Commonalities: Spring 2024 Recital

The theme for this recital is “Commonalities”. I invited each performer to find a piece of music or a composer with whom they had something in common, with a goal towards being more connected to the music and bring more of themselves into their performances. Another consequence of finding commonalities is connect with a genius composer or well-written music and feel that you yourself have that same capacity for greatness within!

At right, Emanual Schikaneder as Papageno in 1791 production of The Magic Flute by W A Mozart

Music performed:

• Papageno’s Song from The Magic Flute
• Saxophobia by Rudy Wiedoeft
• The Merry Go Round of Life by Joe Hisaishi
• Them from The Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert
• Perfect by Ed Sheeran
• Melody in A Major by Charles G Dawes
• Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy
• Tarantella Napoletana, traditional Italian music