Festival favorites Kristin Lee and Michael Stephen Brown present a mesmerizing recital exploring the interplay between French and American music. The program features works by pioneering female composers Lili Boulanger and Amy Beach, each emblematic in their respective nations’ musical heritage. French icons Debussy and Ravel are also stylistically mirrored in unforgettable works by Bloch and Gershwin.
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Program Items
Claude Debussy
Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140 (1917)
Lili Boulanger
Deux morceaux for Violin and Piano (1911–14)
Maurice Ravel
Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major, op. 45 (1923–27)
Ernest Bloch
Violin Sonata no. 2, B. 58, “Poème Mystique” (1924)
Amy Beach
Romance for Violin and Piano, op. 23 (1893)
George Gershwin
Fantasy on Themes from Porgy and Bess, op. 19 (1937) (arr. Frolov)
Performers
Kristin Lee
Violin
Michael Stephen Brown
Piano