APRIL 6 | 5 PM
ARTISTS
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INDRA THOMAS
SOPRANO
ALISON SHEARER
SAX | COMPOSER
ERIKO DAIMO
MARIMBA
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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