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Composer
Composition
MP3 Link
John Stephens Inventions for Solo Clarinet (Live at the Ratner Museum, August 20, 2008; Ben Redwine, clarinets) Inventions for Solo Clarinet
Lawrence Heinen Variations for Sasha (Live at the Ratner Museum, August 20, 2008; Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano) Variations for Sasha
Robert Kahn Jungbrunnen (Live at the Ratner Museum, August 20, 2008; Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Judith Spokes, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Carl Banner, piano) Nun stehn die Rosen in Blüte
Mein Herzblut geht in Sprüngen
Waldesnacht, du wunderkühle
Wie bin ich nun in kühler Nacht
Wie trag ich doch im Sinne
In der Mondnacht
Es geht ein Wehen durch den Wald
Antonin Dvorak Trio in E minor, Op. 90, the "Dumky" Trio (Live at the Ratner Museum, August 20, 2008; Judith Spokes, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Carl Banner, piano) Lento maestoso
Andante
Andante moderato
Allegro
Lento maestoso
Arthur Roberts Three works for computer Scherzo
Untitled
3 Etudes
Johannes Brahms Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114 (Ben Redwine, clarinet, Amy Leung, cello, Carl Banner, piano, from August 14, 2008 rehearsal) Allegro
Adagio
Andante grazioso
Allegro
Viktor Kalabis Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 39 (1974) Vivo
Adagio
Allegro Vivo
Ludwig van Beethoven (?) Duo #1 in C, WoO27 (Judith Spokes, violin, David Cho, cello, live at the Ratner Museum, July 15, 2008) Allegro con moto
Larghetto sostenuto; Rondo: Allegretto
Johannes Brahms Trio in B, Op. 8 (The BannerArts Trio, Judith Spokes, violin, David Cho, cello, Carl Banner, piano, live at the Ratner Museum, July 15, 2008) Allegro con brio
(video 1;
video 2)
Scherzo: Allegro molto (video)
Adagio (video)
Allegro (video)
Johannes Brahms Trio in B, Op. 8 (The BannerArts Trio, from rehearsal)

Allegro con brio
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Adagio
Allegro

Gabriel Fauré Trio in D minor, Op. 120 (The BannerArts Trio, Judith Spokes, violin, David Cho, cello, Carl Banner, piano, live at the Ratner Museum, July 15, 2008) Allegro ma non troppo
Andantino (video)
Allegro vivo
Franz Schubert Duo in A, Op. 162 (Judith Spokes, violin, Carl Banner, piano, live at the Ratner Museum, June 29, 2008)

Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Presto
Andantino
Allegro vivace
YouTube videos: 1, 2, 3

Johannes Brahms Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 108 (Judith Spokes, violin, Carl Banner, piano, live at the Ratner Museum, June 29, 2008) Allegro
Adagio
Un poco presto e con sentimento
Presto agitato
YouTube videos: 1, 2 & 3, 4
Erik Satie "Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes)" (Judith Spokes, violin, Carl Banner, piano) Choses vues
YouTube video
Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht Mack the Knife (Arranged by Charley Gerard; Clea Nemetz, mezzo, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, John Jensen, trombone, John O'Brien, tenor banjo, Carl Banner, piano. Live at Busboys and Poets Restaurant, June 18, 2008) Mack the Knife
Johannes Brahms Two Songs with Viola, Op. 91 (Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano; live at the Ratner Museum, May 20, 2008) Gestillte Sehnsucht
Geistliches Wiegenlied
Dina Koston "For Solo Violin (Homage to Bela Bartok)" (Sally McLain, violin; premiere performance, live at the Ratner Museum, May 20, 2008) "For Solo Violin (Homage to Bela Bartok)"
Johannes Brahms Three Songs from Op. 105 (Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Carl Banner, piano; live at the Ratner Museum, May 20, 2008) Wie Melodien
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Auf dem Kirchhofe
Johannes Brahms Three Songs from Op. 105 (Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Carl Banner, piano; from rehearsal, May 18, 2008) Wie Melodien
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Auf dem Kirchhofe
Johannes Brahms Sonata for violin and piano in A, Op. 100 (Sally McLain, violin, Carl Banner, piano, live at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, May 20, 2008)

Allegro amabile
Andante tranquillo
Allegretto grazioso

Robert Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben (Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Carl Banner, piano, live at Rock Spring Congregrational Church, February 13, 2005)

1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
3.Ich kann's nicht fassen
4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
6. Süsser Freund
7. An meinem Herzen
8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan

