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Known for her lyricism, drama, passion and beauty, award-winning composer Carol Worthey began composing at age three and a half. Her powerful and deeply moving compositions have been performed on three continents, gracing top stages from Carnegie Hall to St. Martin-in-The-Fields. Among her mentors are Leonard Bernstein, Darius Milhaud and Vincent Persichetti. A champion of women's music, Carol has been honored with the Mu Phi Epsilon ACME Award.

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Faces of Eve, NYC Host: Beth Anderson

Premiere Performance of 'Lament / Vocalise'

The March 10, 2010 Women’s Work presentation Faces of Eve showcases Mary Au Piano, Arietha Lockhart Soprano, Berkeley A. Price Clarinet, Hester Taylor Violin, and Jordan James Horn, in a recital that features works by contemporary and groundbreaking American women composers, Adrienne Albert, Lera Auerbach, Mary Lynn Place Badarak, Margaret Bonds, Mary M. Boyle, Lydia Busler-Blais, Chen Yi, Thea Musgrave, Deon Nielsen Price, Sharon J. Willis, Carol Worthey. All aspects of life, love, and longing will be explored. This recital is a celebration of the human condition as well as the leading women composers who, through their music, have exposed the very core of their hearts, minds and souls to the world.
 

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
8:00 pm
Renee Weiler Concert Hall
Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street
New York, NY 10014
212.242.4770
Ticket: $15 General Admission; $10 Students/Seniors
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Program:
  • Of Being by Mary Lynn Place Badarak for soprano and piano (World Premiere)

  • The Showings: Lady Julian of Norwich by Mary Lynn Place Badarak for soprano and piano

  • Imaginings (of Joseph and Lear) by Adrienne Albert for voice and piano (World Premiere)

  • Maternity by Mary M. Boyle for soprano, violin and piano (World Premiere)

  • Lament by Carol Worthey, a vocalise for high soprano and piano (World Premiere)

  • Fisherman’s Song by Chen Yi for violin and piano

  • Songs of No Return by Lera Auerbach for soprano and piano (American Premiere)

  • Yellow Jade Banquet by Deon Nielsen Price, Duo for clarinet and piano (New York Premiere)

  • Love Ritual by Sharon J. Willis for soprano and piano (World Premiere)

  • Moon Lilies by Lydia Busler-Blais for horn and piano (New York City Premiere)

  • Slave from the Harriet Tubman section of "Three Women" by Thea Musgrave for soprano, narrator and piano (reduction) (New York premiere)

  • Three Dream Portraits by Margaret Bonds for soprano and piano

  • He's Got the Whole World In His Hands arranged by Margaret Bonds for soprano and piano

 
 
 
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