Leslie Uyeda's new song cycle works through grief and grieving, March 16 at Mountain View Cemetery
Readings by poet Lorna Crozier interweave with work for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble at SUM gallery and Little Chamber Music’s reflective event
Celebration Hall at Mountain View Cemetery.
Composer Leslie Uyeda
When I Stop Saying Your Name—Five Songs of Grief and Grieving takes place March 16 at 7 and 8:30 pm at Celebration Hall at Mountain View Cemetery
COMPOSEr LESLIE UYEDA has created a new song cycle for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble—and it will debut here in a reflective event at the serene Celebration Hall at Mountain View Cemetery.
When I Stop Saying Your Name—Five Songs of Grief and Grieving will be presented twice in the same evening, with readings by poet Lorna Crozier, alongside the premiere of a new instrumental work by Leslie Uyeda that also deals with loss: Grief Lies Onward.
Uyeda will lead the performance from the piano, with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó, plus violinist Rebecca Whitling, flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor, clarinetist Liam Hockley, and cellist Cristian Márkos.
The concert, copresented by SUM gallery and Little Chamber Music, is free.
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