She Became FireFriday July 5, 2024, 7 pm Eastern
St. John's in the Village Episcopal Church 218 W 11th St., New York, NY 10014 Join Dr. Lisa Neher, Portland's New Music Mezzo, in concert with with pianist Ignacio Ojeda and flutist Emily Duncan for a program of contemporary songs about social justice, feminism, loss, and love.
What is the American dream, and who is it for? Danielle Jagelski's Gichi-mookomaan ("United States") delves into these questions by setting interviews with citizens of the tribal nations to music. Drew Swatosh's unaccompanied song "Riots" (poetry of Carolyn Quick) faces violent police responses to protest, while in Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin's Scottish-folksong-infused she conjures, a young woman seeks justice after her mother is burned at the stake but questions whether justice or revenge was truly done. Gabriela Lena Frank's Cuatro Canciones Andinas (Four Andean Songs) explore themes of departure, loss, and magic, setting traditional Peruvian poetry translated into Spanish by José María Arguedas. A woman explores the magic of self-healing and growth after trauma in Melissa Dunphy and Nikita Gill's song cycle Four Poems of Nikita Gill. Volume (a world premiere on this program), words and music by Carolyn Quick evokes the freedom and joy of hair and through that, the self. And Gilbert Galindo's ¡Víctor, Catarina!, which sets the words of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th-Century Mexican nun, boldly celebrates feminism and challenges the patriarchy of Church and society. |
Program
Cuatro Canciones Andinas, music by Gabriela Lena Frank, setting traditional Peruvian poetry translated into Spanish by José María Arguedas
Four Poems of Nikita Gill, music by Melissa Dunphy, poetry by Nikita Gill
she conjures, music by Lisa Neher, libretto by Bea Goodwin
¡Víctor, Catarina!, music by Gilbert Galindo, words by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Gichi-mookomaan ("United States") music by Danielle Jagelski, words from interviews with citizens of tribal nations
"Riots," music by Drew Swatosh, poetry by Carolyn Quick
Volume, music and poetry by Carolyn Quick
Four Poems of Nikita Gill, music by Melissa Dunphy, poetry by Nikita Gill
she conjures, music by Lisa Neher, libretto by Bea Goodwin
¡Víctor, Catarina!, music by Gilbert Galindo, words by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Gichi-mookomaan ("United States") music by Danielle Jagelski, words from interviews with citizens of tribal nations
"Riots," music by Drew Swatosh, poetry by Carolyn Quick
Volume, music and poetry by Carolyn Quick