12.11.2023 NRC WCUSO Concerto Competition Final Round Concert

WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA

Wells School of Music WCU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTO COMPETITION FINAL ROUND Paul Bryan, Director Miloš Repický and Amy Yang, panelists MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023

2:00 PM

MADELEINE WING ADLER THEATRE

PROGRAM FANTASIA FOR SAXOPHONE, W. 490 ................................................................................ Heitor Villa-Lobos I. Animé II. Lent III. Tres Animé Braden Mulcahy, tenor saxophone Lotus Cheng Brown, piano BELL SONG FROM LAKMÉ ............................................................................................................. Léo Delibes Jessica McNeely, soprano Hanna Lee, piano FURIBONDO SPIRA IL VENTO FROM PARTENOPE, HWV 27 ....................................... George Frederic Handel Joseph Galdi, countertenor Pedro Brack Aguilar, piano CONCERTO FOR FLUTE IN D MAJOR, OP. 283 .......................................................................... Carl Reinecke I. Allegro molto moderato Analiesia Hall, flute Anna Gutzler, piano CONCERTO FOR BASSOON IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 191 ........................................ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I. Allegro II. Andante ma adagio Joseph Plavin, bassoon Anna Gutzler, piano CONCERTO FOR PIANO NO. 2 IN G MINOR, OP. 22 .......................................................... Camille Saint-Saëns I. Andante sostenuto Thomas Hsu, piano Professor Igor Resnianski, piano

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CONTINUED CÄCILIE FROM FOUR SONGS, OP. 27 ...................................................................................... Richard Strauss Bridget Warner, soprano Ben Pessognelli, piano ECCOMI IN LIETA VESTA… OH QUANTE VOLTE .................................................................. Vincenzo Bellini FROM I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI Zoe Bennett, soprano Ben Pessognelli, piano ANDANTE AND HUNGARIAN RONDO, OP. 35 .............................................................. Carl Maria von Weber Lumen Guthrie, bassoon Andrew Milsten, piano STRIDE LA VAMPA FROM IL TROVATORE ................................................................................ Giuseppe Verdi Kiley Aikey, mezzo soprano Christine McCloskey, piano SUMMERTIME FROM PORGY AND BESS ................................................................................ George Gershwin Tara Lake, soprano Christine McCloskey, piano CRUDA SORTE FROM L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI ..................................................................... Gioacchino Rossini Miranda Nilan, soprano Pedro Brack Aguilar, piano CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN IN D MAJOR, OP. 35 .......................................................... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky I. Allegro moderato Chanin Jung, violin Professor Carl Cranmer, piano