From Paris to Sedona

April 25, 2025 - 4:00 pm

Sandrine Erdely-Sayo (b. 1968)
Hymn to Sedona
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano; Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Andersen Bloomberg, tenor; Elizabeth Peña, narrator

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Deux mélodies hébraïques, (Two Hebrew Songs)
I. Kaddish
II. L'énigme éternelle, The Eternal Enigma
Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano - Madeleine Hehn, piano

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Nuages Gris, S.199
Unstern! Sinistre, Disastro, S.208
La Lugubre Gondole, S.200

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
General Lavine - Eccentric from Prelude Book II, No.6

Bernard Herrmann(1911-1975)
Prelude, Crime and Final (from “Psycho”)
Jean-Marc Luisada, piano

Camille Saint-Saëns(1835-1921)
Danse Macabre (arr. Liszt/Horowitz)
Poem read by Elizabeth Peña
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Intermission

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les Chemins de l’amour, poem by Jean Anouilh
Sonja Bruzauskas, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Dolly Suite op. 56 for piano four hands
Berceuse
Mi-a-ou
Le jardin de Dolly
Kitty-Valse
Tendresse
Le pas espagnol
Jean-Marc Luisada, piano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree

I’ll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time
Albert von Tilzer, music - Neville Fleeson, Lyrics
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Andersen Bloomberg, tenor; Madeleine Hehn, piano

Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937)
Sonatine
1. Modéré
2. Mouvement de Menuet
3. Animé
Cynthia Raim, piano

Aaron Copland (1818-1893)
Danza de Jalisco
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano 1; Cynthia Raim, piano 2

America the Beautiful
Samuel A. Ward, arranged by Harland L. Pinney; Arr. 2 pianos by Sandrine Erdely-Sayo
Poem by Katharine Lee Bates
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sonja Bruzuaskas, mezzo-soprano; Andersen Bloomberg, tenor; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano 1; Madeleine Hehn, piano 2

April 26, 2025 - 4:00 pm

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Méditation de Thaïs

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Romance in Mi minor, S.169
Sonnet 104 de Pétrarque
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 15 op. 28, Pastorale - Mvt II - Andante

Robert Casadesus (1899-1972)
Etude VIII, Légèreté
Madeleine Hehn, piano

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

La Vie en Rose
Louiguy, music; Edith Piaf, French lyrics; Mack David, English lyrics
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

I Love Paris
Cole Porter, music & lyrics
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano; Madeleine Hehn, piano

Intermission

Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Six Lieder, op. 13
Ich stand in dunklen Träumen - I stood darkly dreaming
Sie liebten sich beide - They loved One Another
Die liebe sass als Nachtogall - Love’s magic
Der Mond Kommt still gegangen - The moon rises silently
Irch hab’ in Deinem Auge - I saw in your eyes
Die stille Lotosblume - The silent lotus flower
Sonja, Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Intermezzi op. 118
Jean-Marc Luisada, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
St. Anthony Variations op. 56a “Haydn Variations”
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, Piano 1; Jean Marc Luisada, Piano 2

Le Temps des Fleurs - Those Were the Days
Boris Fomin, music
Eugene Raskin, English lyrics
Eddy Marnay, French lyrics
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Andersen Bloomberg, bass; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

April 27, 2025 - 4:00 pm

Connor Chee (b. 1987)
Pathway from “Scenes from Dinétah”
Connor Chee and Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano 4 hands

Connor Chee
Female Rain (Sandpaintings inspired by traditional Navajo Art)
Connor Chee, piano

Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937) Menuet sur nom de Haydn (1909) Prelude (1913) Vocalise-Etude (1913) Cynthia Raim, piano

Cesar Franck (1873-1885)
Prelude, Choral and Fugue
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Intermission

Aaron Copland (1818-1893)
Billy the Kid:
1. The Open Prairie 2. Street in a Frontier Town 3. Billy and His Sweetheart 4. Celebration after Billy's Capture 5. Billy's Demise 6. The Open Prairie Again

Anna Rubin (b. 1946)
Strata of Silk and Rock
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Don’t tell Mama (from Cabaret) John Kander, music Fred Ebb, lyrics Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Madeleine Hehn, piano

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Fantaisie in F minor, op. 49
Jean-Marc Luisada

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
The Stars and Stripes Forever for 2 pianos , eight hands.
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, Cynthia Raim; piano 1; Connor Chee, Madeleine Hehn, Piano 2
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Andersen Bloomberg, tenor; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano