Author Duong Nhu Nguyen

(Uyen Nicole Duong)

Featuring the English and Vietnamese versions of the novel

Daughters of the River Huong (Ravensyard 2005)

A musical and literary reading program

“Remembrance:  Love, Life, Exile”

sponsored by the San Jose Public Library System

March 11, 2007, 2-4 p.m.

King Library,

150 E. San Fernando St., - Room 225/229, San Jose, CA 95112

Program

INTRODUCTION OF WRITER (3-5 m)

MUSICAL PROGRAM  (20 min): 

♫ Come back to Sorrento (Vietnamese lyrics)

♫ L’amour est un Oiseau Rebel (Bizet) from the Opera Carmen      (French lyrics)

♫ Tribute to Mozart:: Voi Que Sapete  from the Opera “The Marriage of Figaro” (Italian lyrics, Vietnamese lyrics by UND)

♫ Wishing you Were Somehow Here Again  (Weber) from the Musical         Phantom of the Opera (English lyrics; Vietnamese lyrics by UND)

♫ Tren Ngon Tinh Sau  (“Peak of Love’s Tristesse”)  (Tu Cong Phung,      poetry by Du Tu Le), with prelude from Casta Diva (Bellini) from   the Opera Norma

LITERARY READING (15 m):

♪      Chapter 3 of Daughters of the River Huong (English &                                        Vietnamese)

♪      Recueillement from Fleurs du Mal, Baudelaire (French)

♪      The poetic prose of Uyen Nicole Duong:  Mot ngan le mot                       cach yeu em (One Thousand And One Ways To Love You)                              (Vietnamese)

SPEECH BY AUTHOR  AND DIALOGUES WITH AUDIENCE (30 m)

♪ “From Queen Trung Trac to Lady Kieu:  The Female Motif                       and A Question of National Identity”

FINALE -- TRIBUTE TO VIETNAMESE WOMEN AND THE RIVER HUONG WITH TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE MUSIC (15 m)

♫ Solo Piano – Hon Vong Phu I (5 m)

♫      Hon Vong Phu II (“The Awaiting Wife”), with an introduction          of 4 lines of classical Vietnamese poetry by Doan Thi Diem (5 m)

♫      Nuoc Non Ngan Dam Ra Di (“A Thousand-Mile Journey”),     music by Pham Duy, with an introduction of 4 lines of Luc Bat          poetry  by Uyen Nicole Duong (5 m)

RECEPTION, REFRESHMENTS, AND BOOK SIGNING (30-35 m)