...weaving music, theatre and art...
Yara Ensemble performances seek to create an immersive audio visual environment in which the audience doesn't simply passively sit and listen, but experiences and participates in a journey of cultural exploration and understanding through the weaving of music, movement, and art. Showcasing music of the Iberian peninsula and the Americas, with an emphasis on newly commissioned woks, Yara Ensemble's performances combine classical, folk, and popular music unified by a narrative theme. Our recitals tell a story and are supported by diverse media, allowing audience members the freedom to sit back and enjoy without having to squint at programs in a darkened hall.
For voice, piano (and guitar)
Sirens of the Sea: Love and Longing
The lives and loves of women in the age of
16th century Portuguese maritime expeditions
Across Frontiers: Our Lives, Our Loves
Across Frontiers: Our Lives, Our Loves For voice and piano
Saudade, piano solo Alexandra Mascolo-David
Newly commissioned works for piano and mezzo-soprano by young contemporary Portuguese composers on poetry by Yvette K. Centeno.
Mulher (Woman) Sofia Sousa Rocha
Lua Cheia (Full moon) Sara Ross
A Montanha e o Mar (The Mountain and the Sea) Francisco Fontes
Separação (Separation) Fátima Fonte
Six Appalachian Nursery Rhymes Jay C. Batzner
Harry Larry Pridemore Newe
Girl in Bulan Town
Jack and Jill
Little Nancy Etticoat
Song of Six Cents
Charlie Mann
Trovas de Coimbra (Troubadour poetry from Coimbra, Portugal) Alexandra Mascolo-David
Vão-se os anos (The years gone by…)
Se eu soubesse ao ver o dia (Had I known when I saw the day…)
Olho, atento, o céu imenso (Intently, watching, the immense sky…)
Saudade, piano solo A. Mascolo-David
Ai, que linda moça Ernesto Halffter
Três Trovas de Coimbra A. Mascolo-David
Seven Preludes, piano solo António Fragoso
Trovas (Selections) Francisco de Lacerda
Fado "Ai Mouraria" Frederico Valério
Fado "Coimbra " Raul Ferrão
Sirens of the Sea: The Explorer's Muse
Portuguese expeditions of the 16th century and
the concept of 'saudade'—longing for the homeland
For voice, piano (and guitar)
Saudade, piano solo A. Mascolo-David
Ai, que linda moça Ernesto Halffter
Sonata in D minor, piano solo Carlos Seixas
Trovas (Selections) Francisco de Lacerda
Seven Preludes, piano solo António Fragoso
Three Roundels by Camões C. de Vasconcelos
Fado "Tive um coração, perdi-o" Amália Rodrigues
Fado "Coimbra" Raul Ferrão
Courtesy of the Nat'l Gallery
of Art, Washington D.C.
Faces of Love
The loves and lives of women
For voice and piano
Saudade, piano solo A. Mascolo-David
Against Our Will (poetry and music) A. Mascolo-David
Beloved, piano solo David Maslanka
Frauenliebe und–leben Robert Schumann
Brazilian Waltz No. 5, piano solo Francisco Mignone
Solo piano program