Hymn to a Better World
09.07.24 | Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Faculty Recital
Stephen Key, oboe
Julietta Curenton, flute
Valeriya Sholokhova, cello
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory
Program
Suite in B Minor for Oboe and Piano
I. Prelude
II. Recitative and Air
III. Dance
Ulysses Kay (1917–1995)
Stephen Key, oboe
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andante semplice
III. Allegro giocoso
Madeline Dring (1923–1977)
Julietta Curenton, flute
Stephen Key, oboe
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
- brief pause -
Clairéres dans le Ciel (Adapted for Oboe and Piano)
1. Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie
8. Vous m'avez regardé avec toute votre âme
9. Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
11. Par ce que j'ai souffert
13. Demain fera un an
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
Stephen Key, oboe
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
WORLD PREMIERE
Trio for Oboe, Cello and Piano
1. Chanson
2. Hymn to a Better World
3. Burlesque-Extatique
Stephen Key (b. 1981)
Stephen Key, oboe
Valeriya Sholokhova, cello
Ryo Yanagitani, piano
Texts & Translations
Clairères dans le ciel (Clearings in the Sky)
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
I. Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie
I. She had reached the low-lying meadow
II. Vous m'avez regardé avec toute votre âme
II. You gazed at me with all your soul
III. Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
III. The lilacs which had flowered last year
IV. Par ce que j'ai souffert
IV. Through what I’ve suffered
V. Demain fera un an
V. It will be a year tomorrow
Program Notes
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