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Celebrate the 141st birthday of Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most influential and probing poets of the early 20th century. The wide-ranging concert explores Rilke’s rich, multi-layered, and allusive thoughts on life, love, loss, longing, and religion through the musical settings of his work by some of the greatest composers of our time. The program features works by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Samuel Barber (Melodies passageres), the formidable German master Paul Hindemith (selections from his epic cycle Das Marienleben), and Rilke settings by the iconic Leonard Bernstein and the beloved, much-honored Peter Lieberson.
This concert is part of Copland House’s popular main-stage series at the historic Merestead estate in Mount Kisco, NY. Tickets are $25, $20 for the Friends of Copland House, and $10 for students with ID. Further info, tickets, or subscriptions at (914) 788-4659 or www.coplandhouse.org.
Co-sponsored by the Westchester Community Foundation Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Fund.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
MUSIC FROM COPLAND HOUSE (MCH) is the internationally-acclaimed touring resident ensemble at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home near New York City, an award-winning creative center for American music. Hailed by The New York Times for “all the richness of its offerings” and “illuminating essential truths about the music,” MCH is the only wide-ranging American repertory ensemble journeying across 150 years of the U.S. musical landscape. It has been engaged by Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, Miller Theatre, Merkin Hall, Monday Evening Concerts in Los Angeles, the Caramoor, Cape Cod, Bard, and Ecstatic Music Festivals, Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art, and many other leading North American concert presenters. It has collaborated with the European Broadcasting Union and National Public Radio on a special concert aired in over 20 countries, and records for the Arabesque, Koch International, and the COPLAND HOUSE BLEND labels. This concert features soprano Amy Owens, mezzo-soprano Katherine Pracht, and pianists Michael Barrett and Michael Boriskin, and will be introduced by NYU Professor and Vice Provost Ulrich Baer.
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VENUE
Copland House at Merestead
455 Byram Lake Road, Mount Kisco, NY