Music@Menlo

Concert Program VI: French Connections

When
Fri Aug 2, 2013
Where
Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
Time
8:00 p.m.
Cost
$35 - $77
Tags
Music, Classical Music

Description

Bach is widely regarded as the patriarch of a Germanic tradition, a lineage fulfilled by Haydn, Beethoven, and Brahms. But equally vibrant in Bach’s language are the elegance, color, and romance that characterize the music of France more than a century later.

PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750): French Suite no. 5 for Solo Piano, BWV 816 (1722)
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921): Fantaisie in A Major for Violin and Harp, op. 124 (1907)
Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918): Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp (1915)
Marcel TOURNIER (1879–1951): Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, op. 34 (1929)
César FRANCK (1822–1890): Piano Quintet (1880)

ARTISTS
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Gilles Vonsattel, Wu Han, pianos
Kristin Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, Ian Swensen, violins
Paul Neubauer, Richard O’Neill, violas
Dmitri Atapine, David Finckel, cellos

More Info

Link
http://www.musicatmenlo.org
Call
650-331-0202 (Box Office)
Email
Contact Form (account required)

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Location

  1. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
    50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton, CA