Experience the wide range of ideas, sounds, and cultures that have inspired composers from the Americas in the 20th century. The program opens and closes with vibrant, beloved classics by Copland and Gershwin brought about by their travels to Latin America. In between are personal statements inspired by things close to each composers’ heart — their relationship with religion, their interpretation of native fold music, and a deeply intimate reaction to the death of a friend. Take a trip in sound from the pulsating dance hall to the quietest prayer in this exploration of music from the Western Hemisphere.
PROGRAM
JESSICA RIVERA, soprano
MICHAEL STEPHEN BROWN, piano
GILLES VONSATTEL, piano
NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS, cello
IAN DAVID ROSENBAUM, percussion
Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
El Salón México for Piano and Percussion (arr. Bernstein) (1932–36, arr. 1941)
BROWN, ROSENBAUM
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Three Meditations from Mass for Cello, Piano, and Percussion (1971, arr. 1977)
CANELLAKIS, BROWN, ROSENBAUM
Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
“Chacarera” from Cinco canciones populares argentinas for Voice and Piano, Op. 10 (1943)
RIVERA, VONSATTEL
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
“North Carolina Blues” for Voice and Piano (1942)
RIVERA, VONSATTEL
Ginastera
“Gato” from Cinco canciones populares argentinas for Voice and Piano, Op. 10 (1943)
RIVERA, VONSATTEL
Manuel Ponce (1882–1948)
“Estrellita” for Voice and Piano (1912)
RIVERA, VONSATTEL
Bernstein
“I Feel Pretty” from West Side Story for Voice and Piano (1957)
RIVERA, VONSATTEL
Bernstein
“Somewhere” from West Side Story for Voice and Piano (1957)
RIVERA, VONSATTEL
INTERMISSION
Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
Mariel for Cello and Marimba (1999)
CANELLAKIS, ROSENBAUM
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
“A maré encheu” from Guia prático for Piano (1932)
VONSATTEL
Villa-Lobos
“O polichinelo” from A prole do bebê for Piano (1918)
VONSATTEL
Ginastera
Pampeana No. 2, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Op. 21 (1950)
CANELLAKIS, BROWN
Tania León (b. 1943)
“Oh Yemanja” from Scourge of Hyacinths for Soprano, Cello, and Piano (1994)
RIVERA, CANELLAKIS, BROWN
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Cuban Overture for Piano, Four Hands, and Percussion (1932)
BROWN, VONSATTEL, ROSENBAUM, CANELLAKIS