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Experience two interactive evenings of art and song in a dazzling journey of the senses on December 15th and 16th at National Sawdust. You will be guided through 21c Liederabend Op. Senses with a handmade book for each audience member from artist Kathryn Hamilton with special artifacts that correspond with each piece, expanding your experience of the work beyond the usual sight and sound.

Curated and directed by Beth Morrison and Paola Prestini, the performances features spectacular works by Juhi Bansal, Gabriela Frank, Molly Joyce, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Missy Mazzoli, Angélica Negrón, Emma O’Halloran, Paola Prestini, Ellen Reid, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Du Yun.

December 15th Program:

“Distance to the Market”
Composed by Paola Prestini
Libretto by Donna Di Novelli

“As Long as we Live”
Composed by Missy Mazzoli
Text by Walt Whitman from Song of the Open Road

“East River”
Composed by Molly Joyce
Libretto by Christopher Oscar Peña

“Zolle”
Composed by Du Yun

“Letras Para Cantar”
Composed by Angélica Negrón
Libretto by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

“Lumee’s Dream”
Composed by Ellen Reid
Libretto by Roxie Perkins

“Constellations”
Composed by Emma O’Halloran

December 16th Program:

“Songs of Cifar and the Sweet Sea”
Composed by Gabriela Frank
Libretto by Pablo Antonio Cuadra

“Everlastingness”
Composed by Mary Kouyoumdjian
Libretto by Royce Vavrek

“Unremembered”
Composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider
Libretto by Nathaniel Bellows

“Night Wears Black”
Composed by Juhi Bansal
Text adapted from Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī

“This World Within Me Is too Small”
Composed by Missy Mazzoli
Libretto by Royce Vavrek & Missy Mazzoli

“Open Your Heart”
Composed by Paola Prestini
Libretto by Mark Campbell

Are you ready to “turn the art-song recital inside out” (New York Magazine)? Buy tickets today for these special performances.

Support

Co-produced by Beth Morrison Projects and National Sawdust

21c. Liederabend Op. Senses is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The singers in 21c Liederabend, Op. Senses are alumni of The Juilliard School. Their performances are made possible, in part, with support to National Sawdust from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and a New York State Council for the Arts Restart NY: Rapid Live Performance grant.