Illuminate Women’s Music: Music for Flute and Guitar at The Mount Without, Bristol on Thursday 21st April 2022

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Illuminate Women’s Music

Music for Flute and Guitar

Add to my Calendar 21-04-2022 19:00 21-04-2022 21:00 36 Illuminate Women’s Music Clarissa Payne and Adam Khan are delighted to work with Illuminate to present a programme of music by women from the 17th century to the present day, from France to Brazil to the USA.  Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729), court composer to the Sun King Louis XIV of France, was the first woman ever to have an opera performed, and pushed stylistic boundaries throughout her career.  Brazilian composer Francisca Edwiges Neves 'Chiquinha' Gonzaga (1847-1935) left her arranged marriage when her husband banned her from composing, saying 'I cannot imagine a life without harmony'. Declared 'dead and of unpronouncable name' by her family, she had a long and prolific career as a composer, performer and conductor. She established the first copyright society in Brazil and was active in the movement to abolish slavery.  Composer and flautist Katherine Hoover found in Native American art and literature a lifelong source of inspiration. Her atmospheric and beautiful 'Canyon Echoes' tells a tragic love story - an Apache 'Romeo and Juliet' where the flute plays a central role. The Mount Without, Bristol DD/MM/YYYY

Details

The Mount Without
St Michael’s Hill
Bristol
Avon
BS2 8FN
England

Thursday 21st April 2022
7:00 PM

Programme

Katherine Hoover – Canyon echos
Sidney Pratten – Forgotten
Chiquinha Gonzaga – Lua Branca
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Sonata in D major
Gloria Villanueva – Dubium
Libby Larsen – Blue Third Pieces

Performers

Adam Khan – classical guitar
Clarissa Payne – flute

Programme Note

Clarissa Payne and Adam Khan are delighted to work with Illuminate to present a programme of music by women from the 17th century to the present day, from France to Brazil to the USA.

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729), court composer to the Sun King Louis XIV of France, was the first woman ever to have an opera performed, and pushed stylistic boundaries throughout her career.

Brazilian composer Francisca Edwiges Neves 'Chiquinha' Gonzaga (1847-1935) left her arranged marriage when her husband banned her from composing, saying 'I cannot imagine a life without harmony'. Declared 'dead and of unpronouncable name' by her family, she had a long and prolific career as a composer, performer and conductor. She established the first copyright society in Brazil and was active in the movement to abolish slavery.

Composer and flautist Katherine Hoover found in Native American art and literature a lifelong source of inspiration. Her atmospheric and beautiful 'Canyon Echoes' tells a tragic love story - an Apache 'Romeo and Juliet' where the flute plays a central role.

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