Online Videos of Court Street Music Recitals
[in chronological order, most recent first]
featuring Helene Williams, Leonard Lehrman, and their students:

10 Violin/Viola-Piano+Soprano Monthly Chamber Concerts in 2021
Tuesdays at 5PM with Helene Williams, Daniel Hyman & Leonard Lehrman:
For a Zoom invitation, please write to hwmlcontact@hotmail.com

10 Dec. 7, 2021 Winter
9 Nov. 9, 2021 Autumn
8 Oct. 5, 2021 Russia
7 Sep. 21, 2021 Romance, Romania & Humor
6 Jun. 1, 2021 Students & Teachers
5 May 4, 2021 in memory of Nat Lehrman
4 Apr. 6, 2021 Jewish Music Month
3 Mar. 2, 2021 Blitzstein, Spring, Mandelbaum
2 Feb. 2, 2021 Women Composers & Composers of Color
1 Jan. 12, 2021 Bach-Beethoven-Brahms-Siegmeister

9 Nov. 9, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/9Nov2021
Complete Concert
1 November (Heine-Lehrman)
2 Yeats-Mandelbaum
3 Shakespeare (Sonnet#116)-Mandelbaum
4 Grimcke-Mandelbaum
5 Bronte-Lehrman
6A Mozart, K. 454 Mvt 1
6B Mozart Mvt 2
6C Mozart Mvt 3
7 The Last Word
8A Brahms, op. 120 #2 (Viola) Mvt 1
8B Brahms Mvt 2
8C Brahms Mvt 3

8 Oct. 5, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/5Oct2021
Full Program Beginning   37:36
Full Program Conclusion   52:38
01 Slonimsky Prelude in C  1:46
02A Blok-LehrmanBenediction (English)   1:40
02B Benediction (Russian)   1:48
03 Glazunov Elegy  5:16
04 Katyusha  2:04
05 Tcherepnin Prayer 2:59
06 My University (Mayakovsky) 2:51
07 Greeting (Fet) 3:13
08 Quartet (Krylov) 3:50
09 Nightingale in a Dream (Derzhavin)  3:25
10 Me & Russia (Khlebnikov) 3:02
11 Unitled (Leybovich) 1:43
12 Tchaikovsky (Goethe)  2:23
13 Scriabin, op. 8 #12 2:54
14 Medvedovskaya 2:10
15 S&V Act II Trio   2:04
16A Prokofiev Vn-Pno Sonata #2 Mvt 1  6:45
16B Prokofiev Mvt 2  6:17
16C Prokofiev Mvt 3  4:14
16D Prokofiev Mvt 4  8:00

7 Sep. 21, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/21Sep2021
Complete 2:08:39
01 Dowland: Come Again, Sweet Love 3:08
02+ Lehrman-Shatzky: Tell Me, What Is Love?[Feb. 4, 2014] 3:01
03 Schumann: Romances#1-3 12:22
04 Schumann: Widmung[July 14, 2002] 2:19
05 Thomson VPSon#1 Mvts1-3 7:50
3 Nash for Norman [Eaton]:
-- 06A+ The Lion 1:20
-- 06 B+ The Purist 1:28
-- 06C+ The Termite 1:11
07 Ives: VPSon#4 Mvts1-3 13:28
08 Ives: They Are There 1:36
3 Eminescu Songs (Lehrman):
-- 09A+ Eminescu #1 (Sonnet 2) 3:05
-- 09B+ Eminescu #2 (Si daca) (And If) 2:02
-- 09C+ Eminescu #3 (Sonnet 3) 2:43
10 Bartok: Romanian Folk Dance #1 1:36
11 Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola & Piano 10:48
2 Tauberg Songs (Lehrman):
-- 12A+ Iubire (Love) 2:46
-- 12B+ Aventura (Adventure) 3:53
13 Beethoven: Romance #1 6:50
14+ Lehrman: Jewish Haikus #1-12 [Jan. 23, 2011] 8:18
15 Kreisler: Liebesleid 3:52

