Stephen Paulus:  Courtship Songs - Celebration

Tango von Isaac Albeniz. Rainer Schwander (Saxophon), Uwe Schachner (Cello), Bernhard von der Goltz (Gitarre).

08 Tango

River Flows In You - YIRUMA

"Intermezzo," 1969, by Jeraldine Saunders Herbison, b. 1941, USA, Piece No. 13 from Music by Black Composers, Flute Volume 1.

Created in partnership with the National Flute Association. (https://www.nfaonline.org/)

Music by Black Composers is a project of the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation. For more information, please visit www.musicbyblackcomposers.org/ and www.rbpfoundation.org/.

Dr. Paula Gudmundson, flute
Dr. Diana Shapiro, piano

Donald Schraugnagel, post-session producer and engineer

MBC Flute 1-13, Herbison - "Intermezzo" (FLUTE AND PIANO)

Beautiful and evocative, "Behold The Virgin Approaching" was written for chorus and later transcribed for piano trio.  It is part of a  larger work entitled Duan Nollaig, a collection of five carols for SATB chorus and piano. 


Davidson:  Behold the Virgin Approaching

Wistful Spirit

Recorded at Zion Community Commons, August 21, 2025

Laura Harada, violin
Aaron Kerr, cello
Rebecca Hass, piano

About “Ad Parnassum” (Ad Parnassum, 1932)
The dark outline of a pyramid-shaped mountain glows beneath a warm orange sun while an open archway invites the viewer to take the first step on their journey towards enlightenment. Inspired by the pyramids and temples of Egypt, Paul Klee’s pointillistic masterpiece from 1932 is built from contrasting blocks of color built up brick by brick in a style that he called “divisionism.” In the same way, the music takes the form of a rondeau as repeated musical progressions are developed through textural variations. In Greek mythology, Mount Parnassus is associated with Orpheus and the home of the nine muses and “a step towards Parnassus” (gradus ad Parnassum) came to define the gradual process of pursuing mastery in scholarship or the arts through diligent, repeated practice. The climb towards any summit begins with a single step and although that journey can be defined as a series of steps towards a goal, there is no guarantee that the path will be straightforward. The path may be winding, or may double back on itself, or seem to disappear altogether – it is built from small victories, epiphanies, frustrations and defeats – and by the end you have come full circle, stepping through the door towards Parnassus once again, both an exit and an entrance.

Ad Parnassum (1932) - No. 144.1 from Paul Klee : Painted Songs

Intermediate Level - Piano Solo - Romantic calm melody

I Miss Her

Architect - Chapter 4

Tranquil Movements

Original composition commissioned by UTS. Written, performed, recorded by Joan Banoit. 

pt. 4 contains additional vocals by Alix Higgins.

Wistful Spirit

Zicato Music

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