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Composer |
Composition |
MP3 Link |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| Charley Gerard | Four Variations on a Doo-Wop Theme (live at the Donnell Library, NY) |
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| 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) 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") 10. Bad Luck Card (improvised) & 11. Bad Man (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) |
| 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) |
II. Alla marcia, ben misurato 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| Johannes Brahms | Variations in D on an Original Theme, Op. 21#1 (Carl Banner, piano) | |
| JS Bach | Partita #3 in A minor BWV 827 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Ratner Museum, December 12, 2007) | |
| Igor Stravinsky | Sonata for Piano (Carl Banner, piano; live at Ratner Museum, 12.12.07) ) | |
| 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) |
A Little More (Barnett/Older) I Wanna be Like You (Louis Prima) Girl Talk (Hefti/Troup) (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) | |
| 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 (from the 1st rehearsal) |
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 |
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| Charley Gerard | "The Godfather of Soul" Piano Trio | |
| Lawrence Moss | "Emily's Song" (premiere) Gary Poster, bass, Joel Borelli-Boudreau, trombone |
Emily's Song |
| Leos Janacek | Concertino (2nd movement) | Concertino (2nd movement) |
| Vaclav Nelhybel | Concert Etude for clarinet & piano | Concert Etude |
| Bohuslav Martinu | Petrklic | |
| Johannes Brahms | Trio in A minor, Op. 114 for clarinet, cello, & piano (from the first rehearsal) | |
| Bedrich Smetana | Trio in G minor, Op. 15 | |
| 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) | |
| Charley Gerard | Had Us at Hello (Gary Poster, bass, Carl Banner, piano) | |
| William Bolcom | Cabaret Song (Gary Poster, bass) | Love in the Thirties |
| Jean Francaix | Cinq danses exotiques (Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, Carl Banner, piano) | |
| Johannes Brahms | Sextet in Bb Op. 18 (Trio version) | Rondo: Poco allegetto e grazioso |
| Johannes Brahms | Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 | Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto |
| WA Mozart | Sonata in Bb, K.333 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Lutheran Church, Nov. 26, 2006) | |
| Robert Schumann | Kinderscenen, Op. 15 (Carl Banner, piano, live at Galilee Lutheran Church, Nov. 26, 2006) | |
| 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) |
Tragedy in the Water ("Tragedie Vodnikova") |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Vaclav Nelhybel | Suite for Tuba & Piano (Blair Goins, tuba, Carl Banner, piano) | |
| Charley Gerard | "The 44 Faces of Funk"for clarinet, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (premiere) |
I. "Flunk" |
| Franz Schubert | "Trout" Quintet | |
| Bohuslav Martinu | Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola & Piano | |
| 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) | |
| Robert Schumann | Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 44 | |
| Thelma Stein | Berceuse | Berceuse |
| Johannes Brahms | Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 (Daniel Banner, violin, Carl Banner, piano) | Allegro |
| W.A. Mozart | Sonata in Bb, K. 378 (Daniel Banner, violin, Carl Banner, piano) | |
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| Ernest Bloch | Piano Quintet #1 | |
| Gabriel Fauré | La Bonne Chanson (with Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano) |
La lune blanche luit dans les bois J'allais par des chemins perfides |
| JS Bach | Cantata #82 (with Gary Poster, bass, and Rhonda Buckley, soprano saxophone) | |
| Carl Banner | Interview with Stephanie Kaye | WAMU Metro Connection interview. |
| Marilyn Banner | My Art | |
| Antonin Dvorak | Piano Quartet in D Op. 23 | |
| W.A. Mozart | Quintet for piano and winds, K.452 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| John Stephens | Trio for clarinet, cello, & piano (premiere) | |
| Jay Vosk | Sonata for alto saxophone & piano (Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano) (premiere) | |
| 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) | |
| Johannes Brahms | Two Songs (Karyn Friedman, mezzo, Carl Banner, piano) | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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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