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The Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University
presents
Classically Cuban: Recordando a Lecuona/ Remembering Lecuona
December 8, 2013Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall
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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.
Arts &Sciences
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Latin American &Caribbean Center
Latin American and Caribbean Center
Latin American &Caribbean Center
Latin American &Caribbean Center
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Latin American &Caribbean Center
Latin American and Caribbean Center
Latin American &Caribbean Center
Latin American &Caribbean Center
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
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).
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.
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).