Night(mare) Pieces
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Before his marriage to Clara, Robert Schumann produced a fantastic array of works with evocative programs for solo piano, leading some to believe that these were "the poems he never wrote." Tonight, Laurent Cabasso will lead us through the composer's "Night Pieces,"
a set of nightmarish implications inspired by the tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann.
We'll also tip our hat to English conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner, born on this date in 1943. The Monteverdi Choir (founded by Gardiner) performs John Taverner's "The World is Burning."
Finally, New York's Dicapo Opera Theater is in the midst of its 50th Anniversary production of Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah"; we'll hear one of Floyd's beautiful arias, "Ain't it a Pretty Night," featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw (David Zinman leads the Orchestra of St. Luke's).
» Dicapo Opera Theatre's 50th Anniversary Production of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah
We'll also tip our hat to English conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner, born on this date in 1943. The Monteverdi Choir (founded by Gardiner) performs John Taverner's "The World is Burning."
Finally, New York's Dicapo Opera Theater is in the midst of its 50th Anniversary production of Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah"; we'll hear one of Floyd's beautiful arias, "Ain't it a Pretty Night," featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw (David Zinman leads the Orchestra of St. Luke's).
» Dicapo Opera Theatre's 50th Anniversary Production of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah
