Rubina Mazurka's Munificent Rossini Rampage Program

Rubina Mazurka’s Munificent Rossini Rampage

with

Dwight Okamura on piano

The Clarion Performing Arts Center

San Francisco, CA

September 8, 2023, 7:30pm

1. La farfalletta – The Little Butterfly 1813 (Canzoncina)

4. L’abbandono – The Abandonment 1835 (Romanza)

9. Vaga luna, che inargenti – Beautiful Moon 1829 (Arietta)

from

Composizioni da Camera (1935)

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

Air romantique – Romantic song

Air champêtre – Country song

Air grave – Song of Grief

Air vif – Brisk song

from

Airs chantés (1927)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

1. La promessa – The Promise (Canzonetta)

2. Il rimprovero – The Reproach (Canzonetta)

3. La Partenza – The Departure (Canzonetta)

4. L’orgia – The Orgy (Arietta)

5. L’invito – The Invitation (Bolero)

6. La pastorella dell’Alpi – The Shepherdess of the Alps (Tirolese)

7. La gita in gondola – The Gondola Trip (Barcarola)

8. La danza – The Dance (Tarantella Napoletana)

from

Soirées musicales(1835)

Part I, 8 Ariette

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

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