6 Jun. 1, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/1Juno2021
Complete Concert Pt A #1-12 1:25:36
Complete Concert Pt B #13-22 1:10:45
01 Hindemith: Trauermusik 6:17
02+ Kim: Letters Found Near a Suicide 6:11
03 Palmer FlSonMvt2 4:41
04+ Lehrer-Lehrman: Elements Updated 2:35
05+ Feiner: Harvest 2:23
06+ SCott EtAn FEinEr Variations (Lehrman) 5:16
07 Robert Shafer: Elegy 6:25
08 Robert Rodriguez Interview 4:30
09 Rodriguez: PTrio#1 Mvt1 3:03
10 Jay Gottlieb PTrio SlowMvt 7:55
11 LJL PTrio SlowMvt 2:04
12 Debussy-Lehrman M.Croche 1:33
13+ Robertson SlowMvt 4:26
2 Michael Shapiro Songs:
-- 14+ Wordsworth 1:13
-- 15+ Joyce 1:21
16 Herbert Deutsch: Quiet Times 3:32
17A Siegmeister: VPSon#6 Mvt1 6:53
17B Siegmeister: VPSon#6 Mvt2 5:38
18 Humperdinck: Notturno 4:19
19 Donald Sloan: CopyCat 3:25
20 Lukas Foss: Prelude 2:13
21 Leon Kirchner: Sonata Concertante 25:27
22 Humperdinck Albumblatt 1:44
Long Rodriguez Interview 15:41


5 May 4, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/4May2021
in memory of Nat Lehrman (1923-2020)
Complete program with Commentary
"Haymarket" from E.G.@SF, 1991
"If I Can't Dance" from E.G. +NSL
Maid of Athens by N.Lehrman
Maid of Athens Variations by L.Lehrman
Schubert Sonatina Mvt 1
Schubert Sonatina Mvt 2
Schubert Sonatina Mvt 3
For My Father ("Do Not Go Gentle" - Dylan Thomas-L.Lehrman)
SchumannMaerchenbild 1
SchumannMaerchenbild 4
Pity the Nation (Ferlinghetti-Lehrman)
Franck SonataMvt 1
Franck Sonata Mvt 2
Franck Sonata Mvt 3
Franck Sonata Mvt 4
Rachmaninoff PCto#2 Mvt1
Rachmaninoff PCto#2 Mvt2
Rachmaninoff PCto#2 Mvt3


4 Apr. 6, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/6Apr2021
Jewish Music Month
Bernstein, Ellstein, Bloch, Bruch, Mozart, Ravel, Weiner, Lehrer & Lehrman
with guest Alex Skovron from Melbourne
1 Shalom Rav
2 Secular Kaddish
3 Clementine Kaddish
4 Ravel Kaddish
5-6 Hanukka in SantaMonica-GootYuntif
7 Niggun
8 KolNidre Prelude
9 Bruch KolNidre Vn
10 I'd Like to GoAwayAlone
11 The Golem
12 MozVPSonEm Mvt1
13 MozVPSonEm Mvt2
14 Franchise
15 Bloch Nigun
16 Yiddish
17 VoltMaynTateh
18 Grine Kuzine
19 In der Fremd
20-21 ZogNitKeynmol-TumBalalaika
22 Agathon
23 Every Boy Should Have a Jewish Mother
24 LightInTheDarkness Va
25 ThinkingOfYou Va
26 MiShebeirach
27 OyMame

3 Mar. 2, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/2Mar2021
Blitzstein, Spring, Mandelbaum+Rodgers, Lehrer, Bach-Beethoven-Brahms
and guest Joel Mandelbaum
1 Parker-Blitzstein-Lehrman: War Song
2 Rodgers&Hammerstein: It Might As Well Be Spring
3 Lehrer: Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
4 Dickinson-Lehrman-Mandelbaum w/ Viola
5 Mandelbaum: FlamencoDancer#2
6 MandelBrahms
7 Groth-Brahms: Regenlied
8A Brahms: VPSon#1 Mvt1
8B Brahms: VPSon#1 Mvt2
8C Brahms: VPSon#1 Mvt3
9 Bach: Chaconne Theme
10 Mandelbaum: Music Is Time
11A Beethoven: Spring Sonata Mvt1
11B SpringSon Mvt2
11C SpringSon Mvt3
11D SpringSon Mvt4

