April 23, 2021 @ 4:00 pm
       In memory of our dear friend and board member Donna Chesler
       Suggested donation: $20                                                                 


Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
   
Ganymed (How in the Morning Brightness) D. 544,poem by Goethe
   
Du bist die Ruh (You are Rest and Peace) D. 776, poem by Ruckert
   
Suleika I (What Does this Stirring Portend?) D. 720, poem by Goethe
   
Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel) D. 118, poem by Goethe
   
Sara Catarine, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo piano   

Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
    
L'Heure exquise (Exquisite Hour), poem by Baudelaire     
    Si mes vers avaient des ailes
(If My Verses Had Wings), poem by Victor Hugo
    
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano  

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
    Préludes Op. 28:
                       C minor, No. 20
                       A-flat major, No. 17
                       F minor, No. 18
                       C-sharp minor, No. 10
                       D-flat major, No. 15
    Nocturne in A-flat major, Op. 32, No. 2
    Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
    Two Duets Op. 11
    
La Nuit (The Night), poem by Théodore de Banville
    
Le Réveil (The Awakening), poem by Honoré de Balzac
    
Sara Catarine, soprano; Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
    Zigeunerlieder   (Gypsy Songs), Op. 103
    1.
He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein! (Hey, Gypsy, Sound Your Strings!)
    2.
Hochgetürmte Rimafluth, wie bist so trüb (Rima, How Troubled Your Towering Waters Are)
    3.
Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen (Do You Know When My Little Girl)
    4.
Lieber Gott, du weisst, wie oft bereut ich hab (Dear God, You Know How Often I’ve Regretted)
    5.
Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze (A Swarthy Lad Leads to the Dance)
    6.
Röslein dreie in der Reihe blühn so rot (Three Little Red Roses Bloom Side by Side)
    7.
Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn (Do You Sometimes Remember)
    8.
Rote Abendwolken ziehn (Red Evening Clouds Drift)
     
Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Harry Warren, music/ Mack Gordon, lyrics
    Chattanooga Choo Choo
    
Sara Catarine, soprano; Barbara Di Toro, mezzo-soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano;
   
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

    April 24, 2021 @ 4:00pm
      In memory of our dear friend and board member Donna Chesler
      Suggested donation $20



Primitivo Lázaro (1909-1997)
   
Rapsodia Onubense (Onubense Rhapsody)
   
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

   Lágrimas por Granada,
(Tears for Granada)
   Sara Catarine, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Sandrine Erdely-Sayo (b.1968)
    From
Platero y Yo, Poem by Juan Ramón Jiménez
    Amistad (Friendship)
    Alegría (Play)
    Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano; Elizabeth Peña, narrator
   
Anna Rubin (b. 1946)
   Night of Nights,
poem by Nelly Sachs
   Sara Catarine, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
   From Yiddish Folk Poetry op. 79a
   The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt
   Lullaby
   The Young Girl's Song
   Happiness
   Sara Catarine, soprano; Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Presentation of 106-years-old Pianist, Colette Maze (b. June16, 1914)
    Presentation of her new CD

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
    Improvisation N0. 15
in C minor (Homage to Edith Piaf)
    Valse des Musiques de soie.
Facsimile in Poulenc's hand incorporated into a Pierre Balmain silk scarf in Richard   
    Chanlaire's drawing. Composed in December 1951, but only published in January 2021.  American Premiere

    
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano
      
   
 From Banalités (Banalities):
      
Voyage à Paris (Trip to Paris), poem by Apollinaire
    From
Fiançailles pour rire (Light-hearted Betrothal):
     
 Violon (Violin), poem by Louise de Vilmorin
    
Sara Catarine, soprano;  Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano       

Richard Rodgers, lyrics; Oscar Hammerstein, music
    
Sound of Music
    Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

    Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Jacob Jacob, lyrics; Sholom Secunda, music
    Bei Mir Bistu Shein
(To Me You're Beautiful)
    
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sara Catarine, soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano
Piano on the Rocks International Festival
Sedona, Arizona
April 23-25, 2021
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo
Artistic Director

Elizabeth Peña
Co-Director
,
C o n c e r t s  &  E v e n t s

    April 25, 2021 @ 4:00pm
      In memory of our dear friend and board member Donna Chesler
      Suggested donation $20



Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
    Pavane, arr. by Ricardo Gómez Mijares
    Sara Catarine, soprano; Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
     From Gianni Schicchi
     
O mio Babbino caro (Oh my dear Papa)
     
Barbara Di Toro, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
     From
Adriana Lecouvreur
    
 lo sono l'umile ancella (I am the humble servant)
     Sara Catarine, soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano

Anna Rubin (b. 1946)
     Their Own Voices: Stories of Migrant Women -  World Premiere
     Sara Catarine, soprano;  Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo-soprano; Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano;
     and
electronics

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
     Hungarian Rhapsody No.6
     Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano