Freeway Series: Music from the Pacific Coast

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-01

RELEASE: April 1, 2011

TITLE: USC Thornton School of Music, with Pepe Romero & Classical Guitar Faculty

SOLOISTS: James Smith, guitar; Endre Balogh, violin

Tarrega: Minuetto

Alard: Estudio Brilliante

Albéniz: Tango, Malagueña & Zortzico from España

SOLOISTS: James Smith & Brian Head, guitar

Albeniz: El Puerto from Iberia, Book 1

SOLOISTS: Brian Head, guitar; Paula Fehrenbach, cello

Villa-Lobos: Aria from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5

SOLOIST: William Kanengeiser, guitar

Albeniz: Granada from Suite Espagnol

Tarrega: Capriccio Arabe

Maria, Lagrima & Marieta

SOLOIST: Scott Tennant, guitar

Albéniz: Rumores de la Caleta

Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra

SOLOIST: Pepe Romero, guitar

Tarrega: Gran Jota

Albéniz: Torre Bermeja

Cordoba

Albéniz: Sevilla

SOLOISTS: Pepe Romero, James Smith, William Kanengeiser, Scott Tennant & Brian Head, guitar; Endre Balog, violin; Paula Fehrenbach, cello

Albéniz: Asturias-Leyenda

Encore:

Gershwin: Selections from Porgy and Bess

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-02

RELEASE: April 8, 2011

TITLE: Jacaranda “Road Trip”

CONDUCTOR: Mark Alan Hilt

SOLOISTS: Alyssa Park, violin; Scott Dunn, piano; John Schneider, guitar; Pamela Vliek Martchev, flute; Leslie Reed, oboe; David Washburn, trumpet; Danny Holt, tack piano; Steven Vanhauwaert, celesta; Sarah Thornblade, violin; Joel Pargman, violin; Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola; John Waltz & Timothy Loo, cellos; Timothy Eckert, double bass

John Adams: Road Movies
Lou Harrison: Solstice
Ingram Marshall: Soe-Pa
John Adams: Shaker Loops

Encore:

Johann Strauss Jr./arr. Schoenberg: Emperor Waltz

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-03

RELEASE: April 15, 2011

TITLE: “On Wings of Songs”

SOLOIST: Alek Shrader, tenor

Samuel Barber: The Daisies, Op. 2, No. 1
O Boundless, Boundless Evening, Op. 45, No. 3
Sure on this Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3
Solitary Hotel, Op. 41, No.4

André Caplet: Paroles à l'absente
Le sable fin et fuyant
Angoise Préludes

W.A. Mozart: Si spande il sole in faccia from Il re pastore /p>

Franz Liszt: Drei Lieder aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell
Der Fischerknabe
Der Hirt
Der Alpenjager
Canzoni di Bel Canto

Saverio Mercadante: La serenata del marinaro

Vincenzo Bellini: La ricordanza

Gioacchino Rossini: La danza

Encores:

Donizetti: Ah! mes amis from La fille du régiment

Donizetti: Récitatif et Air de Lénore from Act III of La Favorita
Cherubini: Air de Néris from Act II of Medea
Saverio Mercadante: Flute Concerto in E Minor (soloist???)

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-04

RELEASE: April 22, 2011

TITLE: Denali Quartet at the Paderewski Lecture – Recital at USC

SOLOIST: Irene Gregorio, piano

Ignace Paderewski: Chant d'Amour

SOLOIST: Marek Zebrowski, piano

Górecki: Stefan/Wanda/Wilk

SOLOISTS: Joel Pargman, violin; Irene Gregorio, piano
Górecki: Variations for Violin and Piano, Op. 4
Górecki: Sonatina in One Movement, Op.8
SOLOIST: Amy Tatum, flute
Górecki: Valentine Piece, Op. 70
SOLOISTS: Amy Tatum, flute; Irene Gregorio, piano
Górecki: For You, Anne-Lil, Op. 58
SOLOISTS: Denali Quartet: Timothy Loo, cello; Sarah Thornblade, violin; Alma Fernandez, viola; Joel Pargman, violin

Górecki: String Quartet No.1

Encores:

Górecki: Kleines Requiem für eine Polka
Górecki: Intermezzo & Piano Sonata No.1
Górecki: 2^nd mvt., Lento e Largo from Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-05

RELEASE: April 29, 2011

TITLE: USC Symphony’s 125^th Anniversary Concert

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas

ORCHESTRA: USC Thornton Symphony (Recorded October 5, 2009)

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Encore:

Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra)

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-06

RELEASE: May 6, 2011

TITLE: The Camerata Pacifica

SOLOISTS: The Camerata Pacifica: Catherine Leonard, violin; Richard Yongjae O’Neill, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Warren Jones, piano; Adrian Spence, flute & Artistic Director

Haydn: Divertimento in G, Hob IV:9
Beethoven: String Trio in Cm Op. 9, No.3
Madeleine Dring: Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano (1968)
Charles Martin Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Violin and Piano
Mozart: Adagio for Cor Anglais & String Trio K.580a

Encores:

Beethoven: String Trio No. 1, Op. 9

Piazzolla: Oblivion

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-07

RELEASE: May 13, 2011

TITLE: LA Chamber Singers’ 20^th Anniversary Concert & Sundays Live Celebrates

20 Years at LACMA

CONDUCTOR: Peter Rutenbert

SOLOISTS: The Capitol Ensemble; Los Angeles Chamber Singers’ Cappella, Peter Rutenberg, music director

Henry Purcell: Welcome to All the Pleasures

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 4

Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op 6, No. 1

J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herr nein neues Lied

Encores:

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto, No. 4

Morten Lauridson: Les Chansons des Roses
Mario Castelnuovo/Tedesco: Romancero Gitano, Op. 152

PROGRAM #: FWS 11-08

RELEASE: May 20, 2011

TITLE: Southwest Chamber Music

SOLOISTS: The Ascending Dragon Ensemble**

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Ton That Tiet: Memoire de la Riviere
Nguyen Thien Dao: Au Dessus du vent

Vu Nhat Tan: Pho

Kurt Rohde: Still Distant, Still Here
Pham Minh Thanh: Thang Long

Alexandra du Bois: Within Earth, Wind Grows
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring