Kansas City Musical Club
organized to stimulate, encourage, and acquire a broader knowledge of music and musical literature
PROGRAMS -- October 2023 through May 2024

Monday, October 2, 2023 -- 12:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

The Goldenberg Duo
Susan Goldenberg*, violin
William Goldenberg, piano

Sonata in G minor -- Franz Schubert
Allegro giusto

From “Poemes hongrois”, op. 2 -- Jeno Hubay
Adagio
Allegro molto

Yoimachigusa (“Evening Primrose”) -- Tadusuke Ono

Kojo no Tsuki (“Moon over the Ruined Castle”) -- Rentarō Taki
  
Hjertehjem Halling -- Oscar Haugland
Gills Rock Stoneware Sarabande
Amelia's Lullaby
Blaz's Galop

Cavatina, op.3 no.2 -- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Serenade Espagnole -- Cecile Chaminade, arr. F. Kreisler
 
Sonata no.2 in A major, op.100 -- Johannes Brahms
Allegro amabile

Sholom Alekhem rov Feidman -- Bela Kovacs

ENCORE
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" -- arr. William Goldenberg
 
Monday, November 6, 2023 -- 12:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

Adagio in D-flat Major – Franz Liszt
Franklin Coleman**, organ 
 
Selections from Biblické písně (Biblical Songs) Nos. 1-10, Opus 99 -- Antonín Dvořák
1. Oblak a mrákota jest vůkol něho
2. Skrýše má a pavéza má Ty jsi
3. Slyš, ó Bože! Slyš modlitbu mou
5. Bože! Bože! Píseň novou

Paul Davidson, bass
John Schaefer**, piano

 
Grand Jeu – Pierre duMage
Franklin Coleman**, organ 
 
Selections from Biblické písně (Biblical Songs) Nos. 1-10, Opus 99 -- Antonín Dvořák
6. Slyš, ó Bože, volání mé
8. Popatřiž na mne a smiluj se nade mnou
9. Pozdvihuji očí svých k horám
10. Zpívejte Hospodinu píseň novou

Paul Davidson, bass
John Schaefer**, piano

Quartet for Saxophones No. 1, Op. 53  – Jean-Baptiste Singelée

Crisantemi – Giacomo Puccini

Quatuor de Saxophones  -- Jun Nagao
Vent Saxophone Quartet
(UMKC Conservatory Graduate Students)
Blake Adams (soprano saxophone) 
Jonathon Nickell (alto saxophone)
Davis Hale (tenor saxophone)
Dawson Coleman (baritone saxophone)
 

Monday, December 4, 2023 -- 12:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

Matthew Liu, Piano

Transcendental Etude no 8, “Wilde Jagd” (“Wild Hunt”) -- Franz Liszt

Sonata Op. 2, No. 3 -- Ludwig van Beethoven
Second and Fourth Movements

Prelude and Fugue in G major, Book I -- Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata, No. 2 in B flat minor -- Frederic Chopin
Four Movements 
Monday, February 5, 2024 -- 12:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

Students from Park University's International Center for Music
 
Sonata No. 2 in D major op. 58 for cello and piano -- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
  Allegro assai vivace
James Farquhar, Cello
Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, Piano

“Nigun” from Baal Shem, B. 47 -- Ernest Bloch
Aviv Daniel, Violin
Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, Piano

Concerto for Viola -- Christian Colberg

  Third movement, “Sancho”
Victor Diaz, Viola
Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, Piano


Four Sketches, Op. 15 -- Amy Beach
1. In Autumn and 3. Dreaming
Islamey -- Mily Balakirev
Iconoclasm  -- Michael Abels
Michael Davidman, Piano

Monday, March 4, 2024 -- 12:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

Mark Hayes -- pianist, composer, and arranger
 
Claire de Lune with He Hideth My Soul
Music by Claude Debussy; Tune: Kirpatrick, Music by William J. Kirkpatrick
from Classics Revisited

Moonlight Sonata with O the Deep Love of Jesus
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Tune: Ebenezer, Music by Thomas J. Williams
from Classics Revisited

O For a Thousand Tongues
Tune: Azmon, Music by Carl Gotthelf Gläser from Perfect Postludes

