Concerts Presented April 2009
April 1, 2009, 7:30 pm. Queens College Choir, James John, conductor and Queens College Chorus, Flora Metrick, conductor, Roz Woll, graduate assistant, and Sarah Hyo Jung Lee, accompanist. QC Choir: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Selected choruses from L’Orfeo: Act I: Vieni Imeneo,Lasciate I Monti, Ecco Orfeo. Act II: Ahi, Caso Acerbo. Act III: Nulla Impresa. Act IV: È La Virtute. Act V: Vanne Orfeo. QC Chorus: Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), Three Madrigals: O Mistress Mine; Take, O Take Those Lips Away, Sigh No More, Ladies. G. F. Handel (1685-1759), “Let Justice and Judgment” from Coronation Anthem No. 4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Heilig. Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), “Dirat-On” from Les Chansons de Roses, Roz Woll, conductor. Allister MacGillivray (b. 1948), Song for the Mira. South African, Kena Le Monna, Roz Woll, conductor.
April 2, 2009. Ayako Sato, piano (Andrea Nicole Smith, spoken word; Kyung Eun Lim, vocal; Ayano Hirose, vocal; Jon Crowley, tp; Jamaal Sawyer, tenor sax; Scott Cho, tb; Soils Tshepo Puoane, bass; Sam Knight, drums; Ayako Sato, piano.) Clifford Brown, Joy Springs. John Coltrane, Giant Steps. George Gershwin, Summer Time. Ayano Hirose, Sojourner. Ayako Sato, Angry Man. Ayako Sato, New Hope.
April 3, 2009, 3:15 pm. Billy Chen, cello, Hao Dong Wu, piano. J. S. Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello, Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet i & II, Gigue. R. Schumann (1810-1856), Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, Zart und mit Ausdruck, Lebhaft, leicht, Rasch und mit Feuer. D. Shostakovich (1906-1975), Sonata No. 1 in D minor for cello and piano, Allegro ma non troppo, Allegro, Largo, Allegro.
April 6, 2009, 6:15 pm. Sachie Ueshima, soprano, with Joseph Liccardo, piano. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, S’altro che lagrime (from La Clemenza di Tito) and Padre, germani, addio (from Idomeneo). Gabriel Fauré, Les Berceaux and Notre Amour. Robert Schumann, Meine Rose and Requiem. Hugo Wolf, Auch kleine Dinge and Kennst du das Land. Alban Berg, Nacht, Im Zimmer and Die Nachtigall. Giacomo Puccini, Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) and O mio babbino caro (from Gianni schicchi). Encore, First Love. Encore.
April 7, 2009, 7:30 pm. Queens College New Music Group, New Chamber Music performed by ACSM performers. Paul Kerekes, Rhythmic Study #2, for percussion (Adam Forman, Fred Trumpy and Derek Kwan). Jaegoo Lee, A Lament for the Innocent, Sung-Min Cho, piano. Kaori Tanioka, Trinity, Jan-Piet Knijff, organ. Inés Thiebaut, Sound Imagery No. 2, Joseph Prestamo, piano. Harold Gutiérrez, Sonata for Piano, I. Allegro energico, II. Adagio cantabile, III. Allegro con piccardia, David Gracia, piano. Hirotaka Kato, 2nd Movement for string quartet, Blanca Cecilia González, violin, Na Young Kim, violin, Ming-Wai Kom, viola, and JR Pinna, cello. Maria Mykolenko, Untitled, for string quartet, Blanca Cecilia González, violin, Adam Birke, violin, Allison Felicetti, viola, and David West, cello.
April 20, 2009, 5:00 pm. Danielle Davis, soprano, Ejona Gjermeni, piano. Henry Purcell (1959-1695), "When I am Laid in Earth." Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966), "Tell Me, Oh Blue, Blue Sky." Aaron Copland (1900-1990), "Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?" Copland, "Heart, We Will forget Him." Copland, "Laurie’s Song." Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964), "Music, Music." Gene Bone (1915-1992) and Howard Fenton (1917-), "Deborah." Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008), "How Do I Love Thee?" Lucy Simon (1943-), "How Could I Ever Know." Arr. by Benjamin britten (1913-1976), "The Salley Gardens." Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007), "Steal Me, Sweet Thief."
April 20, 2009, 6:16pm. Carla Luigina Maniscalco, soprano. B.M. Senior Recital, with Joseph Liccardo, piano. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ridente la Calma; Al Chole; Als Luise die Briefe ihres Ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte; Vade, ma dove?; Padre, germani, addio from Odomeneo. Samuel Barber: Hermit Songs: I. At Saint Patrick's Purgatory; II. Church Bell at Night; III. Saint Ita's Vision; IV. The Heavenly Banque; V. The Crucifixion; VI. Sea-Snatch; VII. Promiscuity; VIII. The Monk and his Cat; IX. The Praises of God; X. The Desire for Hermitage. Encore: Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta.
April 30, 2009, 12:15 pm. Andrew Pau, piano. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26: Andante con Variazioni, Scherzo: Allegro molto, Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe, Allegro. John Adams (b. 1947), China Gates. Béla Bartók (1881-1945), Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík (1907). Bartók, Allegro Barbaro (1911). Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Two Nocturnes: No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op.63 and No. 11 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 104/1. Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este (The Fountains at the Villa d’Este, 1877).