Alice Esty: The Legacy Effect

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Alice Esty, Bates College, Chiharu Naruse, Francis Poulenc, Malinda Haslett, Olin Arts Center

Friday, March 11th 2022 at 7:30pm

Alice Esty: The Legacy Effect

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Bates College

75 Russel St. Lewiston, ME

On the shelves of the Muskie Archives at Bates College, lie the original manuscripts of some of the greatest musical composers of the 20^th Century, including Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Germaine Tailleferre, Ned Rorem and Marc Blitzstein. These priceless works were commissioned by a 1925 Bates graduate, Alice Swanson Esty (1904-2000), one of the notable patrons of the arts that the United States has ever produced. She is known to few by name, yet her commissioned works have become essential canon of the classical music repertoire.

Featuring Joëlle Morris, Mezzo-Soprano, Malinda Haslett, Soprano and Chiharu Naruse, Piano.

Alice Esty: The Legacy Effect will present an overview of the collection, featuring original manuscript repertoire found in the Muskie Archives.

Pre-concert lecture with Chris Schiff, Bates College Librarian at 6:30pm

Live Stream. FREE. Reservation required. https://www.bates.edu/music/events/alice-esty-the-legacy-effect/

Music of Surrealism

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Bridget Convey, Darius Milhaud, Erik Satie, Farmington, Francis Poulenc, Joelle Morris, Kurt Weill, Olivier Messiaen, Surrealism, UMF, university of maine

Friday, March 6th 2015 at 7:30pm

“Music of Surrealism” 

Nordica Auditorium  

University of Maine at Farmington

In collaboration with the students and faculty of the French, English and Music departments at UMF,  Joelle Morris and pianist Bridget Convey presents the music of Kurt Weill, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honnegger and Olivier Messiaen.

We will explore in music, the revolutionary movement of 1920’s surrealism; aimed to highlight elements of surprise, the absurd, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur, through the leaders of the Surrealism movement such as artists Salvador Dali, René Magritte, writers Jean Cocteau, André Breton and others.   Concert presented both in French and in English.

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