OFAM presents soprano Maria Jette (well-known to Eugene audiences through her work with the Oregon Bach Festival) in an evening of art song and chamber music by Bernstein and close associates Ned Rorem, Aaron Copland and Marc Blitzstein, together with selected readings appropriate to the literary millieu. Jette will be joined by pianist Tom Linker, clarinetist Michael Anderson, flutist Carol Redman, oboe Thomas O'Connor, and actor Grant McKernie.
Musical Genres: art song, chamber music, readings
The Program:
| Leonard Bernstein |
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano [1942] |
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"I Hate Music", selection [1943] |
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"La Bonne Cuisine" [1947] |
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from four recipes by Emile Dumont |
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"Piccola Serenata", selection [1968] |
| Ned Rorem |
"Ariel" [1971] |
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five poems by Sylvia Plath for soprano, clarinet & piano |
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| Marc Blitzstein |
"A Nickel Under My Shoe" [1937] |
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from The Cradle Will Rock |
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| Aaron Copland |
"It Fell Upon a Day" |
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a poem by Richard Barnefield |
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