2 Feb. 2, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/2Feb2021
including music by Yardena Alotin, Jeanne Singer, Hale Smith,
and guests Tania Leon, Juanita Smith, Mira J. Spektor & Kevin Scott
+surprise guests George Shirley and Ralph Locke!
1A Yardena Alotin VP Sonatina Mvt1
1B Alotin Mvt2
2 Tania Leon: Rondo a la Criolla
3 Hughes-Lehrman: A Dream Deferred
4 Hale Smith: Evocation
5 Where Have You Been Since Yesterday?
6 O Gee, How I Love You
7 When I Look in Your Eyes
8 Kevin Scott: In a Minute, Harold
9 Mira J. Spektor: Take Me Home Tonight
10 So lasst mich scheinen
11 Musensohn
12A Adele Berk VP Sonata Mvt1
12B Berk Mvt2
12C Berk Mvt3
13A Jeanne Singer#1 MergingSong
13B Singer#2 ADecade
13C Singer#3 Lament
13D Singer#4 All Beauty

1 Jan. 12, 2021 Playlist: tinyurl.com/12January2021
Bach-Beethoven-Brahms-Siegmeister
with guests Kim Rich & Mimi (Siegmeister) Koren
1 Bach: Siciliano
2 Bach: My Heart Ever Faithful
3A Beethoven: VPSon#7 Mvt1
3B Beethoven: VPSon#7 Mvt2
4 Rich-Siegmeister: Outside My Window
5 Rich-Lehrman: Poets in Their Own Home Town
6 Siegmeister-Lehrman: Untitled
7A Siegmeister: VPSon#3 Mvt1
7B Siegmeister: VPSon#3 Mvt 2
8 Hughes-Siegmeister: Childhood Memories
9 Hughes-Siegmeister: Chalk Marks
10 Groth-Brahms: Wie Melodien
11A Brahms: VPSon#2 Mvt1
11B Brahms: VPSon#2 Mvt2
11C Brahms: VPSon#2 Mvt3


Dec. 16, 2020 Beethoven Semiquincentennial Zoom Concert via Long Beach Public Library
Dec. 13, 2020 Beethoven Semiquincentennial Zoom Concert > via Oyster Bay & Valley Stream Libraries
June 6, 2020 Daniel Hyman, Bixby Kennedy (via remote), Helene & Leonard
June 9, 2019 Thomas Smith, Dakule Trio, Ben & Hannah Spierman,
Helene, Leonard & Catherine Neville (recorder, clarinets, alto sax)
June 3, 2018 Kristian Fajardo and Alexandru Caramihai, piano; Thomas Smith, tenor; Helene Williams, soprano, and the Dakule Trio:
Daniel Hyman, violin (also voice & piano); Kurt Behnke, cello; Leonard Lehrman, piano
June 4, 2017 Kristian Fajardo, piano; Pastor Jack Whritenour, piano; Nathaniel Lehrman, violin; and the Dakule Trio:
Daniel Hyman, violin; Kurt Behnke, cello; Leonard Lehrman, piano
January 13, 2017 Joel Mandelbaum, Nathaniel Lehrman, Thomas Smith, Kristian Fajardo
May 30, 2016 Bill Castleman, Kristian Fajardo, with poets Galina Leybovich & Efim Medvedovskiy, and composer Nataliya Medvedovskaya
June 21, 2015 Thomas Smith, Nathaniel S. Lehrman
June 28, 2014 Vanessa Bright, Thomas Smith, Lauren Levy
June 29, 2013 Cheyenne Ali, Vanessa Bright, Thomas Smith
June 2, 2012 Geri Lecessi, Thomas Smith, Tara Zemel
June 12, 2011 Scott Etan Feiner, Karen Gustave, Katie Mazalkov, Lloyd Tanedo
June 27, 2010 Estela Eaton, Ijeoma Merenini

