Angela Brown and Michael Boriskin Premiere New Work At Copland House
By: Sarah Moore Jan. 27, 2011
A WOMAN'S LIFE COMES TO
COPLAND HOUSE AT MERESTEAD
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
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 ArveyWHEN:
Sunday, March 27 at 3pmWHERE:
Copland House at Merestead, 455 Byram Lake Road, Mount KiscoWHOA:
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.
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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