Brooklyn Art Song Society Concludes Les Six Festival With All-Poulenc Program
What: Les Six: Francis Poulenc II
When: Friday, February 20th, 2015 7:30PM
Where: Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Who: Tami Petty, Soprano; Hyona Kim, mezzo-soprano; Michael Slatterly, tenor;
Matthew Morris, baritone; Michael Brofman, Bretton Brown, Miori Sugiyama, piano
Program: Banalités, La courte paille, Métamorphoses, Miroirs Brûlants, Cinq Poèmes de Paul Eluard, Poèmes de Ronsard, Tel Jour, telle nuit, Toréador
Admission: $25/$15
On Friday February, 20th 2015 Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) will conclude its survey of the songs of Les Six with a second all-Poulenc recital. The program will feature some of the composer’s most celebrated cycles including Banalités and the iconic Tel Jour, telle nuit. Some of todays finest young singers, including the last two winners of the Joy in Singing competition, soprano Tami Petty and mezzo-soprano Hyona Kim, and winner of the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, baritone Edward Parks. BASS will return to the newly renovated Brooklyn Historical Society, one of Brooklyn’s architectural landmarks. Be sure not to miss the conclusion of BASS’s most ambitious series yet.
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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