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Celebrating 20 Years of Musical Majesty: The New York Festival of Song Returns |
New York Festival of Song: No Song Is Safe From Us
Oct. 16 & 18, 2007
Admission: From $48
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th St. and 7th Ave
646-230-8380
nyfos.org
 The prestigious Carnegie Hall showcases the New York Festival of Song during its fall season  NYFOS founders Michael Barrett and Steven Blier in their youth  The talented performers of the NYFOS, blending all influences
This year the NYFOS presents "No Song is Safe From Us," a musical adventure that encompasses four musical genres including, art song, songs by contemporary American composers, Latin song from the Iberian Penninsula to Cuba and South American, and American popular song. The evening showcases highlights from four past NYFOS concerts, "Latin Lovers" (Latin song), "Since the Seventies" (contemporary American songs), "Songs of the Midnight Sun" (art song, Scandinavian), and "Songs of Peace and War" (popular song).
Influences this year include well-known artists such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Eduardo Toldra, Marc Blitzstein, Leonard Bernstein, Jean Sbelius, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman.
The NYFOS featured artists are sopranos Michelle Areyzaga and Jennifer Alymer, tenor Javier Abreu, baritone William Sharp, and eight students from the Julliard School's Vocal Art's Department, with Steve Blier and Michael Barrett at the piano.
For more information, complete schedule and ticket sales, visit the website at: nyfos.org
The complete song list for the program "No Song is Safe from Us" is listed below and is subject to change.
LATIN SONGS
1. Canço de grumet - Eduardo Toldrá
2. Damunt de tu només les flors- Frederic Mompou
3. Haidé - Narcis Bonet
4. Yo quiero a un hombre - Manuel Fernández Caballero
5. Canción del carretero - Carlos López-Buchardo
6. Adeus Êma - Heitor Villa-Lobos
7. Palmira - Moisés Simons
AMERICANS
1. Storyette - Leonard Bernstein
2. Requiescat - Ned Rorem
3. Interlude and Let Evening Come - William Bolcom
4. The Rose Song - Marc Blitzstein
5. Hero and Leander - Adam Guettel
6. Oif Mayn Chasene - Leonard Bernstein
SCANDINAVIAN SONGS
1. Var det en dröm - Jean Sibelius
2. Det kom ett brev - Gunnar de Frumerie
3. Flickan knyter I Johannenaten - Wilhelm Stenhammar
4. Våren - Edvard Grieg
5. Till havs - Gustav Nordqvist
AMERICAN POPULAR SONG: SONGS OF PEACE AND WAR
1. Homeward Bound - George Gershwin
2. Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army - Irving Berlin
3. How Many Little Children Sleep - John Musto
4. Political Science - Randy Newman
5. Masters of War - Bob Dylan
6. Now Is the Cool of the Day - Jean Ritchie
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