Nelly’s Songs

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.