Six intriguing pairings of music with poetry readings
Program
Two Lullabies
Intermezzo in E-flat, Op. 117, No. 1, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Lullaby, from Ten Aphorisms, Op. 13, No. 10, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Transformation
Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117, No. 2, Johannes Brahms
Wasserklavier, from 6 Encores, Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Two Sides of the Moon
III. Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque, Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune, from Préludes, Book 2, Claude Debussy
Mysticism
I. La colombe, from Préludes pour piano, Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Rain Tree Sketch II – In memoriam Olivier Messiaen, Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
~Intermission~
A Winter Landscape
Des pas sur la neige, from Préludes, Book 1, Claude Debussy
Baltā ainava, from Gadalaiki, Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946)
The End
III. Andante, Cantabile e grazioso in E flat major, from Bagatelles, Op. 126, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonatina, from Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (trans. Seymour Bernstein)
Rie Moore 