21c Liederabend Op. Senses at National Sawdust

21c Liederabend Op. Senses at National Sawdust
Dec. 15-16. $83. 7:30PM. (Note: Dec. 15th is sold out)

In 19^th century Vienna, a liederabend was an evening of songs – that’s literally what the word means –  performed by leading musicians with works by Schubert, Schumann and similar composers. Generally, men. But in 21^st century New York, the liederabend series at National Sawdust featured songs by eleven of today’s leading composers, two of them Pulitzer Prize winners, all of them women. The Thursday night program includes “Unremembered,” a larger work by Sarah Kirkland Snider. The two-part series 21 Century liederabend, or song evening is at National Sawdust on Wed. and Thurs. nights, Dec. 15-16.