2022-02-15

Music: Sun Feb 20

 

Musical messages from the realm of pachyderms, aves, testudinaes, and asini. Curious? Read on for programming details, and stay tuned for spoken introductions. 

 

Opening Music: Adam Kent, piano

Jimbo’s Lullaby from Children’s Corner

                                    Claude Debussy

 

Musical Meditation:
“Pájaro triste” from Impresiones íntimas*

                                    Federico Mompou

 

Interlude:
“La meneuse de tortues d’or” and “Le petit âne blanc” from Histoires

                                    Jacques Ibert

 

Postlude:
Little Bird, Op. 43, No. 4

                                    Edvard Grieg

 

*Catalan composer Federico Mompou relates that as a child he would stroll along the Rambla of Barcelona and marvel at a caged bird whose song consisted of a mere three notes.