Robert Blocker, Dean
May 12, 2022 7:30 p.m. | Sudler Recital Hall in William L. Harkness Hall
Bassoonarama Frank Morelli, studio director BETTER LATE THAN NEVER A celebration of current & recent anniversaries & Bassoonarama’s return “live” to Sudler Hall Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827 arr. Frank Morelli
“Mir ist so wunderbar” from Fidelio, Op. 72
Franz Joseph Haydn 1732–1809 arr. Mordechai Rechtman
Divertimento in B-flat major, Hob. II:46 I. Allegro con spirito II. Chorale St. Antoni. Andante III. Menuetto IV. Rondo
Claude Debussy 1862–1918 arr. Kevin Morgan
“La fille aux cheveux de lin” from 24 Preludes, L. 117
Debussy arr. Samantha Bramley
“Clair de lune” from Suite bergamasque, L. 75
Debussy arr. Michael Levin
“Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin sonner” from Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans, L. 92
Gioachino Rossini 1792–1868 arr. Matthew Griffiths
“Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville (1816)
Duke Ellington 1899–1974 arr. Robert Elkjer
In A Sentimental Mood (1935)
Thelonius Monk 1917–1982 arr. Jack Gale
Round Midnight (1943)
Jack Gale 1936–2022
“Harlem Express” from Super Bones Jazz Suite V1 (1987)
I’m Beginning to See the Light (1944)
intermission
Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971
“Lied ohne Nahme,” Op.posth.
Stravinsky arr. Michael Campbell
Tango (1940)
Leonard Bernstein 1918–1990 arr. Cornelia Sommer
Music from West Side Story (1957) America Maria Somewhere
John Lennon & Paul McCartney arr. John Mortimer
Music of The Beatles Eleanor Rigby (1966) Yesterday (1965) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)
Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 arr. Marc Vallon
Hungarian Dance No. 5, WoO 1, No. 5
The Players: Members and Alumni of the YSM Bassoon Studio: Ryan Goodwin, bassoon Eleni Katz, bassoon Matthew Matheny, bassoon Katia Osorio, bassoon Anjali Pillai, bassoon Andy Sledge, bassoon Tamara Snyder, bassoon Marty Tung, bassoon Professor Frank Morelli, bassoon Current, future, and past members of the YSM Oboe Studio of Professor Stephen Taylor: Alec Chai, oboe Noah Kay, oboe Mickenna Keller, oboe Will Stevens, oboe Jillian Honn, English horn
As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind are strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.