American Songs and Poetry of Contemplation and the Natural World. Tessa Romano, mezzo-soprano; LiLai Nan, piano. A new ICAMus program in Florence.
A new important international collaboration of ICAMus-Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana (American Music Center, Prato, Italy) with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, University of Otago (New Zealand), and Palazzo della Musica-Camerata Strumentale di Prato: American Songs and Poetry of Contemplation and the Natural World (Lirica d'arte e poesia nella musica americana - Contemplazione del mondo naturale e sociale). Tessa Romano, mezzo-soprano; LiLai Nan, piano. Songs by Aaron Copland, William Grant Still, Florence B. Price, Damien Sneed, Betty Jackson King, Undine Smith Moore, Ricky Ian Gordon, Samuel Barber. Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 6:00pm; Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence, Italy.
Free admission with reservation:
sezionemusicalyceum@gmail.com.
Event Poster by Daniela Baggiani - ZuMedia.
We are thrilled to announce the renewed partnership of ICAMus-American Music Center Prato with the historic Lyceum, where we present three events in 2026, beginning with a concert of art songs for voice and piano.
CONCERT PROGRAM:
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1949-1950)
Nature, the Gentlest Mother
There came a Wind like a Bugle
The World feels Dusty
Heart! We will forget him
Going to Heaven!
The Chariot (Because I could not stop for Death)
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Grief
Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
Bewilderment
Hold Fast to Dreams
Damien Sneed (1956)
I Dream a World
INTERMISSION
Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
An April Day
Betty Jackson King (1928-1994)
In the Springtime
Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
Love Let the Wind Cry
Ricky Ian Gordon (1956)
Will there really be a morning?
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
from Hermit Songs (1952-1954)
At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
St. Ita’s Vision
The Crucifixion
The Monk and His Cat
The Desire for Hermitage
TESSA ROMANO, mezzo-soprano; LILAI NAN, piano.
A Program of ICAMus-The International Center for American Music
For Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze
With the support of University of Otago, New Zealand.
In collaboration with Palazzo della Musica-Camerata Strumentale di Prato.
Free admission with reservation:
sezionemusicalyceum@gmail.com
With the talents of Tessa Romano and LiLai Nan, and its emotional depth, this enchanting new program of art songs will surely steal our hearts!
Photo above: Mezzo-soprano TESSA ROMANO.
Photo below: Pianist LILAI NAN.
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Photo above: Looking out from the Lyceum Club Internazionale at Palazzo Adami Lami, one can admire Palazzo Corsini and the Arno River winding through Florence.
In the image below: The historic Lyceum venue facing the Arno River, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence, Italy.
