The festival concludes Season 4.5 through the lens of an historical epoch that is both precedent and premonition: the 1918 Spanish Flu, the armistice of 1919, and the advent of the roaring twenties. The Piano Festival takes its inspiration from this moment and follows the thread of innocence lost and reclaimed, tragedy mourned, joy in rebirth, and the dizzying juxtaposition of folly and destruction.
Highlights include performances of Couperin, Bach, and Poulenc with Jory Vinikour and Philippe LeRoy, Gwendolyn Mok and Jesse Barrett performing Saint-Saens’ Sonata for Oboe and Piano, works by Nadia Boulanger and Germaine Tailleferre, and the vertiginous La Valse by Ravel reimagined through multimedia.
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Program Items
Nadia Boulanger
Vers la vie nouvelle
Francis Poulenc
Suite Française
Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Germaine Tailleferre
2 Valses for two pianos
Strauss/Godowsky
Die Fledermaus Paraphrase
Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Performers
Jory Vinikour
harpsichord
Philippe LeRoy
harpsichord
Gwendolyn Mok
piano
Jesse Barret
oboe
Jeffrey LaDeur
piano