Robert Schumann Dichterliebe (Scott Williamson, tenor, Carl Banner, piano, live at BannerArts, November 16, 2002)
Poems by Heinrich Heine. Translation by Carl Banner

1. & 2. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, and Aus meine Tränen
3. Die Rose, die Lilie
4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
6. Im Rhein
7. Ich grolle nicht
8. Und wüssten's die Blumen
9. Das ist ein Flöten
10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen
11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet
14. Allnächtlich im Traume
15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es
16. Die alten, bösen Lieder

JS Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Carl Banner, piano, transcription by Myra Hess) Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
JS Bach Sheep May Safely Graze (Carl Banner, piano, transcription by Egon Petri) Sheep May Safely Graze
Arnold Cooke Nocturnes (live at Rock Spring Congregational Church, February 24, 2008, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Beth Graham, french horn, Carl Banner, piano) I. The Moon (Shelley)
II. Returning, We Hear the Larks (Isaac Rosenberg)
III. River Roses (D. H. Lawrence)
IV. The Owl (Tennyson)
V. Boat Song (John Davidson)
Franz Schubert Auf dem Strom (live at Rock Spring Congregational Church, February 24, 2008, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Beth Graham, french horn, Carl Banner, piano) Auf dem Strom
Johannes Brahms Sonata #3 in f minor, Op. 5 (live at Rock Spring Congregational Church, February 24, 2008, Carl Banner, piano)

Allegro maestoso
Andante espressivo

Judith Weinstock and Charley Gerard Three Songs from "The Shoestring Symphony" (live at the Donnell Library, NY. Clea Nemetz, mezzo soprano, Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano)

Goddess

I Hate My Ex

Plainspoken Man

Charley Gerard

Four Variations on a Doo-Wop Theme (Whitney LaGrange, violin, Eva Gerard, viola, Carl Banner, live at the Donnell Library, NY, March 10, 2008)

Variation 1

Variation 2

Variation 3

Variation 4

Charley Gerard The Weary Blues Project:

Live at Busboys and Poets, Washington DC

January 23, 2008

The Poetry of Langston Hughes

Read by Holly Bass

Music by Charles Mingus and Charley Gerard

Performed by Washington Musica Viva

Carl Banner, piano

Charley Gerard, alto saxophone

Pepe González, bass

John Kamman, guitar

Chris Royal, trumpet

Harold Summey, Jr., drums

1. Hey! (Gerard) & 2. The Weary Blues (Gerard)

3. Blues At Dawn (Gerard)

4. Commercial Theatre (Gerard)

5. Ballad of the Fortune Teller (Gerard)

6. Too Blue (Gerard) & 7. Six-Bit Blues (Gerard, based on Junior Parker’s "Mystery Train")

8. Morning After (Gerard)

9. Could Be (improvised)

10. Bad Luck Card (improvised) & 11. Bad Man (Gerard)

12. Life Is Fine (Gerard)

13. Hey! Hey! (Gerard)

Intermission

14. Consider Me (Mingus), 15. Warning: Augmented (no music)

16. Motto (Mingus), 17. Dead In There (Mingus. a.k.a. Weird Nightmare)

18. Final Curve (no music), 19. Boogie 1 am (improvised)

20. Tell Me (Chopin), 21. Good Morning (Mingus), 22. Harlem (improvised, Mingus)

23. Same Is Blues (improvised)

24. Comments on a Curb (Mingus), 25. Democracy (no music)

26. Island (Mingus. aka Double G Train)

27. Fall In Line (Gerard)

Charley Gerard Goldberg's in a Sentimental Mood, or the Ellingberg Variations (Carl Banner, piano; live at the Ratner Museum, Dec. 12, 2007) Ellingberg Variations
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 #2 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Church, Pasadena MD, October 21, 2007) Intermezzo in A
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 #2 (Carl Banner, piano, live at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda MD, December 12, 2007) Intermezzo in A
Scott Joplin Solace, A Mexican Serenade (Carl Banner, piano, live at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda MD, December 12, 2007) Solace
Scott Joplin Solace, A Mexican Serenade (Carl Banner, piano) Solace
William Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Church, Pasadena MD, October 21, 2007) Graceful Ghost Rag
William Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag (Carl Banner, piano) Graceful Ghost Rag
Bob Dylan Father of Night (Carl Banner, piano and vocals, July 15, 2003) Father of Night
Viktor Ullmann Piano Sonata #7 (1944) (Carl Banner, piano)

