SOUND FILES: SPU STUDENT PERFORMANCES

Wind and Brass Chamber Ensembles Concert
Featuring the SPU Brass Choir, Flute Ensemble, & Clarinet Choir
Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 7:30 PM
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3................................Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Allegro moderato Transcribed by Kermit Peters
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
Clarinet Choir

Si ch'io vorrei morire ....................................................Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Ah, dolente partita
Brass Choir

A Gaelic Offering...........................................................................Catherine McMichael
1. Rose Cottage
2. The Doubtful Wife
3. Lake Solace
4. Describe a Circle
Flute Ensemble

Five Pieces............................................................................Anthony Holborne (d.1602)
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Brass Choir

Innes Glas Mór...............................................................................................Lisa LeMay
1. Lovely, But Rugged
2. Kylemore Abbey
3. Gogarty's Pub Crawl
Flute Ensemble

I'll Love My Love ...................................................Cornish Folk Song, arr. Phyllis Louke
Flute Ensemble

Four Japanese Folk Songs Four Japanese Folk Songs............arr. by Robert Cathey
1. Kuroda Bushi
2. The Girl of Shonai
3. Soran Bushi
4. Kusatsu Bushi
Robert Cathey, Guest Conductor
Flute Ensemble

Brass Sextet in Eb Minor, Op. 30.........................................Oskar Böhme (1870-1938)
1. Adagio ma non tanto, Allegro molto
2. Scherzo
3. Andante cantabile
4. Allegro con spirito
Brass Choir

Misty................................................................................Errol Garner, arr. by Ed Lojeski
Crystal Manchester, piano
Clarinet Choir


La Milonga......................................................................................Christopher Caliendo
Flute Ensemble

Canzona per Sonare No. 4 ..............................................Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
All Ensembles

Clarinet Choir Personnel : Crystal Manchester, Kristin Nygaard, Stephanie Pashby, Jason Shaw, Rose Langer, Jessica Wiese (bass clarinet), Sharon Chase (E flat alto clarinet); Mary Kantor, Director
Brass Choir Personnel: Chris Peterson, trumpet; Andrew Hayes, trumpet; Dave Stalsbroten, trumpet; Jon Leverkuhn, trumpet; Andrew Scott, baritone; Andrew Arnot, horn; Zach Cartwright, tuba; Brian Chin, Director
Flute Ensemble Personnel: Beth Callentine, Erin Kessler, Erica Margo, Danielle Parris, Bill Schultze, Suzie Strickler, Bethany Walrad; Shelley Collins, Director

Four Japanese Folk Songs: Kuroda Bushi is an Imayo, or modernized song, from the old songs that were sung among the clans in the district centering in Fukuoka city. This was an originally a drinking song of the samurai warriors. The Girl of Shonai tells of unfulfilled love. The son of a roaming samurai fell in love with the daughter of the richest landowner in the region. Because the rigid caste system would not tolerate such a “mixed” association, the lovers would rendezvous in the steep hills. One day the girl fell to her death from a cliff. The remorseful youth joined his sweetheart in death by committing suicide beneath a cherry tree. Soran Song is a very old song from the island of Hokkaido. It was used while the fishermen were pulling in their nets. The spoken parts were shouted to assist in the rhythm necessary to pull the heavy nets into the boats. Kusatsu Bushi is of comparatively late composition and expresses the characteristics of the hot springs at Kusatsu. A translation of the text reads: Kusatsu is a good place to go; you must visit once in your lifetime; for flowers bloom even in the hot springs. Kusatsu field is beautiful like broade, and even the smoke rising from Mount Asama will be aglow in the setting sun. (Note by Robert Cathey.)