
Image: M.C. Escher, “The Drowned Cathedral”
LEGEND
April 13th, 2025 at 6pm
Wende Museum
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LEGEND is an exploration of musically rendered myths, symbols, tales, and folklore. Toru Takemitsu crafts the miraculous “rain tree” from a short story by Kenzaburō Ōe, while George Crumb animates Wassily Kandinsky’s liminal “Blue Rider” painting. A traditional Bulgarian folk song arranged by Krassimir Kyurkchiyski tells a haunting tale about a conversation between a lamb and an animal farmer. Judith Weir relates a humorous cautionary fable by J.P. Hebel, while Henry Cowell invokes the cosmic god of motion in Irish folklore, Manaunaun. Both Clara Schumann and Luciano Berio imagine the infamous sirens from Greek mythology. Francis Poulenc embraces the enchanted, surreal world of children’s fairytales. Henry Purcell spins the tragic fate of Dido, while Franz Schubert synthesizes three poems into a story about a shepherd unsettled by his solitude. Rounding out the program are Claude Debussy’s mysterious “Sunken Cathedral” prelude and colorful, characterful Cello Sonata.
Program:
Henry Cowell: “The Tides of Manaunaun” from Three Irish Legends
Claude Debussy: La cathédral engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) from Preludes Book 1
Franz Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock
Luciano Berio: Thema (Omaggio a Joyce)
Clara Schumann: Lorelei
George Crumb: “The Blue Rider” from Metamorphoses Vol. 1
Intermission
Judith Weir: “Incidents in Traffic” from Really?
Francis Poulenc: La Courte Paille
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch
Henry Purcell: Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas
Traditional Bulgarian Folk arr. Krassimir Kyurkchiyski: Zableyalo mi Aguntse
Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata
Artists:
Alexandre Tchaykov, piano
Yekaterina Lynch, soprano
Lior David, piano
Caroline Weiss, clarinet
Maya Irizarry Lambright, violin
Xenia Deviatkina-Loh, violin
Benjamin Bartelt, viola
Amy Jong, cello
Olivia Cho, cello
Address:
10808 Culver Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90230