Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/05/2019
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Brooklyn Historical Society
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- 7PM Pre-concert lecture by composer Daniel Felsenfeld.
Brooklyn Art Song Society presents the 9th installment of its innovative In Context series, which pairs the works of a living composer with the songs that inspired them. This seasons featured composer is Daniel Felsenfeld, one of Brooklyn’s most original composers, whose music has been called richly hued by The New York Times and musically gorgeous by The Washington Post. Several of Mr. Felsenfelds songs, including a world premiere BASS commission, will be presented alongside songs by Eve Beglarian, Whitney George, Clara Schumann, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Germaine Tailleferre.
Featuring
- Marie Marquis, Laura Strickling – soprano
- Kate Maroney – mezzo soprano
- Michael Brofman, Miori Sugiyama, Erika Switzer – piano
- Chris Gross – cello
Program
- Eve Beglarian: Selected Songs
- Daniel Felsenfeld: The Law Falls Silent, A Most Beautiful Death, To Clara (World-Premiere, BASS Commission), My Little Wicked Ways, Writing
- Whitney George: A Night in Brooklyn
- Clara Schumann: Selected Songs
- Ruth Crawford Seeger: 2 Ricercari
- Germaine Tailleferre: 6 Chansons Française