Fatma Said, Soprano
Rafael Aguirre, Guitar

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:30 PM Weill Recital Hall

Fatma Said by Josef Fischnaller / Warner Classics, Rafael Aguirr by Liz Isles / European Music Foundation

Egyptian soprano Fatma Said is thrilling audiences in the world’s great concert halls and opera houses. Applauded by critics and audiences alike for her expressive warmth and richness of tone, Said makes her Carnegie Hall debut alongside celebrated Spanish guitarist Rafael Aguirre in a unique musical journey that features Spanish and Middle Eastern songs, including some rarely heard but deeply moving selections by poet Federico García Lorca.

Part of: Great Singers III: Evenings of Song

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Fatma Said, Soprano
Rafael Aguirre, Guitar

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FALLA Seven Spanish Popular Songs

RODRIGO "Adela" from Tres canciones españolas

LORENZO PALOMO Madrigal and Five Sephardic Songs

HOSNI "Yamama beida"

SHERIF MOHIE EL DIN "Could the River Flow Forever?" from Three Poems by Amal Donqul

OBRADORS "Del cabello más sutil" from Canciones clasicas españolas

TÁRREGA "Gran Jota"

VILLA-LOBOS "Melodia sentimental"

LORCA Selections from Canciones españolas antiguas
·· "Anda, jaleo"
·· "Nana de Sevilla"
·· "Los cuatro muleros"
·· "Sevillanas del siglo XVIII"

FALLA "Tus ojillos negros" (Canción andaluza)

SERRANO "La Canción Del Olvidó" from Canción de Marinela

ZIAD RAHBANI "Aatini al nay wa ghanni"

ABDEL-RAHIM "Daughter of the Sultan"

Fatma Said, SopranoRafael Aguirre, Guitar

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