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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Classic Innovators Concert @ MERKIN CONCERT HALL 129 W. 67th Street between
FEATURING:
SAINT-GEORGES (BOULOGNE)
L’amant anonyme: Overture and Two Arias
MOZART
Idomeno: Se il padre perdei
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major Op. 55 “Eroica”
Tickets: $50/ Seniors and Students $30
www.kaufman-center.org
For more information, contact Shantrelle P. Lewis at 212-307-7420 ext. 3008 or slewis@cccadi.org
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On January 10, 2010 7pm at Merkin Concert Hall, Ensemble du Monde and its Music Director Marlon Daniel welcome super star French soprano Magali Léger in a concert entitled ‘Classical Innovators’.
Featured the works of Beethoven, Grétry, Mozart and French composer Joseph Boulogne (Le Chevalier de Saint- Georges).
This concert is especially interesting because it features Saint-Georges L’amant anonyme: Overture and Two Arias, the arias which are an American premiere will be performed by Magali Léger, who is making her New York debut. In fact these works have not been performed outside of France, which makes this concert of great historical significance.
The link between Saint-George’s classical music and the African Diaspora
About Saint-Georges
Born in Basse-Terre Guadeloupe of a Senegalese slave and a French/Italian plantation owner, Saint-Georges was undoubtedly one of the most iconic figures in history. A master musician and the world’s first Black composer, he was also France’s greatest swordsmen and fought for the civil rights of people of color at the time of the French revolution.
His amazing abilities were praised by the nobility of the 18th century including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. His virtuosity as a violinist was revered and his compositions admired by all the great composers of his day. In fact Mozart adored Saint-Georges’ music and emulated his style in his own compositions. Historians have miss-named Saint-Georges “The Black Mozart” when in fact perhaps it should have been the other way around.
Saint-Georges undoubtedly is one of the great if not the greatest French composer of the classical period.
