BGSU celebrates the birthday of famed composer Samuel Adler in concert. This event is free and open to the public, and will also be livestreamed.

PROGRAM

All pieces composed by Samuel Adler.

J.S. Bach’s Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue
Arrangement for Eight Cellos
     BGSU Cello Studio
     Sai Ho Ceng, conductor

Wind Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-fl at, Horn in F, and Bassoon* (2020)
     Vivaz Quintet
     Terri Sanchez, coach

Two Sides of a Coin (2019)
     Brittany Lash, trombone
     Robert Satterlee, piano

Canto XXIII for bass clarinet* (2020)
     Kevin Schempf, bass clarinet

Duo for Eight Strings (2020)
     Caroline Chin, violin
     Matthew Daline, viola

Six Occasional Pieces for Piano Solo (2019-2020)
     Laura Melton, piano

Music of Yearning* (2020)
     John Sampen, saxophone

Meditation on the Name BACH (2020)
Scherzo Brillante (2021)
     Brian Snow, cello

Just for Two, A Duet for Oboe and Bassoon (2021)
     Nermis Mieses, oboe
     Susan Nelson, bassoon

Music for the Young and the Young At Heart (2021)
     Yevgeny Yontov, piano

Of Life and Nature I Sing* (2021)
I. Everyone Sang (text by Siegfried Sassoon)
III. The Unbeseechable (text by Frances Cornford)
IV. Shooting the Sun (text by Amy Lowell)
VI. The Commonplace (text by Walt Whitman)
     BGSU Collegiate Chorale
     Richard Schnipke, conductor

*World Premiere