black, brown and white
several contemporary pieces, three of which were written for ex luce, make up a part of this program.
dominique vellard has dedicated to the ensemble his suite espaņola, inspired by songs from spanish
traditional music. baptiste romain wrote the accompaniment of an old american song collected by alan lomax.
gail w. jennings has composed a piece entitled three celtic poems for violin and
voice. to this piece ex luce worked with the composer adding flamenco rhythms to the final melody.
other pieces are taken from composers who were inspired by traditional music such as bartok,
vaughan williams, kurtag, kodaly and berio.
black, brown and white-traditional song from usa

waiting for the dawn-american fiddle tune

blake songs -vaughan williams
hajnöveztö -zoltan kodaly (1882-1967)
duos for two violins
- luciano berio (1979-1983)
duos for two violins
- béla bartok (1881-1945)
leánynézö-bela bartok (1881-1945)
brave wolf-traditional song arranged by baptiste romain

suite espaņola- d. vellard
alalá 
si supiera
la hermita de san simón
triste es lo ceu
el baile de la carrasquiña
ana, colleen and julia (from left to right) with a miguel mainar painting in the background