Song and Verse: Morrison | Lorca: Songs Inspired by the Writings of Toni Morrison and Federico García Lorca

NEC: Burnes Hall | Directions

255 St. Botolph St.
Boston, MA
United States

Tonight's concert brings together two writers who gave voices to the unheard, the unseen, and the oppressed within their communities. Working at the convergence of art and social justice,  Morrison and Lorca exposed the daily miseries of racism, poverty, and class struggles by combining myth, folklore, and lyrical narrative in revolutionary and exciting ways. Seen together, their works show us how language has the power to liberate even as we strive to tell the stories of the forgotten and disadvantaged in our own times.

Inaugurated in the fall of 2020, the Song and Verse recital series provides a platform for undergraduate singers at NEC to experience the unique and invigorating process of song preparation and performance—creating interpretations, building performance skills, and forging intellectual and musical connections with a wide literature.

Working closely with Vocal Arts faculty members, students will engage with rich traditions of song composition from around the globe.

Committed to diversity, our programs will feature both established and emerging composers and poets from across many cultures and traditions. This series creates new opportunities for students to participate with the singular type of storytelling unique to song. 

J. J. Penna is the curator and pianist for tonight's program.

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

  1. Reading: Toni Morrison, from "Sula"


    Errollyn Wallen | About Here

    Artists
    • Cori Luebke-Brown, soprano

  2. Reading: Toni Morrison, from "Sula"


    Libby Larsen | Boy's Lips

    Artists
    • Yoomin Kang, soprano

  3. Reading: Federico García Lorca, to his friend Adolfo Salazar (1921)

  4. LORCA SUITE


    Paul Bowles | Cancionilla from Cuatro Canciones de García Lorca

    Xavier Montsalvatge | Paisaje from Canciones para niños

    Paul Bowles | Balada amarilla from Cuatro Canciones de García Lorca

    Xavier Montsalvatge | Canción tonta from Canciones para niños

    Paul Bowles | Media luna from Cuatro Canciones de García Lorca


    READING: Federico García Lorca, "The little boy was looking for his voice"


    Miguel Ortega | Romance de la luna

    Paul Bowles | Murió al Amanecer     from Cuatro Canciones de García Lorca

    Xavier Montsalvatge | Canción China en Europa, from Canciones para niños

    Artists
    • Cori Luebke-Brown, soprano
    • Yoomin Kang, soprano
    • Nico Ottersberg Enriquez, baritone

  5. Reading: Federico García Lorca, from "Sonnets of Dark Love"


    Joaquín Rodrigo | ¿Con qué la lavaré? from Cuatro Madrigales

  6. Reading: Federico García Lorca, from "Sonnets of Dark Love"


    Joaquín Rodrigo | Vos me matásteis from Cuatro Madrigales

  7. Reading: Federico García Lorca, from "Sonnets of Dark Love"


    Joaquín Rodrigo | De los álamos vengo, Madre from Cuatro Madrigales

    Artists
    • Jialin Han, soprano

  8. Reading: Federico García Lorca, from "Sonnets of Dark Love"

  9. André Previn | from "Honey and Rue"


    First, I'll Try Love

    Whose House is This?

    Artists
    • Yumeng Xing, soprano

  10. Richard Danielpour | from "Spirits in the Well"


    At Some Point the World's Beauty is Enough

    I Envy Public Love

    There Are No New Songs

    Artists
    • Anna Poltronieri Tang, soprano

  11. Reading: Toni Morrison, from "Sula"

     

    Federico García Lorca | Nana de Sevilla

    Artists
    • Nico Ottersberg Enriquez, baritone
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