Dec. 16, 2020 7PM Beethoven Semiquincentennial Zoom Concert
via the Long Beach Public Library
with Helene Williams and the Dakule Trio.
Dec. 13, 2020 2:30 PM Beethoven Semiquincentennial Zoom Concert
via the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library
and the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in Valley Stream
with Helene Williams and the Dakule Trio.
Commentary from Dec. 16 and full contents from Dec. 13 posted here.

Excerpts:
1 Trio, op. 1 #1 Mvt1
2 Ich liebe dich
3 Rondo
4 Mozart Magic Flute Duet
5 Magic Flute Duet Variations
6 In questa tomba oscura
7 Kreutzer Sonata Mvt1
8 Kennst du das Land
9 God Save the King Variations
10 Marzelline - from Fidelio
11 Vc-Pno Son #2 Finale
12 Adelaide
13A Archduke Trio Mvt1
13B Archduke Trio Mvt2
13C Archduke Trio Mvts3&4
14 Again My Lyre
Dec. 16 Beethoven (Long Beach)
Abbreviated Program + Commentary

House Concert Recital at Court Street Music of June 6, 2020
with Daniel Hyman, Bixby Kennedy (on remote), Leonard & Helene
Click here for concert playlist.

Excerpts:
01 Intro
02 Shalom Rav
03 Intro Dan Hyman
04 Niggun
05 Intro Sima
06 Manya's Lullaby
07 Intro+Maid of Athens
08 Variations
09 Intro Dylan Thomas
10 For My Father
11 Intro Mozart
12 Mozarrt VP Son#4 Mvt 1
13 Mozart VPSon#4 Mvt 2
14 Intro Ferlinghetti
15 Pity the Nation
16 Intro Bixby Kennedy
17 7 Meditatons on Hiroshima
18 Outro Bixby Kennedy
19 Intro Schubert
20 An den Mond
21 Intro Schumann
22 Maerchenbild 1
23 Maerchenbild 4
24 Intro Kaleko
25 Liebeslied
26 Intro+Beneath the Waning Moon
27 Intro Rachmaninoff
28 Rachmaninoff PCto2 Mvt2 (for Vn&Pno)
29 Intro Stages thru the Ages
30 Stages Thru the Ages
31 Beethoven SpringSonata Mvt1
32 Beethoven SpringSonata Mvt2
33 Beethoven SpringSonata Mvt3
34 Beethoven SpringSonata Mvt4
35 Intro+Berrymans Nov PSA

House Concert/Student Recital at Court Street Music of June 9, 2019
with Thomas Smith, Dakule Trio, Ben & Hannah Spierman,
Helene, Leonard & Catherine Neville (recorder, clarinets, alto sax)
Click here for concert playlist.

Excerpts:
01 Intro
02 Brecht-Weill-Blitzstein Ballad of the Easy Life (Tom)
03 Intro to Magic Flute Duet
04 Magic Flute Duet (Ben & Hannah)
05 Mozart Clarinet Trio Finale (Catherine, Dan, Leonard)
06 Beethoven Cello-Pno Variations on Magic Flute Duet (Kurt, Leonard)
07 Aria by Emperor Joseph I (Helene, Catherine, Leonard)
08 Bernstein: "Agathon" from Serenade (Dan, Leonard)
09 Intro to Martin Anderson
10 Lehrman: After-Life Irony (poem: Martin Anderson) Helene & Leonard
11 Lehrman: Thanatos (Kurt, Leonard)
12 Lehrman: The Big Fish (poem: Mary Stewart Hammond) Helene & Leonard
13 Lehrman: Thinking of You (Kurt, Leonard)
14 Lehrman: The Rainbow Shards (poem: Jane Collins) Helene, Leonard
15 Lehrman: The Dark Years (poem: Jane Collins) Tom, Leonard
16 Intro to Catherine Neville Suite
17 Neville: Suite in 5 Mvts (Bb Cl, Sop Rec, Eb Cl, A Cl, AltoSax & Pno)
18 Siegmeister-Gold: Strange Funeral in Braddock (Tom, Leonard)
19 Bruch: 8 Pieces for Cl,Va&Pno, op. 53 #6&4 (Catherine, Dan, Leonard)
20 Mikado Song a la russe (Ben)
21 Beethoven PTrio#1, op. 1 #1 (4 mvts) Dakule Trio

