Ritmos y Raíces
Maria Brea, soprano
Andrea Salazar, soprano
Melisa Bonetti Luna, mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Forteza, mezzo-soprano
Wagner Mauricio Pástor, tenor
Christopher Sierra, tenor
Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone
Antonio Azpiri, bass-baritone
Martin Néron, piano
Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
Gill Memorial Chapel
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ
Program
MÉXICO
La paloma azul (words from traditional songs)
Carlos Chávez everyone
CUBA / INDIA
Mi canción (Rabindranath Tagore)
I. Mi Canción
II. Cuando te canto
III. Lo que se puede, Maestro
HAÏTI
Guido López Gavilán
Maria Brea
Chères mains de celle que j’aime (Jean Gillet)
Quand je serai mort (Carl Brouard)
Édouard J. Woolley
Carmen Brouard Prière (Carl Brouard)
Jean Bernard Cerin
VENEZUELA / CUBA
Tríptico sobre poesía cubana Modesta Bor
I. Guitarra (Nicolas Guillen)
III. Nocturno en los muelles (Nicolas Guillen)
II. Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito (Emilio Ballagas)
Andrea Salazar
MÉXICO / USA
From Zorro
Aria: Dime
MÉXICO
3 poemas de González Martínez
I. Nocturno de las rosas
II. Onda
III. La despedida
ARGENTINA
Milonga sentimental (Homero Manzi)
Volver (Alfredo le Pera)
ECUADOR
¡Fiesta!
Melisa Bonetti
Héctor J. Armienta
Manuel Ponce
Antonio Azpiri
Sebastián Piana
Carlos Gardel
Eugenia Forteza
Se va con algo mío (Medardo Ángel Silva)
La toronja y el limón (Leonardo Páez)
Wagner Mauricio Pástor
Intermezzo
Gerardo Guevara
MÉXICO
La negra noche
CUBA
Canto Siboney
Emilio Uranga / arr. Antonio Azpiri
Wagner Mauricio Pástor & Antonio Azpiri
Maria Brea & Melisa Bonetti Luna
Ernesto Lecuona
PERÚ / SPAIN
Rimas de Bécquer Op. 37
II. No se lo que he soñado…
Habanera: Égloga de luz Op. 41 (Glicerio Tassara Baillet)
Rimas de Bécquer Op. 37
IV. De lo poco de vida que me resta…
III. Tu eras el huracán…
VENEZUELA / SPAIN
Adriana, Vals Venezolano N°1
Christopher Sierra
Cancionero Gitano(Federico García Lorca)
1. Alba
2. La Guitarra
3. Falseta
REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
Perfume (Altagracia Saviñón y Carmen Martínez Bonilla)
I. Las flores
II. Eternidad cansada
III. Mi vaso verde
MÉXICO
La barca del marino (traditional song)
ARGENTINA
Alfonsina y el mar (Felix Luna)
VENEZUELA
Flor de mayo
CHILE
Gracias a la vida
BRASIL
Azulão
Federico Gerdes
Miguel Astor
Darwin Aquino
Melisa Bonetti Luna
Manuel Ponce
Ariel Ramírez
Otilio Galíndez arr. Luis Ochoa
Violeta Parra
Eugenia Forteza & Wagner Mauricio Pástor
Jayme Ovalle everyone
FOR TRANSLATIONS & BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON OUR PERFORMERS VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
Maria Brea
About Rider University & Westminster Choir College
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, studentcentered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and realworld learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work. The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Culturally vibrant and historically rich, Westminster Choir College has a legacy of preparing students for thriving careers as well-rounded performers and musical leaders on concert stages, in schools, universities, and churches, and in professional and community organizations worldwide. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, the college is home to internationally recognized ensembles, including the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with virtually all of the major orchestras and conductors of our time. In addition to its choral legacy, Westminster is known as a center for excellence in musical pedagogy and performance.
Upcoming Performances
WESTMINSTER FACULTY RECITAL SERIES: BEHIND THE MUSIC...STORIES AND SONGS
Friday, October 18, 7:30 p.m. Gill Chapel
WORLD SINGING DAY COMMUNITY SING
Saturday, October 19, 12:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Patio
CAPITAL PHILHARMONIC OF NEW JERSEY –
AMERICAN STORIES: OPENING NIGHT! FEATURING WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Saturday, October 19, 7:30 p.m.
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial
1 Memorial Dr, Trenton, NJ 08608
WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
Sunday, October 20, 3 p.m.
Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville 2688 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648
RENT
Friday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 26, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 27, 2 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR: SANCTUARY
Saturday, October 26, 7:30 p.m. Gill Chapel
NEW MUSIC CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, November 3, 3 p.m. Gill Chapel
FALL DANCE CONCERT
Friday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
FALL OPERA: DIE FLEDERMAUS
Friday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. Yvonne Theater
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