Join for a magical evening of classical music and holiday cheer at Saint John’s in the Village.

In PART 2 of our Christmas program, we invite you to immerse yourself into the holiday spirit with the saxophone modern classics (Nikolai Klotchkov’s debut with Spotlight Production), contemporary piano music including by the performing composer Nataliya Medvedovskaya, beloved crossover hits, and a Holy Night carol as a celebration of the end of 2023.

ARTISTS

Zoya Gramagin, soprano

Sara Beth Pearson, soprano

Jonathan R. Green, baritone

Alexander Chaplinskiy, piano

Nikolai Klotchkov, saxosophone

Nataliya Medvedovskaya, composer, piano

PROGRAM

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) Elégie op. 3 no. 1 E Flat Minor – Alexander Chaplinskiy

‘Aleko’, libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko,No. 9 (Scene by the Cradle) – Zoya Gramagin

‘Oh, no, I beg you, do not leave’, lyrics by Dmitry Merezhkovsky, op. 4 no. 1 – Jonathan R. Green ‘The Lilacs’, lyrics by Ekaterina Beketova, op. 21 no. 5 – Sara Beth Pearson

Prelude op. 23 no. 2 B Flat Major – Alexander Chaplinskiy

‘I Was with Her’, lyrics by Aleksey Koltsov; op. 14 no. 6 – Jonathan R. Green

‘I Am No Prophet’ lyrics by Alexander Kruglov, op. 21 no. 11 – Zoya Gramagin

Prelude op. 23 no. 5 G Minor – Alexander Chaplinskiy

‘Child, Thou Art as Beautiful as a Flower’, lyrics by Heinrich Heine, translation by Aleksey Pleshcheyev, op. 8 no. 2 – Sara Beth Pearson

Prelude op. 32 no. 12 G Sharp Minor – Nataliya Medvedovskaya

Etude-Tableau op. 33 no. 7 E Flat Major – Nataliya Medvedovskaya

‘Vocalise’ op. 34 no. 14 – Sara Pearson

‘Spring Waters’, lyrics by Fyodor Tyutchev; op. 14 no. 11 – Zoya Gramagin

Intermission

Fernande Decruck (1896 – 1954) Sonate en Ut #17 – Nikolai Klotchkov, Alexander Chaplinskiy 1. Très modéré expressif 2. Noel 3. Fileuse 4. Nocturne et rondel

Cole Porter (1891 – 1964) Begin the Begun, lyrics by composer – Jonathan R. Green

Nataliya Medvedovskaya Hope (Ragtime) Celebration of Life (Ragtime)

Harold Arlen (1905 – 1986) ‘Get Happy’, lyrics by Ted Koehler – Sara Beth Pearson

Pedro Iturralde (1929-2020) Suite Hellenique – Nikolai Klotchkov 1. Kalamatianos 2. Funky 3. Valse 4. Kritis

Irving Berlin (1888 – 1989) ‘White Christmas’, lyrics by composer – Zoya Gramagin

Pedro Iturralde (1896 – 1954) Pequeña Czarda – Nikolai Klotchkov

Adolphe Charles Adam (1803 – 1856) ‘O Holy Night’, lyrics by Placide Cappeau, English translation by John Sullivan Dwight – all artists