Recital: Jade Wu '22, Saxophone

Benjamin Britten | Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, op. 49

Pan, who played upon the reed pipe which was Syrinx, his beloved.

Phaeton, who rode upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt.

Niobe, who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain.

Bacchus, at whose feasts is heard the noise of gaggling women’s tattling tongues and shouting out of boys.

Narcissus, who fell in love with his own image and became a flower.

Arethusa, who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river god, was turned into a fountain.

Jacques Ibert | Concertino da Camera

Allegro con moto
Larghetto – Animato molto

Ryo Noda | Maï

Poem

At dusk of an Autumn evening,
As the moon reflects its silver light on the surface of the waves,
General Kiyotsun Taira plays his flute.

Standing at the bow of his ship, 
He seizes his dagger and slices a braid(knot) from his head,
Places it by his feet,
And disappears into the sea.

At the threshold of his house,
The ghost of the Samurai appears.
Confronting him his wife asks:
“Why did you leave?”
“To save my army”, he answered...“Because I knew in advance that the battle was lost,
and thus, I saved the lives of my men and their families”.
“And me”, she said, “Did you think of me”?

from Git de Heike (history of the Tairan warrior clan)
 

Robert Schumann | Fantasiestücke, op. 73

Zart und mit Ausdruck
Lebhaft, leicht
Rasch und mit Feuer

Big thank you to my teacher Ken Radnofsky for the six years of teaching.
Thank you to my friends who were helpful and supportive.
Finally, thank you Aga.