This recital spotlights enigmatic young female figures, shrouded in mystery and unresolved questions.
The programme opens and closes with Mignon, whose androgyny and obscure origins offer a fate different from the typical Romantic heroine. Like Mignon, Mélisande’s unknown past and fraught existence lead to tragedy. Lili Boulanger, another remarkable figure, was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome in 1913. Her song cycle Clairières dans le ciel evokes a dreamy, elusive love.
These women challenge patriarchal norms, shaped by murky pasts and untimely deaths, with Boulanger passing at 25, leaving a lasting legacy.
The programme opens and closes with Mignon, whose androgyny and obscure origins offer a fate different from the typical Romantic heroine. Like Mignon, Mélisande’s unknown past and fraught existence lead to tragedy. Lili Boulanger, another remarkable figure, was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome in 1913. Her song cycle Clairières dans le ciel evokes a dreamy, elusive love.
These women challenge patriarchal norms, shaped by murky pasts and untimely deaths, with Boulanger passing at 25, leaving a lasting legacy.
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Programme (no interval)Hugo Wolf
Mignon I Mignon II Mignon III Lili Boulanger Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie Si tout ceci n’est qu’un pauvre rêve Claude Debussy Coquetterie Posthume Alban Berg Schilflied Mignon Franz Schubert Schwanengesang Mel Bonis Mélisande Claude Debussy ‘Mes longs cheveux descendent’ from Pelléas et Mélisande Lili Boulanger Vous m’avez regardé avec toute cotre âme Les lilas qui avaient fleuri Hugo Wolf Mignon (Kennst du das land?) Hugo Wolf Ganymed |