The German Romance

A program exploring German Romantic music anchored by such masterworks as Brahms' first clarinet sonata
and Schubert's classic Shepherd on the Rock

Sechs Deutsche Lieder, op. 103 by Louis Spohr

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, op. 120, no. 1 by Johannes Brahms

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Selected German lieder

Hirtenlied (1842) by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

North American Musical Dialogues

Exploring the music of Mexico and the United States, this program is full of flavor and romance!

Preludio de un Diamante by Giovanni Piacentini (b. 1979)

Das Stunden-Buch (2013) by Rex Isenberg (b. 1987)

Escúchame, from La Florencia en el Amazonas (1996) by Daniel Catán (1949-2011)

Gra (1993) by Elliott Carter (1908-2012)

Así te quiero by Eber García Condes

Cuatro Nocturnes (2008) by Juan Pablo Contreras (b. 1987)

“To Be Sung Upon the Water” (1972) by Dominick Argento (b. 1927)

Pastoral Program

With Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock as a catalyst, we explore pastoral themes in music.

Parto, Ma Tu Ben Mio, from La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1781)

Hirtenlied (1842) by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

“To Be Sung Upon the Water” (1972) by Dominick Argento (b. 1927)

Das Stunden-Buch (2013) by Rex Isenberg (b. 1987)

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Exploring Mysticism Through Music

Saturn, op. 243 (197) by Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Das Stunden-Buch (2013) by Rex Isenberg (b. 1987)

Set of Piano Preludes by Alexander Scriabin, arr. for piano and clarinet

Selected Songs of Samuel Barber

Schoenberg’s Erwartung

Erwartung (1909) by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
English Translation and Transcription by Dr. Peter Andreacchi (2014)

American Popular Golden Age

Dance Preludes by George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Cole Porter/George Gershwin Song Book

Clarinet Sonata (1941-42) - Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Commissioned Works

Preludio de un Diamante (2014) by Giovanni Piacentini (b. 1979)

Das Stunden-Buch (2013) by Rex Isenberg (b. 1987)

Arrangement and English translation of Schoenberg’s Erwartung (2014)