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Mezzo-Soprano Sasha Cooke

La Jolla Music Society

Journey in Light

Prelude Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano

Journey in Light 

Saturday, July 29 · 7:30 PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Prelude Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano
6:30 PM – The JAI

 

Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano;
Steven Copes, Erin Keefe, Blake Pouliot, violins;
Rebecca Albers, Maiya Papach, Masumi Per Rostad, Itsuki Yamamoto*, violas;
Oliver Herbert, cello;
Timothy Cobbbass;
Rose Lombardoflute;
Anton Rist, clarinet;
Roman Rabinovich, piano;
Julie Smith-Phillips, harp

*Fellowship Artist

 

 


In this innovative concert we take a musical journey depicting the passing of a day, each short piece representing its progress—from sunrise all the way to the sparkling moonlight. We conclude with Mozart’s masterful String Quintet in C minor, which he himself described as “night music.”

 


SUNRISE TO NOON

YSAŸE
L’Aurore from Sonata in G Major for Solo Violin, Opus 27, No. 5

BONIS
Matin

L. BOULANGER
D’un matin de printemps

HAYDN
Finale from Symphony No. 7 in C Major, “Le midi”

 

NOON TO NIGHT

DEBUSSY
Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun (arr. Graeme Steele Johnson)

TURINA
Crépuscule du Soir from Scène Andalouse

 

NIGHT

CHAUSSON
Chanson pérpetuelle, Opus 37

DEBUSSY
Clair de lune

GUILLAUME CONNESSON
Toccata-Nocturne for Flute and Cello

SCHUBERT
Adagio in E-flat Major, D.897 “Notturno”

CRUMB
Midnight Transformation from Eine Kleine Mitternacht Musik

STRAUSS
Morgen!, Opus 27, No. 4

MOZART
String Quintet in C Minor, K.406 (K.516b)