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: “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)
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.