Bassoonarama, December 18, 2017

Robert Blocker, Dean

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Frank Morelli, Director Monday, December 18, 2017 • 7:30 pm Sudler Recital Hall

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Bassoonarama December 18, 2017 • Sudler Recital Hall

The ABCs of Bassoon: Amadeus, Berlioz, Brazil, and Christmas Felix Bernard 1897–1944

Winter Wonderland (1934) arr. Robert Elkjer Frank Morelli, Dana Brink, Patrick Broder, Ethan Lippert, Dillon Meacham, Kristy Tucker, Mingyuan Yang

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791

Andante in F major for musical clock, K. 616 arr. Anthony Caputo Kristy Tucker, Dana Brink, Ethan Lippert

Mozart

Sonata in B-flat major, K. 292 I. Allegro Dillon Meacham, Frank Morelli II. Andante Patrick Broder, Frank Morelli III. Rondo. Allegro Mingyuan Yang, Frank Morelli

Hector Berlioz 1803–1869

“March to the Scaffold,” from Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 arr. A. Burford Frank Morelli, Dana Brink, Patrick Broder, Ethan Lippert, Dillon Meacham, Kristy Tucker, Mingyuan Yang intermission

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Maurice Ravel 1875–1937

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 arr. Robert Elkjer Dillon Meacham, Mingyuan Yang, Ethan Lippert, Patrick Broder

Francisco Mignone 1897–1986

Sonata No. 1 for two bassoons (1961) I. Allegro Ethan Lippert, Frank Morelli II. Modhina. Molto lento Dana Brink, Frank Morelli III. Rondo-Chorinho Kristy Tucker, Frank Morelli

Leroy Anderson 1908–1975

Sleigh Ride (1948) arr. Robert Elkjer

Jule Styne 1905–1994

Let It Snow (1945) arr. Robert Elkjer

Joseph Carleton Beal Jingle Bell Rock (1957) & James Ross Boothe arr. Robert Elkjer Frank Morelli, Dana Brink, Patrick Broder, Ethan Lippert, Dillon Meacham, Kristy Tucker, Mingyuan Yang

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Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

Upcoming Events

Bálint Karosi, composition december 21 Student Recitals Composer Bálint Karosi presents a doctor of musical arts degree recital Morse Recital Hall | Thursday | 7:30 pm free admission Melvin Chen, piano january 17 Horowitz Piano Series School of Music faculty pianist and Deputy Dean Melvin Chen, whom The New York Times has described as “a pianist whose playing is powerful and driven,” performs Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path Book I, along with music by Schumann and Liszt Morse Recital Hall | Wednesday | 7:30 pm Tickets start at $13 • Students $7 Arthur Haas, harpsichord january 19 Faculty Artist Series School of Music faculty harpsichordist Arthur Haas presents “Crossing the Rhine: Internationalism in Baroque Music,” with faculty members Daniel S. Lee, baroque violin, and James Taylor, tenor, as well as Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba Morse Recital Hall | Friday | 7:30 pm free admission

Wendy Sharp & Friends january 21 Faculty Artist Series Violinist Wendy Sharp, the School’s director of chamber music, performs music by Mozart and Brahms with faculty members Melvin Chen, piano, and William Purvis, horn, along with Julie Kim, violin, Marka Gustavsson, viola, and Mimi Hwang, cello Morse Recital Hall | Sunday | 3 pm free admission Ignat Solzhenitsyn, guest conductor january 26 Yale Philharmonia Guest conductor Ignat Solzhenitsyn leads the Yale Philharmonia and violist Josip Kvetek in a program that includes Stravinsky’s spellbinding Firebird Suite (1919), Paganini’s Sonata per la Grand Viola, and Franck’s Symphony in D minor Woolsey Hall | Friday | 7:30 pm Tickets start at $10 • Yale Faculty/Staff $8 Students $5 $3 surcharge for purchases at the door

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