Events for 26. November 2022 - 5. October 2022

Mel Bonis: Trois femmes de légende Alma Mahler: Songs Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 32   "Trois femmes de légende" or in English"Three legendary female figures" is the motto of this concert. This is not only the title of the first pieces by the late romantic French composer Mel Bonis. Rarely has a motto also suited Alma Mahler-Werfel and Louise Farrenc, the creators of the rest of the program, so well. Mel Bonis studied composition with Claude Debussy, but at the insistence of her family had to abandon her studies and marry. Conscious of duty, she fulfilled her role as the administrator of an upper middle-class household. She nevertheless managed to compose on the side, especially piano and chamber music, and the colorful piano pieces she orchestrated herself on "legendary" female characters show an artist whose work can absolutely compete with her better-known colleagues. Alma Mahler-Werfel is considered the last great salon lioness of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The names of her husbands, lovers, companions, friends and acquaintances almost read like a "Who's Who" of the intellectual greats of the time. She composed during a short phase of her life. Her first ...

Mel Bonis: Trois femmes de légende Alma Mahler: Songs Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 32   "Trois femmes de légende" or in English"Three legendary female figures" is the motto of this concert. This is not only the title of the first pieces by the late romantic French composer Mel Bonis. Rarely has a motto also suited Alma Mahler-Werfel and Louise Farrenc, the creators of the rest of the program, so well. Mel Bonis studied composition with Claude Debussy, but at the insistence of her family had to abandon her studies and marry. Conscious of duty, she fulfilled her role as the administrator of an upper middle-class household. She nevertheless managed to compose on the side, especially piano and chamber music, and the colorful piano pieces she orchestrated herself on "legendary" female characters show an artist whose work can absolutely compete with her better-known colleagues. Alma Mahler-Werfel is considered the last great salon lioness of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The names of her husbands, lovers, companions, friends and acquaintances almost read like a "Who's Who" of the intellectual greats of the time. She composed during a short phase of her life. Her first ...

Mel Bonis: Trois femmes de légende Alma Mahler: Songs Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 32   "Trois femmes de légende" or in English"Three legendary female figures" is the motto of this concert. This is not only the title of the first pieces by the late romantic French composer Mel Bonis. Rarely has a motto also suited Alma Mahler-Werfel and Louise Farrenc, the creators of the rest of the program, so well. Mel Bonis studied composition with Claude Debussy, but at the insistence of her family had to abandon her studies and marry. Conscious of duty, she fulfilled her role as the administrator of an upper middle-class household. She nevertheless managed to compose on the side, especially piano and chamber music, and the colorful piano pieces she orchestrated herself on "legendary" female characters show an artist whose work can absolutely compete with her better-known colleagues. Alma Mahler-Werfel is considered the last great salon lioness of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The names of her husbands, lovers, companions, friends and acquaintances almost read like a "Who's Who" of the intellectual greats of the time. She composed during a short phase of her life. Her first ...

Mel Bonis: Trois femmes de légende Alma Mahler: Songs Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 32   "Trois femmes de légende" or in English"Three legendary female figures" is the motto of this concert. This is not only the title of the first pieces by the late romantic French composer Mel Bonis. Rarely has a motto also suited Alma Mahler-Werfel and Louise Farrenc, the creators of the rest of the program, so well. Mel Bonis studied composition with Claude Debussy, but at the insistence of her family had to abandon her studies and marry. Conscious of duty, she fulfilled her role as the administrator of an upper middle-class household. She nevertheless managed to compose on the side, especially piano and chamber music, and the colorful piano pieces she orchestrated herself on "legendary" female characters show an artist whose work can absolutely compete with her better-known colleagues. Alma Mahler-Werfel is considered the last great salon lioness of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The names of her husbands, lovers, companions, friends and acquaintances almost read like a "Who's Who" of the intellectual greats of the time. She composed during a short phase of her life. Her first ...