The Cabrillo Festival presents Grammy Award-nominated violinist Philippe Quint’s The Muse, a chamber recital. The Muse leads the audience through masterpieces by glass-ceiling-shattering composers such as Ethel Smyth and Nadia Boulanger. These women transformed classical music in their time, while also acting as mentors and educators–well beyond the usual definition of “muse.” A deeply personal journey, The Muse culminates in contemporary work by Quint’s mother, the celebrated composer Lora Kvint, and also presents works from today’s preeminent female composers, including Lera Auerbach, Vivian Fung, and Errollyn Wallen, with poetry by Anne Finch.
The Muse Program
Anne Finch, Poem: “The Bird and the Arras”
Vivian Fung, Birdsong
Clara Schumann correspondence with Johannes Brahms.
Clara Schumann, Romance from Drei Romanzen, Op. 22
Lera Auerbach, Poem: “Fugue”
Lera Auerbach, Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano
Ethel Smyth, Sonata in A minor, Op. 7 for Violin and Piano
Errollyn Wallen, Three Songs, with Miriam Khalil, soprano
Nadia Boulanger Correspondence with Igor Stavinsky
Nadia Boulanger, Trois Pièces for Cello and Piano Piece No. 3, arr. for Violin and Piano
Sappho, Poem: “The Muses”
Lora Kvint, ‘Odyssey’ Rhapsody for violin and piano