Music from the Frederick Collection

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38th Spring Season of the Historical Piano Concerts

Ashburnham Community Church,

New Dawn Arts Center, Ashburnham, MA

Sunday at 3:00 pm, 28 April 2024

Chester Brezniak

clarinets in A and B

Yelena Beriyeva

piano by Erard & Cie., Paris (1928)

Duos & Solos for Clarinet & Piano

Clarinet & piano

Aria & Presto, from Sonate, Libri 4 & 5        

        arr. Sergey Rozanov

        

Jacques Aubert

(1689-1753)

Adagio e Tarantella (mid-1840s)        

          1. Mæstoso, quasi cadenza - Adagio cantabile - Allegro        

        2. Allegretto

Ernesto Cavallini

(1807-1874)

Piano solo

Estampes, L.100 (07.1903)        

        1. Pagodes  Délicatement et presque sans nuances        

        2. La soirée dans Grenade  Mouvement de Habanera,

             Commencer lentement dans un rhythme nonchalant et gracieux

        3. Jardins sous la pluie  Net et vif

Claude Debussy

(1862-1918)

B clarinet solo

Chanson Médiévale (2018)        

        "Une mélodie venue de loin dans le passé se réveille        

        Aujourd’hui, plonge dans le présent, part à sa découverte,

        S’y frotte et puis, se souvenant, nous attire au temps de ses origines…"

        A melody emerging from a bygone era awakens today, leaps into

        the present, examines it, rubs up against it, and then, upon

        remembering, lures us back to the time of its origins....

Jean-Christophe Rosaz

(b. 1961)

Clarinet & piano

Sonata in D (1934)        

        1. Molto moderato        

        2. Vivace

Arnold Bax

(1883-1953)

Piano solo

Prélude in D, Op, 28, No. 15 (1835-39)        

        “Raindrop”  Sostenuto, con espressione e semplice        

Frédéric Chopin

(1810-1849)

Clarinet & piano

Milonga, Op. 117 (2017; rev. 2019)        

         = 106        

Miguel del Aguila

(b. 1957)