On September 27, 2026, New York Festival of Song is set to open their upcoming season with ‘A Perfect Rose: Dorothy Parker Songs.’
Curated by pianist Nathaniel LaNasa, this program will pay tribute to Parker’s poetic legacy, featuring works such as Danika Loren’s ‘Tombstones in the Starlight’ and ‘Salome’s Dancing Lesson,’ Ricky Ian Gordon’s ‘One Perfect Rose,’ and the world premiere of Jeremy Beck’s ‘Dorothy Parker Songs.’
Performers for the evening are sopranos Kerrigan Bigelow and Paulina Swierczek, clarinetist Alec Manasse, and LaNasa.
“Discovering how composers and lyricists experiment in intimate settings is one of the greatest joys of planning a NYFOS Next season,” says LaNasa in a press release. “This year, I look forward to three concerts full of songs that synthesize new musical forms from our rich musical inheritance. From Dorothy Parker’s punchy aphorisms stylized in jazz idioms and beyond; to leiken’s medieval-inflected vocalism and singer-songwriter reflections on finitude; to Cecilia Livingston’s fantasias on ancient fragments; this season promises a widely varied, sensuously beautiful tour of brand new song. I am especially excited to introduce our audiences to soprano Kerrigan Bigelow, a NYFOS residency alum…”
Tickets and further details can be found on NYFOS’ website.