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Lydia Rhea, cello and Amber Scherer, piano

Program

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Cello Sonate pour violoncelle et piano, L. 135 (1915) (11’)
I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto et molto
II. Sérénade: Modérément animé
III. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux

Andrea Casarrubios (b. 1988) - Sonia for Cello and Piano (2023) (6’)

Philip Lasser (b. 1963) - Sonata for Cello and Piano (2003) (20’)
I. Introduction - Allegro vivo
II. Serenely calm
III. Allegro molto

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Unbewegte laue Luft, Op. 57 No. 8 (1871) (3’)

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Cerus Saxophone Quartet

Program

Pedro Iturralde (1929-2020) - Pequena Czarda (6’)

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) - Saxophone Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 109 (1932) (24’)
I. Partie
II. Canzona variée
III. Finale. Allegro moderato

Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)/arr. Campa - Toccata, Op 39 (1887) (4’)

Karalyn Schubring (b. 1999) - Extrovert (2023) (5’)

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Dilshod Narzillaev, cello and Victor Asuncion, piano

Program

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) - Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 (1849) (9’)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 (1865) (25’)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto
III. Allegro

Afanasyevich Varelas (1923-1997) - Rondo for cello and piano (1976) (4’)

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William Suh, cello and Kyunga Lee, piano

Program

Florence Price (1887-1953) - Elfentanz (4')

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Cello Sonata, L. 135 (1915) (10')
I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
II. Sérénade: Modérément animé
III. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Les chemins de l’amour (1940) (3')

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Cello Sonata, FP 143 (1940-48; rev. 1953) (22')
I. Allegro: Tempo di Marcia
II. Cavatine
III. Ballabile
IV. Finale

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Han Chen, piano

Program

Florence Price (1887-1953) - Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E minor (1929) (9’)

György Ligeti (1923-2006) - Musica ricercata (1951-1953) (26’)
I. Sostenuto / Misurato, stringendo poco a poco sin al prestissimo
II. Mesto, Parlando
III. Allegro con spirito
IV. Tempo di valse (poco animato)
V. Rubato. Lamentoso
VI. Allegro un poco capriccioso
VII. Con moto giusto
VIII. Vivace. Energico
IX. Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam)
X. Vivace. Capriccioso
XI. Andante misurato e tranquillo (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Études-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 9 in D major (1916-1917) (4’)

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Zachary Brandon, violin and Sung Hoon Mo, piano

Program

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Violin Sonata in G minor (1917) (13’)
I. Allegro vivo
II. Intermède: Fantasque et léger
III. Finale: Très animé

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 (1876) (26’)
I. Allegro molto
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivo
IV. Allegro quasi presto

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Adia Evans, soprano and Michael Banwarth, piano

Program

Alfred Bachelet (1864-1944) - Chere nuit (1897) (6’)

Joseph Marx (1882-1964) - Two Songs (7’)
Nocturne (1911)
Hat dich die Liebe berührt (1908)

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) - from Canti della lontananza (1961) (11’)
Gli amanti impossibili
Mattinata di neve
La lettera
Rassengnazione

H.T. Burleigh (1866-1949) - Among the Fuchsias from 5 Songs of Laurence Hope (1915) (3’)
Lori Laitman (b. 1955) - Tableau from Sable Pride (2013) (2’)
Leslie Adams (1932-2024) - Creole Girl from Nightsongs (1961) (3’)

Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956) - Joy (1995) (3’)

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Rush Hour Concerts - Season Finale: Wind Serenades

Katie Steele, Oboe 1
Ashley Ertz, Oboe 2
Trevor O'Riordan, Clarinet 1
Claire Werling, Clarinet 2
William Buchman, Bassoon 1
Liam Jackson, Bassoon 2
Susanna Gaunt, Horn 1
Abby Black, Horn 2
Emily Whittaker, Horn 3
Renee Vogen, Horn 4
Lindsey Sharpe, Cello
Olivia Reyes, Double Bass

Florence Price (1887-1953); arr. Ashley Ertz - Concert Overture No. 2 (1943) (14’)

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 44 (1878) (24’)
I. Moderato quasi marcia
II. Tempo di minuet
III. Andante con moto
IV. Finale. Allegro molto


Read more about Rush Hour Concerts and this program at:
https://classicalmusicchicago.org/ourprograms/rushhourconcerts

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Robert Brooks Carlson, piano

Program

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Au Lac de Wallenstadt, S. 160, No. 2 (1855) (3’)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - From Preludes, Book 2 (1913) (7’)
I. Modéré (… Brouillards)
VIII. Scherzando (… Ondine)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1 (1853) (25’)
I. Allegro
II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede)
III. Allegro molto e con fuoco - Più mosso
IV. Allegro con fuoco - Presto non troppo ed agitato

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