Concert I
Text and Tone, Deconstructed
WHAT: A concert exploring all combinations of text and music: poetry recitation, narrator and piano, vocalise, solo piano, art song, etc.
WHERE: Distler Performance Hall, Tufts University
20 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155
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WHEN: Thursday, January 18, 7:30 PM
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WHO: Alexis Peart, James Demler, Daon Drisdom, Elias Dagher, Pierre-Nicolas Colombat
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Opening Act: Letta Neely (commissioned poet)
Concert II
Faithful, to the Grave
WHAT: Schubert's Winterreise
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WHERE: Goethe-Institut Boston
170 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02116
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WHEN: Friday, January 19, 7:00 PM
WHO: Felix Gygli, Pierre-Nicolas Colombat
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Opening Act: Letta Neely (commissioned poet), Sam Crosby-Schmidt (tenor), Letizia Palmieri (pianist)
Concert III
Cabaret Bouquet
WHAT: Selections exploring the link between art song
and cabaret in various languages. Songs by Weill, Schumann, Britten, Blitzstein, Schonthal, Schoenberg,
and Bolcom.
WHERE: Somerville Music Spaces
1060 Broadway C101B, Somerville, MA 02144
WHEN: Saturday, Januaruy 20, 7:30 PM
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WHO: Joanne Evans, Elias Dagher
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Opening Act: Letta Neely (commissioned poet)
Concert IV (free admission)
Britten's 17th Century and Fauré's amour courtois
WHAT: Britten's Canticle I and Holy Sonnets of
John Donne, Fauré's La bonne chanson
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WHERE: Hunneman Hall, Brookline Public Library
361 Washington St, Brookline, MA 02445
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WHEN: Sunday, January 21, 2:00 PM
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WHO: Eric Rieger, JJ Penna
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Opening Act: Letta Neely (commissioned poet)