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Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano, Kunal Lahiry, piano

Sunday, August 18, 2024

The Olivier Music Barn, 11:00 AM

Program

Devotions

PRIAULX RAINIER: “Wee cannot bid the fruits” from Cycle for Declamation
AARON COPLAND: “There came a wind like a bugle” from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
FRANZ SCHUBERT: “Herbst” (Autumn), D. 945
SERGI PROKOFIEV: No. 2 from Five Songs Without Words, Op. 35
COPLAND: “Dear March, come in!” from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

COPLAND: “The world feels Dusty” from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
PROKOFIEV: No. 5 from Five Songs Without Words, Op. 35
SCHUBERT: “Verklärung” (Transfiguration), D. 59
COPLAND: “Why do they shut me out of heaven?” from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
SCHUBERT: “Der Unglückliche” (The Unhappy One), D. 713
SCHUBERT: “Nacht und Träume” (Night and Dreams), D. 827

COPLAND: “Nature, the gentlest mother” from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
EMILY DOOLITTLE: Vocalise (for bees)
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Vocalise-étude
GEORGE CRUMB: “The Fly” from Sun and Shadow (Spanish Songbook II)
COPLAND: “When they come back” from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
SCHUBERT: “Die Mutter Erde” (Mother Earth), D. 788

NAHRE SOL: Apperceptive Algorithms (2022) - US/North American Premiere

I. Time
II. digital prayer
III. journey to the center of the Internet
IV. Gido



Tippet Rise is delighted to welcome Canadian-Macedonian mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and Indian-American pianist Kunal Lahiry to the art center for their debut. Both BBC New Generation Artists, they will perform a program titled Devotions, inspired by love and nature, with songs by Priaulx Rainier, Aaron Copland, Schubert, Prokofiev, Emily Doolittle, Oliver Messian, and George Crumb, in addition to the US premiere of Korean-American composer, pianist, and YouTuber Nahre Sol’s Apperceptive Algorithms.