Bassoonarama, Dec 17, 2018

Robert Blocker, Dean

ysm ensembles

bassoonarama 2018 Frank Morelli, director

The Three FOUR B’s: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and ...Brazil!

Monday, December 17, 2018 | 7:30 pm | Sudler Recital Hall

featuring the 2018–2019 YSM Bassoon Studio Dana Brink ’19mm Eleni Katz ’20mm Ethan Lippert ’19mm Philip McNaughton ’20mm Andrew Sledge ’20mm Kristy Tucker ’19mma and Professor Frank Morelli with special guests Students from the YSM Oboe Studio Noah Kay ’19mm Amelia Brynne Merriman ’20mm Lauren White ’19mm Leonardo Ziporyn ’19mma

J. Fred Coots 1897–1985 arr. Robert Elkjer

Yale’s Bassoons Are Coming to Town

Traditional arr. Elkjer

Here We Come a-Bassooning

Francisco Mignone 1897–1986

Happy Easter to You, Devos! (1981) Ethan Lippert ’19mm, bassoon

J.S. Bach 1685–1750 arr. Elkjer

Invention No. 4 BWV 775 (Jazz Waltz Version BMW: M4 Series)

Mignone

Chôro Waltz (1979) Dana Brink ’19mm, bassoon

P.D.Q. Bach 1807–1742 exhumed by Professor Peter Schickele

Lip My Reeds (S. 32’)

Mignone

Improvised Waltz (1981) Eleni Katz ’20mm, bassoon

Mignone

Minuetto (1983) Maxixando (1983)

intermission

Mignone

Naïve Waltz (1981) Andrew Sledge ’20mm, bassoon

Mignone

Waltz of the Other Corner (1981) Philip McNaughton ’20mm, bassoon

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827 arr. Frank Morelli Mignone

“Mir bist so wunderbar” from Fidelio, Op. 72

1+3/4 (1981) Kristy Tucker ’19mma, bassoon

Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887–1959 arr. Morelli

Ária from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W. 391

Mignone

The Modhina that Villa Didn’t Write (1981) Frank Morelli, bassoon

Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 arr. Marc Vallon

Various

Hungarian Dance No. 5, WoO 1 Noah Kay ’19mm, oboe Amelia Brynne Merriman ’20mm, oboe Lauren White ’19mm, oboe Leonardo Ziporyn ’19mma, English horn

Obligatory encores, announced from the stage

As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

Upcoming Bassoon Events jan 30 Frank Morelli, bassoon, with Wei-Yi Yang, piano

Faculty Artist Series 7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall

free

feb 27 Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano, with Frank Morelli, bassoon, and Wei-Yi Yang, piano

Faculty Artist Series 7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall

Free

Upcoming Events jan 16 Peter Serkin, piano

Horowitz Piano Series Visiting professor of piano Peter Serkin performs Bach’s enduring “Goldberg” Variations and works

by Mozart.

7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall

Tickets start at $28, students $11

jan 25 The Pat Martino Quintet Ellington Jazz Series

Guitarist Pat Martino’s playing is at once intellectual and spiritual and marked by a sublime virtuosity.

7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall Tickets start at $22, students $10

jan 18 Peter Oundjian, principal conductor Yale Philharmonia

The Yale Philharmonia performs Shostakovich Symphony No. 11, an arresting musical portrait of resistance.

7:30 pm | Woolsey Hall Tickets start at $12, Yale faculty/ staff/ students $5

jan 29 Brentano String Quartet Oneppo Chamber Music Series The Brentano String Quartet, YSM’s outstanding ensemblein-residence, opens the second half of the season.

7:30 pm | Morse Recital Hall

Tickets start at $28, students $13

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