Scott Lesser program_AC Edits FINAL

Song, Dance, and Prayer

Faculty Recital featuring Scott Lesser, cello with Jayne Galloway, piano

7:30 PM | JANUARY 17, 2025 | RECITAL HALL | MUSIC BUILDING

PROGRAM

Requiebros for Violoncello and Piano (1931) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GASPAR CASSADÓ 1897–1966

Lamento de Boabdil for Violoncello and Piano (1931) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GASPAR CASSADÓ

Danse du diable vert for Violin (or Cello) and Piano (1926) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GASPAR CASSADÓ

From Jewish Life: Three Sketches for Violoncello and Piano, B. 054 (1924) . . ERNEST BLOCH I. Prayer

1880–1959

Méditation Hébraïque, B. 055 (1924) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERNEST BLOCH

PROGRAM

Spanische Tänze for Cello and Piano, op. 54 (1883) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID POPPER No. 2: Serenade

1843–1913

Drei Stücke for Cello and Piano, op. 64 (1882) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID POPPER No. 3: Wiegenlied Elfentanz for Cello and Piano, op. 39 (1881) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID POPPER

Six Studies in English Folksong for Violoncello and Pianoforte (1926) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

I. Adagio (“Lovely on the Water”)

1872–1958

II. Andante sostenuto (“Spurn Point”) III. Larghetto (“Van Diemen’s Land”) IV. Lento (“She Borrowed Some of Her Mother’s Gold”) V. Andante tranquillo (“The Lady and the Dragoon”) VI. Allegro vivace (“As I Walked over London Bridge”) Le Grand Tango for Violoncello and Pianoforte (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASTOR PIAZZOLLA 1921–1992