Ladies Musical Club: 225th Anniversary of Poet Heinrich Heine | Piano Works by Bond, Boulanger, & More
Free
- Regina Thomas, soprano
- Lisa Lanza, piano
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus
Felix Mendelssohn — Neue Liebe, Op. 19, No. 4
Robert Schumann — Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (No. 11: Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen)
Franz Liszt — Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen, S. 311
Robert Franz — Der Fichtenbaum, Op. 16, No. 3
Clara Schumann — Lorelei
Johannes Brahms — Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96, No. 1
Lili Boulanger — Cortège
Alexandra Pierce — Ballad and Ostinato ("Ostinato")
Margaret Bonds — "III. Troubled Water" from Spiritual Suite
Franz Liszt — Légendes, S.175, No. 2: St François de Paule: marchant sur les flots
Established in 1891, the Ladies Musical Club (LMC) fosters classical music in the Seattle community through education, performance, and awards. LMC's Public Concerts program presents over 50 FREE concerts at Seattle-area partner venues and online on LMC's YouTube channel.
About the Artists: https://lmcseattle.org/performing-artists-december-2022/
This program is supported by 4Culture, City of Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture, and other generous donors.
About Regina Thomas, soprano
An outstanding member of the Northwest musical community for over 20 years, Regina Thomas has performed with a variety of companies including Kitsap Opera, Willamette Concert Opera, Bellevue Opera, Puget Sound Concert Opera, Seattle Opera, and the Seattle Opera Guild. Currently Artistic Director of Puget Sound Concert Opera, Regina has served as Seattle Opera Guild’s VP of Education and is a past President and trustee of concerts for LMC. Favorite operatic roles include Adriana Lecouvreur, Suor Angelica, Tosca, and Judith (Bluebeard's Castle). Concert work includes Schumann's Frauenleibe und-leben, Elgar’s Sea Pictures, and Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder; soprano solos in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Fauré Requiem, and Berio's Folk Songs for voice and chamber ensemble.
https://www.musiccenternw.org/regina-thomasAbout Lisa Lanza, piano
Lisa Lanza as been performing as a solo artist and collaborator for over thirty years on the Olympic Peninsula and in the greater Seattle Area. She has studied with the pianist Maria Joao Pires at Belgais, Portugal and Paul Roberts at The Guildhall School of Theater and Arts in London. She holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Accompanying from The University of Redlands. As a guest artist she has performed on the Music at St. Leonard’s concert series, Hythe, England, the Young Concert Artists Competition, at Weill Hall, NY, the Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, Sierra Opera Institute's chamber music series, Mammoth, CA, the Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA. As an opera and musical theater accompanist she has worked with companies from Orange County to Seattle Opera, to Issaquah’s Village Theater and Key City Players in Port Townsend. She holds 1st and 2nd prize medals from the Greater Spokane Music & Allied Arts Festival for her interpretations of Beethoven and Chopin.
http://www.lisalanza.com/