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Nelly’s Songs
April 26 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
$30.00
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Artist Recital Series: Nelly’s Songs
Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
Saturday, Apr 26, 2025, 5:00 PM | Woodmere Art Museum
Sunday, Apr 27, 2025, 3:00 PM | Museum of the American Revolution
Songs and instrumental selections from the music room of Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis Lewis, George Washington’s step-granddaughter, with narration about her music teacher, vocal exercises, and performing for her Grandfather-President’s most valued guests in Philadelphia just after the end of the Revolutionary War.
JULIANNE BAIRD, narration and concept | SARAH FLEISS, soprano| JOYCE LINDORFF, harpsichord
PROGRAM:
Musical selections by Hopkinson (“My Days have been so wondrous free”), Arne (The Soldiers Tired), and Paisiello (“Nel cor piu non mi sento”), among others.