House Concert/Student Recital at Court Street Music of June 3, 2018
with Kristian Fajardo and Alexandru Caramihai, piano; Thomas Smith, tenor; Helene Williams, soprano; Sandra Fox, alto; and the Dakule Trio:
Daniel Hyman, violin (also voice & piano); Kurt Behnke, cello; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Video by Helene Williams.
Click here for concert playlist.

Excerpts:
01 Intro
02 Lehrman: Scaling the Heights
02A Intro + Scaling the Heights & Rothgarber: Russia, Russia @Hofstra, June 10, 2018
03 Intro + Fajardo: Boats in 2 Directions
03A Boats in 2 Directions @Hofstra, June 10, 2018
04 Bernstein-Stern: There Had to Be a Revolution (TomSmith)
05 Reading + Obradors: La mi sola (Helene Williams)
06 Reading + Obradors: Al Amor (Helene Williams)
07 Intro to Robert Levin's music
08 Levin: Phantom of Fontainebleau (Dan Hyman)
09 Slonimsky: Cordelia's Aria from King Lear (Helene Williams) Retake of June 20, 2018
on Boris Pasternak's Russian tr. of Shakespeare's play, tr. back into English by L.Lehrman
10 Lehrman-Blake: Love's Secret (Sandra Fox)
11 Smith-Thoreau: I Am a Parcel (Tom Smith)
12 Mandelbaum:-Millay Love Is Not All (Helene Williams)
13 Intro to 3 Blitzstein songs
14 Blitzstein: Writing a Letter, from Children's Cantata (Tom Smith)
15 Blitzstein: Purest Kind of a Guy, from No for an Answer (Tom Smith)
16 Blitzstein: Emily, from The Airborne Symphony (Tom Smith)
17 Intro to Alex Skovron Reading
18 Lehrman: The Last Word (Helene Williams) Retake of June 20, 2018
19 Schumann: Trio #1 mvt 1 (Dakule Trio)
20 Lehrman: "Brahms Trio #2" mvt 3 (Dakule Trio)

House Concert/Student Recital at Court Street Music of June 4, 2017
with Kristian Fajardo, Pastor Jack Whritenour, Nathaniel Lehrman, violin; and the Dakule Trio:
Daniel Hyman, violin; Kurt Behnke, cello; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Video by Amy Glass
Click here for concert playlist.
Click here for June 22, 2017 Valley Stream Herald article with photos.

Excerpts:
Welcome & Intro
Lehrman: Reineke Fuchs Overture
Lehrman: kriStiAn FAjArDo played by Kristian Fajardo
Aaron Copland (arr.): Long Time Ago sung by Helene Williams
Aaron Copland (arr.): Simple Gifts sung by Helene Williams
Fr_re Jacques played by Kristian & Leonard, sung by All in French, English, and Romanian(!)
Intro to Dakule Trio
Lehrman: Brahms' Cl Trio #2 (w/Vn) mvts 1&2 Dakule Trio
J.S. Bach: Double Concerto in C minor mvt 2 Pastor Jack & Leonard
Hugh Robertson: Piano Trio #2 mvt 2 Dakule Trio
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio #2 in E Minor mvts 3&4 Dakule Trio
Pushkin-Lehrman: Winter Morning(in English) sung by Helene
Galina Leybovich-Lehrman: Untitled (in English) sung by Helene
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio #1 in D Minor mvts 3&4
Naturist Anthem (Clothed!)

