CHOPIN: THE WALTZES
Concerts held Oct. 27 through Nov. 24, 2018
THE FOURTEEN WALTZES
DEDICATIONS & TRIBUTES
Concerts held June 24 through July 9, 2017
ROBERT SCHUMANN - FRANZ LISZT Widmung
HECTOR BERLIOZ Balcony Scene (from "Romeo & Juliette")
GEORGE GERSHWIN Someone to Watch Over Me (from "Oh Kay")
KAY SWIFT Can't We Be Friends Fine and Dandy
ENRIQUE GRANADOS The Maja and The Nightingale Andaluza
IGOR STRAVINSKY Circus Polka
FRANZ LISZT Valse Oubliee Liebestraum
THE PROBLEMS OF LOVE
A Song Recital with Kristina Vidic, Soprano
Concerts held March 19 and April 9, 2016
MOZART
Porgi Amor (from The Marriage of Figaro) Dovo Sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)
Come Scoglio (from Cosi Fan Tutte) Non Pui Di Fiori (from La Clemenza Di Tito)
WAGNER
FIVE WESENDONCK LIEDER
Der Engel Stehe Still! Im Treibhaus Schmerzen Traume
MOZART: His Music, His Life, His World
Concerts held November 1 through December 13, 2015
Rondo Alla Turk Minuet Opus 1 Papageno's Aria from The Magic Flute Piano Sonata #10 in C Major
March from Cosi Fan Tutte Adagio for Glass Harmonic Requiem Confutatis Maledictus
Other Compositions Performed:
J.C. BACH Piano Sonata in B Flat, Opus 17
BEETHOVEN March from Fidelio
THE MANY LANGUAGES OF LOVE
A Song Recital with Kristina Vidic, Soprano
Concert held October 18, 2015
GABRIEL FAURE At the Water's Edge In this world
HENRI DUPARC Sigh Lament Invitation to the voyage
RICHARD STRAUSS The Discreet All Soul's Day Tomorrow Dedication
FRANZ LISZT When I Dream
MILOJE MILOJEVIC Japan Nymph Autumn Elegy
FRANCESCO SANTOLIQUIDO Songs of the Night
TANGO: A Tribute to Tango Composers Around the World
Concerts held April 18 through June 7, 2015
ANGEL VILLOLDO El Choclo (The Corncob)
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK Ojos Criollos (Eyes of A Cuban Woman)
IGNACIO CERVANTES
LA CARAJADA (The Peal of Laughter) LA CELOSA (The Jealous Woman)
MANUAL PONCE Malgre Tout (Despite Everything)
CARLOS GARDEL Cuesta Abajo (Downhill)
DARIUS MILHAUD Le Boeuf Sur La Toit (The Ox on the Roof)
KURT WEILL Tango of the Sailors (from "Happy End")
ERWIN SCHULOFF Tango
JELLY ROLL MORTON Spanish Swat
IGOR STRAVINSKY Tango
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER Tango Amercaine
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony #4 (Beginning of 2nd Movement)
ASTON PIAZZOLLA
Adios Nonino (Farewell to My Father) Ausencias (Absence) Sin Rumbo (Aimlessly)
JACOB GADE Jalousie
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: MUSICAL REVOLUTIONARY
Concerts held October 25 through December 5, 2014
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Etude #1 (Pour Les "cinq doigts" - d'apres Monsieur Czerny)
Prelude #12, Book 1 (Minstrels)
Prelude #3, Book 2 (La puerto del vino)
Prelude #4, Book 1 (Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir)
Danse
Children's Corner Suite (The Little Shepard)
Prelude #2, Book 1 (Voiles)
Suite Bergamasque (Clair de Lune)
GEORGE GERSHWIN The Man I Love
ERROL GARNER Turquoise
CARL CZERNY Etude #1, School of Velocity, Book 1
JOHN LENNON/PAUL McCARTNEY Eleanor Rigby
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Prelude #2, Op. 39 (excerpt)
LEONARD BERNSTEIN West Side Story (America)
FORGOTTEN GENIUS
THE MUSIC & LIVES OF WOMEN COMPOSERS
Concerts held May 18 through June 15, 2014
Anne Boleyn O Deathe, Rock Me Asleepe
Marie Antoinette 'Tis My Friend
Fanny Mendelssohn Italien Song Without Words, Op. 6, No. 2
Clara Shumann Romance No. 3 Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann (excerpts)
Mildred Hill Good Morning to All
Euphemia Allen The Celebrated Chop Waltz (Chop Sticks)
Mel Bonis Barcarolle
Amy Beach A Hermit Thrush at Morn
Mary Lou Williams Night Life JB's Waltz
Marian McPartland Portrait of Tony Bennett
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water
Also references to:
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme from Robert Schumann
Ludvig Von Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
THE MOONLIGHT SONATA
BEETHOVEN'S EVOCATIVE MASTERPIECE
Concerts held November 10 through December 15, 2013
Also references to:
Wolfgang A. Mozart Don Giovanni
A CELEBRATION OF TWO AMERICAN ORIGINALS
SCOTT JOPLIN & LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Concerts held July 5 through August 18, 2013
Louis Moreau Gottschalk Tournament Galop, Souvenier of Puerto Rico (Marche des Gibaros), The Banjo
Scott Joplin The Entertainer, Maple Leaf Rag, Magnetic Rag, Solace
Jacques Offenbach Danse Infernal from Orphee aux Enfers
Claude Debussy Golliwogg's Cakewalk
John Philip Sousa Semper Fidelis March
Philip Phile Hail Columbia
George Gershwin Rialto Ripples
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in D Major, K.472
CHOPIN
Concerts held February 24 through April 15, 2013
Chopin Pieces performed
Prelude in C Major, Op. 28 Prelude in A Minor, Op, 28 Grand Valse Brillante, Op. 18
Valse, Op. 69, No. 1 (Posthumous) Valse, Op 69, No. 2 (Posthumous) Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 4
Mazurka, Op. 17, No. 4 Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 2 Polonaise in B Flat (Posthumous)
Polonaise in A Flat (Posthumous) Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (Posthumous)
Other compositions performed
J.S. Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude in C Major
Vincenzo Bellini "Ah!, non credea mirati" excerpt of Amina's aria from "La Sonnanbula"
George Gershwin Piano Prelude No. 2
Erik Satie 1st Gymnopedie
A BEETHOVEN EXPERIENCE
Concerts held September 9 through November 25, 2012
Beethoven’s "Tempest" Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2