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MacDowell Club Farewell Concert

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September 22, 2019 | 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Join us for our last concert! Yes, after 110 years, this venerable organization is bidding farewell to its members and friends with a grand finale. Come help us say goodbye. Free Admission

PROGRAM

To a Wild Rose (10 Woodland Sketches)          Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Suzanne Pajunen, Piano

23rd Psalm (Biblical Songs Op. 99)                    Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Nancy Jo Baratti, Soprano  
Suzanne Pajunen, Piano

Nocturne #19 e minor Op. 72 #1                          Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Patricia Witt, Piano

Down East (Five Street Songs)                           Charles Ives(1874-1954)
The Little Horses (Old American Songs, Set 2) Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
The Monk and His Cat (Hermit Songs)               Samuel Barber(1910- 1981)
Donna Shriner, Mezzo Soprano   
Suzanne Pajunen, Piano

Pacoco                                                                     Celso  Machado (b. 1953)           Quebracho Queixo
Irina Yannovskaya, Guitar  
Robert Estlund, Flute

Chants d’Auvergne (Series 4)                              Joseph Canteloube (1879-1962)
     Tchut, tchut
     Per l’efon
     Le Coucut

Sally Lane Schwarz, Soprano  
Suzanne Pajunen, Piano
Suzanne Freshley, Flute

INTERMISSION

Sholem-Alekhem, rov Feidman!                             Bela Kovacs (b. 1937)
Jeff Olson, Clarinet       
Suzanne Pajunen, Piano

Paraphrase on Rigoletto by Giuseppi Verdi           Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Mary Ellen Burrescia, Piano

Hungary: Rapsodie Mignonne, Op. 410                   Carl Koelling (1831-1914)
Carla Coonan, Piano      
Theresa Chardos Camilli, Piano

Summertime (Porgy and Bess)                                George Gershwin (1898-1937)

He’s got the Whole World in His Hands                     African American Spiritual
                                                                         arr. by Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Cecilia Davis, Soprano      
Carla Coonan, Piano