House Concert/CD Release Party at Court Street Music of January 13, 2017
All vocals by Helene Williams - except as noted -
with Leonard Lehrman at the piano
Video by Helene Williams
For further info on CD, "Harmonize Your Spirit With My Calm," Music by Leonard Lehrman & Joel Mandelbaum, go to http://www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr7951/.
Click here for concert playlist.

Excerpts:
CD Intro
Blok-Lehrman: Benediction
Mandelbaum: Prelude
Brahms: O wuesst ich doch
Edna St. Vincent Millay reading "Not in a Silver Casket"
Millay reading "Love Is Not All" +Comment
Millay-Lehrman: Not in a Silver Casket
on setting Millay
Millay-Mandelbaum: Love Is Not All
Two Parodies:
--Mandelbaum: Professor Song - sung by Mandelbaum
--N. S. Lehrman: Analysis Song - sung by N.S. Lehrman
Zhukov: Shutka played by Thomas Smith
Prokofiev: Gavotte from Classical Symphony
Corliss Lamont Story
Lehrman: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Song #1
Lehrman: Chorale for 2 Pianos
Lehrman: kriStiAn FAjArDo
Brahms: Vergebliches Staendchen

Court Street Music Recital of May 30, 2016
All vocals by Helene Williams - except as noted -
with Leonard Lehrman (sometimes as solo, sometimes in duet, sometimes just accompanying) at the piano
Video by Helene Williams
Click here for playlist.

Excerpts:
Intro by Leonard Lehrman
Weiner: Yiddish
Slepovich: Chashniki (duet)
Di Grine Kuzine (male solo)
Intro to Kristian Fajardo
The Volga Boatman (piano duet with Kristian Fajardo)
Intro to Goloopchik
Blitzstein: Goloopchik title song (duet) & Mamasha Goose
Slonimsky: Clouds
Intro to 3 Graces
Slonimsky: 3 Graces (piano solo)
Intro to E.G.
Russia-America (duo scene) from E.G.
Lehrer: Lobachevsky (male solo)
Blok-Lehrman: Benediction
Leybovich-Lehrman: Untitled
Krylov-Lehrman: Quartet (male solo)
Derzhavin-Lehrman: Nightingale in a Dream
Pushkin-Lehrman: Winter Morning
Mayakovsky-Lehrman: My University (male solo)
Intro to Medvedovskiy/aya
Medevdovskiy/aya: Within me music would resound
KolodaDuda/WhereHaveAllTheFlowersGone? (duet)
Lehrman: Memorial Day Poem
h Joe Hill sung by Bill Castleman
Prokofiev: Xenia's Lament from Boris Godunov
Mandelbaum: Prelude & Finale (piano solo) from The Dybbuk
Intro to Sima
Manya's Lullaby from Sima (in Russian)
Intro to Mikhoels the Wise
Adolphe: Birobidjan Scene (duet) from Mikhoels the Wise
Intro to Tum Balalaika
Tum Balalaika (duet)


Complete Court Street Music Recital of June 21, 2015
in memory of Emily R. Lehrman (Mar. 1, 1923-Jan. 13, 2015)
Video by Helene Williams & Joel Simpson
Click here for playlist.

