Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study. 

Program

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 4, Op. 53 (arr. Grutzmacher)
     No. 4 Adagio, MWV U 114
     No. 5 Volkslied, Allegro con fuoco, MWV U 153
Sebastian Lee: Transcriptions of Verdi Operas, Op. 98
     No. 10 Attila
Rafael Rock, cello
Yiqiu Wang, piano

Gyula Dávid: Brácsaverseny
     II. Adagio ma non troppo
Kaiyan Xiao, viola
Leon Xiao, piano

Gustav Mahler: Selections from Rückertliede
     Liebst du um Schönheit
     Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
     Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Natalie Sweeney, mezzo-soprano 
Jon Lee, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff: 6 Romances, Op.4
     I. Oh, stay, my love, forsake me not!
     II. Morning
     III. Silence of the Secret Night
     IV. Sing not to me, beautiful maiden
     V. Oh Thou, my Field
     VI. How Long, my Friend
Mason Chambers, trombone
Yuanxin Chen, piano

Intermission 

Mason Bates: Ford’s Farm 
Fiona Cunninghame-Murray, violin
Zhouyang Shao, piano

Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
     I. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal
Seyoun Park, viola
Yuanxin Chen, piano

Sergey Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet (arr. Charles Vernon)
     I. Act One, Introduction
     II. The City Awakes
     III. Public Merry-Making
     IV. The Young Girl Juliet
     V. Masks
     VI. Montagues and Capulets
     VII. The Death of Tybalt (Mercutio)
     VIII. Romeo at Friar Lawrence’s
     IX. Romeo and Juliet at Parting
     X. Juliet’s Death and Funeral
Maxim Tikhonov, tuba
Yuanxin Chen, piano