I. Allegro gemächliche

II. Alla marcia, ben misurato

III. Adagio, ma con moto

IV. Scherzo: Allegretto grazioso

V. Variationen und

VI. Fuge über ein hebräisches Volkslied

Charley Gerard Tatumesque (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano, live at the Donnell Library, NY) Tatumesque
Charley Gerard Will You Love My Earth Kiss Tomorrow, a medley of reinterpreted Carole King songs (with a little Stravinsky). (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano, live at the Donnell Library, NY) Will You Love My Earth Kiss Tomorrow, a medley of reinterpreted Carole King songs (with a little Stravinsky).
Erwin Schulhoff Hot Sonate (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano - from rehearsal)

1

2

3

4

Jean Francaix Cinq danses exotiques (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano - from rehearsal) Pambiche
Baiao
Mambo
Samba Lenta
Merengue
Astor Piazzolla Tango-Etudes for alto saxophone & piano (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano - from rehearsal)

1. Décidé

2. Tempo Tango pesante.

Anxieux et rubato

3. Molto marcato e energico

4. Lento meditativo

5. (quarter=120)

6. Avec anxiété

Ralph Rainger Easy Living (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano - from the first rehearsal) Easy Living
Ralph Rainger Easy Living (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano - live at the Donnell Library, NY) Easy Living
George Walker Viola Sonata (1989) (Amadi Hummings, viola, Carl Banner, piano; live at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, June 10, 2007; Scott Burgess, recording engineer)

Part 1 (also on YouTube)

Part 2 (also on YouTube)

Johannes Brahms Variations in D on an Original Theme, Op. 21#1 (Carl Banner, piano)

Theme

Variations 1-4

Variations 5-7

Variations 8-coda

JS Bach Partita #3 in A minor BWV 827 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Ratner Museum, December 12, 2007)

Partita #3 in A minor

Igor Stravinsky Sonata for Piano (Carl Banner, piano; live at Ratner Museum, 12.12.07) )

first movement

second movement (Adagietto)

third movement

Stephen Paulus The Long Shadow of Lincoln (with Gary Poster, bass) I. Be Sad, Be Cool;
II. Be A Brother;
III. Make Your Wit A Guard;
IV. Be A Brother, If So Can Be;
V. There Is Dust Alive;
VI. Be Sad, Be Kind;
VII. The Earth Laughs
Charlie Barnett Songs of Chaise Lounge (Marilyn Older, vocals, John Jensen, trombone, Charlie Barnett, guitar, Ben Redwine, clarinet/saxophone, Carl Banner, piano, Greg Watkins, bass, Mark Carson, drums). Live at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, June 10, 2007 (Scott Burgess, recording engineer)

Bom

A Little More (Barnett/Older)

Ipso Facto

Lonely is as Lonely Does

I Wanna be Like You (Louis Prima)

Girl Talk (Hefti/Troup)

Blue: the Distracted Reader

(Also on YouTube)

Blair Goins "Dedications" suite for piano (Carl Banner, piano; live at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, June 10, 2007; Scott Burgess, recording engineer)

Yoko

Janet

Lesley

Safiyya

Epilogue

WA Mozart "S'altro che lacrime " from La Clemenza di Tito, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ramón Tasat, guitar S'altro che lacrime
WA Mozart "Tardi, s'avvede" from La Clemenza di Tito, Gary Poster, bass, Ramón Tasat, guitar Tardi, s'avvede
GF Handel "The flocks shall leave the mountains" from Acis & Galatea, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ramón Tasat, tenor, Gary Poster, bass, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano The flocks shall leave the mountains
WA Mozart "O wie ängstlich" from Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Ramón Tasat, tenor, Carl Banner, piano O wie ängstlich
GF Handel "Happy We" from Acis & Galatea, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ramón Tasat, tenor, Carl Banner, piano Happy We
GF Handel "Love in her eyes" from Acis & Galatea, Ramón Tasat, tenor, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano Love in her eyes
WA Mozart "Ah, se fosse" from La Clemenza di Tito, Ramón Tasat, tenor, Carl Banner, piano Ah, se fosse
GF Handel "As when the dove" from Acis & Galatea, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano As when the dove
GF Handel "Cara speme" from Giulio Cesare, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Carl Banner, piano Cara speme
WA Mozart

"O wie will ich triumphieren" from Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano

O wie will ich triumphieren
GF Handel "Scherzano sul tuo volto" from Rinaldo, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano Scherzano
GF Handel

