Center Stage from Wolf Trap showcases live performances from some of today's finest chamber musicians. Recorded in the acoustically superb Barns at Wolf Trap, these one-hour programs include spontaneous conversation with hosts Rich Kleinfeldt and Lee Anne Myslewski. Located near Washington, D. C., the rebuilt eighteenth-century Barns at Wolf Trap serve as theater, concert setting and home to the Wolf Trap Opera. A veteran broadcaster and musician, Rich Kleinfeldt is known for his lively dialogues on classical radio programs. He performs with the Washington Saxophone Quartet. Lee Anne Myslewski mentors artists for Wolf Trap Opera's summer festival, and she programs the Chamber Music at The Barns series.
Boston Brass
Traditional: Joy to the World
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Traditional Ukrainian: Carol of the Bells
Astor Piazzolla: Milonga del Angel
Franz Gruber: Silent Night
Traditional (arranged by Boston Brass): Holly and Ivy
Felix Bernard (arranged by Sam Pilafian): Winter Wonderland
Martin, Hugh and Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Johnny Marks: Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer
Richard Stores Willis (arranged by J. D. Shaw): Midnight Clear
Irving Berlin (arranged by J. D. Shaw): White Christmas
Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol (arranged by J. D. Shaw): Caravan
Washington Symphonic Brass
Phil Snedecor: A Christmas Fanfare, Angelus ad Virginem
Traditional English: Carol of the Bells, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, A Little Barley Corne, The Wexford Carol, Here We Come A-Wassailing, The Holly and the Ivy, We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Traditional Polish: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Traditional German: In Dulci Jubilo
Traditional French: Noel Nouvelet
John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I Wander
Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
Gustav Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella
Attacca Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Trio Cavatina
Gabriela Ortiz: Trifolium
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Augusta Read Thomas: ...a circle around the sun…
Mark-Andre Hamelin, piano
Leopold Godowsky: "Wine, Women and Song" from 3 Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Johann Strauss II
Claude Debussy: Images, Book 1
Samuil Feinberg: Sonata No. 4, Op. 6
Mark-Andre Hamelin: Toccata on "L'Homme Arme"
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Aaron Copland: "Simple Gifts" from Appalachian Spring
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Bill McGlaughlin: Bagatelles
Pat Metheny: In Her Family
Nigel Rotunda Wood: Perpetual Motion
Aaron Copland: Hoe Down from Rodeo
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Zuill Bailey, cello; Awadagin Pratt, piano
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op 38
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
