Photo: Steve Korn
INTERSECTIONS: MUSIC, WORDS, AND PICTURES Musical creativity is often inspired by external influences: poetry, literature, and the visual arts constitute powerful evocations for composers of yesterday and today. This series, produced by piano professor Robin McCabe, explores inspired intersections forged between music, literature, and visual art forms. Each concert includes a pre-concert lecture by a UW faculty member and performances by top School of Music students. Below is a partial list of repertoire on the series. DEC 4 (SUN) Pre-Concert Lecture: Leroy Searle
MAR 5 (SUN) Pre-Concert Lecture: Catherine Roche
MAY 7 (SUN) Pre-Concert Lecture: Ronald Moore
Listening With Your Eyes Open Program:
Sudden Shower Over the Seine: Japanese Woodblock Prints in Paris Program:
The Line of Thought: Lyrical Power in Words, Music, and Painting Program:
Debussy: Images, Book 2 Laure Struber, piano
Franz Liszt: Dante Sonata Gabriel Manalac, piano
Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas wind The Evergreen Trio: Natalie Ham, flute; Vijay Chalasani viola; Lauren Wessel, harp
Songs from Shakespeare texts Gemma Balinbin, voice
UW Professor of English
Lori Laitman: Four Dickinson Songs Yoojeong Cho, soprano Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela Logan Esterling, English horn Schumann: From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12 Andrew Chen, piano
UW Lecturer, Art
UW Professor of Philosophy
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite, piano, four hands Irene Chen, Kay Yeh, piano Nikita Koshkin: Usher Waltz Connor Ritchie, guitar Franz Liszt: Sposalizio Steven Damouni, piano
Concerts are at 4:30 p.m. In Brechemin Auditorium. Pre-concert lectures are at 4 pm. Admission to this series is free. Painting: Angelica Hoffman: Self-Portrait, The Artist Hesitating between the Arts of Music and Painting (1791).
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