Friday January 3rd, 2020 7:30PM
Chopin’s Mazurkas and songs took traditional Polish forms and imbued them with kaleidoscopic emotional breadth. Szymanowski brought Polish music into the 20th century with bold harmonies influenced by Debussy and Stravinsky, qualities on full display in two of his most virtuosic works, Métopes for solo piano and Songs of a Fairy Tale Princess for coloratura soprano.
Frédéric Chopin Selected Mazurkas and Songs
Karol Szymanowski Métopes, Op. 29, Songs of a Fairy Tale Princess, Op. 31
Amy Owens soprano Sarah Nelson Craft mezzo soprano
Michael Brofman, Spencer Myer, Miori Sugiyama piano
Pre-Concert Lecture by Marilyn McCoy (Columbia University)