Lauren Williams, oboe, December 1, 2016

Robert Blocker, Dean

master of musical arts degree recital

Lauren Williams oboe

December 1, 2016 • Thursday at 4:30 pm Morse Recital Hall

Yale School of Music

Lauren Williams oboe December 1, 2016 • Morse Recital Hall

Maurice Ravel 1875–1937 arr. David Walter

Sonatine, M. 40 I. Modéré II. Movement de menuet III. Animé Sun-A Park, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943

“Oh, Never Sing to Me Again,” Op. 4, No. 4 Sun-A Park, piano

Malcolm Arnold 1921–2006

Sonatina for Oboe and Piano, Op. 28 I. Leggiero II. Andante con moto III. Vivace Sun-A Park, piano intermission

Master of Musical Arts Degree Recital

Benjamin Britten 1913–1976

Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 I. PAN, who played upon the reed pipe which

was Syrinx, his beloved II. PHAETON, who rode upon the chariot of the

sun for one day and was hurled into the river

Padus by a thunderbolt III. NIOBE, who, lamenting the death of her

fourteen children, was turned into a mountain IV. BACCHUS, at whose feasts is heard the noise

of gaggling women’s tattling tongues and

shouting out of boys V. NARCISSUS, who fell in love with his own

image and became a flower VI. ARETHUSA, who, flying from the love of

Alpheus the river god, was turned into a fountain

Steven Stucky 1949–2016

Sonate en forme de préludes (2004) I. Accords brisés (Broken chords) II. La Danseuse perdue en pensées (The dancer

lost in her thoughts) III. Course de vitesse (Speeding) IV. Musique nocturnes (Night music) V. Jongleurs (Jugglers) VI. Pierrot se cache dans les ombres (Pierrot

hides in the shadows) VII. Feux d’artifice (Fireworks) Cody Halquist, horn Agata Sorotokin, harpsichord

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Musical Arts degree.

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Robert Blocker, Dean