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).