Remembering Lecuona - Cuban Research Institute
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Remembering Lecuona - Cuban Research Institute
The Cuban Research Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of the the Latin American and Caribbean Center, as well as the generous contribution of Islas Canarias Restaurant and Bakery, Caldas Rum, ProTranslating, Radio Mambí, and Univisión. Latin American & Caribbean Center Latin American & Caribbean Center Latin American & Caribbean Center F LORIDA I NTERNATIONAL U NIVERSITY Latin American and Caribbean Center F LORIDA I NTERNATIONAL U NIVERSITY The Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University presents Classically Cuban: Recordando a Lecuona/ Remembering Lecuona 13411_11/13 Arts & Sciences December 8, 2013 Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall REMEMBERING LECUONA / RECORDANDO A LECUONA Celebrating the music of Cuban Maestro Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) on the 50th anniversary of his passing. Emilio Cueto, Selector and Narrator Dr. Armando Tranquilino, Musical Director 11. Por Corrientes va una conga. Conga (1937). Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona. 12. La comparsa. Danza afro-cubana (1912). 13. Canto del guajiro (1954). 14. Nada tengo de ti. Capricho cubano. Lyrics: Bonifacio Byrne (Matanzas, 1861-1936). 15. Aquella tarde. Criolla y bolero (1929). Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona. Laura Martínez León, Soprano Mario Rodríguez, Tenor Juan Mansilla, Baritone Mariá Paulina García, Piano Javier Sardiñas, Piano Pearl Fuentes, Violin Zacharie Small, Contrabass PROGRAM 1. A media noche. Vals (1930). 2. A la antigua / El tanguito de mamá. Danza (from 19th-Century Cuban Dances, 1943). 3. Siboney / Canto siboney. Danzón cubano (from the zarzuela La tierra de Venus, 1927). Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona (Guanabacoa, Cuba, 1905-Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 1963). 4. En la noche tropical. Canción-capricho (1939). Spanish lyrics: Roberto Ratti (Roberto Ratto, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1899-1981). 5. Veracruz. Canción (1938). Lyrics: Álvaro Suárez (Matanzas, Cuba, 1905-Havana, 1955). 6. Junto a ti. Capricho (1929). Lyrics: Juan Clemente Zenea (Bayamo, Cuba, 1832-Havana, 1871). 7. Tus ojos azules. Criolla-bolero (1930). Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona. 8. Celos / Mis celos. Canción (1938). Lyrics: Álvaro Suárez. 9. Qué risa me da (1942). Lyrics: Álvaro Suárez. 10. Melancolía. Danza-lenta (1929). Lyrics: Adolfo Saín Gómez (Havana, 1920-1976). INTERMISSION 16. Malagueña (from Andalucía, suite española, 1928). 17. Cajita de música / Music box (from Miniaturas, 1943). 18. Quiero ser hombre. Canción (1940). Lyrics: Juana de Ibarbourou (Melo, Uruguay, 1892-Montevideo, Uruguay, 1979). 19. Noche azul / Starry Blue Night (1929). Spanish lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona; English lyrics: Carol Raven. 20. El jilguero en la flor. Canción (1938). Lyrics: José Ángel Buesa (Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1910-Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1982). 21. Lloraba en sueños. Danza-lenta (1929). Lyrics: Heinrich Heine (Düsseldorf, Germany, 1797-Paris, France, 1856). 22. Vals del Rhin. Vals vienés (1915). Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona. 23. A.B.C. Marcha (1930s). Lyrics: Gustavo Sánchez Galarraga (Havana, 1893-1934). 24. Barcelona. Paso-doble (1960). Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona. 25. María La O. Rumba cubana (from the zarzuela María La O, 1930). Lyrics: Gustavo Sánchez Galarraga. 26. Damisela encantadora. Vals canción (from the zarzuela Lola Cruz, 1935). Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona. 27. En una noche así / Another Night Like This (from the Twentieth Century Fox picture Carnival in Costa Rica, 1946). Spanish Lyrics: Ernesto Lecuona; English lyrics: Harry Ruby (Harry Rubinstein, New York, 1895-Los Angeles, California, 1974).