Recital: Shuqi Yang '23 GD, Soprano
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
- 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
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
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. 118Program note
These four Schubert pieces are all about love, obsession, longing, lust and loss.
Henri Duparc
Testament
La vie antérieure
Le galopProgram 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!
Franz Schubert
Rastlose Liebe, D. 138
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D. 583
Nacht und Träume, D. 827Program 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.
Lee Hoiby
Winter Song
The Serpent
Goodbye, Goodbye world
There came a wind like a bugleProgram 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.
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!