Celebratory concert in honor of President Frances D. Furgusson

Compact disc. Recorded in concert, May 13, 2006, Martel Recital Hall, Vassar College. Vocal works sung in English (Wilson), German (Brahms), or Russian (Borodin)

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Table of Contents

Remarks by Michael Pisani -- Six Renaissance pieces / anon. ; publ. Pierre Attaingnant, 1531 ; Praeludium in F major, BuxWV 145 / Dietrich Buxtehude (Merellyn Gallagher, organ) -- Remarks by Richard Wilson -- Three songs on poems by Paul Kane / Richard Wilson (Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano ; Patrick Litterst, marimba) -- Concerto in C minor for three pianos and orchestra, BWV 1064 / Johann Sebastian Bach (Blanca Uribe, Todd Crow, Richard Wilson, pianos ; Vassar College Orchestra ; Eduardo Navega, conductor) -- Nänie : for chorus and orchestra, op. 82 / Johannes Brahms (Vassar College Choir ; Vassar College Orchestra ; Christine Howlett, conductor) -- Prince Igor. Polovetsian dances / Alexander Borodin (Vassar College Choir ; Vassar College Orchestra ; Eduardo Navega, conductor)

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Vassariana

Subject (Topical)

Organ music

Songs (Medium voice) with marimba

Concertos (Piano ensemble with string orchestra)

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Genre