ICAMus Publication of “Emergence” CD Celebration at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022: American music, poetry, visual art, and research; images and memories. Edited by Aloma Bardi.
New ICAMus publication. A volume (PDF) including all materials from the Celebration of the CD Emergence (Settings of Emily Dickinson’s texts, performed by Emergence Music - Nadine Benjamin, soprano; Nicole Panizza, piano - Stone Records, 2019) with music, poetry, and visual art. A collaboration of ICAMus with Dischi Fenice, Florence. Edited by Aloma Bardi. Original poetry by Sara Bini, Roberta De Piccoli, Rosaria Lo Russo, Carla Lomi, Lily Prigioniero; artwork by Antonella Bardi. Texts in English and Italian; narrated in Italian. The CD includes art songs by Aaron Copland, Luigi Zaninelli, Juliana Hall, Sylvia Glickman, and Ella Jarman-Pinto, based on poetry and prose texts by Emily Dickinson. The live event took place at Dischi Fenice, Florence, on May 17, 2022.
PRESENTAZIONE DEL CD EMERGENCE (LIRICHE SU TESTI DI EMILY DICKINSON)
CON MUSICA E POESIA
A CURA DI ALOMA BARDI
EMERGENCE MUSIC (NADINE BENJAMIN soprano - NICOLE PANIZZA pianoforte)
TESTI POETICI DI SARA BINI, ROBERTA DE PICCOLI, ROSARIA LO RUSSO, CARLA LOMI, LILY PRIGIONIERO
OPERE DI ARTE VISIVA DI ANTONELLA BARDI
READ AND DOWNLOAD THE VOLUME (PDF) PRESENTAZIONE DEL CD “EMERGENCE”. LIRICHE SU TESTI DI EMILY DICKINSON, CON MUSICA E POESIA. A cura di Aloma Bardi. Emergence Music (Nadine Benjamin soprano - Nicole Panizza pianoforte). Testi poetici di Sara Bini, Roberta De Piccoli, Rosaria Lo Russo, Carla Lomi, Lily Prigioniero. Opere di arte visiva di Antonella Bardi. An ICAMus-Dischi Fenice event, Florence, May 17, 2022.
Read & download: ICAMus Dischi Fenice - Presentazione 05-17-2022 (PDF). Edited by Aloma Bardi.
In the image above: Emergence CD and ICAMus May 2022 events postcard on display at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 2022; postcard design by Daniela Baggiani-ZuMedia. Emily Dickinson’s portrait in the ICAMus 2022 poster and postcard: Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, ca. 1847. Amherst College, gift of Millicent Todd Bingham, 1956.
Image above: Cover Page of the volume (PDF) Presentazione del CD “Emergence”. Liriche su testi di Emily Dickinson, con musica e poesia, a cura di Aloma Bardi; © ICAMus, Aloma Bardi, Dischi Fenice, & SguardiDanza 2022-2023.
Above: Table of Contents of the volume (PDF) Presentazione del CD “Emergence”. Liriche su testi di Emily Dickinson, con musica e poesia, a cura di Aloma Bardi; © ICAMus, Aloma Bardi, Dischi Fenice, & SguardiDanza 2022-2023.
Image above: Emergence, Stone Records 5060192780864, released September 6, 2019. Liner notes by Dr. Nicole Panizza. Design: Red Engine Design.
Read and download the Emergence album PDF booklet HERE.
A GALLERY OF MEMORIES FROM THE ICAMus-DISCHI FENICE EVENT, FLORENCE, 05-17-2022.
Photo above: Aloma Bardi introducing the event “Emergence” CD Celebration (Settings of Emily Dickinson’s Texts) with Music, Poetry, and Visual Arts, Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022.
Photo above: Sara Bini reading her poems Emily, Tanka #9 (dell’abbandono) and Haiku #6 (alchemico) at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022.
Image above: Roberta De Piccoli reading her poems Tre soffi at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022.
In the photo above: Carla Lomi reading her text of poetic prose La fata. Risonanze intorno ad una mitica figura femminile at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022.
Photo above: Antonella Bardi at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022, preparing to introduce her collages - mixed media artwork inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
In the image above: Lily Prigioniero reading her Emily-Dickinson inspired poems They closed the lid on Giulia today and Ode to vino novello at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022.
Photo above: Rosaria Lo Russo reading her poetic translations/adaptations from Anne Sexton, Girarivolta: questi boschi (Kind Sir: These woods) and In picchiata, nella gloria del giorno (Torn down from glory daily) at Dischi Fenice, Florence, May 17, 2022.
In the photo above: Dr. Nicole Panizza in Florence, May 2022, during the ICAMus events The American Art Song: Poets and Composers from the United States (Lo sguardo poetico americano. Poeti e compositori dagli Stati Uniti e la produzione americana di “Art Songs”), an ongoing program she has co-directed with Aloma Bardi.
Discover the program of the ICAMus Events in Florence, May 16-18, 2022. The American Art Song: Poets and Composers from the United States; Aloma Bardi and Nicole Panizza, Directors HERE.
We were grateful to our hosts, our friends of Dischi Fenice in Florence, for this opportunity to visit again their historic store devoted to recorded music, and celebrate American music and literature.
Visit Dischi Fenice Website HERE.
In the image above: the ICAMus May 2022 events poster and postcard on display at Dischi Fenice, Florence, April 2022, in preparation for the May 17, 2022 event; poster and postcard design by Daniela Baggiani-ZuMedia. Emily Dickinson’s portrait in the ICAMus 2022 poster and postcard: Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, ca. 1847; Amherst College, gift of Millicent Todd Bingham, 1956.
