'La mer est infinie . . .'


                'The Sea is endless . . .














                                                                         
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Vista Lirica at
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church

Friday, 29 January 2010 at 8:00 pm

85 So. Oxford Street
Fort Greene, Brooklyn 
(718) 625-7515
Admission: $15

Vista Lirica will perform in this church's main sanctuary amid a large and magnificent collection of stained glass windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany.   The collection's
pièce de résistance - the 'Creation' - will be viewable in the room adjacent  to the Sanctuary.  

The star of the event is our oceans.  'La mer est infinie . . .' opens Fauré's song cycle L'horizon chimérique.  Imbued with Nature's emotions, this song cycle harkens back to a mind set when the oceans were still revered for their majesty and grandeur.  To quote Baudelaire, "Homme libre, toujours tu chériras la mer." ("Liberated man - you will always treasure the sea.")*

The word 'opalescence' characterizes Tiffany stained glass and the oceans' coral reefs, and also the repertory for this concert.  In addition to Fauré's song cycle, we will  perform music of Khachaturian, Zemlinsky, Arensky, songs of our guest artist composer/pianist David del Tredici and . . .

we will raise funds for MCBI - Marine Conservation Biology Institute.  MCBI (www.mcbi.org) spearheaded the creation of the world's largest oceanic preserve.

Join us is in liberation - a global effort to revive our planet, with music as the centerpiece.  Whatever happens (or doesn't happen) as a result of the Copenhagen Summit, we are working in the NOW.

  Programme
  • Aram Khachaturian - Trio in c-minor for clarinet, violin and piano
    Neil Rynston, Omar Guey, Beth Levin

  • Alexander Zemlinsky - Andante con una fantasia, 
    from Trio in d-minor, Op. 3 for clarinet, ’cello and piano
     N. Rynston, Lawrence Zoernig, Beth Levin

  • Gabriel Fauré - L'horizon chimérique:  
        La mer est infinie . . .
         Je me suis embarqué ~ Diane, Séléné ~ Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés
     Christine Moore, Beth Levin

    Intermission

  • David del Tredici - 'A Visitation' from 'On Wings of Song'
    Courtenay Budd, David del Tredici

  • Antony Arensky - Trio in d-minor for violin, ’cello and piano, Op. 32
    Omar Guey, Lawrence Zoernig, Beth Levin

    Omar Guey, violin ~ Beth Levin, piano ~ Neil Rynston, clarinet ~ Lawrence Zoernig, ’cello

    with guest artists:  
    Courtenay Budd, soprano
    Christine Moore, soprano

    & special guest artist: David del Tredici, piano

    *thank you Bill Mudie

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