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ANthONy dE mArE, piANO Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano Friday, September 21, 2012 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall
eatre lovers and music lovers alike know the works of Stephen Sondheim. But how many fully appreciate the power and complexity of Sondheim’s familiar compositions? In a multi-year project undertaken with the composer’s blessing, Anthony de Mare has invited 36 of the world’s foremost contemporary composers to each re-imagine a Sondheim song of their choosing, scored for solo piano. is performance will feature the premiere of a Center-commissioned work by Frederic Rzewski entitled “e News” inspired by “I’m Still Here” from Follies. e 20 works on the program also include “Epiphany” from Sweeney Todd, re-imagined by John Musto; “Being Alive” from Company, re-imagined by Gabriel Kahane; and “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music, re-imagined by Ethan Iverson. $35/$28 subscribers
Anthony de Mare presented the Center premiere of Liaisons, featuring Center-commissioned works by composers Jake Heggie, Bernadette Speach and Kenji Bunch (2010-2011).
NEW yOrk fEStivAL Of SONg Jacques Brel and Charles Trenet Revisited Thursday, February 21, 2013 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall
New York Festival of Song is renowned for its intimate, original ensemble song programs consisting almost exclusively of rarely heard songs of all kinds. is program celebrates two of the twentieth century’s greatest balladeers, the Belgian-born Jacques Brel and Frenchman Charles Trenet. Brel’s literate, thoughtful and theatrical songs generated a large, devoted following, initially in France and later throughout the world. Trenet, whose best-known song is “La mer,” wrote nearly a thousand songs in his lifetime and, in an era in which it was exceptional for a singer to write his or her own material, he declined to record any but his own songs. e program will include some of the most famous pieces by these two artists: Brel’s “Ne me quitte pas” and “Madeleine” and Trenet’s “Que reste-t-il de nos amours” and “La mer,” along with many of their lesser-known treasures. $45/$36 subscribers
The New York Festival of Song most recently appeared at the Center in Manning the Canon (2011-2012).
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