A WOMAN'S LIFE COMES TO
COPLAND HOUSE AT MERESTEAD
Soprano Angela Brown and Pianist Michael Boriskin
Premiere Chamber Version of New Danielpour - Angelou Work
Angela Brown (photo Roni Ely) and Richard Danielpour (photo Mike Minehan)
WHO:
Soprano Angela Brown, hailed by CBS Evening News as "the future of opera," and
Copland House Artistic and Executive Director Michael Boriskin, called "a pianist with the Midas touch" by The New York Times
WHAT:
A celebration of Women's History Month, featuring the premiere of the chamber version of composer Richard Danielpour's A Woman's Life, based on texts by
Maya Angelou about a lifetime's journey, and a rare performance of pioneering African-American composer
William Grant Still's From the Hearts of Women, with texts by his wife, Verna Arvey
WHEN:
Sunday, March 27 at 3pm
WHERE:
Copland House at Merestead, 455 Byram Lake Road, Mount Kisco
WHOA:
Acclaimed as "perhaps Danielpour's best piece ever" by The Philadelphia Inquirer, A Woman's Life was written especially for Angela Brown, and commissioned and premiered in its orchestral version by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Raving about the "compelling music [which] honors Angelou," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted that "the cultural references to jazz idioms follow those of Angelou's life, from big band swing to
Billie Holiday-like blues to vibes-infused jazz ... [in a] rich, tonal musical language ... and an attractive lyricism." Still's four luxuriant, deeply touching songs trace different times in a women's life, from childhood (a young girl singing to her doll) to adolescence to middle age and finally a mother's grief over the death of her son.
A meet-the-artists reception follows the performance
Ticket info at 914-788-4659 or office@coplandhouse.org
Tickets: $25, Friends of Copland House $20, students $10 (with ID)
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