Excerpts:
Concert Intro by Leonard Lehrman
Johannes Brahms: Wie Melodien - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Robert Palmer: Kaw River - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Carl Nielsen: Wondrous Fragrance of the Evening - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Thomas Smith-Walt Whitman: I Am the Poet of the Body - Thomas Smith, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Rusalka's Act 2 Aria from Rusalka, tr. L. & Emily Lehrman - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
N. Lehrman: Maid of Athens composed & sung by Nathaniel S. Lehrman, intros by Leonard Lehrman
L. Lehrman: Manya's Lullaby from (Sima) - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
L. Lehrman: Maid of Athens Variations [in memory of Emily R. Lehrman] - Nathaniel S. Lehrman, violin; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Richard & Gloria Rindermans-L. Lehrman: Politicians' Polka - w/Intro - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman at the piano
Fiddler Intro by Leonard Lehrman
Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick: A Fiddler on the Roof [cut] from A Fiddler on the Roof - Thomas Smith, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick: Any Day Now [cut] from A Fiddler on the Roof - Thomas Smith, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Two Settings of Proverbs 31 [in memory of Emily R. Lehrman]:
--L. Lehrman: A Woman of Valor - sad - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
--L. Lehrman: A Woman of Valor - happier - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Man of La Mancha Intro by Leonard Lehrman
Mitch Leigh-Joe Darion: Dulcinea from Man of La Mancha- Thomas Smith, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Mitch Leigh-Joe Darion: The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha - Thomas Smith, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Orel Protopopescu-L. Lehrman: A Villanelle for Emily [in memory of Emily R. Lehrman] - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
L.Lehrman-Gunter Loscher: Sehnsucht (Eng.) from Let's Change the Woild! - Thomas Smith, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, piano
I Know Where I'm Going Scottish folksong, in memory of Ronnie Gilbert (1926-2015) - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Leonard Bernstein Intro by Leonard Lehrman
Leonard Bernstein: Anniversary - for Aaron Leonard Lehrman, piano
Leonard Bernstein-Yoko Ono-Sean Ono Lennon: Sean Song - Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin: This Is New (from Lady in the Dark)- Thomas Smith, tenor; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Johannes Brahms: Vergebliches Staendchen- Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano

Click here for Playlist.
Excerpts from Court Street Music Recital of June 28, 2014

One's Self I Sing Thomas Smith sings his setting of poem by Walt Whitman, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
Rachel's Air, "Il va venir," from La Juive by Halevy
--sung by Helene Williams, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
3 Emily Dickinson Songs by Herbert Rothgarber, sung by Helene Williams with Leonard Lehrman, piano
--individual Rothgarber-Dickinson Songs: I'm Nobody, If I Could Stop One Heart from Breaking, Out of the Morning
My Ship by Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin, from Lady in the Dark, sung by Thomas Smith, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
Leo Kraft: 3 Short Pieces (Busy Day, Spiritual, Thumbs Under)- Leonard Lehrman, piano
Passion Spent by Peter I. Tchaikovsky (on poem by A. Tolstoy)
--sung by Vanessa Bright & Thomas Smith, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
Kuma's Aria from Tchaikovsky's Tcharodeyka Act IV
--sung in Russian by Lauren Levy, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
Tchaikovsky by Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin, from Lady in the Dark sung by Thomas Smith, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
Leonard Lehrman: Nightingale in a Dream (Gavril Derzhavin) sung a cappella in Russian by Vanessa Bright
Spring Waters by Rachmaninoff (on poem by Tyutchev)
--sung in Russian by Lauren Levy, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
Romeo & Juliet Duet by Peter I. Tchaikovsky, completed by Alexander Taneyev
--sung by Vanessa Bright & Thomas Smith, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman



Excerpts from Court Street Music Recital of June 29, 2013
All except the first number accompanied by Leonard Lehrman at the piano

