Recital: Shuqi Yang '23 GD, Soprano

NEC: Williams Hall | Directions

290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA
United States

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow.

Shuqi Yang '23 GD studies Voice with Carole Haber and is the recipient of a scholarship made possible by the Perkin Opera Scholarship Fund.

She has entitled her program "Abide the World."

This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here: https://necmusic.edu/live

Artists
  • Shuqi Yang '23 GD, soprano
  • Michael Banwarth, piano
  • Felicitas Schiffner and Hyun Ji Lee, violin
  • Aidan Garrison, viola
  • Pi-Wei Lin, cello
  • Jacob Kalogerakos, double bass
  • Carole Haber, studio teacher

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | “Ch’io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato bene”, K. 505

     

    Program note

    This is a very famous concert aria by Mozart, which comes from the story of Ilia and Idamante in Mozart's opera Idomeneo. The whole piece is about the confession of love and the farewell. Mozart composed this unique concert aria combining solo voice, piano obbligato and orchestra, which he made for himself and soprano Nancy Storace. It is Mozart's farewell to Nancy Storace before her departure from Vienna.

    Artists
    • Felicitas Schiffner and Hyun Ji Lee, violin
    • Aidan Garrison, viola
    • Pi-Wei Lin, cello
    • Jacob Kalogerakos, double bass
    • Michael Banwarth, piano

  2. Franz Schubert

    Die Männer sind méchant!, D. 866
    Du liebst mich nicht, D. 756
    Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt, D. 877
    Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118

    Program note

    These four Schubert pieces are all about love, obsession, longing, lust and loss.

  3. Henri Duparc

    Testament
    La vie antérieure
    Le galop

     

    Program note

    This group is about life before death and recalling the past life with magic but secret sadness. The last song, Le galop, for me means that no matter how painful the past was, we should look forward, like a free horse, and go ahead and explore the unknown world of the future!
     

  4. Franz Schubert

    Rastlose Liebe, D. 138
    Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D. 583
    Nacht und Träume, D. 827

     

    Program note

    Schubert’s position in the field of Lieder is crucial. These three pieces are more abstract than the four pieces in the first group, but they are all about morality, human nature, fear and respect. Often, human nature is against social morality. So how do we choose? After all the struggle between  right and wrong, we will finally return to a peaceful world and a peaceful heart.

  5. Lee Hoiby

    Winter Song
    The Serpent
    Goodbye, Goodbye world
    There came a wind like a bugle

     

    Program note

    These four songs focus on nature, climate, animals, and life philosophy. The final two songs—Goodbye, Goodbye world and There came a wind like a bugle inspired the title of the recital.  Goodbye, Goodbye world is about a dead woman recalling her happy life as a girl.  She realizes that she had enjoyed so much beauty in this world, and every minute people are ignoring this world. But at this moment she can only say goodbye to the world.  There came a wind like a bugle tells me that no one can escape from everything in the universe, and no one can not follow the laws and facts of this world. What we have to do is to accept and enjoy the present moment, face the storms of the world, and face all these sorrows with grace. Abide the world, and you will be fine finally.

  6.  

    Thanks to my piano partner and coach, Michael Banwarth,
    without whom I can’t do this recital!

    Thanks to my string players Felicitas Schiffner, Hyun Ji Lee, Aidan Garrison, Pi-Wei Lin and Jacob Kalogerakos, who make it possible to perform my     beloved Mozart concert aria with a group of musicians!

    Special thanks to my voice teacher and mentor, Ms. Haber
    and my coach Justin Williams,
    who have been teaching and supporting me during my whole three-year journey at NEC.

    Thank you all who watch this recital
    and are willing to give me the opportunity to share the music stories!

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