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Rhythms & Reveries: A Centennial Celebration Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat & Echoes of the 20's
Event Details
Our centennial season continues with an evening of captivating chamber music and imaginative organ works! Please join BSM on Saturday, October 24th, at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome four accomplished musicians for a program celebrating musical artistry, storytelling, and the sounds of the early twentieth century.
Our Featured Performances
Igor Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat — Trio Suite
Kwame Lewis, clarinet; Christopher Nelson, violin; Yue Zhang, piano
Experience Stravinsky’s distinctive musical voice through this compelling trio suite. Its rhythmic energy, vivid contrasts, and interplay among clarinet, violin, and piano promise an engaging chamber music experience.
Echoes of the Twenties: Meditations and Musical Fancies
Rosalind Mohnsen, organist
Journey into the musical world of the 1920s through a program combining quiet reflection with warmth and whimsy. Selections include Edith Lang’s Meditation; “How Fair and How Pleasant Art Thou” from Marcel Dupré’s Fifteen Pieces, Op. 18; Joseph Clokey’s Fireside Fancies, featuring “Grandmother Knitting,” “Grandfather’s Wooden Leg,” and “The Wind in the Chimney”; Albert Ketèlbey’s Sanctuary of the Heart; George Whitefield Chadwick’s In Tadoussac Church; and Powell Weaver’s The Squirrel.