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Performance Meeting, April 2, 2025

Program

Program Leader: Pat Yingst

Song Leader: Susan Ashworth Accompanist: Kathryn Govier

Song: “The Spacious Firmament on High” (sheet music)

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Solveig’s Song from “Peer Gynt” by Edward Grieg (1843-1907)

La Pastorella (The Shepherd Maid), Lieder D 528  by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)                                          

 La Danza (Tarantella Napoletana) by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, and Angelica Lopez, pianist

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Allegro con brio from “Sonata in C Major, Op.53 (“Waldstein”)” by Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770-1827)

Performed by Melanie Richards, pianist

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l Moderato and ll Vivace from “Sonata for Piano” by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by Tim Woolsey, pianist

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IV Allegro mosso from “Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19” by  Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1945)

Performed by Terri Freeland, cellist, and Brian Grothues, pianist

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Performance Meeting, March 5, 2025

Program

Program Leader: Melanie Richards

Song Leader: TBA Accompanist: TBA

Song: “O Life that Maketh All Things New” UUA 12

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Concerto in C major for Four Violins by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
  l Grave, ll Allegro, lll Largo e staccato, lV Allegro

Performed by Dixie Addington, Catherine Van Zanten, Kay Mueller, Gregory Shields, violinists

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Sonata in A minor, Op. I, No. 4 by George Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
l Larghetto ll Allegro lll Adagio lV Allegro

Performed by Marianne Weiss Kim, recorder,
Angela Smith, cellist, and TBD, pianist

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Andante from ”La Ci Darem La Mano” by W. .A. Mozart (1756-1791)    

   Lullaby (German: Wiegenlied) Op.49, No. 4 by Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
(Originally written for Soprano, Baritone, Piano, transcribed for violin and piano by Fabrizio Ferrari)

Performed by Gregory Shields, violinist, Katharine Shields, soprano, and
Andrei Zimbalist, guest pianist

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II Allegro from “Sonata in A-Major for Flute (Violin) and Piano” by Cesar Franck (1822-1890) 

       Performed by Sheryl Goodnight, flutist, and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist

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Three Songs by Gabriel Faure (1845-1924): 

Les Berceaux, Clair de Lune, and Notre amour

Performed by Katharine Shields, soprano, and 
Andrei Zimbalist, guest pianist

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Performance Meeting, February 5, 2025

Program

Program Leader: George Edwards

Song Leader: Sue Bilich Accompanist: Pat Yingst

Song: “It’s a Small World” (sheet music)

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Spanish Dance No.1  and Spanish Dance No. 2 by  Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)

Performed by Kathryn Govier and Marcia Edwards, pianists

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Three songs by George Gershwin (1900-1938):

Embraceable You 

Somone to Watch Over Me

Love is Here to Stay

Performed by Charles Palmer, tenor, and
Kathryn Govier, pianist

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Favorites from the Great American Songbook:   

       As Time Goes By by Herman Hupfeld (1931)    

   Lady’s A Tramp by Rogers & Hart (1937)    

                   Night and Day by Cole Porter (1932)   

                 There Will Never Be Another You by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon (1942)    

               Performed by Helen Young, pianist

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Home  from “Phantom” by  Maury Yeston (1945-    )

My House from “Matilda” by Tim Minchin (1975-     ) 

   My House from “Peter Pan” by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

                 Wouldn’t It be Loverly?  from “MyFair Lady” by Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)

Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, and
Angelica Lopez, pianist

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Performance Meeting, January 15, 2025

Program

Program Leader: Katharine Shields

Song Leader: Liz Cass Accompanist: Cynthia Mills

Song: “Seek Not Afar for Beauty” UUA 77

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Hold On  by Margaret Bonds (1913 -1972)  

                     Standing’ in the Need of Prayer and Sit Down Sister from “Songs of the Spirit” by Gwyneth Walker (1947-  )  

Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, and Angelica Lopez, pianist

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Soul Journey by Melanie Richards (1946 – )

Performed by Melanie Richards, pianist

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II Danses from “Medailles Antiques” by Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)

Performed by Pat Yingst, flutist, Bowie Lin, guest violinist, and Ely Guest, guest pianist

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Chanson d’Orkenise, Hôtel, Fagnes de Wallonie, and Sanglots from “Banalités” by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)

Performed by Bethany Ammon, mezzo soprano, and
Benjamin Dia, pianist

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The Irish Washerwoman  Traditional

I Allego and II Adagio from “Sonata for Violin and Viola in C Major, MH 335”  by Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Performed by Ruby Jane Smith, violinist and fiddle 1, and
Gregory Shields, violist and fiddle 2

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Holiday Celebration, December 4, 2024

PROGRAM

Program Leader: Linda Tietz

Song Leader: Deborah Hammons Accompanist: Melanie Richards

Song: “People, Look East” UUA 226

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A sing-along of Hanukkah songs,

Sue Bilich, song leader, with Sarah Avnet, guest guitarist

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Allegro Molto and Rondo from “Christmas Festival” (comp. 1899) by Carl Buttshardt (unknown dates)

Meditation – Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod (1685-1750) / (1818-1893)

Performed by Kathryn Govier and Marcia Edwards, pianists

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Allemande and Corrente from “Partita in A minor for Solo Flute” by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by Pat Yingst, flutist

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Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck, 1822-1890

My Christmas Song For You Music by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1982), Lyrics by Furniss Peterson (1890-1956)

I’ll be Home for Christmas by Walter Kent (1911-1994)

White Christmas by Irving Berlin (1888-1989)


Performed by Charles Palmer, baritone, and Kathryn Govier, pianist

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    A Sing-along of Christmas Carols

    Deborah Hammons, Christmas Carol Song Leader, with Kathryn Govier, pianist

    Opening of 2024/2025 Season, November 6, 2024

    PROGRAM

    Program Leader: Angela Smith

    Song Leader: Katharine Shields Accompanist: Andrew Zimbalist

    Song: “Morning Has Broken” UUA Hymnal 38

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    III Adagio and II Scherzo from Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 64  by Melanie Bonis (1858-1937)

    Performed by Sheryl Goodnight, flutist, and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist
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    Transcendental Etude No. 9 “Ricordanza” by Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

    Performed by Grace Huang, pianist

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    Three Short Pieces from Salon Violin Gems Collection:

            Sarabande   by Carl Bohm (1844-1920) / arr. Paul Alverez

        Romanze in F by Carl Busch(1862-1943)  / arr. Theo. Moses-Tobani 

                       La Brunette (Valse de Concert) by Edmund Severn (1862-1942 )

    Performed by Dixie Addington, violinist, and Brian Grothues, pianist

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    Lia’s Recitative and Aria from “L’Enfant Prodigue” by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    Performed by Katharine Shields, soprano, and
    Andrei Zimbalist, guest pianist

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    Four Mazurkas by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849):

    Op. 56, # 2 in C Major

    Op. 59, # 2 in A minor

    Op. 30, # 3 in D-flat Major

    Op. 30, # 4 in C# minor

    Performed by Tim Woolsey, pianist

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