Brooklyn Art Song Society Presents Works of Louis Durey and Germaine Tailleferre Including American Premieres
What: Les Six: Louis Durey and Germaine Tailleferre
When: Tuesday, December 9th, 2014, 7:30PM, Pre-concert lecture at 7PM
Where: The Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Who: Laura Strickling, soprano; Dominic Armstrong, tenor; Jesse Blumberg, baritone;
Michael Brofman, Jocelyn Dueck, piano
Program: Louis Durey: Épigrammes du Théocrite Hommage à Erik Satie, Images à Crusoë, Deux Poèmes d'Ho Chi Minh, Trois Poèmes de Paul Eluard Germaine Tailleferre: Six Chansons Françaises, Pancarte pour une porte d'entrée, La Rue Chagrin
Admission: $20/$10
Brooklyn Art Song Society continues its ambitious survey of the works of Les Six with the two least performed composers of the collective: Louis Durey and Germaine Tailleferre. One of the most fascinating personal stories from Les Six, Louis Durey abandoned his lighter early style to become a hardline communist. Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member of Les Six, was a pioneer for the astonishing rise of women composers in the 20th century. The eclectic program includes Tailleferre’s well-known Six Chansons Françaises as well as the American premiere of Louis Durey’s Trois Poèmes de Paul Eluard. Three rising stars in the opera world, soprano Laura Strickling, tenor Dominic Armstrong, and baritone Jesse Blumberg join artistic director and pianist Michael Brofman and pianist Jocelyn Dueck, to whom the Durey estate entrusted the composers original manuscripts. Dr. Dueck will also present a pre-concert lecture on Louis Durey’s evolution as a composer. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear these neglected masterpieces. This concert is part of the Art Song at Old Stone House Series.
About Les Six:
Paris, 1920. Six composers- Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre- convene in a café in Montparnasse. Collectively known as Les Six, they used wit and irreverence to change the course of music in the 20th century. Brooklyn Art Song Society is proud to present more than 150 songs over five concerts representing the best of Les Six- from popular masterpieces to American premieres.
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