For Cheyenne piano solo by Leonard Lehrman, for Cheyenne Ali, performed by her
Pamina-Papageno Duet from Mozart's Magic Flute (Ruth & Thomas Martin tr.) sung by Helene Williams & Ben Spierman
My Childhood Home I See Again poem by Abraham Lincoln, music by Thomas Smith, sung by composer
I Bought Me A Cat arr. by Aaron Copland, sung by Helene Williams
Old MacDonald American folksong played & sung by Cheyenne Ali & Leonard Lehrman
Old MacDonald's Viennese cabaret song by Gerhard Bronner, tr. & sung by Leonard Lehrman
Ode to the City of Cologne poem by Thomas Coleridge, music by Leonard Lehrman, sung by Thomas Smith
Miller's Aria from Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka sung in English by Benjamin Spierman
I See Your Image by Alexander Alyabyev, sung in Russian by Vanessa Bright
Smiths of Peace: For Susan June Blake poem by Max Wheat, music by Leonard Lehrman, sung by Helene Williams
A Letter to Louise poem by John Reed, music by Leonard Lehrman, sung by Vanessa Bright
John Reed poem by Abel Meeropol, music by Elie Siegmeister, sung by Thomas Smith
The Lark by Mikhail Glinka, sung in Russian by Vanessa Bright
Hymn to the Moon from Dvorak's Rusalka sung in French by Helene Williams
Strange Funeral in Braddock by Michael Gold & Elie Siegmeister, sung by Thomas Smith
First Reunion by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, sung in Russian by Vanessa Bright
Mary Lincoln's Lament by Julie Mandel, written for & sung by Helene Williams
Passion Spent duet by Peter Ilyitich Tchaikovsky, sung in Russian by Vanessa Bright & Thomas Smith

Excerpts from Court Street Music Recital of June 2, 2012:

Songs from Days of the Commune by Bertolt Brecht and Hanns Eisler, translated by Leonard Lehrman
sung by Thomas Smith & Geri Lecessi, with Leonard Lehrman at the piano:
Introduction; Solidarity Song, Easter at Nogent-sur-Seine, United Front Song

"Sunday Psalm" by Mira J. Spektor (text: Phyllis McGinley)
--introduced & arranged for duet by Leonard J. Lehrman; sung by Geri Lecessi & Helene Williams
"I Saw A Swallow In Its Flight" by Mordecai Yardeini (text: Dora Teitelboim, English translation: Aaron Kramer);
--poem read in the original Yiddish by Lee Weintraub; sung in English (world premiere) by Helene Williams
"Precious Flower" by Geri Lecessi, sung by her;
"Wild Flowers" by Leonard Lehrman (poem by Jud Newborn) introduced by composer & poet;
--sung by Helene Williams, composer at the piano (world premiere)
"La Mer est plus belle"by Claude Debussy (poem by Paul Verlaine) sung by Helene Williams, with Leonard Lehrman at the piano
"You Get Me" written and sung by Tara Zemel; arr., ed. & accompanied by Leonard Lehrman
"Take Me Home Tonight" by Mira J. Spektor, arr. L. Lehrman, sung by Helene, accompanied by Leonard
"Feux d'Artifices" (Fireworks) by Claude Debussy; Leonard Lehrman, piano solo
"A Blessing & Prayer for Healing" by Leonard Lehrman, introduced by him,
--then sung by Geri Lecessi with the composer at the piano

Court Street Music House Concert/StudentRecital Valley Stream, NY, June 12, 2011
Excerpts from video by Robert Goldberg:

"My Song": Helene Williams sings Leonard Lehrman's setting of Lorraine Mund's poem;
"Katyusha": Katie Mazalkov sings the famous Russian folksong that bears her (nick)name;
"Die junge Nonne": Helene Williams sings Franz Schubert's epic setting;
"Musical Chairs": Helene Williams sings world premiere of Leonard Lehrman's setting of poem by Carol Miller;
Karen Gustave & Lloyd Tanedo perform Leonard Lehrman's "Up Again," his piano duet, op. 175 #3
Leonard Lehrman & Scott Etan Feiner play world premiere of Leonard's
Theme & Variations: SCott EtAn Feiner, op. 200

Court Street Music House Concert/Student Recital Valley Stream, NY, June 27, 2010
Excerpts from video by Robert Goldberg:

Midnight Muse by Estela Eaton (click here for an interview with her) & Leonard Lehrman
--performed by Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman
At Least I'm Still Alive by Ijeoma Merenini
--performed by her & Leonard Lehrman
Long Island Is Just Not Long Enough by Marcia McNair & Leonard Lehrman
--performed by Ijeoma Merenini & Leonard Lehrman