2 Italian Folk Songs
soprano and string quartet -or- soprano and violin
PROGRAM NOTE:
1. Guarda che bel serèn (rumanele - Ferrara)
2. El me murus el stà de là del Sère (sequenza di villotte - Cremona)
These two Italian songs from Northern Italy celebrate the character of the people from this area of the world - expressed through language and music full of poetic imagery, a sly sense of humor, and a joyful sensuality. I hope that my creative deviations from the originals only enhance those qualities. Originally for soprano and string quartet, it was later arranged for soprano and violin duo (Duo della Luna - myself and violinist, Airi Yoshioka).
(for my grandparents)
Title: 2 Italian Folk Songs
Instrumentation: soprano and string quartet - or - soprano and violin
Duration: 12’
Year: 2017
Movements: 2
Text: folk songs from Ferrara and Cremona, Italy
Commissioned by:
(string quartet version)
Commissioned by the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East, Inc., 2017
This commission is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts
Premiere:
(string quartet): August, 2017, CMC East, Bennington, VT
(duo): October, 2018 - Duo della Luna, Milano, Italy
duo version featured on Duo della Luna’s recording, Mangetsu.