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Join us for a special Salon Series concert featuring soloist Alexandria Le, laureate of the Pro Musicis International Award and the Ackerman Chamber Music Competition. In 2012, Le won a coveted fellowship position with Ensemble Connect (formerly Ensemble ACJW, the Academy of Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School and the Weill Institute of Music) and has performed regularly at Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and other venues around New York City.

Among the many selections in her Salon Series program, Le’s dynamic pairings of American and non-American musical works will include two works that combine classical and pop music genres. French composer Francis Poulenc’s florid, lyrical Improvisation no. 15: Hommage à Édith Piaf—the quintessential French chanteuse—is coupled with a piano arrangement of George Gershwin’s distinctly American Rhapsody in Blue that combines elements of classical and jazz, established with the iconic opening siren-like clarinet riff and continuing with sections that evoke the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple in the 1920s. Her program also includes Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune, a hallmark of French Impressionism, paired with Summerland from the 1935 suite Three Visions by William Grant Still, often referred to as the “Dean of Afro-American Composers.” The suite tells the story of the soul’s journey, with Summerland a metaphor for entering into heaven.

PROGRAM

Three Visions: 1. Dark Horsemen by William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 no. 3. by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

Dance of the Renegade Cowboy by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

Pairings to Three Character Flaws by Daniel Weymouth (b.1953)

The One About B (Natural): Point and Line to Plane by Daniel Weymouth (b.1953)

Musica Ricercata, no. 7 by György Ligeti (1923-2006)

The One about E-flat by Frédéric Chopin and Bill Evans Weymouth

Meet for a Late-Night Supper

Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

The One about F#: What Florestan Knew by Bill Evans Weymouth

Carnaval, Op. 9, no. 6, Florestan by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

I. As Fast as Possible

— Intermission —

Summerland (from Three Visions) Still

Suite bergamasque, no. 3, Clair de lune by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Improvisation no.15 (Hommage à Édith Piaf) by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Salon Series is generously supported by Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel, Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder, and the Jeanette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust and sponsored by Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.

Friday Night Programming is made possible, in part, by Weill-Cornell Medicine – Southampton and The Corcoran Group.