Thursday, April 01, 2010

Fourteen Masterpieces Of Classical Music To Be Featured At Embassy Of France In Washington, D.C. On April 12 And 19



On Monday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m., La Maison Française will present an evening dedicated to Schönberg, Messiaen, Berg, and other masters of contemporary music as performed by Nicolas Dautricourt & Ieva Jokubaviciute, violin-piano duo:

PROGRAM

Thème et Variations (1932)...Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Sonate pour piano seul op.1 (1908)…Alban BERG (1885-1935)
4 pièces op.7 (1910)………Anton WEBERN (1883-1945)
Fantasy op.47 (1949)……Arnold SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951)
Subito (1994)……Witold LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)

INTERMISSION

Orgie Mécanique (2009)…………Richard DUBUGNON (born in 1968)
Piece for piano solo………………Raminta SERKSNYTE (born in 1975)
Sonate pour violon seul (2000)……Krystof MARATKA (born in 1972)
Deluxe Coucou, pour violon seul (2006)...François SARHAN (born in 1972)
Zodiac, ephemeris for violin and piano (1992)…Piet SWERTS (born in 1960)

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And then the Diotima String Quartet will continue the curated series on Monday, April 19, at 7:30 PM

- Bobok — François Sarhan (b. 1972)
- Madhares - string quartet no. 3 - Thomas Larcher (b. 1963)
- Bitume — Gérard Pesson (b. 1958)
- String Quartet in F Major — Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

The group has given première performances of new quartets by Pauset, Dillon, Kyburz, Durand, Lévinas, Mochizuki, Durieux, and Posadas.

Photo credit: © Thibault Stipal 2010.

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