A Space to Make

World Premiere of Rodriguez’ Mother of Exiles

Robin Steitz and Gregory Feldmann return to the New York Festival of Song in November, performing Hannah Kendall’s Rosalind (2020) for soprano, baritone, piano; Soprano Theo Hayes rounds at the cast with Nathaniel LaNasa at the keyboard, performing songs by , Sarah Kirkland Snider, Isabella Gellis, Joseph Rubinstein, and Iván Enrique Rodriguez’ world premiere of Mother of Exiles, a towering rhapsody on Emma Lazaruz’s “The New Colossus,” for Gregory Feldmann’s and Nathaniel LaNasa’s investigation of monuments and landmarks in music.

The Program

Joseph Rubinstein: “Uncoil,” 2023
Iván Enrique Rodriguez: “Mother of Exiles,” 2020 (World Premiere)
Isabella Gellis: “Montreal Songs,” 2021
Hannah Kendall: “Rosalind,” 2020
Additional songs to be announced