"Ruddier than the cherry" from Acis & Galatea, Gary Poster, bass, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano

Ruddier than the cherry
WA Mozart

"Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir" from Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano

Ich gehe
WA Mozart "Parto, parto" from La Clemenza di Tito (Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano Parto, parto
Daniel Sonenberg Six Small Pieces for clarinet and piano (Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano, from rehearsal)

I. Baseball Trains

II. "Bluebird-like"

III. Primate Behavior

IV. Wozzeck

V. Minimal

VI. Erinnerung: 31 October 1981 (in memoriam,  Neil Sonenberg)

Bela Kovacs After You, Mr. Gershwin (from the 1st rehearsal) Kovacs
Walter S. Hartley

Trio-Miniatures for alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, & piano

Trio-Miniatures

Charley Gerard "The Godfather of Soul" Piano Trio

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Lawrence Moss

"Emily's Song" (premiere)

Gary Poster, bass, Joel Borelli-Boudreau, trombone

Emily's Song
Leos Janacek Concertino (2nd movement) (Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano) Concertino (2nd movement)
Vaclav Nelhybel Concert Etude for clarinet & piano (Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano) Concert Etude
Bohuslav Martinu Petrklic

3. Plaint

5. At Noon

Bedrich Smetana Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (Natasha Bogachek, violin, David Teie, cello, Carl Banner, piano)

Moderato assai

Allegro, ma non agitato

Finale: Presto

Edward "Duke" Ellington The Mooch (arrangement by Chris Royal; from the first rehearsal) Mooch
Edward "Duke" Ellington Love You Madly! (arrangement by Charley Gerard; from the second rehearsal) Love You Madly!
Edward "Duke" Ellington Satin Doll (arrangement by Charley Gerard; from the second rehearsal) Satin Doll
Edward "Duke" Ellington Daydream (arrangement by Charley Gerard; from the second rehearsal) Daydream
I. Masatoshi Mitsumoto Sonatina for clarinet & piano (Ben Redwine, Carl Banner; from rehearsal)

Allegro inquietante

Largo triste; Allegro vivo

Charley Gerard Had Us at Hello (Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano)

Had Us at Hello (rehearsal)

Had Us at Hello (Atlas)

William Bolcom Cabaret Song (Gary Poster, bass) Love in the Thirties
Jean Francaix Cinq danses exotiques (Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano)

Pambiche

Baiao

Mambo

Samba Lenta

Merengue

Johannes Brahms Sextet in Bb Op. 18 (Trio version. Live at the Ratner Museum, March 22, 2005. Sally McLain, violin, David Teie, cello, Carl Banner, piano)

Allegro ma non troppo

Andante, ma moderato

Scherzo: Allegro molto

Rondo: Poco allegetto e grazioso
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Allegro

Allegro, ma non troppo

Andante con moto

Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
WA Mozart Sonata in Bb, K.333 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Lutheran Church, Nov. 26, 2006)

Allegro

Andante

Allegro

Robert Schumann Kinderscenen, Op. 15 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Lutheran Church, Nov. 26, 2006)

Part I

Part II

Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in Bb minor (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Lutheran Church, Nov. 26, 2006) Nocturne in Bb minor
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo Op. 116#6 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Lutheran Church, Nov. 26, 2006) Intermezzo Op. 116#6
Johannes Brahms Capriccio Op. 76#8 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Lutheran Church, Nov. 26, 2006) Capriccio Op. 76#8
Jaroslav Jezek

"V+W" cabaret songs. Lyrics by Voskovec & Werich. Arrangements and English performing texts by Maurice Saylor (with translation assistance from Dagmar White). (Jeffery Peterson, tenor, Ben Redwine, clarinet/baritone/tenor saxophone, Linda Smith, violin, Davy DeArmond, trumpet, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Joel Borrelli-Boudreau, trombone, Blair Goins, tuba, Carl Banner, piano, Harold Summey, drums)

Life is a Chance

A Ghost is Haunting the House

Serenade

Tragedy in the Water ("Tragedie Vodnikova")

It's Clothes that Make the Man

Franz Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano) Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Bohuslav Martinu Sonatina for clarinet & piano (Ben Redwine, Carl Banner) Sonatina for clarinet & piano
Pamela Helton Summer Music (2005) (Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano

Summer Music (2005)

