Piano

Knoxville Summer of 1915 – Samuel Barber
Text by James Agee. Recorded at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Mass. Beth Thompson, soprano. Pamela McClain, piano.

Cantata – John Carter. Recorded at Middlebury College, VT, in October 2000, as part of a recital entitled, “How Can I Keep From Singing?”  Beth Thompson, soprano. Pamela McClain, piano.

La boîte à joujoux – a ballet by Claude Debussy. Performed by Pamela McClain, commentary and piano, and Lina Ramos, narrator, at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, NM. Contact me for mp3 file.

Organ

Sonata No. 1: Phantasie – Paul Hindemith. Recorded on the organ of St. Luke Lutheran Church, Richmond, VA. June 10, 2016

Evening Song – David Hurd.  Recorded at the St. Luke Lutheran Church organ in Richmond, VA, on June 10, 2016

Narration

Camille Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals was recorded at the Paley Music Festival, in Richmond VA, in September 2015.  The pianists were Russian virtuoso, Alexander Paley, and his wife Pei-wen Chen.

Production

The Stoned Guest (S.86 proof)
A Half-Act Opera by P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?
edited by Professor Peter Schickele
Bach’s Lunch Series July 15, 1998
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music

Cast

Donna Ribalda (a high-born lady of the lowlands)
                                  sung by Mezzanine-Soprano Caprice Corona
Carmen Ghia (a woman of ailing repute)
                                  sung by Off-Coloratura Emily Browder
Don Octave (an itinerant nobleman)
                                  sung by Bargain Counter Tenor Craig Hanson
Dog: Houdentenor Maggie McGee Magnolia McClain
Il Commendatoreador (the stoned guest)
                                  laid on by a Basso Blotto

Produced and Directed by the bad harpsichordist, Pamela McClain,
with Beach Bum Kurt Piemonte, cello, and Stage Manager Taylor Burton-Chrisman
By arrangement with Theodore Presser Company, publisher and copyright owner