Music: Sun May 19

Hard to believe she’s a grandma, but Janet Bear, our intrepid Music Committee co-chair, is the guiding force behind this morning’s musical selections. At last fall’s Goods and Service Auction, Janet won the chance to plan music for a Sunday morning worship service. Mindful of her interest in music inspired by women as well as by her joyously burgeoning family, I have programmed works connected to childhood, women, and female offspring. The Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge alludes to his daughter Yvette in his charming Sonatine pour Yvette from 1962. Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen was inspired by his love of Clara Wieck, who would eventually become his wife. These “Scenes of Childhood” remind listeners that Clara was a girl of 11 when Schumann met her. Debussy had his beloved daughter “Chouchou” in mind, when he wrote his Children’s Corner, which furnishes his memorable tribute to African-American musical culture in “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk.” Jacques Ibert’s lilting “A Giddy Girl” rounds out the gallery of portraits of young women. Read on for programming details.

Centering Music: Adam Kent, piano

Sonatine pour Yvette

            I. Vivo e spiritoso

            II. Moderato molto

            III. Allegretto

                                                            Xavier Montsalvatge

Opening Music:
From Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15

                                    Träumerei

                                    Robert Schumann

Offertory:
From Children’s Corner

                        Golliwogg’s Cake Walk

                                                Claude Debussy

Interlude:
From Histoires

             A Giddy Girl  

                                                Jacques Ibert