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APRIL 6   |   5 PM

ARTISTS

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INDRA THOMAS
SOPRANO
Alison Shearer  USCB Chamber Music April 7
ALISON SHEARER
SAX |  COMPOSER
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ERIKO DAIMO
MARIMBA
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ANDREW ARMSTRONG
DIRECTOR | PIANO

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach   |   1685-1750

Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846 (1722)

Prelude and Fugue in C Major

 

J.S. Bach

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, Fugue, BWV 1001 (1720)

 

Claude Debussy   |   1862-1918

Bruyères (heather), from Préludes, Bk 2 (1913)

 

Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner, L. 113 (1908)

Arr. by Eriko Daimo

 

Giuseppe Verdi   |   1813-1901

“Pace, pace mio dio," from La Forza del Destino (1862)

 

Giacomo Puccini   |   1858-1924

“O mio babbino caro,” from Gianni Schicchi (1918)

 

“Vissi d’Arte,” from Tosca (1900)

 

Alison Shearer   |   b. 1988

Luminescence, for soprano, alto sax, marimba, and piano (2025)

  I. Swallowed

 II. Standing

III. Seeing

 

~ Intermission ~

 

Richard Strauss   |   1864-1949

Mörgen! (Tomorrow!) Opus 27, No. 4 (1894)

 

Spiritual

Deep River (1867), arr. H.T.Burleigh

 

Spiritual

Ride On, King Jesus!, arr. Hall Johnson

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Emmanuel Séjourné   |   b. 1961

Concerto for Marimba and Strings (2006)

Tempo Souple

Rhythmique, Énergique
 

Erroll Garner   |   1921-1977

Misty (1954; lyrics added by Johnny Burke in 1959)

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The University and USCB Chamber Music are most grateful for Walda Wildman and
Kathryn Wells' generous commissioning of Ms. Shearer's creation of new music for the
April premiere.
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