UCR Department of Music

Wednesday@Noon Series

Undergraduate Showcase: Performances of classical and contemporary music
Classical and contemporary music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, George Frideric Handel, Gabriel Fauré, Frédéric Chopin, Stanley Myers, Elyse Douglas, and Jason Robert Brown. Performers include: Alexander Aguirre, Patrick Arenas, Danny Ayala, Yi Deng, Elyse Douglas,  Leslie “Max” Garcia, Chengyu “Alan” Ma, and Ashley Silva.
Jonathan Keplinger, coordinator

May 15, 2019
Wednesday, 12:10 – 1:00 P.M.
Performance Lab, ARTS 166
Free and open to the campus

PROGRAM

Ralph Vaughan Williams  (1872-1958)
Six Studies in English Folk-Song (1926)    
     I. Adagio (“Lovely on the Water”)    
     II. Andante sostenuto (“Spurn Point”)
     III. Larghetto (“Van Dieman’s Land”)
     IV. Lento (“The Lady and the Dragon”)
             • Leslie “Max” Garcia, clarinet
               Jonathan Keplinger, piano

Benjamin Britten  (1913-1976)
Sonatina romantica (1940)    
     II. Nocturne    
             • Alexander Aguirre, piano

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
from Rodelinda, HWV 19    
     “Dove sei, amato bene?”    
             • Patrick Arenas, baritone
               Jonathan Keplinger, piano

Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs (1911)    
     The Call

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1        
             • Chengyu “Alan” Ma, baritone
               Jonathan Keplinger, piano

Stanley Myers (1930-1993)
Cavatina (1970)        
             • Danny Ayala, guitar

Elyse Douglas (b. 1997)
Some Quiet Place        
             • Ashley Silva, soprano
               Elyse Douglas, piano

Jason Robert Brown (b. 1970)
from The Last Five Years (2001)    
     “A Part of That”    
             • Ashley Silva, soprano
               Jonathan Keplinger, piano

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Grand valse brillante, Op. 18        
             • Yi Deng, piano

Information: (951) 827-3245  performingarts@ucr.edu  www.music.ucr.edu

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• The Wednesday@Noon Series offers concerts, lectures, and presentations of academic research by Department of Music faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and international guest artists and scholars. Ian Dicke, coordinator.