Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Renowned performers including soprano Ingrid Attrot, violist Michael van der Sloot, and pianist Robert Holliston, present a program featuring the expressive instrumental works and poetic Art Songs of one of the most prolific composers of the Romantic era, Robert Schumann. The program will focus on works of the prolific 19th century German composer Robert Schumann, making a wonderful connection between music and poetry, stories, fairy tales, and the imagination. “Märchenbilder” or Fairy Tale Pictures for viola and piano (Op. 113, a late work), evokes childhood memories as the audience is transported through musical imagery depicting scenes from the Grimm Fairy Tales of Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, and the Sleeping Beauty. “Liederkreis” (Op. 39) is one of the great song cycle... more...