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
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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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