Juilliard Pride Songbook | The New Series
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09-May-2024
For additional artistic context, watch the pre-concert talk hosted by Brian Zeger, Artistic Director of the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts. View the pre-concert talk here: https://www.juilliard.live/videos/pride-songbook-pre-concert-talk
This performance of the Juilliard Pride Songbook celebrates the school’s LGBTQIA+ community of the present and past by featuring the creative work of our living and legendary LGBTQIA+ composers. Seven alums were commissioned to write pieces specifically for this concert, which are performed alongside existing works by composers from Juilliard’s extraordinary musical legacy.
JOSEPH N. RUBINSTEIN
uncoil*
Theo Hayes, Mezzo-Soprano
Jinhee Park, Piano
THOMAS PASATIERI
From Three Poems by James Agee
How Many Little Children Sleep
Colin Aikins, Tenor
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano
DAVID DEL TREDICI
She Weeps Over Rahoon
Shavon Lloyd, Baritone
Michał Skowronek, Piano
DAVID DIAMOND
Billy in the Darbies
Felix Zender, Countertenor
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano
ANNE QIAN WANG
[BLANK] Slate*
Samuel Rosner, Tenor
Michał Skowronek, Piano
NED ROREM
Love
Felix Zender, Countertenor
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano
AMELIA BREY
Sea Poppies*
Colin Aikins, Tenor
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano
LOWELL LIEBERMANN
A Variation on “To Say to Go to Sleep," Op. 22, No. 3
Saniyyah Bamberg, Soprano
Jinhee Park, Piano
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Irreverent Heart
Samuel Rosner, Tenor
Michał Skowronek, Piano
LAURA KARPMAN
Anticipation*
Saniyyah Bamberg, Soprano
Jinhee Park, Piano
NORA KROLL-ROSENBAUM
Mise en Scène*
Theo Hayes, Mezzo-Soprano
Jinhee Park, Piano
MATTHEW AUCOIN
Are we [extinct yet]*
Shavon Lloyd, Baritone
Michał Skowronek, Piano
MATTHEW LIU
The Optimist*
Matthew Liu, Tenor
Michał Skowronek, Piano
*Juilliard commission
Music Preparation by John Arida and Reed Woodhouse
Performed and recorded on May 9, 2024 at Paul Hall
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