From Paris to Sedona

April 26, 2024

Mack Wilberg (b.1955)
Fantasy on the themes from Bizet’s Carmen for two pianos, eight hands
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, James Palmer, piano 1; Cynthia Raim, Madeleine Hehn, piano 2

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Thème and Variation, Op. 73
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Excerpt of the Winterreise Op. - The Winter Journey
Gute Nacht - Good Night
Die Wetterfahne - The Weathervane
Gefrorne Tränen - Frozen Tears
Erstarrung - Numbness
Der Lindenbaum - The Linden Tree
Wasserflut - Flood
Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Intermission

Madeleine Hehn (b. 2003)
Hope is the Thing with Feathers, poem by Emily Dickinson
Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Madeleine Hehn, piano

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Nocturne No. 13 in B minor, Op. 119
James Palmer, piano

Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin
I. Prelude
II. Fugue
III. Forlane
IV. Rigaudon
V. Toccata
Cynthia Raim, piano

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Waltz for 2 pianos, eight hands
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, Cynthia Raim, piano 1; James Palmer, Madeleine Hehn, piano 2

April 27, 2024

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in A-flat Major Hob XVI: 46
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Presto
James Palmer, piano

Gabriel Fauré (1945-1924)
Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op. 33
Madeleine Hehn, piano

5 Melodies (from Venise) Op. 58, poems by Paul Verlaine
Mandoline - Mandolin
En Sourdine - Muted
Green - Green
A Clymène - To CLymène
C’est l’extase langoureuse - It is languorous rapture
Sonja, Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Intermission

Domenico Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Sonata in D major
Sonata in B minor
Sonata in D major
Cynthia Raim, piano

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) Op. 12
Des Abends - In the Evening
Aufschwung - Soaring, literally Upswing
Warum? - Why?
Grillen - Whims
In der Nacht - In the Night
Fabel - Fabel
Traumes- Wirren - Dream’s Confusions
Ende vom Lied - End of the Song
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, Piano

April 28, 2024

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1885)
Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op. 42
Cynthia Raim, piano

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Prelude and Nocturne Op. 9 for left hand
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Poème Op. 32 No. 1 in F Sharp Major
Madeleine Hehn, piano

Sonate No. 4 in F sharp Major, Op. 30
James Palmer, piano

Intermission

Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Meine Lippen, Aria from the operetta “Giuditta”
Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; James Palmer, piano

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Der Rosenkavalier - the rose-Bearer for 2 pianos James Palmer, Piano 1; Madeleine Hehn, piano 2

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Excerpt from Dolly Suite Op. 56
Berceuse - Lullaby Pas Espagnol - Spanish Dance Step
Cynthia Raim, Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, Piano 4 hands

Maurice Ravel (1875-1935) Rapsodie Espagnole for two pianos
I. Prélude à la nuit
II. Malagueña
III. Habanera
IV. Feria
Cynthia Raim, piano 1; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano 2