Upcoming
Partially underwritten by Mrs. Nellie Gipson
with
Svetozar Ivanov, piano
Program
Berceuse
music by Louis Andriessen – “Berceuse”
poetry by Sappho – “fragment 46”, Ancient Greek reading by Sister of Iris
El Tango de la Muerte
music by Alberto Novión - “El Tango de la Muerte” and Frederic Rzewski – “Steptangle”
poetry by Alejandra Pizarnik – from “Uncollected Poems”
Autumn Leaves
music by Michael Ippolito – “Album (Autumn) Leaf”
poetry by Jacques Prévert – “Autumn Leaves”
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Bella Ciao
music by Sahba Aminikia – “Inspector’s Scrutiny”
audio recordings from Evin Prison and street protests in Iran
In Time of Daffodils
music by Valentin Silvestrov – “Elegy”
poem by E. E. Cummings – “In Time of Daffodils”
field recordings from The Valley of Daffodils in Ukraine
Thirst
music by Alexander Scriabin – “Preludes op. 74 No. 1,2,4”
poetry by Blaga Dimitrova – “Thirst”
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Gloomy Sunday
music by Rezső Seress – “Gloomy Sunday” and George Crumb – “Tora! Tora! Tora!”
poetry by Federico Garcia Lorca – “Farewell”
The Bells
music by Henry Cowell – “Fairy Bells” and Lucciano Berio – “Erdenklavier”
poetry by Edgar Allan Poe – “The Bells”
Berceuse
music by Robert Helps – “Radiance”
poetry by Federico Garcia Lorca – “Berceuse for a Sleeping Mirror”
This project is made possible in part with funds from regrant programs supported by the funding agencies The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and the Howard Gilman Foundation, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC).
