Beginnings, Middles, and Ends V: Testaments
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Beginnings, Middles, and Ends explores the moments that make up our lives in song. Works that bookend careers, meditate on mortality, and follow the course of a lifetime to show us what it means to live a life.
Britten’s Songs and Proverbs of William Blake ponders the infinite; Shostakovich’s 7 Romances by Aleksander Blok stares down mortality; Hugo Wolf’s Michelangelo-Lieder is the composers’ final testament before losing his mind. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00PM by Patricia Mainardi (CUNY)
Benjamin Britten: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake
Dimitri Shostakovich: 7 Romances by Aleksander Blok
Hugo Wolf: Michelangelo-Lieder
Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano; Michael Kelly, Brian Mextorf, baritone
Mike Brofman, Renate Rohlfing, piano
Stanichka Dimitrova, violin; Sofia Nowik, cello
Presented by Brooklyn Art Song Society.
Be sure to sign up for the other programs in the Beginnings, Middles, and Ends series:
March 4, 2022 - VI: Fin-du-Siècle
May 23, 2022 (rescheduled date) - IV: Evidence of Things Not Seen
Important Safety Information: In order to be admitted to any in person event, Brooklyn Art Song Society will require all guests who are eligible (any one 12 years or older) to show proof of vaccination for COVID-19 in the form of a physical card, picture, or using a State or City approved app. All guests will be required to wear a mask or equivalent face-covering before entering the concert venue until they depart.
119 Pierrepont St
Brooklyn, NY 11201