Jenni Brandon’s “Love Songs” for oboe and soprano with selections performed by Dr. Joseph Tomaso and Eva Peng at a NW Missouri State University faculty recital. The recital is on October 30, 2022, at 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM. The performance is in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building. The recital is free, open to the public, and live streamed at Northwest Music | Guest/Faculty Recital (vimeo.com). The program is:

Northwest Missouri State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Fine and Performing Arts

presents

Ms. Eva Peng, soprano
Dr. Joseph Michael Tomasso, oboe/clarinet
Dr. Anthony Olson, pianist

Six German Songs for soprano, clarinet, and piano, Op. 103                               Louis Spohr
Sei still mein Herz (Be Still My Heart)
Zwiegesang (Duet)
Sehnsucht (Longing)
Wiegenlied in drei Tönen (Lullaby in Three Notes)
Das heimliche Lied (The Secret Song)
Wach auf (Wake up)

The Night Winds, Op. 5, no. 3                                                       Charles Griffes
The Prophet Bird (from Forest Scenes, Op. 82)                Robert Schumann
Aspects of a Landscape (for solo oboe)                                         Paul Reade
i.  Dawn (cold, grey light and first stirrings)
ii.  Birdsong
iii.  Bird-Movements
iv.  Sun Dance
v.  Conflict
vi.  Lament
vii.  Celebration
Romances for oboe and piano, Op. 94                                                       Robert Schumann
i.  Nicht schnell

Vocalize, Op. 34, No. 14                                                   Sergei Rachmaninoff

Song of the Blue-Corn Dance (from Love Songs for soprano and oboe)    Jenni Brandon
Bluebird                                                                             Caleb Pickering
Des Wandrer’s Nachtlied (The wanderer’s night song)                 Heinrich Josef Wasserman

Charles Johnson Theatre
4:30 pm, Sunday, October 30, 2022

All of Jenni’s compositions are available for purchase on her website Home – Jenni Brandon https://www.jennibrandon.com