Distant Shores

A world of music in your backyard

Explore the fusion of Western art music and folk and indigenous traditions across oceans and centuries, from the opulent cathedrals of colonial Latin America to the court of Hawai'i's last queen, from the Scottish Highlands to imperial Japan. Delight in the infectious rhythms of Haitian dance music, plumb the depths of sorrow in devotional music from Cuba, and experience the passion of songs of longing and heartbreak.

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte and GRAMMY® nominated AGAVE invite you on a globetrotting musical adventure you will not soon forget.

PROGRAM NOTES

PROGRAM 

I. Sorrow Song

Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani               Queen Lili'uokalani (1838-1917), arr. Lebedinsky

Taedet animam meam                                                 Esteban Salas (1725-1803)

Sorrow Song                                                Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Lisette, to quitte la plaine (tutti)                               Camille Nickerson (1888-1982)

II. People, Look East

Sampaguita (La Flor de Manila)               Dolores Paterno (1851-1884) arr. Cooper

Sonata #2 in D minor (1897)                                            Nobu Koda (1870-1946)

Dokurakugin                                    Kiyoshi Nobutoki (1887-1965), arr. Lebedinsky

INTERMISSION

III. Dancing Queen

Bamboula                                                                Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Westman

Puna Pala 'A'aia                                                          Lili'uokalani, arr. Lebedinsky

Dansé, Conni, Conné                                                  Camille Nickerson, arr. Skeen

String Quartet in D (1913): III. Scherzo                José Ignacio Quintón (1881-1925)

 
IV. Until We Meet Again

 Mary's Dream                    Scottish traditional, arr. Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Légende Créole                                                                        Justin Élie (1883-1931)

Aloha o'e                                                                       Lili'uokalani, arr. Lebedinsky

AGAVE
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Westman and Anna Washburn, violin and viola
Anna Washburn, violin
Katherine Kyme, viola
William Skeen, cello
Kevin Cooper, guitar
Henry Lebedinsky, organ, piano, and 'ukulele