October 1, 2024
Boulder (CO, USA), Grusin Music Hall
An event presented by CU Boulder College of Music
ITER Research Ensemble
Nicolò Spera guitar
Giovanni Cestino conductor
program
Corrado Margutti (*1974)
Rivers
for mixed choir and guitar (2020)
US premiere
1 — Prologo. Children in Need
lyrics by George Mackay Brown
2 — I. Balada de la placeta
lyrics by Federico García Lorca
Anna Martini, Margherita Bellini, Matteo Rizzardi, Francesco Bombarda soloists
3 — II. All’ultima sera
lyrics by David Maria Turoldo
4 — III. Noctis partes alteræ
lyrics by Giovanni Pascoli
5 — IV. Rivers
lyrics by Ferdinando Pessoa
6 — V. Le cantique éternel, chanté dès l’exil
lyrics by St. Therese de Lisieux
7 — VI. Herbsttag
lyrics by Rainer Maria Rilke
8 — VII. Cordero de Dios
liturgic text (ordinary of the Catholic Mass in Spanish)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Romancero Gitano Op. 152
for mixed choir and guitar (1951)
lyrics by Federico García Lorca
new critical edition by Stefano Colombo e Lorenzo Giustozzi (ITER Research Ensemble)
guitar part revised by Nicolò Spera
US premiere of this critical edition
9 — I. Baladilla de los tres ríos
Chiara Broggini, Rebecca Favale, Matteo Rizzardi, Emanuele Cristini soloists
10 — II. La guitarra
11 — III. Puñal
12 — IV. Procesión (Procesión, Paso, Saeta)
Emanuele Cristini soloist
13 — V. Memento
14 — VI. Baile
Alessio Giuricin, Emanuele Cristini soloists
15 — VI. Crótalo