Concerts Presented January and February 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 12:15 pm. Music for Two Pianos: Konstantza Chernov, piano and Tania Tachkova, piano. W.A. Mozart (1756-1791), Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 (1781): I., II., III. Gustav Holst (1874-1934), The Planets, Op. 32 (1915): VI. Uranus, The Magician, VII. Neptune, The Mystic. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Fantasie-Tableaux (Suite No. 1), Op. 5 (1893): I., II., III., IV.
Monday, February 8, 2010, 4:45 pm. Eun Hyung Kim, clarinet, Aiko Imaizumi and Misaki Sekimoto, piano, Miguel Tepale, percussion. Mozart, Clarinet Concerto, K. 622, 1st movement, 2nd movement. Schumann, Fantasy, 1st movement. Denissow, Sonata. Nielson, Concerto.
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 6:15 pm. Mi Sun Song, clarinet, Mariko Furukawa, piano. Claude Debussy, Première Rhapsodie. Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120,Allegro amabile. Elliott Carter, GRA for solo clarinet. Louis Spohr, Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor, Allegro vivace, Larghetto, Rondo al Espagnol. Encore.
Monday, February 22, 2010, 4:45 pm. Beatrice Söderberg-Yibirin, piano. Padre Antonio Soler, Sonata in D Major. Soler, Sonata in g minor. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in C Major, op. 2, No.3: I. Allegro con brio, II. Adagio, III. Scherzo-Allegro, IV. Allegro assai. Robert Schumann, Faschingschwank aus Wien, op. 26 (Carnaval of Vienna): I. Allegro, II. Romanze, III. Scherzino, IV. Intermezzo, V. Finale. Enrique Granados, Allegro de Concierto.
Monday, February 22, 2010, 6:15 pm. Sharon Eisert, soprano (assisted by Ling Hsiao, piano; Emily John, harp; and David West, cello). Claude Debussy, Nuit d’Étoile. Debussy, Les Fleur des Blés. Debussy, Mandoline. Gabriel Fauré, Clair de lune. Richard Strauss, Kornblumen. Strauss, Mohnblumen. Strauss, Epheu. Strauss, Wasserrose. Libby Larsen, Try Me, Good King, Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII: Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard. Henry Purcell, She Loves and She Confesses Too, Z.413. Robert Johnson:, Have You Seen But the Bright Lily Grow? Henry Purcell, Sweeter Than Roses (Emily John, harp and David West, cello). W. A. Mozart, Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate, K.165.
February 23, 2010, 8 pm. Queens College New Music Group presents the Queens College Percussion Ensemble. Daniel Liot Fine, fällt die Stundt. Maria Mykolenko, Snap Peas. Evan Combs, A Short Stop. Patrick Kelley, Exercise 1. Joseph Prestamo, The Rider in the White Horse. Sean Noonan, Bean Phaidin. Vasudevan Panicker, Disposition and Air. Jeremy Barbaro, Tapestry of Episodes. Sunny Knable, A Brief History of Time.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 12:15 pm. Queens College Orchestra, Maurice Peress, Conducting and Suhashini Arulanandam, violin. Mozart, Concerto #5 for Violin and Orchestra in A major, KV 219: Allegro aperto—Adagio—Allegro aperto, Adagio, Tempo di menuetto—Allegro—Tempo di menuetto, Prokoviev, Symphony #5 in B flat, Opus 100: Andante, Allegro marcato, Adagio, Allegro giacoso.
Thursday, February 25, 2010, 12:15 pm. Queens College Voice Majors Recital, James John and Sherry Overholt, coordinators; and Max Midroit, staff accompanist. Gioacchino Rossini, “Una voce poco fa” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Melisa Mimi Bonetti, Mezzo-Soprano). Robert Schumann, In der Fremde, Op. 39, No. 1 and Waldesgespräch, Op. 39, No. 3 (Chad Smyser, Tenor). Aaron Copland, Laurie’s Song from The Tender Land (Stephanie Garay, Soprano). Richard Strauss, “Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen” from Ariadne auf Naxos, I stood on de ribber ob Jerdon (sean Moonsammy, baritone). Carl Maria von Weber, “Und ob die Wolke” from Der Freischütz (Nora Mooney, soprano). John Jacob Niles, The Lass from the Low Countree and The Black Dress (Nicholle Bittlingmeyer, Mezzo-Soprano). Claude Debussy, Mandoline, from Fêtes galantes and Gabriel Fauré Clair de Lune, Op.46, No.2 (Sharon Eisert, Soprano). Igor Stravinsky, “Here I Stand” from The Rake’s Progress (Nathan M. Carlisle, Tenor). Antonín Dvorák, “Mêsícku na nebi hlubokém” from Rusalka (Jessica Stolte Bender). Antonio Vivaldi, “Agitata da due venti” from Griselda (Sharon I-Chun Cheng, Soprano).