Musical Greenway 2024

July 14 at 05:30 PM

Introduction

As every year, our Musical Greenway is a journey through both captivating locations and a diverse musical landscape. It begins and ends in the Church of Sant’Eufemia, where we are welcomed by the rich yet delicate sounds of the late-Romantic organ, paired with a soprano voice in transcriptions from Liszt, Wolf, Reger, Fauré, and Nadia Boulanger.

We then move to the square, where a lively woodwind quintet delights us with equally lively transcriptions from Stravinsky and Offenbach, followed by the transparent and mysterious Rhapsodie for clarinet by Debussy. From this point, the journey takes the path back: on the monastery steps, the woodwind quintet reappears, once again immersing us in the brilliant atmosphere of transcriptions from Ravel and Gustav Holst. Finally, we return to Sant’Eufemia, where the program for soprano and organ reaches its completion.

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Program

Chiesa di Sant’Eufemia

Danusha Waskiewicz, viola
Eugénie Lefebvre, soprano
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, organ

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Orpheus, symphonic poem No. 4*

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Gebet, from Mörike-Lieder, transcribed for soprano and organ by Max Reger

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Ich sehe dich in tausend Bilder for soprano and organ, Op. 105

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
From Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music, Op. 80, transcribed for organ by Louis Robilliard:
Prélude
Fileuse

Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
Soir d’hiver (“Winter Night”) for soprano and organ*

* Transcription by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas.

Piazza Campidoglio

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Pulcinella, ballet suite, transcribed for wind quintet by Randa Kirschbaum

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Overture to Le voyage dans la lune (“A Trip to the Moon”), transcribed for wind quintet by Lisa Portus

Piazzetta Brenna

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano

Scalinata di Villa Monastero

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
From Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prélude, transcribed for wind quintet by Mason Jones

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
From The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, transcribed for wind quintet by David Bussick

Chiesa di Sant’Eufemia

Eugénie Lefebvre, soprano
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, organ

Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
A nos morts ignorés (“To Our Overlooked Dead Ones”) for soprano and organ*

Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
Soleils couchants (“Setting Suns”) for soprano and organ*

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
From Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music, Op. 80, transcribed for organ by Louis Robilliard:
Sicilienne
Chanson de Mélisande, with soprano
Mort de Mélisande

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Vocalise-Étude en forme de habanera for soprano and organ*

Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
Litanies for organ