Event Detail

Soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Aleck Karis present an evening of music ranging from the late Romantic to the present, with songs by Zemlinsky, Chaminade and Webern, piano solos by Ravel and Poulenc and featuring the West Coast premiere of American composer Allen Anderson's 2023 song cycle: In your narrowing dark hours, set to poetry by Louise Bogan.

Repertoire 

Anton Webern            Five Songs of Stefan George, Op 4. (1908) 

Maurice Ravel            Sonatine (solo piano)  (1905) 

Alexander Zemlinsky              
    Meeraugen (Op. 7, No. 3) (c. 1900)
    Selige Stunde (Op. 10, No. 2) (c. 1901)
    Vöglein schwermut (Op. 10, No. 3) (c. 1901)
    Im Korn (Op. 5, Book 2, No. 4) (1986-1897) 

Allen Anderson         In your narrowing dark hours (2023) *West Coast Premiere 

Francis Poulenc
    Badinage (solo piano)    (1934) 
    Mélancolie  (solo piano) (1940) 

Cécile Chaminade     Chanson de Neige (1906)
    Mignonne 
    Ma première lettre 
    Nuit d'été