Chen Yi’s intense, high-spirited, and hopeful composition, Ge Xu (Antiphony), is a tribute to Southern China’s Zhuang minority people and their celebratory song styles. Claude Debussy accesses playful emotions in Children’s Corner, dedicated to his young daughter and her favorite toys. He turns to an impressionistic sensuality in his tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Finally, Robert Schumann […]
R. SCHUMANN – Waldszenen (9 short solo piano pieces) SARAH GOLDFEATHER – World Premiere of a new work ERIC SHANFIELD – Timo Variations Post-concert conversation with Andres, Goldfeather and Shanfield moderated by Adam Tendler Date & Time: Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET The program explores the musical friendships, […]
BROOKLYN ART SONG SOCIETY'S inaugural New Voices Festival brings the start of an essential event for modern song. This first festival takes the tradition that created countless masterpieces and re-imagines it for the 21st century. 15 works by living composers, half of them world-premieres, reflect on the past and look toward the future SATURDAY, APRIL […]