Sidney Carl Bailin “Scènes” for soprano, vibraphone, cello, and piano  (with Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano) Scènes
Vaclav Nelhybel Scherzo Concertante for horn & piano Scherzo Concertante
Vaclav Nelhybel Piano Brass Quartet

Allegro marcato

Molto adagio

Allegro vivo

Vaclav Nelhybel Suite for Tuba & Piano (Blair Goins, tuba, Carl Banner, piano)

Allegro marcato

Quasi improvisando

Allegretto

Slow

Allegro con bravura

Charley Gerard

"The 44 Faces of Funk"for clarinet, piano,

2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (premiere)

I. "Flunk"
II. "Turn it Loose"
III. "In Memory of a Marvelous Mutt"
IV. "The 44 Faces of Funk"

Franz Schubert "Trout" Quintet

Allegro

Andante

Scherzo. Presto

Thema; Andantino mit Variationen

Finale: Allegro giusto

Bohuslav Martinu Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola & Piano (Philippe Chao, viola, Carl Banner, piano, live at the Embassy of the Czech Republic, February 21, 2006)

Moderato

Molto adagio: Allegro

Johannes Brahms Two Songs for mezzo, viola, and piano, Op. 91 (live at BannerArts, June 5, 2004. Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano)

Gestillte Sehnsucht op. 91 no. 1

Geistliches Wiegenlied op. 91 no. 2

Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 44

Sostenuto - Allegro

Scherzo

Andante

Finale

Thelma Stein Berceuse Berceuse
Johannes Brahms Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 (Daniel Banner, violin, Carl Banner, piano)

Allegro
Adagio
Un poco presto e con sentimento
Presto agitato

W.A. Mozart Sonata in Bb, K. 378 (Daniel Banner, violin, Carl Banner, piano)

Allegro
Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
Rondo: Allegro

Charlie Barnett Memphis, TN Memphis TN
Michael Strand

1. Afligido (Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano) (premiere)

2. Afligido, arranged by Mariano Castro, Buenos Aires (Mariano Castro and Omar Massa)

1. Afligido

2. Afligido

Lawrence Moss Six Short Pieces for alto saxophone and piano (Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone) Six Short Pieces
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton Black Bottom Stomp Black Bottom Stomp
Ysaye Barnwell Song of the Exile (arranged by Charley Gerard) Song of the Exile
Edward "Duke" Ellington

Three Songs (arranged by Charley Gerard)

Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano

I've Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)

In My Solitude

All Too Soon

Ernest Bloch Piano Quintet #1

Agitato

Andante mistico

Allegro energico

Gabriel Fauré

La Bonne Chanson

(with Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano)

Une Sainte

Puisque l'aube grandit

La lune blanche luit dans les bois

J'allais par des chemins perfides

J'ai presque peur, en vérité

Avant que tu ne t'en ailles

Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été

N'est-ce pas?

L'hiver a cessé

JS Bach Cantata #82 (with Gary Poster, bass, and Rhonda Buckley, soprano saxophone)

Ich habe genug

Schlummert ein

Ich freue mich

Carl Banner Interview with Stephanie Kaye WAMU Metro Connection interview.
Marilyn Banner My Art

Part 1

Part 2

Antonin Dvorak Piano Quartet in D Op. 23

Allegro moderato
Andantino
Allegretto scherzando

W.A. Mozart Quintet for piano and winds, K.452

Largo; Allegro moderato
Larghetto
Allegretto

W.A. Mozart L'amero, saro costante (Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano) L'amero, saro costante
W.A. Mozart Sonata K.581 (after the quintet) Ben Redwine, clarinet, Carl Banner, piano

Allegro

Larghetto

Menuetto

Allegretto con Variazione

Max Bruch Stücke Op. 83 (Ben Redwine, clarinet, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano) #2, #6, #3, #7 
W.A. Mozart Trio K. 498 ("Kegelstatt") Ben Redwine, clarinet, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano

Andante

Menuetto

Allegretto

Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132 (Ben Redwine, clarinet, Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano) 1, 2, 3, 4.
George Walker Lament (Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano) Lament
Maurice Saylor Alta Quies, on poems of A.E. Housman (Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano)

The Mill-stream

Pleiads I

Alta Quies

Pleiads II

For My Funeral

John Wesley Work III Scuppernong Suite (Carl Banner, piano) Suite
Thomas Kerr Riding to Town (Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano) Riding to Town
Mordechai Seter Sonata for piano (Carl Banner, piano) Sonata
Libby Larsen Holy Roller (Rhonda Buckley, alto sax, Carl Banner, piano) Holy Roller
Libby Larsen Slang (with Ben Redwine, clarinet) Slang
Libby Larsen "Love After 1950" (Karyn Friedman, mezzo, Carl Banner, piano)

