The Endicott Players
of Boston, Pittsburgh, and Tucson

DANCES OF LOVE (2019)

PROGRAM

Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata

Poulenc: Poèmes de Ronsard

Albert Roussel: "Ciel, Aer, et Vens"
from Deux Poèmes de Ronsard,
op. 26, #2

Eduard Toldrá: Seis Canciones

Enrique Granados: Spanish Dances
selections from Goyescas

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THE POETS SPEAK (2018)

Program

Robert Schumann

Eichendorff-Liederkreis, op. 39
Seven Songs by Elisabeth Kulmann, op. 104
Kinderszenen, op. 15

Clara Schumann

Piano Sonata in G minor – 
Adagio con espressione e ben legato

Johannes Brahms

Violin Sonata #1 in G major, op. 78: mov't. 1
arr. for recorder and piano

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AMERICAN VOICES (2017)

Program

HOLLINGSWORTH: The Evangelist and the Artifact

BOLCOM: The Graceful Ghost Rag

BARBER: Canzone for Flute and Piano

CHANLER: Eight Epitaphs

BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” arr. Michael Hawley

GROSS: Cantor Songs (premiere)

info on Robert Gross and Jeremy Cantor

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SWAN SONG (2016)

Program

SCHUBERT: Selections from Schwanengesang, D. 957
SCHUBERT: Rondo from Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No. 19 in c minor, D. 958

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Program

SATIE: Je te Veux (1903)
RAVEL: Menuet Antique (1895)
(arranged for flute and piano)      
RAVEL: Histoires Naturelles (1906)
DEBUSSY: Images, Livre II (1907)
BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 (1841)                                                

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ANGELIC HARPS, MORTAL TEARS (2014)

For their third annual concert, the Endicott Players present an interplay between the personal, idiosyncratic music of Schumann’s late period and the vigorous intellectual craft of the 20th century master, Paul Hindemith. Schumann’s late, crypto-spiritual song cycle, op. 90, resonates with Hindemith’s masterpiece of the Lied, Das Marienleben. Instrumental works by both composers will be featured, including a recorder trio based on American folk tunes.

Program:

SCHUMANN: Nachtstücke, op. 23, #3 & 4
SCHUMANN: Sechs Lieder und Requiem, op. 90
HINDEMITH: Selections from Das Marienleben
HINDEMITH: Piano Sonata No. 3
HINDEMITH: Trio for Recorders from Plöner Musiktag

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SYRINX (2013)

with Ashley Episcopo, mezzo-soprano and Danielle Boschert, speaker

Program

DEBUSSY: La Flûte de Pan (Syrinx)
DEBUSSY: Chansons de Bilitis
RAVEL: Histoires Naturelles
RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit  

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LIEDERKREIS (2012)

with Ashley Episcopo, mezzo-soprano

Program

BACH: Praeludium from Partita in E Major, BWV 1006
(transcribed for solo recorder)
BACH: Sonata in C Major for flute, BWV 1032
HANDEL: Süsse Stille from Neun Deutsche Arien
SCHUMANN: Liederkreis, op. 39
MAHLER: Four Songs from Rückert-Lieder
BRAHMS: Zwei Duetten from op. 66
PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, op. 83

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