kinzer
Set and Lighting by Mark Curtis
Production coordinated by Patricia Bernick


The Readers
Robert Randolph,  the Narrator
Steve Kelley,  The Soldier
Robert Burchette,  The Devil

The Dancers
Elizabeth Zamer,  The Princess
Jason Williams,  The Soldier
Dusan Jenkins,  The Devil

The Players
Yun Zhang,  violin; Christopher White,  double bass
F. Gerard Errante,  clarinet; Andrew Gott,  bassoon
Geoffrey McBride,  trumpet; Donna Parkes,  trombone
David Walker,  percussion
Dennis Zeisler
,  conductor
 

Reception provided by
Enrico's
Ristorante
Flowers provided by
Bloom



 

Czech Mates

April 19, 2004

First Sonata for flute and Piano (1945)

Debra Cross,  flute; Charles Woodward,  piano


Bohuslav Martinu
(1890-1959)
 
Concertino (1925)

Oksana Lutsyshyn,  piano; Yun Zhang and Lesa Bishop,  violin; Jennifer Snyder,  viola; F. Gerard Errante,  clarinet; David Wick,  horn; Andrew Gott,  bassoon


Leos Janacek

(1854-1928)
 
Quintet in A Major, Opus 81 (1887)

Yun Zhang and Lesa Bishop,  violin; Beverly Baker,  viola; Janet Kriner,  cello; Charles Woodward,  piano


Antonin Dvorak

(1841-1904)

Reception provided by
Rom Thai
Flowers provided by
Bloom


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