Sample Program
(See beneath program for Mr. Masterson’s working repertoire):
"The lass with the delicate air" (Arne)
"Song of India" Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov)
"Mon coeur s'ovre a ta voix" Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns)
"Haiden-Röslein" theme and variations (Schubert)
"Glitter and Be Gay" Candide (Bernstein)
-------"Golliwog's cakewalk" (Debussy)
"I ride an old paint" Rodeo (Copland)
"Goin' home" theme New World Symphony (Dvorak)
“Bachianas Brasileiras” No. 5 (Villa-Lobos)
"Hungarian Dance" No. 5 (Brahms)
-------Classical music solo for pianist, selection TBA.
-------"Rondo alla Turka" (Mozart)
"The Swan" Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns)
"Ritual Fire Dance" (de Falla)
Intermission
"Ragtime Dance" medley (Joplin)
Waltz medley: The Bride Elect, El Capitan (Sousa)
Three Preludes (Gershwin)
Commissioned piece, TBA.
-------Selections from Brazilian choro and Cuban son,
accompanied by guitarist.
-------Classical duet for pianist and guitarist, selection TBA.
--------Porgy & Bess, medley, for harmonica, guitar and piano
--------Encore: "Humming Chorus" Madama Butterfly (Puccini),
harmonica, guitar and piano.
Possible second encore: "Czardas" (Monte)
---------Damien Masterson's working repertoire:
"The Beauty of the Classical Harmonica"
(Repertoire subject to change)
Opera Arias and Art Songs:
“Ave Maria” (Bach-Gounod)
“Ave Maria” (Schubert)
“Bell Song” Lakmé (Delibes)
Carmen, medley (Bizet)
“Celeste Aïda” Aïda (Verdi)
“Claire de lune” (Debussy)
“Czardas” Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
“Die bildnis ist’s bezaubernd schoen” The Magic Flute (Mozart)
“E lucevan le stelle” Tosca (Puccini)
“Glitter and be Gay” Candide (Bernstein)
"Haiden-Röslein" theme and variations (Schubert)
"Humming Chorus" Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
“Là ci darem la mano” Don Giovanni (Mozart)
“Lass with the Delicate Air” Arne
"Meditation" Thaîs (Massenet)
"Mon couer s’ovre a ta voix" Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns)
“Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Doll Song) Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
“O mio babbino caro” Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
“Papagena, Papagena” The Magic Flute (Mozart)
“Poor wand’ring one” The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Porgy and Bess, medley (Gershwin)
"Song of India" Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov)
“The sun whose rays are all ablaze” The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
“Vocalise” (Rachmaninoff)
“Where’er you walk” Semele (Handel)
"Zigeunerlieder" (Brahms, Op. 103 Nos. 7 & 8)
-------Classical/World Music:
"Air on a G String" (J.S. Bach)
“Bachianas Brasileiras” No. 5 (Villa-Lobos)
“Bolero” (Ravel)
“Claire de lune” (Debussy)
"Czardas" (Monte)
"Elvira Madigan" theme, Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)
“Going home” theme, New World Symphony (Dvorak)
“Golliwog’s cakewalk” (Debussy)
“Hungarian Dance” No. 5 (Brahms)
"I ride an old paint," Rodeo (Copland)
“Malagueña” (Lecuona)
“On the trail,” Grand Canyon Suite (Grofé)
“Ritual Fire Dance” (de Falla)
“Rondo alla Turka” (Mozart)
“Sabre Dance” (Khachaturian)
"The Swan," Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns)
“Three Preludes” (Gershwin)
“Vivace,” Sonata in C Major, Op. 2 No. 6 (Marcello)
"Zigeunerweisen" (Sarasate)
Brazilian choro and Cuban son, selections,
repertoire to be announced.
-------Contemporary/Original works, Commissions,
repertoire to be announced.