Past Seasons & Programs
2004-2005 Season
In 2004-2005 we continue our survey of the Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc.
All concerts are at the Boston Conservatory.
General Admission $12, free to Boston Conservatory Community, students & seniors $5
From the Sacred to the Profane
Sunday, October 24 at 4 p.m.
Seully Hall at Boston Conservatory
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Presenting Poulenc's fearless combination of wit and devout faith with the bawdy Chansons Gaillardes and the reflective La Fraicheur et le Feu. Program also includes Barber's Hermit Songs and Robert Beaser's Seven Deadly Sins, celebrating the duality between the wretched and the righteous.
Featured Artists: Jesse Clark, baritone; Alison D'Amato, piano; Shiela Kibbe, piano; Joe Dan Harper, tenor & Sarah Pelletier, soprano
The Beginnings of Surrealism
Sunday, January 16 at 4 p.m.
Seully Hall at Boston Conservatory
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Poulenc's settings of the surrealist poet Paul Eluard are masterpieces of his ouevre. Eluard was influenced by the great American poet Walt Whitman, who has been a favorite poet for song composers across the nations. This program includes Poulenc's Tel Jour Tel Nuit, and other settings of Whitman and German surrealist poet Paul Celan, an admirer of Eluard's poetry.
Featured Artists: Charles Blandy, tenor; Debra Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano; Linda Osborn-Blaschke, piano & Kayo Iwama, piano.
Painting and Song
Sunday, May 8 at 4 p.m.
Seully Hall at Boston Conservatory
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Friendships between composers, painters, and poets have inspired great works of art and innovation in our time. Our final program includes Poulenc's Le Travail du Peintre, Britten's Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, and Wolf's Michelangelo-Lieder, which brilliantly illustrate the cross-references between the arts. This concert also kicks off our own innovative alliance with the San Francisco Song Festival with the east coast premiere of their composers' competition winning new work.
Featured Artists: Jesse Clark, baritone; Alison D'Amato, piano; Shiela Kibbe, piano; Joe Dan Harper, tenor & Sarah Pelletier, soprano
2004-2005 Artists: Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Alison D'Amato, piano; Joe Dan Harper, tenor; Anne Kissel Harper, piano; Jesse Clark, baritone; Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Shiela Kibbe, piano; Charles Blandy, tenor; Debra Rentz, mezzo-soprano; Linda Osborn-Blaschke, piano; Caprice Corona, soprano; Karl Paulnack, piano; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Lynne McMurtry, mezzo-soprano; Kayo Iwama, piano.
Season Extras
BoCo New Music Festival
Friday, November 5
Seully Hall at the Boston Conservatory
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American Music Center Conference
Nadia Boulanger and American Music:
Songs of Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
Saturday, October 9
Grusin Music Hall at the University of Colorado at Boulder
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