Boys' Lips
Blond Men
Big Sister Says
The Empty Song

I Make My Magic

Holly Bass Seven Crown Man "Seven Crown Man"
Jessica Krash Sex in the Suburbs Sex in the Suburbs
James Brody DRD4 (based on the DNA sequence of a dopamine receptor gene) (premiere) DRD4
Janet Peachey "Views Through a Window" on poems by Beth Joselow (with Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano)

Suzy Q

August Routine

Icebox

The Story

John Stephens Trio for clarinet, cello, & piano (premiere. Live at Rock Spring Church, March 26, 2006. Ben Redwine, clarinet, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano)

Moderato con moto

Intermezzo: Melancolia con Passione

Perpetuum mobile: Allegro

Jay Vosk Sonata for alto saxophone & piano (Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano) (premiere)

Prelude

Scherzando

Siciliano

Ira Herskowitz Return to Sender "Return to Sender"
Ira Herskowitz You can't judge a paper by looking at the title "You can't judge a paper by looking at the title".
John Kamman "Chamber Jazz Sextet" (premiere) Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
Johannes Brahms  Three Duets (Karyn Friedman, mezzo, & Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano)

Die Meere
Weg der Liebe (I)
Die Schwestern

Johannes Brahms Two Songs (Karyn Friedman, mezzo, Carl Banner, piano)

Sonntag

Von ewiger Liebe

Johannes Brahms Lerchengesang (Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Carl Banner, piano) Lerchengesang
Johannes Brahms Denn es gehet, from Four Serious Songs (Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano) Denn es gehet
Bohuslav Martinu La Revue de Cuisine (Masatoshi Mitsumoto, conductor)

Prologue

Tango

Charleston

Finale

Polly Craft "When is the next poem? Or, composting in winter" read by Sarah Craft Composting in Winter
Hans Gal Suite Op. 102b for alto saxophone and piano (Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano) Cantabile
Furioso
Con grazia
Burla
Johannes Brahms 1st Liebeslieder Waltz (Elizabeth Kluegel, Karyn Friedman, Jason Rylander, Gary Poster) Liebeslieder Waltz
Gabriel Fauré Piano Trio Op. 120 (Live at the Ratner Museum, March 22, 2005. Sally McLain, violin, David Teie, cello, Carl Banner, piano)

Allegro ma non troppo

Andantino
Allegro vivo

Bedrich Smetana From My Songs (Karyn Friedman, mezzo, Carl Banner, piano "From My Songs"
Robert Schumann Kinderscenen Op. 15 (Carl Banner, piano) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Robert Schumann Abschied (Carl Banner, piano) Abschied
Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in Bb minor (Carl Banner, piano) Nocturne
Darius Milhaud "The Household Muse" (1945) (Carl Banner, piano) 1. My Own
2. The Awakening; Household Cares
3. Poetry
4. Cooking; Flowers in the House
5. Laundry; Music Together; The Son who Paints
6. The Cat; Fortune Telling; Nursing the Sick; Sweetness of the Evenings
7. Reading at Night; Gratitude to the Muse
Ulf Grahn Trio for alto saxophone, viola, and piano (premiere) (Anders Lundegard, saxophone, Kim Buschek, viola, Carl Banner, piano) Trio
Gabriel Fauré Quintet in D minor Op. 89

Molto moderato

Adagio

Allegretto moderato

Michael Strand Pasos Gatunos (premiere)

Anders Lundegard, soprano saxophone, Carl Banner, piano

Pasos Gatunos
Antonin Dvorak Piano Quintet in A Op. 81

Allegro ma non tanto
Dumka: Andante con moto
Scherzo: molto vivace
Finale: Allegro

Michael S Glaser poetry reading from March 2003 poem
Erwin Schulhoff

Hot Sonate for alto saxophone & piano

Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano

1. 2. 3. 4.
Darius Milhaud Dance for alto saxophone & piano (Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano) "Dance"
John McCabe Musica Notturno (with Betty Hauck, viola) "Musica Notturno"
Blair Goins Joy (Carl Banner, piano) (premiere) "Joy"
Blair Goins Leslie (Carl Banner, piano) (premiere) "Leslie"
Joachim Stutschewsky Kol Nidrei (Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano) "Kol Nidrei"

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