This Little Light of Mine
Traditional Spiritual from Mark Hayes: Jazz Hymns for the Intermediate Pianist

Morning Has Broken
Traditional Gaelic Melody, Tune: Bunessan from The Art of the Piano, Vol. 1

On Eagle’s Wings
Words and Music by Michael Joncas from Glory, Honor and Praise

Peaceful Piano #10 in C Major
Music by Mark Hayes from Peaceful Piano

Over the Rainbow
from the movie The Wizard of Oz. Music by E. Y. Harburg from Film Classics

Not While I’m Around
from the musical Sweeney Todd. Music by Stephen Sondheim from Broadway Classics

People
from the musical Funny Girl. Music by Jule Styne from Film Favorites for Piano Solo

I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Traditional Spiritual from Mark Hayes: Jazz Hymns for the Intermediate Pianist

Peaceful Piano #3 in C Major.
Music by Mark Hayes from Peaceful Piano

Via Dolorosa
Words & Music by Billy Sprague and Niles Borop from The Art of the Piano, Vol. 4

America Medley/ My Country ‘Tis of Thee
Tune: America. God Bless America, music by Irving Berlin
America the Beautiful, music by Samuel A. Ward
Tune: Materna. (This arrangement is unpublished.)
Monday, April 8, 2024 -- 12:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

Dr. Marie Asner**, Poet
"Perpetual Siesta"
"Generosity"
 
Kelly Hackleman (UMKC Conservatory faculty), piano
Tomoko Iguchi (Kansas City Symphony string player), violin and viola
Elena Lence Talley (Kansas City Symphony librarian), clarinet

 
Tonada y Cueca for Clarinet and Piano -- Carlos Guastavino
 
Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Piano -- Béla Bartók, arr. Zoltán Székely
 
Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, No. 2 -- Johannes Brahms
 
Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, op. 83 -- Max Bruch
I. Andante 1838-1920
II. Allegro con moto
VIII. Moderato
VII. Allegro vivace, ma non troppo

Pastorale for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, op. 8 -- Daniel Gregory Mason

Sunday, April 14, 2024 -- 2:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT CONCERT
Performed by some 2024 Scholarship Winners

Bright is the Ring of Words -- Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Voli colla sua tromba" from Ariodante -- George Frideric Handel
Ryan Wornall, voice
Accompanist; Veerle Winkelmolen

Nocturne op.19 No.4 in D minor -- Peter llyich Tchaikovsky
Otobek Guchkolov, cello
Accompanist: Tatiana Dorokhova

Violin concerto No. 3 in G major -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
First movement
Alice Palese, violin
Accompanist: Tatiana Dorokhova

"Si ritrovarla io guiro" from La Cenerentola -- Gioachino Rossini
Angelo Silva, voice
Accompanist: Mary Gossell

Cello concerto No.1 in C Major -- Franz Joseph Haydn
Mardon Abdurakhmonov, cello
Accompanist: Tatiana Dorokhova

Devil’s Trill, Sonata for violin and piano -- Giuseppe Tartini
Muminjon Turgunov, violin
Accompanist:: Tatiana Dorokhova

Special thanks to The Atriums Senior Living Community for a generous, lovely and yummy reception!  You provided a great accompaniment for a lot of visiting with our talented performers!  THANK YOU!
Monday, May 6, 2024 -- 12:00pm, Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS

Cello Roos, UMKC Conservatory
 Director: Michael Mermagen
Members: Masha Begacheva, Seungchan Song*, Sam Brown,
Dawn Jung, Felicia Paolercio, Dillon Potts, Laura Hoesly*
*CelloRoos co-managers

 
“Somewhere” from West Side Story -- Leonard Bernstein
“Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker -- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance Macabre -- Camille Saint Saëns
Pizzicato Polka -- Johann Strauss Jr.

AndEs Piano Duo
Andreas Landstedt* and Esther Jihye Han
 
Invocation from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses -- Franz Liszt
Un Sospiro from Trois études de concert -- Franz Liszt
Four Norwegian Dances for piano four-hands -- Edvard Grieg 

*KC Musical Club Award Winner
**Active members of KC Musical Club

Questions? Call 913-384-5340 or contact  chris.evans.hands@gmail.com